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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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planned, unproduced concepts for BotCon 2017 exclusive figures. (2017)
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Funko releases Funko/Transformers NFTs. (2022)
(I couldn't be bothered to grab screenshots of those things, so here's TFWiki's description of the subject. Hope nobody minds.)
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Initially, the owners of Griffith Observatory were reluctant to allow the crew of Transformers to film there. However, they relented as Susan Bay, a relative of director Michael Bay, and her husband, Leonard Nimoy, made substantial contributions to the funding of Griffith. (2007)
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on set of Dark Of The Moon, some guy with a Jeep drove onto set in the middle of filming and demanded (from Bay personally) that his car be put in the movie as the Autobot Rollbar.
This misled many TF news sites into thinking Rollbar was gonna be an actual character. (2010)
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James Arnold Taylor was originally cast as The Fallen in the film version of Revenge of the Fallen (which led to him getting the same role in Revenge of the Fallen: The Game), but was replaced by Tony Todd in the final edit of the film, to his disappointment. (2009)
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the Matrix was originally going to be the main McGuffin of the 2007 movie, but was replaced by the AllSpark due to the studio not wanting any association with the movie, The Matrix.
These concerns were evidently null by the time ROTF came along. (2007-9)
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the Japanese release of the Prime Weaponizer Optimus figure included a giant friggin' Matrix accessory that could also turn into a giant friggin' sword when combined with Arms Microns. (2012)
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Every episode of Superlink (Energon) began with Optimus Prime telling the kids at home to watch the show in a brightly-lit room. (2004)
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Early concept artwork for Optimus Prime's Armada appearance, transforming into a monster truck.(2001)
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Tidal Wave does pushups in the post-credits scene of the Armada game. (2004)
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According to a member of the Melbourne House team, the Cybertron game that would have been a sequel to the Armada game was a few months into development when Atari moved the studio onto a different project, effectively nixing the sequel. (2005)
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Whirl discusses the graffiti he left inside Ultra Magnus. (2012)
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the Shattered Glass Soundwave toy includes a bandana made entirely of stickers. (2013)
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the Japanese dub of Beast Wars made the Predacon computer an actual character, naming her "NAVI-ko".
the "Yokohama Decepticon Secret Base" manga would also give her a transforming body with a dolphin alt mode, loosely based on Prime Airachnid. (2014)
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Primus apotheosis is a Cybertronian personality disorder, characterized by the obsessive need to emulate Optimus Prime, including a desire to quote him, resemble him or heroically sacrifice oneself.
IDW Getaway, Pyro and G2 Sureshot are all said to suffer from this ailment.
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Garry Chalk reprised his role as Optimus Prime for a video from @GodzillaMendoza. (2020)
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official Transformers Gaming chairs. (2022) twitter.com/tfw2005/status…
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The majority of Age of Extinction toys and promo images for Optimus are based on a preliminary design for the character, not used in the final film. The differences are most noticeable on the chest, although there are minor design variations across the entire body. (2014)
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a very familiar looking music player, owned by Sideways in Cybertron/Galaxy Force. (2005)
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most toys and promotional material for the Bumblebee movie are based off an early design for him that differs from the final model in a few ways, most visibly by having door wings that the final design lacks. (2018)
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in "The Disaster Artist", Tommy Wiseau is shown owning a 'robot crab' toy, which is actually the G1 Seacon Nautilator. (2017)
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the fucked-up map of Europe from the G1 episode "Trans-Europe Express" (1985)
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the Headmasters anime strangely depicts the Autobots as needing to work out, even though they're..y'know, robots. (1987)
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