Mindset (G2)
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| This article is about the Generation 2 Cybertronian. For the Reveal the Shield Autobot, see Mindset (TF 2010). |
- Mindset is a second generation Cybertronian Empire Decepticon from the Marvel Generation 2 portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Mindset never does anything by halves.
A commander of some unspecified rank within the Cybertronian Empire, Mindset considers organic life to be "puddles of organic matter" incapable of creative thought. He likes to "tricurse" things and may be a Xal worshipper. Oh, and he's connected to the Combaticon Onslaught through budding. He gets eaten.
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Fiction
Marvel Generation 2 comic
A commander in charge of pacifying (i.e., obliterating) the planet Karn to draw the Autobots and Decepticons out of hiding, Mindset proceeded with his mission in a businesslike fashion, though he didn't understand why the plan would work. How could anyone attach any meaning or value to these "puddles of organic matter"? Neither did he understand why the Swarm failed to fall before his troops' firepower. He and his stormtroopers were devoured, despite his protests, and his destruction mystically gave Onslaught, light years away, sharp pains. Swarm
TransTech
Mindset was one of the many "offworlder" beings attending Gutcruncher's meeting of the numerous gangs that made up Axiom Nexus's underworld. Gone Too Far
Toys
Transformers (2010)
- Mindset (Deluxe Class, 2011)
- Reveal the Shield Mindset is a redeco and new-head retool of Hunt for the Decepticons Hailstorm. Based on comments made by Hasbro representatives (including brand manager Aaron Archer) at Toy Fair 2010, Hailstorm either is an homage to[1] or literally is[2][3] Generation 2 Mindset—if this sounds weirdly ambiguous, it's basically because Hasbro at the time conceptualised Transformers characters differently than we do here, in a more continuity-agnostic way. With the Mindset redeco using colors directly based on the Generation 2 toy, and being released in the Reveal the Shield portion of the line where the vast majority of toys were unambiguously updated versions of classic characters, it seems that from Hasbro's perspective, this toy was intended to be Generation 2 Mindset on some level—even if the toy's hidden rubsign reveals his Autobot allegiance, rather than Decepticon as originally depicted in the comic.
- For further information, see: Mindset (TF 2010)#Transformers (2010)
Notes
- Mindset's relationship with Onslaught is curious. Onslaught is implicitly presented as Mindset's ancestor through budding, but Onslaught was likely built on Earth in 1986. (The Combaticons appeared in the US comics without explicit explanation, but it's implied that they were produced similarly to the other combiner teams. The UK comics elaborate further, claiming the designs for all the Scramble City-type combiners came from Buster Witwicky's mind.) Considering this, it seems impossible for Mindset to have been created from Onslaught millions of years ago. Oops.
References
- ↑ "He's an ROTF character designed in homage to Mindset, a la Sea Spray."—Matthew Karpowich, TFWiki, "Talk:Toy Fair 2010", 2010/02/14
- ↑ "The guys at Toy Fair maintain that the Adjectiveless "Transformers" line that has all these movie-esque designs is not just movie. It's supposed to be "everything," a "celebration of all things Transformers." [...] For example, after they got done saying this, I asked if this meant that Sea Spray was, you know, the "same exact guy as G1 Sea Spray" and not just an homage. They said it was G1 Sea Spray, and that's why he was blockier than the other designs. (Even though he fights a Movie-esque guy in his bio.) [...] But the one Hasbro rep was very adamant that Sea Spray was actually Sea Spray. So it COULD actually be Mindset."—David Willis, TFWiki, "Talk:Toy Fair 2010", 2010/02/14
- ↑ "Yes, he's completely supposed to be -or be an homage to- Mindset. got this from several different Hasbro people, including Archer."—Greg Sepelak, TFWiki, "Talk:Toy Fair 2010", 2010/02/16
