551
the existence of the Prime First Edition toyline, which was then followed by the RID mainline, meant that many characters had two different toy versions of themselves available in the exact same scale and pricepoint.
552
G1 Arcee, and female Transformers in general, owe their entire existence to 1986 movie writer Ron Friedman having a daughter who loved Transformers. (1985)
553
the Scout class figures from the Cyberverse line all have half-transformed alt modes, for some reason. (2018)
554
a cute gag that was sadly lost in the Cybertron dubbed version of this scene is the use of the G1 transformation sound effect for Signal Lancer here: twitter.com/tfwiki/status/…
555
the Predacons attempt to dress up as Autobots to confuse the Decepticons, only to end up all dressing as Optimus Prime. (2001)
556
for the 2007 Movie's "Premium Edition" line of retooled figure, the Leader Class Optimus was given a new headsculpt with longer antennae. Upon release, it was nicknamed "Bunny-ear Prime" by the fandom.
557
the cover of an issue of Venus magazine, the only magazine for Decepti-femmes! (2010)
558
Hot Toys Optimus Prime comes with bits of Starscream, for some reason. (2015)
559
Torque and Falcatron, original FOC Autobots created via a promotion by Ford Australia and High Moon Studios, asking Australian fans to suggest ideas for the characters' designs. (2012)
561
the robot mode of the Kingdom Ark toy is designed to resemble The Last Autobot from the Marvel comic. (2021)
564
Dion gets shot and killed, but unlike Orion Pax and Ariel, is never rebuilt, causing fans to endlessly speculate as to whether he was ever rebuilt into anyone. (1985)
565
Starscream admits that he is stupid. (1985)
566
in the Headmasters anime, Cybertron blows up, rendering Optimus Prime's death completely pointless. (He had sacrificed himself to stabilize Vector Sigma several episodes prior)
(1987)
567
the crew behind Beast Wars really wanted Frank Welker to reprise his role as G1 Megatron for his brief cameo in "The Agenda", but scheduling conflicts resulted in Garry Chalk (ironically) voicing Megatron instead. (1998)
568
the Legends manga gives Trypticon a new mode, based on Shin Godzilla's "Kamata-kun" form. (2017)
569
the 2001 RID cartoon has the distinction of being the only western Transformers cartoon that Hasbro does not have full ownership of, due to it currently being owned by Disney via their purchase of Saban.
570
Galvatron stares down his own cannon barrel. (1987)
571
the number of weapons AOE Voyager Hound and Generations Voyager Roadbuster came with. (2014)
572
Marty Isenberg is convinced to allow the release of the two lost Animated shorts after seeing a post from this account. (2022)
@KeyanCarlile twitter.com/TF_Moments/sta…
573
The Allspark Almanac 2 heavily implies that Armada Starscream once visited the Animated universe. (2010)
574
in the Legends manga, Whirl befriends a young girl.
her design is based on IDW Whirl's holomatter avatar, while her colours seem to be based on...Hatsune Miku. (2014)
575
This VF-1EX Mirage Farina Genus machine, from Episode 3 of "Macross Delta" resembles the color scheme of the G1 Jetfire toy. (2006)
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