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a Rhinox toy from American chain Checkers and its regional variant Rally's. (2000)
577
the McDonalds' toys of the Armada Autobots and Decepticons could combine into the "Mighty Robot" and the "Mighty Vehicle" respectively. (2002)
578
The RPMs Devastator Showdown track set fires the included car on a track to an area that releases a "wrecking ball" follow the car down the track.
Yes, that means Devastator fires his testicles at you. (2009)
579
Optimus Prime dies after being randomly shot during a random battle on Earth. (1987)
580
Optimus Prime proudly declares that he and the Transformers come from America. (1985)
581
According to screenwriter Buzz Dixon, Optimus Prime was to have a cameo in the My Little Pony Movie. He was to be asked by one of the Ponies for aid only to disappoint them, leaving the Ponies to instead enlist the aid of a drunken Shipwreck from G.I. Joe. (1986)
582
Starscream fires his null-ray from his finger. (1985)
583
Gold Plastic Syndrome was a condition that affected many TF toys containing gold and/or metallic swirls in plastic over the years, where its plastic decomposes and becoming brittle to the point of shattering or crumbling under minimal-stress conditions. (1988-2015)
584
Takara releases the 'Smallest Transforming Transformers' line, consisting of downsized G1 toys. (2003)
585
an Electronic Voice Synthesizer in the likeness of Ultra Magnus, that allows children to 'talk like a robot' by mouthing words into it.
Since it can create synthesized speech from mouth movements without sound, the toy has been used as a replacement for electrolarynx devices.
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an issue of IDW's RID comic makes Steve The Vehicon an official character. (2015)
587
the Scout class figures from the Cyberverse line all have half-transformed alt modes, for some reason. (2018)
588
the "Cybertronian Warriors" pack released in the DOTM line references an incident that happened on the set of the movie, where the Bumblebee prop car collided with a Metropolitan Police Department SUV. (2011)
590
Starscream, Blitzwing and Astrotrain carve their faces into a rockface.
591
Masterpiece Wheeljack's face can be removed to reveal a face based on Animated Wheeljack beneath. (2014)
592
Hot Shot and Downshift drive through space. (2004)
593
the Energon cartoon's wonderful CGI. (2004)
594
concept art for a Decepticon for Transformers: Hero. (2004)
While he looks a LOT like IDW's Tarn, the similarities between the two are apparently complete coincidence, according to Alex Milne. (2019)
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red herrings sprinkled throughout the run of More Than Meets The Eye suggested that Tarn was actually Optimus' old friend Roller.
It was all misdirection in the end, with Roller being revealed to still be alive one page before Tarn's true identity was revealed. (2012-2016)
596
Michael Bay's real-life dogs, Mason and Bonecrusher, cameo in the Transformers movies. (2007-2011)
597
the actress who plays the girl with the pony in the 2007 TF movie won the pony prop from the movie in an auction, and still owns it to this day. (2007- )
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Frank Welker provided the voice of Soundwave for not just the English, but also the European French, Castilian Spanish and Italian versions of the Revenge Of The Fallen movie. (2009)
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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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