Reflector - which version do you prefer?

[BigTransformerTrev]

Reflector has been portrayed quite differently over the years, especially for essentially a background character. So which version of Reflector do you prefer or do you believe to be the proper incarnation?

1: The mind-linked triplets.

*Prevalent during season 1 of the cartoon. Almost non-existent during season 2 of the cartoon. Showed up to watch Devastator bash stuff in the animated movie. Extra Reflectors showed up now and then in season 1 but can be put down to animator laziness.

*Tend to talk as one like the rubber aliens from Toy Story. As well as combining to form a camera can also team up to take down an enemy acrobatic style.

*All 3 have an identical look, the only exception being Viewfinder has a shutter in his torso.

*In the Transformers: Legends game grouped as essentially one indivdual

*In the IDW universe: When on earth spoke as one, even to the point that the member absent from the other two’s activities was repeating what they were saying.














2: Individual Bots that combine

*3 individual bots: Spectro, Spyglass & Viewfinder that make up the Reflector team. Each one looks different from the other two in robot mode and they combine into a camera alt mode.

*Mainly shown in the DW universe. In the tech specs books each one got his own biography and personality. When on Cybertron worked as a team but spoke separately.

*In the GI Joe crossover by Devils Due Publishing were part of the same team but looked like their individual toy robot modes rather than identical and could speak separately.

*In the Keepers Trilogy books, each had fully developed personalities and for the most part worked independently of the other two.

*In the IDW universe: When crash landing on whatever planet Wheelie was on spoke separately and had conversations with each other. Still had nearly identical bodies though.

*The toy has all 3 looking quite different from each other in robot mode.

So which Reflector reflects the true Reflector for you?

[Bidoofdude]

For me, being the central-minded triplets was always the one for me, as it's the Reflector I grew up with and the other just seems foreign to me.

[GoktimusPrime]

They're like the Arcee bikes in ROTF... 3 separate individuals yet they share an intense bond. Or like Optimus Prime's 3 components, only that each component is actually individually sentient/sapient (whereas only Prime's cab/robot component is sapient/sentient - as demonstrated in Brasnya where Prime was able to save himself by temporarily transferring his sentience to Combat Deck)

[Sinnertwin]

Robot pyramid on ice!

[Geminii]

I like a variety of interpretations. I'm happy to go with an individual author's portrayal. Bonus points if they manage to refer to different interpretations in a logical and consistent way, too.

[DELTAprime]

I just read Spotlight: Wheelie yesterday, I really like the way they are portrayed as a group of thugs.