851
Animated Blurr's crushed cube form was supposed to show his spark being visible, to show to the audience that he was still alive. This detail didn't make it into the show, leaving Blurr's fate ambiguous. (2008)
(Blurr eventually came back in the BotCon 2015 script reading)
852
the number of weapons AOE Voyager Hound and Generations Voyager Roadbuster came with. (2014)
853
a deluxe class Unicron toy is released in the Cybertron line, that turns into an alien crab tank thing. (2006)
854
the G1 episode "Five Faces Of Darkness" originally had a subplot where Shockwave would be forced to ally with the Autobots to save Cybertron.
His role in the final episode was taken by Blitzwing instead due to Bltizwing being the newer toy. (1986)
855
what wonders will the Writers' Guild strike of 2023 bring? twitter.com/TF_Moments/sta…
856
The majority of Age of Extinction toys and promo images for Optimus are based on a preliminary design for the character, not used in the final film. The differences are most noticeable on the chest, although there are minor design variations across the entire body. (2014)
857
Hasbro slapped the name "Shockwave" onto a random Cybertron Minicon in order to claim it back after they had temporarily lost the trademark.
While he may be the odd one out among them, every Shockwave released since has him to thank for keeping the name in circulation. (2005)
858
Pay close attention during the final scene of the Beast Wars episode "Other Voices" and you can see Optimus Primal's remains flying towards the screen. (1997)
859
Animated Lockdown's hook and Grimlock's club turn up as Easter Eggs in Ben 10 Omniverse, trophies collected by bounty hunter Kyber. (2012)
860
Starscream considers lightning a bad omen. (1985)
861
concept art for the combined form of the "Ani-bots", an Autobot combiner that would have debuted in the 1986 movie. They would have been released from a zoo to fight Devastator.
the concept of an animal combiner eventually evolved to become the Predacons. (1985)
862
The design of Optimus Primal's bat form is an homage to Batman, whose action figure license was also held at the time by Kenner. His designer chose the black color scheme to redeco him into Onyx Primal, enhancing the mold's inherent resemblance to Batman. (1996)
863
wouldn't be the first time they tried to pull something like this, as strange as it is twitter.com/ROTBTrailer/st…
864
variant of Animated toys in cylindrical packaging. (2008)
865
Combiner Wars Minimus Ambus pilots Ultra Magnus like a mecha, whereas in the comics it's merely a suit of armour that he wears. (2015)
866
For those wondering why you don't hear Optimus say "transform and roll out" anymore: twitter.com/JaAmfan/status…
867
unproduced Arcee, Bumblebee, Cosmos and Shockwave figures from the Titanium line. (200?)
868
Issue 161 of the Marvel UK comic is told and drawn in a way that draws parallels between the struggles of Ultra Magnus and Megatron, as they both fight to overcome their fears (of Galvatron and Straxus, respectively). (1988)
869
a power-up form for Prime Soundwave, as seen in an official Japanese Arms Micron promo video.
This form requires one to purchase yogurt bottles and a plastic fork, as well as several other Arms Microns, and attach it to the deluxe Soundwave figure. (2012)
870
Rockhopper, the pirate penguin from the BotCon 2014 comic.
871
the Dark of the Moon games for the Wii and DS were all 'Stealth Force' games, meaning that the Transformers only transformed from vehicles to weaponzied vehicles, with no robot mode gameplay. (2011)
872
unused concept for the three Arcee siblings' combined form. (2009)
874
the bio for Generations Voyager Rhinox actually refer to his Chainguns/Gatling Guns Of Doom by that name. (2014)
875
in the Rid 2015 tie-in comic, Fixit has his own copy of Swerve's My First Blaster. (2015)
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