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Transformers Lost Media: a thread
if you have any information on the whereabouts of these rare items, please come forward!
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In The Last Knight, they reuse a shot from Revenge of the Fallen when Megatron is attacking a submarine and very briefly in TLK you can see the ROTF Megatron design in the sequence for no reason whatsoever. (2017) twitter.com/KingDiavolo_56…
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at the climax of Beast Machines, Megatron models his final form after Optimus Primal's 'Optimal' form, for no other reason than because he's petty and wants to fuck with Primal. (2000)
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almost all G1 media ignores Ultra Magnus' "white Optimus" inner robot form, instead presenting his full combined robot form as his only robot form.
Dreamwave's comics broke the trend, showing Magnus' inner robot form for the first time. (2004)
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Peter David wrote the incredible Dark Of The Moon novelisation that i read hundreds of times as a kid. wishing him a speedy recovery 🙏 twitter.com/chrizmillr/sta…
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Optimus returns in Transformers Go as a triple-changing bullet train/dragon. (2013)
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the G1 Autobot Cars were all unlicensed approximations of real-world vehicles, many of whom contained deliberate misspellings of the brand names present on the original cars. (1984)
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a closed captioning error on one of Paramount's Animated DVDs mistakenly refers to Shockwave as "Chugway". (2009)
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the combined form of two Powerlinx Energon Optimus Primes. (2004)
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the iconic "ear vents" the G1 Seekers have are actually derived from the placement of the nosecone kibble on the G1 Seeker toy mould. (1984)
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Dropkick from the 2007 movie toyline sports a giant Decepticon insignia in vehicle mode. (2007)
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Acid Storm got to be the first figure in Hasbro's Masterpiece line, before any of the more prominent characters. (2013)
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the Combaticons hang around next to their own combined form. (1986)
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Optimus' design in Rescue Bots Academy. (2021)
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artist Don Perlin draws Megatron with a strange grid-like structure in his mouth.
He eventually loses them. (1985)
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a news reporter named Hector Ramirez appears in G.I. Joe, Transformers, Inhumanoids and Jem, possibly implying that all the cartoons take place in the same universe. (1985)
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Takara releaes the Device Label line of Transformers, who all turn into fully-functioning computer peripherals and accessories. (2009)
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a flashback in the Cybertron episode "Balance" depicts four "wise elders" who are based on G1 Optimus Prime, Rodimus Prime, Ultra Magnus and Jazz.
(Jazz appears to have door wings ala his G1 toy, that he didn't have in the cartoon)
(2005)
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By day, Shattered Glass Ratbat is a mild-mannered philanthropist.
At dusk, however, he is vengeance. He is the night. He...is...BATBOT!
(2010)
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Perceptor defeats Devastator in a single shot. (1986)
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concept art of Daytrader from The Last Knight gave him a head based directly on his actor, Steve Buscemi. (2017)
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Hasbro lost the trademark for the name "Bumblebee" for several years, meaning that new characters designed to be Bumblebee had to be called something else. (1996-2006)
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Soundwave domesticates Laserbeak. (2020)
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