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Peter David wrote the incredible Dark Of The Moon novelisation that i read hundreds of times as a kid. wishing him a speedy recovery 🙏 twitter.com/chrizmillr/sta…
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a man paranoid about Transformers taking over Earth buys a gun that secretly contains a portion of Megatron's mind, which tells him to assassinate Bumblebee. (2010)
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Shattered Glass Drift, the Mech With A Mouth. (2012)
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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.
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Run-Over, from the Beast Wars Universe text story 'Derailment', speaks entirely in quotes from The Simpsons. (2016)
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a cut piece of animation from the final episode of Beast Wars, showing G1 Megatron's spark being returned to his body. (1999)
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Peter Cullen was initially unavailable during the recording of the G1 episode "Countdown To Extinction". As such, Chris Latta stood in as the voice of Optimus Prime, with Cullen dubbing over the lines later. (1984)
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the side profile of the original Armada Optimus Super mode toy. (2002)
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The red scars on Optimus and Megatron's faces in The Last Knight came about when Michael Bay asked ILM's animators to add them to their faces and come up with an explanation for them, with one of the artists suggesting that it was due to the influence of Dark Energon. (2017)
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concept art for a Powermaster upgrade for Animated Optimus Prime. (2010)
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concept art for Power Of The Primes Leader Rodimus, showing a scrapped gimmick wherein the toy would've been able to combine with other figures from the line in vehicle mode. (2017)
(Starscream also seems to really resemble Star Saber here.)
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Prime Weaponizer Optimus was inexplicably re-released in green as "Beast Tracker Optimus Prime" in the Beast Hunters line, even though Optimus had already upgraded to a new body.
Apparently the green colour is due to a Hasbro designer who REALLY wanted a green Optimus. (2013)
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in the film "Boogie Nights", Mark Wahlberg's character sings The Touch, inadvertently foreshadowing his role in Transformers many years later. (1997)
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Takara reboots Diaclone as its own toyline, complete with reimagined takes on Battle Convoy (who became Optimus Prime) and Powered Convoy (who became Ultra Magnus)
(2016- )
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Soundwave opts for personalized mixtapes on Valentines'. (2016)
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G1 Starscream meets Animated Starscream in a Botcon 2011 promo video. (2011)
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Chris Latta's Starscream voice noticeably takes on a much higher pitch over the course of the series. (1984-1985)
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originally intended to be a Bumblebee-themed subline, the Buzzworthy Bumblebee line quickly devolved into a seemingly random assortment of re-releases of misc. older figures and redecoes, that don't have anything to do with the titular character. (2021)
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the iconic "ear vents" the G1 Seekers have are actually derived from the placement of the nosecone kibble on the G1 Seeker toy mould. (1984)
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A Shockwave that transforms into a purple sports car is parked outside the Transformers Ride at Beijing's Universal Studios due to BMW's sponsorship.
It periodically plays recorded lines, begging the tourists to free him from N.E.S.T's capture. (2021- )
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the TF RPG game gives G1 Breakdown Prime Breakdown's weapon and relationship with Knock Out. (2022)
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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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I apologize for retweeting this post yesterday. I was unaware that the OP is a far-right U.S. nationalist.
I sincerely hope that all of you are aware that i d not condone such beliefs. twitter.com/Pleyway/status…
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Rise Of The Dark Spark had an after credit scene where G1 Optimus witnesses the arrival of the Dark Spark, which was never followed up on. (2014)
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