Shinji Nishikawa's Transforming Mechagodzilla design, created for the 1993 film Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla II but ultimately unused, was eventually realized in action figure form in the SH Monsterarts line. (2017)
concept art of Daytrader from The Last Knight gave him a head based directly on his actor, Steve Buscemi. (2017)
according to the Prime toyline, Prime Tailgate looks like this...meaning that two bots who look exactly alike have both died after becoming Arcee's partner. (2012)
MP-05 Megatron was designed in only twelve days by Takara designer Hisashi Yuki. (2006)
the name of the Prime who preceded Optimus in Aligned continuity was inconsistent- in the War For Cybertron game he was Zeta Prime, but in the Exodus novel he was Sentinel Prime. Hasbro solved the issue by declaring that his full name was "Sentinel Zeta Prime" (2011)
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Cut scenes from the 1986 movie, showing Ultra Magnus and several other Autobots using their rockets to bring down Devastator, and extended sequences of Optimus taking on the other Decepticons before his fight with Megatron.
"The Touch" was originally inspired by a line from Louis Gossett Jr. in Iron Eagle, and written for the 1986 Sylvester Stallone movie Cobra, but the record company decided to switch it to the Transformers movie instead.
the Titan Heroes Drift toy features creepy human eyes. (2014)
in Dark Of The Moon, Carly was held hostage in Trump Tower. (2011)
the 2007 comic adaptation of the 1986 movie adds in an additional scene of Omega Supreme, Superion and Defensor duking it out against Bruticus and Menasor at the Ark, justifying why they weren't there during the movie. (2007)
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)
to add more gender diversity to the show, Cybertron changes the male Nitro Convoy to the female Override. (2005)
Thunderblast on the DVD cover of Galaxy Force Volume 12. (2005)
Optimus Prime explodes. (1984)
the Grimlock from 2015 RID cartoon was supposed to be an original Dinobot character, but was changed to Grimlock for the sake of synergy with the movies. This means that there are two different Grimlocks in the Aligned continuity. (2015)
Tow-Line explains why you can't park there. (2000)
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)
two kids use their Nightscream and Jetstorm figures to fight over fries. (2000)
the girl who had a thing for Powerglide not only can survive getting electrocuted, but also completely outsmarts the Decepticons at every turn.
Wheeljack makes a Shrek reference. (2013)
due to 'Transform' being the literal english translation of 'Henshin', english dubs of Kamen Rider shows often had the characters say 'Transform'.
the original Japanese name for the Decepticon faction, Destron (デストロン), is the same name as that of the evil organization from the tokusatsu series Kamen Rider V3.
Shockwave makes a blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameo on a newspaper in Revenge Of The Fallen. (2009)
the Combaticons form a robot pyramid. (1986)