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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)
477
Mindwipe, who transforms into a bat, is terrified of bats. (1987)
478
Soundblaster steps on his own foot. (1987)
479
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.
480
the Allspark Almanac 2 declared that this unnamed character from an Animated episode was actually an Autobot actor, this universe's version of Hoist. (2010)
Derrick Wyatt however, was not happy with this decision, and drew his own version of Animated Hoist.
481
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)
482
Megatron picks up and throws Devastator. (2017)
483
the Transformers 20th Anniversary Lithograph from Dreamwave, pencilled by @SketchyFig and featuring more Transformers than any other poster on Earth. (2004)
484
Voice actor Michael Chain has stated that he based his characterization of Red Alert in the G1 cartoon on former U.S. President Richard Nixon, a man so incredibly paranoid that he kept secret audio recordings of himself. (1985)
486
the Omnibot Camshaft is called that in spite of the fact that he turns into a Mazda RX-7, which featured a rotary engine that does not actually have a camshaft. (1985)
487
The first toy of G1 Arcee was a retool of BW TM2 Blackarachnia, exclusive to BotCon 2001. Those who preordered it received a box with a VERY light-sensitive sound chip featuring a line from Susan Blu: "Don't underestimate me, I'm more than just a pretty face. Arcee, MAXIMIZE!"
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The Freightliner Argosy truck used as Galvatron's truck mode in Age of Extinction is repainted and modified for use as Doctor Robotnik's truck in the Sonic the Hedgehog movie. (2020)
490
To promote Transformers: The Last Knight, Frank Welker and Peter Cullen were interviewed by a Youtuber whose channel focuses on Mezican Zumba dances. (2017)
491
Dropkick from the 2007 movie toyline sports a giant Decepticon insignia in vehicle mode. (2007)
492
None of the toys of live-action Triple Changers Drift, Shatter and Dropkick can actually triple-change, due to limitations posed by the complexity of the movie designs. (2014- )
493
the G1 Ultra Magnus toy can be seen in Stranger Things. The toy has been modified so that it is motorized.
This is actually an error, as this season of the show takes place in 1985, while Magnus was released in 1986. (2019)
494
Octus, a Decepticon leader implied to have a Dalek alt mode. (1989)
496
For the longest time, western fans believed Beast Wars II and Neo to have taken place during the events of Beast Wars, due to catalogs that depict the BW and BW II cast existing in the same time, as well as Neo depicting Cybertron as still being mechanical and not technorganic.
497
The Spanish (Latin) dubs of Cybertron and Energon are partially lost. Why they never got a DVD release like the rest of the shows is unknown.
An infamous fandubber called Piero Gionti has possession of most of the chapters of the lost dubs, but has refused to release them.
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Designer Hironori Kobayashi got a job at Takara after he impressed lead designer Hideaki Yoke with a scratch-built G1 Arcee toy he made. (1998)
Many years later, he designed the Thrilling 30 Arcee toy, with its transformation being based directly on his old model. (2014)
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Jazz sits around and does nothing after Bumblebee gets his legs blown off. (2007)
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