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BotBot Waddlepop was originally slated to appear in Last Bot Standing as a member of Steeljaw's remnant faction. However, Hasbro informed Nick Roche that the BotBots were off-limits, and as a result Roche replaced Waddlepop with Moon instead. (2021)
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concept art of the skeletal remains of Micron Legend DoubleFace (Armada Sideways). (2002)
856
Rockhopper, the pirate penguin from the BotCon 2014 comic.
857
the Mutants, Beast Wars toys that turn from beast to beast.
They were originally designed for Animorphs, but were moved to TF after that line was cancelled. (2000)
858
thanks to the Collaborative line, the X-Men's Blackbird, the T-Rex from Jurassic Park, Tom Cruise's jet from Top Gun, and Dracula are all Transformers. (2020)(2021)
859
Starscream considers lightning a bad omen. (1985)
860
Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime's character models underwent many, many revisions over the course of development. (1986)
861
an amnesiac Megatron comes into the ownership of a small-time gangster, who uses his gun mode to go on a crime spree. (1986)
862
In Beast Wars, Terrorsaur dramatically declares "welcome to the dark side!" when Cheetor enters the Predacon base. (1996)
Because TF fans take everything extremely literally, a prequel comic states that the Predacon base is literally named "Darksyde". (2006)
863
Galvatron is killed by the power of Friendship. (1987)
864
the infamous Armada "Built To Rule" line of construction toys, who look like that because they're all designed around the same "trans-skeleton". (2002-2003)
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early concept art and toy prototypes for "Transformers: Hero", the series which would eventually evolve to become Transformers Animated. (2004)
(this show spent a LONG time in production)
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Masterforce head writer Masumi Kaneda stated that God Ginrai (ゴッドジンライ) was named so that omitting every other Japanese syllable yields the word Gojira (ゴジラ), better known in the west as Godzilla. (1988)
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Killbison yells a bunch of gibberish. (1989)
868
Snow Cat yodels while skiing in space. Megatron is unamused. (2004)
869
"WAR! WAR! Stop It!", the Japanese OP of Beast Wars. (1997)
870
a whole bunch of completed Transformers comics go unreleased due to Dreamwave's bankruptcy. (2004)
871
Animated Jetfire and Jetstorm's fire/wind theme has its roots in some of the earliest concepts done by artist Sean Galloway, who drew designs for a pair of "fire and wind" robots long before the "final" Derrick Wyatt-designed characters were shown. (2007)
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concept art for "Car and Cable", an early proposal for an animated series co-produced between Marvel and Hasbro. (1983)
It was shockingly discovered in 2020 that this show was actually a precursor of sorts to Transformers (as can be seen by the Prowl-looking robot in the 4th pic
873
due to the Transmetal Beast Wars toys not coming with any ranged weapons, the animators of the cartoon had to figure out on their own how to give them firearms while also incorporating aspects from the toys. (1998)
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concept art for the combined form of the "Ani-bots", an Autobot combiner that would have debuted in the 1986 movie. They would have been released from a zoo to fight Devastator.
the concept of an animal combiner eventually evolved to become the Predacons. (1985)
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