The RID 2001 Optimus Prime toy has a voice chip that says "Optimus Prime, Maximize!", likely a sign of how late in the design process the decision to move away from the Beast Era was. (2001) (clip from @Peaugh 's video)
the official "transformerstlk" Spotify account that made playlists for all the characters as apart of the marketing for The Last Knight, with hundreds of songs each. (2017)
the Combiner Wars webseries can't seem to quite figure out what Windblade's motives are. (2016)
despite the name of the film, electrical transformers do not play a big part in the 2007 movie "Transformers". the only mention of one throughout the entire movie is when a power trip causes a character to remark about a "blown transformer".
the unfortunate placement of Kingdom Rattrap's robot hands in beast mode. (2021)
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Gozer the Gozerian has Starscream choose the form of the destructor. (2019)
Thundercracker unleashes his Super Electric Lightning Thundercrackin' Punch. (2006)
it is never explained how the Movie Dinobots got their dinosaur modes. (2014)
in Prime Season 2, Megatron’s jet mode still has his fusion cannon even though at that point he had it replaced with a new lower arm. (2012)
for their BotCon 2013 toy reveal panel, Hasbro decided to be real snarky in their presentation slides for the Beast Hunters toys.
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a Rhinox toy from American chain Checkers and its regional variant Rally's. (2000)
early concept art for AOE Lockdown. (2013?)
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)
Masterpiece Wheeljack's face can be removed to reveal a face based on Animated Wheeljack beneath. (2014)
in Energon, Demolishor's character arc revolving around his uncertainty with the Decepticon cause gets resolved by having him sacrifice himself for Megatron and resurrected without memories. He spends the rest of the show doing nothing but beating his chest and smashing things.
the crew behind Beast Wars really wanted Frank Welker to reprise his role as G1 Megatron for his brief cameo in "The Agenda", but scheduling conflicts resulted in Garry Chalk (ironically) voicing Megatron instead. (1998)
Galvatron gets drunk and goes on a rampage. (1998)
concept art for the Vintage Horror Movie Series, a proposed subline to the G1 toyline. The series would have seen several monsters from classic horror movies realized as transforming robots. (198?)
Hardhead sings karaoke. (1987)
Rumble beats the ever-loving shit out of Tracks in an alleyway. (1985)
Fortress Maximus has a nice meal. (2016)
a G1 Grimlock toy was once on display at the Natural History Museum at London, though it has sadly since been removed.