826
the scale here's totally accurate guys. trust me. twitter.com/tfw2005/status…
827
the final wave of Robot Heroes figurines was THIS close to being released before being cancelled. (2008)
828
the regular Voyager-sized figure of Cybertron Starscream was never released by Hasbro, due to them wanting to push the larger Supreme-sized Starscream instead. (2005)
829
Hot Rod is magenta in the 1986 movie because an early prototype for his toy was that colour.
the final G1 Hot Rod toy was red, and to this day almost every toy released of him by Hasbro is red.
(Takara meanwhile, are usually the ones who properly colour him magenta)
830
BotBot Waddlepop was originally slated to appear in Last Bot Standing as a member of Steeljaw's remnant faction. However, Hasbro informed Nick Roche that the BotBots were off-limits, and as a result Roche replaced Waddlepop with Moon instead. (2021)
832
concept art of the skeletal remains of Micron Legend DoubleFace (Armada Sideways). (2002)
833
Snow Cat yodels while skiing in space. Megatron is unamused. (2004)
834
in the Legends manga, a legion of Kickbacks do some unspeakable things. (2017)
835
due to the episodes being done by two different studios, the damage Optimus Prime incurred at the end of "Dark Awakening" is myteriously gone in "Return of Optimus Prime". (1987)
836
Studio Series BB Soundwave's alt mode bears resemblance to G1 Soundwave's alt mode in the Transformers vs GI Joe comic, though apparently it's just a coincidence. (2022)
837
Action Master Thundercracker...well, just look at him. (1991)
838
Drift's Deadlock design in Cyberverse was based on a piece of fan art from Guido Guidi, which was itself based on G1 Springer.
(Springer being a car/helicopter triple changer, like the live-action Drift)
(2020)
839
The very first promotional poster for IDW's Transformers homaging the iconic Uncle Sam "I want you for U.S. Army" World War II recruitment poster. (2005)
840
a whole bunch of completed Transformers comics go unreleased due to Dreamwave's bankruptcy. (2004)
841
Derrick Wyatt discusses an unmade episode of Animated that would have featured Optimus Primal.
(credit to @KeyanCarlile for the video)
842
budget cuts resulted in toys of characters who should have been silver being rendered in a dull grey instead. (2011-2012)
843
the French version of the Animated McDonalds' promotion included a toy of Blitzwing, that was available nowhere else in the world. (2009)
844
the Shattered Glass Soundwave toy includes a bandana made entirely of stickers. (2013)
845
Super 7 toy's of the Alligatorcon. (2021)
846
the majority of voices in the Cyber Missions webseries was done by a mysterious, unknown man named Bronco D Jackson. (2010)
847
Megatron expresses distress over the Earth being set to explode in one second, but takes considerably longer to get out of dodge. (1985)
848
Eric Idle on his role as Wreck-Gar in the 1986 movie.
849
Shockwave's delivery of this line of dialogue is seemingly the only occasion in which his duplicitousness is hinted at in the original cartoon. (1984)
850
the two mutant creatures from the Animated episode "Survival Of The Fittest" are drawn in homage to G1 Pretenders Bomb-Burst and Submaruader. (2008)
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