the Titan Master of Titans Return Sixshot is designed to resemble Jack, a guy who Sixshot killed in the Headmasters anime. (2016)
30 years later, the unproduced cloud-deco Seeker from G2 is finally given a name in Legacy. (2023)
the generic Decepticons from the Devastation video game are based on the Battlechargers Runamuck and Runabout. Sadly, no actual toys of them have been made. (2015)
Masterpiece Soundwave can use Rumble and Frenzy's piledrivers as both weapons and connector cables of sorts. (2013)
the commercial for the Armada Unicron toy uses footage from the 1986 movie instead of Armada. (2003)
I suppose this is relevant today twitter.com/TF_Moments/sta…
unused head designs for Armada Megatron. (2002)
an amnesiac Megatron comes into the ownership of a small-time gangster, who uses his gun mode to go on a crime spree. (1986)
early concept art and toy prototypes for "Transformers: Hero", the series which would eventually evolve to become Transformers Animated. (2004) (this show spent a LONG time in production)
this one Bumblebee toy from the Buzzworthy line seems to have a vehicle mode based on Bumper rather than Bumblebee. (2021)
They used this pic as the boxart lol twitter.com/ROTBTrailer/st…
Megatron's head in Age Of Extinction is very obviously a prop, lacking the damage it received at the end of the previous film. (2014)
Optimus' design in Rescue Bots Academy. (2021)
the propaganda posters made for AOE. (2014)
Simon Furman made Sunstreaker a Headmaster in IDW because he was the character who'd least want to be a Headmaster. (2007)
Scourge, mutated by the powers of the Matrix, transforms. Badly. (1987)
the Decepticon Headmasters attempt to assert their dominance with their "Trio Formation". (1987)
centuries after the end of Beast Machines, Cheetor ascends and evolves to become the spiritual leader of Cybertron, Alpha Trizer. (2016)
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!"
Skywarp only uses his teleportation powers in three episodes throughout the entire G1 cartoon. (1984-1985)
several episodes of G1 had to be re-recorded to replace the name 'Jetfire' with 'Skyfire'. (1984)
MuteMath created a Transformers theme for the 2007 Movie, that was ultimately not used in the actual movie.
Dion gets shot and killed, but unlike Orion Pax and Ariel, is never rebuilt, causing fans to endlessly speculate as to whether he was ever rebuilt into anyone. (1985)