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Dalek

2011-06-25T06:32:34Z

218.214.49.189: /* Notes */

[[Image:FallAndRiseOctus01.jpg|right|thumb|250px|EX-TER-MI-NATE! EX-TER-MI-NATE!]]
:''A Dalek is some sort of... thing... from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] continuity family.''

A '''Dalek''' is some kind of creature or object that an unknown [[Doctor (G1)|Doctor]] might be very concerned about. Some Transformers have a Dalek-form as alternate mode. They are somehow associated with the word "exterminate".

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics UK continuity===

[[Image:To A Power Unknown - Dalek Panel.jpg|left|thumb|DALEKS ARE THE MASTERS OF BBC RADIO FOURRRRRR!]]
[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] flew over the [[United Kingdom|English]] countryside, picking up transmissions involving, among other things, Daleks. {{storylink|To a Power Unknown!}}

Some time later, [[Octus (G1)|Octus]] served as one of three members of the [[Triumverate]] that ruled the Decepticons on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. His [[alternate mode]] was that of a Dalek, though how or when he scanned it, or even precisely what it looks like, is unknown. {{storylink|The Fall and Rise of the Decepticon Empire}}

===''Animated'' continuity===
[[Octus (Animated)|Octus]], a Decepticon, transforms into a Mark III Travel Machine. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac Volume 2}} This machine is assumed to be somehow connected to the Daleks.
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==Notes==
*[[Lee Sullivan]] has stated that [[Octus (G1)|Octus]] was supposed to transform into a Dalek. Sullivan is well known to ''Who'' fans for drawing Dalek strips for ''Doctor Who Magazine''.

* A "Mark Three Travel Machine" is the original device that was repurposed to give the Dalek race mobility after radiation-induced mutation caused the species' limbs to atrophy. Don't say TFWiki never teaches you anything.

==External links==

* [[wikipedia:Doctor Who|Doctor Who at Wikipedia.]]
* [[wikipedia:Dalek|Daleks at Wikipedia.]]

[[Category:Earth culture]]
[[Category:External properties]]
[[Category:Generation 1 species]]

Runamuck (G1)

2011-06-11T08:24:55Z

218.214.49.189: /* Generation 1 */

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{{disambig3|Runamuck}}
:''Runamuck is a [[Decepticon]] [[Battlecharger]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Runamuckg1.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Damnit, Pantera, go to your room!]]
'''Runamuck''' and [[Runabout]] are the [[Battlecharger|Battlechargers]], a nearly inseparable pair of hooligans. Runamuck in particular likes to make things explode, heh heh, and ''loves'' a good wreck. He has been known to wander around junkyards, fascinated by the carnage of twisted metal and shattered glass. This only makes him want to blow more enemies into heaps of slag. Heh heh, slag. He does not consider it beneath him to indulge in petty acts of vandalism, and thinks a good insult sprayed on a clean wall is a Decepticon victory, heh heh.

As a Battlecharger, he's well-equipped to do it. He'll speed up crowded highways at his 180 MPH top speed (at which he can go up to 600 miles), smashing everything in his path, without regard to his fenders. Then he transforms into robot mode (in less than half a second) to use his prized tool of wholesale destruction - a [[friction rifle]].

This terrible weapon does little damage, but it leaves a field around his target that enhances molecular heating from friction. With the slightest move, a catastrophic buildup of thermal energy bursts his foe asunder in a shower of burned metal fragments and smoke. The field wears off in five minutes, if the target is able to stay absolutely still for that long. Usually they just end up as a big mess. Runamuck loves a big mess, heh heh.

Runamuck is also equipped with short-range rocket boosters to help him jump over obstacles, but strangely enough, he is terrified of heights.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
{{noteukonly}}
[[Image:Battlechargersperchance.jpg|left|250px|thumb|My car is really fast... it kicks a lotta ass... it runs on gas... I drive it on the grass...]]
The Battlechargers were summoned to [[Earth]] from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] by [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], who wanted a dramatic way to announce his challenge to [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] for a fight to the death. The two immediately ignored their orders, and began to raise a bit of random highway havoc. ''Encountering [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], the two dropped firetraps and wrecked piles of cars behind them. Unable to stop them quietly on his own terms, Prowl grew angry and... was halted by Optimus Prime, who was dismayed with his recklessness.<ref>This story may not have happened in the Marvel continuity proper, as it occurs in a dream sequence within a story that leads into the incompatible [[Earthforce]] storyline.</ref> {{storylink|Perchance to Dream}}'' During a break in the mayhem, they rested in a parking lot and saw a defiant youngster expressing his disgust of family vacations through graffiti. His dad angrily escorted him back to the station wagon, and their holiday trip resumed. The Battlechargers, impressed by the boy's disregard for authority, began following the family on a road trip through the [[United States of America|U.S.]], defacing any monuments they happened upon (such as Mt. Rushmore, the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, and the Washington Monument). They wrote insults and jokes in a Cybertronian language, thus attracting the attention of [[Rapid Anti-robot Assault Team|RAAT]], which had already captured thirteen Autobots.

RAAT caught up with them in Philadelphia, where [[Circuit Breaker]] engaged them in a battle that nearly killed the graffiti-inclined boy. Because of her disregard for civilian safety, Circuit Breaker was temporarily stripped of her command and ordered to stay out of action. Itching for revenge, she found her only allies to be the partially-disassembled [[Autobot|Autobots]] in her RAAT lab. She didn't have time to rebuild them all properly, but she knew she could jury-rig them together into a single form which she could partially control. However, she needed the Autobots' consent, and they only agreed to do it if she would release them afterward. She agreed, and she soon fought an aerial battle with the two Decepticons at the Statue of Liberty (where, incidentally, they had written "humans are wimps" in poor English). The two hooligans met quick defeat at the hands of her makeshift gestalt, their charred bodies sent plunging into the harbor. {{storylink|Decepticon Graffiti!}}

[[Image:Hosehead3.jpg|right|200px|thumb|That big guy, like, kicked the little guys' asses.]]
For quite some time, the Battlechargers remained out of action (probably rusting under the sea). However, when [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] wanted to wrest control of the Earth-based Decepticons from [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], the Battlechargers mysteriously returned and for unknown reasons joined his motley band of rebels. {{storylink|Surrender!}} They attacked Scorponok's New Jersey base, and a battle ensued. {{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}} Just as the battle ended, the combatants were transported to Cybertron by [[Primus]], who was gathering his Transformer children to stand against the demigod [[Unicron]]. Runamuck died in the ensuing planet-wide battle, his wrecked vehicle mode (oddly, emblazoned with an Autobot symbol) was shown amongst the dead. {{storylink|Still Life!}}

In an alternate future set in 2009, Runamuck was among the warriors defending the [[Decepticon Powerbase]] against the last Autobot assault. He was shot down by a charging [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]. {{storylink|Rhythms of Darkness!}}

=====Earthforce=====
{{earthforcefiction}}
''During the [[Decepticon Civil War]], Runamuck sided against Megatron and joined Shockwave's team. When Shockwave heard the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] had been revived without the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]], he and his men attacked Grimlock's crew in an attempt to beat the secret of their resurrection out of them. Runamuck managed to set [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]]'s wing on fire with his [[friction rifle]], but just a second later [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] decked him with a thunder-lizard punch, taking him out of the fight. {{storylink|Two Steps Back!}}''

''When Megatron lost an ozone rocket to the Autobots, along with its poison gas cannisters, Shockwave sent the Battlechargers out to retrieve it for his own purposes. They ran into [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] and [[Drag Strip (G1)|Drag Strip]] at the crash site, and got into a fight over who would take possession of the rocket and it's contents. Little did they know the Autobot [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] had already removed and neutralized the rocket's contents, making their tussle utterly pointless. {{storylink|Life in the Slow Lane}} Later, after the Decepticon factions unified, Runabout and Runamuck are seen attacking the Autobot Earthbase with the full Decepticon force, but they ultimately failed to gain any ground and retreated. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}}''

{{note|Runabout and Runamuck are mistakenly named as Megatron's troops in [[Life in the Slow Lane]], just as the Stunticons are mistakenly identified as working for Shockwave.}}

====Generation 2====
Despite his apparent death, Runamuck was with the other Decepticons when they ran into [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s second-generation Transformers. He was among the first casualties of a battle that nearly cost even the new-and-improved Megatron his life. {{storylink|New Dawn}}

===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Roger Behr]] (English), [[Tomomichi Nishimura]] (Japanese), [[Héctor Vieyra]] (Latin American)

[[Image:Chaos RunamuckonBlastOff.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Heh heh. FIRE. FIRE!]]
Runamuck first appeared attacking [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and some other Autobots investigating a decimated [[Earth Defense Command]] station that had crashed on [[Goo]]#8739. Riding [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]], Runamuck strafed the Autobots with a [[death crystal]] shooter. (The station had been destroyed by death crystals, so it's possible that was Runamuck's work as well.) The Autobots engaged the duo in a short space battle that ended when Runamuck blew up a comet with the death crystals, delaying the Autobots long enough to get away. {{storylink|Chaos (episode)|Chaos}}

[[Image:GhostMachine RunaboutVsRunamuck.jpg|right|200px|thumb|OW! AHH!! Cut it out, fartknocker!]]
He was next seen guarding [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]'s city mode on [[Chaar]] with Runabout. They were attacked by [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and the ghost of [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]], who wanted to steal one of Trypticon's eyes for Unicron. Starscream possessed Runabout, shot Runamuck, then ran into a wall, knocking Runabout unconscious. Runamuck, however, was able to sound an alarm, and [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]], and [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] arrived to help. Scourge got Trypticon's eye, and Starscream possessed Astrotrain and escaped. Later, under Unicron's orders, Starscream returned to Chaar and took control of Trypticon, not knowing that Dirge, Thrust, and the Battlechargers were inside. Starscream used Trypticon to bring Unicron's head down Cybertron's surface, but Thrust sabotaged Trypticon from within before Starscream could connect Unicron to the planet. Starscream came out of Trypticon and demanded that Unicron give him a corporeal form so he could complete the connections. Just as Unicron did so, Autobot-planted explosives detonated and sent Unicron's head back into orbit. Starscream was also flung into outer space, where [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] began pursuing him. Trypticon (and the Decepticons inside him) were probably thrown into space as well. Although the Battlechargers were not seen again, Trypticon and the others were, so they most likely did survive. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine}}
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===Young Corgi continuity===
One day, the Battlecharger duo was sent to destroy the [[Golden Gate Bridge]] in [[San Francisco]], but Runamuck's fear of heights prevented him from even driving onto it. Runabout was taken out of by [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], [[Slingshot]] and [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]], who soon came bearing down on Runamuck. The battle was televised on the news and recorded by [[Jeff Grey]], who later discussed it with Hot Rod during a chance meeting. {{storylink|Battle Beneath the Ice}}

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
[[Image:Predaconstww.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Aaa, [[Starscream (G1)|this guy]] sucks! Change the channel, Runabout!]]
At the dawn of Optimus Prime's era as Autobot leader, Runamuck and his partner Runabout were soldiers in the Decepticon army. When Optimus and Megatron got caught up in their first battle, the Battlechargers joined [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] and [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] in disabling [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] and helping Starscream assume control over Megatron's plans. {{storylink|The War Within issue 4|The War Within #4}} Runamuck continued to follow Starscream when, roughly a million years later, Megatron was lost in a [[space bridge]] accident and the Decepticons split into several factions. Runamuck and Runabout joined up with Starscream's new group of [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacons]]. They remained defiant even when the other Decepticon factions were prepared to sign a peace treaty with the Autobots, and staged an attack on the ceremony at [[Tyger Pax]]. They were repulsed. Violently. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath issue 1|The Age of Wrath #1}}

In the modern era, Runamuck and Runabout were serving Shockwave "under the table" as assassins. When the [[Triple Changer]] [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] removed Optimus Prime from his cell, the Battlechargers followed them into the [[Old Slave Trails]] and made an attempt on Prime's life. Sandstorm was killed, but Runamuck was captured and held prisoner by [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]'s resistance movement. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}} He apparently broke free and joined back up with Runabout after the Autobots resumed control of Cybertron. The two of them were scrounging around for fresh energon and a hideout to avoid Autobot patrols when they stumbled upon one of Shockwave's hidden bases. While Runamuck amused himself by lighting [[Mini-spy|Mini-spies]] on fire, Runabout accidentally activated one of Shockwave's cloning experiments, [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]], whose massive energon radiation overloaded the Battlechargers' circuitry, frying them reeeaaal good. {{storylink|Night of the Combaticons}}

When last seen, Runamuck and Runabout had been found by the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]], and [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] was tending to their damaged bodies as they were taken into custody. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}}

===IDW comics continuity===
Early in the war, Runamuck was present as [[Drift (G1)|Drift]] was accepted into the ranks of the Decepticons. {{storylink|Drift issue 2|Drift #2}}

Runamuck was part of the Decepticon insurgent cell that has operated covertly on Earth for at least four years, working to destabilise Earth's governing organisations and create global anarchy. He, Runabout and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] were assigned by Starscream to intercept the human [[Stoker]] and retrieve his [[SM-40]] palmtop PC, containing data on their [[Nebraska]] operation. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 0}} The team caught up with and killed Stoker outside Phoenix, AZ, by which time [[Verity Carlo]] had already stolen the SM-40. Their attempts to retrieve it from Verity and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] disregard their cover: they appeared in full public view both in primary mode and in a secondary alternate mode, where the panels of their sports-car disguises split apart to reveal weapons and ram-plates. While pursuing Ratchet, both Battlechargers were run off the road by a semi-trailer. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 2}}

[[Image:ReapercrushesBattlecharger.jpg|left|250px|thumb|"AAAAH is this [[Death|Grim Reaper?!]] Awwww NO! Mrrrr..."]]
Runamuck moved to [[Latveria]] with the rest of the Decepticons to spark a war between the nations of [[Latveria]] and [[Symkaria]] using the [[Psycho-Prism]]. He was the first of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s warriors to be turbocharged by Spider-Man's radioactive blood, and subsequently attacked the allied Autobots and Avengers in [[mirror response mode]] with the rest of his teammates. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Two}} Runamuck was taken out of the fight in short order, after he was blasted by the newly-arrived [[Iron Man]] and sliced up by [[Wolverine (superhero)|Wolverine]]. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Three}} The badly-damaged Runamuck subsequently fled via an [[emergency warp-out]]. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Four}}

Unfortunately, Runamuck was brutally off-lined when the [[Reaper|Reapers]] attacked the Decepticon command bunker in Oregon. Upset after Runabout was electrocuted until he exploded, Runamuck was soon decapitated and then had his errant head crushed by a large boulder. {{storylink|Devastation issue 6}}

Only time will tell if they show up again intact...

===''G.I. Joe vs the Transformers''===
As part of [[Serpent O.R.]]'s forces, Runamuck tried (and failed) to prevent the escape of a group of Autobots and [[G.I. Joe (team)|Joes]] from the [[New Decepticon Army]]'s headquarters. When Runamuck refused to surrender the captive [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s location, [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] tore off his arm and promised that his head would be next. Runamuck became more cooperative. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}

===Wings of Honor===
Runabout and Runamuck were present during the battle that led to the destruction of [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]. {{storylink|Generation 2: Redux}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1runamuck toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Look, ma, no hands!]]
*'''Runamuck''' (Battlecharger, 1986)
**''Accessories:'' [[Friction rifle]]

: Runamuck transforms into a Pontiac Firebird Trans Am sports car. An [[Autotransformation|autotransformer]], he uses a pull-back motor to propel him forward in both car and robot modes, though starting in car mode triggers his transformation to robot after he rolls forward a short distance. His mold is very similar to his partner Runabout, but it is highly unlikely one is actually a [[retool]] of the other since they had simultaneous production.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Runamuck/runamuck.htm More information on Runamuck at TFU.info]''

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===Timelines===
*'''Runmuck''' (Deluxe, 2012)
**''Accessories:'' red gun/clip-on launcher

: A redeco of [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys|Generations Wheeljack]] with a new head.
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==Note==
[[Image:ToyFair1986-TFpage06a.jpg|thumb|250px|"You think we'd like Steve-O more if ''we'' were black?"]]
* In the [[Toy Fair 1986|1986 Hasbro Pre-Toy Fair catalog]], Runamuck's car mode had a dark grey exterior. However, Runamuck's robot mode is represented by...another Runabout!

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Runamuck''' (ラナマック ''Ranamakku'')
*''French:'' '''Furioso''' (Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Velenix'''
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==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Runamuck Runamuck's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

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E-HOBBY

2011-04-27T10:21:37Z

218.214.49.189: /* Convention exclusives later available at e-Hobby */

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'''e-Hobby''' is a [[TakaraTomy]]-affiliated online store owned by Part One Co., Ltd. Even though the e-Hobby Shop sells all sorts of toys manufactured by Takara and other Japanese companies, it's best known for offering [[exclusive]] [[redeco]]s of ''Transformers'' toys.

==History==
Part One Co., Ltd. was officially founded in Shinjuku, a district of Tokyo, on [[April 25]], 1977, originally set up as a project design production company. By December of 1979, the company was already expanding, now also including a professional photo studio. Part One has been providing various kinds of services to Takara ever since the days of the ''[[Diaclone]]'' line, among them products planning, packaging design, character design and promotional planning. Among other things, Part One is responsible for designing the packaging for the ''[[Alternators|Binaltech]]'' toyline. Today, Part One's official company description is "Digital Design Office".

The e-Hobby Shop was officially launched in March of 2000. In August of the same year, a delivery center was set up in the city of Sango, which was later moved to Yashio in November 2002. Even though the address [http://www.e-hobby.co.jp/ e-Hobby.co.jp] was used from the get-go, the site was temporarily also available under the (now defunct) URL <nowiki>http://e-hobby.sputniknext.com/</nowiki>, but eventually permanently moved to its current location in May 2003.

In March 2001, Takara would release the first exclusive toy through the e-Hobby Shop, a black redeco of the original [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] toy that was reissued by Takara at the same time. "Black" Megatron had originally been offered for pre-order at [[BotCon]] Japan 2000, since the e-Hobby Shop hadn't been widely established yet by that time.

Since then, the range of exclusive product got bigger. Reissues of the original [[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]] [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] toys that were part of Takara's store/convention exclusive "Collector's Edition" series came in 2001, followed by more same-character redecoes in new colors. With the launch of Takara's "[[Transformers Collection]]" line of "bookbox" reissues, e-Hobby would start to regularly offer an exclusive redeco of almost every toy released as part of the line. Many of those redecos were based on old ''[[Diaclone]]'' or ''[[Microchange]]'' variants of the toys in question, but were given new names and identities, with extensive bio profiles for the characters written by [[Hirofumi Ichikawa]]. In cases where no ''Diaclone'' or ''Microchange'' variant of the toy existed, e-Hobby would take obscure "extra" characters or weird errors from the cartoon series as inspirations for a redeco, or even come up with an entirely new deco.

In addition, e-Hobby would also continue to release exclusive redecos of non-TFC reissues and even of toys that were not reissues at all, including product from ''[[Robot Masters (franchise)|Robot Masters]]'', the "[[Hybrid Style]]" line, ''[[Kiss Players (toyline)|Kiss Players]]'' and ''Binaltech''.

Furthermore, e-Hobby also offered exclusive "[[USA Edition]]" versions of toys that were originally released by [[Hasbro]], complete with the Hasbro packaging. In all these instances, the only difference to the Hasbro versions of those toys was an additional e-Hobby sticker on the packaging. Toys from ''[[Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'', Hasbro's [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|20th Anniversary Optimus Prime]] version of Takara's Masterpiece Convoy and [[Cybertron (toyline)|''Cybertron'' toys]] not part of the ''Galaxy Force'' series were all made available this way.

Beginning in 2007, e-Hobby also started offering limited quantities of toys that would originally be exclusively available at Japanese conventions, starting with the Wonder Festival 2007 Winter exclusive exclusive ''Binaltech'' [[Nemesis Prime (G1)#Alternators|Black Convoy]]. However, in all instances only Japanese residents were allowed to purchase the toys, unlike the other exclusives which could usually be ordered by foreigners as well.

In December of 2007, e-Hobby announced that they had stopped accepting orders from international private customers altogether as of September of the same year.<ref name="internat">[http://www.allspark.com/index.php/200712132207/Transformers-News/Confirmation-e-Hobby-No-Longer-Accepting-Overseas-Orders.html e-Hobby stop international orders The Allspark]</ref><ref name="internat2">[http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/content.php?/transformers-news/story/5655/TakaraTomy+Website+Updates+and+e-Hobby+stop+international+orders.html e-Hobby stop international orders Transformers @ The Moon]</ref> As a consequence, only Japanese residents are able to order toys directly from e-Hobby now, whereas international fans have to resort to third-party sellers.

In addition to Takara toys, e-Hobby also offers toys from other Japanese manufacturers such as Tomy (who are now merged with Takara into TakaraTomy) or Bandai. This included the [[Star Wars (franchise)|''Star Wars Transformers'' toys]], who were distributed through Tomy Direct in Japan in a similar fashion as Takara's "[[USA Edition]]s". However, thus far the only e-Hobby ''exclusive'' toys came from Takara.

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==e-Hobby exclusive toys==
===Reissues===
* [[Ironhide (G1)/toys|Ironhide]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (sold as a set, but packaged separately)
* "New Year Special" [[Sideswipe (G1)|Lambor]] and [[Red Alert (G1)|Alert]] (sold as a set, but packaged separately)

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===Exclusive companions (redecos) for reissues===
[[Image:G1toy-SunstormeHobby.jpg|right|300px|thumb|]]
* [[Starscream (G1)/toys|Black Starscream and Ghost Starscream]] (sold as a set, but packaged separately)
* [[Ginrai|Fire Guts God Ginrai]]
* [[Electrum|Gold chromed "Electrum"]] [[Jazz (G1)/toys|Meister/Jazz]] and [[Bluestreak (G1)|"Anime" Streak/Bluestreak]] (sold as a set, but packaged separately)
* [[Road Rage (G1)|Road Rage]] and [[Crosscut (Autobot)|Crosscut]] (sold as a set, but packaged separately)
* [[Bluestreak (G1)|Silver chromed Streak]] (Bluestreak)
* [[Megaplex]]
* [[Clamp Down]] and [[Deep Cover]] (sold as a set, but packaged separately)
* [[Hauler|Roadhauler]] and [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]] (sold as a set, but packaged separately)
* [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] in "prototype colors"
* "Dimension Exploration Researchers" aka "Gobots" ([[Bug Bite (G1)|Bug Bite]], [[Bad Boy]], [[Treds]], [[Small Foot]], [[Path Finder]], and [[Road Ranger]])
* [[Detritus]]
* "[[Insecticon clone|Insectron Clone Army]]" ([[Zaptrap]], [[Salvo]], and [[Shothole]])
* [[Overcharge (G1)|Overcharge]]
* "Cobalt Sentries" ([[Howlback (G1)|Howlback]] and [[Garboil (G1)|Garboil]])
* [[Magnificus (G1)|Magnificus]] with [[Ga'mede]]
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Orion Pax]] & [[Dion]]
* [[Blaster (G1)|Twincast]] (reissue) with [[Flip Sides (G1)|Flip Sides]]
* [[Galvatron II]]
* [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys|Laser Ultra Magnus]]
* [[Ironhide (G1)/toys|Ironhide "Protect Black"]]
* [[Guardian robot|GADEP]]

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===Other exclusive redecos===
[[Image:Ehobby black rm starsaber.jpg|right|200px|thumb|]]
* [[Star Saber (Victory)|Black Victory Saber]] (Robot Masters)
* [[Mirage (G1)|Clear "Rijie"/Ligier/Mirage]] (Binaltech)
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|G1 Black Convoy]] (Hybrid Style Series)
* Kiss Players Position ([[Rosanna (KP)|Rosanna]], [[Sundor]] and [[Glit]])
* [[Masterpiece]] [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Convoy]] Black Version
* [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys|Ultra Magnus Brilliant White Pearl]] (Alternity)

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===Convention exclusives later available at e-Hobby===
* [[Nemesis Prime (G1)#Alternators|Black Convoy]] (Binaltech)
* "Fusion Cluster Edition" [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Protoform Optimus Prime]] (Movie)
* "Fusion Cluster Edition" [[Starscream (Movie)/toys|Protoform Starscream]] (Movie)
* "G1 Color Edition" [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] (Movie)
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Convoy]] "clear version" (Henkei! Henkei!)
* [[Wildrider (G1)|Stuntron Wildrider]] (Henkei! Henkei!) [or "Gentei! Gentei!"]
* [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Optimus Prime Revenge Edition]] (Revenge of the Fallen)
* [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave Black Version]] (Revenge of the Fallen)

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==="USA Editions"===
* [[Optimus Primal/toys|Optimus Primal]] (Universe)
* [[Razorclaw (Universe)|Razorclaw]] (Universe)
* [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (Universe)
* [[Snarl (BM)|Snarl]] (Universe)
* [[Reptilion]] (Universe)
* [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]] & [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] (Universe)
* [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (Universe)
* [[Striker|Dinobot Striker]] (Universe)
* [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depthcharge]] (Universe)
* [[Ratchet (Universe)|Autobot Ratchet]] (Universe)
* [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (Universe)
* [[Triceradon (BM)|Dinobot Triceradon]] (Universe)
* [[King Atlas]] (Universe)
* [[Skydive (BM)|Skydive]] (Universe)
* [[Stockade (Universe 2003)|Stockade]] & [[Magna Stampede]] (Universe)
* [[Fireflight (Universe)|Fireflight]] (Universe)
* [[Whirl (G1)|Autobot Whirl]] (Universe)
* [[Strika (BM)|Nemesis Strika]] (Universe)
* [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave]] & [[Space Case (G2)|Space Case]] (Universe)
* [[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]] & [[Wind Sheer (Universe)|Wind Sheer]] (Universe)
* [[Swerve (Universe)|Swerve]] (Universe)
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Convoy/Optimus Prime]] (Masterpiece/20th Anniversary) <ref name="usa">These toys were also available as regular mass retail releases in Japan. The e-Hobby exclusive "USA Edition" versions were of specific Hasbro variants of those toys.</ref>
* [[Hardtop (Cybertron)|Hardtop]] (Cybertron)
* [[Primus]] with [[Unicron|Unicron head]] (Cybertron) <ref name="usa"/>
* [[Quickmix (Cybertron)|Blender/Quickmix]] (Cybertron)
* [[Menasor (Cybertron)|Moldedive/Menasor]] (Cybertron)
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==Notes==
* e-Hobby is ''not'' directly owned by [[TakaraTomy]], but merely an affiliated store. TakaraTomy's own online store is [[Toy Hobby Market]].

* Because e-Hobby is mostly known for exclusive toys and many Western fans aren't aware that e-Hobby also offers regular mass retail toys like most online stores, pre-orders for new mass retail toys listed at the e-Hobby website are occasionally mistaken as a confirmation that a toy is either exclusive to e-Hobby, or that an e-Hobby exclusive redeco is planned.

* Another common misconception among fans is that e-Hobby "makes" the exclusive toys. While e-Hobby ''is'' presumably responsible for creating the color scheme and decos, the ''toys'' are still produced by Takara. After all, [[Toys"R"Us]] doesn't manufacture its own exclusive ''Transformers'' toys either.

* Occasionally, fans also mistakenly believe other store, convention or magazine exclusive redecos of toys reissued by Takara to be e-Hobby exclusives, such as the [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys|Generation 1 Ultra Magnus]] redecos, [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|Crystal Rodimus]] and [[Dark Hot Rod|Black Rodimus]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Nucleon Quest Super Convoy]], [[Tigertrack]] or [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet Emergency Green]].

* "[[USA Edition]]" is not a term limited to imported Hasbro toys sold through e-Hobby either. In the past, Takara have released exclusive "USA Editions" through stores such as Jusco, Laox, Toy's Dream Project/Toycard or even selected stores participating in the "TF Station" program. A few "USA Editions" weren't even exclusive to any specific store at all. The most frequently used store to carry "USA Editions" other than e-Hobby, however, was the Japanese branch of Toys"R"Us.

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==External links==
*[http://www.e-hobby.co.jp/ e-Hobby website]
*[http://www.part-one.jp/ Part One website]

*[http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/content.php?/transformers-gallery/corporate-companies/197/corporate-companies/e+Hobby+Shop+++Oct+2003.html Interview with Ootuka Makoto, President of Part One, Inc., about the e-Hobby Shop at Transformers @ The Moon]

==Footnotes==
<references />

[[Category: Companies]]
[[Category: E-Hobby]]
[[category:Retailers]]

E-HOBBY

2011-04-27T10:20:38Z

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'''e-Hobby''' is a [[TakaraTomy]]-affiliated online store owned by Part One Co., Ltd. Even though the e-Hobby Shop sells all sorts of toys manufactured by Takara and other Japanese companies, it's best known for offering [[exclusive]] [[redeco]]s of ''Transformers'' toys.

==History==
Part One Co., Ltd. was officially founded in Shinjuku, a district of Tokyo, on [[April 25]], 1977, originally set up as a project design production company. By December of 1979, the company was already expanding, now also including a professional photo studio. Part One has been providing various kinds of services to Takara ever since the days of the ''[[Diaclone]]'' line, among them products planning, packaging design, character design and promotional planning. Among other things, Part One is responsible for designing the packaging for the ''[[Alternators|Binaltech]]'' toyline. Today, Part One's official company description is "Digital Design Office".

The e-Hobby Shop was officially launched in March of 2000. In August of the same year, a delivery center was set up in the city of Sango, which was later moved to Yashio in November 2002. Even though the address [http://www.e-hobby.co.jp/ e-Hobby.co.jp] was used from the get-go, the site was temporarily also available under the (now defunct) URL <nowiki>http://e-hobby.sputniknext.com/</nowiki>, but eventually permanently moved to its current location in May 2003.

In March 2001, Takara would release the first exclusive toy through the e-Hobby Shop, a black redeco of the original [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] toy that was reissued by Takara at the same time. "Black" Megatron had originally been offered for pre-order at [[BotCon]] Japan 2000, since the e-Hobby Shop hadn't been widely established yet by that time.

Since then, the range of exclusive product got bigger. Reissues of the original [[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]] [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] toys that were part of Takara's store/convention exclusive "Collector's Edition" series came in 2001, followed by more same-character redecoes in new colors. With the launch of Takara's "[[Transformers Collection]]" line of "bookbox" reissues, e-Hobby would start to regularly offer an exclusive redeco of almost every toy released as part of the line. Many of those redecos were based on old ''[[Diaclone]]'' or ''[[Microchange]]'' variants of the toys in question, but were given new names and identities, with extensive bio profiles for the characters written by [[Hirofumi Ichikawa]]. In cases where no ''Diaclone'' or ''Microchange'' variant of the toy existed, e-Hobby would take obscure "extra" characters or weird errors from the cartoon series as inspirations for a redeco, or even come up with an entirely new deco.

In addition, e-Hobby would also continue to release exclusive redecos of non-TFC reissues and even of toys that were not reissues at all, including product from ''[[Robot Masters (franchise)|Robot Masters]]'', the "[[Hybrid Style]]" line, ''[[Kiss Players (toyline)|Kiss Players]]'' and ''Binaltech''.

Furthermore, e-Hobby also offered exclusive "[[USA Edition]]" versions of toys that were originally released by [[Hasbro]], complete with the Hasbro packaging. In all these instances, the only difference to the Hasbro versions of those toys was an additional e-Hobby sticker on the packaging. Toys from ''[[Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'', Hasbro's [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|20th Anniversary Optimus Prime]] version of Takara's Masterpiece Convoy and [[Cybertron (toyline)|''Cybertron'' toys]] not part of the ''Galaxy Force'' series were all made available this way.

Beginning in 2007, e-Hobby also started offering limited quantities of toys that would originally be exclusively available at Japanese conventions, starting with the Wonder Festival 2007 Winter exclusive exclusive ''Binaltech'' [[Nemesis Prime (G1)#Alternators|Black Convoy]]. However, in all instances only Japanese residents were allowed to purchase the toys, unlike the other exclusives which could usually be ordered by foreigners as well.

In December of 2007, e-Hobby announced that they had stopped accepting orders from international private customers altogether as of September of the same year.<ref name="internat">[http://www.allspark.com/index.php/200712132207/Transformers-News/Confirmation-e-Hobby-No-Longer-Accepting-Overseas-Orders.html e-Hobby stop international orders The Allspark]</ref><ref name="internat2">[http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/content.php?/transformers-news/story/5655/TakaraTomy+Website+Updates+and+e-Hobby+stop+international+orders.html e-Hobby stop international orders Transformers @ The Moon]</ref> As a consequence, only Japanese residents are able to order toys directly from e-Hobby now, whereas international fans have to resort to third-party sellers.

In addition to Takara toys, e-Hobby also offers toys from other Japanese manufacturers such as Tomy (who are now merged with Takara into TakaraTomy) or Bandai. This included the [[Star Wars (franchise)|''Star Wars Transformers'' toys]], who were distributed through Tomy Direct in Japan in a similar fashion as Takara's "[[USA Edition]]s". However, thus far the only e-Hobby ''exclusive'' toys came from Takara.

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==e-Hobby exclusive toys==
===Reissues===
* [[Ironhide (G1)/toys|Ironhide]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (sold as a set, but packaged separately)
* "New Year Special" [[Sideswipe (G1)|Lambor]] and [[Red Alert (G1)|Alert]] (sold as a set, but packaged separately)

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===Exclusive companions (redecos) for reissues===
[[Image:G1toy-SunstormeHobby.jpg|right|300px|thumb|]]
* [[Starscream (G1)/toys|Black Starscream and Ghost Starscream]] (sold as a set, but packaged separately)
* [[Ginrai|Fire Guts God Ginrai]]
* [[Electrum|Gold chromed "Electrum"]] [[Jazz (G1)/toys|Meister/Jazz]] and [[Bluestreak (G1)|"Anime" Streak/Bluestreak]] (sold as a set, but packaged separately)
* [[Road Rage (G1)|Road Rage]] and [[Crosscut (Autobot)|Crosscut]] (sold as a set, but packaged separately)
* [[Bluestreak (G1)|Silver chromed Streak]] (Bluestreak)
* [[Megaplex]]
* [[Clamp Down]] and [[Deep Cover]] (sold as a set, but packaged separately)
* [[Hauler|Roadhauler]] and [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]] (sold as a set, but packaged separately)
* [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] in "prototype colors"
* "Dimension Exploration Researchers" aka "Gobots" ([[Bug Bite (G1)|Bug Bite]], [[Bad Boy]], [[Treds]], [[Small Foot]], [[Path Finder]], and [[Road Ranger]])
* [[Detritus]]
* "[[Insecticon clone|Insectron Clone Army]]" ([[Zaptrap]], [[Salvo]], and [[Shothole]])
* [[Overcharge (G1)|Overcharge]]
* "Cobalt Sentries" ([[Howlback (G1)|Howlback]] and [[Garboil (G1)|Garboil]])
* [[Magnificus (G1)|Magnificus]] with [[Ga'mede]]
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Orion Pax]] & [[Dion]]
* [[Blaster (G1)|Twincast]] (reissue) with [[Flip Sides (G1)|Flip Sides]]
* [[Galvatron II]]
* [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys|Laser Ultra Magnus]]
* [[Ironhide (G1)/toys|Ironhide "Protect Black"]]
* [[Guardian robot|GADEP]]

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===Other exclusive redecos===
[[Image:Ehobby black rm starsaber.jpg|right|200px|thumb|]]
* [[Star Saber (Victory)|Black Victory Saber]] (Robot Masters)
* [[Mirage (G1)|Clear "Rijie"/Ligier/Mirage]] (Binaltech)
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|G1 Black Convoy]] (Hybrid Style Series)
* Kiss Players Position ([[Rosanna (KP)|Rosanna]], [[Sundor]] and [[Glit]])
* [[Masterpiece]] [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Convoy]] Black Version
* [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys|Ultra Magnus Brilliant White Pearl]] (Alternity)

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===Convention exclusives later available at e-Hobby===
[[Image:Henkei_convoy.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
* [[Nemesis Prime (G1)#Alternators|Black Convoy]] (Binaltech)
* "Fusion Cluster Edition" [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Protoform Optimus Prime]] (Movie)
* "Fusion Cluster Edition" [[Starscream (Movie)/toys|Protoform Starscream]] (Movie)
* "G1 Color Edition" [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] (Movie)
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Convoy]] "clear version" (Henkei! Henkei!)
* [[Wildrider (G1)|Stuntron Wildrider]] (Henkei! Henkei!) [or "Gentei! Gentei!"]
* [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Optimus Prime Revenge Edition]] (Revenge of the Fallen)
* [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave Black Version]] (Revenge of the Fallen)

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==="USA Editions"===
* [[Optimus Primal/toys|Optimus Primal]] (Universe)
* [[Razorclaw (Universe)|Razorclaw]] (Universe)
* [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (Universe)
* [[Snarl (BM)|Snarl]] (Universe)
* [[Reptilion]] (Universe)
* [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]] & [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] (Universe)
* [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (Universe)
* [[Striker|Dinobot Striker]] (Universe)
* [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depthcharge]] (Universe)
* [[Ratchet (Universe)|Autobot Ratchet]] (Universe)
* [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (Universe)
* [[Triceradon (BM)|Dinobot Triceradon]] (Universe)
* [[King Atlas]] (Universe)
* [[Skydive (BM)|Skydive]] (Universe)
* [[Stockade (Universe 2003)|Stockade]] & [[Magna Stampede]] (Universe)
* [[Fireflight (Universe)|Fireflight]] (Universe)
* [[Whirl (G1)|Autobot Whirl]] (Universe)
* [[Strika (BM)|Nemesis Strika]] (Universe)
* [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave]] & [[Space Case (G2)|Space Case]] (Universe)
* [[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]] & [[Wind Sheer (Universe)|Wind Sheer]] (Universe)
* [[Swerve (Universe)|Swerve]] (Universe)
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Convoy/Optimus Prime]] (Masterpiece/20th Anniversary) <ref name="usa">These toys were also available as regular mass retail releases in Japan. The e-Hobby exclusive "USA Edition" versions were of specific Hasbro variants of those toys.</ref>
* [[Hardtop (Cybertron)|Hardtop]] (Cybertron)
* [[Primus]] with [[Unicron|Unicron head]] (Cybertron) <ref name="usa"/>
* [[Quickmix (Cybertron)|Blender/Quickmix]] (Cybertron)
* [[Menasor (Cybertron)|Moldedive/Menasor]] (Cybertron)
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==Notes==
* e-Hobby is ''not'' directly owned by [[TakaraTomy]], but merely an affiliated store. TakaraTomy's own online store is [[Toy Hobby Market]].

* Because e-Hobby is mostly known for exclusive toys and many Western fans aren't aware that e-Hobby also offers regular mass retail toys like most online stores, pre-orders for new mass retail toys listed at the e-Hobby website are occasionally mistaken as a confirmation that a toy is either exclusive to e-Hobby, or that an e-Hobby exclusive redeco is planned.

* Another common misconception among fans is that e-Hobby "makes" the exclusive toys. While e-Hobby ''is'' presumably responsible for creating the color scheme and decos, the ''toys'' are still produced by Takara. After all, [[Toys"R"Us]] doesn't manufacture its own exclusive ''Transformers'' toys either.

* Occasionally, fans also mistakenly believe other store, convention or magazine exclusive redecos of toys reissued by Takara to be e-Hobby exclusives, such as the [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys|Generation 1 Ultra Magnus]] redecos, [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|Crystal Rodimus]] and [[Dark Hot Rod|Black Rodimus]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Nucleon Quest Super Convoy]], [[Tigertrack]] or [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet Emergency Green]].

* "[[USA Edition]]" is not a term limited to imported Hasbro toys sold through e-Hobby either. In the past, Takara have released exclusive "USA Editions" through stores such as Jusco, Laox, Toy's Dream Project/Toycard or even selected stores participating in the "TF Station" program. A few "USA Editions" weren't even exclusive to any specific store at all. The most frequently used store to carry "USA Editions" other than e-Hobby, however, was the Japanese branch of Toys"R"Us.

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==External links==
*[http://www.e-hobby.co.jp/ e-Hobby website]
*[http://www.part-one.jp/ Part One website]

*[http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/content.php?/transformers-gallery/corporate-companies/197/corporate-companies/e+Hobby+Shop+++Oct+2003.html Interview with Ootuka Makoto, President of Part One, Inc., about the e-Hobby Shop at Transformers @ The Moon]

==Footnotes==
<references />

[[Category: Companies]]
[[Category: E-Hobby]]
[[category:Retailers]]

Gold Plastic Syndrome

2011-04-24T04:34:52Z

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[[Image:Electrogoldplasticsyndrome.jpg|right|450px|thumb|Ouch.]]
'''Gold Plastic Syndrome''' (commonly shorthanded to '''GPS''') is fandom terminology used to describe the phenomenon of a toy's [[plastic]] decomposing and becoming brittle to the point of shattering or crumbling under minimal-stress conditions. In the most extreme cases, toys have been reported to spontaneously crumble to small bits without any applied force at all, even if they're fresh out of their [[Mint in sealed box|unopened package]].

This breakage is different from the relatively more common stress-fracture type of plastic breakage that can occur in some [[Toy|Transformers toys]]. The condition takes its name from the gold plastics of late Generation 1 through to ''Beast Wars'', that have proved the most prone to this sort of breakage. However, despite the name, Gold Plastic Syndrome has been known to affect other types of plastic—most of them noted for a pretty metallic swirl in the plastic.

==Notability==
GPS is widespread among toys made in the tail-end of [[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]], typically the second year of [[Pretender|Pretenders]] and even some European-market exclusives, ''[[Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' and the ''[[Beast Wars (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' series, but examples have surfaced from lines as recent as [[Universe (2003 toyline)|''Universe'' (2003)]]. Transformers toys are not the only ones to suffer from this; there have been reports of ''[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]'' and ''[[Visionaries]]'' toys' gold plastics also crumbling seemingly of their own accord.

The toys most likely to suffer from Gold Plastic Syndrome are those with gold or bronze plastics with a metallic swirl in the plastic. There are other known cases with different colours of plastic—though usually there is a tell-tale swirl.

==Cause of GPS==
Because this is not exactly an area of scientific notability there aren't any causal studies into Gold Plastic Syndrome that we know about. Basically, it is thought that certain plastics weren't mixed as well as others, possibly because of the metallic pigment or colouring, so they break down more quickly.

It's not much of a theory, really. Here's a more detailed attempt:

{{bigquote|The problem likely arises, as with many composites, when the bonding between the polymer and the dye/particles breaks down. This could occur do to a natural chemical/phase change of the plastic, due to oxidation, for example, or by another mechanism, say the forces incurred by the toy being played with, or more likely, due to some combination thereof. In any case, when the bonds between the particles and the polymers break down, you would get small voids in the plastic structure. If this occurs frequently enough, the structure would become effectively porous (that is, it would be filled with lots of tiny voids/cracks where the polymers and particles have come apart). With even a slight amount of force, some of these cracks/voids could expand, even slightly, to the point where they intersect another void and join, making an even bigger crack. Once a critical crack length is reached, the sample fractures.

So effectively, the plastic becomes more brittle, and this would also explain it "crumbling" as well as cracking.}}
:-Aernaroth suggests a cause for GPS [http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=57191&view=findpost&p=1174876 on the Allspark]

So what it amounts to is: "The plastic crumbles a'cause it ain't very good."

Hasbro have attributed it to "the amount of gold fleck included in the plastic", and have apparently reduced the amount in similar plastics of more recent vintage to prevent further occurrences.<ref name="hasbrogps">[http://www.transformerland.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3481 Hasbro Transformersland.com Q&A, August 2009:] "When we used gold metallic plastic in the past we discovered, along with many of you, that it becomes brittle over time. As we became aware of this situation, we took the necessary steps to reduce the amount of gold fleck included in the plastic to eliminate this issue. Ultimately, this should no longer be an issue due to these corrective steps that we have taken."</ref> Later Hasbro said that they believe they've "alleviated the issues associated with the 'gold' plastic issue" through "trial and error." <ref>http://www.toyark.com/news/transformers-toy-news-2/hasbro-transformers-june-2010-qna-2867/</ref>

All in all, the actual causes of Gold Plastic Syndrome aren't a very big deal to Transformers fans—it's really pretty academic. Of more concern is the RESULTS (i.e., crumbling like a soggy Tim Tam in a cup of coffee), and what to look out for. There's no cure here, no fix. If a toy has GPS it will die.

==The Symptoms==
Gold Plastic Syndrome usually has a few clear signs. Knowing how to tell the difference between Gold Plastic Syndrome and normal plastic breakage is very important for a Transformers fan who is collecting vintage toys. It's the difference between giving up on that toy completely (since if it has GPS so will any other sample of the toy) and buying a new copy.
[[Image:GPSSkyquakescopeclose.jpg|300px|thumb|Nooo!]]
*GPS usually takes place in metallic-coloured plastics, most notably gold plastic and bronze plastic.
*GPS breaks are NOT accompanied by stress fractures. There is usually NOT any visible wear before the breakage. This is really important. Plastic breaks. This is a reality of toy collecting, plastic gets old and it breaks. Gold plastic syndrome is breakage without warning.
*GPS breaks often leave a powdery residue and shards of plastic (though not always), the result of the plastic actually physically crumbling. Take a look at the picture of Skyquake's scope—okay, the bits of his scope—to the right. You can actually see some of the left-over shards of plastic. Keep in mind this picture was taken years after the break actually occurred—these are new shards of plastic which came off these pieces of scope during the process of moving the parts around for photography. Plastic should '''not''' be that brittle or delicate.
*GPS breakages don't need to involve any excess stress or force on a toy—simply handling a toy can cause the breakage. Looking at it funny, sometimes does it. Spitting on it, maybe. Opening its box. ''Anything.'' If your toy breaks despite careful handling it's more likely to be GPS.
[[Image:SkyquakeGPSback.jpg|thumb|300px|Gleargh]]
*GPS breaks often have rough, uneven edges with no stress lines around them. This is important—usually when plastic snaps it snaps cleanly (as is common with clear plastic), or it bends first (leaving a torn-off piece, or clear stresses around the break). If a break is uneven, with different colours and textures in it, yet there are no stress fractures around the wound, and especially if it leaves a powdery residue as well, it's almost certainly a GPS break. Take a look at the photo of Skyquake to the right for a good example of the ragged break. Okay...not good. What's the other word that's LIKE "good", but not actually good? Oh yeah. Horrifying. A HORRIFYING example.
*GPS plastics will sometimes feel brittle to the touch, sometimes making cracking noises as they're handled.

A really easy test to tell if you have GPS breakage is this—if a piece breaks off, try snapping it again. If it's normal plastic breakage, the broken piece should bend or bow instead of just snapping like dry wood; there should be some give in the plastic, even if it's a brittle, clear plastic—so you should be able to glue it back into place, or at least get a replacement part. On the other hand, if the broken piece snaps like your grandmother's ankles in a rugby match, then you've almost definitely got Gold Plastic Syndrome.

==GPS misconceptions==
'''ALL GOLD PLASTIC WILL DIE!'''
:Not true. It's gold plastic from certain eras that will die. It's plastic from about 1989 (second year Pretenders are notorious for it) and through to about the end of ''Beast Wars''. As far as we know later toys do not suffer from GPS, due to a reduction in the amount of metallic flakes in similar, but more recent toys<ref name="hasbrogps" />. ''As far as we know.'' But just you wait...oh yes, just you wait. Toys with flexible nylon-based gold plastics, such as [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Superbase Optimus Prime's]] elbows, are not susceptible to GPS.

:Even on toys well known for GPS, some of their gold plastic is less prone to break. Gold plastic which is nice and thick is much less likely to snap than gold plastic which is thin. Gold plastic which is under constant stress—like that at a joint—is also more likely to break. That said, some really nice solid parts can shatter like eggshells if it's real GPS we're talkin' about.

'''MY TOY BROKE, IT MUST BE GOLD PLASTIC SYNDROME'''
:There are plenty of ways for plastic to break that aren't related to Gold Plastic Syndrome. Repeated stress on a plastic, dropping a toy, a toy with metal parts that damage the plastic parts, thin plastic, or simply the use of translucent plastic, which is more brittle. Just because a toy breaks doesn't mean it's Gold Plastic Syndrome. Look for the symptoms (listed above) and ask around before assuming that every single copy of this toy is destined to die a painful and horrible death.

'''ONLY GOLD PLASTIC GETS GOLD PLASTIC SYNDROME'''
:Not quite true. Observations suggest that it should probably called "Metallic Plastic Syndrome". It's those metallic plastics, most commonly the gold and bronze plastics used for almost ten years by Hasbro and Takara, from around 1989 to 1998. However, in theory, any colour of plastic could be susceptible, given time. Keep an eye on your Fire Convoy, kids; that pretty metallic swirl in his plastic isn't promising.

'''MY TOY IS DOOMED!'''
:Okay...not exactly a misconception. Your toy is probably doomed...but there is a little bit of light at the end of the tunnel.

:You see, the thickness of the plastic seems to affect GPS. Also, the amount of stress on it affects it. While some toys are known for breaking just by having their packages opened—guys like Randy, Roadblock and ''Generation 2'' Slingshot—others, like Skyquake and Pyro, can remain very strongly intact because the parts that are made of GPS plastics are large and thick and otherwise robust. GPS is an inconsistent process—eventually your toy '''will''' crumble, but there's no telling how long it will take. With delicate handling (read: almost none) you can maintain a GPS-afflicted toy in your collection for quite some time.

:Also remember that the evidence for Gold Plastic Syndrome is completely observational. There seems to be some evidence that different plastic batches were less affected, that some releases of the toys were less affected. You might luck out and get an Electro that never crumbles to dust, or you might be really unlucky and get multiple Electros, all of which break horribly. This page is a caution more than anything else. Know what you're getting into when you buy a toy known to be afflicted by GPS.

==Toys commonly associated with Gold Plastic Syndrome==
====Generation 1====
* [[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]]
:Rather depressingly, BlackZarak's feet and shield tend to shatter. Since both parts have to be under stress to function as intended, this particularly expensive toy is almost never intact. The Black Roritchi repaint of Fasttrack included with him is almost ''entirely'' made of gold plastic. Good luck...
* [[Bristleback]]
:Bristleback on his own isn't in much danger, as he has a fairly minimal amount of moving parts. However, when combining with the other Monster Pretenders, sliding the Monstructor fist in place will usually be enough to create a large crack through his legs, sometimes even splitting them entirely.
* [[Roadblock (G1)|Roadblock]]
:The innermost robot has three peg holes, two in the fists and one on his back, that are particularly susceptible to cracking and shattering, leaving many a Roadblock hand-less.
* [[Skyhammer (G1)|Skyhammer]]
:One of the most notorious toys. The entire bottom of his large vehicle shell is made of gold plastic and it is very prone to breakage. Not to mention how much gold plastic is on his inner shell and his robot mode.
* [[Slog]]
:Slog is notable because his gimmick requires another toy (Birdbrain) to be inserted up inside his gold sections. His thin gold sides will crumble like a good fruit cake (just not as moist) if Birdbrain jostles around too much.
* [[Killbison]]

[[Image:GPSSkyquakescope.jpg|thumb|Well, crap.]]

====Generation 1-2 Transitional Phase====
* [[Skyquake (G1)|Skyquake]]
:Skyquake is another toy notable for having a gimmick which makes the whole thing worse. Skyquake actually has two colours of metallic plastic on him: One is a dark bronze, the other a light bronze. It is the light bronze plastic that is most likely to break. Unfortunately, the light bronze plastic also forms Skyquake's scope. You're supposed to put a Predator jet's scope slide into that part of him. But the union is not pleasant for the one on the receiving end. Take a look at the picture to the right. These are the parts left of Skyquake's scope after another Predator tried to unite with him. Actually...that's not even all the parts, that's just all that could be found.

:This is a gimmick which should never be used by modern collectors. Never, ever, ever, ever. Watch out for the movable panel on the back of his head, too, as it's the same light bronze plastic.

* [[Pyro]]
:Although he can be something of a trouper in comparison to other victims on this page, Pyro's waist can break very easily if not handled with care.
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====Generation 2====
* [[Electro]]
[[Image:Electrobrokenknee.jpg|thumb|Oh, God, my knee! MY KNEEEEEEE!!]]

:There's a reason that Electro sits up at the top of this page. Poor guy just can't catch a break.

:Wait...actually, no. That's the entire problem. The poor guy totally ''can'' catch a break. All the time. Because he is designed to die.

* [[Slingshot]]
:Slingshot is infamous for being made almost entirely of gold plastic, and he has been reported to come apart straight out of the package.<ref>http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/2b8b3dec846e5479?hl=en</ref> Worse, he's known for being another toy whose gimmick will destroy him. Slingshot's head is a post which is designed to plug into [[Silverbolt_(G1)|Silverbolt]] (or any other Scramble City leader), so that Slingshot can form an arm or a leg. Doing this will destroy your Slingshot.
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====Beast Wars====
* [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]
[[Image:Goldplasticgrimlock.jpg|thumb|He's hopping mad! ... Okay, fine. YOU do better.]]
:Take a look at the picture to the right. Grimlock's gold plastic can break pretty damned hard. The fact that he uses a gold plastic ball joint for his hips is not really a good thing. Common breakages include the insides of his legs (where his chest pegs into them in beast mode) and his mutant face (which is very thin).
* [[Randy (BWN)|Randy]]
:Poor Randy. This is one of the legendary Gold Plastic Syndrome toys. Imagine, if you will, a toy with an entirely spring-loaded transformation made entirely out of gold plastic. Ouch, right? Well, don't worry. You'll never have to see what a mess that could be, because this toy will shatter into a million pieces the moment you open it. Ouch.
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[[Image:Brownplasticsyndrome.jpg|thumb|The one picture for the wiki you never want to be able to make.]]
* [[Megatron (BW)|''Transmetal'' Megatron]]
:He'll snap at the waist, the shoulders, the ... well, anything that's made of that brown plastic. This is technically Brown Plastic Syndrome, but regardless of what you call it this toy will end in sadness. The Japanese ''Metals'' version uses black instead of the brown, so it seems to be immune. The fragility of the waist may be due to GPS, a [[design flaw]], or a combination of both.
* [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]]
:Despite having a dangerously large amount of bronze plastic, Magnaboss Silverbolt IS fairly stable. The main breakage point is where his tail connects to his body. As well, [[Skywarp (BWII)|Skywarp]], his Japanese counterpart, is just as likely to suffer from this. That said, just...be careful, okay? Be careful.
* [[Soundwave (BW)|Soundwave]]
* [[Torca]]
:His legs, tail hinge and sides are prone to Gold Plastic Syndrome.
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====Universe (2003)/Cybertron====
*[[Megabolt]]
:Having limbs cast primarily in gold plastic is not a good thing. Fracture points include his forearms, the holes that lock his arms in place in crawling head mode, lower legs near the knees, and his head.

*[[Micromaster]] [[Superion (Universe)|Superion]] (initially a [[KB Toys]] [[exclusive]] ''[[Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' release in the USA, later also available at CVS Pharmacy stores; mass-retail ''[[Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' release in Europe), released in 2006, suffers from this as of 2010, particularly the peg that connects [[Ro-Tor (Universe)|Ro-Tor]] to Superion's torso piece.<ref name="tfwsuper">[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-toy-discussion/300674-warning-universe-micromaster-superion-suffers-gold-plastic-syndrome.html TFW2005 thread about Micromaster Superion suffering from Gold Plastic Syndrome, with multiple reports,</ref>

====Other notable instances====
* [[Serpentor]]
:While not a Transformer, he is also known to suffer from this problem—especially through his hips, given the leg construction found on G.I. Joe toys of the era.

==Toys often mistaken for having GPS==

A number of toys have gold parts that easily break not due to the plastic used, but due to structural problems with the part designs themselves.

* [[Predator]] [[missile]] launchers
:The Predator launcher pegs are notorious for breaking off, but this is due to their size. Those pegs are ''tiny''; many other weapons with a similar peg have the same problem. However, the Predator launchers are worse off, as they are also used by larger figures like Skyquake. Also, the "false" trigger is known to break off, as it doesn't have a hinge, relying on the plastic to bend. (The actual trigger is a small, black, internal piece.) If the Predator launchers actually had GPS, the strength of the spring would cause them literally to explode.

* [[Thunder Clash]]
:Thunder Clash's gold feet are often broken due to the design of the ratcheting transformation joint. The ratchets are so stiff that you're more likely to pry his feet apart before the ratchets budge. Like the Predator launchers, if this ''was'' due to GPS, Thunder Clash's launcher barrels would literally explode due to the very strong springs.

* ''[[Movie (toyline)|Movie]]'' [[Legends Class]] [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]]
:Legends Scorponok's tail stinger, originally soft and bendy, tends to harden after a while, and then becomes prone to breaking. While the stinger ''is'' made of a gold plastic type, the cause for this problem appears to be an inferior plasticizer rather than traditional Gold Plastic Syndrome.

==Etymology==
The earliest use of the term that can be found in the [[alt.toys.transformers]] archives dates to September 2002 in a post by user Sky Shadow,<ref>http://groups.google.co.uk/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/2b3d532961b2c2dc</ref> though it is unclear from his usage of the term whether or not it was already in use. A post by [[Dave Edwards|Dave "Zobovor" Edwards]], meanwhile, made in June of the previous year,<ref>http://groups.google.co.uk/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/6ed7e0f3586f37e4</ref> is the earliest identifiable acknowledgment of the widespread nature of the phenomenon within the Transformers fan community.

==Fiction==
===Transformers Animated===
At some point during the great war, a vaccine for Gold Plastic Syndrome was developed by [[Red Alert (Animated)|Red Alert]]. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

==References==
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[[Category:Diseases]]
[[Category:Toys]]

Scale

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[[Image:OptimusSnakeEyes.jpg|right|300px|thumb|And the truck's how big...?]]
'''Scale''' in ''Transformers'' is, not to put too fine a point on it, screwed.

Virtually no era, franchise, fiction, [[Toy|toyline]] or other incarnation of ''Transformers'' has presented scale in a logical or believable fashion. (There are, of course, a few [[#The rare exceptions|rare exceptions]], detailed below.) Most fans agree that one must either ignore it or accept it, lest they be tempted to explain these problems and in the process [[fanon|fanwank]] themselves into oblivion.

However, the scale problems of ''Transformers'' still merit description.

{{bigquote|Clearly, the pitiful humans at Hasbro are so overwhelmed by the awesomeness of Cybertronian life forms that they can't get the scale right.|[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]|[[Transformers Comic issue 23|Star Scream's #23]]}}

==Scale within toylines==

===Toys out of scale with others in the same line===
[[Image:DiacloneScale.jpg|right|350px|thumb|That little guy — who comes from the same toyline as all those vehicles — is supposed to be a normal-sized human. Yeeeah.]]
The early [[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1 toyline]], especially the pre-[[The Transformers: The Movie|movie]] lines, were repackaged and [[Redeco|redecoed]] toys from several different Japanese toylines. The crucial point is that the toylines were initially unrelated. The characters ''should'' be in scale to each other as they all have real-world altmodes that (should) pass for real vehicles. However, since ''[[Diaclone]]'' toys were not part of the same line as ''[[Microman]]'' toys, scale issues arose. ''Diaclone'' figures such as [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]], [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] are more-or-less in correct scale to each other (though problems already arise with [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], whose [[alternate mode]]s are based on ''the same car'' yet are not quite the same size), but many of the [[Mini Vehicle]]s from the ''New Microman'' line are clearly far too small by comparison. Even aside from their deformed penny-racer proportions, a [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|Volkswagen Beetle]] Microman toy is disproportionately tiny when compared to a [[Jazz (G1)/toys|Porsche 935]] Diaclone toy. The disparity becomes even more obvious with [[Mini Vehicle|Minibots]] such as [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] (a tank) and [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]] (a hovercraft), who should be many times their actual size.

Another glaring scale problem comes in the form of the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]], who turn into F-15 Eagles which, in real life, are 19.4 m (63.8 feet) long. Correctly scaled, this would make their robot modes ''colossal'' compared to most Autobots. Similarly, the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]], despite also coming from the ''Diaclone'' line, are too small. Far worse is the other ''Diaclone'' combiner team, the [[Trainbot]]s, who have train engine altmodes, yet their toys are among the ''smallest'' of the ''Diaclone'' releases.

Transformers are currently formalised to a variety of [[size class|size classes]], which dictate the approximate cost and dimensions of a figure. Consequently, if the powers that be release toys of two characters in the same line in the same size class, they're going to come out in the same size. Even if one character's a [[Starscream (Movie)|twenty-metre fighter jet]] and the other's a [[Ironhide (Movie)|five-metre pickup truck]]. So don't expect this one to go away any time soon.

===Toys out of scale within teams===
Even toys specifically [[combiner|designed to interact with each other]] suffer from this problem. The [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] are wildly out of scale to each other—[[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]]'s [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes#Space Shuttle Orbiter|Space Shuttle]] mode should dwarf [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]], with the others somewhere in between. Instead, they're about the same size. Among the Constructicons, [[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]] is designed to look like a gigantic [[Wikipedia:Image:Liebherr t282 1.jpg|"earth-mover" mining truck]]. He should be able to carry all his teammates in his bed, with some crowding. Similarly, [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] (a [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes#Concorde|Concorde jet]]) is dramatically undersized compared to his fighter-jet [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]] teammates. These scale problems are necessary to avoid misproportioned gestalt forms.

Don't even ask about the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] with their [[Groove (G1)|motorcycle]] and [[Blades (G1)|helicopter]] limbs...

===Same alternate mode, different sizes===
Other scale problems come from characters who transform into the same (or similar) [[alternate mode]]s, but whose toys are different sizes. For example, [[Air Raid (G1)#Toys|the original Air Raid]] transforms into an [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes#F-15 Eagle|F-15 Eagle]], but his toy is half the size of [[Starscream (G1)/toys|the original Starscream]]'s. The same can be said for the [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes#Lamborghini Countach|Lamborghini Countach]] [[Breakdown (G1)#Toys|Breakdown]], who should be the same size as [[Sunstreaker (G1)#Toys|Sunstreaker]] and [[Sideswipe (G1)#Toys|Sideswipe]], not significantly smaller. These discrepancies are also seen in the other "[[Scramble City]]" combiners with Earth altmodes, whose toys are all smaller than similar earlier toys.

===Multiple scales of same character===
[[Image:Animated-toy MultipleSizeOptimusPrimes.jpg|right|270px|thumb|Oh great. And I thought ''Bulkhead'' was confused...]]

Starting with ''[[Beast Machines (toyline)|Beast Machines]]'', many franchises have released multiple versions of the same character in different [[size class]]es, most often the leader characters. Originally, the intent was apparently to make the popular [[Optimus (disambiguation)|Optimus]] and [[Megatron (disambiguation)|Megatron]] characters available at lower price points than just the large and expensive "Leader" class, so that children with less money would not miss out, and perhaps persuading [[completist]]-minded [[User:ItsWalky|collectors]] to buy multiple versions of one character.

While this introduces a nice range of options for the discerning collector, it can also lead to some problems. ''Beast Machines'', for example, featured three different [[Cheetor (BW)/toys|Cheetor toys]]. The [[Cheetor (BW)/toys#BMSupreme|Supreme size toy]] was so large it could not interact with most of the other toys from the line (based on [[Beast Machines (cartoon)|the cartoon]], he's maaaaybe in scale with [[Nightscream (BM)#Toys|Nightscream]] and [[Optimus Primal/toys#Robots in Disguise|Air Attack Optimus Primal]], the later of whom wasn't released until three years later). The [[Cheetor (BW)/toys#BMNSC|Deluxe Cheetor]], on the other hand, was too ''small'' to match scales with most of the other toys (again, using the cartoon as a yardstick). Anyone looking ''within'' the toyline for notions of a "correct" scale between the characters would be stymied by the multiple size classes and the lack of real-world scale references.

Other instances of multiple-size characters are more clear cut; the [[Spy Changer]] incarnations of various ''[[Robots in Disguise (toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' characters, for instance, are simply scaled-down representations of the same characters in the same bodies, not meant to interact with the much larger "main" toys, as are the later "Legends of Cybertron" toys in ''[[Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]''. Other multiple-toy scale differences include intentionally simplified forms, such as the [[Fast Action Battlers]], which simply make all the characters the same size, with no attempt at matching scales.

Multiple-scale characters usually aren't meant to cross-interact. A rare exception is [[Movie (franchise)|live-action]] [[Blackout (Movie)#Voyager Class toys|Blackout]], who came with a [[Scorponok (Movie)#Voyager Class Blackout companions|tiny (and correctly scaled) version of Scorponok]]. A much larger [[Scorponok (Movie)#Deluxe Class toys|Deluxe version of Scorponok]] is ''also'' meant to interact with the same Blackout toy, despite the ridiculous scale disparity (and the fact that this means Blackout can have ''two'' Scorponoks of radically different size clipped to him simultaneously.)

Multiple toy sizes are generally irrelevant to the fiction, though the [[Cybertron (cartoon)|''Cybertron'' cartoon]] featured [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] inflating to planetary size, presumably in response to the [[Starscream (Armada)#Supreme|super-large "King Starscream" toy]] available at the time.

===Toys out of scale with themselves===
[[Image:G1 Broadside toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Kill me. Just... kill me now.]]

[[Triple Changer]]s create a whole new set of problems. The original [[Astrotrain (G1)#Toys|Astrotrain]] transforms from a 21-meter (70-foot) locomotive to a 56-meter (184-foot) [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes#Space Shuttle Orbiter|Space Shuttle]]. [[Octane#Toys|Octane]]'s original body transforms from a 20-meter (60-foot) tanker truck into a 65-meter (200-foot) jumbo jet. [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] transforms from an Earth fighter jet of indeterminate model (let's pretend for the sake of argument that he's supposed to be an [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes#F-14 Tomcat|F-14]] and say he's 18 meters (61 feet) long) into an entire ''aircraft carrier'', approximately 333 meters (1,092 feet) long.

The newer versions of Astrotrain and Octane (aka "Tankor"), while changing the specifics of their alternate modes, really don't improve on the general size disparity all that much.

Even a two-mode toy can have this problem. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#20th Anniversary/Masterpiece|Twentieth Anniversary Optimus Prime]] has wheels which are pretty tiny for a Freightliner truck, while his rear hitch section is too thick. These out-of-proportion vehicle parts were necessary to give his robot mode [[Show-accuracy|show-accurate]] proportions.

===Toys with roleplay altmodes===
The characters with roleplay altmodes such as Generation 1 [[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron]], [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave]], [[Perceptor (G1)#Toys|Perceptor]], or [[Laserbeak (Armada)#Toys|''Armada'' Laserbeak]] are scaled to be real-world [[human]]-scale (well, kid-scale). Since the [[size changing]] seen in the fiction is not possible for real toys (at least, that's what [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] ''wants'' us to think), this human-scaling makes in some cases for inordinately large robot modes. E.g., [[Blaster (G1)#Toys|Blaster]]'s toy, in robot mode, is taller than most other Transformers.

The opposite problem is seen with [[Megatron (G1)/toys#MasterpieceMegs|Masterpiece Megatron]], whose robot mode is in scale with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#20th Anniversary/Masterpiece|Masterpiece Optimus Prime]]. The result is that, while he may transform into a very accurately-proportioned handgun, it's unmistakably much larger than the real thing. (Not that this has stopped him being widely banned as a "realistic firearm replica"....)

===Fanciful altmodes===
Characters with alternate modes that are not meant to be replicas of real-world things (or at least, close enough to while being legally-distinct from said things) are difficult to accurately scale, as they generally transform into futuristic or Cybertronian vehicles whose size we don't really know... or, indeed, they don't transform into vehicles at all. The scale of characters such as the [[Dinobot (G1)|original Dinobots]], [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|Hot Rod]] or [[Overhaul (Cybertron)#Voyager|Leobreaker]] is fairly arbitrary and can only be estimated by their relative size to other characters within the fiction, although most fiction is highly inconsistent in this regard (see below). Nevertheless, if one assumes that most vehicle altmodes are intended for [[human]]-sized passengers, comparing toys such as [[Chromedome (G1)#Toys|Chromedome]] with [[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)#Toys|Lightspeed]] suggests the scale problem continues.

===Big toys===
It goes without saying that the [[city-bot]] and planetbot toys (such as [[Fortress Maximus (G1)#Toys|Fortress Maximus]] and [[Unicron/toys|Unicron]]) are not remotely to scale with normal Transformer toys. While they are indeed ''large'' toys, they're only two to five times bigger than typical Transformer toys, and thus transform into "cities" and "planets" about the (relative) size of a bungalow. The scale problems extend to the details. Some of the citybot toys have visible windows, which are too large for a city, suggesting instead a medium-sized building.

However, it's hard to begrudge [[Hasbro]] not offering us a [[Primus]] toy the size of an asteroid. Where would we keep it?

===Action Masters===
[[Image:Neutro-fusiontank.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Imagine [[:Image:ActionMaster Devastor.gif|Devastator]] in the passenger seat.]]

The [[:Category:Action Master vehicles|Action Master vehicles]] were designed to take advantage of the fact that the [[Action Master]] figures were all the same size. They can each pilot each other's vehicles or ride as a passenger. With the vehicles as a frame of reference, it seems we should take it as fact that all of the Action Masters are literally the same size, even characters such as Bumblebee and Devastator. Did Devastator shrink?

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===The rare exceptions===
There have been precious few exceptions to all of this scale weirdness in the toys. However, the ''[[Alternators]]'' toyline, where every toy is a 1:24-scale representation of a real car, and thus in perfect scale with each other, was the first to buck the trend. Unfortunately, for practical reasons this limits the choice of altmodes. A [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] (Space Shuttle) toy in scale with the ''Alternator''s toys would be 1.6 meters (5.1 feet) long, while a [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] (aircraft carrier) toy at that scale would be over 12 meters (40 feet)! Hasbro actually displayed [[Prototype|mock-ups]] for an unproduced line of "military" Transformers in scale with ''Alternators'' during the [[BotCon 2007]] Hasbro Tour; two of them recycled parts of ''[[Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' [[Unicron/toys#Armada|Unicron]], and were thus [[Size class|Supreme-sized]], which made said potential toyline not particularly commercially viable for Hasbro.

The direct —and indirect— successors to ''Alternators'' would also maintain a mostly consistent internal scale. ''[[Alternators#Binaltech Asterisk|Binaltech Asterisk]]'' and ''[[Kiss Players (toyline)|Kiss Players]]'' would make use of the same molds, only with added [[human]] female driver figures... which were woefully small compared to the cars they came with. This would repeat itself with the "[[Human Alliance]]" toys for ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''; the cars/robots are all roughly the right size compared to each other ([[Skids (ROTF)#Human Alliance|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)#Human Alliance|Mudflap]] are even smaller, squatter toys and come with sub-[[size class|Basic]]-sized [[Arcee (Movie)#Human Alliance|motorcycle]] and [[Chromia (ROTF)#HumanAlliance|robots]] to make up for it), but their human drivers are all too small. (Amusingly, [[Frenzy (Movie)#Human Alliance|Frenzy]] seems to be about right.)

''[[Alternity (franchise)|Alternity]]'' would follow in ''Alternators''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s footsteps with a series of smaller 1:32-scale licensed cars... as well as stuffing [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Alternity|characters who traditionally don't have automobile alternate modes]] into modern-day civilian vehicles. That these toys represent hyper-evolved beings most of the time make it all the more head-scratch-inducing.

== Scale within fictions ==
Scale issues abound within the fiction, especially the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]]. Some can be attributed to [[animation error]]s, such as layering problems,<sup>[[:Image:Tinybluestreak.jpg|1]][[:Image:Huge Ironhide and Small Ratchet.jpg|2]][[:Image:CarnageMiniBlaster.jpg|3]]</sup> but some "errors" were deliberate choices, for a variety of reasons.

===Fictional scale vs. toy scale===
[[Image:TeenyCliff.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Frighteningly toy-accurate.]]
[[Image:Powerglide Astoria Marygoaround.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Actually, disturbing ''fiction'' is probably more of a concern than scale issues.]]

The original ''Transformers'' fictions often depict characters to the same relative scale as the toys, which duplicates the intra-toyline problems described above. The cartoon, for example, shows [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] as about the same height, [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]s and Autobot cars as slightly shorter (though not as much as the toys are), and [[Mini Vehicle|Minibots]] as smaller yet. This scale was carried over to their vehicle forms, resulting in differently-sized cars that, based on real world measurements, should be virtually the same size.

For another example, the [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] comics portrayed the [[Pretender]]s as literal interpretations of their toys: 60-foot humans with full-scale Transformers inside. The "disguise" aspect of this was later explained by having [[Landmine (G1)|Landmine]] and [[Cloudburst]] encounter [[Femax|giant, transformer-sized humanoids on an alien planet]] which made them appear to be of a "normal" scale.

[[Image:Omegasupreme astrotrain.jpg|right|200px|thumb|I know he's meant to be big, but holy ''crap'', dude!]]

Transformers fiction commonly shrinks or inflates characters, relative to their toy sizes. "Giant" characters such as [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] are, even aside from any [[size changing]] for transport purposes, clearly not in the same scale in toy form as they are depicted on screen. [[Mini-Cassette|Cassette characters]] such as [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]'s toys are roughly the same height as most Minibots, while in the show they are usually portrayed as human-sized.

[[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] are usually shown to be of a fairly similar height (although Magnus is much bulkier), whereas there is a considerable difference between the size of their toys. By the same token, Rodimus is always depicted as being an equal stature to his opposing leader [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], whereas the [[Galvatron (G1)/toys|toy Galvatron]] is instead the same size as Magnus. Optimus Prime is also usually shown as only a head or so shorter than Magnus (if that), which gets very strange when you realize that a [[redeco]] of Prime's toy forms but a small part of Magnus' robot mode.

[[Image:Beastwarsmaxgroup.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Airazor picks the Ultra-class figure.]]

The cast of ''[[Beast Wars (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' were size-tweaked quite a bit, relative to the toyline. The most noticeable problem is [[Optimus Primal]], who has an Ultra toy (the "level four" size, almost twice the size of the "level three" Mega next-largest Maximal toys), but is shorter than both [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] and [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (both of whom are "level two" Deluxe sized toys). Further, [[Cheetor (BW)/toys#Beast Wars|Cheetor]] and [[Tigatron#Toys|Tigatron]]'s toys use the same (Deluxe) mold, but Tigatron is a head taller in the show (both because tigers are larger than cheetahs, and because Cheetor is "a kid"). New and altered characters in later seasons were generally more consistent in size (and appearance) with the toys. This problem was magnified when the Generation 1 characters cameoed in the series. [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] is a Tyrannosaurus rex but is shown in The Agenda Part 3, as being much smaller than Optimus Prime.
[[Image:Agenda3 MegatronOptimusPrime.jpg|right|250px|thumb|An example of how small Beast Wars Megatron is compared to Optimus Prime.]]

The ''[[Beast Machines (toyline)|Beast Machines]]''' toyline was ''far'' worse in size discrepancies with the cartoon. Of the [[Maximal]]s featured in the show, the tallest character, [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]], is [[Silverbolt (BW)#Beast Machines|the ''shortest'' toy]], while the diminutive [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]] is a [[Nightscream (BM)#Toys|massive Ultra-class toy]]. And, sadly, the most show-accurate toy, [[Optimus Primal/toys#Robots in Disguise|Air Attack Optimus Primal]], is a ''ginormous'' Supreme figure, towering over the other toys. (Weirdly, the [[King Kong]]-like size of this toy became [[canon]] in one specific [[micro-continuity]]. {{storylink|Prime Spark}})
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[[Image:ShrinkingHeavy.jpg|left|200px|thumb|I lost thirty tons, thanks to the Jump-Cut! Thank you, Jump-Cut!]]
In the otherwise fairly toy-scale-savvy [[Unicron Trilogy]], [[Metroplex (Cybertron)|''Cybertron'' Metroplex]] and the other citizens of [[Gigantion]] are depicted as gargantuan in animation, whereas the toys are merely among the normal boxed size-classes. Within the animation, this causes problems with their [[Mini-Con]] partners, who are depicted as human-sized in robot mode by themselves, but when shown directly interacting with their larger partners, are scaled up right along with their partner... resulting in some temporarily gigantic Mini-Cons!

The Japanese ''[[Cybertron (franchise)#Galaxy Force|Galaxy Force]]'' release of [[Metroplex (Cybertron)#Toys|Metroplex]], dubbed "Megalo Convoy", included an exclusive [[redeco]] of the [[Legends Class|Legends of Cybertron]] [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#MegaloConvoy|Optimus Prime toy]] to indicate the "correct" scale.

The ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]'' franchise has its share of scale problems when comparing its toyline to the cartoon (not helped by multiple releases of some characters in different sizes—see above), with several characters seeming roughly one [[size class]] too small, such as the [[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobots]] being a mix of one Voyager size and two Deluxes, [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)#Toys|Sentinel Prime]] looking rather diminutive as a Deluxe, and, most egregiously, [[Lugnut (Animated)#Toys|Lugnut]] as a ''very'' squat Voyager who's shorter than even some Deluxes. (As with [[Bulkhead (Animated)#Toys|Voyager-class Bulkhead]], more of his mass went into his width, plus his weapon takes away some from his robot mode.) Conversely, the traditionally stunted [[Bumblebee (Animated)#Toys|Bumblebee]] is marginally too tall and bulky to be in correct scale to his otherwise fairly accurate core teammates, assuming one includes [[Optimus Prime (Animated)#Voyager|Voyager Optimus]] and [[Bulkhead (Animated)#Leader|Leader Bulkhead]] in their lineup. In fact, ''Animated'' is one of those toylines where you're not quite sure who you're supposed to base correct scale on.

===Inconsistent portrayal===
[[Image:OmegaSupremeintro.jpg|left|175px|thumb|No! Don't wash him in hot water! He'll...]]
[[Image:Omegasupreme-blasterandgrimlock.jpg|right|200px|thumb|...too late.]]
Even if a size was decided on, it often didn't remain consistent. The height of the cartoon's [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]], just to name one, frequently varied between episodes.

The [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Generation 1 Marvel comic]] is notorious for changing the relative sizes of various characters. A single Transformer's size is rarely consistent between artists. For example, [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] vary in height relative to [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]. A panel in the "[[Time Wars (issue)|Time Wars]]" shows [[Bumblebee (G1)|Goldbug]], [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]], and [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] all the same height. [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], titanic in his original appearance, {{storylink|Command Performances!}} shrunk steadily in subsequent issues until he was not much taller than the average Transformer. [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] suffered a similar problem, shrinking in size even though he was explicitly rebuilt to be twice as tall as the average Transformer.

Scale can even be inconsistent within the same story thanks to changing artists: In the Marvel UK story "[[Ladies' Night]]", a ginormous [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] picks up a tiiiiny military Jeep with one hand, implying that he grew to humongous proportions when he transformed (as his alternate mode is ''also'' depicted as a Jeep in fiction), but in the second part of the story, Swindle is hit by a burning Jeep (possibly even the same one) that is now in scale with his robot mode. {{storylink|Ladies' Night}} It can even happen within the same issue without an artist change: In [[IDW Publishing|IDW's]] ''[[Spotlight: Soundwave]]'', there's a scene where a [[Hiro|human]] picks up [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] in his tape deck mode, which is smaller than a thick comic book slipcase in his hands. A few pages later, [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] picks up Soundwave out of the human's hands, being barely able to hold the tape deck in his mouth, making Laserbeak about the size of a large dog (not counting the wings). Yet when [[Skywatch]] discovers Laserbeak at the end of the story, his ''head'' alone is suddenly the size of an adult human. {{storylink|Spotlight: Soundwave}}

[[Image:Beastwarriors scale.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Beast Megatron's size vs. Optimus Prime's in America... and Japan. Looks like the Blasty Zone adds on a few tons to Beast Era characters.]]
Between the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] and the [[Beast Era]], the majority of the Cybertronian race considerably downgraded in size at the [[Great Upgrade]]. When entering the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], the Beast Warriors are quite small compared to the dormant Generation 1 characters, especially [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]—but just ''how'' much bigger varies quite a bit from scene to scene and episode to episode. When interacting with the Autobot technology of the Ark and the [[Autobot shuttle]], the [[Maximal]]s are often dealing with equipment grossly oversized for them (standing on the chairs to reach the controls, turning knobs the size of their heads); yet the Ark also seems to feature some human-sized computer control panels. {{storylink|Master Blaster|Master Blaster}} Without any height booster, [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] can interface well with these controls.

On the other hand, ''[[Robot Masters (franchise)|Robot Masters]]'' depicted Generation 1 and ''Beast Wars'' characters like [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Optimus Primal]] as being exactly the same size. Lovely. It's possible that passage through the [[Blasty Zone]] may somehow [[Wikipedia:Boom tube#Later Additions to the Concept|account for this discrepancy]].

===Explicit size changes===
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Numerous characters are explicitly shown to shrink or expand at various times.

====Human-scaled alternate modes====
[[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] becomes a human-scale radio; [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] shrinks into a handgun scaled for either Transformer or human hands, depending on the situation. The cartoons and comics typically show this without explanation, leaving the audience to attribute it to advanced alien technology.

====Pretenders====
Some versions of the [[Pretender]]s are shown to explicitly shrink when hiding in their human-sized outer shells. In the U.S. toy commercials, [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], and [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] in their new Pretender forms were small enough to fit in [[Powermaster]] [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s hand. So, at least in that [[micro-continuity]], they were human-sized. ''[[Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' featured Pretenders who did not have outer shells but rather an ill-defined holistic transformation which explicitly involved size changing. A vaguely similar explanation appeared in [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s ''[[More Than Meets The Eye (G1)|More Than Meets The Eye]]'' encyclopedia.

===Implicit size changes===
Characters often change size in a less explicit fashion when transforming. These changes in scale are usually attributed to size-changing by that portion of the fan base who like to find explanations for things. The other explanation is that the artists hoped the audience wouldn't notice. It can also be supposed that they are hiding their mass somewhere (car style Transformers storing mass in their passenger compartments when in humanoid form, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] folding his wings flat, the buildings in a city-bot collapsing to eliminate the spaces normally occupied by humans, boat-bots filling up or getting rid of the vast empty areas used to provide buoyancy) or puffing up with empty space, but at a certain point, things just get silly. Some Transformers are smaller than solid blocks of the mass contained in their alt modes: [[Unicron]] would have to be about as thick as the [[Earth]]'s crust while in planetary form, and [[Optimus Prime (disambiguation)|Optimus Prime]] would probably be blown away by a stiff breeze in his larger incarnations.

====Transport characters====
[[Image:MakeHoistHuffer.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Definitely ''not'' toy-accurate.]]
[[Image:Ironhide carried into Ratchet.jpg|thumb|right|180px|...And not to [[Ironhide (G1)|mention]] [[Ratchet (G1)|this]].]]

In the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original cartoon]], Transformers that act as transport for other Transformers, such as [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]], and [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]], will often dramatically change size relative to their compatriots between one shot and the next. For example, Cosmos is ''much'' shorter than [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] in robot form; yet Blaster easily fits within his spacecraft mode. Likewise, a whole squad of Decepticons can fit into Astrotrain's shuttle mode easily (including the combined-form [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]!), yet he's an ordinary-sized trooper in his robot form.

Sometimes the cartoon would show ordinarily-scaled characters such as [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] or [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] carrying another Transformer in their cockpit, implying either a tiny passenger or a huge vehicle. Even [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], who is supposed to be huge, would have to have a greatly expanded scale for his rocket ship component to accommodate passengers as shown on the cartoon.

The Marvel comics commonly sidestepped this issue by not using Transformers as transport characters, or else requiring the passengers to transform into their explicitly smaller forms to be carried. Yet they were not immune to this problem. In one story, the Pretender [[Cloudburst]] exited his shell, transformed into jet mode, and then his shell (and [[Landmine (G1)|Landmine]]) boarded him as a passenger. The fact that his ''outer'' shell was now much smaller than the ''inner'' robot was quietly ignored. {{storylink|Guess Who the Mecannibals Are Having for Dinner?}}

[[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave's]] ''[[More Than Meets The Eye (G1)|More Than Meets The Eye]]'' series of [[bio]] comics tried to explain this for characters such as Astrotrain and [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] by saying they're able to expand themselves to increase cargo space in vehicle mode, though their armor becomes thinner as it is spread out more. Conversely, the series notes, in robot mode, all that armor and structure being compressed into a smaller form makes that mode stronger and more durable for combat.

This concept is lampshaded in the credits of [[Transformers:_War_for_Cybertron|WFC]], where [[Bumblebee_(Prime)|Bumblebee]] pulls up, and the entire Autobot cast of the game step out of his passenger door, clown car style.

====Combiner characters====
[[Image:DreamwaveCover6.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Since when is a sedan nine stories tall?]]
[[Combiner]] characters are often depicted as far larger than the sum of their parts. Characters such as [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] and [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] are frequently shown as [[Godzilla]]-sized. Given that their limbs are mere cars and construction vehicles, this is patently absurd. ([[Superion (G1)|Superion]], by contrast, ''would'' be building-sized, given that his torso is a 100-seat jetliner.)

Combiners are also often out-of-scale with other Transformers; a combiner with cars for legs and another car for its torso should be only twice as tall as a one-car Transformer, but they are routinely drawn as five to dozens of times taller than their comrades.

Sometimes, they are even out of scale in their own team; [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]'s torso is an [[Onslaught (G1)|anti-aircraft truck]], while one of his limbs is a [[Blast Off (G1)|Space Shuttle]] and another is a [[Swindle (G1)|two-person offroad vehicle]]. For this to work, either Blast Off has to shrink, or Swindle needs to grow.

====Scale problems and size-changing====
Some fans interpret the many otherwise-unexplained scale issues above to all be the result of [[size changing]], but this is debatable. If virtually all characters use mass-shifting (or whatever) to gain or drop a few feet of height for no logical reason, the technology would be pointlessly mundane. There's also no known reason for (e.g.) the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]s to choose to get ''shorter'' when going into battle. A to-scale Starscream in robot mode could kick Bumblebee around like a soccer ball. There's simply no positive evidence that size-changing is so widespread.

===Undersized alternate modes===
Many Transformers are portrayed in fiction as having alternate modes that are smaller than the real-life objects they are imitating. Sometimes this is deliberate, allowing them to match their toy scale and/or be of a similar size to other characters; in other cases, it is essentially an artistic error.

Toys at the lowest price points usually include "mini" or "micro" in their name. [[Mini Vehicle]]s [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]], [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]], and [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] are usually depicted as smaller than other Transformers in fiction, even though their alternate modes should have them towering over other characters. This often results in minuscule vehicle forms; Seaspray is a tiny hovercraft, despite being covered with doors and windows.<small> (Conversely, if a new toy based on such a [[character]] is designed to be more in scale with other toys, such as [[Universe (2008 toyline)|2008 ''Universe'']] Ultra Class Powerglide or [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|2010 ''Transformers'']] Voyager Class [[Sea Spray]], some [[fandom|fans]] complain ''because they expect those new toys to reflect the original toys' sizes'' and, by extension, the [[show-accuracy|depiction in fiction]].)</small>

[[Image:Hotrodpatrolcommercial.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Do you have change for four hot rods?]]
The [[Micromaster]]s are explicitly downsized Transformers, roughly the size of a human in the comics, meaning that they ''should'' have explicitly tiny vehicle modes... which wouldn't make for very convincing disguises. The Micromasters are about the same height in robot mode, but they transform into equally tiny cars, trucks, planes, tanks, and other vehicles that should be vastly different sizes.

Despite this, the Marvel comic featured [[Roadhandler (G1)|Roadhandler]] carrying a human passenger in his vehicle form, as though he were a full-sized car. The Dreamwave miniseries ''[[Micromasters]]'' suggested that the Micromasters were scaled down to interact more easily with "smaller beings". Whether that meant creatures of human scale or even smaller stature is never clarified, but the Micromasters' passenger compartments are presumably too small to accommodate human passengers.

The [[Mini-Con]]s of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] are another race of small robots who stand approximately the same height as humans and, like the Micromasters before them, are clearly modeled to carry passengers. Really teeny passengers. (Notable exceptions are [[Grindor (Armada)|Grindor]] (in his original body), [[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]], and [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]], who become small one-man conveyances.) This results from the Mini-Cons scanning normal vehicles and then resizing them to fit, retaining now-useless passenger compartments. In the [[Cybertron (cartoon)|''Cybertron'' cartoon]], the [[Recon Mini-Con Team]] have slightly-larger-than-human robot modes, but their alternate modes are large enough for a single human passenger, implying either a little size-changing or that their cockpits are kinda cramped. Though the Recon Team all originate from Gigantion, and seeing how partnered Mini-Cons seem to change size to fit their larger companions, a little size shift to accomodate a passenger doesn't seem too far-fetched compared to other scale issues.

Likewise, the [[Beast Era]] Maximals and Predacons possess roughly human-size bodies; yet when portrayed as vehicles on Cybertron ("[[Dawn of Future's Past]]", the [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicons]] in ''[[Beast Machines (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]''), they feature seats and cockpits that, at their size, should be basically useless.

====Citybots====
[[Image:EarlyGalvatronTVMagazine1.jpg|left|200px|thumb|If you were ever this big in the cartoon, then we might call you a city.]]
[[Image:HeadmastersScale.jpg|right|200px|thumb|See above. Way, way, way above.]]
[[City-bot|A few characters]] have "city" alternate modes. As actual real-life cities can sprawl for many miles, a [[city-bot]] that can notionally house a population of humans, ''let alone'' Transformers, should have a robot-mode that'd make Godzilla look like a gecko. Suffice to say, almost no fiction even ''begins'' to approximate the logical size of a true "city-bot". In the American and Japanese cartoons, all four were shown as massive robots capable of housing many normal-sized Transformers. Even so, it would take something along the lines of the grossly undersized depictions of [[Unicron]] (see below) even to begin to represent reasonably the colossal size of a transformed city; so in the context of Transformers, "city" is perhaps better read as "building" or "fortress".

These city-bots often have "small" robots forming vital components. Scorponok has a "human-sized" being forming his head. [[Full-Tilt]], [[Six-Gun]], and [[Slammer]] must logically be building-sized in robot-mode to be in-scale with Trypticon and Metroplex, but, again, are not drawn as such.

The Marvel Generation 1 comic sidestepped this issue by depicting Trypticon, Fortress Maximus and Scorponok as merely "large-standard" characters. However, Metroplex, during his one, brief appearance, was depicted as being immensely larger, crushing Quintesson attack cruisers under foot without batting an eyelid. He was still considerably smaller than a city, however, but this was justified by him merely serving as the 'transformation core' for Autobot City: Earth, not the actual city itself.
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====Planets and planetbots====
[[Image:Cybertronplanet.jpg|left|250px|thumb|If we're generous and assume Cybertron is only the size of Earth's moon, then the larger visible buildings are roughly the size of Massachusetts stood on end, and you could wedge France into that gash. (Which would probably improve both Cybertron and France.)]]
Scale when it comes to planets is so fraught it's painful. The problems of describing citybots as "cities" is a thousand times worse if [[Unicron]] is supposed to have a planet alternate mode, and [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] is in turn supposed to be of similar size. Though different stories have compared Cybertron/Primus and Unicron to drastically different real planets, the fact remains that they are ''planets'', and yet are shown in such insane scale to characters as to suggest they are the size of a ''very'' small moon (or [[Darth Vader|space station]]).

To start with, Cybertron was shown throughout ''Generation 1'' with buildings visible from space. Although this was intended to show that the planet was technological in nature, it makes little sense, as the structures would have to be the size of small ''nations'' to be visible. If the buildings were in fact supposed to be skyscrapers (or even ''2000 A.D.''-style arcologies) sized for 10 m (30') robots, Cybertron would still be less than 150km (100 miles) across. The rather [http://www.starwars.com/databank/location/coruscant/index.html Coruscant]-like shots of Cybertron in ''[[Beast Machines (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'' may be less distinctive or "Cybertronian", but are ''far'' more believable. (Some people reason that the Transformers' advanced technology, along with their large size and their not needing to breathe, means that buildings actually CAN be that big.)

Unicron is a more extreme problem. Assuming no [[size changing]] occurs during his transformation (and really, what possible reason would he have to become ''smaller''?), in robot mode he would be so massive that any shot featuring a recognizable ''part'' of his body, let alone the whole thing, would be on a scale such that no normal Transformer would even be visible. [[Image:UnicronEatsGalvyMmmm.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Either Galvy is humungo, or Lithone is tiiinyyy!!!]]Scenes in the [[The Transformers: The Movie|1986 movie]] in which he directly interacts with normal Cybertronians are blatantly absurd (though totally phat-looking). Shots such as the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] fleeing his grasping hand, a starship penetrating his eye, impaling [[Brainstorm]] on his fingernail, {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}} or ''especially'' him picking up Galvatron between his fingers before swallowing him, break any concept of "planetary" scale. Not to mention that he's described as a "''ginormous'' weird-lookin' planet," which would lead one to assume that he is ''significantly'' larger than your average-sized weird-lookin' planet. Thank you, [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]]. Thank you so much.

If Cybertron is the size of Earth's moon (and that's generous), and Unicron is about the size of Cybertron, his hands would be about the size of Europe and Galvatron (to the right) would be about the size of Denmark.

There is no explanation for any of this. Just go with it.

The depiction of Unicron's scale in ''[[Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' was (debatably) a slight improvement, in that physical interaction with normal beings was not attempted. He preferred instead to communicate with normal Transformers by possessing one of them. {{storylink|Sideways (RID)|Sideways}} Nevertheless, shots featuring [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] and [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] standing on his neck are still ''farcically'' out of scale.

As a side note, Unicron has been established in some continuities as having already devoured approximately 22.56% of known universes which is truly hilarious if one takes actual planetary/galactic scale into consideration. Assuming that Unicron is ''generously'' close to the size of our moon or the planet Mercury, when compared to other stellar bodies he begins to show up as an all but invisible speck. Imagine him trying to devour a star the size of [http://www.kiroastro.com/writings/perspective Betelgeuse]!

===Oversized alternate modes===
[[Image:RattrapLOVEScheetor.jpg|right|180px|thumb|I'm tellin' ya, all da rats in Brooklyn are dis big!]]
Much less common are instances of a Transformer turning into an overscaled real-world object. Most such instances occur in the ''Beast Wars'' era.

Although the Beast Warriors are consistent day-to-day in their relative size to each other, their scale in relation to their real-world animal equivalents is more complex. While the bug characters such as [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] and [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] are obviously scaled-up, other characters are more subtly not quite the right size.

[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] and [[Tigatron]] are shown standing next to real members of their species, and they are both the same size as the animals in question. {{storylink|Beast Wars (Part 1)}} {{storylink|Law of the Jungle}} This makes them (and Cheetor in particular, since he's around more) the measuring sticks for the other characters. Therefore, [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] is a rather small rhinoceros, and [[Optimus Primal]] is a roughly normal (or female) gorilla. However [[Rattrap]] is a monstrously huge rat, the size of a Labrador dog (indeed, the writers stated that Season 1 Rattrap was 5' (1.5 m) tall<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/8227a6ca84c0238d Bob Forward gives Rattrap's height from the show bible]</ref>). Likewise [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] is considerably larger than a real velociraptor. [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], however, is a pitifully tiny specimen of a T. Rex. In their interactions with adult [[protohuman]]s, the Transformer characters seem between twice and three times their height. Considering our ancestors really were smaller than modern humans, this is not extremely wrong, but it deserves noting.

However, thanks to the scaling up of the arthropod characters, it is relatively safe to assume that the Transformers scanned only animal ''forms'' and then rescaled them to fit their own size, which is actually slightly more believable than all other series, in which the Transformers use mass shifting to make their alt modes the ''right'' size.

===Artistic license===
====Variation for characterization====
[[Image:Prime has a huge head.jpg|left|150px|thumb|With 20th Anniversary Prime and Smallest Transformers Bumblebee, you can actually recreate this scene.]]
Some scale problems are for the sake of characterization. For example, Optimus Prime is routinely shown as thoroughly gargantuan, several stories in height, and capable of cradling humans in his palm. If he's the size of a real truck, Prime in robot mode should be 8–10 m (25'–30') tall, at best. He's drawn large because he's a leader character.

Conversely, [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] is sometimes shown only a few feet taller than an average human, while in reality he would be 3–5 m (10'–15') tall (the Marvel comic actually states he's 15' tall {{storylink|Plight of the Bumblebee!}}). He's drawn small because he's a human-friendly character, and a junior member of the Autobots.

With fighter jet alternate modes, the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] should be among the largest everyday Transformers and would ''tower'' over their Autobot adversaries; instead, the animation depicts characters such as [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] as about the same height. Though jets are much larger than cars, they're drawn the same height so the battles appear fair. (And also to make it easier to animate; blocking a shot where characters differ radically in height is difficult.)

In a related vein, sometimes Transformers are able to enter human buildings, fitting through their doors and running up their staircases without crashing through. {{storylink|B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.}} A cast that couldn't enter buildings would be grossly inconvenient for telling some stories, so the animators fudge things.

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====Intentionally strange scale====
[[Image:MarvelUS-01.jpg|right|200px|thumb|One side makes you larger, one side makes you small. (Op's been noshing on the first side too much.)]]
Sometimes artists draw a character at a different size [[Authorial intent|intentionally]]. For example, on the cover of the [[The Transformers (issue)|first issue]] of [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|the original ''Transformers'' comics series]], Optimus Prime is extremely huge compared to the highway, bridge, and normal cars. ([[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] is bigger than usual, too.) This is purely for dramatic effect.

Another notable example is the splash screen for the "[http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/TF/bible/index.html World of the TRANSFORMERS]" website, which depicts [[Optimus Primal]] (in his original gorilla body) as the same size as [[Optimus Prime (G1)|G1 Optimus Prime]] and [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Movie Optimus Prime]], directly contradicting the size difference seen in "[[Optimal Situation]]" and elsewhere (except for ''[[Robot Masters (franchise)|Robot Masters]]'').

Artwork for the [[:Image:VaderVsPrime.jpg|''Star Wars'']] subline features [[:Image:Megatronvsluke.jpg|humans from another galaxy]] standing at the same height as Transformers, although this is simply because most of the figures in [[Attacktix|the tabletop game advertised by this artwork]] are the same size.

[[Image:World of the Transformers ent.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Meet the Supreme class <s>[[Trukk not munky|Munky]]</s> Optimus Primal.]]
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===The 2007 ''Transformers'' movie===
[[Image:Moviescale1.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Scale is absolutely not an issue in the movie. Riiight.]]
The creators of the [[Transformers (2007)|live-action movie]] took great pains to avoid out-of-scale issues. (Well, greater than previous franchises.) This is sometimes reflected in the choice of vehicle or the design of their robot mode. E.g., [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] is an extended-hood cab in order to have more mass with which to make a taller robot mode. [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]'s robot mode is nearly as wide as it is tall, with shorter, digitigrade legs, so the massive jet-former won't end up twice as tall as Optimus. In the case of [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]], his huge alternate mode simply results in a hulking, towering robot mode.

There are still minor scale issues to be found, though. For example, Optimus Prime can hold both [[Sam Witwicky|Sam]] and [[Mikaela Banes|Mikaela]] in one hand. Comparing this shot with when he picks up [[Archibald Witwicky]]'s glasses a few minutes later, it seems the glasses have lenses a foot (30cm) in diameter. This is a visual cheat so the glasses are visible to the audience. There's also debate about whether [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]]'s head could compact itself into a slim mobile phone. The [[Movie (toyline)|movie-franchise toys]], meanwhile, are only intermittently consistent (particularly since some of the secondary ones are redecos of toys from previous lines), with the largest contrast among the "primary" toys being between Deluxe Class [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]], a motorcycle, and Voyager Class Decepticons with helicopters as their [[Alternate mode|alternate modes]], such as [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] and [[Incinerator (Movie)|Incinerator]]. However, many of the wheeled vehicles are close to 1:35 scale, although Deluxe Class [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] and Classic Camaro [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Bumblebee]] are ''obviously'' not the same scale. Even more oddly, the vehicle modes of Classic Camaro Bumblebee and Concept Camaro Bumblebee are not the same scale, yet their robot heads are the same size (albeit different sculpts).

[[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]] is another point of topic here. Whilst in the [[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|film]], they worked on keeping his size relative to those of his components, in the [[Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)|game]] he was far larger.

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==Official scale guides ==
[[Image:Tfcartoonscaleguideic1.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Official Scale Guides of ''The Transformers'']]
[[Image:Beastwarsscalepreliminary.jpg|right|250px|thumb|''Beast Wars'' Season 1 scale guide]]
Animators and comic book artists received official scale guides showing relative and (in some cases) absolute heights. Some of these were published in the character model guides ''[[The Ark: A Complete Compendium of Character Designs|The Ark]]'' and ''[[The Ark II — A Compendium of Japanese Character Designs|The Ark II]].'' Though they were sometimes ignored, they still give insight into the official scale of characters in Generation 1. However, even here, there are problems. Devastator in the Season One scale guide was approximately 2.5 times the height of Optimus Prime, but by Season Two he was somewhat less than twice Prime's height.

''Beast Wars'' likewise had an official scale guide, which appeared as a bonus on the DVD set of Season 2. Despite this guide, the series writers have indicated some measure of disregard for relative scale, when it suited the needs of dramatic tension.<ref>[http://builtstlouis.net/tf/manic/m-botcon.html BotCon 98 report - see "ON THE SIZES OF CHARACTERS"]</ref> Thus, Optimal Optimus is ''ungodly'' tall in his first appearance, later reduced to perhaps two times the height of the rest of the cast.

[[Image:ROTF Autobot scale guide 1.jpg|thumb|right|''ROTF'' scale guide]]

''[[Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' had scale guides featured in the ''25 years of Transformers'' feature for the [[Revenge of the Fallen (film)/home video|DVD release]] which showed official heights for both the Autobots and the Decepticons. Meaning [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] gains an extra twelve feet when he wears [[Jetfire (ROTF)|a corpse]].

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==References==
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==External links==
*[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/6db411e03e75a342?dmode=source Estimated "real-life" heights for several Transformers, derived from the size of their alt-modes, archived from alt.toys.transformers on groups.google.com]

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May I ask what your problem is? -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 05:26, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
:My best guess is this is Floro himself who is completely '''outraged''' that anyone but him would get credited for design work on Transformers. After all this is the guy who claims Takara's Diaclone Planet Robo design was stolen from the Unicron design he'd make years later. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 05:29, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
::I don't think we're worth the real Floro Dery's time.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 05:39, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
:::I don't think you've noticed his past track record. Clearly, we are. (We are also racist robots.) --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 05:42, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

I have no problem and I am not Floro. My name is Charlie Alvarado, a Transformers fan. Your are the one who has a problem posting speculative informations without supporting visual evidence. - Charlie {{unsigned|76.213.224.139}}
:Hi Floro. We've got Shohei's art posted on his article, it can't get more visually evident than that. And where is ''your'' visual evidence that our information is wrong? --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 14:10, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

It's useles to continue arguing without resolving and answering the following questions:

1. Why George Dunsay in his interview said that Takara and Hasbro were not involved in the creative concept of the transforming planet?

2. Why Mr. Dery and Hiroyuki were given credits in the 1989 Japanese Transformers movie version?

3. Why Mr. Dery is given credit and Hiroyuki has no credit in the 1986 US Transformers movie version?

4. Why the Unicron design of Hiroyuki that is posted here is not dated?

5. Why the alleged claim that the posted cartoon designs here were done by Shohei when in fact the cartoons were designed by Mr. Dery in 1984 which were published by Marvel people recently in the book Transformers: Ark according to Joshua Chapman? Here's the Amazon website

http://www.amazon.com/review/product/1600100805?showViewpoints=1

6. Why the alleged Shohei's cartoon designs posted here is not dated?

7. Why the incredible misinformations in these website?

- Charlie {{unsigned|76.213.224.139|17:27, 7 January 2008}}

==Pagebreak 1 for sanity==

The drawings of Shohei's are based on Mr. Dery's cartoon designs compiled in the Transformers: Ark. Besides Shohei's drawings are not dated. Hiroyuki's design is also not dated. DATE is the litmus test.

The book OLD ART from STUFF BEFORE TRANSFORMERS, there is no such book. Don't invent. Assuming there is such a book, OLD ART of what?

You people are contradicting George Dunsay who said that TAKARA is not involved in the design of the transforming planet, which proved that Mr. Dery is the originator of the transforming planet Unicron.

You people proved nothing, in fact you have shown that your articles are just SPECULATIONS and MISINFORMATIONS to twist the truth. Why?

For your information, I e-mailed the guy maintaining the website of Mr. Dery, offering Mr. Dery that I will finance and publish his original colored Transformers designs as an art book. If Mr. Dery agrees, I will let you people know. I am thinking of a book title that will drive you people crazy.

I posted here because you blocked my other IP address. I proved that all of you are wrong and confused, so you blocked my IP.

Pity, but no thanks for all your insults directed against me. But I am not surprise because, generally, those who cannot win the arguments usually use insults to silence their opponents

- Charlie

: Hello, my name is Floro Dery, and I inventend Transformers. In fact, I invented robots long before Japan ever even heard of them.

: I also invented Hasbro. And Takara.--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] 00:37, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

::No, ''I'm'' Floro Dery! - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 00:47, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
:Guys, if this guy wants to rant to his audience of one, let him. We have better things to do. -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 00:49, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
::How dare you say that to me, Floro Dery. Clearly, you're just a racist. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 00:55, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

:1. Hasbro and Takara were not involved in the creation of Unicron. Everyone here agrees that Floro created Unicron. What he didn't do is create the concept of a transforming planet. That concept was created by someone at Takara before 1985. That "Japanese Unicron" is '''not''' Unicron, and was '''not''' created for ''Transformers''; the art from the book the scan was taken from is about Takara action figure lines from before 1985, and therefore predates the movie. Floro may have very well came up with the idea of a transforming planet on his own; he just wasn't the first to put the idea to paper.
:2. Floro made the animation models. Hiroyuki was likely involved in the Japanese localization (This consisted of translating the script, recording new voice tracks, and adding Japanese credits. Nothing else was changed)
:3. Hiroyuki was probably only involved in the Japanese localization, and would therefore not be included in the credits from the original (READ: English Language) version.
:4. It is a scan of concept art. Any dates or other information included on the sheet are not part of the actual concept art and therefore would not be included in any compilations.
:5. Floro Dery made the character models actually used in the cartoon. However, those were simplified (read: easier to animate) versions of the ones made by Shohei.
:6. It is a scan of a character model. Any dates or other information included on the sheet are not part of the actual character model and therefore would not be included in any compilations.
:7. If you can find a mistake that can be verified with more then "HE TELL ME" (IE, something that has been published, or an interview transcript), be free to fix it.
:8. No, ''I'm'' Floro Dery, and I invented Japan and the concept of toys. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 00:50, 8 January 2008 (UTC)
:9. I just got Edit Conflicted'd three times trying to make this post.

:I know this basically repeats a lot of what [[User:FortMax|FortMax]] just said, but I spent a while typing it, so darned if I'll let it go to waste. (Besides, I probably was one reason he got an Edit Conflict, and vice-versa.)

:Let's see, point by point...

::''The drawings of Shohei's are based on Mr. Dery's cartoon designs compiled in the Transformers: Ark.''

:And the proof of this is...? You have offered comments on the some of the process involved in the creation of Mr. Dery's designs. None of this proves whether or not the Japanese designs were based on his. However, the comparison picture [[Floro Dery#Participation in the modern fandom|shown here]] seems to indicate Mr. Dery in fact simplified some of Mr. Kohara's designs.

::''Besides Shohei's drawings are not dated. Hiroyuki's design is also not dated. DATE is the litmus test.''

:If no date is available for a piece of art, that does not negate its worth for the argument. It's very helpful, yes, but not the one and only means of proof.

::''The book OLD ART from STUFF BEFORE TRANSFORMERS, there is no such book. Don't invent. Assuming there is such a book, OLD ART of what?''

:This is obviously a description of a book, not a title, yet you are making fun of it because it doesn't sound like a real title. You are using very poor arguing tactics and insulting people by accusing them of lying about the book's existence. In short, you are doing just what you accuse others here of doing. Pity, pity.

:The book in question is ''Takara SF Land Archives'' (''Takara SF Land Daizenshuu'', タカラSFランド大全集), published by Kodansha in November 1999. As you can see from the cover image [http://www.edit.ne.jp/~sashida/SFland/SFland.html here], it contains images and information on various Takara-original SF toy lines from the 1970s and early 1980s, including Henshin Cyborg, Magnemo, Microman (including Microchange), and Diaclone. All these toy lines predate Transformers. The last two toy lines were the primary source of toy designs for the original TF line from 1984-1985, and even 1986 (e.g., Ultra Magnus). Scattered throughout the book's pages are illustrations showing design art for various Takara toys from those toy lines, along with concept art of toys that were never produced...such as the Planet-Robot drawn by Mr. Hataike.

::''You people are contradicting George Dunsay who said that TAKARA is not involved in the design of the transforming planet, which proved that Mr. Dery is the originator of the transforming planet Unicron.''

:It's likely Mr. Dery did design Unicron. That does NOT mean he created the idea of a transforming planet. There is a distinct difference.

::''You people proved nothing, in fact you have shown that your articles are just SPECULATIONS and MISINFORMATIONS to twist the truth. Why?''

:The articles here have provided more visual proof than you have, and argued their case better. Regardless of how people have responded to you personally, the articles themselves present their material quite well. Of course, your biggest gripe of "misinformation" seems to be that the articles claim Mr. Dery didn't design Unicron. They do not claim this. They suggest he did not create the idea of a transforming planet, which is something else entirely. As evidence to support this suggestion, they provide an image from a book about Takara toys that predate TFs.

::''For your information, I e-mailed the guy maintaining the website of Mr. Dery, offering Mr. Dery that I will finance and publish his original colored Transformers designs as an art book. If Mr. Dery agrees, I will let you people know.''

:I think that would actually be a pretty cool project.

::''I am thinking of a book title that will drive you people crazy.''

:So you'd risk alienating part of your potential readership?

::''I posted here because you blocked my other IP address. I proved that all of you are wrong and confused, so you blocked my IP.''

:Your other IPs were blocked because posting from multiple IPs was cluttering the wiki and, in combination with your belligerent attitude, it made you look trollish. All you have to do is register for an account on the wiki; that would solve the problem neatly.

::''Pity, but no thanks for all your insults directed against me. But I am not surprise because, generally, those who cannot win the arguments usually use insults to silence their opponents''

:The same can be said for people who cannot win by stubbornly and angrily repeating unsupported claims, and so resort to condescension and self-righteousness when they find they've irritated others.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 01:35, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

==Pagebreak 2 for sanity==

I know from your article here that Mr. Dery was the design supervisor of the original series. Assuming that he simplified the simplified drawings of Shohei, then what will his assistants be doing? Are these assistants be simplifying the simplified drawings of Mr. Dery from the simplified drawings of Shohei? This is foolish, isn't it? Marvel studio producer is not an idiot to allow such thing. This shows that Shohei was the one who copied Mr. Dery's cartoon designs.

So, the Japanese book was published in 1999 and the Transformers movie came out in 1986, probably the transforming planet Unicron designs of Mr. Dery were done in 1985. That's a difference of almost 15 years.

Truly, you inadvertently proved that Mr. Dery was the originator of the transforming planet Unicron, Hiroyuki is just a copycat. Also, George Dunsay was right that Takara was not involved in the design of the transforming planet Unicron. You see, what matters is the DATE because the date is the LITMUS TEST.

I will e-mail your post here to the guy maintaining the website of Mr. Dery, to let them know about these things.

Thank you very much, you also proved that all my posts here are right and your allegations are wrong.

- Charlie

You forgot, the Transformers movie came out in 1986, the original series in 1984. Got you there!
- Charlie
:Diaclone ran from 1980-1985.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 01:10, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

:Again, responding point by point:

::''I know from your article here that Mr. Dery was the design supervisor of the original series. Assuming that he simplified the simplified drawings of Shohei, then what will his assistants be doing?''

:First, if you know Japanese so well, you should know that the Japanese artists' last names are Kohara and Hataike. Just a minor point, but it's been bothering me.

:Mr. Kohara's drawings are noticeably more complex than Mr. Dery's. Why do you call them simplified? You are starting this argument on a flawed premise.

::''Are these assistants be simplifying the simplified drawings of Mr. Dery from the simplified drawings of Shohei?''

:Mr. Kohara's art isn't simplified. Mr. Dery's is, for the purpose of being easier to animate. Why would assistants need to simplify it further? Why are you even talking about assistants here?

::''This is foolish, isn't it? Marvel studio producer is not an idiot to allow such thing. This shows that Shohei was the one who copied Mr. Dery's cartoon designs.''

:It shows no such thing. It's easy to see that Mr. Kohara's art is more detailed than Mr. Dery's. Why would he create more complex models for animation from Mr. Dery's simpler models, when the simpler models were needed for animation? Just because you personally think it would be silly for assistants to simplify Mr. Dery's drawings (and that's not even relevant), that doesn't prove anything about which artist drew designs first.

::''So, the Japanese book was published in 1999 and the Transformers movie came out in 1986, probably the transforming planet Unicron designs of Mr. Dery were done in 1985. That's a difference of almost 15 years.''

:And the book ''Transformers: The Ark'', which contains Mr. Dery's designs, came out last year, 8 years after ''Takara SF Land'', 21 years after the movie, and "probably" 22 years from Mr. Dery's designs. So what?

:And that's another point—"probably"? So you '''don't''' know for sure when those designs were done?

::''Truly, you inadvertently proved that Mr. Dery was the originator of the transforming planet Unicron, Hiroyuki is just a copycat.''

:Truly, I have proven no such thing. First, no one is arguing Mr. Dery didn't design Unicron, only that Mr. Hataike's art came before the Unicron design.

:Second, you keep SAYING Mr. Hataike's art came after Mr. Dery's, but your only "proof" of this is the lack of a date on Mr. Hataike's work. That isn't proof. It lends to speculation, yes, but it is NOT proof.

:Then, just above, you say Mr. Dery's designs were "probably" done in 1985. If the date is really the big litmus test, don't Mr. Dery's designs have a date on them? If they do, why are they only "probably" from 1985?

::''Also, George Dunsay was right that Takara was not involved in the design of the transforming planet Unicron. You see, what matters is the DATE because the date is the LITMUS TEST.''

:Why do you keep coming back to whether Mr. Dery designed Unicron? No one is saying he didn't design Unicron. We ARE saying he was not the first to design a transforming planet. Unicron was NOT the first transforming planet design in the world, that's all. The Planet-Robot design in the ''Takara SF Land'' book predates Unicron, but it is NOT Unicron. Mr. Dery designed Unicron.

:Even if we ignore that point, the date is '''A''' litmus test. It is not '''THE''' litmus test. No matter how often as you insist it is, that doesn't make it true. If you're basing your entire argument on the fact that there is no date on Mr. Hataike's work, then you have only a very weak basis. And if you're not even sure when Mr. Dery's designs were drawn, then your argument has NO basis.

::''I will e-mail your post here to the guy maintaining the website of Mr. Dery, to let them know about this things.''

:Go right ahead; the wiki and its Talk pages are already public, so Mr. Dery's web master is free to read them anyway. Frankly, I don't think telling him about these pages will make a difference, but there's no reason you shouldn't.

::''Thank you very much, you also proved that all my posts here are right and your allegations are wrong.''

:Without insult, I have shown you several times how your reasoning and arguments are flawed. I don't understand how you can believe you've won any argument, unless you are simply choosing to ignore what I and others here have been saying. I'll repeat my main points, just to be sure you're clear on them:

:*1. No one is saying Mr. Dery didn't design Unicron.

:*2. Just because Mr. Dery designed Unicron, that doesn't mean he was the first person to design a transforming planet.

:*3. There is a Planet-Robot image in the ''Takara SF-Land'' book, an entire book devoted to Takara toy designs that predated Transformers. While there is no date on that specific image, since it is in an entire book of designs that predate Transformers, it is not unreasonable to believe that the design also predates Transformers.

:*4. Just because Takara had a transforming planet design before Unicron's design, that doesn't mean Mr. Dery didn't design Unicron. It just means he wasn't the first to design a transforming planet.

:I hope this clears up the situation. You don't need to prove Mr. Dery designed Unicron. You have not proven Mr. Kohara or Mr. Hataike's work was copied or based on Mr. Dery's work. The date by itself is not enough, and absence of a date does not equal a date after Mr. Dery's work.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 01:33, 9 January 2008(UTC)

:: Doug, you should use less negative forms. "Charlie" doesn't seem to comprehend sentences that contain double negations and the likes. You yhould say it like this: "Mr. Dery designed Unicron. Nobody denies that." And so on.--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] 09:38, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

:''I know from your article here that Mr. Dery was the design supervisor of the original series. Assuming that he simplified the simplified drawings of Shohei, then what will his assistants be doing? Are these assistants be simplifying the simplified drawings of Mr. Dery from the simplified drawings of Shohei? This is foolish, isn't it? Marvel studio producer is not an idiot to allow such thing. This shows that Shohei was the one who copied Mr. Dery's cartoon designs.''
:As far as anyone knows, the character models that were made in Japan and simplified by Mr. Dery were the ones for the Transformers released in 1984. A number of those earlier, more complex models were actually used in the first two or three Marvel Transformer comics and the animated commercial for the original mini-series. Also, the models for the toys released in 1985 generally keep toy's proportions and have more toy-accurate weapons. The 1984 models are gennerally taller and thinner, especially when comparing Trailbreaker and Prowl/Bluestreak, and Starscream/Skywarp/Thunderckacker to Hoist, Smokescreen and Dirge/Ramjet/Thrust. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 02:14, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

::Just to make it clear, while wiping away the tears of laughter at "Charlie's" arguments, Kohara's models as originally drawn up were ''never'' animated. They were all cleaned up by Dery first. Megatron's design however was revised twice, so he actually has three models - Kohara's original, Dery's first revision that appeared in the early commercials and comics, and the final version that appeared everywhere else. Hopefully the more accurate we can make things the less Pity's (sic) we'll get! [[User:Jon T|Jon T]] 10:45, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

I greatly enjoy this person. He is rich in entertainment. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 02:26, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

==Pagebreak 3 for sanity==

Earlier Charlie asked about providing proof that [[Shohei Kohara]]'s models predated Dery's own. Here's proof, straight from an interview with Dery by [http://members.aol.com/tfencyc/interview_dery.html Zobovor]:
{{quote|What I do know is that the animation cartoon designs for the first season of the Transformers series came from Japan. I simplified it further and my assistants did the clean-up.|Floro Dery}}

There you have it, Charlie. Go away now.

: Ha ha ha. That's BRILLIANT. (Of course, now Charlie will claim that Zobovor retroactively edited the interview)--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] 09:38, 9 January 2008 (UTC)

Here is a qoute from Mr. Dery's website http://hometown.aol.com/kuest144/transanimdes.html

"These are just a few of the numerous Transformers animation cartoon designs by Floro Dery. Initially, Dery used 3 rough designs from Korea or Japan and about 3 toy box arts which he redesigned, simplified, and changed for animation. The producer told him to discontinue the use of the toy box arts because of possible copyright violations, after which he based almost all of his designs on the toys. Nevertheless, it created a misconception for some and wrongly attributed Dery's designs to the artists of Takara, TOEI, Studio Ox, and Marvel Comics. The fact is that these studios used Dery's designs but didn't give him credit. Anyway, can you recognize the names of the following cartoon characters?"

I will believe more what Mr. Dery said. He was at the studio and you people were not.

The 3 designs were from Korea or Japan, Mr. Dery said? Probably from Korea because the producer was a Korean.

- Charlie
:So basically Dery is completely contradicting what he's said in Zobovor's interview. How can we believe anything he says if he says different things in different places? And why does he refer to himself in the third person? --[[User:64.229.54.158|64.229.54.158]] 04:17, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

I have just read Zobovor's interview, I think Mr. Dery did not contradict himself.

Why does he refer to himself in the third person? Do not ask me. Better still, you ask Mr. Dery, or ask the guy maintaining his website.

- Charlie
:Because you talk the exact same way as Ote and kuest144? Either way, this little tidbit must've slipped by you, or you intentionally blocked it out.
{{quote|What I do know is that the animation cartoon designs for the first season of the Transformers series came from Japan. I simplified it further and my assistants did the clean-up.|Floro Dery}}
:Dery himself admits the season 1 designs originally came from Japan and he only modified them. So your claims that we are wrong about Shohei Kohara's contributions to the medium are wrong, because even Floro admits to his contributions. --[[User:64.229.54.158|64.229.54.158]] 05:37, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

::except that you posted following: ''I know from your article here that Mr. Dery was the design supervisor of the original series. Assuming that he simplified the simplified drawings of Shohei, then what will his assistants be doing? Are these assistants be simplifying the simplified drawings of Mr. Dery from the simplified drawings of Shohei? This is foolish, isn't it? Marvel studio producer is not an idiot to allow such thing. '''This shows that Shohei was the one who copied Mr. Dery's cartoon designs.''' '' --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 16:02, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

I read what Mr. Dery said, he said "from Korea or Japan."

I was the one who posted
"MOST OF THE INFORMATIONS POSTED HERE ARE JUST TRASH!"
in your article about Mr. Dery. Mr. Dery did not post this. Why are you attributing it to Mr. Dery? I cannot change it because you BLOCKED my IP in that site.

It is already apparent to me that anyone who defends Mr. Dery, you people automatically assume it is Mr. Dery. Pity! One of these days, I will let my friends post here also. I am just curious, Ote and kuest144, who are they?

- Charlie Alvarado

:The word "information" is rarely pluralized in normal English usage.
:Your usage of the word "pity" is highly idiosyncratic. Do you mean, "I pity you guys," "You guys are pitiful", or "It's a pity you guys believe this stuff"? If it's the second one, I might suggest that if you actually want to change our minds, insulting us won't help.
:Your sentence, "One of these days, I will let my friends post here also," suggests that you are currently forbidding your friends from posting here. Surely I misunderstand you.
:Please sign your posts to Talk pages by ending the post with four tildes Like so: "<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>" Doing so will make it easier for us to follow your arguments, and will show that you are willing to work within the spirit of this wiki.
:Thank you. [[User:JW|JW]] 15:57, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

Thank you also for correcting my grammar. My english is twisted by my Mexican/Japanese languages. But I like my english, and if you do not like it that is your problem. The discussion here is also not about English grammars.

I do not forbid my Transformers fans friends because I do not have the right to do that. What I mean by what I said is this, "one of these days, I will let my friends know about this discussion and they can post here also if they want." In fact I have told them already about this site. They told me not to put up with you people because it is just a waste of my time.

- Charlie
:"They told me not to put up with you people because it is just a waste of my time." Fine case of the pot calling the kettle black. {{unsigned|193.200.150.45}}

:''"I like my english, and if you do not like it that is your problem."'' If you are trying to change our minds about Floro Dery, you are more likely to succeed if we can easily understand you. If you don't ''care'' if we understand you, then you won't change our minds.
:Thank you for correcting my misunderstanding about your friends. They sound like smart people.
:However: '''Please''' sign your posts to Talk pages by ending the post with four tildes, like so: "<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>" If you do this, we will be more likely to listen to you respectfully. If you ''don't'' do it, we're more likely to ignore you. If you don't understand what I mean, please ask for clarification. [[User:JW|JW]] 22:18, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
==Picture Copyright==
May I ask, do you people have permission from Mr. Dery to use his picture? If you do not have written consent, you better think twice! - Charlie [[User:76.213.239.15|76.213.239.15]] 20:22, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
:Mr. Dery is not the copyright holder on that photograph.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 21:15, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

The copyright holders you are referring to of Mr. Dery's picture were probably given consent by him, and you people have no written consent from him. These copyright holders are not idiots just to use his picture, that will be a legal ground against them.

Another thing, by using a copyrighted picture without consent from Mr. Dery and these copyright owners, you people are violating the terms of use of Wikia of copyrighted materials.

- Charlie [[User:76.213.239.15|76.213.239.15]] 21:44, 23 January 2008 (UTC)
:We don't need Dery's consent, he holds no copyrights on it. The photo is qualified as being "fair use" anyway so we're not doing anything wrong by using it. Besides, it's like the ONLY picture of Dery on the interweb so we have to use it, unless you have a better one to offer us. --[[User:74.57.3.251|74.57.3.251]] 23:40, 23 January 2008 (UTC) (Detour at work)

So the person has no right to his picture, what kind of logic is that? You people are not doing anything wrong with the picture? You use it to assassinate the charater of Mr. Dery. Be careful.

As a consolation to you people, according to this delamesa10 which unknowingly you lead me to this blog

[http://gettingintotransformers.blogspot.com/2007/11/floro-dery-visual-creator-of.html]

"delamesa10 said...
The picture of Floro Dery you're using is the picture of his father. Go to the Filipino websites, you can find pictures of Dery as a little boy and his father."

Imagine that, out of desperation, you people are using the picture of Mr. Dery's FATHER. I do not know if you people are COMEDIANS, or what? Next time you might be using the picture of Mr. Dery's grandfaher, brother, etc.

Your website is really getting COMICAL.

- Charlie [[User:76.213.226.23|76.213.226.23]] 20:34, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

:Well you're delamesa10 so of course you'll agree with yourself.... Either way this must be a photo of Dery since it was used on a Filipino website originally. Delamesa10 has posted no evidence whatsoever that this is Dery's father, it's his word against the one of Randy Valiente, Transformers Philippines... and I'm far more likely to believe the latter's words. Not to mention the fact that there's actually a source on this photo, ''"A History of Komiks of the Philippines and other Countries (Islas Filipinas 1985)"''. So there. --[[User:74.57.3.251|74.57.3.251]] 20:53, 24 January 2008 (UTC) (Detour, not logged in)

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{{disambigr|Tracks|the ''Animated''-series Autobot|Tracks (Animated)}}

:''Tracks is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Tracksg1.jpg|right|350px|thumb|If God had wanted Tracks to multiply, he would have given him the Creation Matrix and luscious lips. But he only gave him the luscious lips.]]

'''Tracks''' is a little bit of a narcissist, according to his Autobot buddies, and it's hard for him to stay lighthearted and gay under such criticism. He attributes it to jealousy, since few Autobots are so well-endowed with a sleek, muscular, and tastefully decorated sports car mode as his.

The truth is, Tracks's armament is considerable. In the wink of an eye, he can erect his hardened launcher shafts and deploy two flaming incendiary missiles. These projectiles are heat-seeking, seeking out warm Decepticon bodies and striking hard in sensitive places. With his long and powerful "blinding" [[black beam gun]], which negates light, he strikes his enemies in the darkness. Whether defending [[San Francisco]] or displaying his trademark moves in [[Dancitron]], Tracks is one fantastically flamboyant fighter!

Tracks can even fly like a butterfly by deploying his secret, hidden wings from their protective closet.

He should be a dangerous opponent, but his concern with preserving his stylish appearance and poor ability to work with fellow Autobots hampers him. Often he simply cruises the metro area alone all night, looking for Decepticons worthy of his attentions. Tracks may not always get along with his friends, but he knows his enemies. He knows them very well, indeed.

His [[Action Master partner]] is [[Basher]].

{{bigquote|Keep San Francisco clean—LEAVE!|Tracks to the Asteroid bird alien|"[[The Secret of Omega Supreme]]"}}

:''French-Canadian name'': '''Le Sillage''' ("The Trail")
:''Hungarian name'': '''Vagány''' ("Tough guy")
:''Italian name'': '''Puma'''
:''Portuguese name (Portugal comic):'' '''Rasto''' ("Track")
:''Portuguese name (Brazil comic):'' '''Trilho''' ("Track")
:''Russian name:'' '''Krakh''' (''Крах'', "Failure")
==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Michael McConnohie]] (English), [[Show Hayami]] (Japanese), [[Carlos Nieto]] (Latin American)

[[Image:DinobotIsland2 Tracks robotmode.jpg|thumb|left|250px|How this show lasted this far without me, I'll never know.]]
Tracks was one of several Autobots who appeared out of nowhere one day. He listened in as [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] reported the discovery of [[Dinobot Island (G1)|an island full of dinosaurs]]. Following another [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] mishap at base, Tracks helped with repairs. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 1}} He, [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] and [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]] were sent out to intercept and drive back a pirate ship that had appeared through a temporal anomaly due to Megatron's interference on the temporally displaced [[Dinobot Island (G1)|Dinobot Island]]. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 2}} Tracks took part in a game of basketball with the Dinobots, and failed to stop [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] from making a slam dunk. As Prime observed that Tracks was in need of maintenance, and he admitted that he'd had a deuce of a time trying to get an appointment with [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]]. As it turned out, Hoist and [[Grapple]] had somehow fallen in with the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] to build Grapple's [[Solar Power Tower]]. Tracks was part of the mission to see what was going on, and ended up fighting [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. Following the Autobot victory, he helped dig through the ruins of the tower to find Grapple and Hoist. {{storylink|The Master Builders}}

[[Image:MMP1 Tracks fires black beam gun.jpg|thumb|right|240px|And I said "let there be dark!"]]
When the Decepticons attacked a new solar power plant in [[Central City (Earth)|Central City]], Tracks took to the air and blasted [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] with his black beam gun. In retaliation, [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] rammed Tracks, knocking the Autobot out of the sky. The Decepticons retreated, much to the delight of the [[human]]s present. Tracks complained about the annoying cheering noise they were making. He was happy enough to take part in [[Autobot Day]], until an incriminating video (faked by [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] of course) was shown and the crowds turned against the Autobots. They retreated to Headquarters, but a short time later, the authorities turned up to arrest them and put them on trial. The verdict was swiftly delivered, and the Autobots forced to leave the planet on a spaceship provided by [[Shawn Berger]]. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1}} Locked on course to the [[Sun]], the Autobots abandoned ship and used [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] to return to [[Earth]], where the Decepticon plot had already been revealed. The Autobots freed the enslaved humans and chased off the Decepticons. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2}} After the theft of the [[Voltronic Galaxer]], [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] and Tracks reported from the field that they hadn't detected any Decepticon activity. {{storylink|Blaster Blues}}

[[Image:G1MakeTracks TracksRaoul.jpg|left|240px|thumb|It's not what it looks like, honestly!]]
Tracks and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] assisted the [[New York City|New York]] Police Department's Crime Buster program by parking themselves in a seedy, run-down neighborhood to entice car thieves to steal them, then capturing the thieves and their buyer. Back at [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]]'s garage, Tracks opined that New York City was exhilarating and that they could remain there forever as far as he was concerned, to the amusement of the other Autobots. Annoyed at their attitude, Tracks took off for a joyride, but almost immediately fell prey to a gang of would-be car thieves who shot out Tracks' tires as he tried to run them off the road. Crashing into a streetlight, Tracks was badly damaged and unable to transform. Fortunately, the car thief with a heart of gold, [[Raoul]], happened by and decided to take possession of Tracks, who quickly revealed he was no ordinary badly damaged dark blue Corvette Stingray with a giant flaming logo on his hood.

Together, the pair tailed the [[Geddis brothers]] to a Decepticon installation in the [[Pine Barrens]], where the Constructicons were converting stolen cars. When an electrical fault disabled Tracks during the course of the investigation, Raoul came to his rescue, and they both fled through the woods, eventually running into some more Autobots. Tracks joined Bumblebee, [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] in defending downtown from the stolen vehicles, converted into drones by the Decepticons, and was appalled when they damaged the Chrysler Building. Tracks and Raoul took part in the assault on the Decepticon base, however Megatron grabbed the young human. Tracks announced that if Raoul was harmed, there'd be trouble, but the threat proved unnecessary, as Raoul made use of a can of spray paint to escape. At Prime's invitation, Tracks demolished the base with a few well-placed shots. Later, he volunteered Raoul to help [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] fix all the cars that the Decepticons had messed with. {{storylink|Make Tracks}}

[[Image:QuestForSurvival Inferno puts out Tracks.jpg|thumb|right|260px|But this is!]]
Tracks was part of a disastrous attempt to stop the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] from eating Earth crops. [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] set him on fire, forcing Inferno to put him out. Tracks bravely fought on until [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] called a retreat and they returned to Headquarters for repairs. Some time later, after Cosmos had become trapped by an infestation of [[Morphobot]]s, Tracks took part in rescue efforts. As [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] used his music to repel the creatures, Tracks and [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] helped hook Cosmos up to Hoist. Unfortunately during the subsequent fight with the Decepticons, the [[robotic insecticide]] was destroyed, leaving them with no weapon against the Insecticon army. It all turned out okay, as said army was eaten by the Morphobots anyway. Tracks watched as the Morphobots were launched into space to wreck some other planet's ecology. {{storylink|Quest for Survival}}

[[Image:SecretOmegaSupreme Tracks is alarmed.jpg|thumb|left|230px|Tracks Threatens his Hand: Part 1]]
When [[San Francisco]] was threatened by an [[Asteroid bird alien|alien bird creature]], Tracks risked his life in battle to defend the city until [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] arrived to drive it off. {{storylink|The Secret of Omega Supreme}} Following Megatron's disappearance, [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] took over a sports stadium and had the Constructicons build a maze leading to it. Tracks, [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] and [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] attempted to traverse the maze, only to get totaled by Blitzwing and built into a throne. Fortunately Hoist came to the rescue and fixed them all up in time to witness Megatron's return and the downfall of Blitzwing and [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]. The four repaired Autobots jokingly arranged themselves into a throne for Optimus afterwards. Optimus declined their kind offer. {{storylink|Triple Takeover}}

Whilst out on a supply run with [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], Tracks opined that Optimus Prime had sent him out on this task to show the humans that Autobots didn't just have strength, but refinement as well. When Bumblebee sharply pointed out his comrade's lack of humility, Tracks replied that he feared ''some'' Autobots had much to be humble about. Together, they watched a storefront television report by [[Hector Ramirez (G1)|Hector Ramirez]] on the disappearance of a [[Daina|top secret Soviet jet]], for which blame was placed on the [[United States of America]]. Bumblebee suspected Decepticon involvement, which was convenient, as Tracks saw Astrotrain and Blitzwing lurking about nearby. The Autobots gave chase, only to discover the 'Cons were holographs projected by the big game hunter [[Lord Chumley]], and the pair were quickly subdued. After several more Autobots were captured, the imprisoned hostages were forced to run through several cruel and unusual torture devices. Tracks in particular was forced to race around a small, spiked track while laser cannons fired at him. {{storylink|Prime Target (episode)|Prime Target}}

[[Image:G1Auto-Bop Tracks girl.jpg|right|230px|thumb|"Eeek, Mr. Tracks, can I have your autograph?"<br> "Sure thing, baby."]]
Tracks and Blaster were reunited with Raoul when the human and [[Bop Crew]] were being chased by [[Furg]]'s gang outside of the [[Dancitron]] night club. Tracks stylishly defeated the thugs by arcing his laser fire horizontally, simultaneously destroying several of the weapons wielded by Furg's men. As he did so, he noticed that one of the gang members was a man dressed in a business suit. The Autobots decided to investigate further.

Inside the club, Tracks declined to dance with some girls, and [[Stylish man|another patron]] asked him where he could "get those threads" (meaning Tracks's robot body). As Tracks left, remarking that Dancitron wasn't ''his'' kind of club, he noted that there were more out-of-place humans, including a housewife in a bathrobe and a garbage man. Tracks and Blaster came to Raoul's aid again when the driver of a train in which the humans were traveling was "activated' by [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and accelerated the train to unsafe speeds. Later, Tracks and Raoul were attacked by brainwashed "workers" at a construction site for something large and mysterious. Bravely risking his paint job, Tracks protected Raoul from red-hot rivets fired by a brainwashed construction worker.

[[Image:Trackscruc2.jpg|left|260px|thumb|Tracks forgot his safeword.]]
Returning to the club, Tracks was lured into a trap by the mind-controlled [[Poplock]] and [[Rocksteady]]. Barely evading Starscream's attack, Tracks was assaulted by the rest of the club's patrons and chained up to the sound system, where the Decepticons hoped the music would eventually shake him apart. After Raoul de-hypnotised the club patrons by getting them slightly wet, the humans freed Tracks, who proceeded to take off after the fleeing Starscream. Crazy like a fox, Tracks seeded the clouds above the mysterious construction site, causing rain to fall down on the hypnotised workers, totally ruining Starscream's plan forever. Knowing that despite his good looks, he was outgunned and outpowered, Tracks used his superior agility to trick Starscream into flying into the half-constructed building and damaging himself when the Decepticon failed to avoid obstructions. With the Decepticons defeated, Tracks and Blaster destroyed the mysterious building. Grateful to the Bop Crew for saving his life, Tracks had Blaster help them out by acting as the boom box for their curbside breakdance sessions, to the latter's horror. {{storylink|Auto-Bop}}

[[Image:HoistGoesHollywood Sunstreaker Tracks masks.jpg|right|240px|thumb|"What are the chances? The only two Autobots marching and we turned up wearing the same outfit."]]
After Hoist was hired to be in a film, a number of other Autobots got wind of it and decided to volunteer their services as well. Tracks and the others impressed the [[director]] enough that he cast them, and Tracks ended up as a stunt vehicle, flying into a fake brick wall. The Autobots were dissatisfied with their assigned roles and told Hoist to try and pull some strings. The director decided to rethink the movie, and had Tracks and the others dressed as "evil alien robots". Tracks confessed he felt like a fool, but refused to quit. While shooting another scene, the pyrotechnics turned out to be bigger than expected, and the Autobots were nearly blown up. The shoot had been sabotaged by the Decepticons, who were after film of Dirge, who had crashed while carrying a device stolen from [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]'s [[Wheeljack's workshop|workshop]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. After the affair was resolved, Tracks and the other Autobots decided not to be a part of the movie business after all. {{storylink|Hoist Goes Hollywood}}

Later, Tracks was one of several Autobots facing off against the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] near the [[Seattle-Tacoma area]] when Megatron was using the [[Key to Vector Sigma]] to transform the land into metal. He was rammed by [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]] into a boulder and flipped over. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2}}

Tracks was one of several Autobots who participated in the [[Europa 2000]], a charity race from Paris to Istanbul which, if the Autobots won, would have netted them a million dollars, which they would give to charity. Tracks was disdainful of the arrogant American driver [[Auggie Cahnay (G1)|Auggie Cahnay]] and his suped-up [[Symultech Industries]] car. During the race, Tracks tried to contact the other Autobots, only to find out they had been disabled by the Stunticons in Megatron's quest to stop the Autobots from interfering with his plans for the [[Pearl of Bahoudin]]. Teamed up with Cahnay and [[Professor Teranova|a scientist who mysteriously disappeared]] during the course of the battle, the Autobots defeated [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and destroyed the Pearl. {{storylink|Trans-Europe Express}}

[[Image:Masquerade Tracks firing.jpg|thumb|left|230px|... And Part 2]]
After [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] was abducted by the Decepticons, Tracks was one of the Autobots who volunteered to go on the rescue mission, and was subsequently struck down with [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]]. Fortunately a cure was soon forthcoming. {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust}} He also took part in the defense of Headquarters during a Decepticon attack. Megatron soon retreated, not because of anything the Autobots did, but because he had realised that Starscream was behind everything. {{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}} Tracks helped defend a human city from the Insecticons, however a [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]] plan saw the Autobots searching for a component to get the [[space bridge]] working so they could reach Cybertron. They eventually tracked the component down, only to find the Insecticons had chewed it up. {{storylink|The Revenge of Bruticus}}

Tracks was part of a responsive strike against a series of Stunticon raids on human compounds. He took to the air at one point, prompting [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] to remark that his flying car mode was "droll". In retaliation for this unwarranted remark, Tracks blinded Dead End with his black light gun, which caused the Decepticon to drive into the car-crushing fists of [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]]. {{storylink|Masquerade}}
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====''Binaltech''====
When the Decepticons unleashed Cosmic Rust on Earth, Tracks was one of the many Autobots infested with the virus. As [[Earth Defense Command]] created the Binaltech Project in order to help the Autobots, Tracks was one of the first patients to undergo transference into an [[electro-cell]] powered new body. With the help of his fellow Binaltech Autobots (Smokescreen, [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] and [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]]), Tracks and his new powers were used to drive the Decepticons off the planet. He remained part of the soldiers based at Autobot City on Earth.

Tracks apparently now had the power to change and update his paint job at will. Thrilling. Simply thrilling.

====''Headmasters'' cartoon====
[[Image:JHeadmasters09Tracks.jpg|thumb|"Look, I'll stop asking you to fix my every little nick and scratch, '''I swear!'''"<br/> "KIYAAAAAAAA!"]]
Some time before the Transformers' war left Cybertron, Tracks briefly engaged the Decepticons with his comrades. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} Years onward, Tracks was seen on Earth working with [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. Alongside [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]], he was dispatched to intercept invading Decepticons and prevent them from interfering with [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]'s search for the Matrix. The group was not actually seen to confront anyone. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}} Later, while defending Cybertron, Tracks got kicked in the face ''really hard''... by [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]]. Uh, heat of the moment? {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}}

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===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
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[[Image:Skidsgrapplesmokescreenhoisttracks.jpg|left|thumb|250px|I was rebuilt out of better spare parts than the rest of you!]]
Tracks was (re?)constructed on Earth by the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] when the Autobots' forces were depleted using the [[mind bank]], his mind downloaded into a new body from a memory crystal. He attended [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'s field training exercise on human culture—rock and roll wasn't quite Tracks's taste, but when the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] tried to steal and convert sonic energy from the concert, surface-to-air combat with the enemy seemed quite a bit more enjoyable for him. {{storylink|Rock and Roll-Out!}} On a later mission, he attempted to help [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] prevent [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] from being reawakened by the Decepticons, but the mistrustful human armed forces kept them at bay long enough for [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] to revive his leader. {{storylink|I, Robot-Master!}} [[Image:RockNRollOut-Tracksdriver.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Oh, well that just makes too much sense.]] ''Shortly thereafter, Tracks joined [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] and [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] in protecting [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] from Soundwave and the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]]. He and Smokescreen actually managed to hold their own against [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] for a short period of time. {{storylink|Devastation Derby!}}'' Tracks also was part of the Autobot strike on Decepticon headquarters which allowed Bumblebee to record Devastator's transformation and combination sequence, giving the Autobots a chance to replicate the unique gestalt technology. {{storylink|Command Performances!}}

''The Autobots experienced a major setback when Optimus Prime, [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] dematerialized before their eyes at a meeting, seemingly atomized in seconds. Matters only became more pressing when [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], Decepticon commander of 2006, arrived in the present, kidnapped [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], and co-opted the Constructicons for his own purposes. Goaded into rash action by their friend's distress, the Autobots rushed into battle with the new warriors. Tracks stood shoulder to shoulder with [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], Ironhide, and Smokescreen against Galvatron, but the future Decepticon just laughed and voluntarily allowed them to unload their firepower on him. Staser bolts, high-density lasers, thermal charges, fracture rockets... all hit Galvatron dead center, and all did absolutely nothing. To add injury to insult, he then beat the helpless Tracks and his comrades into a pulp for good measure.''

''Beyond desperate, the Autobots actually stooped to reviving Megatron from where Galvatron had left him to rust earlier, and working with him to concoct a strategy against their common foe. Their gambit was somewhat successful, as Tracks and the Autobots managed to capture Galvatron's lieutenant, [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], with Megatron's aid. When Tracks and the others went for a prisoner exchange to get Jazz back, however, they found that Galvatron had lobotomized their friend and turned him into a rampaging zombie. Jazz disabled Tracks and the others for a time, and they only woke up into time to wander into the climax, when [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and the future ''Autobots'' destroyed Galvatron's new space cannon in a massive explosion, convincing him to return the future empty-handed. Needless to say, the Autobots were glad when Optimus Prime and the others miraculously returned after Galvatron and his men returned the future, reversing the mass-substitution effect. {{storylink|Target: 2006}}''

[[Image:DarkStar-BlotTracks.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Throw out your hands, stick out your tush, hands on your hips, give 'em a push!]]

Tracks and the Autobots became much less involved in Earth affairs when [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] assumed control of the army after Prime's death and took the Ark back out into space. Tracks was trapped on the moon for some time with the combined crews of the Ark and Steelhaven after a Decepticon attack damaged their transport. {{storylink|Totaled!}} He was later deactivated while battling the combined Decepticon armies in the Arctic, when he received an unexpected acid bath from [[Blot (G1)|Blot]]. {{storylink|Dark Star (issue)|Dark Star}}

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=====Earthforce=====
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[[Image:MakinTracks-Tracks.jpg|left|thumb|250px|We have the same reaction to ''Glee.'']]
''In his [[Body Shop]] at Autobot Earthbase, Wheeljack was attempting to revive Tracks, but Grimlock kept sabotaging his efforts, hoping to move efforts towards Autobots he thought were more deserving. Not only did he fail to stop the reconstruction, Optimus Prime ended up assigning Tracks to Earthforce, to Grimlock's eternal regret. {{storylink|Makin' Tracks!}} Later on, he joined the other Autobots in hunting [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]], who had kidnapped their human ally, [[Irwin Spoon (G1)|Irwin Spoon]]. The other [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] tried to stop them, and did manage to derail several others, but Tracks and Bumblebee got Motormaster to separate from his trailer (apparently he can do that..?) and then led [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] and [[Drag Strip (G1)|Drag Strip]] into knocking their own leader off the road. {{storylink|End of the Road! (UK)|End of the Road!}}''

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====Generation 2====
Tracks was operating out of Autobase on Earth after the Autobots began confronting the threat of the Cybertronian Empire. When Megatron agreed to join forces with Prime, Tracks began working closely with the Decepticon Rotor Force members [[Leadfoot (G2)|Leadfoot]] and [[Manta Ray (G2)|Manta Ray]]. It's possible his friendship and influence had something to do with their interest in switching sides. {{storylink|Total War!}}

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
Tracks was an active member of the Autobot forces as far back as the days of [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]]. He attended the ceremony that turned Optronix into Optimus Prime, and witnessed their new leader deal with three Decepticon assassins. {{storylink|The War Within issue 1|The War Within #1}} He served with the Autobots for several million years until the time of the [[Great Shutdown]], working with Prowl's faction during the Dark Ages. {{storylink|Fragmentation}}

Afterwards, Tracks seemed to lapse into semi-retirement while other Autobots worked towards establishing a new unified Cybertronian government with the Decepticons. He was seen among the general populace observing the Anti-Prime propaganda [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] was pumping out through the cortex. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}} He eventually recognized the rotten core of their alliance with Shockwave, though, and formed a resistance cell with [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]], [[Devcon (G1)|Devcon]] and the [[Triple Changer]]s. They and their [[Minibot]] allies joined the major offensive alongside Optimus Prime, [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and the other cells, which ultimately overthrew Shockwave's control. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}}

===Devil's Due ''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers'' comics===
Tracks was among the ranks of a team of Autobots led by [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], waiting for [[Serpent O.R.]]'s hostages to escape so that they could assault the Decepticon base. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 4}} When the opportunity arose, they headed into the fray alongside human reinforcements from [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]], eventually defeating the Decepticon army. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}

===Timelines===
Tracks (in his [[Alternators|Alternator's body]]) is one of countless "offworlders" residing in [[Axiom Nexus]]. {{storylink|Gone Too Far}}

===IDW ''Hearts of Steel'' continuity===
Tracks was among the Autobots who battled the Decepticons on Earth millions of years ago, until an ice age forced them to hide underground, powered down. He was reactivated in the mid-19th century when the Autobots learned that the Decepticons had woken up. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 2|Hearts of Steel #2}}

===IDW comics continuity===
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[[Image:SpotlightJazz-promise.jpg|left|300px|thumb|He's too pretty (and too 1985) to die!]]

In the early days of the war, Tracks was among the new Autobot soldiers lined up to be inspected by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 13|Old Ways}}

On his very first combat mission, Tracks' unit was attacked and he was the only survivor. He was rescued by [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], who was being tracked by the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]]. The Predacons pinned the two down, but thanks to bravery and trickery by Jazz, three of the 'cons were disabled. When Jazz faced off alone against the remaining two, Tracks overcame his doubts and cowardice and attacked [[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]], knocking them both unconscious. Jazz battled [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] alone and was saved by a shuttle crew of [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] and [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]], who repaired the two Autobots and took them back to base. Tracks didn't know Jazz's identity until later, but he knew what it meant to be an Autobot. {{storylink|Spotlight: Jazz}}

Four million years ago, Tracks was present at a victory celebration after the Autobots halted a major Decepticon energon convoy. {{storylink|The Iron Age}}

In the modern day, both Tracks and Jazz ended up as part of Optimus Prime's forces on [[Earth]], only to be defeated in battle with [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] and unceremoniously dropped on the ruins of Cybertron. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 7}} There, they had to fend against the [[Insecticon swarm]] while [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] tried to repair Optimus Prime. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 1}} At one point during their stay on the planet, Tracks boosted his comrades' spirits by telling them the story about how Jazz had heroically saved him. {{storylink|Spotlight: Jazz}} Unfortunately, the positive emotions didn't seem to last, and everyone was back to brooding before long. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 4}} When the crew of the ''[[Trion]]'' crashlanded on Cybertron, Tracks listened to [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]'s tale about how it happened. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 5}} He wanted to know when [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] got scary. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 6}}

Tracks later defended the Autobot base against a massive swarm attack. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 9}} The battle didn't go in their favor, but thankfully they were saved by [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 10}} Omega ferried Tracks and the rest back to Earth, where they battled the Decepticons in [[New York City]]. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 11}}

Two years later, Tracks defected alongside [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] and [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]], as they were afraid that [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] might arrest the Autobots on Earth due to various recent events. The four left to join [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]'s team instead, only to come under attack from [[Skywatch]]. Upon seeing [[Campologno]] take out Beachcomber, Tracks raised his gun at the human in panic and anger, but Hoist stopped him from firing. He tried to run for it, but didn't make it far before being stuck in vehicle mode and captured. {{storylink|A Rude Awakening}}

{{spoiler|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 3: Woken Furies|March 9}}
Eventually, Skywatch realized that the Autobots were good guys and formed an alliance with them, freeing Tracks in the process. He and the other Autobots fled the Skywatch base after a Decepticon attack, were chased by angry humans for a while, then were soundly defeated in battle with a newly upgraded Megatron. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 3: Woken Furies}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1Tracks toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Some looks just don't go out of fashion, my dear.]]
*'''Tracks''' (Autobot Car, 1985, 1991, 2002/2003)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''44''', '''TFC-4'''
**''Accessories:'' "Black Beam Gun", 2 missile launchers, missile launcher mount, 4 missiles

: The original Tracks toy transforms into a blue [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes|Corvette Stingray]] with a large flame decal on his hood. Tracks's vehicle mode can achieve a [[Transportation mode|flight mode]] via two flip-out wings and attachable rocket launchers. In robot mode, Tracks is armed with a long rifle that covers most of his lower arm, and the two white rocket launchers are now mounted above his head. The rifle can also attach to his back for storage or for additional weaponry in flight mode.

[[Image:RoadRage-toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Flaming hot.]]

: The European version of Tracks by [[Milton Bradley]] was initially available in red, based on the original ''[[Diaclone]]'' color scheme. This toy is featured on the box art on the back of 1985 toys. Due to poor sales, Hasbro decided to re-release Tracks in Europe{{fact}}, this time in his blue color scheme. Because of this, the red Milton Bradley version ended up being rather rare.<ref>[http://www.tf-1.com/articles/eurous_frame.php?art=mb "Milton Bradley and the Transformers Red Tracks" at TF-1.com]</ref>

: He was rereleased in Europe in 1990 as part of the [[Classics (Europe)|Classics]] line.

: Tracks was reissued by [[Takara]] in 2002 as part of their "book-box" [[Transformers Collection]] series. The following year, [[Hasbro]] re-released him as part of the Toys "R" Us [[exclusive]] [[Commemorative Series]] V.

: This mold was used to make [[Road Rage]], an [[e-Hobby]] [[exclusive]] based on the red European version.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Autobot/Tracks/tracks.htm More information on Tracks at TFU.info]''

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[[Image:AMTracks toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|As if ''I'' would be seen wearing ''that''.]]
*'''Tracks with Basher''' (Action Master, 1991)
**''Accessories:'' "Black Beam Gun", "Basher" partner/backpack

: This version of Tracks was a European exclusive, sculpted to resemble his cartoon appearances more closely. As with all [[Action Master]]s, he cannot transform, but is highly articulated by the standards of the time. He came with small tank [[Action Master partner|partner]] named [[Basher]], who forms a battle helmet/backpack for Tracks (or any other Action Master), colored in bright green and baby blue. Tracks is compatible with all Action Master vehicles and accessories.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1991/Autobot/Tracks/tracks.htm More information on Action Master Tracks at TFU.info]''

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[[Image:BlackTracksToy.jpg|thumb|300px|From the people who brought you "Caddyblack", "Blackdraft", and "Black Kramer vs. Kramer"]]
*'''Black Tracks''' (2002)
**''Accessories:'' "Black Beam Gun", 2 missile launchers, missile launcher mount, 4 missiles

:A [[redeco]] of the original Tracks, Black Tracks was offered as part of a contest connected to the release of the ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Comics]]'' manga compilation. 300 Black Tracks figures were awarded through this contest.

:The figure was apparently inspired by a rare black redeco of the ''Diaclone'' Corvette Stingray mold that was only available in Finland (!).

::*''[http://www.tf-1.com/articles/pretf/blacktracks_template.html More info on TF Black Tracks and the Finnish Diaclone Black Corvette Stingray at TF-1.com]''

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===Alternators===
[[Image:BTTracks toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|You can colour me blue, you can colour me yellow, but I will still be that most excellent fellow.]]
*'''Autobot Tracks''' (2004, 2006)
**''Alternator ID number:'' '''5'''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''BT-06'''
**''Accessories:'' Engine/blaster

: Tracks was first released in Japan under [[Takara]]'s ''[[Binaltech]]'' line, with a yellow paint job, but was later released in blue to match [[Hasbro]]'s ''[[Alternators]]'' release. Tracks transforms into a [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes|Corvette Z06]] featuring open doors and hood and a realistic interior. Amusingly enough, his rocket launchers are stored next to the passenger and driver seats.

: In robot mode, Tracks greatly resembles his Generation 1 self, though with one major difference: The roof of his actual car no longer forms the front of his chest. Instead, he has a pseudo-car-roof chest piece that folds down. His large shoulder pads, formed from the rear halves of the car, give the impression of the wings his original toy had. He is armed with his double-barreled engine gun, two pairs of double-barreled, slide-out wrist blasters, and two shoulder-mounted rocket launchers, making him the most heavily armed ''Alternators'' toy.

: The main difference between the Japanese and US releases is that the Japanese ''Binaltech'' versions are constructed of die-cast metal for the majority of the car body panels, which are also fully painted. The blue version of ''Binaltech'' Tracks also came with a large reproduction of his original hood flame sticker. This sticker was eventually released with Hasbro's own ''Alternators'' [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]], a [[retool]] of Tracks.

: This mold was more significantly retooled to make ''Alternators'' [[Ravage (G1)|Battle Ravage]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Autobot/AltTracks/tracks.htm More information on Alternators Tracks at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Cybertron/Tracks/tracks.htm More information on yellow Binaltech Tracks at TFU.info]''
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===Transformers (2010)===
[[Image:TF2010_deluxe_TurboTracks.jpg|thumb|300px|Gee, that handheld clip-on launcher [[Wheeljack (G1)|looks familiar.]]]]
*'''Turbo Tracks''' (Deluxe, 2010/2011)
**''Accessories:'' 2 white clip-on missile launchers, 1 black gun/clip-on launcher

: Part of the fifth wave of [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|2010 ''Transformers'']] Deluxe class toys, Turbo Tracks transforms from a blue sports car into a winged robot. Tracks comes with three clip-on weapons, one of which can be handheld. He can also assume the flying car mode as on the original toy by folding out the wings in car mode and moving the other two of his clip-on weapons from under the doors to a flipout panel on the rear. As part of the first wave of the "[[Reveal the Shield]]" promotion, he sports a [[Rub Sign]].

:Turbo Tracks was retooled into ''[[Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys|Wheeljack]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Autobot/Tracks/tracks.htm More information on Turbo Tracks at TFU.info]''

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===United===
{{picsneeded|United toy}}
*'''Autobot Tracks''' (Deluxe, 2011)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''UN-13'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 white clip-on missile launchers, 1 black gun/clip-on launcher

:''[[United (toyline)|United]]'' Autobot Tracks is a redeco of ''Transformers'' (2010 toyline) Turbo Tracks. ''United'' Tracks features a more detailed paint deco, including metallic blue paint on his blue plastic panels, a Generation 1-style flame hood symbol and painted rear trunk grille and tailpipes. The yellow paint on Turbo Tracks' chest is unpainted on the United version, and the yellow paint on Turbo Tracks' waist is now silver. United Tracks has light blue painted eyes to Turbo Tracks' unpainted smoky gray. United Tracks also has a more detailed rear in car mode, featuring painted exhausts, a silver grill detail, as well as the painted taillights like on Turbo Tracks. Unlike a good portion of Turbo Tracks figures, the red paint on United Tracks' face comes all the way up to the crest of his helmet. Despite all these changes, the two figures have identical (or nearly identical) plastic colors. As with all ''United'' versions of the ''Transformers'' (2010) toys, Tracks lacks a heat-sensitive rub sign, replacing it with a [[tampograph]]ed Autobot sigil.

:The Japanese Instructions show to flip down the rear tires while the car is in Flight Mode.
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==Merchandise==
{{picsneeded}}
* '''Cybertron Hero Collection 22''' (Decoy multi-pack, 1985)

: In Japan, a red rubber mini-figure of Tracks was available in part of a [[Decoy|massive multi-pack of similar mini-figurines]]. The number etched into his back is the sum total of his [[tech spec]] ratings, as these figurines were used as game pieces for a variety of ''Transformers'' board games in which this number had some meaning to how the game was played or something.

*'''Tracks''' (Decoy, 1987)
**''Decoy number'': '''15'''

: The [[Hasbro]] [[Decoy]] release of the Tracks game piece is almost identical to the Japanese version, except the number on his back is a simple "checklist" number. Like all Autobot Decoys, he was a randomly-chosen pack-in available with the carded [[Throttlebot]]s, [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] and [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]].
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==Notes==
* It is frequently joked amongst Transformers fans that Tracks is homosexual, although the character has not actually demonstrated any romantic interest in other male characters. All his romantic interest was focused squarely on himself. An ''Auto-sexual'', if you will.

* Voice actor [[Michael McConnohie]] claims Tracks is not gay. He chose the voice of Thurston J. Howell III from ''Gilligan's Island'', played by [[wikipedia:Jim Backus|Jim Backus]], as the basis for Tracks' snooty voice and mannerisms. McConnohie refers to Tracks's [[Accents|manner of dialect as a "Harvard Lockjaw"]].

* Tracks appeared in one of five original Generation 1 [[public service announcement]]s, warning kids not to steal cars, even if it's just for joy-riding. He seems to have a ''thing'' for carjackers, that Tracks.

* In parts of Europe, Tracks was released in the Diaclone toy's red deco through Milton Bradley in 1985. Due to being a royal shelfwarmer, the toy was re-released in its proper Transformers colors through Hasbro a year later. It is possible Hasbro had originally planned for Tracks to be released in Diaclone colors, as Tracks is red complete with the Diaclone hood stickers ("CS" instead of the Autobot sigil) on the 1985 back-of-the-box mural.<ref>[http://www.botchthecrab.com/galleryImage.asp?gallery=7&image=34 Back of the Box Art: 1985 - USA]</ref> Interestingly, the 1985 box-mural from Japan shows not only the red Tracks in the center, but another Tracks, this one in his Hasbro blue deco, in the upper right area.<ref>[http://www.botchthecrab.com/galleryImage.asp?gallery=7&image=35 Back of the Box Art: 1985 - Japan]</ref> Perhaps this indicates that there were plans to create more than one ''Transformers'' character from the Stingray mold, as had been done with many of the other Diaclone molds, that were unrealized.

* In later years, toys sporting the name "Tracks" require an additional prefix for [[trademark]] reasons, hence making the official name "'''Autobot Tracks'''" or "'''Turbo Tracks'''".

* Chevrolet initially denied Hasbro and Takara the license for the Z06 Corvette that was going to be released as part of the [[Alternators]] line. Thus, Hasbro and Takara came up with an auxiliary plan for Tracks, this time as another "well-known American sports car", a Dodge Viper. Eventually, though, Chevrolet had a change of mind and granted Hasbro and Takara the license for the Corvette design after all. As a result, the Viper mold was slightly redesigned, was given a new head sculpt, and ultimately ended up as [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] instead (called "Side Swipe" for trademark reasons). Control drawings for the Viper as Tracks, sporting a Tracks head sculpt and a different transformation for the doors, allowing them to more closely resemble Tracks's G1 wings, are depicted in the Japanese ''Transformers: Binaltech & TF Collection Complete Guide'' book.

* Hasbro initially intended to release their ''Alternators'' toy in yellow, with a blue running change [[variant]] coming later down the line. However, problems with the darker interior parts being visible though the yellow plastic encountered at the [[Prototype|test shot]] stage prompted Hasbro to cancel the yellow version and instead release the toy in blue right away. Thus, the only yellow version of the mold is Takara's ''Binaltech'' release. Supposedly, yellow Hasbro Tracks never made it beyond the paint sample stage (a few pieces were leaked to the public), although there have been rumors that the yellow version was actually shipped out to stores and later recalled. Conveniently, anyone who claimed to have seen the packaged toy in person was unable to take a photo as evidence. Thus, this rumor is considered to have similar credibility to the infamous "blue G1 [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] in Hasbro packaging" myth or, to be more precise, "lies."

* He's not gay. '''Seriously.''' We can't stress this enough.

* Not that there's anything wrong with that.

* But really. He's not gay.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Tracks Tracks' Universe profile at NTFA.net]

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Tracks (G1)

2011-03-04T08:34:52Z

218.214.49.189: /* The Transformers cartoon */

Unreleased toy

2010-11-11T06:14:52Z

218.214.49.189: /* Robots In Disguise */

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For every [[Toy|Transformer]] that makes it to store shelves, there are always some that fall by the wayside. Lines get canceled, retailers back off on exclusives, designs go over budget, focus groups pass on a concept, or maybe they just weren't cool enough. Regardless of the whys and wherefores, this article aims to document the '''unreleased toys''' that never quite saw retail.

Note that this list will likely never be "complete," as for every concept design that makes it into collectors' hands, a countless number wind up in the garbage can.

(Quick! Get to the landfill outside Providence and '''''START DIGGING'''''.)

==Notable examples==
===Regular releases===
====Generation 1====
;Concept

*[[Rock Bot]]s

;Concept art

[[Image:Concept-HeadmasterArcee.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Yup, they wanted to make me, but oh well.]]
*A [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] version of [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], based on a repainted [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]].

*[[:Image:TFGRodimus.jpg|New Rodimus]]

*[[:Image:Skywarpatron.jpg|Skywarp/Megatron]] Triple Changer.

*[[:Image:Megalvatron.jpg|Megatron/Galvatron]] Triple Changer.

*[[Big Bang]]

*A [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]] figure with a strange design and transformation. It is believed that the Target exclusive transforming [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] gift card is based on this figure, as it is similar in design and transformation.

;Prototypes

[[Image:Unicron Proto.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Unicron wanted a toy, but his bargaining posture was highly dubious.]]
*Two [[Unicron]] prototypes were created during G1, neither saw full release.

*Diaclone Triple Changer - His design was later used for [[Dropshot (Armada)|Dropshot]].

*[[:Image:DoublePretenders.jpg|Double Pretenders]]

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====Generation "1.5"====
[[Image:Buffalo-dump motorworld concept.jpg|right|150px|thumb|"Hi, I'm the [[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]]-[[Bonecrusher (BW)|Bonecrusher]] fuzor!"]]
(This section is about the [[Turbomaster|line]] between the US G1 and G2.)

;Concept art

*Buffalo Dump

*[[Hyperdrive (Turbomaster)|Hyperdrive]]

====Generation 2====
;Prototypes
*[[:Image:Un autorollers.jpg|General Optimus Prime and Sgt. Hound]]

*Two additional [[Auto Roller]]s that eventually wound up as [[Beast Wars II (franchise)|BWII]] [[Autojetter]] and [[Autolauncher]].

*[[Greasepit (G2)|Greasepit]]

*[[Cyberjet]]s remolded with armored limbs and larger weapons.

*[[Block Town]] series

*Two new-mold [[Go-Bot (G2)|Go-Bots]]

*[[Unproduced G.I. Joe Transformer|G.I. Joe Transformer]]

*A version of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] in jungle colors. Whether this figure would have actually been Starscream or not is unknown.

*A version of [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] in desert colors. Whether this figure would have actually been Ramjet or not is unknown.

*[[Megatron (G1)/toys|Flipchanger Megatron]]
*Flipchanger Mirage
*The Flipchangers that became Machine Wars Mirage and Hoist.

*[[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] (as hand-painted ''Generation 1'' toys)
*[[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] (as hand-painted ''Generation 1'' toys)

;Packaged Samples (test packaging)

* The other four new-mold [[Go-Bot (G2)|Go-Bots]], packaged on [[High Beam]] cards.

;Packaged Samples (final packaging)

*Redecoes of the two G2 Hero molds: [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]] in a dark-blue and red color scheme, and [[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron]] in a gray and black camouflage.

*[[Laser Cycle]] [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]]

*[[Laser Cycle]] [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]

*[[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron ATB with Starscream]]

*All of the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticon]] limbs except for [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]], who was released as a BotCon exclusive.

*All of the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobot]] limbs.

====Beast Wars====
;Concept art

*[[Dinobot (BW)|Transmetals Dinobot]]

;Prototypes

*[[Unicron/toys#Beast_Wars_Neo|''Beast Wars Neo'' Unicron]]

;Packaged Samples
*[[Ramulus]] (Green version)

====Beast Machines====
;Concept art

;Prototypes

*[[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]

====Transtech====
[[Image:TransCharge.gif|right|150px|thumb|It was not to be.]]
;Concept art

*Megatron, we don't know [[Megatron (G1)|which]] [[Megatron (BW)|one]] he was supposed to be.
*[[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]]
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]
*[[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]]
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]
*[[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]]
*[[Immorticon]]

;Prototypes

*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]

====Robots In Disguise====
;Concepts

;Prototypes

*[[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Hasbros RID Fortress Maximus Jet]]

====Armada====
;Concepts

;Prototypes

*[[Ramjet (Armada)|Build to Rule Ramjet]]

;Packaged Samples

*[[Adventure Mini-Con Team|Adventure Mini-Con Team repaint]]
*[[Space Mini-Con Team|Space Mini-Con Team repaint]]
*[[Street Speed Mini-Con Team|Street Speed Mini-Con Team repaint]]

====Alternators/Binaltech====
;Concepts

*[[Bumblebee (G1)|''VW New Beetle'' Bumblebee]]
*[[Cliffjumper (G1)|''VW New Beetle'' Cliffjumper]]
*[[:Image:Blackwidowwildrider.jpg|''Honda S2000'' Blackwidow]]

;Prototypes

*[[Jazz (G1)|''Porsche'' Jazz]]
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|''Subaru Impreza WRC Mini'' Smokescreen]]

====Attacktix====
;Prototypes

*Uh... the entire second wave, pretty much.

====Universe====
;Concepts

*Menasor - a repaint of [[Thunder Clash]] as the Stunticon leader.

;Prototypes

*[[Seacon (G1)|Piranhacons]]
*[[Smokescreen (unreleased)|Smokescreen]]
*[[Drench (SG)|Drench]]
*[[Astrotrain (Timelines)|Spacewarp]]

====Energon====
;Concepts

;Prototypes

*[[Brakedown (Energon)|Brakedown]]
*[[Override (Energon)|Override]]
*[[Clocker (Energon)|Clocker]]

;Packaged Samples

*A version of the [[Street Speed Mini-Con Team]] was originally intended to come with [[Ultra Magnus (Energon)|''Energon'' Ultra Magnus]], but was swapped out at essentially the last possible minute for a repainted Space Mini-Con Team (not the one described above.)

====Titanium Series====
;Concepts

*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundblaster]] redeco of Soundwave with [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]].

;Prototypes

*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]
*[[The War Within|War Within]] [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]
*[[The War Within|War Within]] [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (unsurprisingly, a Bumblebee [[redeco]].)
*[[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]]
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]

====Revoltech====
;Concepts

;Prototypes
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Energon Optimus Prime]]

====Cybertron====
;Concepts

*[[Landslide (Decepticon)|Landslide]]

;Prototypes

*More Minicon partners for [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]]
*A [[Scrapmetal (race)|Scrapmetal]] repaint.

====Classics====
;Concepts

[[Image:Classics Soundwave.jpg|right|180px|thumb|[[Non-vehicle non-beast alternate modes#Communications|Tapedeck]] superior [[Society of Ultimate Villainy|SUV]] inferior!]]
*[[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]]
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]

;Prototypes

*A Deluxe class [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] that looks a lot like the [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Classics| Voyager class]] version, but closer to [[Don Figueroa]]'s original design. If this was intended to be the original release of the design or simply a scaled down version is unknown.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/classics-11/unreleased-deluxe-classics-optimus-prime-revealed-166943/ Transformer World 2005: Unreleased Deluxe Classics Optimus Prime Revealed!]</ref>

==Exclusives==
===Conventions===
====Wonder Festival====
;Packaged Samples

*A black [[Redeco]] of the Classics [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime mold]], but as a black version of the heroic Convoy character with [[Autobot]] [[Insignia|faction symbols]], not a [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime/Black Convoy]] character.

====BotCon====
;Concepts

*[[Albitron]] and [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]]. These figures were advertised as convention exclusives by [[Men in Black|Men in Black Productions]], but never materialized.
*[[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]]
*[[Devcon (G1)|Devcon]]
*[[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] (post-''Beast Machines'')
*[[Roadbuster]]

;Prototypes

*[[Defensor (OTFCC)|Defensor]]
*A limited repaint of [[Defensor (OTFCC)|Defensor]] as Midnight Shield Defensor
*[[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]]
*[[Fractyl]]
*[[Devcon (G1)|Devcon]]

====Store====
;Prototypes

*[[Megatron (Armada)|Target Exclusive Energon Megatron]]/[[Soundwave (G1)|WST Soundwave]] twopack.
*A [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] repaint and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|WST Optimus Prime]] twopack.

==Miscellaneous==
;Concepts

*A supposed [[Hooligan (G2)|Hooligan]]
*A supposed [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]
*A supposed [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]
*A supposed [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]

;Prototypes

*[[Toxitron]]

==Statues/Busts==

;Prototypes
*Transformers vs GI. Joe [[Baroness]] and [[Ravage (G1)| Ravage]].
*A [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] bust that didn't work well once it was downscaled for release.

==Merchandise==

===Robot Heroes===

'''Packaged Samples (final packaging)
'''
* [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] & [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] (''Robots in Disguise'' Series)
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] & [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (''Generation 1'' Series)
* [[Star Saber (Victory)|Victory Saber]] & [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Dessaras]] (''Generation 1'' Series)
* [[Optimus Primal/toys|Optimus Primal]] & [[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]] (''Beast Machines'' Series)

==See also==
* [[Pre-Transformer]]

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
Galleries provided by Blurrz

*[http://s33.photobucket.com/albums/d75/binalternator/unreleased/alternators_yellow_tracks/ Gallery of Unreleased Alternators yellow Tracks]
*[http://s33.photobucket.com/albums/d75/binalternator/unreleased/binaltech_black_widow/ Gallery of Binaltech Black Widow]
*[http://s33.photobucket.com/albums/d75/binalternator/unreleased/drench_vs_smokescreen/ Gallery of unreleased Universe Drench vs Smokescreen]
*[http://s33.photobucket.com/albums/d75/binalternator/unreleased/leatherhide_vs_blackarachnia/ Gallery of Unreleased Halloween Leatherhide vs Blackarachnia two-pack]
*[http://s33.photobucket.com/albums/d75/binalternator/unreleased/nightprowler_vs_waspinator/ Gallery of Unreleased Halloween Nightprowler vs Waspinator two-pack]
*[http://s33.photobucket.com/albums/d75/binalternator/unreleased/megatron_soundwave/ Gallery of unreleased Energon Megatron with WST Soundwave]
*[http://s33.photobucket.com/albums/d75/binalternator/unreleased/optimus_prime_mini_optimus_prime/ Gallery of unreleased Energon Optimus Prime with WST Optimus Prime]
*[http://s33.photobucket.com/albums/d75/binalternator/unreleased/mini-con_repaints/ Unreleased Mini-Con repaints]
*[http://s33.photobucket.com/albums/d75/binalternator/unreleased/sea_team_repaints/ More Unreleased Mini-con repaints]
*[http://s33.photobucket.com/albums/d75/binalternator/unreleased/spacewarp_space_team/ Gallery of Unreleased Spacewarp with Space Mini_Con team]
*[http://s33.photobucket.com/albums/d75/binalternator/unreleased/piranhacons/ Gallery of Unreleased Universe Piranahcons]
*[http://s33.photobucket.com/albums/d75/binalternator/unreleased/reissue_ramjet/ Gallery of Unreleased reissue G1 Ramjet]
*[http://s33.photobucket.com/albums/d75/binalternator/unreleased/scrapmetal_repaint/ Gallery of Unreleased Cybertron Scrapmetal repaint]
*[http://s33.photobucket.com/albums/d75/binalternator/unreleased/universe_menasor/ Gallery of Unreleased Universe Menasor]
*[http://s33.photobucket.com/albums/d75/binalternator/unreleased/universe_ramjet_amt/ Unreleased Universe Ramjet with even more Mini-Con repaints]

*[http://www.seibertron.com/energonpub/viewtopic.php?t=37634 Dairycon 2008 report featuring the concepts for the supposed Hooligan, Starscream, Megatron and Optimus Prime]

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[[Category:Unreleased toys]]
[[Category:Things that don't exist]]

Dirge (G1)

2010-08-11T08:12:38Z

218.214.49.189: /* Super Collection Figure */

{{faction|decepticon|decepticong2|unicron}}
{{disambig3|Dirge}}
:''Dirge is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:G1Dirge MTMTE.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"Death comes to he who-- wait, no, death comes to ME. I've been saying that wrong this whole time."]]

'''Dirge''' is a master of using fear as a weapon. Mournful, morose, and silent, his behavior gives even close comrades like [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] the creeps. Dirge actively cultivates this atmosphere; his engines are even tuned to generate fear in all who hear them. Few realize, however, that this need to instill fear is part of an overwhelming need for control over his own situation. Should things spiral out of control, Dirge falls victim to paralyzing fear himself and his usefulness as a warrior vanishes.

True to his name, he tends to die a lot.

{{bigquote|Death comes to he who crosses me.|A confused Dirge|"[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1]]"}}

:''Portuguese name (Brazil comic):'' '''Dirgo''' / '''Funeral'''
:''Portuguese name (Portugal comic):'' '''Funebre'''
:''French-Canadian name:'' '''Funébro'''
:''Italian name:'' '''Sparviero'''

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor'': [[Bud Davis]] (English), [[Keiichi Nanba]] (Japanese)

[[Image:DinobotIslandPt2-Dirge.jpg|left|200px|thumb|This one's just a warning. From now on, you won't get off so easily.]]

Dirge appeared without explanation on [[Earth]] under [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s command a year or two after the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]-borne Transformers awoke. His first notable activity was joining in a raid on [[Dinobot Island (G1)|Dinobot Island]], where he was eventually chewed on and thrown bodily by a time-lost Tyrannosaurus rex. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 2}}

Dirge served as part of Megatron's personal guard when the Decepticons confronted the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] about their dubious loyalties. {{storylink|The Master Builders}} He was also briefly involved in an aborted air strike to seize the [[Negavator]], and was present for the next raid on the Negavator's holding pen. Once [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] rigged the Negavator to explode, however, Dirge led his fellow [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] in retreat, against Megatron's direct orders. Guess he didn't feel like dying that day. {{storylink|Auto Berserk}}

When a new solar energy facility opened up in [[Central City (G1)|Central City]], [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] led Dirge, [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] to steal its power. The facility proved to be a trap, however, set by [[Shawn Berger]] to elevate himself in the public eye by taking down the Decepticons with his private militia. Berger's operatives failed, but the Autobots soon arrived to engage the Decepticons as well. [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] took to the air and zapped Dirge with his blackout beam. Luckily for Dirge, Ramjet managed to pull off a loopity-loop and ram the flying Autobot into the ground. Megatron then "requested" the pleasure of Shawn Berger's presence, not to punish him, but to play a subtler game. He attempted to convince the industrialist that the Decepticons were good, and the Autobots evil. He had Dirge escort Berger home so that the human could think about his proposal of alliance against the "Evil Autobots". Dirge was also one of the key players in Megatron's staged videos to tarnish the Autobots' reputation. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1}} Later, after the Autobots were successfully villified in the public eye and exiled to deep space, the Seekers turned on the people of Central City, opening fire in the middle of the streets. Although Dirge and the Seekers fared well against an attack by the Air Force, the eventual return of the Autobots proved to be more than the Decepticons could handle. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2}}

When the Decepticons uncovered a pool of [[electrum]], a strange element that rendered them totally invincible to harm, they thoroughly enjoyed taunting the Autobots with their superiority. Dirge, unfortunately, drew the short straw and was left to guard the pool with [[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]], right up until the Constructicon abandoned him to go fight the battle as well. Dirge was in the middle of...*ahem* exhorted Long Haul's virtues when [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] and [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]] jumped him from behind, giving the Autobots a chance to use the electrum pool as well. The supply was quickly exhausted with both armies using it, however, reducing the war back to stage one. {{storylink|The Golden Lagoon}} Dirge was also part of Megatron's team working with the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]]s, producing energon cubes from the insects' feasting. They were eventually defeated by the Autobots and a grove of robotic space plants called [[Morphobot]]s. {{storylink|Quest for Survival}}

Later on, Dirge, Ramjet and [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] came to [[Monacus]] to look after Megatron's interests in [[Sheol]], and his less than reputable partner, [[Lord Gyconi]]. They were putting the squeeze on Gyconi when a program caught Dirge's optic, inviting one-and-all to see the Autobots in pit battle against Gyconi's [[animalien]]s. They decided to take in a show while on Monacus, but quickly realized what was going on when [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] flooded the arena with smoke to stop the games and save his friends. Dirge and Ramjet set off after the Autobot in jet mode, and very nearly destroyed him before the bounty hunting Autobot named [[Devcon (G1)|Devcon]] stepped in to blast them out of the air. There's nothing a Decepticon fears more than a fair fight, and the two Seekers skidadled as soon as they were able to get back in the sky. They retreated back to Astrotrain with their share of Gyconi's energon, and eventually fled the planet, with Devcon chasing their smoke trail. {{storylink|The Gambler}}

On another occasion, Dirge accompanied Megatron to help their ally [[Deceptitran]] against the [[Tlalakan]] rebels. After the Decepticons captured [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (who was aiding the rebels), Dirge was eager to try out his mind probe on the little Autobot, but was interrupted by a rebel attack before he could really get into it. {{storylink|Sea Change}}

When the [[Triple Changer]]s temporarily disposed of Megatron and Starscream, Decepticon leadership became a free-for-all. Instead of chosing sides like the Constructicons, Ramjet and the Seekers were mostly content just to watch the hilarity ensue, like [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]'s football antics and Astrotrain's army of idiot trains. He even actually ''avoided'' death for a change and was seen successfully escaping from a train tunnel flooded by Astrotrain's [[Astroforce]]. That must have made his day.{{storylink|Triple Takeover}}

Megatron said Dirge and the other two [[Conehead|Coneheads]] were "supposed to be the most powerful jets in the galaxy." {{storylink|The Girl Who Loved Powerglide}} But if Megatron was serious, then they certainly didn't do much to live up to that reputation. They were loyal enough troopers, participating in all the usual Decepticon mischief, but not much more than that. Dirge was once ordered to transport an unknown invention stolen from [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]'s lab on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to their home base, and ended up crashing in a swamp and temporarily deactivating due to its weight, prompting the other coneheads to save him. {{storylink|Hoist Goes Hollywood}} In fact, the general incompetence of Dirge and the Seekers in the air was one of the reasons Megatron chose to try fighting the Autobots on the roads with the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]]. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1}}

[[Image:Dirge DeathUnicron.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Turns out Unicron didn't have a secret weak spot in his mouth. Thanks for trying, though!]]

Dirge and Ramjet were briefly seen using Megatron's [[Lightning Bug]] in defense of the Decepticons' undersea base. {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust}} The two were later captured by Starscream and the renegade [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]]s, and pilfered for their energy absorbers. {{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}} Still, Dirge was repaired rather quickly, and was seen helping Megatron and the Insecticons in another joint scheme soon thereafter. He and Ramjet were commissioned to find the Insecticons when [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] stole a vital part of the [[Space Bridge]] machinery. {{storylink|The Revenge of Bruticus}} During a Decepticon mission in the Middle East, Dirge inexplicably showed up with the Combaticons just long enough to get shot down by the Autobots. {{storylink|Aerial Assault}}

Dirge's first apparent death was during [[Unicron]]'s attack on Cybertron in 2005. All three coneheads (or Seekers who looked like them) were seen flying into Unicron's mouth and exploding. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}} However, Dirge soon turned up again in [[Socialist Democratic Federated Republic of Carbombya|Carbombya]], hiding with Ramjet amongst [[Abdul Fakkadi (G1)|President Fakkadi]]'s air force. Fakkadi denied their presence to the Autobots, but [[Outback]] psyched the two Decepticons out by walking around the airfield with what he claimed was a "[[Decepticon detector]]." When the coneheads tried to escape, Outback used a smoke grenade to make them crash, then tore the location of [[Chaar]] out of them with his steely gaze. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}}

[[Image:Dirge toondeath.jpg|right|175px|thumb|Maybe he shouldn't take his nitroglycerin collection everywhere with him.]]

The two hapless Decepticons somehow escaped Autobot captivity, though. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}} They later participated in a full-scale assault on Cybertron and chose to strafe [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]—who dispatched them both with well-timed punches that sent them careening into buildings. They exploded quite spectacularly (even Ramjet, who you'd think would be used to it). {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

Later, after some much needed repairs, Dirge and Thrust accompanied Galvatron's lieutenants in pursuing Rodimus Prime and the Autobots through space. Once they reached the Autobot funeral barge, however, the Seekers did not enter the vessel after the Autobots. A very wise decision, as it turned out. {{storylink|Dark Awakening}} Sometime afterwards, Dirge came to [[Socialist Democratic Federated Republic of Carbombya|Carbombya]] with Galvatron in search of [[Octane]] and [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. The Decepticons briefly seized control of the country and its oil supplies, but were driven off by the Autobots. {{storylink|Thief in the Night}}

[[Image:Dirge AlmostDeath.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Uncharacteristically AVOIDING death somehow.]]

And yet they later appeared again on Chaar, failing to defend [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] against the ghost of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. In fact, [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] tried to execute the coneheads and the [[Battlecharger]]s for their inability to stop the wraith. But they were saved when Starscream possessed Trypticon himself and launched into space, Dirge and the others onboard. When they saw that Starscream was using Trypticon to connect Unicron's head to Cybertron, they sabotaged the dinosaur from within. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine}}

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====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
Dirge and Thrust stood guard outside the Decepticon headquarters on Earth when [[Blaster (G1)|Twincast]] was ordered to infiltrate it. The two Seekers got into a firefight with the Autobot and [[Autobot Mini-Cassette|his Mini-Cassettes]] and were too distracted to notice [[Rewind]] sneaking past them and into the base. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====''Generation 1''====
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Dirge was on Cybertron serving under [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] when contact was first made with the long-lost Earthbound Decepticons. {{storylink|The Smelting Pool!}} ''He was one of the Decepticons' greatest killers, with [[Macabre]] desperately wanting acknowledgement from him. After [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] received some information about a major meeting of the Autobot resistance chiefs, Dirge led his fellow elite killers to the meeting, hoping to capture the infamous [[Emirate Xaaron]] and siphon some information from his old cranial cavity. Mere yards from their goal, however, the Decepticons were halted by a communique from [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], demanding they return to [[Polyhex]] at once and ready the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] for an Earth-bound mission. Pissed about missing their chance, but not foolish enough to disobey Megatron, Dirge turned the troops around, little realizing how close they came to being ambushed by the [[Wrecker]]s. {{storylink|Target: 2006}}''

[[Image:Dirge DeathSerpentor.jpg|left|200px|thumb|He couldn't even kill [[Duke (G.I. Joe)|Duke]], but he wasted ''you?'']]

Dirge, his fellow "coneheads", and the Insecticons dutifully travelled to Earth via the [[space bridge]]. Megatron had instructed that [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] be altered to resemble "Terran craft". Their mission was to defend a giant drill that would bore through [[Hoover Dam]] and siphon the Colorado River through the space bridge to the waterless Cybertron, where Decepticon turbines would generate "enough energy to power Cybertron for years." But just as the drill began its work, the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]]s intervened. Dirge found his fear-inducing ability was particularly effective against the acrophobic [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]], but the other Decepticons fared poorly enough that a retreat was eventually called. {{storylink|Aerialbots over America!}}

When the Decepticons later allied with [[Cobra]], Dirge was assigned to be an emissary among the humans. This would be unfortunate for the luckless Seeker. When [[Serpentor]] realized the Decepticons were going to destroy the Earth, he needed a token of conciliation to show the [[Autobot]]s. So in the middle of a battle against [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], Serpentor goaded Dirge into attacking the giant with everything he had. Serpentor then pressed a button in the cockpit of his own jet, "jamming" Dirge's "frequencies," which caused the Seeker's weapons to lock up and explode when he tried to fire.

The explosion tore Dirge apart, and he wouldn't be seen again for years. {{storylink|Ashes, Ashes...}}

{{note|The [[G.I. Joe and the Transformers]] series is the only US story that was ignored in the UK comic. Consequently Dirge was not dead in the UK continuity.}}

''Dirge was one of the Decepticons who took part in the operation to recover Megatron from the River Thames. {{storylink|Salvage!}}''

=====Earthforce=====
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With [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] in command, Dirge joined a massive Decepticon offensive against the Autobot Earthbase. Their goal was to kill some Autobots while also distracting them as Starscream looted a human oil tanker in the [[Gulf of Mexico]]. Both goals proved fruitless, and the Decepticons were driven off. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}}

{{note|First depicted rather late in the series, it is unknown whether Dirge served Megatron or [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] before the coup merged the Decepticon factions.}}

=====Marvel ''Transformers: The Movie''=====
Dirge was one of the Decepticons seriously wounded at the [[Battle of Autobot City]] and subsequently thrown out of [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] to be recreated as [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], [[Cyclonus's Armada]] and the [[Sweep]]s. {{storylink|The Planet-Eater!}} As none of the new Decepticons bar Galvatron ever demonstrates any awareness of a past life, this could be considered another Dirge death.

=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
''In 2008, Dirge was serving Soundwave while on Cybertron. He went into battle alongside [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and the other flyers, fighting the [[Quintesson]] [[Trident]] assault craft. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}''

====''Generation 2''====
[[Image:Dirge DeathSwarm.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Death by [[Furmanism]].]]

Dirge reappeared among the Decepticon forces just long enough to sacrifice himself futilely against the [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]], self-destructing alongside [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]]. Moments later, Megatron showed up with the [[rheanimum]] that could have saved him. {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}

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====''Classics''====
{{note|This series follows from Marvel Generation 1 but disregards the UK and ''Generation 2'' comics.}}

[[Image:Dirge DeathTimelines.jpg|left|150px|thumb|You only get so many do-overs, pal.]]

While the war seemingly ended with [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s defeat at [[Klo]], Megatron was quietly gathering the remains of forgotten Earthbound casualties and rebuilding them. Dirge was among his resurrections, but the Seeker chose to follow the exiled Bludgeon instead.<ref>[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]'s [[Classics (2006)|Classics]] [[bio]] card</ref> This would prove an unfortunate choice, as Dirge soon ended up in the [[Cerebro-shell|Cerebro-shell]]ed thrall of [[Bug Bite (G1)|Bug Bite]].

When Bug Bite decided to try and subvert Megatron himself, Dirge was on the team accompanying him to Earth. As Bug Bite and Megatron confronted each other, the Autobots ambushed them, freeing many of Bug Bite's troops with a cerebro-shell jammer. It's unclear whether Dirge's shell was disabled, but the point is somewhat moot; [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] shot him in the chest, leaving him lying on the floor with extinguished optics. {{storylink|Games of Deception}}

Dirge was eventually revived and compelled into serving Megatron again. He attacked a human city on Earth with his old wingmen, Ramjet and Thrust. {{storylink|At Fight's End}}

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===''Find Your Fate Junior''===
{{note|This is a [[multipath adventure]] with no fixed outcome.}}

Dirge was the Decepticon defending the [[anti-gravity base]], striking fear in the Autobots. In one outcome, he succeeded in destroying [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], only to be destroyed himself by the Autobot leader's final shot. In the end, Prime's sacrifice spurred the Autobots to fight on to victory!

Dirge was the most overpowering Decepticon present, but he could be defeated by a surprise attack. Alternately, if both Ramjet and Thrust were defeated, Dirge would retreat. {{storylink|Desert Flight}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' comics===
Dirge participated in Shockwave's offensive against [[Iacon (city-state)|Iacon]] shortly after Optronix took the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]. During the Dark Ages, he joined up with Starscream's [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacon]] faction and attempted to disrupt the peace treaty at [[Tyger Pax]]... only to have the combined forces of the Autobots, Decepticons, and [[Ultracon]]s brought against him. Guess death comes to he who has no common sense.

After the [[Great Shutdown]] was over, Dirge became one of Shockwave's top agents and traveled to Earth to help collect the former crews of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] and ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]''. Back on Cybertron, he helped defend Shockwave's empire when the Autobots finally rose up against him, but he was defeated along with the rest of the Decepticons. Somehow he escaped detention and joined up with Shockwave and his remaining flunkies in the [[Wastelands]], hidden in an underground bunker while planning their next move. When Megatron arrived with his new [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]], though, Dirge quickly assessed his priorities and agreed to serve under the old Decepticon commander for the duration. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

{{note|Somewhat ironically, Dirge's survival was guaranteed by Dreamwave's own death as a publisher.}}

===Dreamwave ''Armada'' comics===
[[Image:Dirge_DeathArmada.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Even in a new continuity, he can't get a break.]]

Dirge was one of [[Unicron]]'s heralds, along with [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]], and Galvatron. He was blown up when [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] detonated the Decepticon headquarters that they had taken over. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4}}

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===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
Dirge was based on Cybertron, serving as one of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s bodyguards. Along with Ramjet and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], he tried to stop a group of Autobots from stealing a load of [[energon cube]]s from the Decepticons, and almost managed to shoot [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]]. Shockwave later led Dirge and the others to capture [[Teletran 3]], but they were stopped when [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] set up a force field around the computer. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 1}} The field eventually went down, and the Decepticons attacked, capturing the Autobots. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 3}}

When the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] attacked, several of Shockwave's forces were killed. The remainder withdrew to Shockwave's command tower, where they were destroyed when [[Cobra Commander]] detonated explosives hidden on [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. So one way or another, Dirge died again. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 4}}

===IDW comics===
Dirge was first seen escorting defeated Autobots to Cybertron... ''and then died''. That must be a new record. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 7}}
{{Note|Writer [[Shane McCarthy]] [[authorial intent|insists]] both Dirge and Deluge are still alive, as they are not seen getting killed.<ref name="shane">[http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?p=137730#137730 Shane McCarthy interview]</ref>}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1Dirge toy.jpg|300px|thumb|Closet [[Conehead]]]]
*'''Dirge'''( Decepticon Jet, 1985/2001/2004)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''97'''
**''Accessories'': Left & right fists, front landing gear, 2 "concussion missiles"

: A [[retool]] of the [[Starscream (G1)/toys|Starscream mold]], Dirge transforms into a modified F-15 fighter jet with different wings. The spring-loaded missile launchers were replaced with simplified non-firing... rifle barrels?

[[Image:Commemorativeseriesdirge.jpg|left|150px|thumb|WYLD STALLYNS! deedleedleedleedleet]]

: Dirge never had a full release in Japan, where he was only available as a mail-away in 1986 (for 1980 yen and 4 [[Robot Point]]s), and at the 20th Century Toy Museum in 2001. He was also re-released in the US as part of the Toys "R" Us [[Commemorative Series]].

: This mold was also used to make [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]], [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]], and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]].

::*[http://tfu.info/1985/Decepticon/Dirge/dirge.htm Dirge information at TFU.info]

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===Timelines===
[[Image:Classics Dirge Toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Conehead uncloseted.]]

*'''Games of Deception''' (Multi-pack, 2007)
**''Accessories'': Left & right missile launchers, 2 missiles

: Dirge is part of the ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]''-themed [[BotCon 2007]] box set, along with [[Bug Bite (G1)|Bugbite]], [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]], [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]. He is a [[redeco]] of the ''Classics'' Ramjet toy, transforming into a made up fighter based upon the F-15. He also comes with two spring-loaded missile launchers that can mount on his biceps, under his wings, or be used as hand-held weapons.

:As with most ''Classics'' toys, he features a heat-sensitive [[rubsign]].

: There were 1500 ''Timelines'' Dirge figures produced.

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===Universe (2008)===
====G1 Series====
[[Image:Universe 2008 Dirge toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Wait... if Dirge dies in the past, doesn't that create a [[Paul Eiding|time paradox]]?]]

*'''Autobot Ambush''' (Voyager Deluxe Comic 2-Pack, 2008)
**''Accessories:'' Launcher, missile, Cyber Key

:A Target-exclusive redeco of ''Galaxy Force'' [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]], Dirge transforms into a Cybertronic starfighter. In both modes, plugging a [[Cyber Planet Key]] into his back end flips out a spring-loaded blade from each arm. His spring-loaded missile launcher can be used as either a hand-held weapon, or mounted under his jet-mode nosecone.

:He is packed with [[Roadbuster]] (a redeco of the Deluxe-class ''Cybertron'' [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys|Cybertron Defense Hot Shot]]) and a reprint of "[[Target: 2006]]" parts 5 & 6 (although the Canadian version had no comic included). Initial releases of the set have the wrong comic, using the ''[[War Within: The Dark Ages|The War Within: The Dark Ages]]'' issue "[[Escalation (Dreamwave)|Escalation]]" meant for the [[Springer (G1)|Springer]]/[[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] two-pack instead.

:His dark purple Cyber Planet Key features a movie-style Decepticon sigil.

:This mold was also used for the [[BotCon 2008]]-exclusive ''[[Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Starscream (SG)|Starscream]].

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===Gentei! Gentei!===
[[Image:Henkei Dirge toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|AHA! Undeniable proof that Takara does things better than Hasbro! <small>(Sometimes.)</small>]]
*'''Dirge''' (Deluxe, 2009)
**''Accessories:'' Left & right missile launchers, 2 missiles

:''[[Henkei! Henkei! (toyline)|Gentei! Gentei!]]'' Dirge is a [[Toy Hobby Market]] exclusive retool of ''Classics'' Ramjet. Unlike his [[BotCon 2007]] ''Timelines'' version, he has newly tooled wings based upon the wings from his original toy, uses the smaller gun missiles from Starscream, and, unusually for ''Henkei'', features an all-new, colorful [[Hasbro]] ''Classics''-style deco for his new wings. Like all ''Henkei'' toys, he features [[Vacuum metallizing|vacuum metallized]] parts, specifically the barrels of his missile launchers, his engine nozzles and his cockpit interior.

: Dirge was available for pre-order from [[November 13]]th through [[December 10]]th 2008, and shipped in late March of 2009.
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===Generations===
[[Image:Generations-toy_Dirge.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Death by mold degradation.]]
*'''Dirge''' (Deluxe, 2010)
**''Accessories:'' Left & right missile launchers, 2 missiles
: ''[[Generations (toyline)| Generations]]'' Dirge is a [[redeco]] of ''[[Henkei! Henkei! (toyline)|Gentei! Gentei!]]'' Dirge.

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==Merchandise==
===Super Collection Figure===
[[Image:HOC_Dirge.jpg|thumb|200px|right| My head's not pointy enough! Someone fix this before I start busting YOUR nice, flat heads.]]
*'''Dirge''' (2002)

: A retool of the ''[[Super Collection Figure]]'' [[Starscream (G1)/toys|Starscream]] mold, Dirge is a three-inch tall non-transforming figure. He was released as a [[chase figure]] in the sixth wave of the line.

: This mold was further retooled into [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]].

===Heroes of Cybertron===
*'''Dirge''' (2003)

: ''[[Heroes of Cybertron]]'' Dirge is redeco of ''Super Collection Figure'' Dirge, cast in translucent red plastic and painted over to allow for a [[light-piping]] gimmick. His cone was also rounded off [[for safety reasons]]. The Hasbro release of Dirge was much easier to find than his Japanese counterpart, as he was a normal release in wave four, and packed on a blister card rather than in a [[Blindpacking|blindpacked]] box.

: Dirge came with the torso to the [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] Build-A-Figure.

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===MyClone===
*'''Dirge''' (MyClone, 2003)

: Dirge was a chase figure in the third wave of ''[[MyClone]]'' figures. He's a cute, [[super-deformed]] figure who can be disassembled to switch his components with other MyClones. Dirge shares many, but not all, of his component molds with ''MyClone'' [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]].

===Transformers - Mini Bust===
[[Image:Dirge statue.jpg|right|175px|thumb|Worst case of petrification he's ever had.]]

* '''Dirge''' (Diamond Select, 2008)

: Dirge was released by [[Diamond Select Toys]] in 2008 and exclusive to online retailer Big Bad Toy Store. He was sculpted by [[Mark Wong]] of [[Art Asylum]] and limited to 250 pieces. The sculpt features Dirge's distinctive wings.

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==Notes==
* [[Simon Furman]] originally planned for Dirge and the other "coneheads" to appear and defend the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' in the [[Nemesis Part 2|conclusion]] to ''[[Beast Wars (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'', but this plot point was dropped due to time and budget constraints. Furman was so disappointed at his missed chance to use Dirge (whom he appreciated because he has a "...a cool doom-laden name") that he chose the character to be one of Unicron's heralds in the ''[[Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' comic's "[[Worlds Collide]]" arc.
* Colorist [[Drew Eiden]] stated at the [[Transformers Collectors' Club|Collector's Club]] panel at [[BotCon 2007]] that the day after final colors were applied to the ''Timelines'' comic where Dirge apparently falls dead, he found this article and noted to editor [[Pete Sinclair]] how ironic it was. Whether the comic was actually ''intended'' to continue Dirge's death-trend is unknown.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Dirge Dirge's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

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Nick Roche

2010-01-30T03:24:31Z

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[[Image:derpnick.jpg|right|158px|thumb|What can brown do for you?]]
'''Nick Roche''' is an Irish comic book artist for [[IDW Publishing]] who currently does interiors and alternate covers for the ''Transformers: [[Spotlight (comics)|Spotlight]]'' series of comic book one shots. He is awesome.

Nick Roche is a native of County Wexford, but currently resides in Dublin, Ireland. Having always been a massive Transformers fan, Roche's produced artwork for fan fiction and UK convention publications, gaining a healthy fanbase within the UK, but remaining almost entirely unknown outside of the tight-knit UK fandom.

He pitched his work to [[Dreamwave Productions]] but had no response, something he's glad about in hindsight; he notes "at the time, I'd have worked for free but it turns out everyone else at Dreamwave was doing that anyway".<ref name="Moonbase Two">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIkqheta3GE Nick Roche interview with Moonbase Two]</ref> Nick finally got his break into Transformers when IDW Publishing acquired the Transformers license. A friend of Nick's by the name of Dave Hendrick sent IDW supremo [[Chris Ryall]] Nick's samples.

Twenty minutes later there was an email back from Chris.

Nick started on the "Chrischarger" art before being given ''Spotlight''s, then ''more'' ''Spotlight''s (and a ''[[Devastation (IDW)|Devastation]]'' fill-in) before being given the ''[[Maximum Dinobots]]'' mini-series. He's also penciled numerous covers for the different Transformers series, including a piece for the "[[Target: 2006]]" reprints featuring the original team of [[Wrecker]]s, the covers for the [[Metrodome]] DVD sets of ''[[Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' and ''[[Victory (cartoon)|Victory]]'', and a special comic and a piece of artwork packed with [[Madman Entertainment]]'s ''Generation 1'' DVD set. Nick has also worked on the new Transformers UK comic book ([[Transformers Comic issue 2|issue 2]]) and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic for [[Titan Books|Titan]].

If that wasn't enough, Nick drew ''and'' wrote "[[Spotlight: Kup]]", which also has the distinction of being the first issue in the IDW G1 continuity written by someone other than [[Simon Furman]]. In 2010, he's getting to write [[Last Stand of the Wreckers|a Wreckers miniseries]]. And he also writes panto!<ref name="Moonbase Two" />

Shattered trousers are usually left in his wake.

{{quote|Look: you can't comprehend the scale of trouser destruction that will occur. The current financial crisis? Pffah! There will be people wandering around this Christmas with next to no trouser coverage. And as for the potentially countless children who will lose their sight and sense of decency from flying pant-shards...well, it doesn't bear thinking about. No gusset is safe this Christmas.|Nick on the imminent release of ''Maximum Dinobots'' #1<ref>http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?p=106763#106763</ref>}}

==Writing==
*''[[Spotlight: Kup]]''
*''[[All Hail Megatron issue 15]]'' story 1: "Everything in Its Right Place"
*''[[Last Stand of the Wreckers]]'' (upcoming January 2010)
[[Image:FerreroRocher.jpg|right|158px|thumb|A lesser-known variation on the spelling of Nick's name.]]

==Comic book art==
===IDW Publishing===
*''[[Spotlight: Shockwave]]''
*''[[Spotlight: Hot Rod]]''
*''[[Spotlight: Kup]]''
* [[Beast Wars Sourcebook|''Beast Wars'' Sourcebook]] #1, #2 (select pages)
*''[[Devastation (IDW)|Devastation]]'' [[Devastation issue 3|#3]]
*''[[Spotlight: Hardhead]]''
*''[[Maximum Dinobots]]''
*''[[All Hail Megatron issue 15]]'' story 1: "Everything in Its Right Place"
*''[[Last Stand of the Wreckers]]''

===Madman Entertainment===
* ''Transformers Generation 1'' Complete Collection DVD set ([[The Transformers (Madman)|pack-in comic book]] and [[Matrix]] chamber artwork with [[Don Figueroa]] and [[Josh Burcham]])

===Titan Books===
*[[Transformers Comic issue 2|Transformers Comic #2]]

==DVD cover art==
===[[Metrodome]]===
* ''[[Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Transformers Takara Collection Super-God Masterforce]]''
* ''[[Victory (cartoon)|Transformers Takara Collection Victory]]''

==Convention appearances==
* [[BotCon]] ([[BotCon 2009|2009]])
* [[Auto Assembly]] (2009)

==Notes==
* Nick Roche's art style is instantly recognizable in a comic due to his semi-stylized lines. According to him, he just "makes the hands bigger and the pointy bits pointier", and he would like to draw with "[[Geoff Senior|Senior's]] energy, [[Andrew Wildman|Wildman's]] expressiveness and [[Derek Yaniger|Yaniger's]] chins!". He is also noted for being able to change his drawing style. He says he finds he does change it automatically depending on the story, such as upping the cartooniness for ''Spotlight Hot Rod'' and toning it down for a story from [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl's]] point of view.<ref name="Moonbase Two" />
* The cover for #1 of ''Last Stand of the Wreckers'' shows three early-90s European G1 characters (toys out when Roche was young) and a recurring Marvel UK guy (who Roche would've grown up reading).<ref>[http://dcjosh.deviantart.com/art/Last-Stand-of-the-Wreckers-130852263 Last Stand of the Wreckers #1 cover]</ref> Nostalgia! (And in two cases, this'll be the first fictional appearance these guys ever got!)

==Gallery==
<center><gallery>
Image:SpotlightHotRod rush.jpg|[[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] enjoys freefalling to a planet in [[Spotlight: Hot Rod]].
Image:TFGenerations12.jpg|[[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]]'s never looked this cool before or since. Cover art for [[Generations (comic reprints)|Transformers: Generations]] issue #12.
Image:SpotlightHardhead HardheadsHeadshot.jpg|[[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]]'s got a hard head in [[Spotlight: Hardhead]].
Image:AHM15 SpringerpunchesProwl.jpg|[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] is [[Springer (G1)|Springer]]'s personal punching bag in [[All Hail Megatron issue 15|''All Hail Megatron'' #15]]
</gallery>

*''[[:Category:Images by Nick Roche|Extended Nick Roche gallery]]''</center>

==References==
<references />

==External links==
* [http://nickroche.blogspot.com/ Nick Roche's blog]

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[[Category:Illustrators]]
[[Category:Writers]]

Steve Bono

2009-11-30T09:06:32Z

218.214.49.189:

[[Image:SteveBono.jpg|thumb|300px|"I want to reach out / And touch the flame / Where the streets have no name."]]

'''Steve Bono''' is a designer at [[Hasbro]]. From an early age, Bono had wanted to work in toy design, a dream spurred by his interaction with an employee of then-future Hasbro subsidiary [[Kenner]]. A graduate of the University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, Bono had previously worked on Kenner's (now a Hasbro subsidiary) ''Batman: The Animated Series'', ''Batman Forever'', ''Batman & Robin'', ''Total Justice'' and ''Jurassic Park III'' (most of them with [[Aaron Archer]]). He has also worked on Hasbro's ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]] Sigma Six'', the ''Star Wars'' and ''Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'' toy lines.

When Hasbro's ''[[Alternators]]'' designer [[Mark McCall]] left the company to pursue his own business, Bono replaced him. He is currently head of design for Hasbro's international ''Action Man'' line and is currently working on the ''G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra'' toyline.

==Toys that Steve Bono is known to have had a hand in designing==
===Alternators===
*[[Prowl (G1)/toys|Prowl]]
*[[Skids (G1)|Autobot Skids]]
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]
*[[Rollbar (G1)|Rollbar]]
*[[Ricochet (Headmasters)|Ricochet]]
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Alternators|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]]
*[[Camshaft (G1)|Autobot Camshaft]]
*[[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]]
*[[Rumble (G1)|Decepticon Rumble]]
*[[Ravage (G1)/toys#Alternators|Ravage]] (Jaguar XK)
*[[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]]

==External links==
*[http://daap.uc.edu/stories/From_an_Early_Age_This_Alum_Had_Focus University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning's article on Steve Bono]

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[[Category:Convention guests]]
[[Category:Designers]]
[[Category:Hasbro]]

T-AI

2009-10-08T05:35:59Z

218.214.49.189: /* Merchandise */

{{factions|autobot}}
{{disambig2|the Robots in Disguise computer system|the Binaltech Asterisk policewoman|Ai Kuruma}}
:''T-AI is an [[Autobot]] computer from the [[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:T-AI-colorsheet.jpg|right|250px|thumb|I, am, your sing-ing tele-gram! *BANG!*]]
'''T-AI''' (pronounced "tie", short for '''Tactical Artificial Intelligence''') is the Autobots' main computer system. She keeps tabs on events across Earth, coordinates Autobot forces across the globe, maintains the elaborate [[Global Space Bridge]] network, and generally keeps things running smoothly at the base... or as smoothly as possible considering the variety of odd personalities that make up the Autobot ranks. She is an incredibly advanced computer that displays distinct emotions, self-awareness, a sense of humor, and—perhaps most notably—the ability to lose her patience. She is quick to berate verbally any Autobot found [[Side Burn (RID)|slacking off or doing something dumb]].

T-AI manifests herself with a holographic avatar, taking the form of a young [[human]] girl in a maroon uniform similar to a Japanese policewoman's. It's possible she chose this form to better acclimate the Autobots to dealing with humans, as well as to help their human ally [[Koji Onishi|Koji]] better deal with being surrounded by giant alien robots.

She is reportedly the "daughter" of [[Teletraan I (RID)|Teletraan I]].<ref>"I'm T-AI, Tactical Artifical Intelligence system. Daughter of the Teletraan I computer program." {{storylink|An Explosive Situation}}</ref>

:''Japanese name:'' '''Ai-chan''' (アイちゃん)

==Fiction==
===''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Sandy Fox]] (English), [[Chieko Higuchi]] (Japanese)

[[Image:Battle Protocol Tai.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Wait till you hear this, ha ha! I just saw Megatron! He kidnapped your father, ha ha! We're in a lot of trouble!]]
T-AI's first major action on Earth was to initiate [[Battle Protocol]] and send the [[Autobot Brothers]] to [[New York City]]. {{storylink|Battle Protocol!}} A short time later, [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] brought [[Koji Onishi]] to visit the base—Koji's [[Kenneth Onishi|father]] had been kidnapped by [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]]. On being introduced to T-AI, Koji attempted to shake hands with her and fell through the holographic projection. The boy stuck around with T-AI to monitor the currently-developing situation—the Predacons were trying to steal an explosive device from a car. {{storylink|An Explosive Situation}}

[[Image:Hunt for Black Pyramid Taipoint.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Prepare to fast-forward!]]
T-AI would continue to monitor odd goings-on, such as a series of suspicious train wrecks which turned out to have been caused by the Predacons. {{storylink|Bullet Train to the Rescue}} The only Autobot she tended to have problems with was [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]], a notorious slacker who would often be out chasing red sports cars rather than go to the assignments given to him. On one occasion Side Burn turned out to be actually doing something useful—exploring some ruins with Koji. As a result of this adventure, a computer microchip owned by Doctor Onishi was discovered, and T-AI set about extracting information from it. {{storylink|The Secret of the Ruins}}

It wasn't unusual for Side Burn to cut off contact altogether, which is probably why T-AI didn't immediately panic when he was captured by the Predacons. Once [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] and [[X-Brawn]] alerted her to the situation, T-AI dispatched the [[Spy Changer]]s to assist in rescuing both Side Burn and Optimus. {{storylink|Sideburn's Obsession}} On another occasion one of the Spy Changers, [[Mirage (RID)|Mirage]] appeared to have left the Autobot ranks but in reality had pretended to defect and had located Megatron's "[[Mega-Laser Cannon]]". T-AI was able to extend the [[Global Space Bridge]], allowing the Spy Changers to use the sphere formation to destroy the laser. {{storylink|Mirage's Betrayal}}

When new Autobot arrival [[Skid-Z (RID)|Skid-Z]] went missing, T-AI was able to download his scanner log and determine that, as suspected, the Autobot had become contaminated with [[Auggie Cahnay (RID)|Auggie Cahnay]]'s psychotropic energy, giving him the urge to compete in races. She warned the other Autobots that they needed to get Skid-Z back to headquarters for decontamination or he would burn out his circuits. {{storylink|Skid Z's Choice}} [[Tow-Line (RID)|Tow-Line]]'s introduction didn't go much better. Shortly after his arrival, T-AI lost contact with Side Burn, X-Brawn and [[Rapid Run (RID)|Rapid Run]]—Tow-Line had gone renegade and abducted the trio. She coordinated with Optimus and Prowl to track down the rogue Autobot. {{storylink|Tow-Line Goes Haywire}}

[[Image:Tai-projector.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Snotty beamed me twice last night. It was wonderful.]]
Puzzled by the Predacons' interest in statues, T-AI dispatched the Autobot Brothers to the [[Cave of the Dragon]], which Koji had a hunch was involved. There Side Burn encountered a giant moving statue, which T-AI was able to reveal was a special effect created by a film crew working there. As it turned out the cave had another secret, the first of seven Cybertronian artefacts called [[O-Part]]s. {{storylink|The Ultimate Robot Warrior}} Shortly after the discovery, T-AI called all of the Autobots back to base to review footage of their past missions and attempt to work out where the Predacon base was hidden. {{storylink|Hope for the Future}}

T-AI was able to unlock more information from Dr Onishi's microchip, pointing the Autobots to [[Castle Peak]], where they discovered the wreck of an Autobot spacecraft. After Megatron stole the six protoforms from inside it, T-AI was able to track him to McKinley Army Base and alert Optimus, though ultimately Megatron was able to reformat the protoforms into Decepticons. {{storylink|The Decepticons}}

After the destruction of a dam by the Decepticons, T-AI sent the Autobot Brothers to patrol [[Sherman Dam]] and soon lost contact with them. Once Optimus arrived at the dam, T-AI alerted him to the fact that the Decepticons had mined it with [[pulsar bomb]]s. Fortunately disaster was averted once again with the help of [[Team Bullet Train]]. {{storylink|Commandos}}

[[Image:Attack from Outer Space Tai.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Movor's gone to plaid!]]
T-AI continued to monitor Predacon activity, dispatching Optimus and the Spy Changers to [[Montrose Island]] where the Predacons were causing trouble. {{storylink|Volcano}} After a shuttle was launched by the [[human]]s, she attempted to access the signal from it and, to her puzzlement, received images of [[X-Brawn]] from the data stream. It wasn't long before the space agency revealed that the shuttle which was launched had been a fake—the Decepticon [[Movor]]. As the Decepticons were tracking Side Burn, T-AI contacted him and X-Brawn was able to send his brother to a location where the Decepticons could be ambushed. {{storylink|Attack from Outer Space}}

Side Burn, of course, continued to cause trouble and T-AI caught him using the computer to do online fish tests. Opining that it didn't make sense, as Side Burn was a sports car, not a fish, she nagged him about going out on patrol. Eventually he did, but he and the other two brothers ended up going to the wrong locations anyway. {{storylink|The Fish Test}}

When [[Build Team]] requested that they be allowed to go on a mission, they insisted that T-AI use the member select program just to make it all official. And then bickered amongst themselves until T-AI told them to knock it off and get moving. {{storylink|Wedge's Short Fuse}} Some time later, strange glitches began occurring in the Global Space Bridge, with Autobots failing to arrive at the destinations T-AI had programmed, and she soon discovered that someone had been tampering with the computer link. Build Team was dispatched to fix the problem, and T-AI also detected that Megatron was attacking the north energy research facility, so the next destination was set. {{storylink|Landfill (episode)|Landfill}}

When the Predacons attacked the new [[CGA Tower]] and took the people inside hostage, [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] demanded something from Optimus. Something he wasn't terribly clear on. T-AI suggested Sky-Byte might mean the O-Parts, which probably wasn't the most clever thing considering he didn't seem to know about them. {{storylink|Sky-Byte Saves the Day}}

After an attempted energy theft, the Decepticons began attacking construction sites and fleeing every time T-AI sent the Autobots to stop them. Eventually the Build Team found out, and T-AI detected [[Landfill (RID)|Landfill]] fighting Ruination. She sent the Autobot Brothers to help, but Build Team had sabotaged the Global Space Bridge, and they ended up in the middle of nowhere. {{storylink|A Test of Metal}}

[[Image:Forced Fusion Tai Koji.jpg|left|200px|thumb|It's not just a truck wreck...it's a Transformer!]]
T-AI intercepted a transmission indicating that Sky-Byte was searching for O-Parts. She and Optimus suspected it was a trap, so they sent the Autobot Brothers in. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus (episode)|Ultra Magnus}} With Optimus under attack from Decepticons on an island, T-AI monitored the situation with Koji, and was amazed when Optimus merged with the newly arrived Autobot [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]] into [[Omega Prime]]. She reported reading a massive amount of energy. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!}}

While out looking for Ultra Magnus, the Autobot Brothers failed to check in and T-AI was unable to contact them. She sent Team Bullet Train to look for the brothers and coordinated the search from base. {{storylink|The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus}} Puzzling over the way the three Autobot Brothers managed to power up during the fight against the Decepticons, T-AI theorised that the power came from the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], somehow channelled through Ultra Magnus. She contacted Side Burn and Prowl to search for Magnus, and sent X-Brawn in as backup when the two brothers found themselves fighting the Decepticons. {{storylink|Power to Burn!}}

[[Image:Fortress Maximus Koji Tai.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Skidplates! I'm surrounded by skidplates!]]
T-AI was able to extract more information from Doctor Onishi's microchip, pointing to a dig which the doctor was working on before he was kidnapped. The Build Team were dispatched, and when the Decepticons were sighted in the area, T-AI sent the Spy Changers, Autobot Brothers and Team Bullet Train for protection. {{storylink|Fortress Maximus (episode)|Fortress Maximus}} She reassured Koji that his father must still be alive as the Predacons were still extracting information from him. She was proved right a few hours later when Sky-Byte inadvertently set Doctor Onishi free. {{storylink|Koji Gets His Wish}}

With the release of Doctor Onishi, T-AI worked with him to create a detector to locate the rest of the O-Parts. The Autobot Brothers and Build Team managed to locate and retrieve the five remaining O-Parts and, back at base, T-AI wondered whether finding them was a blessing or a curse. {{storylink|A Friendly Contest}} T-AI was able to detect a data stream coming from the activated O-Parts and, despite Optimus' concerns, merged with them to get more information. Although she was able to find out the location of the [[Orb of Sigma]], she became trapped in the globe created by the O-Parts.

Optimus and the brothers took the O-Parts globe to the Sahara Desert where, in a pyramid beneath the desert sands, they found the Orb of Sigma. The O-Parts globe merged with it, cutting off their communication with T-AI completely. The Autobots managed to keep the Orb away from the Decepticons and return it to Autobot base, where T-AI was successfully extracted. She reported that she had gained from the Orb the knowledge of where to find [[Cerebros (RID)|Cerebros]], the key to [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]]. {{storylink|Peril from the Past}}

[[Image:Maximus Emerges Tai.jpg|left|200px|thumb|It's very fascinating. But I'm afraid I'm going to have to hurt you.]]
The Autobot Brothers and Build Team attempted to retrieve Cerebros, but the 'bot was snatched from their grasp by the Decepticons. T-AI was very annoyed and chewed out X-Brawn over it. She sent the Autobot Brothers to guard Fortress Maximus' hiding place, getting Tow-Line to tow Side Burn there to prevent him from being "distracted". The Decepticons managed to use Cerebros to activate Maximus and T-AI monitored the battle from base with Koji. The young boy was subsequently able to help by commanding the giant robot to stop. {{storylink|Maximus Emerges}}

T-AI and Doctor Onishi worked on the puzzle of why Maximus obeyed Koji's command, but were unable to draw a firm conclusion. When [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] again attempted to control Maximus out in the desert, Doctor Onishi realised that Maximus would only control humans, and T-AI had Team Bullet Train and the Build Team take a thousand children to the battlefield. {{storylink|The Human Element}} She continued to scan for Fortress Maximus' location, but was hampered by the Autobot's shielding. Finally, after Koji's friend [[Karl]] was kidnapped by the Predacons, she was able to locate the titan in a forest. {{storylink|Mistaken Identity}}

[[Image:Final Battle Tai.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Go past this part. In fact, never play this scene again.]]
Finally the Decepticons located the Autobot base and began to attack. T-AI alerted all of the Autobots to go to designated co-ordinates so that Optimus could lead the Decepticons into a trap. {{storylink|Surprise Attack!}} She monitored the battle from base, contacting Omega Prime when Galvatron used his [[Cyber-bat|cyber-bats]] to seize control of the Earth's children. She activated the Global Space Bridge so the Autobots could retreat, but was too late to warn them when Galvatron ruptured the tunnel wall to flood it with molten rock. {{storylink|Galvatron's Revenge}} At Omega Prime's command, she opened space bridge portals to the Earth's core and sealed them after he had led Galvatron through for a last confrontation. Fortunately Koji was able to mobilise Earth's children via the Internet and send a massive amount of power to Prime, enabling him to win the fight, though T-AI told him that Prime was still trapped.

Fortunately the energy from Galvatron's defeat had reopened the Global Space Bridge, allowing Omega Prime to escape the Earth's core. The Autobots began enjoying a look around, though T-AI had to tell Skid-Z to slow down. {{storylink|The Final Battle (RID)|The Final Battle}}

===Ultra Magnus...to the Rescue?===
[[Image:T-AI Dreamwavesummerspecial.jpg|left|180px|thumb|My hair! What happened to my hair?!]]
When [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] and [[Sky-Byte]] attempted to steal an experimental nuclear generator from a plant in Arizona, T-AI tried to find any Autobots who were available to respond to the situation. Ultimately, [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] was the only one not currently occupied by some other emergency. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus...to the Rescue?}}
{{-}}

==Toys==
===Merchandise===
* '''Ai-chan''' (KT Figure Collection, 2004)

[[Image:AI PVC.jpg|right|200px|thumb|What the hell in the name of God is THIS?]]
: This figurine was produced by [[KT Figure Collection]], and included in a set of four others. It is notable in that not only is this the only non-[[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] PVC in the entire set, but Ai-chan is portrayed bathing in a hot spring, and is thus completely nude, aside from her hat. A [[super deformed]] [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Super Fire Convoy]] is seen peeking over the side, and a miniature [[Sky-Byte|Gelshark]] bath toy is in Ai-chan's hands.

: Yes, it's creepy. And you may find her face is familiar, BECAUSE the figure is designed by [[Yūki Ōshima]], who did the [[Kiss Players (franchise)|creepiest thing]] in the [[Transformers brand|''Transformers'' brand]] ever.

{{-}}

==Trivia==
* Whenever T-AI makes radio contact with any off-base Autobots, she initiates it by pressing a sequence of buttons on a keypad. Considering that these elements are all a part of the same computer, T-AI is in fact projecting and controlling the holographic representation of herself and making it use the keypad that controls T-AI, herself. She is effectively telling herself to tell herself what to do. If you also factor in the fact that the hologram is totally incorporeal, and therefore cannot actually make contact with the keypad, then the assorted beeps and lights that seemingly indicate when the buttons are being pressed are actually being controlled from within T-AI like a [[wikipedia:player_piano|player piano]], and therefore don't need to be pressed even if the hologram ''could'' press them. This gives me a headache.

* In the ''Car Robots'' continuity, Ai-chan is a "Spherical Computer", akin to [[Vector Sigma]] of [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]], and [[NAVI]] and [[Envoy]] of ''[[Beast Wars II (franchise)|Beast Wars II]]''.

* T-AI is clearly the inspiration for the [[Ai Kuruma]] character in the ''[[Alternators|Binaltech Asterisk]]'' line.

==References==
<references />

== External link ==
* [http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/kt_figure/transformers/005/index.html Ai-chan at KT Figure Collection official site]

[[Category:Autobots]]
[[Category:Computers]]
[[Category:Japanese-original characters]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise characters]]

Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac

2009-09-27T04:18:12Z

218.214.49.189: /* Transformers references */

{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=''Transformers Animated:<br>The AllSpark Almanac''
|image=Allsparkalmanaccover.jpg
|caption=[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]]'s going to have his hands full cleaning these two up.
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|written by=[[Jim Sorenson]] and [[Bill Forster]]
|date=[[August 19]], 2009
|illustrated by=
|continuity=[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]]
|pagecount=220
|ISBN=ISBN 1600104878<br>
ISBN 978-1600104879
}}

{{bigquote|What a brilliant book! Probably the best I've ever read, human or Cybertronian. I can't recommend it strongly enough!|[[Sunstorm (Animated)|Sunstorm]], the rear cover of The AllSpark Almanac}}

'''''Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac''''' is a <s>lusty</s> happy love-letter written to {{SITENAME}} for our carnal pleasure.

==Contents==
*Foreword, by [[Derrick J. Wyatt]]
*Introduction, by the authors
*Interstitial A: ''[[Transformers Hero]]''
*Chapter 1: [[Autobot]]s
*Interstitial B: Lighting
*Chapter 2: [[Decepticon]]s
*Interstitial C: [[Transformation]]s
*Chapter 3: [[Human]]s
*Interstitial D: Opening Credits
*Chapter 4: Events
*Interstitial E: [[Transformers Animated (Titan)|Titan Magazines]]
*Chapter 5: Culture
*Interstitial F: Design Evolution
*Chapter 6: [[Detroit]]
*Interstitial G: [[Bee in the City]]
*Chapter 7: Settings
*Interstitial H: Backgrounds
*Afterword, by [[Marty Isenberg]]
*A Word from [[Hasbro]]
*Acknowledgments

==Notes==

This book is an encyclopedic examination of the entire ''Transformers Animated'' storyline universe. It presents exhaustively thorough character profiles and summaries of the first two seasons of the cartoon and the ''Animated'' [[The Arrival|Arrival]] comic book...''all written completely in-universe'', in the form of "interviews" with the characters or excerpts from their journals and other in-story media.

"Interstitial" interludes are presented out-of-universe and describe the design process behind the art, animation, and locations, as well as brief story summaries of the [[Titan Books|Titan Magazines]] ''Animated'' issues. Elements of toy design are covered as well, but comparatively briefly.

There are also an ''insane'' number of obscure references to Transformers minutiae culled from the 25-year history of the franchise, as well as other sci-fi and entertainment franchises as well. Basically, ''all'' proper nouns and names refer to something or someone, even if that someone is a possibly non-existent character only mentioned once in a letters page of a foreign comic. And that's before we start talking about the ''numbers'': Almost every seemingly incongruous alphanumeric string is a reference to another franchise, be it a ''Star Trek'' stardate or a Terminator's official designation. And that's just the content in English—about a third of the book's pages have large stretches covered in [[Cybertronix]]. Deciphered, these include non-Transformers-related passages, such as extensive, verbatim quotes from diverse sources ranging from Tennyson's ''Ulysses'' to ''Max Headroom''.

Derrick Wyatt has promised that there will be a second AllSpark Almanac, and that it will feature all of the Cyber Ninjas.[http://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/statuses/3990883557]

==Chapter 1 - Autobots==
Chapter one covers all Autobots who appear in the first two seasons of the cartoon.

{{collist|3|
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] by Ultra Magnus
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] by Lockdown
*[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] by Captain Fanzone
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] by Bulkhead
*[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] by Sari
*[[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] by Sentinel Prime
*[[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] by Optimus Prime
*[[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] by Sentinel Prime
*[[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]] by Bumblebee
*[[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobots]] by Blackarachnia
**[[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]]
**[[Snarl (Animated)|Snarl]]
**[[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]]
*[[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]] by Ratchet
*[[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]] by Bulkhead
*[[Wreck-Gar (Animated)|Wreck-Gar]] by Ratchet
*[[Cliffjumper (Animated)|Cliffjumper]] by Bumblebee
*[[Shockwave (Animated)|Longarm Prime]] by Bumblebee
*[[Wasp]] by Shockwave
*[[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]] by Ratchet}}

===Transformers references===

* Pg 15 – [[Optimus Prime (Animated) | Optimus Prime]]'s axe is identified as a [[Solitarium]] ultra-axe.

* Pg 20a – As mentioned in his tech spec, [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] is a [[Protihex]] Medical Mechanical graduate.

* Pg 20b – [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]] refers to Ratchet with the nickname “Cool Hand Lube”, an epithet coined for [[Ratchet (G1)|the original Ratchet]].

* Pg 34 – Unnamed in the ''Animated'' cartoon, the alien planet visited by the young Optimus, [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel]] and [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Elita-1]] populated by giant spiders is here given the named [[Archa Seven]]. Presumably, this puts it in the same system as [[Akalo|Archa Nine]].

* Pg 35 – Sentinel Prime's [[Skyboom (Animated)|shield]] is dubbed a [[Skyboom (Armada)|Skyboom shield]].

* Pg 44 – Ratchet recalls an old flame from [[Crystal City]].

* Pg 55 – [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme's]] profile contains numerous references.
:The language describing Omega's strength deliberately hearkens back to Generation 1 [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega's]] Transformers Universe profile, describing how he can pulverize “steel cubes” of impressive volume and hit diminutive items from a great distance with his head cannon. Numerous Cybertronian units of [[Category:Measurements|measurement]] are used in the process; Omega is said to be able to like 600,000 kilo-units (a measurement used by [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] in the ''Animated'' episode "[[Rise of the Constructicons]]"); the dimensions of the aforementioned cube are given in mechanometers (used in the Generation 1 episode "[[City of Steel]]" and mentioned twice more in the book); and the distance at which he can blast a small object is given in hics (from the Marvel UK 1991 annual story "[[The Magnificent Six!]]" and used once more in the book).
:Omega is also noted to be armed with concussion blasters (the personal weapon of Generation 1 [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]), pulsar bombs (used by the [[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]] on two occasions in the [[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] cartoon), quasar beams (Generation 2 [[Blowout]] and Beast Wars [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] both wielded quasar cannons), friction cannons (G1 [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] was armed with a friction blaster) and aquasting missiles (weapon of choice of the Beast Wars Fuzor [[Injector]]).
:And finally, Omega has armor enhanced with [[rheanimum]].

===Real-world references===

* Pg 46 – Ratchet speculates that Wreck-Gar must have “27,000 gags” hidden in his trash bin. The number 27 is a running gag in [["Weird Al" Yankovic]]'s songs... Al, of course, being the voice actor who played Wreck-Gar.

===Errors===
* Page 33: The [[Magnus Hammer]] is referred to as a "Storm'''breaker'''" hammer instead of "Storm'''bringer'''," a previously-given name for the weapon.

==Chapter 2 - Decepticons==
Character models for all Decepticons who appeared in Animated seasons one and two.
{{collist|3|
*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] by Lugnut
*[[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] by Optimus Prime
*[[Lugnut]] by Blitzwing
*[[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] by Lugnut
*[[Constructicon (Animated)|Constructicons]] by Bulkhead
**[[Mixmaster (Animated)|Mixmaster]]
**[[Scrapper (Animated)|Scrapper]]
*[[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]] by Megatron
*[[Swindle (Animated)|Swindle]] by The Angry Archer
*[[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]] by Sari
*[[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] by himself
*[[Slipstream (Animated)|Slipstream]] by Thundercracker
*[[Thundercracker (Animated)|Thundercracker]] by Ramjet
*[[Ramjet (Animated)|Ramjet]] by Sunstorm
*[[Sunstorm (Animated)|Sunstorm]] by Skywarp
*[[Skywarp (Animated)|Skywarp]] by Slipstream
*[[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]] by Prowl
}}

===Transformers references===
* Pg 60 – Mentioned here and restated on pg 127, Megatron's swords are forged from [[tironium]]. As noted in his tech specs, his armor can deflect anti-proton lasers.

* Pg 66 – As on his toy packaging, Lugnut is referred to with the nickname "The [[Kaon]] Krusher".

* Pg 74 – Shockwave's cannon can fire blasts from anywhere in the electromagnetic spectrum, just like Generation 1 [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] could.

* Pg 77 – Swindle's gyro gun and scatter blaster are named after the weapons of the original Generation 1 [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]].

* Pg 81 – Starscream claims to be the handsomest 'bot "this side of the [[Benzuli Expanse]]".

* Pg 83-84 – Having gone unnamed in the Animated cartoon, [[Thundercracker (Animated)|Thundercracker]], [[Sunstorm (Animated)|Sunstorm]] and [[Skywarp (Animated)|Skywarp]] were all given names and powers derived from their Generation 1 counterparts when they were released as toys. The liar and female clones did not get toys, but ''The AllSpark Almanac'' carries on the trend; the liar clone is named [[Ramjet (Animated)|Ramjet]] and is noted to have a reinforced nosecone for mid-air collisions, while the female clone gets the brand new name of [[Slipstream (Animated)|Slipstream]] (which was previously revealed at [[BotCon 2009]]).

* Pg 88 – Numerous weapons used by Lockdown in the cartoon are here given the names of similar weapons from other corners of the Transformers multiverse. He is armed with [[sleep net]]s (from the Generation 1 coloring book ''[[Bumblebee to the Rescue!]]''), [[nova spray]], and a [[lightning whip]]. His chainsaw is also described as being “micro-serrated”, language frequently used to describe the beak of Generation 1 [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]].

===Real-world references===
* Pg 66 - Blitzwing calls Lugnut a “five-eyed, no-brained, flying purple people eater,” paraphrasing the 1958 Sheb Wooley song, “Purple People Eater”.

* Pg 82 – Starscream's first sycophantic clone is given the numerical designation [[Clone number 2716057|#2716057]], the serial number of hard-drinking robot Bender from Futurama. The first cowardly clone, meanwhile, is marked [[Clone number 3370318|#3370318]], the serial number of Bender's identical duplicate, Flexo.

==Chapter 3 - Humans==
Character models and the occasional background image for the major humans of Animated.
{{collist|3|
*[[Sari Sumdac]] by Bulkhead
*[[Isaac Sumdac]] by Megatron
*[[Carmine Fanzone|Captain Carmine Fanzone]] by Sari
*The [[Angry Archer]] by Swindle
*[[Professor Princess|Professor Penny Princess, PhD]] by Sari
*[[Nanosec]] by Slo-Mo
*[[Slo-Mo]] by Nanosec
*[[Headmaster (Animated)|The Headmaster]] by Bulkhead
*[[Meltdown (Animated)|Meltdown]] by Blackarachnia
*[[Colossus Rhodes]] by Meltdown
*[[Fusion creature]]s
**[[Fusion creature|BAT-MONSTER]] by Grimlock
**The [[Fusion creature|Seafood Louis creature]] by Fanzone
*[[Master Disaster]] by Blurr
*[[Street Demon]] by Bulkhead
**[[Ming-Li]] and [[Roxy Sparkles]] by Sari
**[[Shana Story]] and [[Solon Kitakaze (Animated)|Solon Kitakaze]] by Bumblebee
*[[Porter C. Powell]] by Headmaster
}}

===Transformers references===
* Pg 94 – Swindle plans to imitate [[Angry Archer]]'s antiquated dialect to help facilitate his next deal with the [[Darkling Lords]] of [[Prysmos]]. This is a reference to the 1987 Hasbro toyline, [[Visionaries]]; Prysmos was the planet upon which that series was set, and the Darkling Lords were the villains of the franchise. Visionaries was also a back-up strip for the UK Marvel Transformers comics.

* Pg 101 – The name of Prometheus Black's company is given as [[Biotech Unbound]], referring to the Greek poem, “Prometheus Unbound”, which was also the title of a ''[[Beast Machines (franchise)|Beast Machines]]'' [[Prometheus Unbound|episode]].

*Pg 103 – In the Animated cartoon, the bat-monster is noted as having formerly been Meltdown's lawyer. Here, Captain Fanzone notes that the shark-monster was his stock broker. In addition, he calls it a "[[Seafood Louis]] creature"

* Pg 105 – [[Solon Kitakaze (Animated)|Solon Kitakaze]] is named after [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]]'s [[Solon Kitakaze (Victory)|cyborg son]] from the infamously kooky [[Victory (franchise)|Victory]] manga.

===Real-world references===
* Pg 97 – [[Slo-Mo]] is here given the first name of Samantha, and on pg 143, the surname of Lomow. So hey, it turns out that her real name is the same as Hasbro Senior Vice President of Global Marketing [[Samantha Lomow]], on whom she was based.

* Pg 105 – [[Ming-Li]] is named after author Jim Sorenson's wife, Ming-Li Wang. [[Shana Story]] is named for a friend of author Bill Forster, Shana Storey, who is credited in the acknowledgments section of their previous book, [[The Ark II — A Compendium of Japanese Character Designs|The Ark II]].

* Pg 106 – Porter C. Powell's limousine is branded as a “TUX model”, named for the Tonka [[Tonka GoBots|GoBot]] it was designed to resemble.

===Errors===
* Page 95: The "d" is left out of "Powdered Sugar."

==Chapter 4 - Events==
The episodes and comic stories that make up the primary Animated continuity, in order.
{{collist|2|
*[[Transform and Roll Out]] as three Autobot Incident Reports by Optimus Prime and a page from Isaac Sumdac's journal
*[[Dispatches]] as musings from [[Vector Prime]]
*[[Home Is Where the Spark Is]] as an Autobot Incident Reports by Optimus Prime
*[[Total Meltdown]] as an Autobot Incident Reports by Optimus Prime
*[[Blast from the Past]] as Megatron's Encrypted Internal Log
*[[The Arrival issue 4#.22A Few Loose Strands.22|A Few Loose Strands]] as [[Venus (magazine)|Venus]], the trans-dimensional magazine for Decepti-femmes
*[[The Thrill of the Hunt]] as an Autobot Incident Reports by Ratchet
*[[The Arrival #5]] as a page from Swindle's ledger and an evaluation form
*[[Nanosec (episode)|Nanosec]] as an Autobot Incident Reports by Optimus Prime
*[[Along Came a Spider]] as an Autobot Incident Reports by Optimus Prime
*[[The Arrival issue 2#.22Whatever Happened To Whatisname.3F.22|Whatever Happened To Whatisname?]] as a page from Professor Princess' diary
*[[Sound and Fury]] as an Autobot Incident Reports by Optimus Prime
*[[The Arrival issue 2#.22Attention Surplus Disorder.22|Attention Surplus Disorder]] as two pages from the [[Detroit Powell Press]]
*[[Lost and Found (episode)|Lost and Found]] as Lugnut's Encrypted Internal Log
*[[The Arrival #3]] as Megatron's Encrypted Internal Log and a medical report from Ratchet
*[[Survival of the Fittest]] as a police report from Captain Fanzone
*[[Headmaster (episode)|Headmaster]] as an Autobot Incident Reports by Optimus Prime
*[[The Arrival issue 4#.22The Insincerest Form of Flattery.22|The Insincerest Form of Flattery]] as an Autobot Incident Reports by Bulkhead
*[[Nature Calls]] as an Autobot Incident Reports by Prowl
*[[Megatron Rising - Part 1]] as Megatron's Encrypted Internal Log and a medical report from Ratchet
*[[Megatron Rising - Part 2]] as an Autobot Incident Reports by Optimus Prime
*[[The Elite Guard]] as an Autobot Incident Reports by Optimus Prime
*[[The Return of the Headmaster]] as Sentinel Prime's private journal and a letter from Sari to her absent father
*[[Mission Accomplished]] as Megatron's Internal Log and a medical report from Ratchet
*[[Garbage In, Garbage Out]] as a box of [[Garbage O's]] cereal
*[[Velocity]] as an Autobot Incident Reports by Bumblebee
*[[Rise of the Constructicons]] as an Autobot Incident Reports by Optimus Prime
*[[A Fistful of Energon]] as Starscream's Internal Log
*[[SUV: Society of Ultimate Villainy]] as excerpts from interrogations conducted by Captain Fanzone
*[[Autoboot Camp]] as Shockwave's Encrypted Internal Log
*[[First (and Second) in Flight]] as a page from Ultra Magnus' memoirs
*[[Black Friday (episode)|Black Friday]] as an Autobot Incident Reports by Optimus Prime
*[[Sari, No One's Home]] as a letter from Sari to her absent father
*[[A Bridge Too Close, Part I]] as Megatron's Internal Log
*[[A Bridge Too Close, Part II]] as an Autobot Incident Reports by Optimus Prime
}}

===Transformers references===

*Pg 112 – An observation of the events of the [[Dispatches|first issue]] of the Animated comic by the trans-dimensional [[Vector Prime]]. He uses the aforementioned Universal Stream classification system to catalog this manuscript, identifying the Animated cartoon universe as “Malgus 1207.26 Alpha”. The designation is later used again on pg 117.

* Pg 116 - Presumably, the trans-dimensional magazine [[Venus (magazine)|Venus]] is named for Beast Wars [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia's]] voice actor, [[Venus Terzo]]. Whatever currency its cover price is in, its represented with a “B” in Predacon Cybertronix! Blackarachnia wears the crown, shoulderpads and cape donned by Generation 1 Starscream for his coronation in [[The Transformers: The Movie]]. References on the cover include:
:*“Sparkmate” is a term used in the N64 Beast Wars: Transmetals video game, to describe Tigatron and Airazor's romantic bond.
:*[[Chain of Command]] is the title of a Beast Wars episode.
:*Readers are invited to compare several pairs of Decepticon and Predacon fembots:
:**[[Clio]] is a Decepticon [[Powermaster]] mentioned by [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] in the letters page of issue #315 of Marvel UK's Generation 1 comic. She is pitted against [[Lyzack]], sister of Decepticon Breastforce warrior [[Leozack]], who appears in the final issue of the Victory manga.
:**[[Manta Ray (BW)|Manta Ray]] is a Beast Wars McDonalds Happy Meal figure, who was established as being female by IDW Publishing's Beast Wars Sourcebook. She is up against the equally aquatic [[Scylla]], from [[Beast Wars II (franchise)|Beast Wars II]].
:**[[Flamewar]] and [[Nightracer]] are both BotCon [[exclusive]] female Decepticons, from 2005 and 1995, respectively. The match-up has a deeper meaning; Nightracer was created by notorious Decepticon fan [[Raksha]], and some fans believe that Flamewar's personality is based on Raksha, though her creator [[Ben Yee]] denies it.
:*Revenge of the Fallen's Pretender [[Alice]] teaches readers how to disarm a foldspace warhead, a weapon which appears in the second issue of the UK's 2007 live-action movie comic.
:*The magazine's gossip columnist is [[Freezon]], the Decepticon car included with Tyco's Transformers Electric Racing Set released in the 1980s. She is dishing the dirt on Lugnut and [[Strika (Animated)|Strika]]'s relationship, which was established in Strika's profile, published in issue #24 of the Transformers Collectors Club Official Magazine.
:*[[Beta Maxx]] is the partner of BotCon 2007 exlusive Alpha Trion, while [[Caliburn]] is partnered with 2004 exclusive, [[Megazarak]]. The cover identifies them as Mini-Cons, despite the fact that no previous writings ever done so (Caliburn is explicitly a [[Micromaster]], while Beta Maxx has only been referred to as an Autobot). Funnily enough, in late 2008, author Jim Sorenson was involved in an argument on the Transformers Wiki about Beta Maxx being a Mini-Con... hmmmn. Anyway, they're talking to Cybertron [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]].

* Pg 119a – Most of the weapons Swindle sells Lugnut and Blitzwing, and the planets he gets them from, are established, if obscure, Transformers items and locales. Most of them were named in the comic story this page covers, "[[Everything Must Go]]", but a few more things are named here. The full list includes:
:*An [[anti-gravity gun|anti-gravity cannon]] from the planet [[Andellor]].
:*A [[triple crusher cannon]] from the planet Talos Four (probably derived from a mistake on TFWIKI.Net, which misspelled [[Taros Four]] in this manner for a time).
:*A decompression pump from [[Torkulon]].
:*[[Glass gas]] and a [[Digital Impact Mace]] (the weapon of choice of [[BotCon 2000]] exclusive toy [[Apelinq]]) from the planet [[Darhos]].
:*Super glue from the [[Menonia]].
:*An [[omega bomb]] from [[Ganzvort]].
:*Two [[Nemesis Shield]]s from [[Garo]] and [[Comb|Com]].
:*A [[Chaosmaster Bomb]] from [[Xeptos]].
:*Circuitry repair patches from [[Cheyne]].

* Pg 119b – Optimus's evaluation form is rendered in the style of classic Transformers [[Tech Spec]]s, but not any one particular design. The training exercise from the comic story “Survival Skills” is revealed to have taken place on [[Kaiba-5]].

* Pg 124-125 The article text of the Detroit Powell Press included in the AllSpark Almanc contain numerous references.
:*[[Irwin Spoon]] was a journalist who appeared in a three-part story in Marvel UK's Generation 1 comic.
:*[[Quake-Maker]] is a supervillain from the UK's Animated comic.
:*The [[Mechanic]] is a human criminal who battled the Autobots in two issues of the Marvel's original Generation 1 comic.
:*The [[Jack Boys]] are a motorcycle gang from the Super-God Masterforce cartoon.
:*[[Jake Lomax]] is a mob boss from issue #13 of Marvel's Generation 1 comic.
:*[[Jacob Lee Bonaventure]] is an industrialist from IDW's [[Hearts of Steel]] mini-series.

:The sidebar on the page also makes numerous references:
:*“Defensor United” refers, of course, to the Generation 1 [[Defensor (G1)|Protectobot combiner]]. The team is thrashed by real-life football team West Ham at [[Tigatron Stadium]], the venue named for the [[Tigatron|Beast Wars character]], which appeared in the Animated episode, [[Five Servos of Doom]].
:*In the Animated universe, the Generation 1 Decepticon ally, mad scientist [[Doctor Arkeville]], is the surgeon general! He recommends [[Ding Dong]]s (favored by the [[President of the United States]] in the live-action movie!) as a cure for the [[Hate Plague]], a rage-inciting disease that appeared in the Generation 1 two-part episode, [[The Return of Optimus Prime]].
:*Racing queen [[Junko Shiragami]] is a human female from the Binaltech Asterisk toyline (who was in turn based upon [[Kelly]] from Robots in Disguise). Here, she is dating scientist [[Michael Avery]], who appeared in the 2007 movie prequel novel, [[Ghosts of Yesterday]].
:*Street Demon racer Roxy Sparkles (earlier named on page 105) is here noted to be a member of the band [[Purple Fungus]], who were a favorite of [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] in the Find Your Fate Junior novel, [[Attack of the Insecticons]].
:*“Princess Ringo” was the nickname by which Kiss Players character [[Ringo Chikuma]] preferred to be known. Here, she has recently visited [[Mont Porte]], the country that is home to the Super-God Masterforce Headmaster Junior [[Minerva]].

:Adverts refer to:
:*[[Dancitron]], a musical event named for a dance club from the Generation 1 cartoon episode [[Auto-Bop]]. Cold Slither is playing here, a band from the G.I. Joe cartoon episode of the same name, created as part of an evil Cobra plot. The piece of music composed as their [[Cold Slither|signature tune]] was used as incidental music in several Transformers episodes.
:*Wyatt Toys, the toy store named after Animated art director [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] which appears in several episodes of the cartoon. The advert notes that the store sells [[Diaclone]] and [[Microman]] figures, the two toylines that were Transformers' progenitors.
:*Roadhog Horton's Motorcycle Show, named after [[Randy “Roadhog” Horton]], a member of the bounty-hunting motorcyclist [[Roadjammer]]s from [[Ca$h and Car-nage!|issue #46]] of the Marvel Generation 1 comic. His show also features autograph signings from Rorza, a reference to the [[Rorza, the Rocket-cycle Racer from Rigel III|Rocket-Cycle Racer from Rigel III]] of the same name from issue #44.
:*A horror movie named “[[Monster from Mars]]”, an elaborate reference to the movie of the same name that was the central plot element of [[Monstercon from Mars!]], issue #45 of the Marvel comic. In said issue, Decepticon Pretender [[Skullgrin]] starred in the title role; this poster features a monster designed to look like Skullgrin in the style of Meltdown's [[fusion creature]]s, in reference to the fact that Skullgrin's fellow Pretenders [[Submarauder (G1)|Submarauder]] and [[Bomb-Burst]] were the base for the two fusion creatures in the cartoon. In both the original comic and this version, the movie is directed by [[Rollie Friendly]] and stars [[Jake Colton]] and [[Carissa Carr]]; this version also adds [[Karen Fishook]], an actress from the Generation 1 cartoon episode, “Hoist Goes Hollywood”. The movie's soundtrack is by the [[High Rollahz]], a band featured in the “Keepers Trilogy” novel, [[Hardwired]].

* Pg 127 – Unnamed in the original comic "[['Bots of Science]]", Ratchet here notes that he has dubbed the cure for Cosmic Rust "[[Corrostop]]". Its ingredients include [[Ingredient X]] and [[razon gas]].

* Pg 134 – The [[Steelhaven (Animated)|Elite Guard ship]] is here given the name ''[[Steelhaven (G1)|Steelhaven]]''.

* Pg 136 – Sari's notebook paper is decorated with an illustration of "Hello [[Nekomimi A and Nekomimi B|Nekomimi]] Pop-Star", a chibified, "Hello Kitty"-style version of Nekomimi A from the Energon episode, "[[Distribution]]". Nekomimi B appears on pg 147 in a similar fashion.

* Pg 138-139
:*The brand of the tire in the logo is [[Wheeljack]] Tyres!

:*In the “fueltritional facts” box alone, there are references to:
:**mercury sauce, a favorite of the [[Mecannibal]]s from the Marvel Generation 1 comic
:**[[Rarified Energon]], introduced in the Transformers Collectors Club magazine storyline, [[Crossing Over]]
:**[[Energon Z]] from [[Zone (franchise)|Zone]]
:**budianskium basil (referring to Transformers writer [[Bob Budiansky]])
:**grated gears (a serving suggestion for ants by Beast Wars [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] in [[Transmutate (episode)|Transmutate]])
:**janick jaAm (see below.)

:*The word jumble unscrambles to read “You lived like a warrior ans died to an hero”, an infamous quote from the late-1990s fanfic by MG-Dinobot, “Dinobot's Old Technology”, which was itself a misquote from the Beast Wars episode [[Code of Hero]]. The quote went on to become one of the most famous online memes from that era of Transformers [[fandom]].
:**The answer at the bottom of the page, however, claims it actually says “WhY mY ShOuldErs hUrT?”, a tortured quote from British fan Blueshift's famous re-scripting of the first Armada pack-in mini-comic. This was also the source of the above-mentioned “jaAm” line, which was since been immortalized on the license plate and packaging bio of the 2009 Universe Hot Shot figure.

:*Illustration B in the “spot the difference” puzzle is, of course, Generation 1 [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock's]] [[character model]].

* Pg 145 – Ultra Magnus's memoir is prefaced with a haiku from "[[Sky-Byte (Animated)|Sky-Byte]], Decepticon poet", referencing the loveable haiku-writing [[Predacon (RID)|Predacon]] [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] from ''[[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]''. He has to be Decepticon here, of course, because there are no Predacons in the ''Animated'' universe. In the course of this page, Magnus mentions [[mitotic spark]]s and the [[Angarix Sector]], a region of space introduced in the Generation 1 episode "[[The Quintesson Journal]]".

* Pg 148 – Megatron refers to the act of [[branding]] the Constructicons with the Decepticon symbol as the "[[Rite of the Deceptibrand]]," after the Autobot equivalent, the "[[Rite of the Autobrand]]".

===Real-world references===
{{Main|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac/Events Real-world references}}

===Errors===
* Page 133: "...have tried harder to recruit the Dinobots as allies, but I was so angry at Prowl's deception that I..." is repeated immediately following the first use in the third paragraph.

* Page 145: The "c" is left out of "First (and Second) in Flight."

==Chapter 5 - Culture==
A catch-all for other aspects of Animated including ships, monsters and customs.
{{collist|3|
*The [[AllSpark (Animated)|AllSpark]] by Optimus Prime
*Autobot Cybertronian forms by Ultra Magnus
*Decepticon Cybertronian forms by Starscream
*The [[Death's Head (Animated)|Death's Head]] by Lockdown
*[[Autobot Shuttle (Animated)|Autobot Shuttle]] by Blitzwing
*[[Automaton|Sumdac robots]] by Porter C. Powell
*Bulkhead's Art by Ratchet, Optimus Prime and Sari
*[[Halloween]] by Bulkhead and Bumblebee
*[[Space barnacles]] by Sari
*[[Nanite|Nanobots]] by Ratchet
*The Media by Soundwave
*[[Ability|Powers]] by Prowl
}}

===Transformers references===
* Pg 161 – Starscream uses the expression “a few [[lipole]]s short of a nest”, referring to the metal-eating bat-creatures native to Jupiter's moon [[Io]], from the Generation 1 multi-part episode, [[Five Faces of Darkness]].

* Pg 164 – Lockdown's spaceship is named the ''[[Death's Head (Animated)|Death's Head]]'', after a certain [[Death's Head (G1)|freelance peacekeeping agent]], yes? It has been upgraded using parts obtained from the planets [[Jörmungandr]] and [[Taxxon]], and the [[Jabbi-Ko]] aliens, outfitted with Vandarian holographic technology (from the same planet as the [[Vandarian fuzz-worm]]s) and [[cybertitanium]] cables (among other items mentioned below as they're non-''Transformers'' references).

* Pg 170 – Bulkhead describes candy as being like [[Ultra-Energon]] for kids.

* Pg 174 – Newscaster [[Lester Black]] is revealed to be the great-nephew of [[Hector Ramirez (Animated)|Hector Ramirez]], a callback to the [[Hector Ramirez (G1)|Generation 1 news reporter of the same name]] (who was actually unnamed in his one ''Transformers'' cartoon appearance).

===Real-world references===
* Pg 164 – Lockdown's spaceship used to be an “IG-2000” class ship, referring to the [[Star Wars]] ship that bore that name. It is outfitted with Deckard cannons (named for Rick Deckard from Blade Runner), Samus-blasters (named for Samus Aran from Metroid), and isomorphic controls preventing anyone other than Lockdown from piloting it, as does Doctor Who's TARDIS. Lockdown rounds out the paragraph by saying “a bot's got to know his limitations”, paraphrasing Clint Eastwood in Magnum Force.

* Pg 165 - “A three hour tour!” cackles Blitzwing, quoting the theme tune of Gilligan's Island.

==Chapter 6 - Detroit==
People, places and things in and about Detroit.
{{collist|3|
*[[Augustus Edsel|Detroit's Leadership]] by Sentinel Prime
*Buildings by Jazz
*[[Blackwater Prison]] by Captain Fanzone
*Solar Fusion by Porter C. Powell
*[[Human|Organic Inhabitants]] by Sentinel Prime
*Emergency Responders by Captain Fanzone
*Earth Vehicles by Jazz
*Stupid Organics (i.e. animals) by Sentinel Prime
}}

===Transformers references===
* Pg 178 – [[Augustus Edsel|Mayor Edsel]] is revealed to be the nephew of famous actor [[Harold Edsel (G1)|Harold Edsel]].

* Pg 183 – The [[Sidney Biggles-Jones Memorial Solar Fusion Plant]] is named after the [[Sidney Biggles-Jones|scientist]] from the Marvel Comics ''[[G.I. Joe]]'' / ''Generation 2'' crossover. The other scientists named as working on solar fusion, [[Brian Jones (Animated)|Brian Jones]], [[Daichi Onishi]], [[Peter Morris (Animated)|Peter Morris]], and [[Felix Adle]], are named after (respectively) [[Brian Jones (Energon)|Dr. Jones]] from ''[[Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'', Doctor [[Kenneth Onishi]], [[Professor Morris]] and [[Professor Adle]].

===Real-world references===
* Pg 189 – [[Jeff Litvack]] is a friend of Jim Sorenson's, who he credits in the acknowledgments of this book. [[Krista Kohlhausen]] is Bill Forster's “favorite person,” according to the acknowledgments of The Ark.

==Chapter 7 - Settings==
Background pictures and associated character models from the first two seasons of Animated.
{{collist|3|
*[[Autobot Earth Base]] by Bulkhead
*[[Decepticon Earth Base]] by Mixmaster and Scrapper
*[[Sumdac Systems]] by Isaac Sumdac
*[[Nemesis (Animated)|The Nemesis]] by Blackarachnia
*[[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]] by Prowl
*[[Meltdown's Subterranean Lab]] by Cyrus "The Colossus" Rhodes
*[[Archa Seven]] by Sentinel Prime
*[[Autobot boot camp]] by Ultra Magnus
}}

===Transformers references===
* Pg 200 – The generic Sumdac Systems technicians are named [[Eddie Fairchild and Matt Conroy]]. These are the names of two prototypical characters who existed in the development phase of the Generation 1 cartoon, who eventually evolved into [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] and [[Chip Chase]].

* Pg 203 – Noted architect George R. Apple. [[Grapple|G.R.Apple]]? Anybody? Anybody? C'mooon!

* Pg 206 – The [[Nemesis (Animated)|Nemesis]] is equipped with a Grand Mal class force field, named after the [[Grand Mal]], the giant fortress-cum-giant head occupied by Beast Wars [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] in the latter stages of the Beast Machines cartoon. It has a cybertroid alloy star drive (just like the Generation 1 [[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]], as mentioned in the G1 episode [[Microbots]]), and has the most sophisticated sensor array this side of the [[Eshems Nebula]], a region of space introduced in IDW Publishing's live-action movie-based [[Defiance]] series.

* Pg 207 – To escape the damaged Nemesis, the Decepticons used Devolan escape pods. The planet [[Devola]] was the site of a huge victory for the Decepticon [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] in the Armada universe.

* Pg 211 – The crashed Decepticon ship on Archa Seven is named the [[Twilight (Animated)|Twilight]], after the [[Twilight (G2)|flagship]] from the Marvel Generation 2 comics.

==Interstitials==
The only place in the book where out-of-universe is presented, the interstitial pages covered divergent continuities as well as select aspects of the animation process.

==Literary elements==
Including the copyright information, title page, foreword and afterwords, notes from the authors and acknowledgments.

===Transformers references===
* Pg 9a – Sorenson and Forster hail from [[universal stream]] Quadwal -3760.925 Theta. Universal streams are a means of classifying the numerous Transformers universes devised by authors [[Greg Sepelak]] and [[Trent Troop]], which first appeared in the Transformers Collectors Club story, [[Withered Hope]]. This particular classification, however, makes no sense, save for the “Theta” suffix, which indicates a “spoken word” or “live performance” scenario. The “-” sign also indicates they're from an evil parallel universe, akin to the Shattered Glass fiction introduced at [[BotCon 2008]], the only other universal stream to be marked like this. “Don't ask,” the authors say.
** But we're the goddamned Transformers Wiki, so screw that "don't ask" stuff. We're nerds, we're gonna do this thing. "Quadwal" is an obvious play on "fourth wall," which is what this universal stream is breaking. September 25, 3760 BC is the first day of the Hebrew calendar, specifically the date some believe Creation began. (So that "-" sign has a double meaning!) So Sorenson and Forster hail from the Real Life Universe, or the negative universe version of it, hence why they are incarcerated criminals.

* Pg 9b – The Reverse-Pretender technology used by Sorenson and Forster is a reference to several 1980s Transformers toy [[commercial]]s, which featured a child leaping into the air and transforming into Ultra Magnus.

* Pg 215 - Marty Isenberg mentions a [[GEEWUN|certain group of fans]], canonizing yet another fan-made term.

===Errors===
* Page 2: In the indicia, the latter "r" is left out of "characters".

==External Links==
[http://www.angelfire.com/anime2/digipedia/annotated_almanac.html Full annotated listing of MOST hidden references in the Almanac]

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Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac

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{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=''Transformers Animated:<br>The AllSpark Almanac''
|image=Allsparkalmanaccover.jpg
|caption=[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]]'s going to have his hands full cleaning these two up.
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|written by=[[Jim Sorenson]] and [[Bill Forster]]
|date=[[August 19]], 2009
|illustrated by=
|continuity=[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]]
|pagecount=220
|ISBN=ISBN 1600104878<br>
ISBN 978-1600104879
}}

{{bigquote|What a brilliant book! Probably the best I've ever read, human or Cybertronian. I can't recommend it strongly enough!|[[Sunstorm (Animated)|Sunstorm]], the rear cover of The AllSpark Almanac}}

'''''Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac''''' is a <s>lusty</s> happy love-letter written to {{SITENAME}} for our carnal pleasure.

==Contents==
*Foreword, by [[Derrick J. Wyatt]]
*Introduction, by the authors
*Interstitial A: ''[[Transformers Hero]]''
*Chapter 1: [[Autobot]]s
*Interstitial B: Lighting
*Chapter 2: [[Decepticon]]s
*Interstitial C: [[Transformation]]s
*Chapter 3: [[Human]]s
*Interstitial D: Opening Credits
*Chapter 4: Events
*Interstitial E: [[Transformers Animated (Titan)|Titan Magazines]]
*Chapter 5: Culture
*Interstitial F: Design Evolution
*Chapter 6: [[Detroit]]
*Interstitial G: [[Bee in the City]]
*Chapter 7: Settings
*Interstitial H: Backgrounds
*Afterword, by [[Marty Isenberg]]
*A Word from [[Hasbro]]
*Acknowledgments

==Notes==

This book is an encyclopedic examination of the entire ''Transformers Animated'' storyline universe. It presents exhaustively thorough character profiles and summaries of the first two seasons of the cartoon and the ''Animated'' [[The Arrival|Arrival]] comic book...''all written completely in-universe'', in the form of "interviews" with the characters or excerpts from their journals and other in-story media.

"Interstitial" interludes are presented out-of-universe and describe the design process behind the art, animation, and locations, as well as brief story summaries of the [[Titan Books|Titan Magazines]] ''Animated'' issues. Elements of toy design are covered as well, but comparatively briefly.

There are also an ''insane'' number of obscure references to Transformers minutiae culled from the 25-year history of the franchise, as well as other sci-fi and entertainment franchises as well. Basically, ''all'' proper nouns and names refer to something or someone, even if that someone is a possibly non-existent character only mentioned once in a letters page of a foreign comic. And that's before we start talking about the ''numbers'': Almost every seemingly incongruous alphanumeric string is a reference to another franchise, be it a ''Star Trek'' stardate or a Terminator's official designation. And that's just the content in English—about a third of the book's pages have large stretches covered in [[Cybertronix]]. Deciphered, these include non-Transformers-related passages, such as extensive, verbatim quotes from diverse sources ranging from Tennyson's ''Ulysses'' to ''Max Headroom''.

Derrick Wyatt has promised that there will be a second AllSpark Almanac, and that it will feature all of the Cyber Ninjas.[http://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/statuses/3990883557]

==Chapter 1 - Autobots==
Chapter one covers all Autobots who appear in the first two seasons of the cartoon.

{{collist|3|
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] by Ultra Magnus
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] by Lockdown
*[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] by Captain Fanzone
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] by Bulkhead
*[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] by Sari
*[[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] by Sentinel Prime
*[[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] by Optimus Prime
*[[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] by Sentinel Prime
*[[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]] by Bumblebee
*[[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobots]] by Blackarachnia
**[[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]]
**[[Snarl (Animated)|Snarl]]
**[[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]]
*[[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]] by Ratchet
*[[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]] by Bulkhead
*[[Wreck-Gar (Animated)|Wreck-Gar]] by Ratchet
*[[Cliffjumper (Animated)|Cliffjumper]] by Bumblebee
*[[Shockwave (Animated)|Longarm Prime]] by Bumblebee
*[[Wasp]] by Shockwave
*[[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]] by Ratchet}}

===Transformers references===

* Pg 15 – [[Optimus Prime (Animated) | Optimus Prime]]'s axe is identified as a [[Solitarium]] ultra-axe.

* Pg 20a – As mentioned in his tech spec, [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] is a [[Protihex]] Medical Mechanical graduate.

* Pg 20b – [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]] refers to Ratchet with the nickname “Cool Hand Lube”, an epithet coined for [[Ratchet (G1)|the original Ratchet]].

* Pg 34 – Unnamed in the ''Animated'' cartoon, the alien planet visited by the young Optimus, [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel]] and [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Elita-1]] populated by giant spiders is here given the named [[Archa Seven]]. Presumably, this puts it in the same system as [[Akalo|Archa Nine]].

* Pg 35 – Sentinel Prime's [[Skyboom (Animated)|shield]] is dubbed a [[Skyboom (Armada)|Skyboom shield]].

* Pg 44 – Ratchet recalls an old flame from [[Crystal City]].

* Pg 55 – [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme's]] profile contains numerous references.
:The language describing Omega's strength deliberately hearkens back to Generation 1 [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega's]] Transformers Universe profile, describing how he can pulverize “steel cubes” of impressive volume and hit diminutive items from a great distance with his head cannon. Numerous Cybertronian units of [[Category:Measurements|measurement]] are used in the process; Omega is said to be able to like 600,000 kilo-units (a measurement used by [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] in the ''Animated'' episode "[[Rise of the Constructicons]]"); the dimensions of the aforementioned cube are given in mechanometers (used in the Generation 1 episode "[[City of Steel]]" and mentioned twice more in the book); and the distance at which he can blast a small object is given in hics (from the Marvel UK 1991 annual story "[[The Magnificent Six!]]" and used once more in the book).
:Omega is also noted to be armed with concussion blasters (the personal weapon of Generation 1 [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]), pulsar bombs (used by the [[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]] on two occasions in the [[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] cartoon), quasar beams (Generation 2 [[Blowout]] and Beast Wars [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] both wielded quasar cannons), friction cannons (G1 [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] was armed with a friction blaster) and aquasting missiles (weapon of choice of the Beast Wars Fuzor [[Injector]]).
:And finally, Omega has armor enhanced with [[rheanimum]].

===Real-world references===

* Pg 46 – Ratchet speculates that Wreck-Gar must have “27,000 gags” hidden in his trash bin. The number 27 is a running gag in [["Weird Al" Yankovic]]'s songs... Al, of course, being the voice actor who played Wreck-Gar.

===Errors===
* Page 33: The [[Magnus Hammer]] is referred to as a "Storm'''breaker'''" hammer instead of "Storm'''bringer'''," a previously-given name for the weapon.

==Chapter 2 - Decepticons==
Character models for all Decepticons who appeared in Animated seasons one and two.
{{collist|3|
*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] by Lugnut
*[[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] by Optimus Prime
*[[Lugnut]] by Blitzwing
*[[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] by Lugnut
*[[Constructicon (Animated)|Constructicons]] by Bulkhead
**[[Mixmaster (Animated)|Mixmaster]]
**[[Scrapper (Animated)|Scrapper]]
*[[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]] by Megatron
*[[Swindle (Animated)|Swindle]] by The Angry Archer
*[[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]] by Sari
*[[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] by himself
*[[Slipstream (Animated)|Slipstream]] by Thundercracker
*[[Thundercracker (Animated)|Thundercracker]] by Ramjet
*[[Ramjet (Animated)|Ramjet]] by Sunstorm
*[[Sunstorm (Animated)|Sunstorm]] by Skywarp
*[[Skywarp (Animated)|Skywarp]] by Slipstream
*[[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]] by Prowl
}}

===Transformers references===
* Pg 60 – Mentioned here and restated on pg 127, Megatron's swords are forged from [[tironium]]. As noted in his tech specs, his armor can deflect anti-proton lasers.

* Pg 66 – As on his toy packaging, Lugnut is referred to with the nickname "The [[Kaon]] Krusher".

* Pg 74 – Shockwave's cannon can fire blasts from anywhere in the electromagnetic spectrum, just like Generation 1 [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] could.

* Pg 77 – Swindle's gyro gun and scatter blaster are named after the weapons of the original Generation 1 [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]].

* Pg 81 – Starscream claims to be the handsomest 'bot "this side of the [[Benzuli Expanse]]".

* Pg 83-84 – Having gone unnamed in the Animated cartoon, [[Thundercracker (Animated)|Thundercracker]], [[Sunstorm (Animated)|Sunstorm]] and [[Skywarp (Animated)|Skywarp]] were all given names and powers derived from their Generation 1 counterparts when they were released as toys. The liar and female clones did not get toys, but ''The AllSpark Almanac'' carries on the trend; the liar clone is named [[Ramjet (Animated)|Ramjet]] and is noted to have a reinforced nosecone for mid-air collisions, while the female clone gets the brand new name of [[Slipstream (Animated)|Slipstream]] (which was previously revealed at [[BotCon 2009]]).

* Pg 88 – Numerous weapons used by Lockdown in the cartoon are here given the names of similar weapons from other corners of the Transformers multiverse. He is armed with [[sleep net]]s (from the Generation 1 coloring book ''[[Bumblebee to the Rescue!]]''), [[nova spray]], and a [[lightning whip]]. His chainsaw is also described as being “micro-serrated”, language frequently used to describe the beak of Generation 1 [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]].

===Real-world references===
* Pg 66 - Blitzwing calls Lugnut a “five-eyed, no-brained, flying purple people eater,” paraphrasing the 1958 Sheb Wooley song, “Purple People Eater”.

* Pg 82 – Starscream's first sycophantic clone is given the numerical designation [[Clone number 2716057|#2716057]], the serial number of hard-drinking robot Bender from Futurama. The first cowardly clone, meanwhile, is marked [[Clone number 3370318|#3370318]], the serial number of Bender's identical duplicate, Flexo.

==Chapter 3 - Humans==
Character models and the occasional background image for the major humans of Animated.
{{collist|3|
*[[Sari Sumdac]] by Bulkhead
*[[Isaac Sumdac]] by Megatron
*[[Carmine Fanzone|Captain Carmine Fanzone]] by Sari
*The [[Angry Archer]] by Swindle
*[[Professor Princess|Professor Penny Princess, PhD]] by Sari
*[[Nanosec]] by Slo-Mo
*[[Slo-Mo]] by Nanosec
*[[Headmaster (Animated)|The Headmaster]] by Bulkhead
*[[Meltdown (Animated)|Meltdown]] by Blackarachnia
*[[Colossus Rhodes]] by Meltdown
*[[Fusion creature]]s
**[[Fusion creature|BAT-MONSTER]] by Grimlock
**The [[Fusion creature|Seafood Louis creature]] by Fanzone
*[[Master Disaster]] by Blurr
*[[Street Demon]] by Bulkhead
**[[Ming-Li]] and [[Roxy Sparkles]] by Sari
**[[Shana Story]] and [[Solon Kitakaze (Animated)|Solon Kitakaze]] by Bumblebee
*[[Porter C. Powell]] by Headmaster
}}

===Transformers references===
* Pg 94 – Swindle plans to imitate [[Angry Archer]]'s antiquated dialect to help facilitate his next deal with the [[Darkling Lords]] of [[Prysmos]]. This is a reference to the 1987 Hasbro toyline, [[Visionaries]]; Prysmos was the planet upon which that series was set, and the Darkling Lords were the villains of the franchise. Visionaries was also a back-up strip for the UK Marvel comics.

* Pg 101 – The name of Prometheus Black's company is given as [[Biotech Unbound]], referring to the Greek poem, “Prometheus Unbound”, which was also the title of a ''[[Beast Machines (franchise)|Beast Machines]]'' [[Prometheus Unbound|episode]].

*Pg 103 – In the Animated cartoon, the bat-monster is noted as having formerly been Meltdown's lawyer. Here, Captain Fanzone notes that the shark-monster was his stock broker. In addition, he calls it a "[[Seafood Louis]] creature"

* Pg 105 – [[Solon Kitakaze (Animated)|Solon Kitakaze]] is named after [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]]'s [[Solon Kitakaze (Victory)|cyborg son]] from the infamously kooky [[Victory (franchise)|Victory]] manga.

===Real-world references===
* Pg 97 – [[Slo-Mo]] is here given the first name of Samantha, and on pg 143, the surname of Lomow. So hey, it turns out that her real name is the same as Hasbro Senior Vice President of Global Marketing [[Samantha Lomow]], on whom she was based.

* Pg 105 – [[Ming-Li]] is named after author Jim Sorenson's wife, Ming-Li Wang. [[Shana Story]] is named for a friend of author Bill Forster, Shana Storey, who is credited in the acknowledgments section of their previous book, [[The Ark II — A Compendium of Japanese Character Designs|The Ark II]].

* Pg 106 – Porter C. Powell's limousine is branded as a “TUX model”, named for the Tonka [[Tonka GoBots|GoBot]] it was designed to resemble.

===Errors===
* Page 95: The "d" is left out of "Powdered Sugar."

==Chapter 4 - Events==
The episodes and comic stories that make up the primary Animated continuity, in order.
{{collist|2|
*[[Transform and Roll Out]] as three Autobot Incident Reports by Optimus Prime and a page from Isaac Sumdac's journal
*[[Dispatches]] as musings from [[Vector Prime]]
*[[Home Is Where the Spark Is]] as an Autobot Incident Reports by Optimus Prime
*[[Total Meltdown]] as an Autobot Incident Reports by Optimus Prime
*[[Blast from the Past]] as Megatron's Encrypted Internal Log
*[[The Arrival issue 4#.22A Few Loose Strands.22|A Few Loose Strands]] as [[Venus (magazine)|Venus]], the trans-dimensional magazine for Decepti-femmes
*[[The Thrill of the Hunt]] as an Autobot Incident Reports by Ratchet
*[[The Arrival #5]] as a page from Swindle's ledger and an evaluation form
*[[Nanosec (episode)|Nanosec]] as an Autobot Incident Reports by Optimus Prime
*[[Along Came a Spider]] as an Autobot Incident Reports by Optimus Prime
*[[The Arrival issue 2#.22Whatever Happened To Whatisname.3F.22|Whatever Happened To Whatisname?]] as a page from Professor Princess' diary
*[[Sound and Fury]] as an Autobot Incident Reports by Optimus Prime
*[[The Arrival issue 2#.22Attention Surplus Disorder.22|Attention Surplus Disorder]] as two pages from the [[Detroit Powell Press]]
*[[Lost and Found (episode)|Lost and Found]] as Lugnut's Encrypted Internal Log
*[[The Arrival #3]] as Megatron's Encrypted Internal Log and a medical report from Ratchet
*[[Survival of the Fittest]] as a police report from Captain Fanzone
*[[Headmaster (episode)|Headmaster]] as an Autobot Incident Reports by Optimus Prime
*[[The Arrival issue 4#.22The Insincerest Form of Flattery.22|The Insincerest Form of Flattery]] as an Autobot Incident Reports by Bulkhead
*[[Nature Calls]] as an Autobot Incident Reports by Prowl
*[[Megatron Rising - Part 1]] as Megatron's Encrypted Internal Log and a medical report from Ratchet
*[[Megatron Rising - Part 2]] as an Autobot Incident Reports by Optimus Prime
*[[The Elite Guard]] as an Autobot Incident Reports by Optimus Prime
*[[The Return of the Headmaster]] as Sentinel Prime's private journal and a letter from Sari to her absent father
*[[Mission Accomplished]] as Megatron's Internal Log and a medical report from Ratchet
*[[Garbage In, Garbage Out]] as a box of [[Garbage O's]] cereal
*[[Velocity]] as an Autobot Incident Reports by Bumblebee
*[[Rise of the Constructicons]] as an Autobot Incident Reports by Optimus Prime
*[[A Fistful of Energon]] as Starscream's Internal Log
*[[SUV: Society of Ultimate Villainy]] as excerpts from interrogations conducted by Captain Fanzone
*[[Autoboot Camp]] as Shockwave's Encrypted Internal Log
*[[First (and Second) in Flight]] as a page from Ultra Magnus' memoirs
*[[Black Friday (episode)|Black Friday]] as an Autobot Incident Reports by Optimus Prime
*[[Sari, No One's Home]] as a letter from Sari to her absent father
*[[A Bridge Too Close, Part I]] as Megatron's Internal Log
*[[A Bridge Too Close, Part II]] as an Autobot Incident Reports by Optimus Prime
}}

===Transformers references===

*Pg 112 – An observation of the events of the [[Dispatches|first issue]] of the Animated comic by the trans-dimensional [[Vector Prime]]. He uses the aforementioned Universal Stream classification system to catalog this manuscript, identifying the Animated cartoon universe as “Malgus 1207.26 Alpha”. The designation is later used again on pg 117.

* Pg 116 - Presumably, the trans-dimensional magazine [[Venus (magazine)|Venus]] is named for Beast Wars [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia's]] voice actor, [[Venus Terzo]]. Whatever currency its cover price is in, its represented with a “B” in Predacon Cybertronix! Blackarachnia wears the crown, shoulderpads and cape donned by Generation 1 Starscream for his coronation in [[The Transformers: The Movie]]. References on the cover include:
:*“Sparkmate” is a term used in the N64 Beast Wars: Transmetals video game, to describe Tigatron and Airazor's romantic bond.
:*[[Chain of Command]] is the title of a Beast Wars episode.
:*Readers are invited to compare several pairs of Decepticon and Predacon fembots:
:**[[Clio]] is a Decepticon [[Powermaster]] mentioned by [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] in the letters page of issue #315 of Marvel UK's Generation 1 comic. She is pitted against [[Lyzack]], sister of Decepticon Breastforce warrior [[Leozack]], who appears in the final issue of the Victory manga.
:**[[Manta Ray (BW)|Manta Ray]] is a Beast Wars McDonalds Happy Meal figure, who was established as being female by IDW Publishing's Beast Wars Sourcebook. She is up against the equally aquatic [[Scylla]], from [[Beast Wars II (franchise)|Beast Wars II]].
:**[[Flamewar]] and [[Nightracer]] are both BotCon [[exclusive]] female Decepticons, from 2005 and 1995, respectively. The match-up has a deeper meaning; Nightracer was created by notorious Decepticon fan [[Raksha]], and some fans believe that Flamewar's personality is based on Raksha, though her creator [[Ben Yee]] denies it.
:*Revenge of the Fallen's Pretender [[Alice]] teaches readers how to disarm a foldspace warhead, a weapon which appears in the second issue of the UK's 2007 live-action movie comic.
:*The magazine's gossip columnist is [[Freezon]], the Decepticon car included with Tyco's Transformers Electric Racing Set released in the 1980s. She is dishing the dirt on Lugnut and [[Strika (Animated)|Strika]]'s relationship, which was established in Strika's profile, published in issue #24 of the Transformers Collectors Club Official Magazine.
:*[[Beta Maxx]] is the partner of BotCon 2007 exlusive Alpha Trion, while [[Caliburn]] is partnered with 2004 exclusive, [[Megazarak]]. The cover identifies them as Mini-Cons, despite the fact that no previous writings ever done so (Caliburn is explicitly a [[Micromaster]], while Beta Maxx has only been referred to as an Autobot). Funnily enough, in late 2008, author Jim Sorenson was involved in an argument on the Transformers Wiki about Beta Maxx being a Mini-Con... hmmmn. Anyway, they're talking to Cybertron [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]].

* Pg 119a – Most of the weapons Swindle sells Lugnut and Blitzwing, and the planets he gets them from, are established, if obscure, Transformers items and locales. Most of them were named in the comic story this page covers, "[[Everything Must Go]]", but a few more things are named here. The full list includes:
:*An [[anti-gravity gun|anti-gravity cannon]] from the planet [[Andellor]].
:*A [[triple crusher cannon]] from the planet Talos Four (probably derived from a mistake on TFWIKI.Net, which misspelled [[Taros Four]] in this manner for a time).
:*A decompression pump from [[Torkulon]].
:*[[Glass gas]] and a [[Digital Impact Mace]] (the weapon of choice of [[BotCon 2000]] exclusive toy [[Apelinq]]) from the planet [[Darhos]].
:*Super glue from the [[Menonia]].
:*An [[omega bomb]] from [[Ganzvort]].
:*Two [[Nemesis Shield]]s from [[Garo]] and [[Comb|Com]].
:*A [[Chaosmaster Bomb]] from [[Xeptos]].
:*Circuitry repair patches from [[Cheyne]].

* Pg 119b – Optimus's evaluation form is rendered in the style of classic Transformers [[Tech Spec]]s, but not any one particular design. The training exercise from the comic story “Survival Skills” is revealed to have taken place on [[Kaiba-5]].

* Pg 124-125 The article text of the Detroit Powell Press included in the AllSpark Almanc contain numerous references.
:*[[Irwin Spoon]] was a journalist who appeared in a three-part story in Marvel UK's Generation 1 comic.
:*[[Quake-Maker]] is a supervillain from the UK's Animated comic.
:*The [[Mechanic]] is a human criminal who battled the Autobots in two issues of the Marvel's original Generation 1 comic.
:*The [[Jack Boys]] are a motorcycle gang from the Super-God Masterforce cartoon.
:*[[Jake Lomax]] is a mob boss from issue #13 of Marvel's Generation 1 comic.
:*[[Jacob Lee Bonaventure]] is an industrialist from IDW's [[Hearts of Steel]] mini-series.

:The sidebar on the page also makes numerous references:
:*“Defensor United” refers, of course, to the Generation 1 [[Defensor (G1)|Protectobot combiner]]. The team is thrashed by real-life football team West Ham at [[Tigatron Stadium]], the venue named for the [[Tigatron|Beast Wars character]], which appeared in the Animated episode, [[Five Servos of Doom]].
:*In the Animated universe, the Generation 1 Decepticon ally, mad scientist [[Doctor Arkeville]], is the surgeon general! He recommends [[Ding Dong]]s (favored by the [[President of the United States]] in the live-action movie!) as a cure for the [[Hate Plague]], a rage-inciting disease that appeared in the Generation 1 two-part episode, [[The Return of Optimus Prime]].
:*Racing queen [[Junko Shiragami]] is a human female from the Binaltech Asterisk toyline (who was in turn based upon [[Kelly]] from Robots in Disguise). Here, she is dating scientist [[Michael Avery]], who appeared in the 2007 movie prequel novel, [[Ghosts of Yesterday]].
:*Street Demon racer Roxy Sparkles (earlier named on page 105) is here noted to be a member of the band [[Purple Fungus]], who were a favorite of [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] in the Find Your Fate Junior novel, [[Attack of the Insecticons]].
:*“Princess Ringo” was the nickname by which Kiss Players character [[Ringo Chikuma]] preferred to be known. Here, she has recently visited [[Mont Porte]], the country that is home to the Super-God Masterforce Headmaster Junior [[Minerva]].

:Adverts refer to:
:*[[Dancitron]], a musical event named for a dance club from the Generation 1 cartoon episode [[Auto-Bop]]. Cold Slither is playing here, a band from the G.I. Joe cartoon episode of the same name, created as part of an evil Cobra plot. The piece of music composed as their [[Cold Slither|signature tune]] was used as incidental music in several Transformers episodes.
:*Wyatt Toys, the toy store named after Animated art director [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] which appears in several episodes of the cartoon. The advert notes that the store sells [[Diaclone]] and [[Microman]] figures, the two toylines that were Transformers' progenitors.
:*Roadhog Horton's Motorcycle Show, named after [[Randy “Roadhog” Horton]], a member of the bounty-hunting motorcyclist [[Roadjammer]]s from [[Ca$h and Car-nage!|issue #46]] of the Marvel Generation 1 comic. His show also features autograph signings from Rorza, a reference to the [[Rorza, the Rocket-cycle Racer from Rigel III|Rocket-Cycle Racer from Rigel III]] of the same name from issue #44.
:*A horror movie named “[[Monster from Mars]]”, an elaborate reference to the movie of the same name that was the central plot element of [[Monstercon from Mars!]], issue #45 of the Marvel comic. In said issue, Decepticon Pretender [[Skullgrin]] starred in the title role; this poster features a monster designed to look like Skullgrin in the style of Meltdown's [[fusion creature]]s, in reference to the fact that Skullgrin's fellow Pretenders [[Submarauder (G1)|Submarauder]] and [[Bomb-Burst]] were the base for the two fusion creatures in the cartoon. In both the original comic and this version, the movie is directed by [[Rollie Friendly]] and stars [[Jake Colton]] and [[Carissa Carr]]; this version also adds [[Karen Fishook]], an actress from the Generation 1 cartoon episode, “Hoist Goes Hollywood”. The movie's soundtrack is by the [[High Rollahz]], a band featured in the “Keepers Trilogy” novel, [[Hardwired]].

* Pg 127 – Unnamed in the original comic "[['Bots of Science]]", Ratchet here notes that he has dubbed the cure for Cosmic Rust "[[Corrostop]]". Its ingredients include [[Ingredient X]] and [[razon gas]].

* Pg 134 – The [[Steelhaven (Animated)|Elite Guard ship]] is here given the name ''[[Steelhaven (G1)|Steelhaven]]''.

* Pg 136 – Sari's notebook paper is decorated with an illustration of "Hello [[Nekomimi A and Nekomimi B|Nekomimi]] Pop-Star", a chibified, "Hello Kitty"-style version of Nekomimi A from the Energon episode, "[[Distribution]]". Nekomimi B appears on pg 147 in a similar fashion.

* Pg 138-139
:*The brand of the tire in the logo is [[Wheeljack]] Tyres!

:*In the “fueltritional facts” box alone, there are references to:
:**mercury sauce, a favorite of the [[Mecannibal]]s from the Marvel Generation 1 comic
:**[[Rarified Energon]], introduced in the Transformers Collectors Club magazine storyline, [[Crossing Over]]
:**[[Energon Z]] from [[Zone (franchise)|Zone]]
:**budianskium basil (referring to Transformers writer [[Bob Budiansky]])
:**grated gears (a serving suggestion for ants by Beast Wars [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] in [[Transmutate (episode)|Transmutate]])
:**janick jaAm (see below.)

:*The word jumble unscrambles to read “You lived like a warrior ans died to an hero”, an infamous quote from the late-1990s fanfic by MG-Dinobot, “Dinobot's Old Technology”, which was itself a misquote from the Beast Wars episode [[Code of Hero]]. The quote went on to become one of the most famous online memes from that era of Transformers [[fandom]].
:**The answer at the bottom of the page, however, claims it actually says “WhY mY ShOuldErs hUrT?”, a tortured quote from British fan Blueshift's famous re-scripting of the first Armada pack-in mini-comic. This was also the source of the above-mentioned “jaAm” line, which was since been immortalized on the license plate and packaging bio of the 2009 Universe Hot Shot figure.

:*Illustration B in the “spot the difference” puzzle is, of course, Generation 1 [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock's]] [[character model]].

* Pg 145 – Ultra Magnus's memoir is prefaced with a haiku from "[[Sky-Byte (Animated)|Sky-Byte]], Decepticon poet", referencing the loveable haiku-writing [[Predacon (RID)|Predacon]] [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] from ''[[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]''. He has to be Decepticon here, of course, because there are no Predacons in the ''Animated'' universe. In the course of this page, Magnus mentions [[mitotic spark]]s and the [[Angarix Sector]], a region of space introduced in the Generation 1 episode "[[The Quintesson Journal]]".

* Pg 148 – Megatron refers to the act of [[branding]] the Constructicons with the Decepticon symbol as the "[[Rite of the Deceptibrand]]," after the Autobot equivalent, the "[[Rite of the Autobrand]]".

===Real-world references===
{{Main|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac/Events Real-world references}}

===Errors===
* Page 133: "...have tried harder to recruit the Dinobots as allies, but I was so angry at Prowl's deception that I..." is repeated immediately following the first use in the third paragraph.

* Page 145: The "c" is left out of "First (and Second) in Flight."

==Chapter 5 - Culture==
A catch-all for other aspects of Animated including ships, monsters and customs.
{{collist|3|
*The [[AllSpark (Animated)|AllSpark]] by Optimus Prime
*Autobot Cybertronian forms by Ultra Magnus
*Decepticon Cybertronian forms by Starscream
*The [[Death's Head (Animated)|Death's Head]] by Lockdown
*[[Autobot Shuttle (Animated)|Autobot Shuttle]] by Blitzwing
*[[Automaton|Sumdac robots]] by Porter C. Powell
*Bulkhead's Art by Ratchet, Optimus Prime and Sari
*[[Halloween]] by Bulkhead and Bumblebee
*[[Space barnacles]] by Sari
*[[Nanite|Nanobots]] by Ratchet
*The Media by Soundwave
*[[Ability|Powers]] by Prowl
}}

===Transformers references===
* Pg 161 – Starscream uses the expression “a few [[lipole]]s short of a nest”, referring to the metal-eating bat-creatures native to Jupiter's moon [[Io]], from the Generation 1 multi-part episode, [[Five Faces of Darkness]].

* Pg 164 – Lockdown's spaceship is named the ''[[Death's Head (Animated)|Death's Head]]'', after a certain [[Death's Head (G1)|freelance peacekeeping agent]], yes? It has been upgraded using parts obtained from the planets [[Jörmungandr]] and [[Taxxon]], and the [[Jabbi-Ko]] aliens, outfitted with Vandarian holographic technology (from the same planet as the [[Vandarian fuzz-worm]]s) and [[cybertitanium]] cables (among other items mentioned below as they're non-''Transformers'' references).

* Pg 170 – Bulkhead describes candy as being like [[Ultra-Energon]] for kids.

* Pg 174 – Newscaster [[Lester Black]] is revealed to be the great-nephew of [[Hector Ramirez (Animated)|Hector Ramirez]], a callback to the [[Hector Ramirez (G1)|Generation 1 news reporter of the same name]] (who was actually unnamed in his one ''Transformers'' cartoon appearance).

===Real-world references===
* Pg 164 – Lockdown's spaceship used to be an “IG-2000” class ship, referring to the [[Star Wars]] ship that bore that name. It is outfitted with Deckard cannons (named for Rick Deckard from Blade Runner), Samus-blasters (named for Samus Aran from Metroid), and isomorphic controls preventing anyone other than Lockdown from piloting it, as does Doctor Who's TARDIS. Lockdown rounds out the paragraph by saying “a bot's got to know his limitations”, paraphrasing Clint Eastwood in Magnum Force.

* Pg 165 - “A three hour tour!” cackles Blitzwing, quoting the theme tune of Gilligan's Island.

==Chapter 6 - Detroit==
People, places and things in and about Detroit.
{{collist|3|
*[[Augustus Edsel|Detroit's Leadership]] by Sentinel Prime
*Buildings by Jazz
*[[Blackwater Prison]] by Captain Fanzone
*Solar Fusion by Porter C. Powell
*[[Human|Organic Inhabitants]] by Sentinel Prime
*Emergency Responders by Captain Fanzone
*Earth Vehicles by Jazz
*Stupid Organics (i.e. animals) by Sentinel Prime
}}

===Transformers references===
* Pg 178 – [[Augustus Edsel|Mayor Edsel]] is revealed to be the nephew of famous actor [[Harold Edsel (G1)|Harold Edsel]].

* Pg 183 – The [[Sidney Biggles-Jones Memorial Solar Fusion Plant]] is named after the [[Sidney Biggles-Jones|scientist]] from the Marvel Comics ''[[G.I. Joe]]'' / ''Generation 2'' crossover. The other scientists named as working on solar fusion, [[Brian Jones (Animated)|Brian Jones]], [[Daichi Onishi]], [[Peter Morris (Animated)|Peter Morris]], and [[Felix Adle]], are named after (respectively) [[Brian Jones (Energon)|Dr. Jones]] from ''[[Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'', Doctor [[Kenneth Onishi]], [[Professor Morris]] and [[Professor Adle]].

===Real-world references===
* Pg 189 – [[Jeff Litvack]] is a friend of Jim Sorenson's, who he credits in the acknowledgments of this book. [[Krista Kohlhausen]] is Bill Forster's “favorite person,” according to the acknowledgments of The Ark.

==Chapter 7 - Settings==
Background pictures and associated character models from the first two seasons of Animated.
{{collist|3|
*[[Autobot Earth Base]] by Bulkhead
*[[Decepticon Earth Base]] by Mixmaster and Scrapper
*[[Sumdac Systems]] by Isaac Sumdac
*[[Nemesis (Animated)|The Nemesis]] by Blackarachnia
*[[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]] by Prowl
*[[Meltdown's Subterranean Lab]] by Cyrus "The Colossus" Rhodes
*[[Archa Seven]] by Sentinel Prime
*[[Autobot boot camp]] by Ultra Magnus
}}

===Transformers references===
* Pg 200 – The generic Sumdac Systems technicians are named [[Eddie Fairchild and Matt Conroy]]. These are the names of two prototypical characters who existed in the development phase of the Generation 1 cartoon, who eventually evolved into [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] and [[Chip Chase]].

* Pg 203 – Noted architect George R. Apple. [[Grapple|G.R.Apple]]? Anybody? Anybody? C'mooon!

* Pg 206 – The [[Nemesis (Animated)|Nemesis]] is equipped with a Grand Mal class force field, named after the [[Grand Mal]], the giant fortress-cum-giant head occupied by Beast Wars [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] in the latter stages of the Beast Machines cartoon. It has a cybertroid alloy star drive (just like the Generation 1 [[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]], as mentioned in the G1 episode [[Microbots]]), and has the most sophisticated sensor array this side of the [[Eshems Nebula]], a region of space introduced in IDW Publishing's live-action movie-based [[Defiance]] series.

* Pg 207 – To escape the damaged Nemesis, the Decepticons used Devolan escape pods. The planet [[Devola]] was the site of a huge victory for the Decepticon [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] in the Armada universe.

* Pg 211 – The crashed Decepticon ship on Archa Seven is named the [[Twilight (Animated)|Twilight]], after the [[Twilight (G2)|flagship]] from the Marvel Generation 2 comics.

==Interstitials==
The only place in the book where out-of-universe is presented, the interstitial pages covered divergent continuities as well as select aspects of the animation process.

==Literary elements==
Including the copyright information, title page, foreword and afterwords, notes from the authors and acknowledgments.

===Transformers references===
* Pg 9a – Sorenson and Forster hail from [[universal stream]] Quadwal -3760.925 Theta. Universal streams are a means of classifying the numerous Transformers universes devised by authors [[Greg Sepelak]] and [[Trent Troop]], which first appeared in the Transformers Collectors Club story, [[Withered Hope]]. This particular classification, however, makes no sense, save for the “Theta” suffix, which indicates a “spoken word” or “live performance” scenario. The “-” sign also indicates they're from an evil parallel universe, akin to the Shattered Glass fiction introduced at [[BotCon 2008]], the only other universal stream to be marked like this. “Don't ask,” the authors say.
** But we're the goddamned Transformers Wiki, so screw that "don't ask" stuff. We're nerds, we're gonna do this thing. "Quadwal" is an obvious play on "fourth wall," which is what this universal stream is breaking. September 25, 3760 BC is the first day of the Hebrew calendar, specifically the date some believe Creation began. (So that "-" sign has a double meaning!) So Sorenson and Forster hail from the Real Life Universe, or the negative universe version of it, hence why they are incarcerated criminals.

* Pg 9b – The Reverse-Pretender technology used by Sorenson and Forster is a reference to several 1980s Transformers toy [[commercial]]s, which featured a child leaping into the air and transforming into Ultra Magnus.

* Pg 215 - Marty Isenberg mentions a [[GEEWUN|certain group of fans]], canonizing yet another fan-made term.

===Errors===
* Page 2: In the indicia, the latter "r" is left out of "characters".

==External Links==
[http://www.angelfire.com/anime2/digipedia/annotated_almanac.html Full annotated listing of MOST hidden references in the Almanac]

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Alpha Trion/Shattered Glass

2009-09-27T04:13:51Z

218.214.49.189: /* Trivia */

{{factions|sgAutobot}}
{{disambig3.5|the evil Autobot|his heroic counterpart|Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion}}
:''Alpha Trion is an evil [[Autobot]] from the "[[Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]" [[continuity family]]. He is also known as the "Old One".''
[[Image:Alphatriontimelinestranscendent.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Eventually one of them was bound to go senile.]]
'''Alpha Trion''' is from a universe where the [[Decepticon]]s were defeated long ago. He is also the owner of a sword taken from a dead Decepticon named [[Slaughter]], a sword which can corrupt the mind of the wielder towards evil. But an act of sabotage took him from his original universe and whisked him here, to [[Axiom Nexus]], where he fights an underground war against the arrogant [[Transcendent Technomorph|TransTech]], who aim to control the populace with mind control devices.

None of the above is true.

Sure, ''this'' Alpha Trion may seem like a nice old robot [[Alpha Trion (disambiguation)|like all the others]], but wait until you're introduced to his ceiling of mutilated corpses! Then the web of lies will begin to unravel...

==Fiction==
===Shattered Glass===
{{ongoing}}
Alpha Trion, also known as the Old One, acted as an adviser to [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]] in a [[Shattered Glass (franchise)|shattered universe]]. Prime had little patience for the Old One's lies and scheming, and so Alpha Trion was banished from this universe. {{storylink|Shattered Glass (issue)|Shattered Glass}} Alpha Trion left a [[:Category:Alpha Trion's acolytes|secret cadre of loyalists]] behind who would wait for his return. {{storylink|Reunification: Part 1}}

The outcast sage found himself in the [[multiverse|multiversal]] hub city of [[Axiom Nexus]], in the ancient, super-advanced universe of the TransTech Transformers. Rather than admit defeat, Alpha Trion plotted anew, and gathered another group of loyalists. [[Maximal]]s [[Blackarachnia (TransTech)|Blackarachnia]] and [[Nightscream (TransTech)|Nightscream]] and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s [[Scavenger (TransTech)|Scavenger]] and [[Immorticon]] soon fell under his wing. He easily turned their feelings against the TransTech government, as they had dealt with corruption in their native universe, and once Alpha Trion had also accumulated a skilled Transformer named [[Topspin (Classics)|Topspin]], the experiments began. With Topspin's help, Alpha Trion was able to move the sparks of his Maximal and Predacon acolytes into new TransTech bodies. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 25|''TransTech'' Blackarachnia's profile}} But Topspin himself was the piece to a larger puzzle, and one that Alpha Trion, with his intimate knowledge of Cybertronian lore, had devious plans for. All he needed were the other pieces. {{storylink|Reunification: Part 2}}

[[Image:Alphatrionceilingofcorpses.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Dammit, A3, you show them the rec room first. THEN the ceiling of corpses.]]
Alpha Trion soon found these pieces. He was assigned to three newcomers to Axiom Nexus, [[Skyfall (Cybertron)|Skyfall]], [[Landquake (Timelines)|Landquake]], and [[Breakaway (Classics)|Breakaway]], and instructed to help them acclimate to their new dimension. However, after Breakaway was abducted right under their noses by [[Shockwave (TransTech)|mechs unknown]], {{storylink|Transcendent: Part 1}} Alpha Trion revealed his real plan. He revealed that the TransTechs that ruled over the city were an untrustworthy and manipulative lot, and that there were personality inhibitors broadcast through satellites in this [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron's]] orbit. Furthermore, they had a habit of abducting certain mechs of interest, and were likely probing the slag out of poor Breakaway somewhere. Skyfall and Landquake began to feel uncomfortable, so Alpha Trion tried to reassure them. He led the two to his room full of ceiling-suspended TransTech corpses. {{storylink|Transcendent: Part 2}}

For some reason, that didn't work. Alpha Trion's helper, Topspin, arrived to explain, noting that none of the corpses were actually dead, as their [[spark]]s were kept safe elsewhere. These were nothing more than their experiments in trying to help mechs escape Axiom Nexus, as its inhabitants' bodies are tagged. Speaking privately with Skyfall, Alpha Trion gave him his own sword for safekeeping. He warned it once belonged to a Decepticon named Slaughter, and though it could influence terribly the thoughts of the bearer, Alpha Trion believed Skyfall had as strong a spirit as himself. Should Alpha Trion fall, Skyfall would have to keep it. {{storylink|Transcendent: Part 3}}

Nightscream brought word to Alpha Trion: He had learned where the TransTech had taken Breakaway! Alpha Trion informed his acolytes that they would attack that very night. {{storylink|Transcendent: Part 4}} Gathering Nightscream, Scavenger, Blackarachnia, Immorticon, Topspin, and an increasingly suspicious Skyfall and Landquake, Alpha Trion stormed the [[Transwarp Complex]] in search of Shockwave's lab and the Transit Room. After he killed the guards and ran [[Depth Charge (TransTech)|Depth Charge]] through with his sword, he reminded Skyfall of the terrible influence of his evil weapon. He took Skyfall, Landquake, and Immorticon with him towards the lab and ordered the others to occupy the Transit Room. Unfortunately, [[Megatron (TransTech)|Megatron]] was in their way. {{storylink|Transcendent: Part 5}} It wasn't long before the TransTech military commander struck a devastating blow, mutilating one side of Alpha Trion's face But he and the two multiversal hitchhikers made their getaway (with Breakaway in tow) as Megatron was busy reducing Immorticon to rubble.

[[Image:Skyfallwontbethereforit.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"You don't even get the non-attending exclusive package."]]
As the group neared the Transit Room, Alpha Trion told Skyfall of his great importance, how back in his original universe, [[Vector Sigma]] had told him that "[[Primus]] is calling his first sons home." Unfortunately for Skyfall, Alpha Trion had different plans. While the others disappeared through the Transit Room into Alpha Trion's original universe, he impaled Skyfall with his sword, killing him. Skyfall's conscience and strength of will would have served as a distraction in Alpha Trion's coming rise to power, and "Reunification" could take place with one of "them" dead. He then ordered Nightscream to drag the body through the portal with them, as Alpha Trion had a universe to conquer. {{storylink|Transcendent: Part 6}}

Alpha Trion and the others appeared back in his home universe within his old lab. Though Alpha Trion wished to get directly at the task at hand, Breakaway and Landquake obviously had questions about Skyfall's demise. When pressed on the issue, Alpha Trion told Landquake that Skyfall had been shot from behind on their way through the portal, but Breakaway was quick to note that Skyfall had a blade wound, not a gun wound. Alpha Trion sighed, and as more of his acolytes (ones native to this universe) arrived, he called for them to seize the two... and Topspin. {{storylink|Reunification: Part 1}} Topspin was puzzled, to say the least, as he had been very loyal to Alpha Trion. This act of betrayal unhinged Topspin, and after he killed [[Kickback (SG)|one of Alpha Trion's acolytes]], the three were able to escape Alpha Trion's lab with Skyfall's body. Alpha Trion decided to move his group to another of his labs and hunt them down another day. {{storylink|Reunification: Part 2}}

Some weeks later, Alpha Trion communicated with [[Rodimus (SG)|Rodimus]] that his plans were in place and he was ready to strike. Rodimus' assassins would kill Optimus Prime at the same time [[Cyclonus (SG)|Trion's agents]] killed [[Megatron (SG)|Megatron]], thus paving the way for the two of them to conquer Cybertron and [[Earth]]. {{storylink|Reunification: Part 3}}
{{--}}
==Toys==
===Timelines===
[[Image:Timelinestoy-AlphaTrion.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Old people can't drive, but they sure can fence.]]
* '''Alpha Trion'''/'''Weirdwolf''' (souvenir add-on, BotCon 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Sword, missile, Cyber Planet Key

: A bagged set of Alpha Trion, [[Beta Maxx]] and [[Weirdwolf]] was released at [[BotCon 2007]] as a souvenir set add-on, limited to 1400 pieces. Alpha Trion was a [[retool]] of [[Cybertron (toyline)|''Cybertron'']] [[Vector Prime]], [[redeco]]ed in purple, white, and red, plus a new head.

: Alpha Trion transforms into a large Cybertronian space cruiser with "solar panel" wings, his shape seemingly taking cues from both the ''[[Beast Wars (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' starship ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' and the ''[[Star Wars]]'' Sith Infiltrator. His nosecone has a spring-loaded missile launcher at the tip. Inserting his [[Cyber Planet Key]] (painted gold to resemble the [[Key to Vector Sigma]]) does not activate any sounds, unlike Vector Prime's toy. Alpha Trion has the more flexible translucent plastic parts ([[for safety reasons]]) of the [[Hasbro]] version of the mold.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Autobot/BCAlphaTrion/alphatrion.htm More information on Alpha Trion at TFU.info]''
{{--}}
==Trivia==
* ''Timelines'' Alpha Trion's profile card is super-misleading! It doesn't mention how he's evil at all! Just stuff about how he knows lots of things and has advised lots of Transformers, which is technically true. And how we don't know much about him yet. It doesn't say he's ''not'' evil, but...
* However, the profile card does state that [[Beta Maxx]] is his "constant companion." We've never seen Beta Maxx in any fiction, despite the numerous appearances of this Alpha Trion thus far...
* The situation with Alpha Trion is a little difficult, he might have been intended to be part of the [[Classics (2006)|Classics]] toyline, but has never made an appearance in this universe fiction-wise. The toy's bio also does not contradict its status of being a Shattered Glass toy. He just "evolved" into what we now have with the publishing of [[Timelines (fiction)|Timelines]] stories featuring him, but he was always kind of hinted at being sinister. So he might be the first "official" Shattered Glass toy or a new kind of [[repurposing]].

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Gilthor

2009-09-27T04:00:35Z

218.214.49.189: /* The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers */

{{factions|quintesson|decepticon}}
:''Guiltaur is a [[Quintesson]] creation from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Guiltaur.jpg|right|300px|thumb|I was [[Nemesis Prime]] ''before'' it was cool!]]

The Colossal Cannon Soldier '''Guiltaur''' is a bizarre, vicious fusion of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], built by the [[Quintesson]]s. Created from the same [[Cybertonium]] alloys which made Optimus Prime so resilient, and boasting a Destrogun many times more powerful than Megatron's [[fusion cannon]], his combat power exceeds his predecessors' in nearly every way.

Guiltaur, however, is ultimately a lifeless shell, animated by the ghost of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], causing him to succumb to the same weaknesses as the Decepticon jet.

==Fiction==
===''Transformers 2010'' story pages===

When the [[Quintesson]]s stole [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s dead body and brought it back to life as a rampaging [[zombie]], {{storylink|Dark Awakening}} they used his specifications to help create Guiltaur. Teaming with the [[Decepticon]]s, they also obtained [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s specifications, completing their work of art.

Built with the same [[Cybertonium]] alloy as Prime and boasting a Destrogun more powerful than Megatron's [[fusion cannon]], Guiltaur was also built to be able to combine his Destrogun with his shoulder artillery and Active Revolver to create the super destructive "Bazooka Storm" attack. {{storylink|Transformers 2010 (story page)|A Mysterious Decepticon Soldier Appears. He is the Colossal Cannon Soldier Guiltaur!}}

===''The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers''===
[[Image:Guiltar-vehicle.jpg|left|180px|thumb|It's a better truck mode than THS Convoy, at least]]

Guiltaur rose from the sea off of Japan, seeking out [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]], who was engaged in a one-on-one battle with [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. Just as Rodimus appeared to gain a decisive victory over his enemy, Guiltaur attacked Rodimus from behind with a variety of artillery modes, sending the Autobot leader flying. As it turned out, the one-on-one showdown Galvatron had invited Rodimus Prime to was in reality a trap.

Galvatron revealed that Guiltaur was a Transformer created by the Quintessons, who had risen up the ranks of the Decepticons... because apparently, Galvatron doesn't have any accumulated memory whatsoever. As Galvatron gloated over his fallen enemy, praising Guiltaur's obedience, Guiltaur snuck behind him and attacked, savagely beating Galvatron and kicking him to where Rodimus had fallen. His true intentions were revealed: Guiltaur was gunning for leadership of the Decepticons, which even a concussed box turtle could have seen coming. But not Galvatron.

[[Image:Guiltor-Gun.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Preparing to complete the preparation for completion.]]

Down, Galvatron revealed to Rodimus that Guiltaur was built using the combined skills and essences of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], making him a most formidable adversary. With no other choice but to cooperate, the two faction leaders teamed up against their new common foe. Rodimus transformed into vehicle mode and rammed the unsuspecting Guiltar, Galvatron following-up with a blast in cannon mode. The two then joined in a combined "Galvatron/Rodimus Kick", destroying Guiltaur's body. Much to their surprise, Starscream's ghost floated free of the shattered chassis. As if to rub it in his face, Rodimus reminded Galvatron that, obviously, the Quintessons could not be trusted. The two went their separate ways for now, both too weak from Guiltaur's attacks to continue the fight. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 4|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #4}}

{{--}}

==Notes==
[[Image:GuiltorPrelim01.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Mega-mouth!]]
*The [[Romanization]] of the character's name given here is not "official"; there isn't one. There are any number of ways to spell it from the katakana given (ギルトール ''Girutōru''), including but not limited to Guiltar, Guiltall, Guiltor, Giltole, Gyltore, and Barry Manilow. "Guiltaur" is just the one used here. The mora (syllables, basically) of his name can be romanized as follows: ギ = Gi, Ghi, Gy (with a hard "g"), Gui (silent "u" here); ル = ru, lu, r, rr, l, ll; トー = tō, too, toh, tow, tou (pronounced "tow"), tow, taw, tau (pronounced like "taw"), ta (as in "tall" rather than "tap" ); ル = ru, lu, r, l, rr, ll, re, le.

* Guiltaur's preliminary head design did not feature Optimus Prime's faceplate; effectively, he looked like [[Endgame Pt. III: Seeds of the Future|Megatron wearing an Optimus hat]]! The early name of Guiltaur in the conceptual art is called "Convotron", which derives from "'''Convo'''y" and "Mega'''tron'''".

==External links==
* [http://www.tfarchive.com/comics/japanese/trans143.php English translation of "The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers" #4]

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Action Master Elite

2009-09-25T06:42:07Z

218.214.49.189:

{{cleanup|August 2009|Proper formatting, with Intro/Fiction/Toy section.}}

:''Action Master Elites are a [[Subgroup]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Continuity family]].''

[[Image:G1OmegaSpreem toy.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Omega Spreem.]]
[[Image:G1DoublePunch toy.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Double Punch.]]
'''Action Master Elites''' are [[Action Master|Action Masters]]—the group of Transformers who are unable to transform—who are able to transform. There's something not quite right about any of that.

The Action Master Elites were released [[Generation 1 Europe (toyline)|only in Europe and Australasia in 1991]], at a time when the [[The Transformers (toyline)|US toyline]] had ended (albeit temporarily, [[Generation 2 (toyline)|as it turned out]]). Each toy had a built-in button that, when pressed in vehicle mode, performed motion on the toy. Three of the four released bear strong resemblance to previously-existing Transformers, however, only one of those three had toys which had previously been released in Europe.

There has been very little fiction featuring any of the Action Master Elites, so it is unknown how they retained or regained their transforming ability, although an unnamed robot resembling [[Windmill (G1)|Windmill]] is the captain of the ''[[Sojourner's Passage]]'' in the [[Universe (2003 comic)|''Transformers Universe'' comic series]].

The four were as follows:

*Autobots
**[[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Spreem]]. Changing into a Cybertronian tank, the robot's design (though not his colours) bears a strong resemblance to [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. However the original Omega Supreme toy was not released in Europe.
**[[Windmill (G1)|Windmill]]. The only fully original design, who transforms into a high-impact, counterstrike helicopter.
*Decepticons
**[[Double Punch (G1)|Double Punch]]. Changing into a mechanical scorpion, both his design and colour scheme strongly resemble BlackZarak, the upgrade (and retooling) of [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] in the Japanese [[Super-God Masterforce (franchise)|''Super-God Masterforce'' franchise]]. Yet BlackZarak was never available in Europe, and the Action Master Elites were not released in Japan.
**[[Turbo Master]]. Transforms into Cybertronian dual-propeller helicopter. His robot mode bears a resemblance to [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], who, for once, actually was released in Europe.

[[Category:Action Masters| Elite]]
[[Category:Generation 1]]
[[Category:Subgroups]]
[[Category:Gimmicks]]

The Transformers Universe (Marvel)

2009-09-04T10:27:49Z

218.214.49.189: /* Issue #1 */

{{disambig3|Universe}}
{{disambig2|the Marvel profile books|the Dreamwave profile books|More Than Meets The Eye (G1)}}
[[Image:TFUMarvel1.jpg|right|180px|thumb|YELLOW POWER!]]
'''''Transformers Universe''''' is a four-issue limited series published by [[Marvel Comics]] in 1986 featuring expanded [[Bio|bios]] for the Transformers that had appeared thus far in the comic and toy lines. The entries were organized alphabetically, with the exception that characters who first appeared in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' were held until Issue 4. Each character had a lengthy write-up, divided into three sections: Profile, Abilities, and Weaknesses. A header section gave the character's name, allegiance, function, and the issue number of their first Marvel Comics appearance, for those who had appeared in the book (which included the bulk of the entries).

Entries for characters from Transformers: The Movie differ greatly in style from the rest, sometimes omitting sections entirely. The writing style for these characters suggests that their profiles are actually pre-production notes from very early in the characters' development, before their character models had actually been designed; [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], for example, is described as a "multi-engine, and perhaps multi-wing" spacecraft, with weapons such as "an incendiary bomb rack" which are clearly not present on his character model.

==Issue #1==
[[Image:TFUMarvel1-full.JPG|right|180px|thumb|"Beginning a 4-issue guide to all the Autobots and Decepticons." Well... except Barrage and Camshaft. And Chop Shop and Downshift. And that's just ''this'' issue!]]
* Cover: red background; Bumblebee on the front; Bruticus on the back. "1st Collector's Item Issue! Beginning a ''4''-issue guide to all the Autobots and Decepticons-- their powers and weaknesses -- and ''more!''"

{{collist|4|
* [[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]]
* [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]
* [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]]
* [[Blades (G1)|Blades]]
* [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]
* [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]]
* [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]
* [[Bluestreak]]
* [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]]
* [[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]]
* [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]]
* [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]]
* [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]]
* [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]]
* [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]
* [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]
* [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]]
* [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]]
* [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]]
* [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]]
* [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]
* [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]
* [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]]
* [[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]]
* [[Drag Strip]]
* [[Eject]]
* [[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]]
* [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]]
* [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]]
* [[Gears (G1)|Gears]]
* [[Grapple]]
* [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]
}}

==Issue #2==
[[Image:TFUMarvel2-full.JPG|right|180px|thumb|Both leaders are terrible shots.]]
* Cover: yellow background; Optimus Prime on the front, firing at Megatron on the back cover, who returns fire. "''2nd'' sensational issue! Continuing a ''4''-issue guide to everything ''you'' ever wanted to know about the Autobots and Decepticons!"

{{collist|4|
* [[Groove (G1)|Groove]]
* [[Headstrong]]
* [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]]
* [[Hook (G1)|Hook]]
* [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]]
* [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]
* [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]]
* [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]
* [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]
* [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (includes art of his "Cybertron mode" from the cartoon)
* [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]
* [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]]
* [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]]
* [[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]]
* [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]
* [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]
* [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]
* [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]]
* [[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]]
* [[Motormaster]]
* [[Octane]]
* [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]
* [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]]
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]
* [[Outback]]
* [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]
* [[Pipes]]
* [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]]
* [[Predaking]]
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]
* [[Ramhorn]]
* [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]
}}

==Issue #3==
[[Image:TFUMarvel3-full.JPG|right|180px|thumb|]]
* Cover: blue background; dino-mode Sludge, Snarl and Slag on the front; Shockwave on the back (perhaps a nod to their clashes in [[Repeat Performance!|issue #8]].) "''3rd'' tantalizing issue! Continuing a ''4''-issue guide to the biggest stars of ''TV, MOVIES,'' and ''COMICS!''"

{{collist|4|
* [[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]]
* [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]
* [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]
* [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]
* [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]]
* [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]
* [[Rewind]]
* [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]
* [[Runabout]]
* [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]]
* [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]]
* [[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]]
* [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]]
* [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]]
* [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]
* [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]]
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]]
* [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]]
* [[Skids (G1)|Skids]]
* [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]]
* [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]]
* [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]
* [[Slag (G1)|Slag]]
* [[Slingshot]]
* [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]]
* [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]]
* [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]]
* [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]
* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]
* [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]]
* [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]
* [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]
* [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]]
}}

==Issue #4==
[[Image:TFUMarvel4-full.JPG|right|180px|thumb|]]
* Cover: black background; Arcee and Ultra Magnus on the front; Unicron on the back. "''4th'' final issue! Concluding a ''4''-part guide to all the Autobots and Decepticons! ''BONUS!'' All the new Transformers from the hit movie included in this issue!"

{{collist|4|
* [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]]
* [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]]
* [[Tailgate]]
* [[Tantrum]]
* [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]]
* [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]
* [[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]]
* [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]]
* [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]
* [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]
* [[Twin Twist]]
* [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]]
* [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]]
* [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]
* [[Wildrider]]
* [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]]
* [[Arblus]]
* [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]
* [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]]
* [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]
* [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]
* [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]
* [[Rodimus Prime (G1)|Rodimus Prime]]
* [[Kranix]]
* [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]
* [[Quintesson|Quintessons]], with artwork of a Judge, a "Gatekeeper", and a guard.
* [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]
* [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticon]]
* [[Springer (G1)|Springer]]
* [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]
* [[Unicron]]
* [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]]
* [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]], including robot-mode art for "Junkion 1" and "Junkion 2"
}}

==Omissions==
* Divebomb's eagle mode is not shown at all.
* Metroplex's entry includes no individual art for Scamper, Six Gun and Slammer.
* Perceptor's third "artillery piece" mode is mentioned but not shown.
* Sky Lynx's combined bird-lynx mode is omitted.
* Tracks' flying car mode is omitted.
* Like Metroplex, Trypticon's entry contains no artwork for Brunt and Full-Tilt (or even Wipe-Out).
* The "base" modes for the four Scramble City combiner team leaders are neither mentioned nor portrayed.
* Characters entirely missing include the [[Omnibot (G1)|Omnibots]], the two Deluxe Autobots ([[Roadbuster]] and [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]]), the four Deluxe [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] ([[Barrage (Insecticon)|Barrage]], [[Chop Shop]], [[Ransack (G1)|Ransack]] and [[Venom (G1)|Venom]]), and... [[Hubcap (G1)|Hubcap]] and [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]]. Yeah, we don't get it either.

==Errors==
* Bluestreak's name is parsed as two words: Blue Streak.
* Cassette-mode Buzzsaw is colored almost entirely red.
* Cliffjumper's "Weaknesses" are written as if he still has his preliminary nomenclature of 'Blow-Out'.
* Hot Spot's name is parsed as "Hotspot".
* Huffer's art features a rounded hood behind his head, out of keeping with his toy, alternate mode, and usual [[character model]].
* The lower half of Kickback's face is colored the same blue-black as his body, as if he had a faceplate instead of a standard mouth.
* Megatron's art is based on his pre-animation model, including the differently-shaped head and a trigger on his fusion cannon. His pistol mode is mostly colored blue-black.
* Marvel had misplaced the model sheet for the front of Optimus Prime's vehicle mode, explaining why it is shown from behind.
* Ramhorn has a Decepticon symbol on both his rhino mode and his cassette mode.
* Roller and the Combat Deck are likewise not shown in Optimus Prime's entry.
* Perceptor's face gets the same colored-lower-half treatment as Kickback.
* The faces of Shrapnel, Sideswipe, Skywarp, Snarl and Slag are colored the same blue-black as their heads. Most should be white or light gray.
* Sideswipe is missing his shoulder missile launcher.
* Soundwave is drawn as though he has a mouth. He's colored purple instead of blue, but this is consistent with his appearance in the Marvel comics.
* Sunstreaker's entry notes his disdain for his brother Sideswipe's rear-mounted engine... even though ''Sunstreaker'' is the one with said engine.
* Trailbreaker's forcefield projector is missing.
* Scourge's alternate mode is shown in the earlier (less toy-like) version which features his head poking out of the top, though his eyes have been replaced with some kind of scanner reading panel.
* The Movie characters' write-ups are incomplete. Arblus, Arcee, the Quintessons, and the Sharkticon are missing the "Abilities" section; Blurr, Cyclonus, Galvatron, Kup, Springer, Ultra Magnus, Wheelie and Wreck-Gar have no "Weaknesses" section.

==Notes==
* The series was later republished in a single volume although a handful of character profiles, such as [[Eject]], [[Rewind]], [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]], [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]], [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]], [[Tailgate]], [[Topspin (G1)|Top Spin]], [[Twin Twist]] and [[Pipes]] were left out (though their pictures appeared on the cover).
* Although cleaned up by artists [[Ian Akin]] and [[Brian Garvey]], all the character artwork was based upon [[Character model|character models]] for the animated series.
* Characters such as Cyclonus who had two different character models generally use the earlier version, showcasing the divide between models used for the cartoon and models used for the comic.
* Issue 4 includes the Transformers: The Movie characters, including several non-toy characters.
* With issue [[Club Con!|#47]] of the Marvel Comic, new post-1986 character entries under the ''Transformers Universe'' heading began appearing on a semi-regular basis, ending in issue [[The Last Autobot?|#79]]. In these cases, the artwork was based upon the character models used in the US toy commercials. Many 1987 and 1988 characters never received such profiles, however.
* The profiles were also used as part of the UK comic’s "Transformers A-Z" feature.
* Scans of the series frequently appear on the Internet.
* Though the title on the cover is ''Transformers Universe,'' the title in the indicia is ''The Transformers Universe.''
* ''Transformers Universe'' has essentially been supplanted by the ''[[More Than Meets The Eye (G1)|More Than Meets The Eye]]'' guide books, which include profiles for every G1 Transformer, including the Micromasters.

[[Category:Comics]]
[[Category:Generation 1]]
[[Category:Profile books]]

The Transformers Universe (Marvel)

2009-09-04T10:27:21Z

218.214.49.189: /* Issue #1 */

{{disambig3|Universe}}
{{disambig2|the Marvel profile books|the Dreamwave profile books|More Than Meets The Eye (G1)}}
[[Image:TFUMarvel1.jpg|right|180px|thumb|YELLOW POWER!]]
'''''Transformers Universe''''' is a four-issue limited series published by [[Marvel Comics]] in 1986 featuring expanded [[Bio|bios]] for the Transformers that had appeared thus far in the comic and toy lines. The entries were organized alphabetically, with the exception that characters who first appeared in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' were held until Issue 4. Each character had a lengthy write-up, divided into three sections: Profile, Abilities, and Weaknesses. A header section gave the character's name, allegiance, function, and the issue number of their first Marvel Comics appearance, for those who had appeared in the book (which included the bulk of the entries).

Entries for characters from Transformers: The Movie differ greatly in style from the rest, sometimes omitting sections entirely. The writing style for these characters suggests that their profiles are actually pre-production notes from very early in the characters' development, before their character models had actually been designed; [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], for example, is described as a "multi-engine, and perhaps multi-wing" spacecraft, with weapons such as "an incendiary bomb rack" which are clearly not present on his character model.

==Issue #1==
[[Image:TFUMarvel1-full.JPG|right|180px|thumb|"Beginning a 4-issue guide to all the Autobots and Decepticons. Well... except Barrage and Camshaft. And Chop Shop and Downshift. And that's just ''this'' issue!]]
* Cover: red background; Bumblebee on the front; Bruticus on the back. "1st Collector's Item Issue! Beginning a ''4''-issue guide to all the Autobots and Decepticons-- their powers and weaknesses -- and ''more!''"

{{collist|4|
* [[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]]
* [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]
* [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]]
* [[Blades (G1)|Blades]]
* [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]
* [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]]
* [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]
* [[Bluestreak]]
* [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]]
* [[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]]
* [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]]
* [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]]
* [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]]
* [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]]
* [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]
* [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]
* [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]]
* [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]]
* [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]]
* [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]]
* [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]
* [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]
* [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]]
* [[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]]
* [[Drag Strip]]
* [[Eject]]
* [[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]]
* [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]]
* [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]]
* [[Gears (G1)|Gears]]
* [[Grapple]]
* [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]
}}

==Issue #2==
[[Image:TFUMarvel2-full.JPG|right|180px|thumb|Both leaders are terrible shots.]]
* Cover: yellow background; Optimus Prime on the front, firing at Megatron on the back cover, who returns fire. "''2nd'' sensational issue! Continuing a ''4''-issue guide to everything ''you'' ever wanted to know about the Autobots and Decepticons!"

{{collist|4|
* [[Groove (G1)|Groove]]
* [[Headstrong]]
* [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]]
* [[Hook (G1)|Hook]]
* [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]]
* [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]
* [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]]
* [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]
* [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]
* [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (includes art of his "Cybertron mode" from the cartoon)
* [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]
* [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]]
* [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]]
* [[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]]
* [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]
* [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]
* [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]
* [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]]
* [[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]]
* [[Motormaster]]
* [[Octane]]
* [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]
* [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]]
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]
* [[Outback]]
* [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]
* [[Pipes]]
* [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]]
* [[Predaking]]
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]
* [[Ramhorn]]
* [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]
}}

==Issue #3==
[[Image:TFUMarvel3-full.JPG|right|180px|thumb|]]
* Cover: blue background; dino-mode Sludge, Snarl and Slag on the front; Shockwave on the back (perhaps a nod to their clashes in [[Repeat Performance!|issue #8]].) "''3rd'' tantalizing issue! Continuing a ''4''-issue guide to the biggest stars of ''TV, MOVIES,'' and ''COMICS!''"

{{collist|4|
* [[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]]
* [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]
* [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]
* [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]
* [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]]
* [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]
* [[Rewind]]
* [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]
* [[Runabout]]
* [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]]
* [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]]
* [[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]]
* [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]]
* [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]]
* [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]
* [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]]
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]]
* [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]]
* [[Skids (G1)|Skids]]
* [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]]
* [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]]
* [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]
* [[Slag (G1)|Slag]]
* [[Slingshot]]
* [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]]
* [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]]
* [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]]
* [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]
* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]
* [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]]
* [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]
* [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]
* [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]]
}}

==Issue #4==
[[Image:TFUMarvel4-full.JPG|right|180px|thumb|]]
* Cover: black background; Arcee and Ultra Magnus on the front; Unicron on the back. "''4th'' final issue! Concluding a ''4''-part guide to all the Autobots and Decepticons! ''BONUS!'' All the new Transformers from the hit movie included in this issue!"

{{collist|4|
* [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]]
* [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]]
* [[Tailgate]]
* [[Tantrum]]
* [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]]
* [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]
* [[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]]
* [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]]
* [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]
* [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]
* [[Twin Twist]]
* [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]]
* [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]]
* [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]
* [[Wildrider]]
* [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]]
* [[Arblus]]
* [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]
* [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]]
* [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]
* [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]
* [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]
* [[Rodimus Prime (G1)|Rodimus Prime]]
* [[Kranix]]
* [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]
* [[Quintesson|Quintessons]], with artwork of a Judge, a "Gatekeeper", and a guard.
* [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]
* [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticon]]
* [[Springer (G1)|Springer]]
* [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]
* [[Unicron]]
* [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]]
* [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]], including robot-mode art for "Junkion 1" and "Junkion 2"
}}

==Omissions==
* Divebomb's eagle mode is not shown at all.
* Metroplex's entry includes no individual art for Scamper, Six Gun and Slammer.
* Perceptor's third "artillery piece" mode is mentioned but not shown.
* Sky Lynx's combined bird-lynx mode is omitted.
* Tracks' flying car mode is omitted.
* Like Metroplex, Trypticon's entry contains no artwork for Brunt and Full-Tilt (or even Wipe-Out).
* The "base" modes for the four Scramble City combiner team leaders are neither mentioned nor portrayed.
* Characters entirely missing include the [[Omnibot (G1)|Omnibots]], the two Deluxe Autobots ([[Roadbuster]] and [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]]), the four Deluxe [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] ([[Barrage (Insecticon)|Barrage]], [[Chop Shop]], [[Ransack (G1)|Ransack]] and [[Venom (G1)|Venom]]), and... [[Hubcap (G1)|Hubcap]] and [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]]. Yeah, we don't get it either.

==Errors==
* Bluestreak's name is parsed as two words: Blue Streak.
* Cassette-mode Buzzsaw is colored almost entirely red.
* Cliffjumper's "Weaknesses" are written as if he still has his preliminary nomenclature of 'Blow-Out'.
* Hot Spot's name is parsed as "Hotspot".
* Huffer's art features a rounded hood behind his head, out of keeping with his toy, alternate mode, and usual [[character model]].
* The lower half of Kickback's face is colored the same blue-black as his body, as if he had a faceplate instead of a standard mouth.
* Megatron's art is based on his pre-animation model, including the differently-shaped head and a trigger on his fusion cannon. His pistol mode is mostly colored blue-black.
* Marvel had misplaced the model sheet for the front of Optimus Prime's vehicle mode, explaining why it is shown from behind.
* Ramhorn has a Decepticon symbol on both his rhino mode and his cassette mode.
* Roller and the Combat Deck are likewise not shown in Optimus Prime's entry.
* Perceptor's face gets the same colored-lower-half treatment as Kickback.
* The faces of Shrapnel, Sideswipe, Skywarp, Snarl and Slag are colored the same blue-black as their heads. Most should be white or light gray.
* Sideswipe is missing his shoulder missile launcher.
* Soundwave is drawn as though he has a mouth. He's colored purple instead of blue, but this is consistent with his appearance in the Marvel comics.
* Sunstreaker's entry notes his disdain for his brother Sideswipe's rear-mounted engine... even though ''Sunstreaker'' is the one with said engine.
* Trailbreaker's forcefield projector is missing.
* Scourge's alternate mode is shown in the earlier (less toy-like) version which features his head poking out of the top, though his eyes have been replaced with some kind of scanner reading panel.
* The Movie characters' write-ups are incomplete. Arblus, Arcee, the Quintessons, and the Sharkticon are missing the "Abilities" section; Blurr, Cyclonus, Galvatron, Kup, Springer, Ultra Magnus, Wheelie and Wreck-Gar have no "Weaknesses" section.

==Notes==
* The series was later republished in a single volume although a handful of character profiles, such as [[Eject]], [[Rewind]], [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]], [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]], [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]], [[Tailgate]], [[Topspin (G1)|Top Spin]], [[Twin Twist]] and [[Pipes]] were left out (though their pictures appeared on the cover).
* Although cleaned up by artists [[Ian Akin]] and [[Brian Garvey]], all the character artwork was based upon [[Character model|character models]] for the animated series.
* Characters such as Cyclonus who had two different character models generally use the earlier version, showcasing the divide between models used for the cartoon and models used for the comic.
* Issue 4 includes the Transformers: The Movie characters, including several non-toy characters.
* With issue [[Club Con!|#47]] of the Marvel Comic, new post-1986 character entries under the ''Transformers Universe'' heading began appearing on a semi-regular basis, ending in issue [[The Last Autobot?|#79]]. In these cases, the artwork was based upon the character models used in the US toy commercials. Many 1987 and 1988 characters never received such profiles, however.
* The profiles were also used as part of the UK comic’s "Transformers A-Z" feature.
* Scans of the series frequently appear on the Internet.
* Though the title on the cover is ''Transformers Universe,'' the title in the indicia is ''The Transformers Universe.''
* ''Transformers Universe'' has essentially been supplanted by the ''[[More Than Meets The Eye (G1)|More Than Meets The Eye]]'' guide books, which include profiles for every G1 Transformer, including the Micromasters.

[[Category:Comics]]
[[Category:Generation 1]]
[[Category:Profile books]]

The Transformers Universe (Marvel)

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[[Image:TFUMarvel1.jpg|right|180px|thumb|YELLOW POWER!]]
'''''Transformers Universe''''' is a four-issue limited series published by [[Marvel Comics]] in 1986 featuring expanded [[Bio|bios]] for the Transformers that had appeared thus far in the comic and toy lines. The entries were organized alphabetically, with the exception that characters who first appeared in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' were held until Issue 4. Each character had a lengthy write-up, divided into three sections: Profile, Abilities, and Weaknesses. A header section gave the character's name, allegiance, function, and the issue number of their first Marvel Comics appearance, for those who had appeared in the book (which included the bulk of the entries).

Entries for characters from Transformers: The Movie differ greatly in style from the rest, sometimes omitting sections entirely. The writing style for these characters suggests that their profiles are actually pre-production notes from very early in the characters' development, before their character models had actually been designed; [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], for example, is described as a "multi-engine, and perhaps multi-wing" spacecraft, with weapons such as "an incendiary bomb rack" which are clearly not present on his character model.

==Issue #1==
[[Image:TFUMarvel1-full.JPG|right|180px|thumb|]]
* Cover: red background; Bumblebee on the front; Bruticus on the back. "1st Collector's Item Issue! Beginning a ''4''-issue guide to all the Autobots and Decepticons-- their powers and weaknesses -- and ''more!''"

{{collist|4|
* [[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]]
* [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]
* [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]]
* [[Blades (G1)|Blades]]
* [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]
* [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]]
* [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]
* [[Bluestreak]]
* [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]]
* [[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]]
* [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]]
* [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]]
* [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]]
* [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]]
* [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]
* [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]
* [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]]
* [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]]
* [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]]
* [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]]
* [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]
* [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]
* [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]]
* [[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]]
* [[Drag Strip]]
* [[Eject]]
* [[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]]
* [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]]
* [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]]
* [[Gears (G1)|Gears]]
* [[Grapple]]
* [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]
}}

==Issue #2==
[[Image:TFUMarvel2-full.JPG|right|180px|thumb|Both leaders are terrible shots.]]
* Cover: yellow background; Optimus Prime on the front, firing at Megatron on the back cover, who returns fire. "''2nd'' sensational issue! Continuing a ''4''-issue guide to everything ''you'' ever wanted to know about the Autobots and Decepticons!"

{{collist|4|
* [[Groove (G1)|Groove]]
* [[Headstrong]]
* [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]]
* [[Hook (G1)|Hook]]
* [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]]
* [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]
* [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]]
* [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]
* [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]
* [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (includes art of his "Cybertron mode" from the cartoon)
* [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]
* [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]]
* [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]]
* [[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]]
* [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]
* [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]
* [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]
* [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]]
* [[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]]
* [[Motormaster]]
* [[Octane]]
* [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]
* [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]]
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]
* [[Outback]]
* [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]
* [[Pipes]]
* [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]]
* [[Predaking]]
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]
* [[Ramhorn]]
* [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]
}}

==Issue #3==
[[Image:TFUMarvel3-full.JPG|right|180px|thumb|]]
* Cover: blue background; dino-mode Sludge, Snarl and Slag on the front; Shockwave on the back (perhaps a nod to their clashes in [[Repeat Performance!|issue #8]].) "''3rd'' tantalizing issue! Continuing a ''4''-issue guide to the biggest stars of ''TV, MOVIES,'' and ''COMICS!''"

{{collist|4|
* [[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]]
* [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]
* [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]
* [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]
* [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]]
* [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]
* [[Rewind]]
* [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]
* [[Runabout]]
* [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]]
* [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]]
* [[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]]
* [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]]
* [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]]
* [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]
* [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]]
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]]
* [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]]
* [[Skids (G1)|Skids]]
* [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]]
* [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]]
* [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]
* [[Slag (G1)|Slag]]
* [[Slingshot]]
* [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]]
* [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]]
* [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]]
* [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]
* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]
* [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]]
* [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]
* [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]
* [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]]
}}

==Issue #4==
[[Image:TFUMarvel4-full.JPG|right|180px|thumb|]]
* Cover: black background; Arcee and Ultra Magnus on the front; Unicron on the back. "''4th'' final issue! Concluding a ''4''-part guide to all the Autobots and Decepticons! ''BONUS!'' All the new Transformers from the hit movie included in this issue!"

{{collist|4|
* [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]]
* [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]]
* [[Tailgate]]
* [[Tantrum]]
* [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]]
* [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]
* [[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]]
* [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]]
* [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]
* [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]
* [[Twin Twist]]
* [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]]
* [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]]
* [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]
* [[Wildrider]]
* [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]]
* [[Arblus]]
* [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]
* [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]]
* [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]
* [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]
* [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]
* [[Rodimus Prime (G1)|Rodimus Prime]]
* [[Kranix]]
* [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]
* [[Quintesson|Quintessons]], with artwork of a Judge, a "Gatekeeper", and a guard.
* [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]
* [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticon]]
* [[Springer (G1)|Springer]]
* [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]
* [[Unicron]]
* [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]]
* [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]], including robot-mode art for "Junkion 1" and "Junkion 2"
}}

==Omissions==
* Divebomb's eagle mode is not shown at all.
* Metroplex's entry includes no individual art for Scamper, Six Gun and Slammer.
* Perceptor's third "artillery piece" mode is mentioned but not shown.
* Sky Lynx's combined bird-lynx mode is omitted.
* Tracks' flying car mode is omitted.
* Like Metroplex, Trypticon's entry contains no artwork for Brunt and Full-Tilt (or even Wipe-Out).
* The "base" modes for the four Scramble City combiner team leaders are neither mentioned nor portrayed.
* Characters entirely missing include the [[Omnibot (G1)|Omnibots]], the two Deluxe Autobots ([[Roadbuster]] and [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]]), the four Deluxe [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] ([[Barrage (Insecticon)|Barrage]], [[Chop Shop]], [[Ransack (G1)|Ransack]] and [[Venom (G1)|Venom]]), and... [[Hubcap (G1)|Hubcap]] and [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]]. Yeah, we don't get it either.

==Errors==
* Bluestreak's name is parsed as two words: Blue Streak.
* Cassette-mode Buzzsaw is colored almost entirely red.
* Cliffjumper's "Weaknesses" are written as if he still has his preliminary nomenclature of 'Blow-Out'.
* Hot Spot's name is parsed as "Hotspot".
* Huffer's art features a rounded hood behind his head, out of keeping with his toy, alternate mode, and usual [[character model]].
* The lower half of Kickback's face is colored the same blue-black as his body, as if he had a faceplate instead of a standard mouth.
* Megatron's art is based on his pre-animation model, including the differently-shaped head and a trigger on his fusion cannon. His pistol mode is mostly colored blue-black.
* Marvel had misplaced the model sheet for the front of Optimus Prime's vehicle mode, explaining why it is shown from behind.
* Ramhorn has a Decepticon symbol on both his rhino mode and his cassette mode.
* Roller and the Combat Deck are likewise not shown in Optimus Prime's entry.
* Perceptor's face gets the same colored-lower-half treatment as Kickback.
* The faces of Shrapnel, Sideswipe, Skywarp, Snarl and Slag are colored the same blue-black as their heads. Most should be white or light gray.
* Sideswipe is missing his shoulder missile launcher.
* Soundwave is drawn as though he has a mouth. He's colored purple instead of blue, but this is consistent with his appearance in the Marvel comics.
* Sunstreaker's entry notes his disdain for his brother Sideswipe's rear-mounted engine... even though ''Sunstreaker'' is the one with said engine.
* Trailbreaker's forcefield projector is missing.
* Scourge's alternate mode is shown in the earlier (less toy-like) version which features his head poking out of the top, though his eyes have been replaced with some kind of scanner reading panel.
* The Movie characters' write-ups are incomplete. Arblus, Arcee, the Quintessons, and the Sharkticon are missing the "Abilities" section; Blurr, Cyclonus, Galvatron, Kup, Springer, Ultra Magnus, Wheelie and Wreck-Gar have no "Weaknesses" section.

==Notes==
* The series was later republished in a single volume although a handful of character profiles, such as [[Eject]], [[Rewind]], [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]], [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]], [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]], [[Tailgate]], [[Topspin (G1)|Top Spin]], [[Twin Twist]] and [[Pipes]] were left out (though their pictures appeared on the cover).
* Although cleaned up by artists [[Ian Akin]] and [[Brian Garvey]], all the character artwork was based upon [[Character model|character models]] for the animated series.
* Characters such as Cyclonus who had two different character models generally use the earlier version, showcasing the divide between models used for the cartoon and models used for the comic.
* Issue 4 includes the Transformers: The Movie characters, including several non-toy characters.
* With issue [[Club Con!|#47]] of the Marvel Comic, new post-1986 character entries under the ''Transformers Universe'' heading began appearing on a semi-regular basis, ending in issue [[The Last Autobot?|#79]]. In these cases, the artwork was based upon the character models used in the US toy commercials. Many 1987 and 1988 characters never received such profiles, however.
* The profiles were also used as part of the UK comic’s "Transformers A-Z" feature.
* Scans of the series frequently appear on the Internet.
* Though the title on the cover is ''Transformers Universe,'' the title in the indicia is ''The Transformers Universe.''
* ''Transformers Universe'' has essentially been supplanted by the ''[[More Than Meets The Eye (G1)|More Than Meets The Eye]]'' guide books, which include profiles for every G1 Transformer, including the Micromasters.

[[Category:Comics]]
[[Category:Generation 1]]
[[Category:Profile books]]

Knockoff

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[[Image:Bootleg.jpg|right|273px|thumb|Super Combination Robot B/O 17-in-1. One just sold for $350 on Ebay. Feel free to throw up in your mouth a little.]]
A '''knockoff''' is a product similar or identical to a product of one company, but made by another without the authorization of the original maker. In the ''Transformers'' fandom, the term is commonly abbreviated '''KO'''. The term '''bootleg''' is also sometimes used as a synonym.

==What's a knockoff?==
Not all transforming robots from makers other than [[Hasbro]], [[Takaratomy]], [[Bandai]], or other major toy makers are knockoffs, but those toys which wholly or partly duplicate pre-existing designs are well-qualified for the term. The term is also applied by fans, however, to some robots whose design was entirely original with the manufacturer, if said manufacturer is commonly associated with knockoffs, or if this maker's products are often sold in company with knockoffs.

Whether an original design, modified, or slavishly copied, knockoffs are often cheaper than the products of major toymakers. However, the quality of knockoffs is often poorer than that of the originals, including bad plastic quality, bad sticker application, and bad paint applications. Odd colors, excess chrome, resizings, and modifications are common. The world of knockoffs is a strange land of gigantic chromed swords, Gundam/[[Brave]] card art, and wacky packaging translations.

==Legal analysis of knockoffs==
Despite myths to the contrary, most ''Transformers'' knockoffs are illegal. In HASBRO BRADLEY, INC. v. SPARKLE TOYS, INC., 780 F.2d 189 (2nd Cir. 1985), the Second Circuit granted an injunction on Sparkle Toys' Jumpstarter knockoffs, where Hasbro showed a likelihood of success for infringement of their copyright in the Jumpstarters toys.<ref>[http://www.law.cornell.edu/copyright/cases/780_F2d_189.htm http://www.law.cornell.edu/copyright/cases/780_F2d_189.htm]</ref> For those not law literate, this basically means that (A) Hasbro held a valid copyright in the Jumpstarters, and (B) Hasbro had a strong enough case that this would have gone to a jury, which would ultimately decide whether there was infringement.

Although Hasbro and Takara's design patents on ''Transformers'' toys expire after 14 years from issuance, their copyright in ''Transformers'' toys lasts for 95 years from publication, i.e., sale to the public. Thus, while the design patents on some ''Transformers'' toys have expired, the copyright protection on all ''Transformers'' toys is still in effect. For useful articles, such as a reconfigurable toy, copyright protects only those expressive elements that are separable from the function. While a transformation is probably not protectable because it is functional, the overall look of the robot or alternate mode is protectable. Thus, while a heavily remolded knockoff that only retains the transformation of the original toy may avoid infringement, a toy that is only resized or is only painted in different colors would infringe Hasbro and Takara's copyright regardless of the slight modification.

==Availability of knockoffs==
Through most of the 1990s, knockoffs were relatively difficult to find in the West. Many fans had luck finding them at flea markets, hole-in-the-wall non-chain toy stores, or discount stores like Big Lots!. Some knockoff transforming robot toys did show up in chain toy stores, such as the Convert-A-Bots [[Sky Garry (G1)|Sky Garry]] and Tek Toys ''Voltron'' I—both widely available at Toys R Us—but they were few and far between.

In the 2000s, knockoffs became more accessible. The Kidi Toys gestalt knockoffs were widely available at Family Dollar and Kay Bee Toy Liquidator stores, and saturated eBay. Happy Well knockoffs took up shelf space next to Transformers Armada toys at Wal-Mart. And of course, the realistic counterfeit G1 toys also are widely available on eBay from any number of different sellers.

==Hasbro's intervention (or lack thereof)==
To date, Hasbro apparently has taken few actions against knockoff manufacturers. Only a couple of cases exist from the 1980s in which Hasbro shut down a ''Transformers'' knockoff operation, and no such cases exist from the 1990s onward. Hasbro's ''Transformers'' design director [[Aaron Archer]] was once quoted as making a comment at [[BotCon]] implying that Hasbro was unconcerned with knockoffs.{{fact}} Strangely, Hasbro recently contacted small online toy store AgesThreeAndUp and told them to take down their knockoff listings. At [[BotCon 2008]], [[Greg Lombardo]] read an official Hasbro policy discouraging fans from purchasing knockoffs--even in the main dealer room just a few yards away--and vaguely threatening future legal action against their producers. Recently, eBay began taking down auctions for knockoff Transformers, but it's unclear whether this was Hasbro's doing or not.

==Knockoff companies==
Certain knockoff companies have earned reputations via their rather distinctive ways of altering the original product:

* Four Star - Known during the 1980s for taking any number of ''[[Diaclone]]''-descendant [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] molds and making massive [[Retool|retools]] of them, usually changing 75% of the mold or more. They are especially known for "Mr. Hardhat", a [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] bootleg that is made up of six entirely changed [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] that combine in an entirely different way. The fully combined form uses [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]'s head.

* Tek Toys - A North American company that appeared in the early to mid-1990s and did business almost exclusively through Toys "R" Us. They pioneered the combination card/windowless box design used by many, many bootlegs to this day. Tek Toys also used a distinctively plain graphics style on their packaging, eschewing the usual random ''Gundam'' and ''Generation 1'' graphics for new airbrushed art or, surprising for a knockoff company, CGI models, almost always against a plain white background. Tek Toys also worked in extremes, either having recolored copies of existing figures or all new original figures that may or may not have been procured from smaller Asian companies (often times Leader Shine). In a bold move, Tek Toys had their office address printed on later boxes. Their new box graphics are still recycled by other knockoff companies to this day.

[[Image:JBootleg.jpg|right|180px|thumb|On your knees, Jumpstarters! Kneel before your living GOD!]]
* Leader Shine (AKA Champion Crown) - Known during the 1990s for bootlegging the living hell out of the [[Jumpstarter]] molds, producing clones, minor retools, major retools, and almost unrecognizable retools. They also produce "original" toys whose transformation schemes are derived from either ''Transformers'', the ''Brave'' series, and ''Power Rangers''. They still release new and varied Jumpstarters to this day. Leader Shine is also responsible for the very ''Godzilla''-themed knockoff of [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] that reappears every few years. They also have an amusing habit of putting "Pat. P." (Patent Pending) on almost all of their packages in spite of whether their product is a direct copy or completely changed. It is not known how many, if any, patents Leader Shine actually holds.

* Happy Well - Currently the most well known knockoff company, Happy Well was bold enough to strike a contract with Wal*Mart, CVS Pharmacies, and Walgreen's, making them possibly the first company to have a knockoff "name brand", namely the "Galaxy Defender" series. Happy Well uses relatively high-quality materials, and most of their products are boxed. Some even come with sticker sheets and [[die-cast]] parts. Their "Roadbots" line is the only direct competitor to the ''[[Alternators]]'' line of licensed scale transforming cars.

* Zhong Jin, aka Playcenter<ref>Zhong Jin/Playcenter was first identified as the manufacturer of the knockoffs in September 2007, when fans noticed pictures of most of the current counterfeit G1 knockoffs on their [http://china.alibaba.com/company/detail/playcenter.html Alibaba supplier website], including then-upcoming counterfeits like Warpath. Apparently aware of this, Zhong Jin took down images of all their counterfeit Transformers from the website in October or November.</ref> - The first and primary manufacturer of the high-quality counterfeit ''Generation 1'' knockoffs. Zhong Jin has been making their counterfeit Transformers since 2005, starting with Beachcomber, but in 2007 began greatly increasing their range of counterfeit ''Generation 1'' knockoffs, which now includes [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], many [[Minibot|minibots]], several Decepticon cassette 2-packs, almost all the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]],several Autobot cars, Devastator, and [[Gnaw]]. They have also done many plastic/paint variants of their knockoffs, including many clear plastic versions.

* Kidi Toys<ref>[http://www.toysghost.cn Kidi Toys' web site]</ref> - Perhaps best known as the manufacturer of the many low-quality ''Generation 1'' gestalt gift sets. Following Zhong Jin's lead, they recently began producing realistic counterfeit ''Generation 1'' knockoffs. So far, they have created knockoffs of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] and [[Metrotitan (G1)|Metrotitan]], both of which come in a Metroplex box. They both can be distinguished from the originals because of slightly different plastic colors. Among their other notable knockoffs are [[Alternator]] figures with new or copied paint schemes of reasonable quality.

* Citi Toys - Based in Thailand, the same company that was producing toys for McDonald's Happy Meals was also producing knockoffs of transforming robots, albeit mostly ''Brave'' and ''Power Rangers''. After news leaked out that they used child labor, new knockoffs with their "CT" logo stopped appearing, which suggests that the child labor scandal caused them to shut down.

==Countries that produce or once produced knockoffs==
Most knockoffs originate outside of North America and Europe. Although most knockoff-producing countries have joined the Berne Convention and have thus obligated themselves to protect the copyrights of other countries, lax enforcement has allowed manufacturers in many foreign countries, such as China, to continue to produce knockoffs. However, manufacturers in other countries like South Korea, which was once a huge source of knockoff ''Transformers'', have in the last decade made efforts to legitimize themselves by buying the rights to produce official Korean versions of the toys they had long been copying.

[[Image:SENDTHEBOOKS.jpg|right|180px|thumb|SEND THE BOOKS!]]
* China -- The main source of the world's Transformers knockoffs and notorious for their use of gigantic blister cards. Although they are typically low quality, such as the combiner gift sets produced by Kiddi Toys, it is also the home of Playcenter, the high quality counterfeit ''Generation 1'' toy manufacturer. China has signed the Berne Convention obligating them to protect foreign copyrights, and has enacted legislation to do so, but their enforcement remains at a pitifully weak level.

* South Korea -- Was once a hotbed of Transformers knockoff activity. It was not uncommon in South Korea for there to even be [[Phoenix King|animated series]] that incorporated multiple knocked-off properties, such as [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]] fighting a Gundam or any other number of famous characters. Hilariously, "Gundam" was so embedded in the South Korean public psyche as a synonym for "giant robot" via these different bootleg outlets that the ''Gundam'' property owner Sunrise's attempts to trademark the word were entirely rejected by the courts<ref>[http://www.comipress.com/article/2006/10/28/938 http://www.comipress.com/article/2006/10/28/938] Gundam and Giant Robots in South Korea</ref>. Some Korean knockoff manufacturers took great liberties with Transformers molds, such as significantly increasing their size[http://www.geocities.com/scrambledcity/skorbia/skorbydestrong.html], and/or retooling their alt modes to resemble completely different vehicles.[http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=999&gid=17850203&uid=5138952] South Korea is known for such knockoffs as oversized Combaticons, Overlord with Starsaber's face, multiple Power Master Optimus cab knockoffs, and the white Oversized ''Generation 2'' Optimus Prime (the legitimacy of which has been debated). Since the mid-/late-1990s, South Korea has begun enforcing foreign copyrights and is no longer a major source of knockoff Transformers toys.

* Taiwan -- Known for knockoffs with a lot of English text on them and higher quality than Chinese knockoffs. Many Taiwanese knockoffs found their way into Italy in the 1980s and 1990s and can often be spotted on Italian eBay. Gig, the official ''Transformers'' licensee in Italy, even imported a Taiwanese knockoff [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. Like South Korea, Taiwan is no longer a major source of knockoffs.

==Transitional companies==
[[Image:AlphaBaseRobot.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Oh, hi. I cost more than a MISB G1 Overlord. Want to touch me?]]
[[Image:TrendmastersMasterbotix.jpg|right|180px|thumb|AND I'LL FORM THE HE—oh, wait.]]
Although remarkably rare, some knockoff companies eventually venture into legitimate toy design territory. One such example is Trendmasters, which started out as a knockoff manufacturer before eventually legally securing the [[wikipedia:Voltron|''Voltron'']] license. It is possible that Happy Well might also follow this lead, given their success with the original Roadbots figures and subsequent shift away from their bootleg roots.

Another such company was Korean knockoff manufacturer Academy. Academy is known for releasing the Overlord knockoff with Star Saber's head as well as the huge, up-sized ''Gundam'' Cloth MK-II. In the world of plastic scale models, they were also known for producing low-quality knockoffs of Japanese manufacturer Tamiya's kits with copied box art. Academy has since gone legit, legally acquiring such licenses as ''Gundam'', ''Naruto'', ''Tom and Jerry'', and ''Zoids''.<ref>[http://www.academy.co.kr/character/index.html http://www.academy.co.kr/character/index.html]</ref>

==High Quality ''Generation 1'' Counterfeits==
Starting around 2005, high quality ''Generation 1'' knockoffs began to appear on eBay. Originating from a company called Zhong Jin in China, both the packaging and toy of the knockoffs look nearly identical to the original. Unlike normal knockoffs, these sell for remarkably high prices. Since 2005, many counterfeit ''Generation 1'' products have surfaced from Zhong Jin, including Optimus Prime, minibots, cassettes, Autobot cars, Devastator, Dinobots, and Gnaw. Zhong Jin also has produced many color and plastic variants of their knockoffs, such as translucent versions, which were never previously released (and some of which that were, like Jafcon Black Optimus Prime).

Recently a second knockoff company, Kidi Toys, has begun producing high quality ''Generation 1'' counterfeits as well, starting with Metroplex and Metrotitan. Fans of the knockoffs have complained that the box quality on these two releases is not as high as Zhong Jin's knockoffs and the color of the plastic is off. On the other hand, these knockoffs are much cheaper than the Zhong Jin counterfeits, and priced on par with Takaratomy reissues.

The counterfeit ''Generation 1'' toys remain extremely controversial because they are virtually indistinguishable from the originals. This situation raises concerns about unscrupulous dealers selling bootlegs as genuine articles and scrupulous ones unknowingly doing the same.

Counterfeit ''Generation 1'' parts, stickers, and boxes have appeared from Zhong Jin as well, including many that have not had a corresponding whole knockoff released, including [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] boxes and [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] sticker sheets.

The counterfeit ''Generation 1'' toys are often confused with the legitimate [[Chinese-made G1 toys|Hasbro-made re-releases for the Chinese market produced from 1989 through 1995]]. (See below.)

==The Movie Effect==
Since the release of the 2007 Transformers movie, a flood of bootlegged figures has entered the market, with some movie line figure knockoffs appearing within a month of the official product's debut. The figures range from high-quality clones to ''very'' low-quality copies and strange variations, such as random Generation 1 figures being redone in movie paint decos (usually Optimus Prime's flame scheme or Bumblebee's yellow with black stripes).

With the release of the 2009 Revenge of the Fallen movie line various knockoff toys have also emerged. These include oversized versions of the new Scout class molds, redecos of new Deluxe molds and molds from other lines redecoed to more closely resemble new characters (for instance the Animated Deluxe Bumblebee mold repainted to look like Skids, complete with door detailing).

==Myths about knockoffs==
Over the years, there have been a lot of widespread myths about knockoffs. Perhaps the most preposterous myth is that knockoffs are legal. See the Legal Analysis section above for why this theory is incorrect. Although few proponents of this theory exist, those that do claim vigorously that the presence of knockoffs on Family Dollar or Wal-Mart's shelves means that those products must be legitimate. The flaw in the reasoning here is that it assumes big chain stores would never do anything ignorantly or illegally, which is certainly [http://www.google.com/search?q=walmart+lawsuit not the case].

One long-held myth among fans (due to a general lack of information), is that the ''Generation 1'' ''Transformers'' with Chinese stickers in the corner are high-quality counterfeits. After all, they look just like the original ''Generation 1'' releases, but with some very small differences and oftentimes slightly inferior plastic quality. Recently, though, it's come out that these were, in fact, [[Generation 1 China (toyline)|re-releases for the Chinese market produced from 1989 through 1995]], not unlike their Chinese ''[[G.I. Joe]]'' counterparts from around the same period. Ironically, high-quality counterfeit ''Generation 1'' toys from China would eventually come out, but it wouldn't be until 2005, a decade later.

==Recent Knockoffs==
Since the release of the 2007 Transformers movie, a flood of bootlegged figures has entered the market, with some movie line figure knockoffs appearing within a month of the official product's debut. The figures range from high-quality clones to ''very'' low-quality copies and strange variations, such as random Generation 1 figures being redone in movie paint decos (usually Optimus Prime's flame scheme or in yellow with black stripes as Bumblebee).

[[Image:TFA Prime KO.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Hey I'm not the KO, [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|He]] is!]]
A knockoff company recently released a knockoff of ''Transformers Animated'' Voyager Earth-mode Optimus Prime, a couple weeks ''before'' the release of the original! The reason this occurred is that Hasbro shelved their already-manufactured Animated toys for several months in order to extend selling their popular movie line. Thus, finished Animated toys were able to leak out of factories and into hands of bootleggers long before they were to finally be released.

==External links==
*[http://highendtfs.com/?q=node/17 HighEndTFs' ID Guide for high quality counterfeit Generation 1 Transformers]

*[http://www.actionfigurechecklist.com/Images/Album/index.php?v=list&i=0&p=Transformers_KnockOff_KO Action Figure Checklist's Transformer Knock-Off Photo Album]

*[http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/3230/tfother.html All Things Transformers - Other Transforming Toys]

*[http://mykooltoyz.tripod.com/bootleg-tf.html BOOTLEG TRANSFORMERS]

*[http://cybertronphils.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=toyreview&action=print&thread=4183 Bootleg Center]

*[http://www22.pos.to/~butto/ttot.html Butto's Other Transforming Toys (Japanese)]

*[http://www.netlaputa.ne.jp/~m-akao/GALLERY/fakehp.html Fake Toy Gallery (Japanese)]

*[http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=6&uid=5138952 Hatch's Bootleg Transformers]

*[http://www.geocities.com/kidk0rrupt/frames/bootlegs.htm Kid K0rrupt's Bootleg Gallery]

*[http://www.builtstlouis.net/tf/mmkos/index.html Rob's Pile of Transformers: Micromaster Knockoffs]

*[http://www.tfarchive.com/toys/bootlegs/ TFArchive.com's Bootleg Gallery]

*[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-toy-discussion/191817-knock-off-transformers-thread.html TFW2005 Ongoing Knock-Off Transformers Thread]

*[http://www.toyarchive.com/Transformers/Knockoffs/Genertaion1KnockOffs.html Toyarchive.com's Gallery of Generation 1 Knockoffs]

*[http://zobovor.20megsfree.com/knockoffs_archive.html Zobovor's Knockoff Toys Archive (text)]

*[http://www.geocities.com/scrambledcity/skorbia/index.html SKORBIA-Crazysteve's South Korean Bootleg Information Archive]

==Footnotes==
<references />

[[Category:Toys]]

Gold Plastic Syndrome

2009-07-10T08:29:24Z

218.214.49.189: /* The Symptoms */

[[Image:Electrogoldplasticsyndrome.jpg|right|450px|thumb|Ouch.]]
'''Gold Plastic Syndrome''' (commonly shorthanded to '''GPS''') is fandom terminology used to describe the phenomenon of a toy's [[plastic]] decomposing and becoming brittle to the point of shattering or crumbling under minimal-stress conditions. In the most extreme cases, toys have been reported to spontaneously crumble to small bits without any applied force at all, even if they're fresh out of their [[MISB|unopened package]].

This breakage is different from the relatively more common stress-fracture type of plastic breakage that can occur in some [[Toy|Transformers toys]]. The condition takes its name from the gold plastics of late Generation 1 through to ''Beast Wars'', that have proved the most prone to this sort of breakage. However, despite the name, gold plastic syndrome has been known to effect other types of plastic—most of them noted for a pretty metallic swirl in the plastic.

==Notability==
GPS is widespread among toys made in the tail-end of [[Generation 1]], typically the second year of [[Pretender|Pretenders]] and even some European-market exclusives, but examples have surfaced from lines as recent as ''[[Generation 2]]'' and the ''[[Beast Wars (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' series. Transformers toys are not the only ones to suffer from this; there have been reports of ''[[G.I. Joe]]'' and ''Visionaries'' toys' gold plastics also crumbling seemingly of their own accord.

The toys most likely to suffer from Gold Plastic Syndrome are those with gold or bronze plastics with a metallic swirl in the plastic. There are other known cases with different colours of plastic—though usually there is a tell-tale swirl.

==Cause of GPS==
Because this is not exactly an area of scientific notability there aren't any causal studies into Gold Plastic Syndrome that we know about. Basically, what we have is a theory that goes something like: Certain plastics weren't mixed as well as others, possibly because of the metallic pigment or colouring, so they break down more quickly.

It's not much of a theory, really. Here's a more detailed attempt:

{{bigquote|The problem likely arises, as with many composites, when the bonding between the polymer and the dye/particles breaks down. This could occur do to a natural chemical/phase change of the plastic, due to oxidation, for example, or by another mechanism, say the forces incurred by the toy being played with, or more likely, due to some combination thereof. In any case, when the bonds between the particles and the polymers break down, you would get small voids in the plastic structure. If this occurs frequently enough, the structure would become effectively porous (that is, it would be filled with lots of tiny voids/cracks where the polymers and particles have come apart). With even a slight amount of force, some of these cracks/voids could expand, even slightly, to the point where they intersect another void and join, making an even bigger crack. Once a critical crack length is reached, the sample fractures.

So effectively, the plastic becomes more brittle, and this would also explain it "crumbling" as well as cracking.}}
:-Aernaroth suggests a cause for GPS [http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=57191&view=findpost&p=1174876 on the Allspark]

So what it amounts to is: "The plastic crumbles a'cause it ain't very good."

All in all, the actual causes of Gold Plastic Syndrome aren't a very big deal to Transformers fans—it's really pretty academic. Of more concern is the RESULTS (IE, crumbling like a soggy Tim Tam in a cup of coffee), and what to look out for. There's no cure here, no fix. If a toy has GPS it will die.

==The Symptoms==
Gold Plastic Syndrome usually has a few clear signs. Knowing how to tell the difference between Gold Plastic Syndrome and normal plastic breakage is very important for a Transformers fan who is collecting vintage toys. It's the difference between giving up on that toy completely (since if it has GPS so will any other sample of the toy) and buying a new copy.
[[Image:GPSSkyquakescopeclose.jpg|thumb|Nooo!]]
*GPS usually takes place in metallic coloured plastics, most notably gold plastic and bronze plastic.
*GPS breaks are NOT accompanied by stress fractures. There is usually NOT any visible wear before the breakage. This is really important. Plastic breaks. This is a reality of toy collecting, plastic gets old and it breaks. Gold plastic syndrome is breakage without warning.
*GPS breaks often leave a powdery residue and shards of plastic (though not always), the result of the plastic actually physically crumbling. Take a look at the picture of Skyquake's scope... okay, the bits of his scope... to the right. You can actually see some of the left-over shards of plastic. Keep in mind this picture was taken years after the break actually occurred—these are new shards of plastic which came off these pieces of scope during the process of moving the parts around for photography. Plastic should '''not''' be that brittle or delicate.
*GPS breakages don't need to involve any excess stress or force on a toy—simply handling a toy can cause the breakage. Looking at it funny, sometimes does it. Spitting on it, maybe. Opening its box. ''Anything.'' If your toy breaks despite careful handling it's more likely to be GPS.
[[Image:SkyquakeGPSback.jpg|thumb|Gleargh]]
*GPS breaks often have rough, uneven edges with no stress lines around them. This is important—usually when plastic snaps it snaps cleanly (as is common with clear plastic), or it bends first (leaving a torn-off piece, or clear stresses around the break). If a break is uneven, with different colours and textures in it, yet there are no stress fractures around the wound, and especially if it leaves a powdery residue as well, it's almost certainly a GPS beak. Take a look at the photo of Skyquake to the right for a good example of the ragged break. Okay... not good. What's the other word that's LIKE good, but not actually good? Oh yeah. Horrifying. A HORRIFYING example.
*GPS plastics will sometimes feel brittle to the touch, sometimes making cracking noises as they're handled.

A really easy test to tell if you have GPS breakage is this—if a piece breaks off, try snapping it again. If it's normal plastic breakage the broken piece should bend or bow instead of just snapping like dry wood; there should be some give in the plastic, even if it's a brittle clear plastic—so you should be able to glue it back into place, or at least get a replacement part. On the other hand, if the broken piece snaps like your grandmother's ankles in a rugby match, then you've almost definitely got Gold Plastic Syndrome.

==GPS misconceptions==
[[Image:Brownplasticsyndrome.jpg|right|250px|thumb|The one image for the wiki you don't want to be able to make.]]
'''ALL GOLD PLASTIC WILL DIE!'''
:Not true. It's gold plastic from certain eras that will die. It's plastic from about 1989 (second year Pretenders are notorious for it) and through to about the end of ''Beast Wars''. As far as we know later toys do no suffer from GPS. ''As far as we know.'' But just you wait... oh yes, just you wait.

:Even on toys well known for GPS some of their gold plastic is less prone to break. Gold plastic which is nice and thick is much less likely to snap than gold plastic which is thin. Gold plastic which is under constant stress—like that at a joint—is also more likely to break. That said, some really nice solid parts can shatter like eggshell if it's real GPS we're talkin' about.

'''MY TOY BROKE, IT MUST BE GOLD PLASTIC SYNDROME'''
:There are plenty of ways for plastic to break that aren't related to gold plastic syndrome. Repeated stress on a plastic, dropping a toy, a toy with metal parts that damages the plastic parts, thin plastic, or simply the use of transluscent plastic, which is more brittle. Just because a toy breaks doesn't mean it's gold plastic syndrome. Look for the symptoms (listed above) and ask around before assuming that every single copy of this toy is destined to die a painful and horrible death.

'''ONLY GOLD PLASTIC GETS GOLD PLASTIC SNYDROME'''
:Sadly untrue. This sort of plastic breakdown has been reported in other plastics. Notably in the brown plastic (which doesn't even have a metallic sheen!) of Transmetal ''Beast Wars'' Megatron. Just take a look at the horror show to the right. SOMEONE'S TOY HAD TO DIE FOR YOU TO RECEIVE THIS WARNING.

:Most of the time it's plastics with a metallic swirl in them that break—bronze and gold are just ''the most common''. However, any colour of plastic could be susceptible, given time. Keep an eye on your Fire Convoy, kids, that pretty metallic swirl in his plastic isn't promising.

'''MY TOY IS DOOMED!'''
:Okay... not exactly a misconception. Your toy is, in fact doomed... but there is a little bit of light at the end of the tunnel.

:You see, the thickness of the plastic seems to affect GPS. Also, the amount of stress on it affects it. While some toys are known for breaking just by having their packages opened—guys like Randy, Roadblock and ''Generation 2'' Slingshot—others like Skyquake, Thunderclash, and Pyro can remain very strongly intact because the parts that are made of GPS plastics are large and thick and otherwise robust. GPS is an inconsistent process—eventually your toy '''will''' crumble, but there's no telling how long it will take. With delicate handling (read: almost none) you can maintain a GPS afflicted toy in your collection for quite some time.

==Toys commonly associated with Gold Plastic Syndrome==
====Generation 1====
* [[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]]
* [[Bristleback]]
* [[Roadblock (G1)|Roadblock]]
* [[Skyhammer (G1)|Skyhammer]]
:One of the most notorious toys. The entire bottom of his large vehicle shell is made of gold plastic and it is very prone to breakage. Not to mention how much gold plastic is on his inner shell and his robot mode. This is the original Gold Plastic Syndrome toy.

* [[Slog]]
:Slog is noteable because his gimmick requires another toy (Birdbrain) to be inserted up inside his gold sections. His thin gold sides will crumble like a good fruit cake, just not as moist, if Birdbrain jostles around too much.
* [[Killbison]]

[[Image:GPSSkyquakescope.jpg|thumb|Well, crap.]]
====Generation 1-2 Transitional Phase====
* [[Thunder Clash]]
* [[Skyquake]]

:Skyquake is another toy noteable for having a gimmick which makes the whole thing worse. Skyquake actually has two colours of metallic plastic on him. One is a dark bronze the other a light bronze. It is the light bronze plastic that is most likely to break. Unfortunately the light bronze plastic also forms Skyquake's scope. You're supposed to put a Predator jet's scope slide into that part of him. But like a virgin in prison, the union is not pleasant for the one on the receiving end. Take a look at the picture to the right. These are the parts left of Skyquake's scope after another Predator tried to unite with him. Actually... that's not even all the parts, that's just all that could be found.

:This is a gimmick which should never be used by modern collectors. Never, ever, ever, ever. watch out for the moveable panel on the back of his head, too, it's the same light bronze plastic.

* [[Predator]] [[missile]] launchers
:Take another look at the Skyquake picture. You'll notice that there's a post broken off in one of his fist holes. Yeah, all the Predator guns do this. Partly due to GPS, partly due to having tiny, tiny posts on massive guns, that require a fair amount of force to load. The fact that the part you press to launch the missile isn't hinged doesn't help either. The basic advice here is simple—never, ever, ever load a Predator's gun while the gun is in the toy's hand. If you do this, the gun post will snap like a bon-bon at Christmas. There won't be a stupid joke and a paper hat inside, though. There will just be tears.
* [[Pyro]]
[[Image:Electrobrokenknee.jpg|thumb|Oh god my knee! MY KNEEEEEEE!!]]

====Generation 2====
* [[Electro]]

:There's a reason that Electro sits up the top of this page. Poor guy just can't catch a break.

:Wait... actually, no. That's the entire problem. The poor guy totally can catch a break. All the time. Because he is designed to die.

* [[Slingshot]]
:Slingshot is infamous for being made almost entirely of gold plastic, and has been reported to come apart straight out of the package.<ref>http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/2b8b3dec846e5479?hl=en</ref> Worse, he's known for being another toy whose gimmick will destroy him. Slingshot's head is a post which is designed to plug into [[Silverbolt_(G1)|Silverbolt]] (or any other Scramble City leader), so that Slingshot can form an arm or a leg. Doing this will destroy your Slingshot. This may be the only case of Gold Plastic Syndrome that cripples two transformers at once—Slingshot ''and'' [[Superion_(G1)|Superion]].

====Beast Wars====
* [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]
[[Image:Goldplasticgrimlock.jpg|thumb|He's hopping mad! ... Okay, fine. YOU do better.]]
:Take a look at the picture to the right. Grimlock's gold plastic can break pretty damned hard. The fact that he uses a gold plastic ball joint for his hips is not really a good thing.
* [[Randy (BWN)|Randy]]
:Poor Randy. this is one of the legendary Gold Plastic Syndrome toys. Imagine if you will, a toy with an entirely spring-loaded transformation made entirely out of gold plastic. Ouch, right? Well, don't worry. You'll never have to see what a mess that could be, because this toy will shatter into a million pieces the moment you open it. Ouch.
* [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]]
:Despite having a dangerously large amount of bronze plastic, Magnaboss Silverbolt IS fairly stable. The main breakage point is where his tail connects to his body. That said, just... be careful, okay? Be careful.
* [[Soundwave (BW)|Soundwave]]
* [[Torca]]
:His legs, tail hinge and sides are prone to Gold Plastic Syndrome.
[[Image:Beastwarssilverboltgps.jpg|thumb|My tail! Aslan, how can I live without my tail?]]

====Other notable instances====
* [[Serpentor]]
:While not a Transformer, he is also known to suffer from this problem—especially through his hips, given the leg construction found on G.I. Joe toys of the era.

==Etymology==
The earliest use of the term that can be found in the alt.toys.transformers archives dates to September 2002 in a post by user Sky Shadow,<ref>http://groups.google.co.uk/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/2b3d532961b2c2dc</ref> though it is unclear from his usage of the term whether or not it was already in use. A post by Dave "Zobovor" Edwards, meanwhile, made in June of the previous year,<ref>http://groups.google.co.uk/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/6ed7e0f3586f37e4</ref> is the earliest identifiable acknowledgment of the widespread nature of the phenomenon within the Transformers fan community.

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Diseases]]
[[Category:Toys]]

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)

2009-06-29T22:27:08Z

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{{nav-rotf}}
'''''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen''''' is the first of two planned sequels to ''[[Transformers (2007)|Transformers]]''. It was released in North America on [[June 24]], 2009.

{{quote|Revenge is mine!|The Fallen, ''[[Revenge of the Fallen]]''}}

:''Japanese title:'' '''''Transformers: Revenge'''''
:''French title:'' '''''Transformers: La Revanche''''' (''Transformers: The Revenge'')
:''German title:'' '''''Transformers: Die Rache''''' (''Transformers: The Revenge'')
:''Polish title:'' '''''Transformers: Zemsta Upadłych''''' (''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'', except the word "Fallen" is a plural.)
:''Italian title:'' '''''Transformers 2: La Vendetta Del Caduto''''' (''Transformers 2: The Revenge Of The Fallen'')
:''Serbian title:'' '''''Transformers 2: Najveće govno ikada''''' (''Transformers 2: The Revenge Of The Fallen'')

==Main cast==
{{spoiler|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|July 24, 2009}}

{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] ([[Peter Cullen]])
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] ([[Jess Harnell]])
*[[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] ([[Robert Foxworth]])
*[[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]] ([[Mark Ryan]])
*[[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] ([[Grey DeLisle]])
*[[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] ([[Tom Kenny]])
*[[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] ([[Reno Wilson]])
*[[Sideswipe (ROTF)|Sideswipe]] ([[André Sogliuzzo]])
*[[Jolt (ROTF)|Jolt]]
*[[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] ([[Tom Kenny]])

|c2=
*[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] ([[Hugo Weaving]])
*[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] ([[Charlie Adler]])
*[[The Fallen]] ([[Tony Todd]])
*[[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]]
*[[Alice]] ([[Isabel Lucas]])
*[[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]]
*[[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] ([[Tom Kenny]])
*[[Scalpel]] ([[John Di Crosta]])
*[[Reedman]] ([[Frank Welker]])
*[[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]]
*[[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]]
*[[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] ([[Frank Welker]])
*A [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] lookalike
*[[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicon]]s
**[[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]] ([[Frank Welker]])
**[[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] ([[Calvin Wimmer]])
**[[Rampage (ROTF)|Rampage]] ([[Kevin Michael Richardson]])
**[[Scavenger (ROTF)|Scavenger]]
**[[Mixmaster (ROTF)|Mixmaster]]
**[[Long Haul (ROTF)|Long Haul]]
**[[Scrapper (ROTF)|Scrapper]]
**[[Hightower (ROTF)|Hightower]]
**[[Overload (ROTF)|Overload]]
|c3=
*[[Sam Witwicky]] ([[Shia LaBeouf]])
*[[Mikaela Banes]] ([[Megan Fox]])
*[[William Lennox]] ([[Josh Duhamel]])
*[[Robert Epps]] ([[Tyrese Gibson]])
*[[Leo Spitz]] ([[Ramon Rodriguez]])
*[[Seymour Simmons]] ([[John Turturro]])
*[[Theodore Galloway]] ([[John Benjamin Hickey]])
*[[Judy Witwicky]] ([[Julie White]])
*[[Ron Witwicky]] ([[Kevin Dunn]])
*[[General Morshower]] ([[Glenn Morshower]])
*[[Professor Colan]] ([[Rainn Wilson]])
*[[Tova Simmons]] ([[Annie Korzen]])
*[[Fassbinder]] ([[Jonathon Trent]])
*[[Sharsky]] ([[Walker Howard]])
}}

==Technical details==
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==Short synopsis==
[[Image:ROTFteaserposter.jpg|right|250px|thumb|For dry, red eyes, the difference is clear: Clear Eyes.]]

The Autobots have found a home in "NEST", a secret military unit created to seek out and eliminate the remaining Decepticons. All is not well, however. Unbeknownst to them, Soundwave is in orbit, coordinating the Decepticon counterstrike. After Ravage steals the Allspark shard from NEST, a team of Constructicons and The Doctor journey to the bottom of the ocean and use it revive Megatron. The Decepticon leader journeys to the crashed Nemesis, rebukes Starscream, and meets with his master, The Fallen.

The Fallen explains that he had constructed a Solar Harvester on Earth, in violation of the Primes' code to never harm an inhabited planet. The Primes turned on him, banished and imprisoned him. However the Harvester still stands, and only one Prime remains. If Megatron destroys Optimus Prime, The Fallen will be freed to activate the Harvester, which will kill off the humans and provide the Decepticons with enough energon to raise an army. Megatron eagerly agrees, and returns to Earth with a vengeance.

It transpires that the location of the Harvester is hidden within Sam Witwicky, who absorbed the knowledge from another Allspark fragment. The Decepticons begin an all-out war across the Earth as they hunt down the human, and the Autobots and NEST are blamed for the ensuing carnage. Witwicky goes to ground, and must turn to unlikely allies in the race to find a solution. Ultimately, the last of the Primes defeats The Fallen, destroys the Harvester, and proves the Transformers' greatest power is found in their unexpectedly-ancient alliance with the humans.

==Full synopsis==
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==Quotes==


"Ding-a-ling, come out an' get yo' ice cream. Any bad robot out there better get ready for an ass-whoopin'."
:— '''Skids''' and '''Mudflap''' speaking their first line in the movie as the ice cream truck.

"Sam, fate rarely calls upon us at a moment of our choosing."
:— '''Optimus Prime'''

"Need parts. Kill ze little one!"
:— '''Scalpel''' instructs the Constructicons to kill one of their own, which they so happily oblige.

"Starscream, I'm home!"
:— '''Megatron'''. And the fangirls go wild!

"I know you’re pissed-I know you’re pissed, I tried to kill you, right? It’s totally understandable. I mean, if you tried to kill me, I’d be pissed, too."
:— '''Sam Witwicky''' tries to relate with '''Megatron'''.

"Is the fate of our race not worth one human life?"<br>
"You'd never stop at just ''one''. '''I'll take you all on!'''"
:— '''Megatron''' tries to justify killing Sam, but '''Optimus Prime''' disapproves based on the potato chip theory. Beatdown ensues.

"What planet am I on?"<br>
"Earth."<br>
"''Earth''? Terrible name for a planet. Might as well call it ''Dirt''. Planet Dirt."
:— '''Jetfire''' asks '''Simmons''' where he is, only to have negative thoughts.

"You know what my father was? [[Scrounge|A wheel]]! The first wheel! And you know what he transformed into? NOTHING! But he did so with honor! Dignity!"
:— '''Jetfire''' tells a story.

"Beginning. Middle. End. Facts. Details. Condense. Plot. Tell it."
:— '''Simmons''' demands more coherent exposition from Jetfire.

"Lemme show ya how we brought the pain in ''my'' day!!"
:—'''Jetfire''' enters the fray to show us young whippersnappers how it's ''really'' done.

"One man, alone, abandoned by the country he loves."
:— '''Agent Simmons''' being, well, Agent Simmons as he bravely charges off to lure the Decepticons away.

"GIVE ME YOUR FACE."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' warns The Fallen of his violent fetish.

"Not to call you a coward, master, but, sometimes, cowards do survive."
:— '''Starscream''' pitches his usual battle plan to an unusually receptive Megatron.

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==Production staff==
* Writers [[Roberto Orci]] and [[Alex Kurtzman]] recruited [[Ehren Kruger]] to help them write the screenplay. [[Michael Bay]] and producers [[Don Murphy]], [[Tom DeSanto]], and [[Lorenzo di Bonaventura]] also returned.<ref>[http://www.superherohype.com/news/topnews.php?id=6372 Transformers 2 Writers Confirmed]</ref>
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===Visual effects===
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===Locations department===
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==Prequel material==
===Titan Magazines ''Transformers'' movie comics===
While the Decepticons were disgusted with the pro-Autobot propaganda of Bay's first documentary {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 13|#13's Star Screams}}, they're quite optimistic about the second film. [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] has taken a strong interest in it, going to the trouble of personally convincing [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] to be in the film {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 15|15's Star Screams}}.

The Decepticons promise this new documentary will show a glorious Decepticon victory {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 10|#10's Star Screams}} - whether it's in the script or not. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 18|#18's Star Screams}}

Shockingly, even ''they'' are under a non-disclosure agreement regarding the script; Starscream fearfully refers to a greater power keeping him quiet. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 22|#22's Star Screams}} Talking about it could even undermine the Decepticon war effort! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 23|#23's Star Screams}}

In the same week the film came out, the Decepticons suddenly became unhappy with it and the detente period ended. Bay, Kurtzman, and Orci are once again marked for extermination for their propaganda films. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.1|#1's Law and Disorder}}

===IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics===
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==Adaptations==
:''Main article:'' [[Revenge of the Fallen Movie Adaptation]]
{{main|Revenge of the Fallen (novel)}}
'''Children's adaptations'''
{{main|Revenge of the Fallen: The Junior Novel}}
{{main|The Last Prime}}
{{main|Operation Autobot}}
{{main|When Robots Attack!}}
{{main|I Am Optimus Prime (ROTF)}}
{{main|Rise of the Decepticons}}

==Sequels==
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==Soundtrack==
:''Main article:'' [[Revenge of the Fallen: The Soundtrack]]

==Score==
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:''Main article:'' [[Revenge of the Fallen: The Score]]
* [[Linkin Park]] and Hans Zimmer worked with Steve Jablonsky on the score of the movie. Linkin Park also wrote a song, called "New Divide". It was one of the theme songs for the movie, and they did several interpretations on that theme. <ref>[http://www.mikeshinoba.com/blog/special_events-recommended_music-in_the_studio-featured-linkin_park_/transformers_2_new_linkin_park_song_and_score]</ref>

==DVD release==

==Theatrical posters==
<gallery perrow="3">
Image:ROTFteaserposter.jpg|Teaser poster
Image:ROTF Theatrical poster.jpg|Theatrical poster
Image:ROTF International poster.jpg|International poster
Image:ROTF Prime poster.jpg|Prime poster
Image:ROTF bumblebee poster.jpg|Bumblebee poster
Image:ROTF Starscream poster.jpg|Wait...Starscream gets a poster but Megatron doesn't? That's just wrong.
</gallery>

==Reception==
{{quote|Transformers: ROTF has mostly gotten pretty hideous reviews, but that's because people don't understand that this isn't a movie, in the conventional sense.|[http://io9.com/5301898/michael-bay-finally-made-an-art-movie Michael Bay Finally Made An Art Movie], Charlie Jane Anders|[http://i09.com i09.com,] [[June 24]], [[2009]]}}
{{quote|[The critics] never seem to understand that I make movies for people to take a ride and escape.|[http://tinyurl.com/nyscnv forum post] by Michael Bay|[http://shootfortheedit.com shootfortheedit.com,] [[June 25]], [[2009]]}}

In the week leading up to the United States release, while the film had been released in Japan and the United Kingdom, ''Revenge of the Fallen'' was ranking 38% fresh on [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/transformers_revenge_of_the_fallen/ Rotten Tomatoes.com]. As American reviews were added into the ranking on June 24, the movie's freshness slipped slowly to 22%. RottenTomatoes.com's consensus was that "''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'' is a noisy, underplotted, and overlong special effects extravaganza that lacks a human touch." Roger Ebert, who gave the movie one star, remarked that "if you want to save yourself the ticket price, go into the kitchen, cue up a male choir singing the music of hell, and get a kid to start banging pots and pans together." <ref>[http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090623/REVIEWS/906239997 Roger Ebert's ''Revenge of the Fallen'' review] on RogerEbert.com</ref> Todd Gilchrist of Cinematical.com said Michael Bay "has exceeded even the possibilities of sequel-driven 'moreness,' combining his own muscular, high-gloss sensibility with the conventions of blockbusters past, present, and probably future to create a monolithic action masterpiece that feels destined to be the biggest movie of all time." <ref>[http://www.cinematical.com/2009/06/22/review-transformers-revenge-of-the-fallen/ Review: Transformers Revenge of the Fallen] on Cinematical.com</ref> Michael Phillips from the Chicago Tribune said "the first, comparatively lucid ''Transformers'' was a headache, but I sort of enjoyed it....''Revenge of the Fallen'' is more like listening to rocks in a clothes dryer for 2½ hours." <ref>[http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/chi-tc-mov-transformers-0623-0624jun23,0,7350387.story 'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen' stars Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel] on chicagotribune.com </ref> Roger Ebert went back for more in a second article, declaring not only that ''Revenge of the Fallen'' was awful, but that it'd [[Ruined FOREVER|ruined action films FOREVER]]. <ref>[http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2009/06/the_fall_of_the_revengers.html "The Fall of the Revengers"] on suntimes.com</ref>

Despite the overwhelmingly negative reviews, ''Revenge of the Fallen'' poised itself quickly as a blockbuster maelstrom. It grossed $16 million in its opening midnight showings alone, an all-time record for Wednesday openings and a second-best for openings on any day of the week behind ''The Dark Knight''. After the full Wednesday was over, ''Revenge of the Fallen'' had grossed $55 million in domestic ticket sales, surpassing the previous Wednesday release record, held by ''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'', by over $10 million. <ref> [http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1614673/story.jhtml 'Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen' Breaks Wednesday Box-Office Record] on MTV.com</ref> By the end of the first five days, ''Revenge of the Fallen'' had taken an estimated $201.2 million in the United States, just shy of ''The Dark Knight's'' record $203.8 million 5-day US total. In the same period, international markets took in $186.1 million, bringing the 5-day worldwide total to $387.3 million.<ref>[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2601&p=.htm BoxOfficeMojo.com - Weekend Report: ‘Revenge of the Fallen' Rises with Optimal Debut, June 28, 2009]</ref>

==Trivia==
*The official title of the film is ''Revenge of the Fallen'' (with a lower-case "t" in "the") even though it is apparently referring to [[The Fallen]] (with a capital "T" in "The").
*Leo's room features posters for [[Wikipedia:Naruto|Naruto]], [[Wikipedia:Cloverfield|Cloverfield]], and [[Wikipedia:Bad Boys 2|Bad Boys 2]].
*During the scenes set in and around the deli in NYC, posters for the bands [[Wikipedia:Catch 22 (band)|Catch Twenty-Two]] and [[wikipedia:Voodoo Glow Skulls|Voodoo Glow Skulls]] are prominently featured.
*[[Frank Welker]] dubbed [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] not only in English but also in Italian, as a result, in the Italian edition of the movie Soundwave speaks with a strange, foreign accent.

==Transformers references==
In addition to carryovers from the previous film, various concepts and characters are derived from previous iterations of Transformers:
* The whole concept of "Transformers disguised as a human" used for [[Alice]] is inspired by the [[Pretender]]s. Roberto Orci even used the term "Pretender" during an interview before the movie release. However, a Transformer with an "organic" alt-mode instead of an external shell is a concept more reminiscent of the [[Beast Era]].
* The Generation 1 iteration of [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] is frequently portrayed as switching from Decepticon to Autobot (he's usually a young and technologically up-to-the-minute 'bot, however.)
* [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and his ejectible minion [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] both have Generation 1 counterparts. Movie Soundwave even has the same voice actor as 1984 cartoon Soundwave, using the same voice, though without the synthetic vocal processing that made the cartoon voice so distinctive.
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] bears little physical resemblance to his Generation 1 namesake, but is a vaguely similar character archetype, and he ''does'' have that characteristic door armor hanging from his elbows.
* Generation 1 [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] was the first female Transformer with a starring role, and was likewise a pink-colored girlbot. The idea of Arcee the pink girlbot as a motorcycle dates back to ''[[Energon (franchise)|Energon]]''.
* [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], the combined form of the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]], was the first combiner robot in Generation 1.
* The characters are new, but the names "[[Mudflap]]", "[[Skids]]", "[[Jolt]]", "[[Rampage]]" and "[[Wheelie]]" are not. Likewise for the concept of "[[Seeker]]s".
* Prime dying and coming back to life has been done [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|times beyond counting]].
* Prime combining with another 'bot to increase his power (and often gain flight capabilities) is a trope that has occurred in many recent Transformers series (''Robots in Disguise'', ''Armada'', ''Energon'', ''Cybertron''.) In ''Armada'', a different [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] was his most frequent combination partner. This is the first time the other 'bot had to die for it to happen, though.
* The Fallen is based on a comic book character that made his debut in the 2004 miniseries [[The War Within: The Dark Ages]]. In fact, according to Hasbro, he is the ''exact'' same character! (Don't bother trying to make sense of it).
* The [[Matrix of Leadership]] is one of the franchise's oldest McGuffins.
* [[Energon]] (mentioned though never seen) is the Transformers' power source in numerous incarnations, beginning with the original cartoon.

==Development details==
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* In an interview with BANG! Showbiz, Shia LeBouf stated that the injuries he suffered in his recent vehicular collision were written into the script and did not adversely affect the filming schedule.<ref name="TheList2008">[http://www.list.co.uk/article/10788-shia-labeoufs-transformers-hand/ The List 1 August 2008]</ref>
* Also on January 29, 2009, Simon Furman commented on MTV Movie Blog about how the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] wouldn't fit very well into the movie's universe, and that he is glad they were dropped from the cast very early in development.<ref>[http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2009/01/29/no-dinobots-in-transformers-2-revenge-of-the-fallen-original-film-consultant-explains-why/ MTV Movie Blog interview with Simon Furman, January 29, 2009.]</ref>
* Michael Bay stated in interview with ''The Collider'' that he obtained permission to film in Egypt by contacting [[Zahi Hawass]], secretary general of Egypt's council of antiquities, who turned out to be a fan of the 2007 ''Transformers'' movie.<ref>[http://www.collider.com/entertainment/interviews/article.asp/aid/10866/tcid/1 The Collider article and video interview with Michael Bay, February 9, 2009]</ref>
* In an interview with Sci Fi Wire on March 31st, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman said they had looked through the comics and cartoons for the "most elemental bad guy" that "jumped off the material" and found that in the Fallen. They also stated that due to production necessities (Hasbro and Bay needing characters for scenes and design to begin as soon as possible) and the 2008-2009 Writers Strike, some characters were in their initial treatment while others were designed specifically for the movie production, and that due to the overall numbers of robots, the audience would not get to know all of the Transformers closely. Indeed, Orci and Kurtzman referred to some characters via descriptors such "Volt" (Jolt) and "Wheelbot" (Demolishor). They also confirmed that Nimoy was open to playing the Fallen if the role was offered, and that they were in the middle of hashing it out with Frank Welker over a role in the movie, but the final decision was down to Bay.<ref name="scifiwireMarch2009">[http://scifiwire.com/2009/03/orci-kurtzman-reveal-tran.php SciFi Wire March 2009 interview with Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman]</ref>
* On the MTV Movies blog, Michael Bay reported that they were still doing for the voices for the film, and that he was (jokingly) nervous of asking his relative Leonard Nimoy if he wanted to voice The Fallen in the movie for fear of offending him with the relatively low pay allotted to voice actors.<ref>[http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2009/04/21/michael-bay-afraid-to-offend-leonard-nimoy-with-transformers-family-reunion-offer/ ''Michael Bay Afraid To Offend Leonard Nimoy With ‘Transformers’ Family Reunion Offer'', MTV.com Movies blog, April 21, 2009]</ref>
* In a June 22nd article in Forbes (released online on June 4th), Michael Bay talked about his philosphy in movie-making, his demand of part-ownership of movies he makes, and the revelation that he receives an 8% cut of all toy sales from the ''Transformers'' movies.<ref>[http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/0622/celebrity-09-transformers-michael-bay-making-movies-enemies-money.html Michael Bay article on Forbes.com June 4, 2009]</ref>
* On June 8th, 2009, the movie had its world premiere in Japan. Michael Bay, Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Isabel Lucas and Ramon Rodriguez attended.<ref>[http://www.michaelbay.com/newsblog/files/47a23fdbb6ddc8ece6a0a6c87ccc2bbe-499.html Japanese Premiere photos at Michael Bay.com, June 8, 2009]</ref>. Other countries such as South Korea<ref>[http://www.michaelbay.com/newsblog/files/f7a7af7e754cfa877a635b95d8908eea-506.html Korean Premiere photos at Michael Bay.com, June 9, 2009]</ref>, the United Kingdom and Germany followed over the course of the next few days.
===Disinformation===
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* Michael Bay has claimed that the studio is putting out deliberate misinformation, to obscure real leaks.<ref>[http://io9.com/382919/michael-bay-plays-internet-punkd Michael Bay Plays Internet Punk'd]</ref> (Like our jobs weren't hard enough.)
* During San Diego Comic-Con 2008, in an interview on July 25th, [[Simon Furman]] claimed that the film would feature a character called [[The Fallen]], which was a character they created for [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s ''[[The War Within: The Dark Ages]]''<ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=17412 Simon Furman confirms The Fallen is a character in an interview with Comic Book Resources]</ref> Three days later, [[IDW Publishing]] writer [[Chris Mowry]] corroborated the claim in an interview with MTV Splash Page, calling "The Fallen" the main villain of ''Revenge'' ([[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] was also confirmed in the same interview, but the reference to her was mysteriously removed shortly after publication). <ref>[http://splashpage.mtv.com/2008/07/28/exclusive-transformers-2-prequel-comic-gives-inside-scoop-on-2009-movie/ MTV Splash Page interviews Chris Mowry]</ref> Less than a week after this, however, Michael Bay reiterated that everything leaked thus far is part of their misinformation campaign and that only a handful of people involved with the production of ''Revenge'' have seen the script, contradicting IDW's interviews where their representatives confirm that they have the script. Additionally, Bay claimed the only truth about the film was Sam going to college.<ref>[http://www.shootfortheedit.com/forum/showpost.php?p=44729&postcount=2 A post made by Michael Bay on his forum]</ref> Curiously, on August 5th 2008, after a fan posted on Michael Bay's forum pointing out the contradiction, all references to the Fallen were removed from the aforementioned interviews, as well as any references to IDW Publishing having the script.
* ''Empire'' magazine's February 2009 issue features information on the role of the Egyptian Pyramids in the Movieverse's backstory. Michael Bay also confirmed The Fallen and denied Megatron would be resurrected (this later turned out to be untrue). Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics resembling helicopters will be revealed to be depictions of Transformers who visited Earth before the pyramids were built.<ref name="EmpireFeb2009">''Empire'' article entitled "20 to watch in 2009", written by Nick de Semelyn, dated February 2009, pages 68 and 69, issue 236</ref>
* After a short and poorly excuted "misinformation campaign" on the part of Michael Bay, Paramount and their licensees where they claimed that Megatron was not in the movie despite all ''officially released'' evidence to the contrary (including Megatron's brief appearance in the February 1 Superbowl tv spot and the February teaser trailer), Roberto Orci confirmed that Megatron does indeed return.<ref name="Megatron returns">[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-movie-discussion/180451-welcome-mr-roberto-orci-you-may-ask-him-questions-211.html#post3333713 Roberto Orci confirms Megatron's return on TFW2005.com - February 22, 2009]</ref>
* On March 6, due to the reports of Weaving's return, Michael Bay finally admitted Megatron was back, but claimed that Megatron would only appear briefly in a flashback to the past, despite the fact Megatron can be seen pinning Sam Witwicky to the ground in ''Revenge's'' tv spot and teaser trailer. One can assume that the director was trying to salvage some form of audience surprise in seeing Megatron return in the movie. In other news of a presumably legitimate kind, Bay said that the movie would go into the distant past and explain the history of the [[Prime]]s.<ref>[http://www.shootfortheedit.com/forum/showpost.php?p=66825&postcount=4 Michael Bay on his forum - March 6, 2009]</ref>

===''Transformers'' sequel and the 2007-2008 Writers Strike===
In late 2007, during preproduction for then-untitled ''Transformers'' sequel, the [[wikipedia:2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike|Writers Guild of America went on strike]]. At the time, Roberto Orci stated that the strike could likely delay ''Transformers 2's'' release. However, Michael Bay refuted this, claiming the movie was still on schedule.<ref>[http://www.shootfortheedit.com/forum/showthread.php?p=6200#post6200 Robert Orci discusses the strike & TF2]</ref> The reason behind Bay's confidence was discovered by Orci shortly after the strike ended. The director had apparently taken the outline the writers had handed in the night before the strike, and began pre-production based on it. <ref>[http://www.donmurphy.net/board/showthread.php?t=24357&page=4 Don Murphy message board - Orci on the aftermath of the strike]</ref>

==Errors==
*Bumblebee picks up Sam at a frat party in the evening. He then takes him to a graveyard where it's daytime.
*On the sonar, there are "five contacts" diving down to Megatron's location, and "six contacts" going up after his resurrection. Since one Constructicon was killed to repair Megatron, shouldn't there be only five contacts going up as well? Keep in mind, Scalpel is too small to register on sonar, but Ravage is just large enough.
*Pulling a [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]], Scalpel vanishes after Optimus' arrival, the Twins are not seen again after the Devastator fight and Wheelie disappears for the entire third act. What the hell, man?
*When Jetfire is activated at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (actually the [[Wikipedia:Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center|Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center]], an annex of the Smithsonian) in Washington, he leaves the exhibition center and exits into the desert location of the [[Wikipedia:309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group|309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (aka The Boneyard)]], which is in Tuscon, Arizona. When Jetfire breaks out of the building, we can see a composited image of the Boneyard's rows of planes, so it's arguable that in this universe the middle of Washington DC happens to be a desert full of old planes, and no buildings and uh... heh heh. Given that this and the Transformers are the ''only'' changes between this universe and ours, that's a stretch.

==External links==
*[http://www.transformersmovie.com Dreamworks/Paramount's ''Transformers'' Movie website]
*[http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/ Hasbro's ''Transformers'' homepage]
*[http://www.collider.com/entertainment/interviews/article.asp/aid/10866/tcid/1 Interview with Michael Bay 02/09/2009] — Collider.com

==References==
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[[Category:Films]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen]]

Commercial

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[[Image:Targetmasters.jpg|right|400px|thumb|And watch the cartoon, too! It's not nearly this pretty, but it gives you time to blink.]]
Despite the existence of comics, cartoons, and other media intended to advertise [[Toy|Transformers toys]], Hasbro has routinely commissioned standard television '''commercials''' to promote their current toy lines.

Commercials for ''Transformers'' typically use a combination of animation and live-action film featuring the characters/toys in question.

==Generation 1==
[[Image:Hasbrooldlogo.jpg|left|75px|thumb|And if I had a hammer....]]
Generation 1's stylized and somewhat dated commercials played a huge part in propelling the [[Transformers brand]] to household name status (after all, they reached audiences who weren't actively looking for robots.) As the [[theme song]] played over many of them, they are also responsible for the jingle's status as a mid-80s icon.

Generation 1 commercials would commonly start with a short sequence of original cel animation, then cut to two or more boys in the 7 to 10-year-old range playing with the toys. [[Victor Caroli]] and another narrator (here referred to as [[The Other Guy]]) provided voice-overs to describe just how exciting the incredible new toys were. Various show characters narrated some spots, including Optimus Prime, Megatron, Ultra Magnus and Rodimus Prime, but Caroli and The Other Guy were usually there at the end to affirm that the toys were "each sold separately". Background music would feature the show's [[theme song]], but often with new lyrics about the toys in question. The lyrics had to stretch to fit the cadence of the song; sometimes they were jammed into a different melody altogether.

[[Image:Jetfireg1commercial.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Transforms from robot to lawsuit right before your eyes!]]
The animated segments often featured high-quality art and animation. Some of the 1986 and 1987 animation was combined into a title sequence for "[[The Rebirth]]", the final three-part episode of the Generation 1 cartoon (they contrasted painfully with the lower-quality segments produced by [[AKOM]].) The short length of television commercials meant the animated sections were fast-paced, with characters speaking their lines very rapidly; within the context of the fictional world they portray, this could lead to some hilarious results, such as Jazz taking about 1/4th of a second to decide to become an Action Master. The animated segments would sometimes feature the voice actors from the cartoon; however, some such as Blaster had not been assigned a voice actor yet. Later segments required soundalikes for characters whose voice actors had died (Jazz) or were unavailable (Megatron). These spots were the only American animation produced for dozens of characters from the toyline's later years, and in [[Micromaster Combiner|a few cases]], remain their only fictional appearance ''ever''.

[[Image:OptimusMagnusCommercialChange.JPG|right|250px|thumb|The Halloween masks were weak this year.]]
[[Image:Kid_to_Galvatron.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Transforms from child to robot and back!]]
Perhaps the most memorable aspect of the commercials featured one of the young actors staring very seriously into the camera, mouthing "Robots in disguise!" as his eyes glowed and/or his face transformed into that of a robot (based on Galvatron or Ultra Magnus.) Variants on the '''kidmation''' clip continued throughout Generation 1.

Many commercials were reedited into even shorter versions, without the animation segments.

Some of these commercials, along with some Takara Transformers ads are available on the Sony DVD release of [[The Transformers: The Movie]]. Because of legal issues, the young actors' faces have now been blurred. A greater number of the commercials (of varying quality) were also avaliable on the earlier [[Madman Entertainment]] release of The Transformers: The Movie in Australia, and their final collection of the Generation 1 cartoon complete with unblurred children.

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===1984===
[[Image:Earlymegatron.jpg|right|150px|thumb|You've got to get up preeeetty early in 1984 to catch Megs with a black head.]]
[[Image:Starscreamg1early.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Starscream in his Ramjet suit.]]
* '''''The Transformers'' #1''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9-7RjhFzpM]

:''Animation:'' Fast pan-ins take us from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to [[Earth]], with a Decepticon ship attacking the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] and forcing it to crash on Earth. The three [[Seeker]]s fly in, transform and attack a power plant. Three cars drive out to meet them, transforming into [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]]. [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] joins the counter-attack, prompting the Autobots to take off into the sky. [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] arrives out of an explosion cloud, transforming and firing. An image of [[The Transformers (issue)|the first issue]] cross-fades into view.
:''Toy segment:'' none.
:''Narration:'' Victor Caroli.
:''Notes:'' Almost every element is an early production model. Starscream and Thundercracker have strangely colored faces; Megatron is in his pre-animation black helmeted design; the Ark is a green-colored model with X-shaped wings; and the Decepticon ship resembles a flying aircraft carrier.

* '''Transformers''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DToflxtC64]

:''Animation'': In the desert, the Seekers strafe Prowl, Sideswipe and Jazz, who transform and fire back; the three jets transform, land, and grapple with the Autobots, while three more Seekers fly past in robot mode.
:''Toy segment'': Some very early 80s streaking effects as the toys are shown instantly changing from vehicle to robot.
:''Narration'': Almost none, apart from "The Transformers, from Hasbro", by [[Victor Caroli]].
:''Kidmation'': Bowl haircut kid mouths robotic "Robots in disguise!"
:''Notes:'' The show's season 1 theme song plays over most of the commercial. A total of six Seekers are seen in a single shot. The Seekers continue to use the pre-cartoon animation models with the dark faces.
:"We're under attack!" "[[To sell toys|Get more Autobots!]]"

* '''Optimus Prime''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kbokeZsoTY]

:''Animation'': Partially recycled from the ''Transformers #1'' commercial and the cartoon opening, including animation model Megatron leading his troops, immediately followed by pre-animation model Megatron landing. Whoops! New footage (possibly borrowed from Soundwave's commercial below) shows Prowl, Jazz and Sideswipe on what appears to be Cybertron.
:''Narration'': [[Victor Caroli]]
:''Kidmation'': Buck-toothed kid mouths robotic "Robots in disguise!"
: "Attack the Autobot commander!" Yep, Optimus Prime's name is never actually mentioned in the commercial.

[[Image:Soundwavecommercial.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Soundwave's pink phase didn't last long... [[:Image:Soundwave_uscomics.jpg|in the cartoon.]]]]
* '''Soundwave'''

:''Animation'': Prowl, Jazz, and Sideswipe transform, as well as a light purplish-blue Soundwave, who fires twice, opens his cassette door, and tosses out Laserbeak, who transforms and fires upon the three Autobots, who fire back.
:''Narration'': The Other Guy
:''Kidmation'': Bowl haircut kid mouths robotic "Robots in disguise!"

[[Image:Powercycle-ad.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Homeland security falls to a kid on a Big Wheel. You know, it must be said that NSA really is failing here.]]

* '''Transformers [[Power Cycle]]''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTSuBDZ5T58]

: Advertising a Coleco-made Big Wheel.
: ''Animation:'' Recycled from the first Transformers commercial, including black helmet Megatron, and some cuts between the live-action and animated footage that has the kid blasting some Autobots. Oops.
: ''Narration'': Some wussy dude.
:"Missed! But ''I'' won't!"

* [[Generation 1 (cartoon)|The original cartoons]] on VHS, with excerpts from "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1|More than Meets the Eye]]".

===1985===
[[Image:Mini-Spies_Commercial_Symbol_Reveal.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"Congratulations, Cliffjumper. It's a Decepticon!"]]
* '''Mini-Spies''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df5GGZ3we68]

:''Animation'': [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] and [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] allow a yellow [[Mini-spy|Mini-Spy]] to enter Autobot Headquarters. The little robot starts messing with the computer; Huffer and Cliffjumper come racing in and check his faction symbol. "It's a Decepticon! After him!"
:''Narration'': [[I Wish I Was Victor Caroli]]
:''Kidmation'': Kid points urgently at the camera: "It's an Autobot!"
:''Notes:'' Casey Kasem provides the voice for Cliffjumper's single line. Visible among the packaged Mini-Bots on the store pegs are a red Bumblebee and a (red) Cliffjumper with a yellow vehicle mode pictured on the package.

* '''Jetfire''' and '''Shockwave''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHJtwmt9JAU]

:''Animation:'' [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] strafe [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]. As the three transform and retreat, Jetfire steps out of a mountain and takes on the Decepticon jets; Shockwave transforms halfway and fires, then transforms the rest of the way and fires again.
:''Narration:'' An incredibly mellow Victor Caroli.
:''Kidmation:'' A grim-faced buck-toothed kid mouths the robotic "Robots in disguise!"
:''Notes:'' Jetfire here is in his original, toy-based animation model.

* '''Dinobots''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C7ebWaFaVI]

:''Animation:'' Amid a raging thunderstorm on Earth, Grimlock, Slag and Sludge take on Soundwave, Ravage and Laserbeak.
:''Narration'': The Other Guy.
:''Kidmation'': Buck-toothed kid #3 mouths robotic "Robots in disguise!"
:''Notes:'' Soundtracked with a minor variation on the Season One cartoon opening theme: "Dinobots wage their battle to destroy the evil forces of the Decepticons!"
:* '''Dinobots''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaNG6nXmQmU] - A re-soundtracked version of the previous commercial. Narrated by [[The Other Guy]]; soundtracked with the Season 2 theme song (still with "Dinobots" replacing "Autobots".) Kidmation spot by the same footage of buck-tooth kid #3, but ''with freaky glowing green eyes'' (and, bizarrely enough, his polo shirt has been recolored from green to blue.)

* '''Insecticons''' plus '''Swoop''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZWNnzzjm3E]
:''Animation:'' A horde of Insecticons attacks a farm.
:''Narration:'' The Other Guy.
: ''Kidmation:'' Glowing green eyes kid.
: "Pa, look!" "What is it?" "It's the Insecticons, an evil, new menace in the world of the Transformers!"
:* '''Insecticons''' - Resoundtracked from the previous commercial, with the 1986 version of the background music.

* '''Constructicons/Devastator''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-arvwj7VN8]
:''Animation:'' The Constructicons, working on a building site in the desert, suddenly transform and combine. Devastator touches his fists together over his head and is [[Commercial bumper|enveloped with energy]].
: ''Narration:'' The Other Guy.
: ''Kidmation:'' Blond-haired kid mouths robotic "Robots in disguise!"
: "It's Devastator — six ''Constructicons'' in one!"
:*'''Constructicons/Devastator Giftset''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxVdqHn-tOo] - Similar to the previous commercial, but with a few differences. The background music has been changed from the Season 1 intro to the Season 2 intro, a different kid without glowing eyes is used for the Kidmation, and the end is changed to feature the Constructicon Giftset.
:* '''Constructicons/Devastator''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3hzPZ0fdmY] - Resoundtracked and slightly re-edited for a 1986 re-use. Narration by The Other Guy and Megatron; Kidmation segment featuring a kid's face fold-morphing into Ultra Magnus-like generic robot.

* '''Jumpstarters''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXkHp9J51do&#t=1m59s]
: ''Animation:'' None.
: ''Toy segment:'' Repeated shots of the [[Jumpstarter]] toys doing their thing on a futuristic smooth black surface (with custom early-80s sound effects), while shaggy-haired kids turn their heads to watch at whiplash-inducing speeds.
: ''Narration:'' The Other Guy
: ''Kidmation:'' Buck tooth kid mouths "Robots in Disguise"
: ''In the world of the Transformers, no Autobots can jump into battle faster than the Jumpstarters!''

* '''Autobot cars plus Thrust and Dirge''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sxMlvn3Dsw]
:''Animation:'' As Optimus Prime and [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] fight a battle in the desert, [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]], [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]], [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] and [[Grapple]] drive up and transform, prompting Megatron to summon [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] and [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]].
: ''Narration:'' You're Gonna Get It
: ''Kidmation:'' Beatles haircut kid mouths robotic "Robots in disguise!"
: Included a tail-end ad for Transformers [[Action Cards]].

* '''Triple Changers''' and '''Perceptor''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Crn_8VIxaOk] or [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8LKVfwxoEY]
: ''Animation:'' [[Astrotrain]] grapples with Optimus Prime, then escapes on some train tracks. The Autobots blast a trestle out from under him; he transforms and flies away. Optimus Prime uses [[Perceptor]] to examine some Decepticon debris.
:''Narration'': [[The Other Guy]]; possibly Victor Caroli as well (While supplies last.)
:''Kidmation'': Taller bowl haircut kid with glowing green eyes.
:''Notes:'' Cameo animation appearances from [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]. Perceptor is portrayed as significantly shorter than Optimus, perhaps the same size as Bumblebee. In one version, a bizarre stinger note labels the Perceptor toy as "While supplies last".
:''Triple changers, the most eeeeevil Decepticons of all!''

[[Image:RumbleBlasterCommercial1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"Hey Soundwave, check out this new radio I found!" (actual dialogue)]]

* '''Blaster''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhzQUI3-t_U]
: ''Animation:'' Rumble merrily walks into a Decepticon base carrying Blaster in boom box mode; Blaster transforms, prompting Soundwave to send Laserbeak and Ravage at him.
:''Narration'': [[The Other Guy]].
:''Kidmation'': Glowing green eyes kid.
:''Notes:'' Soundwave and Rumble have their usual cartoon voices, but Blaster has a completely different voice for his single word of dialogue.
: ''Not a working radio!''

* '''Omega Supreme''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbcwV818LuA]
: ''Animation:'' In the desert, Starscream and Thrust attack the new Autobot defense base, not realizing it's Omega Supreme. Omega transforms and attacks. Includes [[The Transformers: The Movie]] stinger at the end.
:''Narration'': Unknown.
:''Kidmation'': Shaggy haired kid.
:"It's the Autobot defense base!" "But where are the Autobots?" "Who cares? Attack!"
:* '''Omega Supreme''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXkHp9J51do&#t=3m25s] - Edited and resoundtracked with Optimus Prime narration, the 1986 theme song and [[The Transformers: The Movie]] stinger.

* '''Prime time spot'''
: [[wikipedia:Alex_Karras|Alex Karras]] calmly promotes the virtues of Perceptor (a working microscope!) and urges you to shop ''now'' if you want one for your kid for Christmas.

* '''[[Rubsigns]]''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYFshTLWNcU#t=1m21s]
:To distinguish real Transformers from [[Bootleg|bootlegs]] and other brands such as [[Tonka GoBots]].
: "We are conquerors." "No one is like us." "Only we have the right to be called by the name." "Only we have the right to wear this symbol." "Or THIS symbol." "Only WE are Autobots and Decepticons." "Good versus evil." "And only WE have the right to be called the Transformers!" ''Only the Transformers are REAL Transformers!''
: ''Animation:'' A mixture of clips from various 1984 and 1985 commercials.
: ''Narration:'' Megatron, Optimus Prime and Victor Caroli.
: ''Kidmation:'' Reused from Autobot cars plus Thrust and Dirge. Same kid is used for the Constructicon giftset commercial, but in a different clip.

* '''Tyco [[Electric Train and Battle Set]]''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8FgZDtFsAA]
: ''Animation:'' Pseudo Autobots and Decepticons fight it out over the transforming train.

[[Image:Transformers_Tyco_Electric_Racing_Nightglow.jpg|right|200px|thumb|They shouldn't race so close to the nuclear power plant.]]

* '''Tyco Transformers Electric Racing''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCm5bOiI2R8]
: ''Animation:'' None. Shots of the racers speeding along the track in normal lighting and then "into a whole new universe of night-glow" are featured.
: Features the same version of the Season 1&2 outro as the train set commercial for background music.
: This is the only time [[Naytron]] and [[Freezon]] are given names.
: "By Tyco, of course."

[[Image:ViewMaster_Projector_Commercial.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"Put your hands in the air!"]]

* '''ViewMaster Showbeam Projector with Transformers cartridge''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t781lHy-CV0]
: A brother and sister talk their mom into letting them stay up to play with the projector. They are then suddenly pulled into the images and the battle they depict. Mom walks back in to see what the ruckus is about, and thus returning them to reality.
: "Let's show the Transformers!" "Yeah!" "Wow!" "Look out! Decept-i-cons!" "Take that Megatron!"
{{-}}
===1986===
* [[The Transformers: The Movie promo|The Transformers: The Movie promo trailer]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvoAxeykxwc] (Japanese Subtitles), [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oh3wgldJxRM] (Edited version w/ full inro)
: Created for the purpose of getting potential investors to buy into the movie, this trailer features LOTS of unfinished or ultimately unused animation.

* '''The Transformers: The Movie theatrical trailer''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaEWLuVJee0]
: ''Animation:'' Clips from the movie, starting with the Autobot shuttle launching and the Sharkticon guard pulling the feed-them-to-the-Sharkticon lever. "The Touch" plays across the first half, then Lion's rendition of the [[theme song]].
: ''Narration:'' Victor Caroli introduces the characters and expounds on how great the movie is.
: ''Hold on tight. The most incredible rock and roll adventure ever is here!''

* '''The Transformers: The Movie TV spots''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yvy218PYh3A],[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEtsCBHjua0]

: ''Animation:'' Similar to the trailer with Autobot shuttle launch at the beginning, then switches back and forth between the [[Autobot City]] battle, Unicron devouring [[Lithone]] and Kup and Hot Rod vs. the Decepticons. Again, "The Touch" plays for the first half, then Lion's rendition of the theme song.
: ''Narration:'' Depending on the version, Victor Caroli, The Other Movie Guy, or both.
: ''Notes:'' Several different versions of the TV spot were produced, updating the amount of time to go until the movie's release. The known variations are: "August 8th" (60 & 30 seconds), "Opens Tomorrow" (60 & 30 seconds), "Now playing!"(60 & 30 seconds), "Opens in Three Days" (30 sec #1), and "Opens in Three Days" (30 sec #2). The first 6 versions can be found as part of the extras on the 20th Anniversary Edition DVD, while the other two are linked to above.
: ''So exciting you'll have to see it twice to take it all in!''

* '''Hot Rod''', '''Kup''', and '''Blurr'''; '''Cyclonus''' and '''Scourge'''; and '''Rrrrrodimus Prime'''. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tdf8Q14scM]

: ''Animation:'' A running battle in the desert with each character charging in as the narrator identifies him.
: ''Narration:'' Victor Caroli
: ''Kidmation:'' Kid face to Galvatron face.
: ''Notes'': Cameos by Starscream and Skywarp, making this bit of animation yet another one of the pre-TF:TM ancillary stories that contradicts the movie itself.
: '''''No one''' can take on the Decepticons like Rrrrrodimus Prime!''

* '''Ultra Magnus''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYFshTLWNcU#t=1m51s]

: ''Animation:'' Decepticons are attacking the Autobot launch site. With Optimus on Cybertron, it's up to Ultra Magnus! Magnus loads up some 'bots in Autobot City, then rolls out into the desert to fight the Decepticons, plowing through the Combaticons en route.
: ''Narration:'' Optimus Prime; Victor Caroli (Each sold separately.)
: ''Kidmation:'' Kid face to generic Magnus face.
: ''Notes:'' Blaster and Magnus both have their normal cartoon voices. Cameo appearances by Starscream, Skywarp, Thrust; Jazz, Red Alert, Smokescreen; Onslaught, Swindle, Brawl; Tracks.

* '''Ultra Magnus''' and '''Galvatron''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUNUWzKbdyY]

: ''Animation:'' Magnus and Galvatron, along with others, do battle on a highway. Starscream and Skywarp can be glimpsed flying into battle alongside Galvatron!
: ''Narration:'' Optimus Prime and Megatron.
: ''Kidmation:'' Kid face to Galvatron face.
: ''Notes:'' Cameos by Jazz, Red Alert, Smokescreen, Tracks (could this be in continuity with the previous commercial?!); Skywarp and Starscream. Galvatron's voice appears to be Frank Welker doing a less-gravely Megatron-like voice.
: Includes tail-end ad for ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', narrator unknown. ''Does Prime die?!''

[[Image:SpringerWreckGarCommercial1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|It sorta happened like this in the movie. A little.]]
* '''Springer''' and '''Wreck-Gar''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEalmPOL0Gs]

: ''Animation:'' Original animation, but the plot draws heavily from ''The Transformers: The Movie''. Springer's shuttle is destroyed by the Decepticon mothership; he flies to the surface of Junkion and battles Wreck-Gar and another Junkion.
: ''Narration:'' Optimus Prime describes Springer; Megatron gleefully describes Wreck-Gar as though he were a Decepticon; Victor Caroli (each sold separately.)
: ''Notes:'' Wreck-Gar's voice is nearly the same as Megatron's; his lines are directly copied from the movie.
: ''Kidmation:'' Kid face to generic Magnus face.

* '''Sharkticons''', '''Kup''', '''Hot Rod''' and '''Wheelie''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjrdkNj6f28]

: ''Animation:'' Like the previous commercial, heavily based on the movie. Hot Rod and Kup battle a group of Sharkticons, and Wheelie (sounding like Scrappy Doo) arrives to help.
: ''Narration:'' Prime and Megatron; Victor Caroli (sold separately).
:''Kidmation'': Kid face to Galvatron face.
: ''Autobots never faced an evil force worse than the terror of - the Sharkticons!''

* '''Aerialbots''' and '''Stunticons''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdA_0PXT1fQ]

: ''Animation:'' The two teams both arrive in the desert and transform; both combine, and Superion bashes Menasor into a cliff. Menasor's legs are on backwards.
: ''Narration:'' Optimus and Megatron.
: ''Kidmation:'' Kid face to generic Magnus face.
: "Only the Stunticons!" ...only the Stunticons ''what?''

* '''Combaticons/Bruticus''' and '''Metroplex''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCVd2XgbUtw]

: ''Animation:'' The Combaticons fly through a canyon, combine, and attack Metroplex, who transforms to his enormous robot mode and fires at them.
:''Narration'': Megatron, Optimus Prime; Victor Caroli (from Hasbro.)
:''Kidmation'': Kid face to Galvatron face.
: "But the ''Combaticons'' can combine to form ''Bruticus!''"

* '''Protectobots/Defensor''' and '''Trypticon''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EF-Xno8KJno]

: ''Animation:'' The Protectobots drive down a road towards the Decepticons' massive new base, transform and attack. [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]'s voice commands the base to transform into battle station mode; the Protectobots become Defensor and fire back. Trypticon changes to dinosaur mode and blasts fire-breath at Defensor.
: ''Narration:'' Megatron and Optimus Prime; Victor Caroli (batteries not included.)
: ''Kidmation:'' Kid face to Galvatron face.
: ''Toy segment:'' Two kids playing with the toys are ''very'' affected by the sight of toy Trypticon knocking over Defensor.

* '''Predacons''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPOpI_fGoyo]

: ''Animation:'' The Dinobots barrel over Skywarp, Thundercracker and Starscream; the Predacons charge in to counter the Dinobots, transforming into robot mode and then combining into Predaking.
: ''Narration:'' Megatron; Victor Caroli (each sold separately.)
: ''Kidmation:'' Kid face to generic Magnus face.
: ''Notes:'' [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] is missing from the animated Dinobots.
: "Few Decepticons can stand up to the Dinobots, but the Predacons can!"

* '''Sky Lynx''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQXPiKZ0hNk]

: ''Animation:'' Predaking smashes through a mountain to attack the Dinobots. Grimlock thinks they're in trouble, but then Sky Lynx swoops in to save the day.
:''Narration'': Optimus Prime; Victor Caroli (batteries not included.)
:''Kidmation'': Kid face to generic Magnus face.
:''Notes'': Like the Magnus commercials, this one could actually be in continuity with the Predacon commercial, which ended with the Predacons combining. Slag and Grimlock both have their cartoon voices (well, the higher-pitched voice that Slag had in Season 3.)

* '''Triple Changers''' - '''Sandstorm''', '''Broadside''' and '''Octane''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRj3Xo8wqiM]

: ''Animation:'' Blitzwing and Astrotrain attack Powerglide and Warpath; Sandstorm and Broadside change repeatedly as they travel over land and water.
:''Narration:'' Victor Caroli.
: ''Kidmation:'' kid face to generic Magnus face.
:''Autobot - triple changers battling - the triple changers of - the Decepticons!''

[[Image:Patches g1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Spike, if you don't put the patch on your skin, you won't get the nicotine.]]
[[Image:LiveActionJazz-Skywarp01.jpg|right|200px|thumb|This socially awkward scene could be all yours!]]
* '''Battlechargers''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXkHp9J51do#t=3m53s]

: ''Animation:'' Amid a field of erupting volcanoes, Ultra Magnus and his usual team of Autobots (Jazz, Smokescreen, Red Alert and Tracks) transform and march forward in lock-step, prompting Megatron to order the Battlechargers to attack. Runabout and Runamuck drive off a cliff; Runabout transforms and fires.
: ''Narration'': Megatron; Victor Caroli (each sold separately.)
: ''Kidmation:'' Kid face to Galvatron face.
: ''Toy segment:'' The toy portion also features repeated cuts of a kid's head/eyes following the rolling Battle Charger toys.
: ''Nobody jumps into action - faster than - Battlechargers!''

* [[Prizes in Disguise]] contest/[[Iron-on patch|reflective patches]]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76Bbz1-fRK8]

: ''Animation:'' Jazz and Cosmos shine their headlights to reveal that a group of humans are wearing Transformers reflective patches, thus gaining entry to the Autobot base.
: ''Narration:'' Victor Caroli
: ''Kidmation:'' Kid face to generic Magnus face; also, a kid saying "Robots in Disguise" through the Voice Changer.
: ''Notes:'' Standard cartoon voices for Jazz and Cosmos. Background cameos by Tracks and Smokescreen(?).
: ''You could win a party with life-sized Transformers!''

===1987===
Many of the live-action segments for the 1987 toy commercials showed kids playing with the toys in a rocky, doom-laden environment, replete with constant flashes of lightning illuminating the toys. It is possible this is meant to be [[Nebulos]], given the way that planet is portrayed in the animated segments.

[[Image:Brainstormpretenderscommercial.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"Research that planet, Magnus! We've got to find them! With their help we can defeat the Decepticons!" Keep hoping, Rodimus. Keep hoping.]]
* '''Headmasters''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__QTNCp5RhI]

: ''Animation:'' The four Autobot Headmaster Nebulans climb into their respective partners, who are parked in vehicle mode in a base; they roll out and clash with the three Headmaster Decepticons. Includes particularly nice closeups of Monzo and Stylor.
: ''Narration:'' Rodimus and Ultra Magnus narrate. (well, Rodimus actually spews out a series of basically incomprehensible lines.)
: ''Kidmation:'' A kid leaps and flips, turning into a stop-motion version of Ultra Magnus's toy.
: ''Head. MasterTransformers—more muchmore than meets the eyes!'' [''sic'']

* '''Decepticon Headmasters''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ6FtUb-WQo]

: ''Animation:'' At the secret base of the Headmaster Decepticons, the "trainers" are putting Skullcruncher, Weirdwolf and Mindwipe through their paces, having them jump through hoops and smash through rock statues of the Autobot Headmasters. Yes, the "trainer" concept actually made it into animation. They even carry whips!
: ''Narration:'' Galvatron, Victor Caroli
: ''Kidmation:'' Kid to stop-motion Magnus toy.
: ''Nothing's better than going into battle with '''these''' Transformers!''

* '''Headmaster Horrorcons''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr4iHCbkRWw]

: ''Animation:'' Apeface and Snapdragon fly into a canyon and transform to robot mode, then change to beast mode and charge, spewing fire and swinging rocks around.
:''Narration'': Victor Caroli
: ''Kidmation'': Extreme closeup of a kid's eye, with a camera pull-out emerging from the pupil.
: ''The jaws of the beast become the pilot of the plane, and the pilot of the plane becomes the head of the robot!''

* '''Targetmasters''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugF7cyTOuro]

: ''Animation:'' Live-action set of a rocky planet explodes. Cel: on Cybertron(?), Crosshairs and Sureshot get strafed by Triggerhappy, who transforms and grapples with Sureshot, while their guns do the same. Crosshairs drives forward; he and Pinpointer transform and run, then both get tackled by Misfire and Aimless.
: ''Narration:'' Galvatron, Ultra Magnus, Victor Caroli
: ''Kidmation:'' Kid flips and becomes stop-motion Ultra Magnus toy.
: ''Two Trans-for-mers, all in one! The vehicle transforms and so does the gun!''

* '''Sixshot''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sZz2xhptRc]

: ''Animation:'' Rodimus Prime and Galvatron lead their teams in battle; Sixshot attacks and runs through his various modes, as Galvatron describes them and Cyclonus counts them off.
: ''Narration:'' Victor Caroli
: ''Notes:'' Cameos by Kup, Wheelie, Blurr, Scourge. Galvatron has his usual cartoon voice, but Cyclonus does not. A deeper version of the substitute Cyclonus voice is also used for Sixshot.
: ''The most challenging Transformer of them all!''

[[Image:Technobots.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Hi-Tech Sentai Nerdranger]]
[[Image:Computron animated.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Revenge of the nerds!]]
* '''Technobots/Computron''' and '''Scorponok''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mc28D8K--o]

: ''Animation:'' Galvatron runs down a ramp as Scorponok transforms from base to scorpion to repulse the Technobots; the Technobots combine, and get hit with a rock thrown by Scorponok.
: ''Narration:'' Galvatron, Victor Caroli
: ''Notes:'' Naturally, Zarak is visible running around as Scorponok transforms.
: ''And now it's a beast with capture claws and a trainer who becomes... the HEAD of its robot!''

* '''Technobots''' and '''Terrorcons'''. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhiHprASykY]

: ''Animation:'' The two teams battle on Earth, while Rodimus and Magnus narrate.
: ''Narration:'' Ultra Magnus, Rodimus Prime, Victor Caroli.
: ''Kidmation:'' Kid to stop-motion Ultra Magnus.
: ''Notes:'' Includes [[decoy]] stinger.
: "Those hi-tech heroes are in for one horrific battle!"

* '''Punch/Counterpunch''' and '''Clones''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ1T_jL6oF4]

: ''Animation:'' [[Punch]] informs Rodimus that he can trust him, transforms to car mode, rolls out of the base and promptly transforms to Counterpunch and tells the waiting Galvatron that he can trust ''him''. The Decepticon [[clone]]s run through a rocky landscape in perfect step and open fire on the Autobot clones, then both groups transform.
: ''Narration:'' Victor Caroli.
: ''Kidmation:'' Kid to stop-motion Ultra Magnus.
: ''Notes:'' Cameos by Goldbug, Cyclonus. Includes decoy ending.

* '''The Monsterbots''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SdN-zvZpYo]

: ''Animation:'' Blurr and Rodimus Prime arrive; Kup tells them that there's been an accident, and the new Autobots are monsters! The Monsterbots trash a lab, then burst through a wall and fight some Decepticons.
: ''Narration:'' Victor Caroli
: ''Kidmation:'' Kid to stop-motion Ultra Magnus.
: ''Notes:'' Cameos by Scourge, Octane, and ??.
: ''And they've even got sparks, BLASTING out of them!''

[[Image:Weirdwolfweirdhead.jpg|right|200px|thumb|I think pulling my head off is a pretty good idear.]]
[[Image:Brainstormweirdhead.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Brainstorm was actually pretty happy to get rid of his bizarre zombie vampire head.]]
* '''Duocons/Throttlebots''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXkHp9J51do#t=1m53s]

: ''Animation:'' Flywheels’s jet portion swoops down out of the sky and links up with his tank, transforming to robot mode before being jumped on by Rodimus Prime. That jet is going to crash into that tank!
: ''Narration:'' Galvatron, Victor Caroli
: ''Kidmation:'' Kid to stop-motion Ultra Magnus.
: ''Notes:'' Includes decoy stinger.
: ''They think they’re twice as tough as any Autobot - and MAYBE THEY ARE.''

* '''Fortress Maximus''' "FOR-TRESS MAX-I-MUHUUUS!" [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c6qIgMbRvc]

: ''Animation:'' Fortress Maximus transforms to base mode and blows away the Terrorcons, who combine into Abominus and attack him.
: ''Narration:'' Victor Caroli, Rodimus Prime, Ultra Magnus.

* '''''[[Headmasters (comic)|Headmasters]]''' comic book'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiBfxykv5go]

: ''Animation:'' The post-Movie Autobots and Decepticons shoot it out on Cybertron -- Galvatron and Scourge fire on Blurr and Rodimus; Springer grapples with Soundwave; Ultra Magnus... stands there. Two teams "blast" their way to Nebulos. The Autobots detach their heads, which are replaced by "the intelligent Nebulons". The Decepticons do the same. Scorponok and Fortress Maximus slug it out; the Targetmasters charge at each other and transform.
: ''Narration:'' Victor Caroli.
: ''Notes:'' Features completely random, made-up heads for the pre-Headmaster robots.

===1988===
Many of the 1988 commercials began with a still shot of several animation frames, arranged as if in a comic book. The camera would zoom in on one as the animation began.

* '''Pretenders''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GpTjkDrJkU]

: ''Animation:'' [[Brainstorm]] and [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] battle [[Mindwipe]] and [[Weirdwolf]]. Three Autobot Pretenders are created (nekkid!). Dreadwind and Darkwing attack and the armored Pretenders split to reveal their robots, forcing the Decepticons to flee. The Decepticon Pretenders burst through the wall and both groups split.
:''Notes:'' Features only the first wave of large Pretenders (Landmine, Cloudburst, Waverider; Skullgrin, Submarauder and Bomb-Burst.)
:''Narration'': Victor Caroli. ''After a series of startling defeats at the hands of the Decepticons...''
:* '''Pretenders''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eA8RwvAm7s]
: ''Animation:'' The Autobot Pretenders splitting, re-used from the above commercial.
: ''Narration:'' Victor Caroli
: ''Kidmation:'' A bizarre segment of kids proclaiming what they "are" {"I’m a video gamer!" "I’m a skateboarder!"), only for the skateboarder to split Pretender-style, revealing a generic CGI robot who announces "I’m a Transformer!"
::* '''Pretenders''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OfIYC1FC3Y] - Edited down version of the immediately preceding commercial.
:* '''Pretenders''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL0uRBKRHa8]
: ''Animation:'' The Autobot Pretenders splitting, same as the above commercials.
: ''Narration:'' Victor Caroli
: ''Kidmation:'' Kid's face splits apart to reveal his 'inner' robot face. Shown at the beginning of the commercial, rather than at the end as usual.

* '''Pretenders'''
: ''Animation:''
: ''Narration:''
: Includes tail-end spot for the relevant [[Pretender to the Throne!|Marvel Comics issue]].

[[Image:Slapdashcommercial.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Why are you here, again?]]
* '''Powermasters''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEAjoH_EEtY]

: ''Animation:'' amid desert canyons, the various Powermaster partners transform to engine form and combine with their partners, including Optimus Prime transforming his trailer to base mode. This is followed by the Autobot Powermasters shooting at Darkwing and Dreadwind who, now that they've accomplished their [[To sell toys|goal]], are once again in their plane modes.
:''Narration'': Victor Caroli
:''Notes:'' Features [[Getaway]] / [[Rev]], [[Slapdash]] / [[Lube]], and [[Joyride]] / [[Hotwire]]; [[Darkwing]] / [[Throttle (G1)|Throttle]] and [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] / [[Hi-Test]]; and [[Hi-Q]]. Includes tail-end ads spot for the relevant [[People Power!|Marvel Comics issue]].
: ''Their engine’s the key that unlocks their Transformer en-er-geeee!''

[[Image:HiQCommercial1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Truck? What truck?]]

* '''Powermaster toys''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo2gEIZMSeE]

: ''Animation:'' Dreadwind and Darkwing chase Getaway and Joyride around the rim of a crater. Dreadwind and Darkwing transform. Includes segments recycled from the first Powermaster commercial.
: ''Narration:'' Victor Caroli
: ''Kidmation:'' A kid crackles with energy, which surrounds and replaces his head with a ''very'', and we mean ''very'', crude CGI Powermaster Optimus Prime head.
: ''Powermaster Transformers! They've got the power to surprise!''

* '''Powermaster Optimus Prime''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ahamtdTLDY#t=0m59s]

: ''Animation:'' Recycled footage of Prime transforming from the Powermasters commercial; Powermaster Optimus Prime firing Quickswitch.
:''Narration'': Victor Caroli
:''Kidmation:'' Kid to Powermaster Optimus Prime.
: ''POW-er-master Optimus Prime! Greatest hero of his time!'' ("It's great to be back!")
:* '''Powermaster Optimus Prime''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f-0UF_NBgs] - edited down from the previous commercial.

*'''Powermaster Prime''' and '''Doubledealer''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjCqcOAQPq0]

: ''Animation:'' Footage of Prime reused from other commercials featuring him, then a new segment with Doubledealer in robot mode standing with Prime. Doubledealer transforms to vehicle mode, then Skar flies out of Piranacon’s hand and locks into place, transforming Doubledealer to falcon mode.
: ''Narration:'' Victor Caroli
: "Who’s that new Transformer with Optimus Prime?"

[[Image:NightbeatTV.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Look at my chest.]]
[[Image:Fangrycommercial.jpg|right|200px|thumb|HOOKA chaka HOOKA HOOKA HOOKA chaka]]

* '''Small Headmasters''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hf-MDd7cdi0]

: ''Animation:'' the small Autobot Headmasters (Nightbeat, Siren, Hosehead) drive on a rocky world; Nightbeat and Muzzle transform. The small Decepticon Headmasters burst through a wall in beast mode; Fangry and Brisco transform.
: ''Narration:'' Victor Caroli, and Galvatron, who's obviously never met Fangry, Squeezeplay or Horri-Bull: "Our new Decepticon Headmasters will give us more brainpower than ever!"
: ''Kidmation:'' A kid flips through the air, converting to a robot and folding up to become the head of a larger (stop motion?) robot resembling Brainstorm.
: ''And when the '''head''' enters the robot's body you get a '''readout''' of its power!''

[[Image:Snarlercommercial.jpg|right|200px|thumb|If it's a Beast War you want...]]
* '''Pretender Beasts/Pretender Vehicles''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdgmccNpuqM]

: ''Animation:'' Snarler and Chainclaw battle in beast mode... then... are suddenly in their shells... and then come out of their shells...? Gunrunner emerges from his vehicle and transforms to jet mode; Roadgrabber emerges and transforms his vehicle to battle mode, opening fire on the flying Gunrunner.
:''Narration'': Victor Caroli
:''Kidmation'': Pretender Kid
:''Now, in the world of Pretenders, there are Pretender Beasts; Strange and terrifying.''

* '''Quickswitch'''. "It's Quickswitch, Sixshot's son! And he's on our side!" [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gXF6FLs8ag]

: ''Animation:'' In the midst of a moon battle, Getaway spots Quickswitch incoming and mistakes him for a Decepticon, urging the others to destroy him, until someone says he's an Autobot. Quickswitch runs through his modes, beating up Horri-Bull and Snaptrap, then goes to gun mode and lands in Powermaster Optimus Prime's hand.
: ''Narration:'' Victor Caroli
: ''Kidmation:'' A kid holding the toy mouths a synthesized "How quick can you all six" [''sic''], while his head flops around disturbingly.
: ''Determined to make good where his Decepticon father went bad, Quickswitch joins the Autobots!''

* '''Double Targetmasters''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCfnJpHFRuc]

: ''Animation:'' Spinister and Needlenose chase the Autobot small Targetmaster Nebulans (most prominently [[Boomer]] and [[Ricochet (Nebulan)|Ricochet]]) across a rocky landscape. The Nebulans transform to gun modes and link up with their vehicle-mode Autobot partners, Quickmix, Landfill and Scoop, who then transform and fire. Holepunch and Tracer fly out of Scoop's hand and combine into their double weapon form. Scoop fires at a strafing Spinister and Needlenose, who transform, land and charge into battle.
: ''Narration:'' Victor Caroli
: ''Kidmation:'' Kid flips over and turns into a gun for a very crude CGI robot.
: ''Targetmaster Transformers—theeeeeey've got the power to surprise!''

[[Image:FireconCommercial1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Now auditioning for Gamera vs. The Firecons]]
* '''Firecons'''

: ''Animation:''
: ''Narration:''
: ''Kidmation:''

* '''Triggerbots/Triggercons''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xBLVLIKprA]

: ''Animation:'' Recycled Dreadwind and Darkwing chasing Getaway and Joyride, from the Powermasters commercial.
: ''Narration:'' Victor Caroli.
: ''And when the Triggerbots battle the Triggercons, there's no doubt there'll be a real shoot-out!'' KERRUNCH.

[[Image:PiranaconCommercial1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Sadly, Dreamwave never learned that what works in animation doesn't always go over so well as a still image.]]
* '''Seacons''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwyf28trZhg]

: ''Animation:'' Beneath the ocean, the beast-mode Seacons take bites out of a submarine. Piranacon switches out his left arm and gun.
: ''Narration'': Unknown.
: ''Kidmation:'' A kid leaps over the top of a generic stop-animated robot and transforms into his gun, which he fires.
:* '''Seacons / Sparkabots / Firecons''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MOFXjDTJ50#t=1m33s]
: Portions of the Seacon commercial with a Sparkabots/Firecons segment at the end.
:''Animation:'' The [[Firecon]]s mark forward in beast mode, spewing flames; the Sparkabots drive forward and transform; the Firecons transform and grapple with the Sparkabots (Cindersaur vs. Sizzle being most prominent.)
:* '''Seacons / Triggerbots / Trigggercons''': Same as previous.

===1989===
* '''Micromaster Patrols''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GKXFzYvLGU]

: ''Animation:'' From Optimus Prime's glowing fist, the [[Sports Car Patrol]] and [[Off-Road Patrol]] charge forth. They infiltrate a Decepticon base, driving right past Piranacon, Darkwing and Dreadwind, who wonder why they don't have those things. Then the Micromasters swarm around Dreadwind's head. In stop motion, a stream of Micromaster toys topples a gray-painted Scorponok.
: ''Narration:'' Victor Caroli
: ''Kidmation:'' Kid scoops up the Micromasters and opens his palm to show them off.
: "Our new commandos, who go where no one else goes!"

* '''Micromaster transports and battle stations''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2sGiQPOSxs] or [http://www.retrojunk.com/details_commercial/5542/]

: ''Animation:'' A horde of Micromasters swarms over an attacking [[Giant Decepticon Warrior]]; Prime opens his palm to reveal a Micromaster city; Red Hot transforms and flies at the camera. Stop-motion spots show a fleet of Micromaster vehicles driving around the combined playsets.
:''Narration'': Victor Caroli
:''Notes:'' Includes stinger for a $1.00 copy of the [[The Transformers: The Movie|movie]] when you buy two Transformers toys.
: The most incredible "Micro"-s of all! They're not just small; they're ''Tranzzforrrmerrzzz''!
:* '''Micromaster battle stations''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9qABpn1U5s] - edited down from the previous commercial. Narration: Victor Caroli. The ''only'' Micros that transform!
:* '''Micromaster transports''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bU0ApqagpFk] - edited down from the previous commercial.

[[Image:Micromasterbasescommercial.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Bumblebee, you fool!]]
[[Image:SkystalkerCommercial.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Go ahead. Make my day.]]
[[Image:Destronsoldier micromasters.jpg|right|200px|thumb|""]]
* '''Micromaster micro bases''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lQjziUSVME]

: ''Animation:'' Bumblebee and Jazz drag two captured Decepticon vehicles (the [[Interstellar shuttle]] and the [[Helicopter]]) up to Optimus Prime in an Autobot base, only to have them transform and attack, with the guns manned by the [[Sports Car Patrol]] and [[Skystalker]].
:''Narration'': Victor Caroli
:You can connect them to form ''whole cities!''
:* '''Micromaster micro bases''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9APg4jM3KJI] - edited down from the previous commercial. Narration by Victor Caroli.

* '''Classic Pretenders''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecehJWexUaE] or [http://www.retrojunk.com/details_commercial/5541/]

: ''Animation:'' As Prime transforms and comes under attack in a nighttime city, the Autobot Pretenders arrive to help out. "Jazz, you're back!"
:''Narration'': Victor Caroli
:''Notes:'' Includes stinger for a $1.00 copy of the movie when you buy two Transformers toys.
:And the ''eeeevil'' Starscream is here too!
:* '''Classic Pretenders''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSi6ZVZe0no] - edited down from the previous commercial.

* '''Mega and Ultra Pretenders''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4Vz63YmywM]

: ''Animation:'' Crossblades and Vroom slowly drift out of their shells and transform; [[Roadblock (G1)|Roadblock]] avoids a strafing run from [[Skyhammer (G1)|Skyhammer]], then his two robot forms both pop out of his vehicle shell and fire.
: ''Narration'': Victor Caroli.
: Who's more than they pretend to be? Mega Pretender Transformers, Mega Pretenders!
:* '''Mega Pretenders''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBmplIUYCms] - edited down from the previous commercial. "Inside one, there's the other; then they both transform and combine to form another!"
:* '''Ultra Pretenders''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsgfEOamaMw] - edited down from the previous commercial.

[[Image:Pretendermonstercommercial.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Decades later, their melting shells let you re-enact this scene.]]
* '''[[Pretender Monster|Pretender Monsters]]''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQRzQIXQkTU]

: ''Animation:'' Starscream dunks Wildfly, Icepick and Scowl into colorful vats; they and the others emerge as Pretenders and charge at the camera. BEYOND (beyond) anything you've EVER SEEN before: Transformers Monster Pretenders!
: ''Narration:'' Victor Caroli
: ''Now'', the Decepticons have ''Monster Pretenders''. Monster Pretenders with ''rubbery skin!''

===1990===
[[Image:Sprocketoverruncommercial.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"Sure, Prime, I'll give up the alternate mode that I never had."]]
[[Image:GutcruncherG1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"Estroy them!" Actual dialogue. We're not making this up.]]
The Action Master commercials began and ended with a metal fist bursting through a wall, with "ACTION MASTERS" emblazoned across its knuckles. Some of the animation was screened against real-world backgrounds, with poorly animated characters morphing into the real toys.

* '''Action Masters''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeNf3jQ1zdw]

: ''Animation:'' Inside a base, Prime invites a circle of Autobots (Jazz, Prowl, Wheeljack, Rad, Over-Run and Sprocket) to join him.
: ''Narration:'' Victor Caroli
: ''Notes:'' Jazz is voiced by a sound-alike, Scatman Crothers having passed away.
: "Who will give up the power to transform to become stronger faster more alive?" [''sic'']

* '''Action Master vehicles—Starscream, Prowl''', and '''Overrun''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMn36VbUamU]

: ''Animation:'' A short battle sequence (on Cybertron?) with the three featured characters.
: ''Narration:'' Victor Caroli
: And ''look!'' The Action Master vehicles transform into powerful ''battle stations!''

* '''Action Master vehicles—Wheeljack, Sprocket''', and '''Gutcruncher''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_zEQL5qoSs]

: ''Animation:'' Gutcruncher takes to the sky in the Stratojet; Wheeljack and Sprocket drive out of a tunnel.
: ''Narration:'' Victor Caroli
: "Estroy them!" [again, ''sic'']
:* '''Action Master vehicles''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldTBFhVOeyA] - Edited down from the previous commercial.

[[Image:Hotrodpatrolcommercial.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Micromasters melt in your mouth, not in your hand.]]
[[Image:Bigdaddycommercial.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Hey, daddy-o, where's the drive thru at?]]

* '''Hot Rod Patrol''' and '''Construction Patrol''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BULkif6vEsA]

: ''Animation:'' Cel: Jazz and Prime pick up the Hot Rod Patrol and examine them. Stop-motion toys: The Construction Patrol destroys a bridge, making Scorponok fall into a ravine. Rawr!
: ''Narration:'' Victor Caroli
:* '''Hot Rod Patrol / Construction Patrol''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAGdONYuMxQ] - Abbreviated (and accelerated) version of the previous commercial. Neil Ross jibbers his lines at hilariously high speed: "Micromasterconstructionpatroldestroythebridge!"

* '''Micromaster Combiners/Combiner Transports''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dfXzor4EGs]

: ''Animation:'' Megatron grabs at a couple of combiner vehicles (Roadburner/Wheel Blaze and Missile Master/Moonrock), only to have them split apart, reconnect, and shoot him in the face. Cement Head and Terror Tread, along with their transport, transform from vehicle to robot/base.
:''Notes:'' A rather wussy Frank Welker soundalike voices Megatron; Roadburner somehow fires a laser from the short end of his cherry picker crane.
: ''Narration:'' Victor Caroli
:* '''Micromaster Combiners''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4c2GiO-8D4#t=7m02s] - Edited down from the previous commercial.

{{-}}

==Generation 2==
Advertisements for ''Generation 2'' were totally hip to what the hep cats were digging. First they started with a more theatrical, orchestrated version of the original theme song. But that background-music-singing jive was totally bogus, so it was replaced by the "rap music" that all the kids listen to these days. Cel animation was ''so'' five minutes ago; these commercials used graphical images made with a hi-tek com-pu-tor. (To be fair, the CGI quality rapidly improved as ''Generation 2'' 's run continued, with some of the later ones being modestly impressive for their time.)

===1993===
[[Image:G2commercialRamjet.jpg|200px|thumb|]]
[[Image:I_am_Optimus_Prime.jpg|200px|thumb|Yes. Yes you are.]]
[[Image:Megatron_Attack.jpg|right|200px|thumb|LISTEN TO THE CRUSTY RECORDING OF DOOM]]
[[Image:G2commercialConstructiconsDinobots.jpg|200px|thumb|]]
* '''[[Generation 2 (Marvel Comics)|Generation 2 comic book]]''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0RglzjORoA]

: ''Animation:'' Prime drives down a road and transforms; Ramjet swoops down and transforms to robot mode, then runs and fires. Prime and Ramjet shoot each other and grapple; Prime sends Ramjet flying. There are TWO moons in the sky ([[Beast Wars (cartoon)|Prophetic!]]).
: ''Narration:'' Victor Caroli
: ''Going ballistic to destroy the Autobots and conquer mankind, Ramjet IS an eevil Decepticon!"''

* '''Optimus Prime''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X-npBvC1LA]

: ''Animation:'' Highway/vs. Ramjet, recycled from the Generation 2 comics commercial.
: ''Narration:'' Victor Caroli
: "Uhmmm Mmptms Prmmm!"
:* '''Optimus Prime''' Edited from the previous commercial.

* '''Color Changers''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr2pVxJ1YGk]

: ''Animation:'' [[Deluge (Decepticon)]] drives down a race track; [[Drench (Autobot)|Drench]] pops up in robot mode to attack him; Deluge transforms and fires back.
: ''Narration:'' Victor Caroli
: ''Blast 'em with hot water to <s>create disturbing imagery</s> find out whose side they're on!''
:* '''Color Changers''' Edited down from the previous commercial.

* '''Megatron''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcQJ_HaC6J8]

: ''Animation:'' Prime drives and transforms, but something targets his head with a computer readout. Megatron rolls up, transforms and fires, tackling Prime.
: ''Toy segment:'' Megatron completely trashes a poor Optimus Prime toy, knocking him down a hill, rolling over him in tank mode, etc.
: ''Narration:'' Victor Caroli, basically saying that Prime sucks and Megatron can kick his ass.
: ''Listen to the voice of DOOM!'' "Megatronattack." [''sic'']
:* '''Megatron''' Edited from the previous commercial.

* '''Jets and cars''' (Starscream, Ramjet, Inferno, Jazz, Sideswipe) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23EvUt5DXZk]

: ''Animation:'' Starscream and Ramjet fly over rocky desert; Ramjet transforms and lands. Jazz drives through a roller coaster city highway and transforms.
: ''Narration:'' Victor Caroli
: ''Inferno's water cannon is rainin' pain!''
:* '''Jets and cars''' Edited from the previous commercial.

* '''Constructicons''' / '''Dinobots''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gu_ur8XhNDY]

: ''Animation:'' The Constructicons drive at the camera, scraping and tearing up the ground, Bonecrusher transforms into a very off-model robot mode and smashes an electrical box. Devastator smashes the ground, but the three Dinobots emerge from a fissure and attack. Dino-mode Grimlock grabs Devastator by the leg and throws him aside.
: ''Narration:'' Victor Caroli
: ''They'll blast those Decepticons into extinction!''
:* '''Dinobots''' Edited from the previous commercial.
:* '''Constructicons''' Edited from the previous commercial.

===1994===
[[Image:Aerialbots_and_Combaticons_G2_Commercial.jpg|right|200px|thumb|]]
* '''Aerialbots / Combaticons''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h18AG_Y33CY]

: ''Animation:'' Five jets soar over a live-action neighborhood; Silverbolt transforms and lands before a hyper-excited kid. "Jet formation!" "Jet ''transformation''!" Superion and Bruticus slug it out in the kid's neighborhood; Superion moves the kid to "safety" five feet away. "That was brutal!" "No, that's BRUTICUS!"
: ''Narration:'' Victor Caroli (each sold separately)
: ''Sample lyrics:'' The Combaticons are WARRING / Onslaught is ROARING / He is one metamorphing DUDICUS / They all combine / and kick Superion's behind / as the big bad battling BRUTICUS!

[[Image:LeadfootG2commercial.jpg|right|200px|thumb|]]

* '''Rotor Force / Laser Rods''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzsLUlzaocw]

: ''Animation:'' At a race track, a live-action kid watches some of the Laser Rods race; [[Sizzle (G2)|Sizzle]] transforms and punches a pole aside. A moment later, [[Leadfoot]] also transforms, and fires a rotor blade.
: ''Narration:'' Victor Caroli (each sold separately)
: ''Sample lyrics:'' Flying all around / On the air and on the ground / Transformer rotors are SPINNIN'! / They can change before your eyes / into rotor-shooting guys / When they get into a battle they be WINNIN'!
: Holy crap, did Sizzle ''kill'' that kid?

* '''Combat Heroes''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_95nNP2xXgM]

: ''Animation:'' A live-action kid whines about a "battle tank" driving down his suburban street; it changes into Megatron. Fortunately, Prime is parked right behind the kid, and transforms to fight Megatron. "Battle THIS!" A moment later, the kid cheers for truck-mode Prime, only to have another truck transform into Prime — "Uh, over here." Includes Peter Cullen voicing Optimus Prime.
: ''Narration:'' Victor Caroli (each sold separately)
: ''Sample lyrics:'' It's heavy metal crunchin' time / as Optimus Prime / goes toe-to-toe with Combat Megatron / Prime is one tough dude / underneath his hood / he's a transformin' missile firin' phenomenon!
:* '''Combat Heroes''' Edited from the previous commercial.

* '''Dreadwing''' and '''Smokescreen''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YX-U-Ulrw8]

: ''Animation:'' A kid runs down a city street, fleeing [[Dreadwing (G2)|Dreadwing]], who strafes the street before transforming to tank mode while [[Smokescreen (G2)|Smokescreen]] flies overhead. On a downtown street, the kid cries for help as Dreadwing and Smokescreen transform to robot mode in front of him ("No one can save you... from <s>mustache-twirling</s> triple-changing Dreadwing!") [[Electro]] and Sizzle (yes, Sizzle the Decepticon) drive up and transform, fighting the pair, but in the end they get picked up and smashed into each other by their foes.
: ''Narration:''
: ''[[Dreadwing (G2)|Sample lyrics]]:'' DreadWING / is punishING / his Gatling gun is ILLIN'!
:* '''Dreadwing''' Edited from the previous commercial. ''The evil Dreadwing is a triple changer!''
: "Autobots! HALP! me." [''sic'']

* '''Cyberjets''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqL7yEsOz5U]

: ''Animation:''
: ''Narration:'' Victor Caroli
: This commercial is a 15-second version, typically the length of an edited version. To date, no full 30-second version has surfaced online, which is a shame, because it would probably have a rap song.

==Beast Wars==
Just as ''Beast Wars'' represented a revamping of the Transformers brand, the commercials represented a change in the approach to advertising. As a way of changing the feel of the advertising (and possibly as a cost saving measure) [[Victor Caroli]] was phased out as the narrator. Starting with the Dinobot/Waspinator/Tarantulas commercial, [[SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY!!!]] became the narrator for the remainder of the Beast Era.

The focus of the advertising shifted from covering nearly the entire line, to only advertising the larger Mega and Ultra size class toys. As lower price point figures tend to sell better, a heavier push for the slowing selling large figures made sense. Curiously, and despite being the largest ''Beast Wars'' toy, [[Optimal Optimus]] does not appear to have gotten a commercial.

===1996===
[[Image:BW_Wave1_Deluxe_Commercial.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"Waspinator ready for Waspinator's close-up, Mr. DeVille-bot."]]
* '''Wave 1 Deluxe class toys''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-1YTqgyq2E]

: ''Animation:'' CGI Bat Optimus Primal and Crocodile Megatron transform slug it out in a swamp.
: ''Narration:'' Victor Caroli (in probably his last work with Transformers)
: ''Toy segment:'' New MAXIMALS! Dinobot vs. Terrorsaur. "Evil Waspinator, full of venom, changes like never before, from insect — to high-tech — and puts the sting on Cheetor! But treacherous [[Tarantulas|Tarantula]] mutates and counter-attacks!" :Includes tail-end bit for the free 2-pack comic.

: ''In the beginning, came the beasts, and all that creeps, crawls and flies. But nature lies, they're robots in disguise!''
:* '''Cheetor and Waspinator''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0syId07dIE] - Edited from the previous commercial. ''Under the skin... lurks a robot within!''
:* '''Dinobot, Waspinator, Tarantulas''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbFGjwDybho&#t=4m23s] - Edited from the previous, with narration by [[SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY!!!]] and cartoon excerpts of both changing to robot mode.

* '''Wave 1 Mega class toys''' ([[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] versus [[Grizzly-1|Grizz-]] I mean [[Survive|Survi-]] I mean [[Polar Claw]]) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csd_HBQNKTg]

: ''Narration:'' SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY!!!
: ''Toy segment:'' Polar Claw and Scorponok fire their drones at each other to no avail.
: ''A robot in disguise with a bee inside!''

[[Image:BW_Wave1_Ultras_Commercial.jpg|right|200px|thumb]]
* '''Ultra class toys''' ([[Optimus Primal]] versus Ultra [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdCtKquPPqI]

: ''Animation:'' Cartoon excerpts, with both changing to robot mode.
: ''Narration:'' SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY!!!
: ''Toy segment:'' Optimus Primal and Megatron battle amongst plant life.
: This commercial remained on television even into ''Beast Wars''' third or fourth year, long after production stopped on the toys shown in the commercial.

===1997===
[[Image:Cybershark_and_Inferno_Commercial.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Left on the cutting room floor.]]
[[Image:Cybershark_and_Inferno_Commercial2.jpg|right|200px|thumb|]]
* '''[[Cybershark]] and [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]]''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQdqjfScQlo]

: ''Animation:'' Cartoon excerpt - Inferno transforms, as rendered in "[[Spider's Game]]". A crude CGI Cybershark emerges from a shoreline, changes to robot mode and fires.
: ''Narration:'' [[SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY!!!]]
: ''Toy segment:'' Inferno and Cybershark roam around a rocky diorama.
: ''New Inferno is evil king of the anthill! With stinger missiles he's the ultimate surprise!'' (This line is what earned this narrator the placeholder title of SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY!!!)

* '''Magnaboss and Tripredacus''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFOuHfE6UQw]

: ''Animation:'' CGI Magnaboss and Tripredacus smack each other around a little.
: ''Narration:'' SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY
: ''Toy segment:'' Magnaboss and Tripdredacus combine and ineffectively bounce missiles off each other.

: ''This triple team equals one big bot! Beast Wars are three times as hot!''

* '''B'Boom and Transquito''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWqx-Ar_QO4]

: ''Animation:'' CGI B'Boom pounces on Transquito. They transform and shoot at each other.
: ''Narration:'' SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY!!
: ''Toy segment:'' Each toy goes through all three modes in a rocky "desert" set. B'Boom blasts Transquito, burying him in rocks. ''From beast to bot, the action's three times as hot!''

: ''Maximal heroes battle Predacon creeps! There's more than meets the eye to new Mega Beasts!''

===1998===
[[Image:Fuzors_commercial.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"Hey, you got wolf in my eagle!" "You got eagle in my wolf!"]]
[[Image:Fuzors_commercial2.jpg|right|200px|thumb]]
* '''Fuzors''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbFGjwDybho&#t=5m19s]

: ''Animation:'' An eagle and a wolf scream in horrifying agony as they're sucked inexoribly toward their searing, fiery death in a lava pit. The lava explodes and beast-mode Silverbolt flies out.
: ''Narration:'' [[SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY!!!]]
: ''Toy segment:'' Noble [[Fuzor]] [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] fights the evil Predacons [[Injector|Aquasting]] and [[Sky Shadow (BW)|Sky Shadow]]!

* '''Mega class Transmetals''' (Megatron versus Optimus Primal) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BosuSpZzcE]

: ''Animation:'' Cartoon excerpt - Transmetal Megatron transforms to robot mode; Primal flies past camera.
: ''Narration:'' SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY!!!
: ''Toy segment:'' Optimus Primal battles the evil Megatron and knocks over a few tin cans.

: ''Mechanized, metalized, in disguise, BEAST WARS!'' Metalized machines with three modes of mean! TRANSMETALS!

===1999===
* '''Ultra class Transmetals''' ([[Depth Charge]] versus [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]]) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZBnwiK8qQw]
: ''Animation:'' None.
: ''Narration:'' [[SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY!!!]]
: ''Toy segment:'' Evil new Transmetal Rampage and Heroic Depthcharge triple change.

: "Heroic Depthcharge triple changes from metallic manta ray to grenade loaded ultra robot!"

[[Image:Cybershark Commercial.JPG|right|200px|thumb|You mean the pool table DOESN'T come with the toy?!?]]
* '''Deluxe and Mega class Transmetals II''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lau7F-ziQY0]
: ''Animation:'' Cartoon excerpt - Cheetor breaks out of his room, from "[[Feral Scream Part 2]]".
: ''Narration:'' SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY!!!
: ''Toy segment:'' Evil [[Dinobot II|Dinobot]] battles the heroic missile maned feline Cheetor and Cybershark!
: "Dinobot's gonna ''whip'' your robot!"
: This commercial marks the shift from using real-time figure transformations to fast motion transformations. The segments are marked as "Sped-Up Footage" in this commercial. Subsequently, they would be marked as "Fast Motion" or "Fast Motion Sequence".
: Apparently, Hasbro also thought it necessary to mark part of the Dinobot segment with the disclaimer, "Props not included".

[[Image:TM2_Ultras_Commercial.jpg|right|200px|thumb|]]
* '''Ultra class Transmetals II''' ([[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] versus [[Tigerhawk]]) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCWJyTwdRjw]

: ''Animation:'' Cartoon excerpt - Megatron battles Tigerhawk from "[[Other Victories]]
: ''Narration:'' SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY!!!
: ''Toy segment:'' New giant Megatron and new giant Tigerhawk fly around a canyon diorama and take shots at each other.

: "Without <s>sacrifice</s> change, there is no victory!"
{{-}}

==Beast Machines==
===2000===
[[Image:Jetstorm_and_Primal_Commercial.jpg|right|200px|thumb|That kid in the back? Way too excited.]]
* '''Deluxe Jetstorm and Optimus Primal''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_wvMLRvWPk]

: ''Animation:'' Cartoon excerpts showing Jetsorm firing at Optimus Primal and Optimus Primal jumping down from somewhere.
: ''Narration:'' SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY!!!
: ''Toy segment:'' Two boys at school fight in the only honorable way—badly transforming [[Optimus Primal]] and [[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]].
: "Three o'clock at the flag pole." "I'll BE there!"
:* '''Deluxe Jetstorm and Optimus Primal''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csjzeY8vXqA] - Edited down from the previous commercial.

* '''Supreme Cheetor''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=962wDZhjNS8]

: ''Animation:'' Two excerpts featuring Cheetor transforming.
: ''Narration:'' None, apart from "New Beast Machines Electronic Cheetor Supreme sold separately" by the Cheetor Kid.
: ''Toy segment:'' two kids face off in a gymnasium, surrounded by cheering friends. Megatron Kid makes threats to the other kid, who whips out Supreme Cheetor. Megatron Kid congratulates Cheetor Kid after losing their match.
: ''The challenge is in the change!''

* '''Nightscream and Ultra Jetstorm''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs_268NcQew] [[Image:BM_Ultras_Commercial.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"Nightscream likes EXTRA ketchup on his fries!" (Actual dialog)]]

: ''Animation:'' Excerpts of Jetstorm and Nightscream transforming.
: ''Narration:'' None, apart from "New Beast Machines Electronic Jetstorm and Electronic Nightscream sold separately" by Jetstorm Kid.
: ''Toy segment:'' Two kids ordering food are informed by the lady behind the counter that there are only one order of fries left, so they decide to fight it out with their Transformers. The "bad" kid grabs Ultra Jetstorm and shows it off for viewers' benefit, while the "good" kid transforms his Ultra Nightscream and shoots Jetty with his disk launcher. Nightscream Kid wins and tells Jetstorm Kid that "Nightscream likes EXTRA ketchup on his fries!" Jetstorm Kid warns him not to push it.
: "You're grounded Jetlag!"

==Animorphs==
* A brief explanation of the Animorph story, ending with one of the characters saying "Animorphs, Transformers!" Features Jake and Tobias, plus one of the Yeerks. The synthesized "Transformers!" digital voice plays at the end.

==Robots in Disguise==
===2001===
[[Image:Omega_Prime_Commercial.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Neither golden retriever, nor lawn mower, nor white picket fence, nor bright of day, shall stay these kids from the swift completion of their appointed Prime.]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Ultra Magnus''' [http://www.ridforever.info/Video/commercials-toys/HASBRO_COMMERCIAL_OMEGA_2_.MPEG]

: ''Animation:'' Megatron transforms, and Optimus Prime finds himself surrounded by the Predacons.
: ''Narration:'' Guy who sounds like he's talking from behind a door.
: ''Toy segment:'' Two kids who live next door to each other grab their respective Autobot Super figures and run into each other at full speed; as soon as they touch, they combine! One of the kids had a poster for the 1986 animated movie in his room.
: The whole commercial has a dubbed over feel, as Megatron and Optimus Prime sound nothing like the voices used for the show (presumably because casting had not yet been done) and the sound quality of the narration seems below that of the rest of the commercial.
:*'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Ultra Magnus''' [http://www.ridforever.info/Video/commercials-toys/RID_TOY_COMMERCIAL_2.mpg] - Same as previous commercial, but [[Neil Kaplan]] voices Optimus Prime and the narration is the actor used for the rest of the RID commercials. Also, the background music doesn't stop while the kids shout to each other from their windows.

[[Image:Megatron_Sky-Byte_and_Autobot_Cars_Commercial.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Nope, still not fearsome or impressive.]]
*'''Megatron''', '''Sky-Byte''' and '''Deluxe Cars''' [http://www.ridforever.info/Video/commercials-toys/RID_TOY_COMMERCIAL_1.mpg]

: ''Animation:'' CGI Optimus Prime transforms from truck to super-mode; Cartoon excerpts of Megatron (with correct voice) talking, Optimus transforming, Sky-Byte taking a chunk out of the rear of a moving vehicle, .
: ''Narration:''
: ''Toy segment:'' Kids yell the names of the toys while showing them off or transforming them. They do this in what appears to be a poorly lit basement of some sort.
: "Prowl" just does not sound fearsome or impressive no matter how much you growl when you yell it.

* '''Team Bullet Train and Galvatron''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTgAV2EMRdQ]

: ''Animation:'' Cartoon excerpts - Team Bullet Train finishes forming Railracer; Galvatron says "Foolish Autobots! Bring it on!".
: ''Narration:'' Unknown
: ''Toy segment:'' Two kids play with the bullet trains aboard a subway car.
:* '''Team Bullet Train and Galvatron''' [http://www.ridforever.info/Video/commercials-toys/RID-Commercial-4.mpg] - Edited from the previous commercial.

* '''Landfill and Ruination'''

: ''Animation:''
: ''Narration:''
: ''Toy segment:''

==Gobots==
===2002===
[[Image:Go_Go_Go_Bots_Commercial.jpg|right|200px|thumb|]]
*'''Transformers: Gobots''' [http://adland.tv/commercials/hasbro-playskool-transformers-go-bots-2003-015-usa]

: ''Animation:'' Cartoon excerpt of Aerobot transforming.
: ''Narration:'' [[Rap Guy]]
: ''Toy segment:'' The toys turn around on invisible turntables and transform.
: ''Notes:'' The rap is back! This commercial is the (presumably one shot) return of rap in Transformers commercials.
: ''Aerobot, Beastbot, and Speedbot go! They only change, when you say so!
{{--}}
==Armada==
===2002===
* '''''Armada'' cartoon''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPMEyvRI63E]

: [[Toonami]] ad, made of excerpts from the first three episodes of ''Armada''. Narrated by [[Peter Cullen]].

[[Image:First_Armada_Toy_Commercial.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Walking in the saaaaand...REMEMBER!]]
* '''Mini-Cons, Red Alert, Starscream, Megatron''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4b34MifYuw]

: ''Animation:'' From a sand background, CGI [[Sonar (Armada)|Sonar]] emerges from a [[Mini-Con storage panel]]. Sped-up cartoon footage of Megatron transforming.
: ''Narration:'' Even Keel
: ''Toy segment:'' Kids play with the toys in a sandy environment with a sunset background. ''Woo woo woo woo.'' "Swindle. Starscream. Missiles away. Power link Mini-Cons for maximum firepower!"
: ''Kidmation:'' Terrifyingly large-mouthed kids hold the toys and mouth "robots in disguise" while the camera bobs drunkenly.
: ''Newww Transformers Armada. With powerlinking Mini-Con '''warriors!'''''

* '''Megatron and Optimus Prime''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3L5LGd3l6n0]

: ''Animation:'' From a watery background, CGI [[Grindor (Armada)|Grindor]] emerges from a storage panel. Cartoon excerpt: Optimus Prime stock footage.
: ''Narration:'' Even Keel
: ''Toy segment:'' Kids play with the toys in a sand-laden diorama environment. That ''can't'' be good for Prime's electronic innards.
: ''Kidmation:'' The large-mouthed kids again, with different toys.

[[Image:Armada_Supercon_commercial.jpg|right|200px|thumb|[[David Willis|Walky's]] dream job.]]
* '''Laserbeak, Hot Shot, Demolishor''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWMvc3rWfk0]

: ''Narration:'' Even Keel
: ''Animation:'' From an ice background, CGI [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]] emerges from a storage panel. Cartoon excerpts: Hot Shot stock footage; Demolishor and Cyclonus running and firing.
: ''Toy segment:'' Kids play with the toys in a snowy diorama environment.
: ''Kidmation:'' The large-mouthed kids yet again, with different toys.
:* '''Laserbeak, Hot Shot, Demolishor''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BXd6S3c_F4] - Edited down from previous commercial.

===2003===
[[Image:Jetfire_Galvatron_Optimus_Scavenger_Commercial_.jpg|right|200px|thumb|The Decepticon menace.]]
* '''Galvatron, Scavenger, Jetfire, Optimus Prime''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXo2meF9hIo]

: ''Narration:'' Even Keel
: ''Animation:'' Cartoon [[stock footage]] of Optimus Prime
: ''Toy segment:'' In what looks like a [[wikipedia:Santiago_Calatrava|Santiago Calatrava]] building, Scavenger takes on Galvatron; Jetfire and Prime combine to counterattack.
: ''Kidmation:'' Two kids stand with their toys, back-to-back as if to make a final stand, while mouthing along with "robots in disguise!"

* '''Blurr, Sideways, Thrust, Sideswipe''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwD2rCV1R6U]

: ''Narration:'' Even Keel
: ''Toy segment:'' Kids play with the toys in some kind of modernist corporate office setting.
: ''Kidmation:'' Back-to-back for the final stand again, this time against the corporate office's windows.
: ''Another battle for ultimate control!'' "Blurr attacks!" ''And Sideways betrays.'''

[[Image:Unicron_Commercial.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Johnny didn't do so well on his science project this year.]]
*'''Unicron''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooWCY1BubSg]

: ''Animation:'' Excerpt from ''[[Transformers: The Movie]]'' of Unicron slamming his hand down on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s surface, accompanied by a newly recorded voice-over proclaiming "The universe is mine!". Also has an excerpt of Optimus Prime stock footage with Optimus telling Unicron to "fight someone your own size."
: ''Narration:'' Even Keel
: ''Toy segment:'' A kid plays with the toys, first in front of a projected space background, then in something resembling an empty warehouse.
: "Obviously, Optimus Prime, that would not be you!"
:*'''Unicron''' [http://adland.tv/commercials/transformers-armada-unicron-battles-devours-entire-worlds-2003-015] — Edited down from the previous commercial.

===2004===
*'''Playstation 2 Armada game''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWQVSAZTS-E]

: Starscream: "There's no ''escape''. Soundtrack is "Wishbone" by the band [[Dropbox]], who are actually shown rocking out between excerpts of game footage.
: ''The ultimate conflict begins.''

==Robot Masters==
===2004===
[[Image:Robot Masters commercial.jpg|thumb|200px|]]
* '''[[Robot Masters (franchise)|Robot Masters]] toyline'''

:''Toy segment:'' The Decepticons and Autobots each transform through the magic of stop motion, then stand around as the camera pans and laser fire is superimposed between them.
:''Animation:'' [[Starscream (G1)|G1 Starscream]] fights [[Optimus Primal]] as [[Optimus Prime (G1)|G1 Optimus Prime]] takes on [[Megatron (BW)|Beast Megatron]]. Megatron's dino head bites Prime on the hand.
:The commercial ends with a group shot of around half of the line's figures, followed by a money shot of one character spotlighted in both their robot and alt. mode. The spotlighted character depends on which DVD you're watching.
{{-}}

==Energon==
===2004===
[[Image:Energon_Optimus_and_Scorponok_Commercial.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Energon Unicron? Where you been!?]]
* '''Scorponok and Optimus Prime''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfT_Z-rZ9mU]

: ''Narration:'' Even Keel, with the cartoon's theme music.
: ''Toy segment:'' Kids playing with the toys in what looks like a basement or maybe a warehouse.
: ''Notes:'' Energon Unicron appears in the static shot of the toys at the end, as well as in the background of some of the other toy scenes. This suggests that a longer version of the commercial, which would feature Energon Unicron along with the other two toys, exists.
: ''Eachsoldseparatelybatteriesnotincludedactualchangetimewillvary.''

* '''Shockblast, Energon Ironhide, Jetfire''' [http://adland.tv/commercials/hasbro-transformers-energon-2-2004-015-usa]

: ''Narration:'' Even Keel, with the cartoon's theme music.
: ''Toy segment:'' Kids play with the toys on a tabletop.
: ''Shockblast is on the hunt but Powerlinx Jetfire prepares for attack.''

* '''Starscream, Terrorcons, Deluxe Autobots''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PYvg9YbVtg]

: ''Narration:'' Even Keel. "Decepticons attack with Hyper Power."
: ''Toy segment:'' Various kids on viewscreens are rotoscoped into the frame like members of some sinister corporation's executive board.
: ''Kidmation:'' The three kids drop separately into the rotoscope and mouth along to the song while holding up Hot Shot [[Powerlinx|powerlinxed]] with Rodimus, Starscream and Inferno powerlinxed with Prowl.
:* '''Starscream, Terrorcons, Deluxe Autobots''' [http://adland.tv/commercials/hasbro-transformers-energon-2004-015-usa] — Edited down from the previous commercial.

[[Image:Energon_Omega_Supreme_and_Megatron_Commercial.jpg|right|200px|thumb]]
* '''Omega Supreme and Megatron''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uePLyCXTU-s]

: ''Animation:'' Cartoon excerpt: Omega spins around in space.
: ''Narration:'' Even Keel
: ''Kidmation:'' Two serious-faced kids on a split screen hold up Omega and Megatron, while mouthing along with the hard rock [[theme song]].
: "Your weapons are ''useless'' against <s>Prince of Space</s> ''him!''"

===2005===

*'''Air team and Optimus Prime''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddVPMX0Cy54]

: ''Animation:'' Cartoon excerpts: Optimus Prime forms his super mode; The Air Team forms [[Superion Maximus]], then attacks [[Constructicon Maximus]] and [[Bruticus Maximus (Energon)|Bruticus Maximus]].
: ''Narration:'' [[Dramatic Guy]]
: ''Toy segment:'' Various shots of the toys in their robot modes.
: ''Notes:'' This commercial appears to represent an alternate continuity. Optimus Prime is implied to have created either combiners in general or just the Air Team in particular.
: ''Transformers: Energon. You can join the Powerlinx Battles.''
{{-}}

==Cybertron==
===2005===
[[Image:Cybertron_Large_Figures_Commercial.jpg|right|170px|thumb|And you thought Sari's [[key]] was impressive.]]
*'''Optimus Prime, Megatron, Starscream''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeuBAMhs_uc]

: ''Narration:'' Dramatic Guy
: ''Live-action segment:'' A kid runs down a laser-lit passageway with a frisbee-sized Cyber Planet Key, which he uses to unlock a giant door, which open to reveal a giant CG ''Cybertron'' Optimus Prime!
: ''Toy segment:'' Optimus Prime uses his Cyber Key Power to take down Megatron, but the giant Starscream has his own Cyber Key!
:''You can go to Transformers.com! Ask your parents first.''
:* '''Starscream''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHjjDI-PGTo] - Edited down from previous commercial, with new narration focusing solely on Starscream.

===2006===
[[Image:CybAd DarkcrumplezoneEvacDownshift.jpg|right|170px|thumb|Somehow more exciting than the tv show.]]
*'''Crumplezone, Downshift, Evac''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDjPB6tVX2o]

: ''Narration:'' Dramatic Guy
: ''Toy segment:'' A whole little plot plays out in a impressive-looking diorama environment. [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Dark Crumplezone]] steals a silver-bordered [[Earth]] [[Cyber Key]]! He transforms into vehicle mode, uses the Cyber Key Power and races off with the heroic Autobots [[Downshift (Energon)|Downshift]] and [[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]] in hot pursuit! Oh noes! Crumplezone shoves Downshift off the cliff-edge road they are racing on. Downshift is transformed and grabs Evac's rescue rope, then blasts Crumplezone into oblivion. The Key is saved!
:Notably, [[Paul Oakenfold]]'s ''Cybertron'' theme music is not used.
:''Ask your parents to take you to Transformers.com!''

==Star Wars Transformers==
===2006===
[[Image:SW_Transformers_Commercial.jpg|right|200px|thumb|]]
* '''Darth Vader and Obi-Wan Kenobi''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwWHqkWJ1No]

:''Narration:'' 2006-2007 Guy
:''Toy segment:'' Two kids, one dressed as a Sith Lord and the other a Jedi Knight, play with their respective toys.
: Features excerpts of Darth Vader from Episode IV: A New Hope and Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.
:''NEW! Star Wars Transformers. Mech mode or vehicle mode. The battle for the universe rages on!''
{{-}}

==Attacktix==
===2006===
[[Image:Attacktix_Commercial.jpg|right|200px|thumb|I don't know. I think Prime could take him.]]
* '''Attacktix Intergalactic Showdown''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oe9LDLUdJq8]

:''Narration:'' 2006-2007 Guy
:''Toy segment:'' Group of kids battle with Star Wars and Transformers Attacktix figures upon a table top.
:"Optimus Prime beat Darth Vader? No. Way." ''Find out with Attacktix.''
{{-}}

==Transformers (2007) movie==
The 2007 [[Transformers (2007)|live-action movie]] saw a merchandising blitz that surpassed even Generation 1's commercial onslaught. Numerous trailers were edited together, and tie-in commercials ranged from Burger King to Chevrolet.
===Trailers===
[[Image:Beagle 2.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Also known as "Sorry, the CGI robots aren't quite ready yet."]]

[[Image:Movie Lennox Scorponoktail.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Sounds like this thing on a chalkboard.]]

* '''Teaser trailer''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BAgnvCjBMU]
Premiered 29 June 2006 in front of ''Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest''. ''In 2003, the Beagle 2 Mars Rover was launched.'' Features "blurry footage" from the Mars lander, which is then destroyed by a shadowy robotic figure. ''It was the only warning we would ever get.'' Included as a DVD extra.

* '''Theatrical trailer #1''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhjeFgg1DJ0]
Premiered 20 December 2006. "Whatever fell out of the sky ended up right here behind me..." ''On July 4... Our world... will be TRANSFORMED.'' Notable for the horrifically grating electronic "music" of the second half. Included as a DVD extra (labeled as Trailer #2.)

[[Image:Movie2007 Bonecrusher attacks Prime.jpg|thumb|right|300px|]]

* '''Theatrical trailer #2''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLbDmbGAxaI]
Premiered 18 May 2007. "Got a little surprise for ya, son." Starts off with various boy-and-his-car clips, then the Autobots arriving to Earth. ''Most have come to destroy us... some have come to protect us.'' Additional focus points include Prime transforming in the alley, Sector 7 capturing Bumblebee, and Bonecrusher tackling Prime. ''"Bring it!!"'' Included as a DVD extra.

===TV spots===
[[Image:Starscreammoviestillrobot.jpg|thumb|right|300px|]]

[[Image:Movie Scorponok leapsout.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Funny, "our freedom" didn't really seem like the pivotal point of conflict in this film.]]

* '''Hidden''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-d9YM-Il0A]
Air date 31 March 2007. ''They are already here... hiding in plain sight.'' "You gotta get in the car. Trust me!"

* '''Destiny''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9jYiYybXe8] or [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feOwAB9TpEA] (extended)
Air date 30 March 2007. "Driver don't pick the car." ''On July 4th / Some will come to defend us. Most will come to destroy us.''

* '''Discovery''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVJ06ixj19Q] (worst video EVAR)
Air date 16 May 2007, during American Idol. ''From Director Michael Bay.. and executive producer Steven Spielberg...'' "Last night you told the officer your car... transformed."

* '''Declare''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjAkRFRnFZQ]
Air date 20 May 2007. ''They are like nothing you've ever seen... and they've come to take our planet.''

* '''Vibration''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kwAXYZhAiE]
Air date 21 May 2007. ''They can take any shape...'' "Dear God, what is this?" ''They can hide anywhere.''

[[Image:Movie BoliviasFinestQualityUsedCars 2.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Don't remember Sam and Bumblebee making any efforts to "transform our world", either.]]

[[Image:BarricadeVsSam.jpg|thumb|right|300px|His presence isn't a mystery! He flat-out says exactly what he's after! Movie Trailer Guy clearly just isn't paying attention.]]

* '''Friendship''' [http://mfile.akamai.com/17690/wmv/paramount.download.akamai.com/30/mp/transformers/transformers_friendship30_lrg.asx] / [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcuawIuQ3rE]
Air date 29 May 2007. One of two near-identical spots aired on Nickelodeon. "Driver don't pick the car. Car picks the driver." "Feels good." "My car is alive." ''This 4th of July...they're teaming up...to transform our world.'' "Not so tough without a head, are you?!"

* '''Freak Out''' [http://www.iklipz.com/MovieDetail.aspx?MovieID=4ce291c3-d186-4683-9cb7-a9842da6e295] / [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iehdAn7X0Wk]
Air date 29 May 2007. One of two near-identical spots aired on Nickelodeon. "Driver don't pick the car. Car picks the driver." "Feels good." "My car is alive." ''This 4th of July...they're teaming up...to transform our world.'' "If my parents come out here and see you they're gonna freak out!"

* '''TV Spot #8''' [http://www.iklipz.com/MovieDetail.aspx?MovieID=c0ca2ca6-3888-43a7-a4b0-0cb8c3188dbc]
Air date unknown. ''They have arrived. Most have come to destroy us. But there are others who will stand by our side.'' "This thing is ''wicked''."

* '''TV Spot #9''' [http://www.iklipz.com/MovieDetail.aspx?MovieID=52823b77-a23d-48ac-ac3f-931c63adbfb8]
Air date unknown. ''Their appearance is deceiving.'' "It's a robot! Like a super-advanced robot. It's probably Japanese." ''Their presence is a mystery.'' "The killer robot is REALLY DISTRACTING!"

* '''Event''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7ALPvOIfUU]
Air date 15 June 2007. Features Bonecrusher's full transformation. "GO GO GO GO!!" "That's alien. That ain't friendly!"

* '''Army''' [http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoID=2038495870]
Air date unknown. "What the heck was that?" "WHOAAAAAAH!!" ''We didn't see them coming... but this 4th of July the battle for our freedom begins.''

* '''Everything Changes''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbAIQVObATs]
Airdate 23 June 2007 (??). Originally aired on Nick at Nite. ''From Director Michael Bay...'' "WE'RE UNDER ATTACK!" ''This fourth of July.... everything changes.''
"

===TV tie-in commercials===
====Burger King====
* Optimus Prime walks up to the drive-thru and orders a Whopper, only to be told that he needs a vehicle. He promptly transforms to truck mode, only to be informed that he also needs a driver. "Oh, ''come on!''" Includes tail-end promo for Burger King freebie Transformer toys. Additional tie-ins were available through Burger King's web site. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkTP8YAZRUs]

====General Motors====
* '''Chevy Transform Your Ride Sale''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QB9RFlSVos0] (all four)
** In the city, a guy leads his ladyfriend to where his car is parked. Unfortunately, Blackout lands nearby and blasts the car to scrap before stalking off, prompting the guy to shriek like a girl.
** Optimus Prime comes crashing down onto the street, crushing a man's car. "My bad," he apologizes. "You better ''believe'' it's your bad. It's ''real'' bad -- my wheels!!"
** A man hands his ticket to a valet drive, but Megatron comes soaring out of the sky and crushes the man's SUV under his foot and throwing vehicles aside. "Wow! Look at your car! Eh, he just kinda BIUM!! chucked it outta-- uh...I don't think we're liable for that." Several variants exist for different vehicles.
** A woman repeats the valet experience. "Look at that! AWESOME! ...not for you."

''Need a new car or truck?''

====Lunchables====
* A generic cartoonish-CGI rendered robot drives, transforms, and bounds up to [[Lunchables Brigade|some hyperactive kids having lunch]]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMZtsIFyf0A]

====Maxim====
* Maxim Killer 3 contest: Megan Fox is shown looking sexy and called a killer talent. The Pontiac Solstice GXP is shown looking equally sexy and called a killer ride. Jazz is called a killer ...of Decepticons? ''Check out Killer3.com and enter for your chance to win a Pontiac Solstice GXP plus VIP treatment at the Hollywood premiere of Transformers with the star of the movie, <s>Shia Labeouf</s> Megan Fox.'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_k495u2IOY]

[[Image:Toaster dew.jpg|right|200px|thumb|If an evil killer alien robot endorses it, how can it be bad?]]
====Mountain Dew====
* "Transform your summer": a late-twenties loft dweller yells at his toaster for taking the last Mountain Dew, prompting his roommates to drag him away... while behind their backs, the [[Ejector|toaster]] converts to a soda-bearing mechanical monster and does a defiant little dance. Tail segment advertises the [[Transform Your Summer]] contest. [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2exy2_transformers-mountain-dew-comercial_blog]

====Transformers The Game====
* Trailer #1 [http://www.gametrailers.com/video/trailer-transformers-the/19139]
Air date Unknown. Optimus Prime narrates: "Protect... or destroy. Good... or evil. Where you stand is a question of choice."
* Trailer #2 [http://www.gametrailers.com/video/transformers-friday-transformers-the/20418]
Air date 09 June 2007. Debuted during Spike TV's Game Head. Has no narration. ''This summer, the only question is: Which side will you choose?''
*Transformers: Autobots/Decepticons Trailer [http://www.gametrailers.com/video/trailer-transformers-autobots/21167]
Air date Unknown. ''On the streets of our cities, there is a war brewing. Between those who want to protect our world and those determined to destroy it. Which side...will YOU choose?''
[[Image:Awesome_Commercial.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Awesome commercial.]]
====Verizon FiOS====

* Michael Bay commands things to be AWESOME. Walking around his massive estate, Bay cues up tigers, life-size Bumblebee props, and explosions on demand. In an extended version, Bay bashes aside the [[Nokia robot]]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-66C_g2puM]; [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXRCf9LbLM0] (extended)

{{--}}
===Toy commercials===
[[Image:Core_Movie_Figures_Commercial.jpg|right|150px|thumb]]
* '''Movie characters''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWkhSe-WPLM]

: ''Narration:'' 2006-2007 Guy
: ''Toy segment:'' The Autobots and Megatron race through a city diorama and then transform.
: ''Features:'' Megatron, Prime, and other movie guys.
: ''The Transformers' war... has invaded our wold. And the Earth is no match for the evil Decepticons!''
[[Image:Allspark_Power_Commercial.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Two shall stand...two shall fall.]]

* '''Allspark Power Movie figures''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFmt0z-jpE0]

: ''Narration:'' [[2006-2007 Guy]]
: ''Toy segment:'' The Allspark Power toys battle it out in a diorama resembling the outskirts of a western U.S. city.
: ''Features:'' Stockade, Incinerator, Landmine and Nightwatch Optimus Prime.
: ''The battle's far from over. Which side are you on? Autobot or Decepticon?''

[[Image:Cyber_Stompers_Commercial.jpg|right|150px|thumb|[[Ron Witwicky]]'s brother.]]
*'''Cyber Stompers''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJa_B-06lEo]

: ''Narration:'' 2006-2007 Guy
: ''Toy segment:'' A guy is in his home office freaking out about an earthquake. Wait, it's just his two kids upstairs playing with Cyber Stompin Bumblebee and Optimus Prime.
: "What's goin on up there?"
[[Image:Ultimate_Bumblebee_Commercial.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Uh, Bumblebee, you're facing the wrong way for hitchhiking.]]

*'''Ultimate Bumblebee''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWdDCwOPtZg]

: ''Narration:'' 2006-2007 Guy
: ''Toy segment:'' Bumblebee races in a diorama resembling the desert road the Autobots take to reach Hoover Dam in the movie. The various features of the toy are demonstrated or referred to.
: ''Notes:'' Various movie excerpts featuring Bumblebee are used throughout the ad.
:''Ultimate Bumblebee is the most advanced Transformers figure ever!''

[[Image:Optimus_Prime_Helmet_Commercial.jpg|right|150px|thumb|You have the ring. And I see your Schwartz is as big as mine!]]
*'''Optimus Prime Voice Changer Helmet''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBjl1fb-i3Q]

: ''Narration:'' 2006-2007 Guy
: ''Toy segment:'' A kid is shown using the helmet.
: ''Notes:'' The earlier [[Ron Hayden]] version of the helmet is used in the commercial.
: ''You can change your voice to the lead the battle and command the Autobots as Optimus Prime.''

[[Image:Converting_Arm_Blaster_Commercial.jpg|right|150px|thumb]]
*'''Converting Arm Blasters''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMReB07Ath8]

: ''Narration:'' 2006-2007 Guy
: ''Toy segment:'' Kids shown using the blasters in a city area.
: ''It's Autobot vs. Decepticon. Both sides have the power to change from vehicle to dart firing blaster in a cyber-second.''

*'''Voice Changer Helmet and Arm Blasters''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHdi2ed4Dhw]

: ''Narration:'' [[2006-2007 Guy]]
: ''Toy segment:'' Scenes re-used from the previous two commercials.
: ''Notes:'' The previous two commercials were edited down and joined together with a new narration to make this commercial.
: ''Decepticons conquer the skies with the Starscream Barrel Roll Blaster. Autobots rule the road with the Optimus Prime Battle Rig Blaster.''
{{--}}

==Animated==

===Toys===
[[Image:Toycommercial-Animated01.jpg|right|thumb|Bulkhead isn't small! He's just faaaar away.]]
===2008===
*Wave 1 & 2 Voyagers and Deluxes [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch_DqDKJ_lw]
:''Animation:'' Cartoon excerpt of Starscream swooping down and firing.
:''Narration:'' [[Dynamic!]]
:''Toy Segment:'' The evil Starscream prepares to attack, with the evil Decepticons Blackarachnia and... Lockdown? Luckily, Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Prowl, and Bulkhead are there to save the day. Notice how Bulkhead is SHORTER than 'Bee.
:''Notes:'' Has an end tag advertising the 'Battle Begins' Optimus Prime/Megatron two-pack.
:*Wave 1 & 2 Voyages and Deluxes [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcMYrWeREaQ] - Edited down from the previous commercial.

*Leader Megatron and Rollout Command Optimus Prime [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9lGLKEO_Kk]
:''Animation:'' None.
:''Narration:'' Dynamic!
:''Toy Segment:'' Optimus Prime races through a city diorama to meet Megatron and show off his "amazing auto-spin technology!" gimmick.

===2009===
*Jetstorm and Jetfire
:''Animation:'' None.
:''Narration:'' Unknown.
:''Toy Segment:''

===McDonald's Happy Meal toys===
Kids play with Animated Happy Meal Toys inside a giant, Happy Meal Box-shaped Spaceship. Inexplicably, MOVIE Optimus Prime appears in the background. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX4XTXyVW3M]

===Transformers Animated: The Game===
Various excerpts of gameplay and animation from the game are shown, interspersed with text narration and voice over clips from Megatron, Bumblebee, Optimus Prime, and Prowl. ''In this time of war, victory...depends on teamwork.'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w1LIz1UkA0]

==Revenge of the Fallen==
Like its predecessor, ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' features a large multi-media ad campaign. In addition to theatrical trailers and TV ad spots, several preview segments have been shown online.

===Theatrical trailers===
* '''Teaser trailer''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gb2fUOW1ne4&feature=fvst]
Released 17 February 2009. Protoforms hit Paris, Egypt, aircraft carrier. ''From director Michael Bay... and executive producer Steven Spielberg...'' "You don't stop, you don't hide, you run. You hear what I'm saying?!"

* '''Trailer #1''' [http://vimeo.com/4415904]
Released 4 May 2009. "Bee, I wanna talk to you about the college thing." Aired in front of ''Star Trek'' and ''X-Men Origins: Wolverine''.

* '''Trailer #2''' [http://vimeo.com/5283844]
Released 21 May 2009. Begins with longer version of the "Bee, I wanna talk to you about the college thing." scene. Aired in front of ''Terminator: Salvation'' and ''Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian''.

===TV spots===
Many conveniently gathered into one online spot by Michael Bay himself. Thanks, Michael Bay!

* '''Big Game spot''' [http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/transformers-2/super-bowl-spot]
Air date 1 February 2009 during the Superbowl. Protoforms hit aircraft carrier. Sam backs away. Lennox points. ''Revenge... Revenge...''

* '''Forms''' [http://vimeo.com/4719348]
Air date 18 May 2009. "It's not over." ''Revenge... takes... many... forms.'' "We got a whole lotta fight comin' our way!"

* '''It's On''' [http://vimeo.com/4719904]
Air date 18 May 2009. "What you're about to see is top secret. Do ''not'' tell my mother." "We detected radioactive signatures all over the world."

* '''Greatest Enemy''' [http://vimeo.com/4719776]
Air date 18 May 2009. ''They have returned... to finish... what they started.'' "''SAAAAM!''" A bizarre bit of background "music" sounds appropriately like a screaming person - alarmingly appropriate as we watch thousands of sailors die aboard a sinking aircraft carrier!

* '''Destiny''' [http://vimeo.com/4936917]
Air date 31 May 2009. "Hey beautiful! Made you a long distance relationship kit." "I'm here for your help, Sam."

* '''Fate''' [http://vimeo.com/4985710]
Air Date 3 June 2009. "Fate rarely calls upon us at a moment of our choosing." "This isn't my war!" "It soon will be." "DAD!!" "OPTIMUS!!"

* '''Drums''' [http://vimeo.com/5125388]
Air date 12 June 2009. Presumably named for its soundtrack! ''From director Michael Bay...'' "I thought we had peace." ''And Executive Producer Steven Speilberg...'' "I'm here for your help, Sam."

* '''Wanted''' [http://vimeo.com/5125729]
Air date 12 June 2009. "The aircraft carrier ''[[USS Roosevelt]]'' goes down off the East Coast." ''On June 24th...'' "They're here to ''hunt'' you." "What we need is to explore every possible diplomatic solution."

* '''Mystery''' [http://vimeo.com/5125817]
Air date 12 June 2009. "Mikaela, something just happened to me. I'm seeing symbols!" "They want what's in my mind!"

* '''Let's Roll Kids''' [http://vimeo.com/5125665]
Air date 12 June 2009. ''On June 24th...'' "Wow!" ''Get ready...'' "Freaky, right?" ''For the summer's biggest adventure.'' "RUN!"

* '''Stomp''' [http://vimeo.com/5125624]
Air date 12 June 2009. "This isn't my war." "I fear it soon will be." "Time to lay down some whoopass."

* '''Team Kids''' [http://vimeo.com/5125510]
Air date 12 June 2009. "Wow." "I'm here for your help, Sam." ''Only one team... will transform your summer.'' "It's upgrade time!"

* '''Adventure Kids''' [http://vimeo.com/5125471]
Air date 12 June 2009. "I'm seeing symbols. They gotta mean something, like a message, or a map." "Can you read these?" "Read?!" "Noooo, we don't really do much reading."

* '''Save the World''' [http://vimeo.com/5190942]
Air date 16 June 2009. "Hey beautiful!" "So you think you can make it through those East Coast winters without me?" "Oh my god..." "I am seeing symbols in my mind."

* '''Space Moms''' [http://vimeo.com/5191049]
Air date 16 June 2009. "You're the first Witwicky ever to go to college." "Look what I found! It's your little baby booties!" "You're gonna be okay, Mom." "Welcome to Astronomy 101. What do we know about SPACE?!"

* '''Evolved''' [http://vimeo.com/5190871]
Air date 16 June 2009. ''They have returned. They have evolved. On June 24th...'' "I thought we had peace." "We've kept much from you, Sam." Includes an edited version of the Horrible Electronic Scraping Noise from the first ''Transformers'' trailer, whee!

* '''Ancient power''' [http://vimeo.com/5205852]
Air date 16 June 2009. "What you're about to see is top secret." "The Transformers? They've been here a lonnnnng time." "Freaky, right?"

* '''Everything''' [http://vimeo.com/5205888]
Air date 16 June 2009. ''On June 24...'' ''Everything...'' ''Will change.'' "Don't freak out! Don't freak out!" "Whhrrreshheee?"

* '''Bumblebee''' [http://vimeo.com/5206069]
Air date 16 June 2009. ''You won't believe... what's about to change. On June 24th... get ready for the summer's biggest adventure.'' "RUUUUUUUN!" Features kitchen appliances, Devastator combination.


===Promo reels and online clips===
* '''ShoWest online clip'''
Released online 20 April 2009. Lengthy segment of Sam talking to Bumblebee in the garage, followed by previously unseen action sequences, released to MichaelBay.com for only 12 hours.

* '''MTV Music Video Awards clip''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5W4eMnCiaUw]
Air date 31 May 2009. Movie clip featuring Sam and Mikaela hiding and running from Decepticons.

* '''Michael Bay Chevy segment''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-De67tpJ84]
Online footage released ?? 2009. Footage of the Autobots in car form driving heroically across the desert and through the woods.

* '''Moviefone clip''' [http://www.moviefone.com/movie/transformers-revenge-of-the-fallen/30589/video/transformers-revenge-of-the-fallen-clip/26222676001]
Released online 12 June 2009 at Moviefone.com. 1:02 segement of Lennox and Epps leading a covert op team into an attack by Devastator.

* '''Your Worst Nightmare''' [http://vimeo.com/5176954]
Released online 15 June 2009 at MichaelBay.com. 1:30 segment of Michaela on the phone with Sam, and dealing with an interloper in her workshop.

* '''Paramount UK clip''' [http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=101273016549646&ref=mf]
Released online 19 June 2009 via Paramount UK's Facebook account for the movie. 1:04 segment of Sam accidentally bringing kitchen appliances to life and then hiding from the ensuing chaos.

===TV tie-in commercials===
====Burger King====
* '''Twins/Now''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmV4EuHXy1c]
: A group of kids stand around a yellow Camaro waiting for "Bumblebee" to transform. [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] drive up, transform, and join the kids in their wait. The group becomes disappointed upon seeing the owner of the car show up.
:"Aw man." "That ain't no Bumblebee." "That's just some dude's car."

* '''Mayhem Now Playing''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSXS7R53v_U]
: A man exits from a [[Burger King]] and realizes he has the grand prize winning game piece for the [[Transform Your Way]] contest. The [[King]] transforms from his broiler mode and busts through the wall to present the man with his prize. The man gasps, "Whoa, a million bucks", at the sight of a pallet of cash being dropped at his feet. The restaurant manger appears, saying "That's about how much it'll take for me to fix this mess. (To the King) This counts as your break, you know that right?". The King hangs his head sadly.
:''Let the King transform '''your''' life.''

[[Image:Kmart_Dad_Day_Commercial.jpg|right|200px|thumb]]

====K-Mart====

* "Transform Your Dad": We see the side of a building with a shadow that appears to belong to Optimus Prime. The camera zooms out to reveal that shadow is actually that of the K-Mart mascot, Mr. Bluelight. He is holding stacks of merchandise in each arm and asks, "Who were you expecting, one of the Transformers?". Ah yes, silly us. The rest of commercial is the announcer explaining the [[Transform Your Dad]] promotion. [http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1177572722497]

====LG Versa====
[[Image:LG_Versa_ROTF_Commercial.jpg|right|200px|thumb]]
* A man walking with his new phone finds Optimus Prime with his sensors and logic circuits clearly damaged. Or so it would seem, as Prime repeatedly deems the phone/camcorder/gps/laptop a Decepticon. The man chuckles at Optimus' misguided fixation only to have an actual Decepticon crouch down behind him for an attack. This naturally causes the man to flee. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLUnwCJV0IA]

====M&M's====
[[Image:M&Ms_ROTF_Commercial.jpg|right|200px|thumb]]
* Red and Yellow stand on a platform, overlooking the loading docks for the new Strawberried-Peanut Butter M&M's. Red: "Who's delivering the new Strawberried Peanut Butter M&M's?" Yellow: "Uh, that big truck." Optimus Prime then drives up, transforms, and THROWS A TRAILER THROUGH AN ELECTRICAL POWERLINE! Red responds to Optimus' destruction of property by clapping sarcastically. Way to go Optimus. [http://www.mms.com/us/fungames/tv/videoPlayer/videoplayer.jsp?xmlPath=/us/fungames/tv/videoPlayer/videos/transformers/transformers.xml]

====Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen The Game====

*'''New York Comic-Con Trailer''' [http://www.gametrailers.com/video/nyc-comic-con-transformers-revenge/45185]
Debuted at New York Comic Con 09 on February 6th, 2009. Optimus Prime narrates: "Citizens of Earth. For sometime we have lived among you. Hiding in plain sight. Protecting you from a threat we thought extinguished. But we were wrong. I am Optimus Prime and now our war must become yours." Thanks Optimus!
*'''Gameplay Reveal Trailer''' [http://www.gametrailers.com/video/gameplay-reveal-transformers-revenge/48998]
Online trailer released 07 May 2009. Autobot and Decepticon oriented trailers combined into one without narration. Voice clips of Optimus Prime and Soundwave play over the end of the first half. ''Unite. Protect. Defend.'' ''Enslave. Punish. Destroy.''
*'''One Shall Stand Trailer''' [http://www.gametrailers.com/video/one-shall-transformers-revenge/49732]
Online trailer released 27 May 2009. Optimus Prime again narrates: "This stalemate cannot last. One side must win. And yet the battle continues."
*'''Wii Debut Trailer''' [http://www.gametrailers.com/video/wii-debut-transformers-revenge/51612]
Online trailer released 16 June 2009. ''A game built from the ground up for the Wii.''
*'''Launch Trailer''' [http://www.gametrailers.com/video/exclusive-launch-transformers-revenge/51741]
Air date 19 June 2009. Optimus Prime narrates: "The last Great War is upon us."

===Toys===
[[Image:ROTF_Toy_Commercial.jpg|right|200px|thumb|]]

*'''Movie Characters''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtUy2bzakKs]
:''Narration:'' [[Worfimus Prime]], a Peter Cullen soundalike who sounds more like Worf than Optimus Prime.
:''Toy segment:'' The various toys are transformed by offscreen kids playing in yet another large, mostly empty room that resembles a basement or warehouse.
:''Features:'' Optimus Prime, Megatron, Ironhide, Starscream, Bumblebee, Sideways, Skids and Rampage
:''Notes:'' The commercial features both movie excerpts and original CGI animation of Optimus Prime.
:''It is time to stand with us and prove there is more to YOU than meets the eye!''

*'''Power Bots and Gravity Bots''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF52pbN0A94]
:''Narration:'' Worfimus Prime and [[Dynamic!]]
:''Toy segment:'' Power Bot Megatron destroys a sand pyramid and then lands in front of Bumblebee. Bumblebee demonstrates his cannon arm while Optimus Prime deploys his wings. Optimus takes flight and rams into Megatron. The Gravity Bots then race towards each other on a diorama road, stopping just in the nick of time to avoid a tragic accident.
:''Notes:'' This commercial features the same intro and exit as the previous commercial.
:"I AM MEGATRON!"

[[Image:Bumblebee_RolePlay_Commercial.jpg|right|200px|thumb|I hate it when I get my Schwartz twisted.]]
*'''Bumblebee Voice Mixer and Plasma Cannon''' [http://www.hasbro.com/monkeybartv/default.cfm?page=Entertainment/Videos/VideoSelect&aid=4144]
:''Narration:'' Worfimus Prime
:''Toy segment:'' A kid runs around and plays with the toys in a city area with a lot of greenery.
:''Notes:'' Again, the Optimus intro and exit are reused.
:''I, am Optimus Prime and I have sent Bumblebee to protect our human allies and to train them in the Autobot way.''

==External links==
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WssZjIsUIU Generation 1 commercial compilation, 1985-1988]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4c2GiO-8D4 Generation 1 commercial compilation, 1989-1990]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H79nBsSM8_A Generation 2 commercial compilation]. Yes, it includes the rap songs!

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[[Category:Toys]]

Talk:The Fallen

2009-06-24T01:02:34Z

218.214.49.189: /* Really not buying the 'multiversal singularity' thing here */

That bit about how the Fallen was created by Pat Lee? In the latest edition of Wayward's [http://www.insecticons.com/insecticomics.html Insecticomics] it is said that it was actually Furman who created the character, that Lee just did the design. When I asked her about it, she posted this [http://p206.ezboard.com/fthepaddedcell71381frm19.showMessage?topicID=2995.topic&index=107 transcript] which backs that up. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 14:46, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

== Trivia ==

OK so I just left line in the trivia, cos I thought it was funny.
* So he's the henchman of a evil being, has mystical supernatural powers, is a badass and is on fire? Someone might want to file a law suit.

Can it stay or should I take it back down?[[User:Dead Metal|Dead Metal]] 09:33, 22 June 2009 (EDT)

..I don't even get that. [[User:AlwaysWrong|AlwaysWrong]] 22:44, 10 June 2009 (EDT)
:It was removed, it contained a link to the wikipedia article for Ghost Rider[[User:Dead Metal|Dead Metal]] 09:33, 22 June 2009 (EDT)

==Head==
Anyone notice that his head is very Soundwave-y? When i first saw him, i clearly recognized his head as soundwave's with added badassery.--[[User:Skyglide|Skyglide]] 05:35, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

==Disambig time?==
http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/default.cfm?page=News/Item&newsid=59522272-D56F-E112-4C783175A8BBBAD6

Ah-heh.

(SOMEBODY IN THAT MOVIE DAMN WELL BETTER BE ON FIRE.) --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 19:39, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

==Fallen, Bludgeon and Megs==

I don't know about Bludgeon, but there is a connection between the Fallen and Megs: IDW Megatron's Cybertronian body is based off of the Fallen, right down to the design of the Fusion Cannon. [[User:GWolfv2]] 21.07 June 11

== Defiance issue 4 Fallen's backstory ==

Defiance issue 4 is out. [http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-just-movie-31/revenge-of-the-fallen-prequel-comic-defiance-4-provides-potential-movie-spoilers-167267/ TFW2005.com has posted all the Fallen-relevant spoilers from issue 4, but beware, if you're avoiding Defiance, this spoils the Fallen's crazy scheme in the movie]. The backstory for the Fallen seems fairly different to the Fallen we know. So are they still the same guy? --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 14:56, 8 April 2009 (EDT)
:Still appears to be a member of the Thirteen, still appears to betray them, still apparently serves a force that devours planets/stars.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 15:12, 8 April 2009 (EDT)
::But from what I understand of the "multiversal singularity" characters thing, there's just one Fallen, so the guy created by Primus who eventually serves Unicron is also a guy created by a Cube who serves nobody but himself and is building solar towers to replenish the Cube. Or is the currently-untold story of the 13 vague enough that this still works? --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 15:20, 8 April 2009 (EDT)
::It does seem pretty distinct. One's a "created by mighty power source, got selfish, betrayed his brothers, now want to kick off where things went wrong" other "created as a multiversal control for entrophy and warrior against Unicron. Switched sides. Most dangerous servant of the ultimate evil ever". [[User:Eire]] 21.21 Apr 8 2009 (UTC)
:I don't trust a 3rd party summary written by someone who may not fully understand the story to accurately represent what's actually in the story. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 16:44, 8 April 2009 (EDT)
::In any case, I suspect we are probably going to need to wait to see what the movie itself has to say before making a decision on this. It may expand on what is presented in the comic, it may contradict it in some way, it could make it easier to tie this version in with the previous mythos or may firmly separate it, etc. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 17:54, 8 April 2009 (EDT)
:::I don't think we would have to wait until the movie if the comic is fairly clear on the matter. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 17:59, 8 April 2009 (EDT)
::::I think we do, because as I said, we have no way of knowing in advance how well the actual movie will line up with the comic. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 18:05, 8 April 2009 (EDT)
:The Fallen is one thing, but what about definite "multiversal singularity" Primus? Does the AllSpark=Primus in the movieverse? - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 17:59, 8 April 2009 (EDT)
::The AllSpark has been designated a [[sacred implement]] in Japanese fiction.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 18:07, 8 April 2009 (EDT)
:::It is not uncommon for Transformers to have no knowledge of Primus or Unicron. For every world where they have a full-blown religion to fill them in, you have one where the Transformers have neither heard of either-- remember in [[The Transformers: The Movie]] Hot Rod and Kup had never even heard Unicron's name before. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 02:06, 15 April 2009 (EDT)
Did they not mention that the Fallen calls himself and his other pals "trans-dimensional beings"? --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 19:48, 8 April 2009 (EDT)
:Not the mention [http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2009-04-01-transformers-first-look_N.htm this interview] affirming he's the original and was "banished to another dimension." -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 02:06, 15 April 2009 (EDT)
::I think what they mean by that is that he's stuck in that stupid pylon. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 02:15, 15 April 2009 (EDT)

==The Fallen gets Power Plans!==
[http://transformerslive.blogspot.com/2009/05/transformers-movie-universe-preview.html] Preview page from the upcoming DK Ultimate Movie Guide, which is totally written by Furman. It establishes a few important things. The Fallen is an "omniversal tyrant." He betrayed his fellow Primes to serve the source of his new "chaotic" powers "from the very birth of the universe," forces which seek to replace morality with a "void." --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 16:06, 18 May 2009 (EDT)
:If Nimoy is cast as him, it will be the second time in his career that he'll be playing some sort of servant of Unicron. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 02:36, 20 May 2009 (EDT)

== Subject Seperation ==

Will you make a separate page the live action version of the Fallen? --Some Random User guy {{unsigned|69.230.53.229|00:50, May 20, 2009 EDT}}
:As we far as we know, the Fallen is a multi-dimensional being that can... you get the picture. If this Fallen is established as a seperate being, then maybe.--[[User:AWT88|AWT88]] 01:01, 20 May 2009 (EDT)
::And as seen in Walky's post above this, the DK guide establishes the Fallen as an "Omniversal tyrant". That more or less means the Fallen is one of those characters who can travel between dimensions, and there's only one of him. Thus, we consider ROTF Fallen to be the same guy as Dreamwave comics Fallen, unless the movie says otherwise (and it obviously won't). --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 02:36, 20 May 2009 (EDT)
::Despite the brain-bending problems this creates with the other 12, yes. Are they all birthed by the AllSpark then? That's not what The Ultimate Guide says... (We'll figure it out. Expect the backpedaling, qualifications and clarifications to begin trickling in this fall.) -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 04:15, 20 May 2009 (EDT)
:::You know, the movie universe could have two individuals named the Fallen. I mean, it's not a real name, but rather a sort of title, right? Why couldn't the omniversal tyrant and some douchebag that came from the allspark live in the same universe? -- [[User:Semysane|Semysane]] 04:26, 20 May 2009 (EDT)
:::'''Two''' dimension-hopping flaming ancient Primes who discarded their name in favor of being called "The Fallen" after betraying their 12 fellow Primes, the oldest of Transformers?
:::We already have the Covenant and the Thirteen. Don't make this ''more'' complicated. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 04:39, 20 May 2009 (EDT)
:::I personally think they should be seperated. I mean, he's been trapped in that relic, or whatever it exactly is, for a really long time. How could he of shown up in the IDW series? And, the other 12 sacrificed themselves, so, how could they exist either? -[[User:VakamaMetruNui|VakamaMetruNui]] 09:29, 20 May 2009 (EDT)
::::(The Dreamwave series, not the IDW series.) That's really easy to explain. The DW Fallen was also trapped in a dimension, same as the Movie one. He was able to break free of it due to a space bridge accident, and was apparently banished back to it by Primus. (He would have returned if DW hadn't gone bankrupt, so he wasn't dead.) Who knows how time and space work in there. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 10:11, 20 May 2009 (EDT)
:::::Unicron keeps showing up in new places yet always gets defeated in more or less the same way; why should his gothy wanna-be have it any better? Since his "real" origin was as a creation of Primus, perhaps the entire Movie Allspark / Movie Original 13 was something the Fallen himself put together later--he tried his own hand at being a god, while actually not claiming credit for it but just inserting himself among the lineup, like Keyser Soze. Or maybe he used his woowoo omniversal magic to sense that some other god was about to create the Allspark, and then he twisted the whole process to his own ends. Who knows. And if all that sounds like a deus-ex-machina, remember that that is LITERALLY what he is. --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] 10:24, 20 May 2009 (EDT)
[[Image:Defianceissue4-creation.jpg|right|thumb|100px|What dimension did this happen in? The movie-verse? Not necessarily.]]
::::::I think splitting the page of a known dimension-hopper goes against common sense. Without a really good reason, of course. I don't think there is a good reason yet. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 10:47, 20 May 2009 (EDT)
:::::::At BotCon 2009, Hasbro copy-writer Forest Lee stated once again (at the Collectors' Club panel) that the Original 13 are all multiversal singularities. Apparently the upcoming movie hasn't changed his mind! So let's hold on to our current setup for the time being. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 16:11, 2 June 2009 (EDT)
::::::::He didn't state this before, IIRC he stated that they were ''probably'' Multiversal singularities before.
::::::::Do you or anyone (Steve) have an exact working on his statement this weekend? It's worth citing it on the 13 page. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 16:52, 2 June 2009 (EDT)
:::::::::I don't, no. And Steve-o wasn't there this weekend, so we are without his meticulous information-gathering. He did specifically say that the original 13 were multiversal singularities, though. It was in response to someone asking if Shattered Glass The Fallen would be icy. Forest said that as one of the 13, The Fallen doesn't have any multiverse counterparts. There's just one of him, the same as Vector Prime and the others. (Trent noted that he liked to believe that if the Fallen were to ever wander into the Shattered universe, his flames would turn to ice, much to his confusion.)--[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 19:53, 2 June 2009 (EDT)

== Movie altmode ==

FYI: If we get Hasbro photography depicting a toy with an altmode (we have!) and the paragraph in question is describing that toy, then ''the presence of said altmode is officially confirmed''. I don't know under what logic you can say otherwise.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 20:10, 22 May 2009 (EDT)
:Remember Scorponok's robot mode? I believe the debate is whether or not The Fallen's vehicle mode was something invented for the toyline. - [[User:Cattleprod|Cattleprod]] 20:48, 22 May 2009 (EDT)
::Except the altmode description was removed from the toy section. The toy has an altmode. Plain as day. Thus the section describing that toy ought to mention said altmode.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 21:07, 22 May 2009 (EDT)
:::Ah, right then. Well... most of what I said can be salvaged, assuming this argument comes up outside the toy section. - [[User:Cattleprod|Cattleprod]] 21:14, 22 May 2009 (EDT)

== Decepticon symbol ==

I see there is a Decepticon symbol on The Fallen's page for a long while, is this something related to his toy(s)? Thanks. (I can't reach my Titanium Fallen now, so... ) --'''[[User:TX55|<span style= "color:#00FA9A">TX55</span>]]'''<small><SUP>''[[User talk:TX55|<span style= "color:#0000CD">TALK</span>]]''</SUP></small> 11:24, 4 June 2009 (EDT)
: His ROTF toy packaging consistently labels him a Decepticon. He helped Megatron START the Decepticon faction in the live-action continuity. And the Decepticon faction symbol is based on his face. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 11:35, 4 June 2009 (EDT)

:::So it is really due to the ROTF. Thanks. ;-D --'''[[User:TX55|<span style= "color:#00FA9A">TX55</span>]]'''<small><SUP>''[[User talk:TX55|<span style= "color:#0000CD">TALK</span>]]''</SUP></small> 12:55, 4 June 2009 (EDT)

::What they said.
::I notice the Beast-machines Dinobots symbol links to the Dinobots disambig page-- was it used tor the Wal-Mart Dinobots as well? -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 11:56, 4 June 2009 (EDT)

==Mainpic==
When the Wikia site comes up on Google, it also has a secondary link, which is their version of this page. Our secondary link is [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|''Animated'']], which is unfortunately now a bit less relevant than theirs. (Notably, they've even rebranded their site to have a Movie look.) Happily, our [[The Fallen]] is much better than theirs because we've expanded the DW section, and they still haven't written ANYTHING about the prequel comics. Plus, y'know, there's [[:Image:WikiaAdInsert_TheFallen.jpg|the stuff that made us leave in the first place]]. But in the interests of sealing the relevancy deal, I suggest we change the mainpic to be The Fallen's ROTF body. That way even at a GLANCE a viewer can see which one is more up-to-date. What do you all think? - [[User:Jackpot|Jackpot]] 16:23, 4 June 2009 (EDT)
:I support this. We've got good promo renders of it. Let's do it.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 16:29, 4 June 2009 (EDT)
:Sounds good to me, I say go for it. Maybe change it back when the movie buzz fades down, but for now, yeah, totally. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 16:44, 4 June 2009 (EDT)
::Heh, so they merged the articles back. TX55 was an editor here. Doesn't he notice the borked layout of the images? --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 17:00, 4 June 2009 (EDT)

==Grargh fiction==
Do we really need to separate out his various DK Ultimate Guide and Titanium information into their own little sections. Can't we throw those into the beginning of the Dreamwave continuity section and cite them appropriately? This page is now a real friggin' chore to read and understand. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 19:58, 6 June 2009 (EDT)
:Yeah, it sorta feels like it's... out of order. Cause, it is. Fictionally. I mean, I grok what Jackpot has done - he's put it in publication order, which I know is an approach that he's generall favoured in the past, but to me, it just doesn't "read" right. (Also, I am totally about to ruin the "he is on fire" joke. Watch me go!) - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 20:05, 6 June 2009 (EDT)
::I feel a little weird about combining them like that, but I don't full-on object. I don't think there's ever been precedent for putting toy-bio info into a comic-series summary, but in this case there was clearly intent behind the bio to make it mesh, and there are no variant ''War Within'' "continuities." All I can do is note that it's unorthodox and move along.
::Oh, and Walky, thanks for restoring the continuity-family headers. My theory is that since our default organizational model is to separate our articles based on continuity family, whenever we break that "rule," we should call it out.
::- [[User:Jackpot|Jackpot]] 16:49, 7 June 2009 (EDT)

==Really not buying the 'multiversal singularity' thing here==
Recently, I saw the new movie and....... I don't see how it could possibly be the same character as in Dreamwave's comics.
Not only is his entire backstory different, but his motives also seem different and the film also makes mention that The Fallen was a member of 8 original leaders (if I remember correctly), as opposed to 13.
Not to mention his radically different appearance (the other 'multiversal singularities' at least all looked alike) and abilities.

Unless the writers find a way of explaining how this could be possible, I don't see how it makes any form of sense.
:The fact it's 8 and not 13 is the first sign that the writers ''intend'' to explain it. They're backpedaling away from making it "The 13" because it creates ''way'' to many problems.
:We all basically agree that it makes not sense now, but this ('''very''' last-minute) change strongly indicates that it ''will'' make sense, and that Hasbro's story-gurus has finally figured out how they intend to make it fit. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 19:33, 21 June 2009 (EDT)
::I seriously doubt that Hasbro's story-gurus had any imput whatsoever on the contents of the movie itself. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 20:35, 21 June 2009 (EDT)
:::Yes, I think that rather than being The 'Multiversal Singularity' Fallen, The (ROTF) Fallen is just a 'fallen' Prime who is subsequently and coincidentally called "The Fallen". He happens to have the same name, like Prowl, Prowl, Prowl, Prowl and Prowl.[[Special:Contributions/218.214.49.189|218.214.49.189]] 21:02, 23 June 2009 (EDT)

== Change of appearance ==

From TF; The Movie Universe
{{quote|The Fallen butchered and betrayed his brother Primes, disowning his given name in favor of one befitting his new, terrifying appearance.|<u>[[The Movie Universe|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: The Movie Universe]]</u> p86|"The Fallen"}}
Late intot he game, we have the idea that The Fallen may have changed his appearance. (And since his appearance is really no different than the other Primes... it begs the question what the hell this is talking about.)

Oh, and Walky was wondering abotu the curiously-regular panes of transparent plastic on The Fallen toy's shoulders... accordign to the guidebook, he has "Energon Distribution arcs" in his shoulders-- I think they're actually supposed to represent some sort of energy blade. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 19:44, 21 June 2009 (EDT)

Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys

2009-06-17T00:28:14Z

218.214.49.189: /* Energon */

Like [[Optimus Prime (G1)|other]] [[Optimus Primal|Optimuses]], [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] has a lot of toys.

==Toys==
===Armada===
[[Image:Superbase ArmadaPrime.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Stand up and be counted, container!]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Super Base, 2002/2003)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MC-01'''
**''Accessories:'' Trailer/armor, light-up rifle, missile, left & right smokestacks

: The first [[Unicron Trilogy]] Optimus Prime toy transforms into a longnose truck cab of made-up model. His clear-plastic smokestacks can detach and form a double-barrelled pistol that he can hold in robot mode, and a button on top of his head causes his [[mouthplate]] to jiggle up and down as if he were talking (the irony being that while this was a familiar trait of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|G1 Optimus Prime]], in the ''Armada'' animated series, this Prime's mouthplate remained static when he talked). He can also hold a large cannon that is stored within his [[trailer]], and his chest flips down to reveal a (non-removable) Matrix. He is packaged with his Mini-Con partner [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]].

:The toy's primary gimmick is its auto-transforming trailer. Once activated, it transforms into one of three configurations, triggered by an infra-red signal transmitted from the cab robot. Transforming the cab into robot mode will cause the trailer to automatically flip open the traditional battle-station configuration - Prime can stand in the center of the base, but otherwise, it is more to scale with Mini-Cons (despite the fact that it lacks any great amount of flat surfaces for them to ''stand'' on). The base features a central tower with a pop-out artillery emplacement and a mount for Prime's large cannon; a rotating missile-firing turret; two Mini-Con storage bays, one of which is equipped with a tab that owners can manually slide to launch a Mini-Con from the bay; and two live Mini-Con hardpoints, one of which pops up a non-firing turret, the other activating a laser noise.

:Prime's cab and trailer can also combine to form a super robot mode. The cab transforms into the torso portion - doing so causes the trailer to automatically raise itself up off the ground to become a pair of legs (as long as you're not playing with it on carpet). Connecting the torso to the legs causes the super-robot head to pop up with a metallic shriek. Pressing the Autobot symbol on the figure's chest activates a pulsing laser sound effect,the Japanese version also has an additional Japanese phrase, which roughly translates to "Convoy, ready for battle!" and the small grey button on his right shoulder illuminates his fist with a red LED, which can illuminate either of his guns, as well as - notionally - the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]] sword. The Star Saber was specifically cast in clear plastic for this purpose, but in practice, the idea was something of a failure, with the light failing to carry even halfway up the blade. Prime's firing missiles and Mini-Con activated gimmicks remain accessible in this mode, but look a bit doofy if you deploy them.

[[Image:Armada JetOptimusMegaweapon toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Optimusbob Jetfirepants!!!]]
:In lieu of combining with his trailer, Prime can also link his torso up to ''Armada'' [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]], who forms a pair of legs, as "'''Jet Prime'''" ('''Jet Optimus''' on the cartoon, or "'''Jet Convoy'''" if you own the Japanese version). In addition to this, he can combine in various configurations with ''Armada'' [[Overload (Armada)|Overload]], who can form a pair of massive cannons that attach to either Prime's base mode, or mount over the shoulders of his super robot torso (with either his trailer or Jetfire as legs), forming '''Optimus Prime Megaweapon''' (or '''Magna Convoy''').

:The initial [[Hasbro]] release of this toy had tabs in its shoulder joints that did not allow the shoulders to rotate above the horizontal default position, so as not to break the wires that run through the toy's right arm in super mode. Coupled with the limited elbow joints, Optimus Prime could only point his weapons in the direction towards the ground. These tabs were not in the [[Takara]] version (which also differed in its use of bright yellow plastics and paint in place of the Hasbro's gold), and were also removed from subsequent version of the Hasbro release.

: Late in the Japanese run, Optimus toys in Jusco stores came with blind-packed "Space Galaxy" versions of the individual [[Destruction Mini-Con Team]] members, one toy per box.

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[[Image:Supercon ArmadaPrime.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Mini-Con-activated shimmy-shimmy.]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Supercon, 2003)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MC-06'''

: A smaller version of the Super Base toy, this version of ''Armada'' Optimus Prime retains the vehicle mode and coloration, but has no trailer or super robot connectivity (though he can still pull the trailer). He retains the flip-down chest in robot mode, but has no molded Matrix. Instead, the toy is designed for maximum posability. Attaching a Mini-Con to the [[Powerlinx]] plug on Optimus' back activates a double-fisted "punching" gimmick. He came with the Mini-Con [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]]. This Optimus Prime is the shortest of the ''Armada'' Supercons in robot mode. His smokestacks can come off like the Super Base version, but lack the "gun" mode or any other method of connectivity to Optimus.

: The initial release of the figure featured silver lights on his roof; later on, the lights were changed to yellow, and later still, an Autobot emblem was added to the roof of the vehicle. The latter two changes only affected the American release.

: This mold was also used to make ''Armada'' [[Nemesis Prime (Armada)|Nemesis Prime]], ''[[Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Ultra Magnus (BIAB)|Ultra Magnus]], and the first ''Cybertron'' Deluxe-class Optimus Prime.

: Shipping in a great many waves throughout most of the later run of the line, Supercon Optimus became a notorious [[pegwarmer]].

: The acronym "STD" in the Japanese release ("STD Convoy") stands for "standard," as in this is the standard toy release of Convoy, without a Super Mode. It means something else in western countries.

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*'''Kinpika (Golden Shining) Convoy''' (Super Base, August, 2003)

: A redeco of Optimus Prime with golden [[vacuum metalizing]]. It was a first prize of the [[wikipedia:sortition|sortition]] and only exclusive in certain stores and department stores. There is a golden vacuum metalizing Armada Jetfire as another first prize. They can combine into Golden Jet Prime, of course.

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*'''Optimus Prime''' (Happy Meal, 2003)

: An extremely simplified version of Optimus Prime, turning into a truck, although without any trailer. He can combine with the other Happy Meal Armada toys (Hot Shot, Red Alert, and Smokescreen) into "Mighty Robot", a super robot. Well, kind of, anyway.

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[[Image:Powelinx Armadaprime.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Dracula Prime?]]
*'''Powerlinx Optimus Prime''' (Super Base, 2003)
**''Accessories:'' Trailer/armor, light-up rifle, missile, left & right smokestacks

: This is an extensive [[redeco]] of the Super Base ''Armada'' Optimus Prime toy, with the new colours bearing little similarity to the original color scheme. Though, the colors of the cab truck are vaguely similar to the [[Diaclone]] toy that would become [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. He came with Sparkplug again, though this time his Mini-Con partner got new molding. All of the gimmicks from the first version remain intact in this one, though --as noted-- the super robot mode arms are not as restricted.

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[[Image:Armada CrystalConvoy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Optimus Prime can't avoid his toy contracts even when he's dead!]]
*'''Crystal Convoy''' (Supercon, 2003)

: A Japanese ''[[TV Magazine]]'' [[exclusive]], this release of the Supercon-Class Convoy toy has almost all of his parts cast in translucent plastics, hence the 'crystal' title. Available via mail-order, only 5000 pieces were distributed in October of 2003.

: This version of Optimus Prime is supposed to represent his "[[spark]]" from when his body was destroyed in the [[Armada (cartoon)|''Armada'' cartoon episode]] [[Crisis]].

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*'''Battle for the Matrix''' (Multi-pack, 2003)
**''Accessories:'' Trailer/armor, light-up rifle, missile, left & right smokestacks

: A K-Mart exclusive set released on "[[Black Friday]]" (the day after Thanksgiving, the most hellishly busy shopping day of the year), this set consists of Super Base Optimus Prime, Jetfire, their respective partner Mini-Cons Sparkplug and [[Comettor]], the [[Adventure Mini-Con Team]], and oddly enough, [[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]]. Optimus Prime's red plastics and paint were replaced with gold, the only changes made to anyone in the set. It is this set from which the name of Optimus Prime's combined mode with Jetfire, '''Jet Prime''', comes.

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[[Image:Armada MagnaConvoyDX1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|I think he needs another gun.]]
*'''Magna Convoy DX Set''' (Multi-pack, 2003)
**''Accessories:'' Trailer/armor, light-up rifle, missile, left & right smokestacks

: This set is a Toys "R" Us Japan exclusive, consisting of a slightly redecoed, and more [[Show-accuracy|show accurate]] Powerlinx Optimus Prime (dubbed "Convoy Final Battle Coloration"), a "crystal" version of Overload ("Ultra Magnus Special Clear Version") made out of transluscent plastics, and an exclusive [[X-Dimension]] redeco of the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Street Action Mini-Con Team]]. This set is entirely "new" content not available in the normal mass-retail ''Micron Legend'' line, and is also the last release of "X-Dimension" Mini-Cons.

: Rather than coming with individual bio cards for Optimus and Overload, this set came with a single card for the "Magna Convoy" combination of the two. (And no card for the Street Action Team, oddly enough.)

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[[Image:BTR ArmadaPrime.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"My Matrix for a quick death." (How could this happen to me?)]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Built to Rule, 2004)
**''Accessories'': 2 missiles

:''Armada'' Built to Rule Optimus Prime transforms into a fair approximation of his vehicle mode, but the robot mode is quite inaccurate, due to the very broad, flat Trans-Skeleton with thin, stick-like limbs attached to it. The set came with a very simplistic "Mini-Con" Sparkplug partner kit that did have a more dedicated "Powerlinx" connector than the standard construction pegs, though these are a bit too thin to be used as attachment points for regular Mini-Cons (they stay, sort of, but it's a very loose connection). The 101-piece set also features pressure-launch missile-firing "smokestack" cannons.

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===Energon===
[[Image:Energon Prime toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Form feet and legs! Form arms and body! And I'll form... the head!]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Super, 2003, 2004)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''SC-01'''
**''Accessories'': Trailer, rifle, missile

: ''[[Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' Optimus' first toy transforms into a Cybertronic short-nosed truck cab. A switch on his back alternates between different electronic sound effects, corresponding to his four drone-vehicles. A button on his side also activates electronic sounds and a light in his chest. He also has a spring-loaded missile launcher hand-cannon.

[[Image:Energon WingConvoy toys.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Well, ONE of us has to go change now.]]
: Optimus' trailer is designed to carry his four drone-vehicles (The "Grand Force" in Japan): '''Fire-1''' (fire truck), '''Copter-2''' (helicopter), '''Digger-3''' (drill tank with gear-wheel-activated spinning drill), and '''Submarine-4''' (submarine). Each of these drones can attach to one of Optimus's limbs to form a variety of super modes (which the Japanese line dubbed "Grand Cross"). The base robot can also combine with ''Energon'' [[Wing Saber]] to form '''"Optimus Prime Fight Mode"''' and '''"Optimus Prime Flight Mode"''', and [[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega Supreme]] to form '''"Optimus Supreme"''' (or '''"Powerlinx Omega Supreme"''', according to the toy packaging). The Omega Supreme combination can also employ the drone-units.

[[Image:Energon OptimusSupreme.jpg|right|100px|thumb|They didn't have one in my size...]]
: The earliest releases of this toy had a different head sculpt with a mouth where the faceplate is, similar to ''[[Beast Wars (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Optimus Primal|Optimal Optimus]]. It was soon replaced by the more familiar head sculpt with a faceplate. The [[Takara]] version of the toy uses the mouthless molding, but also has a chromed front grill and more intricate [[Paint application|paint applications]]. It also lacks all of the sound effects of the Hasbro version.

: A redeco of this mold was planned to be released with Smallest Transformers [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] as a Target exclusive, but was canceled.

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[[Image:STD Grand Convoy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|My name is Optimus Prime, and I like energon goodies.]]
*'''SL Grand Convoy''' (Deluxe, 2004)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''SC-13'''
**''Accessories'': Rifle

: This release of Grand Convoy/Optimus Prime was a small Deluxe-class toy that did not have a trailer, any electronics, or the ability to form Super Mode. However, it ''could'' [[Powerlinx]] with compatible Deluxe-class and Mega-class Autobots. Like the ''Armada'' Deluxe-Class version of Prime, this one too was on the small side for its size class.

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[[Image:Slgrandconvoykicker toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|KICKER! KICKER! OUR EXCLUSIVE'S KICKER!]]
*'''SL Grand Convoy w/ Kicker''' (multi-pack, 2003)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''SS-03'''
**''Accessories'': Rifle

: Grand Convoy was also packed in a special set commemorating both the 20th anniversary of ''Transformers'' and the 30th anniversary of ''[[Microman]]'', coming with an exclusive variant of of the [[Kicker Jones|Japanese ''Microman''-body Kicker toy]]. This version of the Optimus toy has a chromed grill (the standard retail version uses painted plastic) and supposedly uses slightly shinier plastics. ''Very'' slightly.

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*'''Optimus Prime versus Megatron''' (multi-pack, 2004)
**''Accessories'': Rifle

: A Toys "R" Us exclusive in the US, though sold at pretty much any retailer that wanted to carry it elsewhere, this was merely the US release of the Deluxe-class ''Energon'' Optimus Prime from the Japanese SS-03 set, and the smaller Japanese [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] toy. There are no appreciable differences between this set and the original Japanese versions.

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[[Image:Energon Costco OptimusPrimeOverload.jpg|right|200px|thumb|How many times has this set been reused?]]
*'''Optimus Prime and Overload''' (Multi-pack, 2005)
**''Accessories:'' Trailer/armor, light-up rifle, missile, left & right smokestacks

: A CostCo-exclusive redeco of the ''Armada'' Optimus Prime toy in black, yellow, and brick red, it also came with a redeco of ''Armada'' [[Overload (Armada)|Overload]]. It is from this set that the name of Prime's combined form with Overload, '''Optimus Prime Megaweapon''', comes.

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[[Image:McEnergon-prime.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Jesus and Santa rolled into one.]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Happy Meal, 2004)
**''Accessories'': Energon Cube, "Mini-Con" remote

:The Happy Meal version of ''Energon'' Optimus Prime is ''much'' simplified, yet features a very similar transformation sequence. Due to his limited articulation, his shoulder insignias are only visible in vehicle mode or with his arms splayed out horizontally.

:His torso his hollow to store his electronic energon cube. He also comes with a "Mini-Con" jet (in the shape of [[Wreckage (Energon)|Wreckage]]) that can mount on the top of his cab in truck form. The "Mini-Con" is actually a remote control which activates his energon cube's sound effects.

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*'''Optimus Prime''' (Happy Meal, 2004)

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[[Image:BTR EnergonPrime.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Blocktimus Prime]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Built to Rule, 2005)
**''Accessories'': 2 missiles''

: The ''Energon'' version of ''[[Built to Rule]]'' Optimus Prime was designed with a much more solid skeleton with larger, blockier limbs. He can be rebuilt from a Cybertronic truck cab with a trailer-mounted, pressure-launch dual-missile cannon (with electronic lights and sounds) to a robot, to basically whatever you feel like doing with the parts.

: Unfortunately, due to the slow performance of the ''Built to Rule'' line overall, the ''Energon'' versions only had a limited, test-market release initially in and around Cincinnati, Ohio. The sets later filtered out into many Tuesday Morning and Ollie's chain stores at drastically dropped prices.

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===Cybertron===
[[Image:Cybertron Prime toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"Well... a fire truck is bigger."]]
* '''Optimus Prime''' (Leader, 2004, 2005)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''GC-01'''
**''Accessories'': Rifle, missile, Matrix, Matrix-style Cyber Key

: The first ''[[Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' Optimus Prime toy transforms into a heavily-armed fire truck of made up origin. The wings and guns can be rearranged so the fire truck has a flight mode. Like ''Robots in Disguise'' [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]], the forward section of the fire truck detaches to transform into his standard robot mode, while the rear 'trailer' portion becomes a battle station (if you squint).

:The trailer can combine with the standard robot mode to form a massive, winged backpack for the toy's Super Mode. On the box, there is a photograph of the cannons below the waist but the instructions say that the cannons go above the shoulders - both the show and every other version of the toy show the cannons positioned below the waist. A lever on the back of Optimus Prime's head raises the traditional Prime faceplate, covering his Optimus Primal-style mouth. He also came with a removable matrix, he can ''barely'' hold it in his giant hands.

:When a [[Cyber Planet Key]] is inserted into the large, rectangular electronic rail gun, the panels covering it open up and a different sound effect is played when the firing button is pressed. An LED also lights up. When a Cyber Key is inserted into the cannon that the rifle can attach to, two spring-loaded missile launchers pop out.

:The Japanese release (''Galaxy Convoy'') featured a few additional paint applications, and the backpack's wings are attached by a metal hinge, and therefore cannot be removed.

:In Super Mode, Optimus Prime can combine with [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] to form '''"Savage Claw Mode"''', or [[Wing Saber]] to form '''"Sonic Wing Mode"'''.

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* '''Ultra Magnus & Optimus Prime''' (Multi-pack, 2005)
**''Accessories'': Pistol, 4 missiles

:This Costco exclusive is a redecoed Super ''[[Robots in Disguise (toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] toy. He was sold with [[Ultra Magnus (Cybertron)|Ultra Magnus]], a repackaged Super ''[[Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]]. He transforms into a Japanese Hino Brandlier fire truck. Harkening back to Generation 1 toys, he features chromed wheels with rubber tires. The forward section of his truck detaches to become his standard robot mode. His 'trailer' can be reconfigured into a sort of battle station. The station can then be disassembled and attached around the robot to form his '''Battle Mode'''.

: The bio that accompanied this set indicates that these toys are new versions of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] characters, while ''Robots in Disguise'' Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus from the [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club (magazine)|''Cybertron'' comic]] matched this set.

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[[Image:Optimusprime cybertron burgerking.jpg|right|75px|thumb|DO NOT confuse me with [[Optimus Prime (G1)|him]].]]
* '''Optimus Prime''' (Burger King, 2005)

:[[Burger King]] Optimus is an incredibly simplified, kid-safe version of the larger Optimus Prime toy, minus the Super Mode and all that.

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[[Image:LOC CybertronPrime.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Optimus Minor?]]
* '''Optimus Prime''' (Legends of Cybertron, 2005)

: [[Legends Class|Legends of Cybertron]] Optimus is a very simplified version of ''Cybertron'' Optimus Prime, with no weapons or trailer, just the front portion of the truck. It transforms into the standard robot mode, with a very similar transformation scheme to the full-sized toy, but cannot form Super Mode, and has no useful articulation of the shoulders.

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]'' [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and ''[[Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Zone]].

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[[Image:GF MetallicGalaxyConvoy Legends toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|To [[scale]] with something? Blasphemy!]]
* '''Megalo Convoy & Galaxy Convoy (metallic)''' (Legends of Cybertron, 2005)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''GC-23'''

: A special metallic-paint version of Legends of Cybertron Optimus Prime was included with the Japanese release of ''Cybertron'' [[Metroplex (Cybertron)|Metroplex]], as a demonstration of their actual size difference as depicted on the television series.

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[[Image:SonicPrimeEX.jpg|right|250px|thumb|I'm gorgeously shiny!]]
* '''Sonic Convoy''' (multi-pack, 2005)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''EX-02'''
**''Accessories'': Rifle, missile, Matrix, Matrix-style Cyber Key

:The Sonic Convoy set was a Toys ''R'' Us Japan [[exclusive]] redeco of Galaxy Convoy (Optimus Prime) and [[Wing Saber|Sonic Bomber (Wing Saber)]]. Most of Galaxy Convoy's truck cab parts were cast in translucent blue and red plastic, with the trailer being cast in much deeper reds, more metallic silver and chromed red opaque plastics.

:The only appreciable difference between EX-02 Sonic Bomber and the regular release was that all of his previous [[Vacuum metalizing|vacuum-metallized]] chrome parts and red painted parts were now vacuum-metallized or chrome-painted red.

:This set also came with [[Cobybot]], a slight redeco and [[retool]] of [[Scrapmetal (type)|Scrapmetal]] using the humanoid robot head that is usually discarded when Scrapmetal toys are assembled.

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[[Image:Cybertron OptimusPrime deluxe toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|You've [[:Image:Supercon ArmadaPrime.jpg|already]] [[:Image:Armada CrystalConvoy.jpg|bought]] [[:Image:Cybertron OptimusPrime deluxe toy.jpg|times!]]]]
* '''Optimus Prime''' (Deluxe, 2006)
**''Accessories'': "Powerlinx" Cybertron-style Key

:A redeco of the [[#SuperCon|Supercon ''Armada'' Optimus Prime]] recolored to resemble the Leader class Galaxy Force Optimus Prime figure. Like the [[Ultra Magnus (BIAB)|"Battle in a Box" Ultra Magnus]] version of this toy, the forearms of early releases of this toy [[Misassembly|were switched]], making the elbow completely useless. However, this was corrected and later releases have his arms bend properly. At the tail end of the ''Cybertron'' line, the four planet symbols were added to the truck-mode's cab.

: Optimus Prime includes a [[Retool|retooled]] Cybertron style Cyber Key, with a "blank" central area (so any [[faction symbol]] could be [[Tampograph|tampographed]] on) and a [[Mini-Con]]-style [[Powerlinx]] socket on the back to operate his nominally-Mini-Con-activated gimmick. The key had the code '''d56b ''' on its back, but unfortunately, using this code on Hasbro's website actually yielded information intended for [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] and vice-versa.

: This mold was later redecoed for a [[Universe (2008 franchise)|2008 ''Universe'']] [[#Universe_.282008.29|multi-pack release]].

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[[Image:Cybertron OptimusPrime beast toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Bananas are the right of all sentient beings.]]
* '''Optimus Prime''' (Deluxe, 2006)
**Accessories'': Jetboard, missile, Jungle Planet Cyber Key''

:A recolor of the Deluxe ''[[:Image:UnivCDROM Autobots.jpg|''Universe'' Optimus Primal]].

:He includes a [[Jungle Planet (Cybertron)|Jungle Planet]] style Cyber Key with the code '''d7s9'''.

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[[Image:Cybertron GFOptimusPrime Legends toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Cause we gotta little ol' convoy, rockin' through the night]]
* '''Galaxy Force Optimus Prime''' (Legends of Cybertron, 2006)

:A redeco of ''Legends of Cybertron'' Optimus Prime to resemble the Leader class Galaxy Force Optimus Prime figure, essentially replacing the blue with black, the yellow with silver and adding the Cyber Key symbol tampographs onto his shoulders, like the leader class version of this deco.

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[[Image:Cyb GalaxyForceOptimusPrime.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Sowing confusion on message boards everywhere.]]
* '''Galaxy Force Optimus Prime''' (Leader, 2006)
**''Accessories'': Rifle, missile, Matrix, Matrix-style Cyber Key

:Released at the tail-end of ''Cybertron'', Galaxy Force Optimus Prime is a redeco of the Leader-class toy. The main differences are black replaces the blue plastic and blue paint, tinted translucent parts replace the translucent blue parts, and the toy's rifles, rail gun covers, missile launchers and leg guns being cast in red plastic. The joints that connect the waist to the thighs have become more resistant, making it less likely for the figure to fall. Also, the red paint used is much closer to fire-engine red than the original's. The unique Matrix-shaped Cyber Planet Key is finally painted gold.

:The shoulders are adorned with the four planet symbols of the Cyber Planet Keys, supposedly to represent Optimus Prime as the leader of all remaining Transformers.

:The 'Galaxy Force' addition to Optimus Prime's name is in reference to the journey the character takes at the end of the ''Cybertron'' cartoon series, as well as a reference to the Japanese version of the cartoon.

: This toy was later re-released in a [[#VsCrumplezone|2008 ''Universe'' multi-pack]].

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'''Cybertron Target Exclusive 4 Pack''' (Legends, 2006)

:A four pack, exclusive to Target, of Legends class Optimus Prime, [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]], [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]], [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]]. All of the toys were identical to their individual releases.

===Classics===
* '''Optimus Prime''' (Legends class, 2007)

: Bizarrely enough, Optimus Prime was one of three ''Cybertron'' Legends toys straight-released in ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]'' packaging, though with the modifier "Cybertron Collection" printed on the cardfront. The toy itself is identical to the ''Cybertron'' release.

===Transformers (2007)===
[[Image:TargetGenerationsLegends.jpg|thumb|]]
*'''Generations Legends''' (Target exclusive multi-pack, 2007)

: A Target exclusive, this four-pack of Legends Class figures contains two versions of both Optimus Prime and Megatron, namely Legends of Cybertron Optimus Prime, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Movie Legends Optimus Prime]], [[Megatron (Armada)|Legends of Cybertron Megatron]] and [[Megatron (Movie)|Movie Legends Megatron]]. The toy itself is identical to the ''Cybertron'' release.

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===Universe (2008)===
====Cybertron Series====
*'''Battle for the Cyber Planet Keys''' (5-pack, 2008?)
**''Accessories'': "Powerlinx"-style Cyber Key

: For ''[[Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'', a redeco of the [[#SuperCon|original Deluxe-scale Optimus Prime]] in more [[Generation 1]]-inspired colors was released in a Sam's Club exclusive five-pack alongside [[Blurr (Cybertron)|Blurr]], [[Buzzsaw (Cybertron)|Buzzsaw]], [[Longrack (Cybertron)|Longrack]], and [[Runamuck (Cybertron)|Runamuck]]. Optimus was the only toy in the set different from the original releases.

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*'''Optimus Prime vs Crumplezone''' (Multi-pack, 2008)
**''Accessories'': Rifle, missile, Matrix, Matrix-style Cyber Key

: This Costco-exclusive set contains [[#LeaderGalaxyForce|Leader-class "Galaxy Force" Optimus Prime]] and the original [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]]. Both toys were unchanged from their previous individual releases.

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===Attacktix===
*'''Super Optimus Prime''' (Galactic Showdown, 2006)
{{attacktix
|ID=SVT05
|faction=Autobot
|class=Leader
|special=Recover - 8/26 (31%) success ratio
|cost=40
|speed=4
|attacktype=Shooter (Heavy Energy Blast)
}}
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:What can one say about a beast of a figure like [[Attacktix]] Super Optimus Prime? With the biggest missile, and probably the best defense in Attacktix, Super Optimus Prime is a devastating figure. This version of the figure is the Gold-based one available only in the Star Wars vs. Transformers pack.

:The SVT05 version of Super Optimus Prime has a gold base and a different power to the Booster version. He's able to recover -- standing up if you have another figure in play. In tournament play only one gold-based Attacktix figure may be used per team.

:The mould has four points of articulation; head, shoulders and waist.

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*'''Super Optimus Prime''' (Booster, 2006)
{{attacktix
|ID=TF13
|faction=Autobot
|class=Leader
|special=Transform - 8/26 (31%) success ratio
|cost=40
|speed=4
|attacktype=Shooter (Heavy Energy Blast)
}}
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:The booster version of Super Optimus Prime is nearly identical to the normal version except that it has a black base and a different power. Its power allows you to summon Super Optimus Prime's vehicle form from your backups -- ''transforming'' the figure.

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*'''Super Optimus Prime (Vehicle)''' (Booster, 2006)
{{attacktix
|ID=TF14
|faction=Autobot
|class=Leader
|special=Transform - 20/26 (77%) success ratio
|cost=30
|speed=8
|attacktype=Shooter (Small Missile)
}}
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:Based on Cybertron Optimus Prime's fire truck mode, this figure is basically a support figure for your Super Optimus Prime robot mode figures. The figure's very reliable ''Transform'' power allows a player to get the expensive 40 point Super Optimus Prime figure into play for only 30 points.

:The vehicle mode figure sits on a raised platform that can rotate 360 degrees, and his ladder has limited articulation. His high speed makes him one of the fastest shooters in the game.

==Merchandise==
*'''Transformers Armada Flashlight Keychain'''

: Distributed by [[Basic Fun]], this keychain is a likeness of Prime's Armada form. It has rotation joints at the neck and shoulders. Pressing a button on Prime's back activates a light located between his feet. He has a keychain protruding from between his shoulder blades. Handy!

*'''Transformers Energon Figure pen''' (2004)

: This version of Optimus Prime is based on his Energon body and is about the size of a scout class transformer. He transforms into his truck mode to his robot mode almost identical to his other toy, apart that his feet contain the pen part and can not bend. It's really hard to write with, and is impossible to pose, even if it has full arm articulation. Rather amusing, this toy can position itself to transform into his super robot mode (by flipping his helmet on and opening his chest to reveal the matrix and flipping his hands in), but because it does not contain the drones, it's impossible to complete him.

:This toy was manusfactured and distributed by stylus.

*'''Transformers Gummy Candy''' (2006)

[[Image:ClassicsGummies.jpg|right|150px|thumb|]]
:Large [[Transformers Gummy Candy|gummy candies]] packaged in a blister bubble.

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==Trivia==
[[Image:MonsterConvoy.jpg|right|100px|thumb|Arise, Bigfootimus Prime.]]
* One of the earliest ''Armada'' Optimus Prime concepts depicts him as being an ENORMOUSLY HUGE MONSTER TRUCK. Makes one wonder about the origins of the "Monster Convoy" inscription on Super Base Optimus Prime's tires.

* ''Cybertron'' Optimus Prime has some design similarities to GaoGaiGar from ''[[wikipedia:The_King_of_Braves_GaoGaiGar|The King of Braves GaoGaiGar]]'', such as the chin protrusion and cheekguards.

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==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/2002/Autobot/OptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm Optimus Prime at TFU.info]
* [http://s33.photobucket.com/albums/d75/binalternator/unreleased/optimus_prime_mini_optimus_prime/ Energon Optimus Prime redeco with Smallest Transformers Optimus Prime gallery]

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Rewind (G1)

2009-06-10T23:03:48Z

218.214.49.189: /* Generation 1 */

{{factions|autobot}}
:''Rewind is an [[Autobot]] [[Autobot Mini-Cassette|Mini-Cassette]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:G1 MadmansParadise Rewind inscriptions.jpg|right|350px|thumb|"Did you know that the names 'Rewind' and 'Eject' come from ACTUAL BUTTONS on a tape player? It's true, it's true!"]]
Did You Know that '''Rewind'''...

* Is the undisputed Autobot trivia master?
* Can store more data than even a [[floppy disk]], whether in robot mode or mighty minicassette mode?
* Isn't terribly selective with the data he stores, gathering up every tidbit of information he can find until it gives him a splitting electronic headache?
* Can unleash the light from his internal data storage matrix to become a blinding beacon?
* Would never lose on ''Jeopardy'', but isn't always able to remember the useful things he knows until it's too late?
* Can tell you useful facts about [[New Jersey (Earth)|New Jersey]]?

(<small>''[[Transformers Universe (Marvel comic)|Transformers Universe]] bio. [[New York City|New York]]: [[Marvel Comics]], 1986.''</small>)

{{quote|This all looks familiar! It's in my databanks someplace, but I can't quite...|Rewind|"[[Forever Is a Long Time Coming]]"}}

''French-Canadian name'': '''Mémorax'''

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====Generation 1 cartoon====
[[Image:G1 ForeverIsALongTime Rewind dunno.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"Hey, did you know that my toy has a red eye visor but Eject has an orange visor? Let me tell you more."]]
'''Did You Know that cartoon Rewind...'''
* Was voiced by [[Townsend Coleman]] in the US cartoon, and [[Yoku Shioya]] in the Japanese dub?
* Became one of [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster's]] cassettes sometime between 1986 and 2005?
* Helped Blaster and [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] defend the communications tower during the attack on [[Autobot City]]?
* [[User:ItsWalky#Characters who have defeated Ravage|Successfully shot Ravage]] several times while doing so?
(<small>''[[Ron Friedman]]. ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. [[New York City|New York]]: [[Sunbow Productions]], 1986.''</small>)

* Accompanied Blaster on a mission to investigate chronal energy signals emanating from an asteroid that had existed for 1,000,200,043 years and seven months?
* Travelled back in time to the [[Cybertronian Civil Wars|First Great Cybertronian War]]?
* Successfully fought against both [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]] and [[Dark Guardian]]s?
* Used his knowledge (after an initial false start) to recognize both the Guardians and the [[Quintesson]]s attempt to change history by stopping the Autobot slave rebellion?
* Spoke 17 lines of dialogue with 154 words during the accounting of these events?
(<small>''[[Gerry Conway]] and [[Carla Conway]]. "[[Forever Is a Long Time Coming]]". New York: Sunbow Productions, 1986.''</small>)

* Helped [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]] track down a missing [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] by identifying what Steeljaw found to [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]?
* Can translate ancient Quintesson inscriptions?
* Identified that a long-hidden chamber near the capital central of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] was used for banishing criminals to a variety of alternate dimensions as punishment for their crimes?
* Successfully determined that Daniel was banished to [[Menonia]]?
* Participated in a Menonian battle against [[Mara-Al-Utha]], a Quintesson exiled for practicing magic?
(<small>''[[Craig Rand]]. "[[Madman's Paradise]]". New York: Sunbow Productions, 1986.''</small>)
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====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
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===Marvel UK future timelines===
[[Image:Arcee rewind steeljaw.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"Did you know that due to Marvel's practice of using blue to represent black, I can be easily confused with Eject?"]]
'''Did You Know that Marvel Comics Rewind...'''
* Was released from Blaster's chest along with his fellow cassettes by [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] to help even the odds after the other Autobots in Autobot City (including Blaster) were deactivated and crucified during a Quintesson attack on the city in 2008?
(<small>''[[Simon Furman]]. "[[Space Pirates!]]". [[London]]: [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] Entertainment International Ltd., 1988.''</small>)

===Blackthorne comics continuity===
'''Did You Know that Blackthorne Comics Rewind...'''
* Was the historian of the Autobots?
* Was consulted by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] after [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] and [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] retrieved a [[Logicon]] message tape that contained information on the [[Destructon]]s?
* Considered both the Destructons and the Logicons to be myths from a primitive past?
* Was subsequently asked by Optimus Prime to work out the coordinates to planet [[Metascan-Alpha]], the apparent home of the Logicons?
* Noticed a spy in their midst and shot at him—but became confused by the spy seemingly being in two places at once? (It's because the Autobots were really facing [[Pounce]] and [[Wingspan]]!)
(<small>''Williams, Fuget, Haxo, "Noodles" and Stephenson. "[[The War Against the Destructons, Chapter 1 of 3]]". [[Blackthorne Publishing]], 1988.''</small>)

===Dreamwave comics===
'''Did You Know that Dreamwave Comics Rewind...'''
* Was a frequent partner of Blaster throughout the millennia, serving under him and Perceptor during the [[Age of Internment]]?
(<small>''[[Simon Furman]]. ''[[The War Within: The Age of Wrath]]''. Markham, Ontario: [[Dreamwave Productions]], 2004.''</small>)

* Was a part of Hot Rod and [[Kup (G1)|Kup's]] resistance movement when the [[Unified Cybertronian Government]] was corrupted from within by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]?
(<small>''[[James McDonough|Brad Mick]]. "[[Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction]]". Markham, Ontario: Dreamwave Productions, 2003.''</small>)

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1Rewind toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"Did you know that the cassette-formers are at 1:1 scale for micro-cassettes? True fact."]]
*'''Rewind & Steeljaw''' (Cassette 2-pack, 1986/1987)
**'''Did You Know that the Cassette 2-Pack Rewind Toy...'''
*** Has 2 "Adhesion Rifles" for accessories?
*** Transforms from a humanoid robot to a micro-cassette and vice-versa?
*** Is designed to fit in Blaster's chest compartment (though he rattles around a little bit...)?
*** Has two notable [[variant]]s, one with gold-chromed weapons, and the other, more common version with silver-chromed weapons?
*** Has foil decals that give his "cassette side" its detailing (and cover the screws holding it together) in some versions, while other versions use [[tampograph]]s?
*** May or may not have any correlation between the guns and detailing variations?
*** Had his mold used also to make [[Eject]], [[Flip Sides]] and [[Rosanna (G1)|Rosanna]]?
*** Has 19 moving parts, including shoulder pads that are adjustable?
*** Cannot hold his weapons in his fists, but has them mounted to the tape wheels inside his arms instead?
*** Is held together with 6 screws, 2 metal bolts, and 11 plastic rivets?
*** Came packaged with [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]]?

*'''Rewind''' (Cassettebot, 1986/1987)
**'''Did You Know that the 1986 Japanese Rewind Toy...'''
*** Has the Japanese ID numbers '''C-67''' and '''C-118'''?
*** Also has 2 "Adhesion Rifles" for accessories?
*** Was only sold individually, with silver guns and sticker detailing?
*** Has been reissued in the [[Encore]] line of [[Generation 1 reissues|reissue]]s in 2009?
*** Also came packaged with [[Eject]], [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] and [[Laserbeak (G1)| Laserbeak]] in the above Reissue?

==External links==
'''Did You Know You Can Find Out More About Rewind...'''
* From his [http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Rewind/rewind.htm page at TFU.info.]?
* From his [http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Rewind Universe profile at NTFA.net]?

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Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys

2009-06-06T07:14:12Z

218.214.49.189: /* Voyager Class toys */

'''[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]''' starred in a movie that made millions of dollars. Woohoo!

==Toys==
===Transformers (2007)===
As a tribute to his immense popularity, Optimus Prime is the only ''Movie'' Transformer with a toy in every regular category (Legend, Fast Action, Deluxe, Voyager, and Leader.) This is excluding his Cyber Stomper and transformable gun toys.

====Legends Class toys====
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Legends Class, 2007)
**''Japanese name:'' '''EZ Collection Optimus Prime'''

[[Image:Movie Legends Prime toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Shortening the smokestacks is good; [[For safety reasons|it makes the toy safer]]. But removing ONE and keeping the other? Crazy.]]
: Legends class Optimus Prime is an ''extremely'' simplified toy of the extremely complex movie design. As such, he features numerous unavoidable inaccuracies, such as not transforming or even looking very much like the original design or the larger toy versions in robot mode. However, proportionally Legends class Optimus Prime is not far off from the real truck and the Leader class toy's vehicle mode, aside from missing a smokestack on the driver's side. He is articulated at the shoulders and upper legs via [[Ball joint|ball joints]].

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*'''Generations Legends''' (Target exclusive multi-pack, 2007)

[[Image:TargetGenerationsLegends.jpg|right|thumb|150px|"Say, have we met?" "No, I'm not from around here." "I can tell. You look ''way'' more realistic than I do."]]

: A Target exclusive, this four-pack of Legends Class figures contains two versions of both Optimus Prime and Megatron, namely [[Optimus Prime (Armada) toys|Legends of Cybertron Optimus Prime]], Movie Legends Optimus Prime, [[Megatron (Armada) toys|Legends of Cybertron Megatron]] and [[Megatron (Movie)|Movie Legends Megatron]].

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*'''Battle for the Allspark''' (Toys'R'Us exclusive multi-pack, 2007)

[[Image:Movie Allspark Legends pack.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Get ready for the safety recall, folks.]]
: A Toys'R'Us exclusive, this six-pack of Legends class figures contains unmodified toys of Optimus Prime, [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]], [[Bumblebee (Movie) toys|Bumblebee]], [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] and [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]].

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*'''Nightwatch Optimus Prime vs. Stealth Starscream''' (Legends Allspark Battles two-pack, 2008)

: The previously-released Legends Class Optimus Prime toy is redecoed to match the Leader class Nightwatch Optimus Prime deco. He comes with a predominantly black and silver redeco of [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]].

====Deluxe Class toys====
[[Image:Movie ProtoformOptimusPrime toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Until I find my feet, I have to use these giant robot hands.]]
*'''Protoform Optimus Prime''' (Deluxe Class, 2007)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MA-05'''
**''Accessories:'' Gun with flame attachment

:Based upon the "[[Protoform]]" (Cybertronian) appearances of the Transformers in the Movie, Protoform Optimus Prime transforms into his "entry" mode. This mode somewhat resembles a cybertronic truck, with false wheels sculpted onto the sides, and Optimus Prime's trademark windows in front. A flame decoration piece fits to the back of the "vehicle", creating the illusion of a flaming comet's tail. The bottom of the vehicle has small wheels to roll the toy across smooth surfaces. Oddly, it has NO [[Automorph|automorph]] gimmick at all, a feature most main-line figures have.

:In robot mode he resembles previous Optimus characters: his angular chest windows are reminiscent of ''[[Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'' [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]], while his near-animalistic limbs and color scheme are evocative of ''[[Beast Wars (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Optimus Primal]]. He has excellent articulation due to his many ball joints, and is armed with a rifle. The flame attachment can fit onto the end of the (non-firing) gun barrel.

:Some packaging variants of this figure (perhaps a Wal-Mart exclusive) included a free movie poster depicting a Cybertronian eye overlooking Earth. While an added sticker to the outer plastic bubble says "Exclusive movie poster!", it is more of a preview of upcoming figures.

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*'''Protoform Optimus Prime Fusion Cluster Edition''' (C3xHobby Convention exclusive Deluxe, Japan 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Gun with missile and flame attachment

:An extensive redeco of the Protoform Optimus Prime mold that was exclusively available at the Japanese C3xHobby Convention in August of 2007, and later offered by [[E-Hobby|e-Hobby]] in limited quantities. Most of the body is made out of transparent turquoise plastic in order to mimic its frozen state in the "coldness" of space, while orange paint is used on the front end of the "entry" mode, mimicking the heat effects of sudden atmospheric entry. The flame attachment is made out of clear ''blue'' plastic, with the tail end being covered in ''gold'' paint.

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*'''Deluxe three-pack''' (multi-pack, UK 2007)

:This three-pack, which was available at general retail in the United Kingdom, contains an unchanged Deluxe Class Protoform Optimus Prime together with equally unchanged Deluxe Class [[Brawl (Movie)|Decepticon Brawl]] and [[Jazz (Movie)|Autobot Jazz]] toys.

====Voyager Class toys====
[[Image:Movie Voyager OptimusPrime toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|The last one of you out of here gets a...gets a lead salad!]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Voyager Class, 2007)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MA-13'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 rifle/smokestack-fuel tank assemblies, 2 missiles

:The mid-range Voyager class ''Movie'' Optimus Prime toy transforms into an amalgamation of the Kenworth W900 and the Peterbilt 379, making this toy fairly inaccurate to the actual vehicle Optimus Prime turned into. Because of the smaller size and lessened complexity, the Voyager class Optimus Prime features a significantly different transformation sequence compared to the Leader class toy, and indeed, the actual CGI design. However, as the actual truck cabin no longer forms his chest, the cabin now features a small interior with opening doors and a non-removable cowboy-hat-bedecked driver figurine that flips out of the seat when the driver's side door is opened.

: In robot mode, Voyager class Optimus Prime is proportionally more accurate to his CGI design than the leader class toy and has a more accurate headsculpt. However, due to the aforementioned lessened complexity, significant sacrifices had to be made, such as "cheats" to the transformation sequence to achieve this. He is thus less accurate overall than he initially appears. In addition to previously mentioned changes, he carries much of the truck's front hood, grill and fenders on his back like a backpack. Nevertheless, he maintains a superb level of articulation and posability.

: Optimus Prime is armed with two large rifles formed out of a combination of both smokestacks and fuel tanks. These rifles peg into his lower arms with grips for his open hands. The under-slung fuel tanks can fire spring-loaded projectiles. In vehicle mode, both smokestack rifles can be deployed as twin cannons, and this mechanism can also be used to store the rifles and deploy them as shoulder guns in robot mode.

[[Image:Movie Robovision OptimusPrime toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|We'd hate to see what those smokestacks looked like BEFORE Hasbro shortened them.]]
*'''Robo-Vision Optimus Prime''' (Voyager, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' 2 rifle/smokestack-fuel tank assemblies, 2 missiles

: A Target-[[Exclusive|exclusive]] repaint of the Voyager Class Optimus Prime toy, this limited edition version boasts a "Supermetal finish", resulting in silver metallic paint covering much of his paintable gray/silver plastic, a much higher contrast in his red and blue plastic colors and improved 'flame' paint decorations.

: Unusually for the smaller Voyager Class of toys, [[Robo-Vision]] Optimus Prime comes packed in robot mode in a special hexagonal column box with many windows, similar to the original packaging for ''20th Anniversary'' Optimus Prime. The package also includes a [[Robo-Vision Decoder]]. Strangely, this Target exclusive preceded the release of the regular Voyager by a large margin, coming out on [[June 2]], 2007 with the initial wave of movie toys.

:This toy has been retroactively declared part of the ''Premium Series'' of more [[Show-accuracy|movie-accurate]] redecos of core characters from the movie.

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*'''Bumblebee and Optimus Prime''' (Argos exclusive two-pack, UK 2007)

:A two-pack, exclusiveliy available at Argos stores in the United Kingdom, which contains an unchanged Voyager Class Optimus Prime and an equally unchanged Deluxe Class Concept Camaro [[Bumblebee (Movie) toys|Bumblebee]].

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*'''Battle damage three-pack''' (Sam's Club exclusive three-pack, 2007)

:A three-pack, exclusive to Sam's Club stores, consisting of redecos of Voyager Class Optimus Prime and Deluxe Class [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]], both with a battle damage deco, and an unchanged Voyager Class [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]].

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[[Image:Movie Voyager Firststrike OptimusPrime.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Think the [[Geewun|Geewunners]] will shut up now?]]
*'''First Strike Optimus Prime''' (Voyager Class, 2008)
**''Accessories:'' 2 rifle/smokestack-fuel tank assemblies, 2 missiles

: Released as part of the ''Allspark Power'' refresh of the movie line, First Strike Optimus Prime is a extensive redeco of Voyager class Optimus Prime in a colour scheme based upon ''Generation 1'' and ''Classics'' Optimus Prime. The included toy bio describes this coloring as Prime paying tribute to the markings he wore as a young soldier when the war began. Due to the transformation scheme, this figure actually ends up being ''less'' like its G1 counterpart in robot mode, a sacrifice made for the slavish redeco of the vehicle mode. You can't have your cake and eat it too, folks.

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*'''Autobot Optimus Prime''' ("international market" exclusive Voyager-sized toy, 2008)

:A single-packed version of the battle damaged Voyager Optimus Prime toy from the Sam's Club exclusive three-pack. Although the assortment number and the general packaging style seemed to indicate that this might be a Best Buy exclusive, this has been confirmed to be an "international market" exclusive. It has been released in Asia, but will presumably not be available in the USA outside the Sam's Club three-pack.

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*'''Freeway Brawl Optimus Prime (Two-Pack)''' ("Screen Battles" Voyager, 2008)
**''Accessories:'' 2 rifle/smokestack-fuel tank assemblies, 2 missiles

: A second Target-[[Exclusive|exclusive]] repaint of the Voyager Class Optimus Prime toy, the grey molded pieces now are beige-grey and multiple parts that previously molded blue and red (the chest, shoulder pads, and leg interiors) had their mold colors swapped with extra [[Paint application|paint applications]] to make up the difference. As such, the toy has very few visual differences from the regular release of the mold. This version was only available in a pack with an unchanged Deluxe Class [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]].

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====Leader Class toys====
[[Image:MovieLeader OptimusPrime toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Y'think Prime got a makeover? We have it on good authority that Movie [[Roller]] is a kicked-out low-rider with a jammin' sound system and neon-purple undercarriage lighting.]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Leader Class, 2007)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MA-01'''
**''Accessories:'' Removable Ion blaster, 1 missile

: The largest ''Movie'' Optimus Prime toy, Leader Class Optimus Prime featured, at the time, the most accurate representation of the CGI designs' complex transformation sequence. He transforms into a heavily-customized [http://www.peterbilt.com/index_gal_mod_desc.asp?model=model379 Peterbilt 379] conventional extended-hood, and unusually for a mainline figure, he has rubber tires on all his wheels. His Ion Blaster weapon is stored in the rear of the truck's bunk, exposed like an engine block. Though Optimus has no trailer, he has a hole where the fifth wheel (known among fans as a 'hitch') is sculpted in the rear of the truck, should owners find a suitable trailer to use. Due to [[For safety reasons|safety reasons]], the tips of his long smokestacks are made of rubber. A switch on top of the cab roof activates horn sounds and window lights.

: Featuring a complex transformation, essentially the front and back ends of the truck fold and converge to become Optimus Prime's legs, as much of the truck rear is connected to the robot thighs via a series of folding panels. The rear wheel cowlings feature a hinge joint in the middle of them so they do not impede his knee articulation. The halves of the rear cabin of the cab, directly connected to the smokestacks, rotate and connect to his torso and unfold into his arms. As with most mainline Movie toys, Optimus Prime features [[Automorph]] gimmicks, and due to his price point, he has three of them. Firstly, during initial transformation, rotating his front fenders to become his heels flips the top parts of the grill to become his toes. Secondly, sliding out the double-barrel cannon in his right forearm flips out his spring-loaded Ion Blaster, which lands into place for his right hand. (The Ion Blaster can actually be popped off his forearm fairly easily, as it is held in place by a simple clip.) Optimus's final Automorph, located in his torso, is activated by flipping the silver lever on his stomach, activating a series of spring-loaded actions where the truck windows are pushed apart and the lever between them is raised, enabling the head to spring up from the chest cavity. At this point, yellow LEDs light up the chest windows and Optimus Prime's eyes, accompanied by a "powering up" sound effect.

: Optimus Prime has a wide range of articulation for a relatively bulky figure. He has ratcheting joints in his shoulders, elbows, hips and knees, with swivel joints and ball joints supporting them in his biceps, lower knee joints and ankles. Again, unusually for a mainline figure, especially at the Leader price point, his hands have individually articulated fingers and thumbs.

*'''Optimus Prime bonus pack''' (Costco exclusive multi-pack, 2007)

:A Costco exclusive special pack of Leader Class Optimus Prime with Legends Class [[Bumblebee (Movie) toys|Bumblebee]] and [[Jazz (Movie)|Autobot Jazz]] as bonus figures. All three toys are unchanged from their respective original releases.

*'''Chrome Optimus Prime''' (Leader Class, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Removable Ion blaster, 1 missile

: Two custom-made pieces (presented in robot and vehicle mode) by the [[Hasbro]] ''Transformers'' team as the grand prize for G4TV and [http://www.jumpcut.com Jumpcut]'s contest for fans to remix selected Transformers clips. Won by [http://www.TFW2005.com/ TFW2005.com] member James Zahn, this one-of-a-kind (well, two-of-a-kind) piece is an almost fully [[Vacuum metallizing|vacuum-metallized]] Leader-class Optimus Prime in red, silver and blue (based heavily upon ''Generation 1'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]), presented with a custom display base with an embossed silver Autobot insignia and a perspex display case.

:It is certainly one of the rarest Transformers toys ever, and unless you are James, you will never own one.

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*'''Nightwatch Optimus Prime''' (Leader Class, UK 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Removable Ion blaster, 1 missile

[[Image:Movie Leader Nightwatch OptimusPrime 2007.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Either this is [[Ultra Magnus (disambiguation)|Ultra Magnus]] or [[Nemesis Prime (disambiguation)|Nemesis Prime]].]]
: The first Nightwatch Optimus Prime is an extensive redeco of the previously released Leader-class Optimus Prime, replacing most of his red and blue with different shades of blue and black. In fact, he resembles the original [[Diaclone]] Powered Convoy color scheme of ''Generation 1'' [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]'s truck cab. The previously blue and red flames have been replaced with silver flames, while various other decos have been replaced by copper.

: This version was released in the UK several months before the ''AllSpark Power'' version. Available exclusively through Argos stores, it came in an American-style box with the original Movie packaging design. This version was also released by TakaraTomy in Japan.

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[[Image:Movie Leader Nightwatch OptimusPrime 2008.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Ultra Prime or Nemesis Magnus?]]
*'''Nightwatch Optimus Prime''' (Leader Class, USA 2008)
**''Accessories:'' Removable Ion blaster, 1 missile

: The second Nightwatch Optimus Prime was released as part of the "[[AllSpark Power]]" second half of the Movie line. He is similar to the UK version of Nightwatch Prime, replacing most of his red and blue with different shades of blue and black, retaining his resemblance to Diaclone Powered Convoy in most respects. However, the subdued black and copper on the first Nightwatch Prime have been replaced with gold and a ''very'' bright blue, to signify the All Spark energy affecting the Transformers. The translucent parts were also cast in purple translucent plastic instead of black translucent plastic.

: Another difference is that this version comes in an ''AllSpark Power''-style box instead of the original style.

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[[Image:Premium movie OP.jpg|right|250px|thumb|[[Cyclonus (G1)|Bunny-ears]] Prime.]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' ("Premium Series" Leader Class, 2008)
**''Accessories:'' Detachable, Retractable "energy sword"

: The Premium Series Optimus Prime is both a retool and a redeco of the Leader Class Optimus Prime toy. The major selling point is a more movie-accurate head sculpt with longer ears and detailing based on the final CG head design, and a flip-out energy sword to replace the ion blaster that was included with previous versions of the toy. This energy sword is detachable and attaches where the Ion Blaster did, compatible with non-premium Optimus Prime Leader-class-based releases. Because his ears are much longer, the truck roof panel that hides his head now has two holes cut into so the head can fit inside the cabin.

:The paint deco is...unfocused, to say the least. In vehicle mode, the grill, headlights, and bumpers (and thus his feet) are painted silver, yet the red in the small Autobot insignia has been removed. There is silver paint on the fuel tanks (toy battery cover), but not on the other tool boxes and equipment in the same location. There is also silver paint on all 6 wheel rims, the air cleaners and the windscreen visor. In robot mode, the silver paint is mainly located on his thighs and crotch, though in order to save on costs, the dark blue and gold paint on his thighs and knee joints have been sacrificed.

: Unlike the initial ''Premium Series'' toys, this one was available as part of the regular mass retail Leader class assortment.

[[Image:Movie Leader OptimusPrimeBattleMode.jpg|right|250px|thumb|He loves his lips so much, he won't let anyone sculpt them on his toys.]]
*'''Optimus Prime Battle Mode''' (Leader Class, 2008)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MA-21'''
**''Accessories:'' Detachable, Retractable "energy sword"

:The TakaraTomy version of Premium Series Optimus Prime has a considerably different deco from Hasbro's release. Similar to the unique chrome Optimus Prime, Optimus Prime Battle Mode features vacuum-metallized parts for nearly all of the silver truck parts, for a greater resemblance to the polished chrome on the real prop trucks. Unfortunately, as his feet are the front fenders and grill, this will likely lead to chipping. In robot mode, he retains several decos that were removed from Hasbro's Premium Optimus Prime for cost reasons, such as the blue and gold decos on his thighs. Finally, the flip-out energy sword is coloured gold to reflect its "powered up" appearance.

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====Fast Action Battlers====
[[Image:Movie FAB OptimusPrime toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"Okay mommy, me got my backback and big gun thingy. Me go to robot school now?"<br /> That's what it looks like this Prime is saying.]]
* '''Power Hook Optimus Prime''' (Fast Action Battler, 2007)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''QC-01'''
**''Accessories:'' 1 Missile

This toy was part of the Fast Action Battlers line. These were made for the littler ones and were made to have quick conversion and not be as complex as the higher class figures such as the deluxe class. He has a little string attached to his missle that was tied to his "backpack" for easy storage and so the little ones wouldn't lose the missle.

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[[Image:Movie LeaderfortheAges 2pack.jpg|right|250px|thumb|The more things change, the more they, uh, get bigger guns.]]
* '''Leader for the Ages''' (Wal*Mart exclusive two-pack, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' 1 gun, 1 Missile

: This Wal*Mart-[[Exclusive|exclusive]] two-pack contains the ''Fast Action Battler'' Power Hook Optimus Prime toy, designated "2007 Optimus Prime", and the ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1) toys|Optimus Prime]] toy from ''The Ultimate Battle'' DVD two-pack. Both toys are identical to their normal individual releases.

: For some reason the ''Classics'' Optimus toy is designated "1984 Optimus Prime" on the packaging, even though it was released in 2006... but, well, he ''looks'' like Prime from '84, so hey, what the hell.

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[[Image:Mov2007-toy FAB FireBlastPrime.JPG|right|250px|thumb|]]
*'''Fire Blast Optimus Prime''' (Fast Action Battler, 2008)
**''Accessories:'' 1 Missile

: Fire Blast Optimus Prime is a [[Redeco|redeco]] of the previously released Power Hook Optimus Prime fast action battler. The color scheme is loosely based upon ''Generation 1'' [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]], explained rather oddly in the card bio as being the camouflage Optimus took while hunting Decepticons on Mars post-movie. ...Because there are so many longnose cabs driving around Mars. Yeah.

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====Cyber Slammers toys====
[[Image:Movie_CyberSlammers_Prime_toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Cyber Slammer, 2007)

: [[Cyber Slammer]]s Optimus Prime is an amazingly cute truck that transforms into an amazingly cute Autobot. "Slam" his robot mode down into car mode and he rolls along for a while, then snaps back up into robot mode. Sure to please the toddler you brought with you to the PG-13 movie! Like most Cyber Slammers, Prime manages to cram most of his vehicle mode's major details into a compact, super-deformed version of that mode.

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====Cyber Stompin' Robots====
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Cyber Stompin' Robot, 2007)

[[Image:Movie Cyberstompin Prime toy.jpg|right|120px|thumb|Rescue Heroes!]]

This toy was part of the Cyberstompin' Robots toyline.

These were made for ages 4+. They are non-convertable and have light-up eyes, sounds, a launching fist feature and a "targeting scope" in his back. Similar to a view master and when you looked in that scope you saw a picture of Megatron.

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====Robot Replicas====
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Robot Replica, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Ion blaster arm

[[Image:Optimusprimemovierobotreplicas.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Sword attachment arm sadly not included.]]
: As part of the [[Robot Replicas]] line, this version of Optimus is a non-transforming action figure that utilizes [[Revoltech]]-style jointing. The sculpt hews much closer to the movie CGI model than is possible with the full transforming toys, plus the universal jointing of the line allows for his forearm to be replaced with his hand-cannon... or bits from other Robot Replicas.

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====Trans-Scanning====
*'''Optimus Prime''' (2008)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TS-01'''
**''Accessories:'' Display stand

: [[Trans-scan|Trans-scanning]] Optimus Prime is a Japanese-exclusive figure with many interchangeable parts. At its most basic, the figure is a spindly skeleton referred to as a "Core Body". To this skeleton, two sets of armor pieces can be attached to create one of two forms for Optimus Prime: his [[Protoform|protoform]] mode or his Earth mode.

: The protoform mode consists of eight pieces of metallic blue plastic that plug into the arms, chest, pelvis and legs of the figure. With these pieces attached, the figure can be manipulated in a manner that might charitably be called "transformation" into his meteor-like "entry mode," accomplished by doing little more than tucking the head out of sight and folding the chest back. This blue-and-grey lump can be mounted on a three-piece stand that comes with the figure, allowing you to display it in mid-plummet. Optimus Prime's Earth mode, meanwhile, is made up of many armor pieces (including a particularly large backpack) that form a rather [[Kibble|kibbly]] robot mode, which can then transform into a truck approximating a Peterbilt 379. We would go into what an abominable, unintuitive, parts-massaging ''mess'' this transformation is, but we wouldn't want to fill up the rest of the page.

: Optimus Prime also includes a pair of interchangeable, open-palmed hands that can be swapped out for the clenched fists that are in place in-package. The Core Body mold was re-used for the simultaneously released Trans-Scanning [[Bumblebee (Movie) toys#Trans-Scanning|Bumblebee]] figure.

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====Other toys====
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Cake topper, 2007)

: Yes, a cake topper. This toy was only available by purchasing a ''Transformers''-brand cake (or set of 24 cupcakes) with delicious blue-and-red flame-pattern frosting. The toy transforms from semi cab to robot.

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*'''Optimus Prime''' (Spychanger, 2007)

:This toy is a redeco of ''[[Robots in Disguise (toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' Spychanger [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]], painted to resemble ''Movie'' Optimus Prime. Of note is the [[Tampograph|tampographed]] detailing on his chest resembling ''Movie'' Prime's distinctive chest design. He was only available exclusively in Japan with a pre-order for the ''[[Transformers (2007)|Transformers]]'' DVD and HD-DVD.

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====Micro IR ''Transformers'' Cars====
[[Image:Movie OptimusPrime MicroIR.jpg|right|150px|thumb|That gun doesn't look very safe...]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (2007)

: Made under license by [[RadioShack]]. The three-function infrared remote, in Optimus Prime's signature colors, gives you control of the truck with forward and reverse turn movement. More than just a truck styled after the Movie character, it also transforms to robot mode. The top of the gun-shaped IR remote serves as a display stand, though the gun itself can't stand freely. The tip of the gun can also unscrews to reveal a hidden ball-point pen.

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===Titanium Series===
[[Image:Movie TitaniumRM Prime.jpg|right|130px|thumb|"Groovy!"]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (3" Robot Masters, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Movie-style Autobot sigil display stand.

: Partially constructed of die-cast metal, this small three inch figurine of Optimus Prime has a CGI-accurate sculpt compared to the larger toys, owing to the fact it does not need to transform at all. He is sculpted with his Ion Blaster in his right fist, and is articulated at the neck, shoulders and waist. He comes with a small movie-style Autobot sigil display stand.

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*'''Ultimate Optimus Prime 3-Pack''' (3" Robot Masters multi-pack, 2007)

: This Target-exclusive set contains the normal 3" [[Titanium Series]] Optimus Prime figurine (see above), a Protoform Optimus Prime figurine, and Optimus Prime in his Earth-mode truck form, making this the first time a character has appeared in their alternate mode as part of the Robot Masters sub-series.

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===Revenge of the Fallen===
====Legends Class toys====
[[Image:ROTF Legends OptimusPrime.jpg|right|150px|thumb|AT LAST! Two smokestacks!]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (2009)

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====Voyager Class toys====
[[Image:ROTF_Voyager_OptimusPrime_toy.jpg|thumb|300px|Look! I got a tan!]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (2009)
**''Japanese ID number:''
**''Accessories:'' 2 rifle/smokestack-fuel tank assemblies, 2 missiles

:Voyager Optimus Prime is a [[redeco]] of the the toy from the [[Movie (toyline)|first movie's toyline]]. Like several redecos or retools of 2007 movie toys, there has been some effort to make this release noticeably different from the previous releases, though the toy ends up looking less accurate to the actual movie appearance than those previous releases. Optimus Prime has a sort of faded Autobot sigil on the side of the truck's bunk, and Chinese characters on the roof (ending up on his knee in robot mode.) The word "上海将军" means "Shang Hai general" while "大将" means "big general".

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====Leader Class toys====
[[Image:ROTF Leader OptimusPrime.jpg|right|300px|thumb|I will not stop telling you that I am Optimus Prime. Ever!]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RA-01'''

:''[[Revenge of the Fallen]]'' Leader Class Optimus Prime is an entirely different mold from the first movie's Leader Class Optimus Prime. While striving for vehicle realism and painstaking accuracy to his visual portrayal in the live-action films, this Optimus Prime is so complex even the instructions won't help. Like the previous Prime, it is loaded with features, though it ditches the first movie's [[Automorph]]ing for the new [[Mech Alive]] gimmick. When a grey tab on his midriff is pressed, Prime's entire pectoral region "flexes", lights in his chest and eyes glow, and he declares "I am Optimus Prime" in [[Peter Cullen]]'s voice (for the European release of the figure, to get past the language barrier, the figure simply says its name, sans the "I am"). A transformation sound effect activates when his torso is transformed, and once Prime is in truck mode, an almost unnoticeable button (a small square, on the bottom-left of the rear of his cab, undocumented in his instructions) is revealed, which activates engine-revving noises. Each arm features flip-out blades that trigger when a button on the forearm is pressed. Each of these blades has a [[Cyberglyphics|Cyberglyphic]] symbol on it. One detail not reflected in most of Hasbro's photos is that the sun visors above Prime's windows are mounted on ball joints and can be positioned like they are in his CG design.

[[Image:HasbroCEO.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Being the boss is even better when you can rub everyone's nose in it.]]

:Like several new-mold ''Revenge of the Fallen'' toys, Optimus Prime suffers from some cost-cutting measures that affected the final production version of the mold. According to Hasbro's stock photos/back-of-box photo of the hand-painted [[prototype]], the toolboxes on the sides of his legs were designed to fold away further for a sleeker, cleaner look. Additionally, the rear tires would have been able to split in half, with the inner half of the tire going inside the outer half to recreate the thin tires seen on Prime's CG design. Some articulation was lost on the toy between Hasbro stock photography and the final release. His fingers are no longer articulated; instead, the entire hand is now one molded piece. Finally, the lower arms appear to have been originally designed so that his hands could slide in or out of them during transformation. Sadly, he also lacks rubber tires, which the original movie Prime did have.

:One of these prototypes was featured alongside [[Hasbro]] CEO [[Brian Goldner]] on the cover of the February 2009 edition of ''License! Global'' magazine.

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*'''Limited Edition Optimus Prime''' (2009)

:This release of Optimus Prime was available at the May 23, 2009 midnight launch of the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' toyline at the [[Shanghai]] Toys 'R' Us. Limited to 576 pieces, this piece was presented in a wooden box with a numbered certificate, Autobot sigil dog tag, and of course, the leader class Optimus Prime toy. The toy itself was unchanged.

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====Fast Action Battlers====
[[Image:ROTF FAB OptimusPrime.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Two blades means ''twice'' the [[:Image:Movie Bonecrusher dies.jpg|fun]]!]]
*'''Double Blade Optimus Prime''' (2009)

A new mold of Prime features 2 flip out swords and a firing missle

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====Gravity Bots====
[[Image:ROTF GravityBots OptimusPrime.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Oh no, Optimus let himself go [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|again]]!]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (2009)

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====Mega Power Bots====
*'''Optimus Prime''' (2009)

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====Robot Replicas====
[[Image:ROTF RobotReplicas OptimusPrime.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Finally, he's got the sword! Now where's the other one?]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (2009)

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====Mini-figure====
*'''Stratosphere''' (2009)
:Voyager class [[Stratosphere]] comes with an Optimus Prime mini-figure that deploys from his cargo bay.

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==Merchandise==
===''Transformers'' 3D Battle-Card Game===
*'''Optimus Prime''' (3D Battle-Card, 2007)
**''Card number:'' '''9'''

:Optimus Prime is a 54-point "Rare" piece in the [[3D Battle-Card Game]]. Constructed of punch-out pieces from randomly packed plastic cards (two full robots per pack), he can be assembled into his truck mode or into a long-legged robot mode.

:His card construction was not reused.

===Transformers (2007)===
*'''Transformers Gummy Candy''' (2006)

:Made by the [[Frankford Candy & Chocolate Company]] at the behest of [[Hasbro]]'s Cap Candy Company unit, this large Optimus Prime-shaped [[Transformers Gummy Candy|gummy candy]] was available throughout 2006 to 2007. Also available was an [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] and [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]-shaped gummy candies.

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[[Image:MoviePrime Voicechanger helmet.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Hardly ''anyone'' was wearing these damn things at [[BotCon 2007]].]]
===='''Optimus Prime Voice Changer'''====

:A highly CG-accurate sculpt of Optimus Prime's head with a built in voice-changer. It also has several sound effects and quotes from the movie. The voice-changer has three settings, giving more accurate alteration of the user's voice (though this is still debatable; most voice changing technology is pretty crummy, at least in toys). Much like the Ultimate Bumblebee figure, this toy will hate your wallet too. While it only costs 30 bucks, if it's anything like another Hasbro voice changer, it will suck batteries up like they were [[Energon Cube|some kind of square candy holder.]]

: There are two versions of the voice changer helmet with two different pre-recorded voices. An earlier release features the voice of [[Ron Hayden]], while the later release features the voice of [[Peter Cullen]]. The latter version has modified packaging under the 'Try Me!' blurb, stating it has 'Real Movie Voice!', though the updated version has also appeared in the original packaging without the 'Real Movie Voice!' notice.

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[[Image:MoviePrime BattleRigBlaster.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Nor carrying these!]]
*'''Optimus Prime Battle Rig Blaster''' (2007)
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:The Optimus Prime Battle Rig Blaster transforms from a superdeformed amalgamation of his ''Movie'' truck and G1 Optimus Prime's truck (indeed pulling G1 Prime's trailer) to a fully G1 robotic forearm and hand with a built in Nerf style gun. By simply placing your hand inside the back of the trailer (I need an adult!) and pulling back on the front of the truck, the gun transforms and folds back into a weapon. It comes with three [[Nerf]] N-Strike size whistle darts which can be stored inside the trailer. Although not shown in the image, the truck front splits in half in gun-mode, while the grille acts as a sight. This toy was marketed as 'Optimus Prime Big Rig Blaster' overseas.

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[[Image:Movie OptimusPrime RPBlaster.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Pew, Pew!]]
*'''Optimus Prime Blaster''' (2007)
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: An extensive [[Redeco|redeco]] of the ''[[Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Optimus Prime (Armada) toys|Optimus Prime]] role-play Blaster, this toy "transforms" basically by extending. It fires suction-cup-tipped Nerf darts and is a Wal*mart exclusive.

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[[Image:Movie TFHandHeldGame.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Behold, the Autobot Gameboy of Leadership!]]
*'''Transformers Electronic Hand Held Game''' (2007)

:This LCD game features 10 levels and a design based on Optimus Prime.

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*'''Optimus Prime''' Burger King free toy (2007)

:The BK tie in toy of Optimus Prime is essentially two toys in one. The first part of the toy consists of two truck halves, which snap together around a sculpted robot mode Optimus Prime. The truck is squat, and primarily blue, with outbursts of chalk gray paint and red flames. Pulling back and letting go activates the gimmick: Prime "drives" forward and bursts from the truck mode, "transformed" to robot mode. This gimmick has marginal success.

:The "robot mode" of Optimus Prime is where the pullback motor and working wheels of the toys lie. Optimus is sculpted in blue plastic, pre-posed in an odd crouching pose with zero points of articulation. His right knee is bent back, with his right arm touching his knee, while the left side has the leg forward and the left hand holding onto his butt. The toy is as sparsely painted as the truck, with light blue eyes and chest windows, gray hands and feet among other parts, and red forearms. Two panels on his back have red flame tongues on them.

*'''Optimus Prime Globe''' (2007)

[[Image:Optimus Prime globe.jpg|right|150px|thumb|I'm dreaming of an Autobot Christmas...]]
: A snow globe containing an Optimus Prime figurine based upon one of lower-detail licensing/promotional renders of Optimus Prime, complete with [[Optimus Primal|funky munky]] pose.

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====ZipZaps® Micro RC====
[[Image:Movie OptimusPrime ZipZaps.jpg|right|150px|thumb|In Soviet Russia, Prime controls YOU!]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (2007)
**''Model Number'': '''6000182'''

: Optimus Prime is one of the first Transformers characters licensed by [[RadioShack]] for their ZipZaps line of pocket-size radio control cars. As a ZipZap, Optimus can be customized, trimmed, and tuned with any other accessories available for the brand. He has working headlights and requires four "AAA" batteries for the charger.

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====Battling Robots Bubble Bath====
[[Image:Optimus prime bubblebath.jpg|right|120px|thumb|Great skin is the right of all sentient beings.]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (2007)

:Optimus Prime's torso attaches to the bottle of bubble bath. His elbows bend, and his arms have a punching gimmick, to allow him to battle evil even in the shower. Pushing a lever on either side makes the respective fist punch forward. He's removable, though not as easily held without the bottle below his waist.

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====XKites====
[[Image:Movie_XKites_OptimusPrime_SkyDelta52.jpg|thumb|200px|]]
*'''SkyDelta 52 Transformers Kite''' (2007)

:[[XKites]] made several poly delta kites with stock images of ''Transformers'' characters printed on them. This model had a 52" wingspan and a fibreglass airframe, and featured an image of Optimus Prime.
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====Basic Fun====
*'''Articulated keychain''' (2007)

: Produced by [[Basic Fun]], this keychain is a likeness of Optimus Prime's robot mode with articulated arms, legs, head, waist, and a keyring sticking out of his ass.

*'''Slide puzzle keychain''' (2007)

: Produced by Basic Fun, this keychain is a likeness of Optimus Prime's robot mode attached to a sliding puzzle frame. The puzzle itself is the Autobot symbol.

*'''Talking keychain''' (2007)

: Produced by Basic Fun, this keychain features several clips of Prime's voice.

*'''Projector carabiner''' (2007)

: Yet another Basic Fun joint, this is a carabiner that shines a Bat-Signal like image of Optimus Prime onto a flat surface. Neat.
====Transformers Movie Danglers====
[[Image:Movie Optimus Prime dangler.jpg|right|174px|thumb|]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (2007)

:Released by [[Tomy Yujin]] in November 2007 as part of the [[Danglers Collection]], this toy is a weird plastic [[Super-deformed|super-deformed]] version of Optimus Prime that pops out his vehicle mode when you squeeze him. This little figurine has a little strap on it so that it can be put on cell phones or portable gaming devices.

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====Transformers Movie Screen Cleaners====
[[Image:Movie Optimus Prime Screencleaner.jpg|right|102px|thumb|]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (2008)

:Released by Tomy Yujin on January 2008, this dangler is a faction logo-shaped screen cleaner for your cell phone, with a stock image of Optimus Prime printed on the other side.

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===Revenge of the Fallen===
*'''Optimus Prime Voice Changer''' (2009)

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====RPMs - Robot Powered Machines====
=====Commander Series=====
[[Image:ROTF RPMs OptimusPrime.jpg|right|250px|thumb|]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (2009)
**''Number:'' '''01 of 04'''
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=====Battle Series=====
*'''Optimus Prime Vs. Bonecrusher''' (2009)
**''Number:''
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=====Radio Controlled=====
[[Image:ROTF RPMradiocontrol OptimusPrime.jpg|right|250px|thumb|]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (2009)

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====Robo-Q Transformers====
*'''Optimus Prime''' (2009)

:This tiny radio-controlled [[Robo-Q]] Optimus Prime figure can be charged by directly plugging him into the back of the controller unit, and on a full charge he can waddle around a flat surface. The figure features lights while the controller has sounds.

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====Transformers Wacky Wobblers====
*'''Optimus Prime''' (2009)

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====Transformers Backpacks====
*'''Optimus Prime''' (2009)

:Made by [[Fab Starpoint]], these backpacks are allegedly "engineered for style, safety, comfort...and saving the Universe!" One design is black with red and blue highlights and a stock image of Optimus Prime, while the other features a much more fiery colour scheme, covered with Cybertronic hieroglyphs and a stock image of Optimus Prime with his energy sword drawn.
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====Basic Fun====
*'''Articulated keychain''' (2009)

: Produced by [[Basic Fun]], this keychain is a likeness of Power Up Optimus Prime's robot mode with articulated arms, legs, head, waist, and a keyring sticking out of his ass.
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*'''Mini Figural Clip-Ons''' (2009)
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===Robot Heroes===
[[Image:RH Prime vs Blackout.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Booga-booga!]]
*'''Optimus Prime vs. Blackout''' (2007)

: Packaged with [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]], Optimus Prime is the standard [[Robot Heroes|Robot Hero]] style of cute and cuddly. His arm is in the Ion Cannon mode, and unlike many Robot Heroes, he's not crouching. He's highly posable for a Robot Hero figure, featuring four points of articulation: both shoulders swivel, his neck turns, and he has a waist joint. This toy was later redecoed into Best Buy Exclusive "Battle Damage" Optimus Prime and Walmart Exclusive "Allspark Power" Optimus Prime.

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[[Image:Rhscorpprime.jpg|right|150px|thumb|He's cute as he violently decapitates [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|rage-filled mechanoids]].]]
*'''Optimus Prime vs. Scorponok''' (2007)

: Packaged with [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]], Optimus Prime is now brandishing his sword arm weapon instead of the Ion Cannon. Sadly, the weapon is not film-accurate, being silver instead of orange. Notably, this is the only piece of Optimus Prime merchandise to have a mouth instead of a mouthplate. It is articulated at the neck and shoulders.

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[[Image:Movie RobotHeroes BestBuy Cliffjumper OptimusPrime.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Otherwise known as Needs-a-Bathimus Prime.]]
*'''"Battle Damage" Optimus Prime & Cliffjumper''' (Best Buy Movie DVD Exclusives)

: Packaged with [[Cliffjumper (Movie)|Cliffjumper]], this is a redeco of the first Robot Heroes figure in a battle damage paint job. It has all the articulation of the initial release, and boasts an extensive amount of paint apps, including a thorough "dirt wash" on the entire toy. It was sold exclusively in Best Buy stores, packaged with the two-disc special edition of [[Transformers (2007)|film]]

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[[Image:Robotheroesfinalbattle.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Remember that part of the movie where Prime glows blue with Allspark Power?]]
*'''The Final Battle''' (2008)

: Packaged with redecoed versions of Autobot Jazz, Autobot Ratchet, Blackout, and Megatron. It retains all four points of articulation. The new deco is very similar to the original, but with added outbursts of Allspark Blue paint. The five-pack was sold exclusively at Wal*Mart.

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[[Image:Movie RobotHeroes BarricadeVsOptimusPrime.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Two-fisted justice!]]
*'''Optimus Prime vs. Barricade''' (2008)

: Packaged with [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]], this is the first Optimus Prime Robot Heroes figure to be unarmed. Sculpted in a two-fisted stance akin to the one he had when first arriving in Mission City, it boasts sharper sculpted detail than its predecessors. Articulation is the standard three points: both shoulders and his head.

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*'''Optimus Prime & Blackout''' (2009)

:Mirroring the very first ''Movie'' Robot Heroes Optimus Prime pack, he comes with Blackout. While Blackout is a [[Redeco|redeco]] of the previous mold, Optimus Prime is an all-new sculpt with two swords, reflecting the other Optimus Prime toys in the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' toyline.

*'''Battle for the Allspark''' (2009)

:Packaged in a set depicting the battle in [[Mission City]] with [[Brawl (Movie)|Decepticon Brawl]], [[Ratchet (Movie)|Autobot Ratchet]], [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], plus new figures of [[Sam Witwicky]], [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] in fighter mode and Bumblebee in vehicle mode, this is the first Optimus Prime Robot Heroes figurine in vehicle mode. He has a very big behind.

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==External links==
* [http://www.seibertron.com/toys/index.php?f_series_id=64&f_subgroup=&f_name=optimus&f_type=exact Galleries of various different Optimus Prime toys from the Movie]
* [http://www.tfu.info/2007/Autobot/Robo-VisionOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm Optimus Prime at TFU.info]

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Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys

2009-06-06T07:13:21Z

218.214.49.189: /* Leader Class toys */

'''[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]''' starred in a movie that made millions of dollars. Woohoo!

==Toys==
===Transformers (2007)===
As a tribute to his immense popularity, Optimus Prime is the only ''Movie'' Transformer with a toy in every regular category (Legend, Fast Action, Deluxe, Voyager, and Leader.) This is excluding his Cyber Stomper and transformable gun toys.

====Legends Class toys====
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Legends Class, 2007)
**''Japanese name:'' '''EZ Collection Optimus Prime'''

[[Image:Movie Legends Prime toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Shortening the smokestacks is good; [[For safety reasons|it makes the toy safer]]. But removing ONE and keeping the other? Crazy.]]
: Legends class Optimus Prime is an ''extremely'' simplified toy of the extremely complex movie design. As such, he features numerous unavoidable inaccuracies, such as not transforming or even looking very much like the original design or the larger toy versions in robot mode. However, proportionally Legends class Optimus Prime is not far off from the real truck and the Leader class toy's vehicle mode, aside from missing a smokestack on the driver's side. He is articulated at the shoulders and upper legs via [[Ball joint|ball joints]].

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*'''Generations Legends''' (Target exclusive multi-pack, 2007)

[[Image:TargetGenerationsLegends.jpg|right|thumb|150px|"Say, have we met?" "No, I'm not from around here." "I can tell. You look ''way'' more realistic than I do."]]

: A Target exclusive, this four-pack of Legends Class figures contains two versions of both Optimus Prime and Megatron, namely [[Optimus Prime (Armada) toys|Legends of Cybertron Optimus Prime]], Movie Legends Optimus Prime, [[Megatron (Armada) toys|Legends of Cybertron Megatron]] and [[Megatron (Movie)|Movie Legends Megatron]].

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*'''Battle for the Allspark''' (Toys'R'Us exclusive multi-pack, 2007)

[[Image:Movie Allspark Legends pack.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Get ready for the safety recall, folks.]]
: A Toys'R'Us exclusive, this six-pack of Legends class figures contains unmodified toys of Optimus Prime, [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]], [[Bumblebee (Movie) toys|Bumblebee]], [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] and [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]].

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*'''Nightwatch Optimus Prime vs. Stealth Starscream''' (Legends Allspark Battles two-pack, 2008)

: The previously-released Legends Class Optimus Prime toy is redecoed to match the Leader class Nightwatch Optimus Prime deco. He comes with a predominantly black and silver redeco of [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]].

====Deluxe Class toys====
[[Image:Movie ProtoformOptimusPrime toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Until I find my feet, I have to use these giant robot hands.]]
*'''Protoform Optimus Prime''' (Deluxe Class, 2007)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MA-05'''
**''Accessories:'' Gun with flame attachment

:Based upon the "[[Protoform]]" (Cybertronian) appearances of the Transformers in the Movie, Protoform Optimus Prime transforms into his "entry" mode. This mode somewhat resembles a cybertronic truck, with false wheels sculpted onto the sides, and Optimus Prime's trademark windows in front. A flame decoration piece fits to the back of the "vehicle", creating the illusion of a flaming comet's tail. The bottom of the vehicle has small wheels to roll the toy across smooth surfaces. Oddly, it has NO [[Automorph|automorph]] gimmick at all, a feature most main-line figures have.

:In robot mode he resembles previous Optimus characters: his angular chest windows are reminiscent of ''[[Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'' [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]], while his near-animalistic limbs and color scheme are evocative of ''[[Beast Wars (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Optimus Primal]]. He has excellent articulation due to his many ball joints, and is armed with a rifle. The flame attachment can fit onto the end of the (non-firing) gun barrel.

:Some packaging variants of this figure (perhaps a Wal-Mart exclusive) included a free movie poster depicting a Cybertronian eye overlooking Earth. While an added sticker to the outer plastic bubble says "Exclusive movie poster!", it is more of a preview of upcoming figures.

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*'''Protoform Optimus Prime Fusion Cluster Edition''' (C3xHobby Convention exclusive Deluxe, Japan 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Gun with missile and flame attachment

:An extensive redeco of the Protoform Optimus Prime mold that was exclusively available at the Japanese C3xHobby Convention in August of 2007, and later offered by [[E-Hobby|e-Hobby]] in limited quantities. Most of the body is made out of transparent turquoise plastic in order to mimic its frozen state in the "coldness" of space, while orange paint is used on the front end of the "entry" mode, mimicking the heat effects of sudden atmospheric entry. The flame attachment is made out of clear ''blue'' plastic, with the tail end being covered in ''gold'' paint.

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*'''Deluxe three-pack''' (multi-pack, UK 2007)

:This three-pack, which was available at general retail in the United Kingdom, contains an unchanged Deluxe Class Protoform Optimus Prime together with equally unchanged Deluxe Class [[Brawl (Movie)|Decepticon Brawl]] and [[Jazz (Movie)|Autobot Jazz]] toys.

====Voyager Class toys====
[[Image:Movie Voyager OptimusPrime toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|The last one of you out of here gets a...gets a lead salad!]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Voyager Class, 2007)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MA-13'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 rifle/smokestack-fuel tank assemblies, 2 missiles

:The mid-range Voyager class ''Movie'' Optimus Prime toy transforms into an amalgamation of the Kenworth W900 and the Peterbilt 379, making this toy fairly inaccurate to the actual vehicle Optimus Prime turned into. Because of the smaller size and lessened complexity, the Voyager class Optimus Prime features a significantly different transformation sequence compared to the Leader class toy, and indeed, the actual CGI design. However, as the actual truck cabin no longer forms his chest, the cabin now features a small interior with opening doors and a non-removable cowboy-hat-bedecked driver figurine that flips out of the seat when the driver's side door is opened.

: In robot mode, Voyager class Optimus Prime is proportionally more accurate to his CGI design than the leader class toy and has a more accurate headsculpt. However, due to the aforementioned lessened complexity, significant sacrifices had to be made, such as "cheats" to the transformation sequence to achieve this. He is thus less accurate overall than he initially appears. In addition to previously mentioned changes, he carries much of the truck's front hood, grill and fenders on his back like a backpack. Nevertheless, he maintains a superb level of articulation and posability.

: Optimus Prime is armed with two large rifles formed out of a combination of both smokestacks and fuel tanks. These rifles peg into his lower arms with grips for his open hands. The under-slung fuel tanks can fire spring-loaded projectiles. In vehicle mode, both smokestack rifles can be deployed as twin cannons, and this mechanism can also be used to store the rifles and deploy them as shoulder guns in robot mode.

[[Image:Movie Robovision OptimusPrime toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|We'd hate to see what those smokestacks looked like BEFORE Hasbro shortened them.]]
*'''Robo-Vision Optimus Prime''' (Voyager, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' 2 rifle/smokestack-fuel tank assemblies, 2 missiles

: A Target-[[Exclusive|exclusive]] repaint of the Voyager Class Optimus Prime toy, this limited edition version boasts a "Supermetal finish", resulting in silver metallic paint covering much of his paintable gray/silver plastic, a much higher contrast in his red and blue plastic colors and improved 'flame' paint decorations.

: Unusually for the smaller Voyager Class of toys, [[Robo-Vision]] Optimus Prime comes packed in robot mode in a special hexagonal column box with many windows, similar to the original packaging for ''20th Anniversary'' Optimus Prime. The package also includes a [[Robo-Vision Decoder]]. Strangely, this Target exclusive preceded the release of the regular Voyager by a large margin, coming out on [[June 2]], 2007 with the initial wave of movie toys.

:This toy has been retroactively declared part of the ''Premium Series'' of more [[Show-accuracy|movie-accurate]] redecos of core characters from the movie.

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*'''Bumblebee and Optimus Prime''' (Argos exclusive two-pack, UK 2007)

:A two-pack, exclusiveliy available at Argos stores in the United Kingdom, which contains an unchanged Voyager Class Optimus Prime and an equally unchanged Deluxe Class Concept Camaro [[Bumblebee (Movie) toys|Bumblebee]].

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*'''Battle damage three-pack''' (Sam's Club exclusive three-pack, 2007)

:A three-pack, exclusive to Sam's Club stores, consisting of redecos of Voyager Class Optimus Prime and Deluxe Class [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]], both with a battle damage deco, and an unchanged Voyager Class [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]].

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[[Image:Movie Voyager Firststrike OptimusPrime.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Think the [[Geewun|Geewunners]] will shut up now?]]
*'''First Strike Optimus Prime''' (Voyager Class, 2008)
**''Accessories:'' 2 rifle/smokestack-fuel tank assemblies, 2 missiles

: Released as part of the ''Allspark Power'' refresh of the movie line, First Strike Optimus Prime is a extensive redeco of Voyager class Optimus Prime in a colour scheme based upon ''Generation 1'' and ''Classics'' Optimus Prime. The included toy bio describes this coloring as Prime paying tribute to the markings he wore as a young soldier when the war began. Due to the transformation scheme, this figure actually ends up being ''less'' like its G1 counterpart in robot mode, a sacrifice made for the slavish redeco of the vehicle mode. You can't have your cake and eat it too, folks.

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*'''Autobot Optimus Prime''' ("international market" exclusive Voyager-sized toy, 2008)

:A single-packed version of the battle damaged Voyager Optimus Prime toy from the Sam's Club exclusive three-pack. Although the assortment number and the general packaging style seemed to indicate that this might be a Best Buy exclusive, this has been confirmed to be an "international market" exclusive. It has been released in Asia, but will presumably not be available in the USA outside the Sam's Club three-pack.

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*'''Freeway Brawl Optimus Prime (Two-Pack)''' ("Screen Battles" Voyager, 2008)
**''Accessories:'' 2 rifle/smokestack-fuel tank assemblies, 2 missiles

: A second Target-[[Exclusive|exclusive]] repaint of the Voyager Class Optimus Prime toy, the grey molded pieces now are beige-grey and multiple parts that previously molded blue and red (the chest, shoulder pads, and leg interiors) had their mold colors swapped with extra [[Paint application|paint applications]] to make up the difference. As such, the toy has very few visual differences from the regular release of the mold. This version was only available in a pack with an unchanged Deluxe Class [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]].

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====Leader Class toys====
[[Image:MovieLeader OptimusPrime toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Y'think Prime got a makeover? We have it on good authority that Movie [[Roller]] is a kicked-out low-rider with a jammin' sound system and neon-purple undercarriage lighting.]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Leader Class, 2007)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MA-01'''
**''Accessories:'' Removable Ion blaster, 1 missile

: The largest ''Movie'' Optimus Prime toy, Leader Class Optimus Prime featured, at the time, the most accurate representation of the CGI designs' complex transformation sequence. He transforms into a heavily-customized [http://www.peterbilt.com/index_gal_mod_desc.asp?model=model379 Peterbilt 379] conventional extended-hood, and unusually for a mainline figure, he has rubber tires on all his wheels. His Ion Blaster weapon is stored in the rear of the truck's bunk, exposed like an engine block. Though Optimus has no trailer, he has a hole where the fifth wheel (known among fans as a 'hitch') is sculpted in the rear of the truck, should owners find a suitable trailer to use. Due to [[For safety reasons|safety reasons]], the tips of his long smokestacks are made of rubber. A switch on top of the cab roof activates horn sounds and window lights.

: Featuring a complex transformation, essentially the front and back ends of the truck fold and converge to become Optimus Prime's legs, as much of the truck rear is connected to the robot thighs via a series of folding panels. The rear wheel cowlings feature a hinge joint in the middle of them so they do not impede his knee articulation. The halves of the rear cabin of the cab, directly connected to the smokestacks, rotate and connect to his torso and unfold into his arms. As with most mainline Movie toys, Optimus Prime features [[Automorph]] gimmicks, and due to his price point, he has three of them. Firstly, during initial transformation, rotating his front fenders to become his heels flips the top parts of the grill to become his toes. Secondly, sliding out the double-barrel cannon in his right forearm flips out his spring-loaded Ion Blaster, which lands into place for his right hand. (The Ion Blaster can actually be popped off his forearm fairly easily, as it is held in place by a simple clip.) Optimus's final Automorph, located in his torso, is activated by flipping the silver lever on his stomach, activating a series of spring-loaded actions where the truck windows are pushed apart and the lever between them is raised, enabling the head to spring up from the chest cavity. At this point, yellow LEDs light up the chest windows and Optimus Prime's eyes, accompanied by a "powering up" sound effect.

: Optimus Prime has a wide range of articulation for a relatively bulky figure. He has ratcheting joints in his shoulders, elbows, hips and knees, with swivel joints and ball joints supporting them in his biceps, lower knee joints and ankles. Again, unusually for a mainline figure, especially at the Leader price point, his hands have individually articulated fingers and thumbs.

*'''Optimus Prime bonus pack''' (Costco exclusive multi-pack, 2007)

:A Costco exclusive special pack of Leader Class Optimus Prime with Legends Class [[Bumblebee (Movie) toys|Bumblebee]] and [[Jazz (Movie)|Autobot Jazz]] as bonus figures. All three toys are unchanged from their respective original releases.

*'''Chrome Optimus Prime''' (Leader Class, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Removable Ion blaster, 1 missile

: Two custom-made pieces (presented in robot and vehicle mode) by the [[Hasbro]] ''Transformers'' team as the grand prize for G4TV and [http://www.jumpcut.com Jumpcut]'s contest for fans to remix selected Transformers clips. Won by [http://www.TFW2005.com/ TFW2005.com] member James Zahn, this one-of-a-kind (well, two-of-a-kind) piece is an almost fully [[Vacuum metallizing|vacuum-metallized]] Leader-class Optimus Prime in red, silver and blue (based heavily upon ''Generation 1'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]), presented with a custom display base with an embossed silver Autobot insignia and a perspex display case.

:It is certainly one of the rarest Transformers toys ever, and unless you are James, you will never own one.

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*'''Nightwatch Optimus Prime''' (Leader Class, UK 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Removable Ion blaster, 1 missile

[[Image:Movie Leader Nightwatch OptimusPrime 2007.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Either this is [[Ultra Magnus (disambiguation)|Ultra Magnus]] or [[Nemesis Prime (disambiguation)|Nemesis Prime]].]]
: The first Nightwatch Optimus Prime is an extensive redeco of the previously released Leader-class Optimus Prime, replacing most of his red and blue with different shades of blue and black. In fact, he resembles the original [[Diaclone]] Powered Convoy color scheme of ''Generation 1'' [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]'s truck cab. The previously blue and red flames have been replaced with silver flames, while various other decos have been replaced by copper.

: This version was released in the UK several months before the ''AllSpark Power'' version. Available exclusively through Argos stores, it came in an American-style box with the original Movie packaging design. This version was also released by TakaraTomy in Japan.

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[[Image:Movie Leader Nightwatch OptimusPrime 2008.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Ultra Prime or Nemesis Magnus?]]
*'''Nightwatch Optimus Prime''' (Leader Class, USA 2008)
**''Accessories:'' Removable Ion blaster, 1 missile

: The second Nightwatch Optimus Prime was released as part of the "[[AllSpark Power]]" second half of the Movie line. He is similar to the UK version of Nightwatch Prime, replacing most of his red and blue with different shades of blue and black, retaining his resemblance to Diaclone Powered Convoy in most respects. However, the subdued black and copper on the first Nightwatch Prime have been replaced with gold and a ''very'' bright blue, to signify the All Spark energy affecting the Transformers. The translucent parts were also cast in purple translucent plastic instead of black translucent plastic.

: Another difference is that this version comes in an ''AllSpark Power''-style box instead of the original style.

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[[Image:Premium movie OP.jpg|right|250px|thumb|[[Cyclonus (G1)|Bunny-ears]] Prime.]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' ("Premium Series" Leader Class, 2008)
**''Accessories:'' Detachable, Retractable "energy sword"

: The Premium Series Optimus Prime is both a retool and a redeco of the Leader Class Optimus Prime toy. The major selling point is a more movie-accurate head sculpt with longer ears and detailing based on the final CG head design, and a flip-out energy sword to replace the ion blaster that was included with previous versions of the toy. This energy sword is detachable and attaches where the Ion Blaster did, compatible with non-premium Optimus Prime Leader-class-based releases. Because his ears are much longer, the truck roof panel that hides his head now has two holes cut into so the head can fit inside the cabin.

:The paint deco is...unfocused, to say the least. In vehicle mode, the grill, headlights, and bumpers (and thus his feet) are painted silver, yet the red in the small Autobot insignia has been removed. There is silver paint on the fuel tanks (toy battery cover), but not on the other tool boxes and equipment in the same location. There is also silver paint on all 6 wheel rims, the air cleaners and the windscreen visor. In robot mode, the silver paint is mainly located on his thighs and crotch, though in order to save on costs, the dark blue and gold paint on his thighs and knee joints have been sacrificed.

: Unlike the initial ''Premium Series'' toys, this one was available as part of the regular mass retail Leader class assortment.

[[Image:Movie Leader OptimusPrimeBattleMode.jpg|right|250px|thumb|He loves his lips so much, he won't let anyone sculpt them on his toys.]]
*'''Optimus Prime Battle Mode''' (Leader Class, 2008)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MA-21'''
**''Accessories:'' Detachable, Retractable "energy sword"

:The TakaraTomy version of Premium Series Optimus Prime has a considerably different deco from Hasbro's release. Similar to the unique chrome Optimus Prime, Optimus Prime Battle Mode features vacuum-metallized parts for nearly all of the silver truck parts, for a greater resemblance to the polished chrome on the real prop trucks. Unfortunately, as his feet are the front fenders and grill, this will likely lead to chipping. In robot mode, he retains several decos that were removed from Hasbro's Premium Optimus Prime for cost reasons, such as the blue and gold decos on his thighs. Finally, the flip-out energy sword is coloured gold to reflect its "powered up" appearance.

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====Fast Action Battlers====
[[Image:Movie FAB OptimusPrime toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"Okay mommy, me got my backback and big gun thingy. Me go to robot school now?"<br /> That's what it looks like this Prime is saying.]]
* '''Power Hook Optimus Prime''' (Fast Action Battler, 2007)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''QC-01'''
**''Accessories:'' 1 Missile

This toy was part of the Fast Action Battlers line. These were made for the littler ones and were made to have quick conversion and not be as complex as the higher class figures such as the deluxe class. He has a little string attached to his missle that was tied to his "backpack" for easy storage and so the little ones wouldn't lose the missle.

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[[Image:Movie LeaderfortheAges 2pack.jpg|right|250px|thumb|The more things change, the more they, uh, get bigger guns.]]
* '''Leader for the Ages''' (Wal*Mart exclusive two-pack, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' 1 gun, 1 Missile

: This Wal*Mart-[[Exclusive|exclusive]] two-pack contains the ''Fast Action Battler'' Power Hook Optimus Prime toy, designated "2007 Optimus Prime", and the ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1) toys|Optimus Prime]] toy from ''The Ultimate Battle'' DVD two-pack. Both toys are identical to their normal individual releases.

: For some reason the ''Classics'' Optimus toy is designated "1984 Optimus Prime" on the packaging, even though it was released in 2006... but, well, he ''looks'' like Prime from '84, so hey, what the hell.

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[[Image:Mov2007-toy FAB FireBlastPrime.JPG|right|250px|thumb|]]
*'''Fire Blast Optimus Prime''' (Fast Action Battler, 2008)
**''Accessories:'' 1 Missile

: Fire Blast Optimus Prime is a [[Redeco|redeco]] of the previously released Power Hook Optimus Prime fast action battler. The color scheme is loosely based upon ''Generation 1'' [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]], explained rather oddly in the card bio as being the camouflage Optimus took while hunting Decepticons on Mars post-movie. ...Because there are so many longnose cabs driving around Mars. Yeah.

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====Cyber Slammers toys====
[[Image:Movie_CyberSlammers_Prime_toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Cyber Slammer, 2007)

: [[Cyber Slammer]]s Optimus Prime is an amazingly cute truck that transforms into an amazingly cute Autobot. "Slam" his robot mode down into car mode and he rolls along for a while, then snaps back up into robot mode. Sure to please the toddler you brought with you to the PG-13 movie! Like most Cyber Slammers, Prime manages to cram most of his vehicle mode's major details into a compact, super-deformed version of that mode.

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====Cyber Stompin' Robots====
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Cyber Stompin' Robot, 2007)

[[Image:Movie Cyberstompin Prime toy.jpg|right|120px|thumb|Rescue Heroes!]]

This toy was part of the Cyberstompin' Robots toyline.

These were made for ages 4+. They are non-convertable and have light-up eyes, sounds, a launching fist feature and a "targeting scope" in his back. Similar to a view master and when you looked in that scope you saw a picture of Megatron.

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====Robot Replicas====
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Robot Replica, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Ion blaster arm

[[Image:Optimusprimemovierobotreplicas.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Sword attachment arm sadly not included.]]
: As part of the [[Robot Replicas]] line, this version of Optimus is a non-transforming action figure that utilizes [[Revoltech]]-style jointing. The sculpt hews much closer to the movie CGI model than is possible with the full transforming toys, plus the universal jointing of the line allows for his forearm to be replaced with his hand-cannon... or bits from other Robot Replicas.

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====Trans-Scanning====
*'''Optimus Prime''' (2008)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TS-01'''
**''Accessories:'' Display stand

: [[Trans-scan|Trans-scanning]] Optimus Prime is a Japanese-exclusive figure with many interchangeable parts. At its most basic, the figure is a spindly skeleton referred to as a "Core Body". To this skeleton, two sets of armor pieces can be attached to create one of two forms for Optimus Prime: his [[Protoform|protoform]] mode or his Earth mode.

: The protoform mode consists of eight pieces of metallic blue plastic that plug into the arms, chest, pelvis and legs of the figure. With these pieces attached, the figure can be manipulated in a manner that might charitably be called "transformation" into his meteor-like "entry mode," accomplished by doing little more than tucking the head out of sight and folding the chest back. This blue-and-grey lump can be mounted on a three-piece stand that comes with the figure, allowing you to display it in mid-plummet. Optimus Prime's Earth mode, meanwhile, is made up of many armor pieces (including a particularly large backpack) that form a rather [[Kibble|kibbly]] robot mode, which can then transform into a truck approximating a Peterbilt 379. We would go into what an abominable, unintuitive, parts-massaging ''mess'' this transformation is, but we wouldn't want to fill up the rest of the page.

: Optimus Prime also includes a pair of interchangeable, open-palmed hands that can be swapped out for the clenched fists that are in place in-package. The Core Body mold was re-used for the simultaneously released Trans-Scanning [[Bumblebee (Movie) toys#Trans-Scanning|Bumblebee]] figure.

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====Other toys====
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Cake topper, 2007)

: Yes, a cake topper. This toy was only available by purchasing a ''Transformers''-brand cake (or set of 24 cupcakes) with delicious blue-and-red flame-pattern frosting. The toy transforms from semi cab to robot.

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*'''Optimus Prime''' (Spychanger, 2007)

:This toy is a redeco of ''[[Robots in Disguise (toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' Spychanger [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]], painted to resemble ''Movie'' Optimus Prime. Of note is the [[Tampograph|tampographed]] detailing on his chest resembling ''Movie'' Prime's distinctive chest design. He was only available exclusively in Japan with a pre-order for the ''[[Transformers (2007)|Transformers]]'' DVD and HD-DVD.

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====Micro IR ''Transformers'' Cars====
[[Image:Movie OptimusPrime MicroIR.jpg|right|150px|thumb|That gun doesn't look very safe...]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (2007)

: Made under license by [[RadioShack]]. The three-function infrared remote, in Optimus Prime's signature colors, gives you control of the truck with forward and reverse turn movement. More than just a truck styled after the Movie character, it also transforms to robot mode. The top of the gun-shaped IR remote serves as a display stand, though the gun itself can't stand freely. The tip of the gun can also unscrews to reveal a hidden ball-point pen.

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===Titanium Series===
[[Image:Movie TitaniumRM Prime.jpg|right|130px|thumb|"Groovy!"]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (3" Robot Masters, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Movie-style Autobot sigil display stand.

: Partially constructed of die-cast metal, this small three inch figurine of Optimus Prime has a CGI-accurate sculpt compared to the larger toys, owing to the fact it does not need to transform at all. He is sculpted with his Ion Blaster in his right fist, and is articulated at the neck, shoulders and waist. He comes with a small movie-style Autobot sigil display stand.

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*'''Ultimate Optimus Prime 3-Pack''' (3" Robot Masters multi-pack, 2007)

: This Target-exclusive set contains the normal 3" [[Titanium Series]] Optimus Prime figurine (see above), a Protoform Optimus Prime figurine, and Optimus Prime in his Earth-mode truck form, making this the first time a character has appeared in their alternate mode as part of the Robot Masters sub-series.

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===Revenge of the Fallen===
====Legends Class toys====
[[Image:ROTF Legends OptimusPrime.jpg|right|150px|thumb|AT LAST! Two smokestacks!]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (2009)

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====Voyager Class toys====
[[Image:ROTF_Voyager_OptimusPrime_toy.jpg|thumb|300px|Look! I got a tan!]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (2009)
**''Japanese ID number:''
**''Accessories:'' 2 rifle/smokestack-fuel tank assemblies, 2 missiles

:Voyager Optimus Prime is a [[redeco]] of the the toy from the [[Movie (toyline)|first movie's toyline]]. Like several redecos or retools of 2007 movie toys, there has been some effort to make this release noticeably different from the previous releases, though the toy ends up looking less accurate to the actual movie appearance than those previous releases. Optimus Prime has a sort of faded Autobot sigil on the side of the truck's bunk, and Chinese characters on the roof (ending up on his knee in robot mode.) The word "上海将军" means Shang Hai general while "大将" means big general .

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====Leader Class toys====
[[Image:ROTF Leader OptimusPrime.jpg|right|300px|thumb|I will not stop telling you that I am Optimus Prime. Ever!]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RA-01'''

:''[[Revenge of the Fallen]]'' Leader Class Optimus Prime is an entirely different mold from the first movie's Leader Class Optimus Prime. While striving for vehicle realism and painstaking accuracy to his visual portrayal in the live-action films, this Optimus Prime is so complex even the instructions won't help. Like the previous Prime, it is loaded with features, though it ditches the first movie's [[Automorph]]ing for the new [[Mech Alive]] gimmick. When a grey tab on his midriff is pressed, Prime's entire pectoral region "flexes", lights in his chest and eyes glow, and he declares "I am Optimus Prime" in [[Peter Cullen]]'s voice (for the European release of the figure, to get past the language barrier, the figure simply says its name, sans the "I am"). A transformation sound effect activates when his torso is transformed, and once Prime is in truck mode, an almost unnoticeable button (a small square, on the bottom-left of the rear of his cab, undocumented in his instructions) is revealed, which activates engine-revving noises. Each arm features flip-out blades that trigger when a button on the forearm is pressed. Each of these blades has a [[Cyberglyphics|Cyberglyphic]] symbol on it. One detail not reflected in most of Hasbro's photos is that the sun visors above Prime's windows are mounted on ball joints and can be positioned like they are in his CG design.

[[Image:HasbroCEO.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Being the boss is even better when you can rub everyone's nose in it.]]

:Like several new-mold ''Revenge of the Fallen'' toys, Optimus Prime suffers from some cost-cutting measures that affected the final production version of the mold. According to Hasbro's stock photos/back-of-box photo of the hand-painted [[prototype]], the toolboxes on the sides of his legs were designed to fold away further for a sleeker, cleaner look. Additionally, the rear tires would have been able to split in half, with the inner half of the tire going inside the outer half to recreate the thin tires seen on Prime's CG design. Some articulation was lost on the toy between Hasbro stock photography and the final release. His fingers are no longer articulated; instead, the entire hand is now one molded piece. Finally, the lower arms appear to have been originally designed so that his hands could slide in or out of them during transformation. Sadly, he also lacks rubber tires, which the original movie Prime did have.

:One of these prototypes was featured alongside [[Hasbro]] CEO [[Brian Goldner]] on the cover of the February 2009 edition of ''License! Global'' magazine.

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*'''Limited Edition Optimus Prime''' (2009)

:This release of Optimus Prime was available at the May 23, 2009 midnight launch of the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' toyline at the [[Shanghai]] Toys 'R' Us. Limited to 576 pieces, this piece was presented in a wooden box with a numbered certificate, Autobot sigil dog tag, and of course, the leader class Optimus Prime toy. The toy itself was unchanged.

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====Fast Action Battlers====
[[Image:ROTF FAB OptimusPrime.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Two blades means ''twice'' the [[:Image:Movie Bonecrusher dies.jpg|fun]]!]]
*'''Double Blade Optimus Prime''' (2009)

A new mold of Prime features 2 flip out swords and a firing missle

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====Gravity Bots====
[[Image:ROTF GravityBots OptimusPrime.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Oh no, Optimus let himself go [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|again]]!]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (2009)

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====Mega Power Bots====
*'''Optimus Prime''' (2009)

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====Robot Replicas====
[[Image:ROTF RobotReplicas OptimusPrime.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Finally, he's got the sword! Now where's the other one?]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (2009)

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====Mini-figure====
*'''Stratosphere''' (2009)
:Voyager class [[Stratosphere]] comes with an Optimus Prime mini-figure that deploys from his cargo bay.

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==Merchandise==
===''Transformers'' 3D Battle-Card Game===
*'''Optimus Prime''' (3D Battle-Card, 2007)
**''Card number:'' '''9'''

:Optimus Prime is a 54-point "Rare" piece in the [[3D Battle-Card Game]]. Constructed of punch-out pieces from randomly packed plastic cards (two full robots per pack), he can be assembled into his truck mode or into a long-legged robot mode.

:His card construction was not reused.

===Transformers (2007)===
*'''Transformers Gummy Candy''' (2006)

:Made by the [[Frankford Candy & Chocolate Company]] at the behest of [[Hasbro]]'s Cap Candy Company unit, this large Optimus Prime-shaped [[Transformers Gummy Candy|gummy candy]] was available throughout 2006 to 2007. Also available was an [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] and [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]-shaped gummy candies.

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[[Image:MoviePrime Voicechanger helmet.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Hardly ''anyone'' was wearing these damn things at [[BotCon 2007]].]]
===='''Optimus Prime Voice Changer'''====

:A highly CG-accurate sculpt of Optimus Prime's head with a built in voice-changer. It also has several sound effects and quotes from the movie. The voice-changer has three settings, giving more accurate alteration of the user's voice (though this is still debatable; most voice changing technology is pretty crummy, at least in toys). Much like the Ultimate Bumblebee figure, this toy will hate your wallet too. While it only costs 30 bucks, if it's anything like another Hasbro voice changer, it will suck batteries up like they were [[Energon Cube|some kind of square candy holder.]]

: There are two versions of the voice changer helmet with two different pre-recorded voices. An earlier release features the voice of [[Ron Hayden]], while the later release features the voice of [[Peter Cullen]]. The latter version has modified packaging under the 'Try Me!' blurb, stating it has 'Real Movie Voice!', though the updated version has also appeared in the original packaging without the 'Real Movie Voice!' notice.

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[[Image:MoviePrime BattleRigBlaster.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Nor carrying these!]]
*'''Optimus Prime Battle Rig Blaster''' (2007)
**''Accessories:''

:The Optimus Prime Battle Rig Blaster transforms from a superdeformed amalgamation of his ''Movie'' truck and G1 Optimus Prime's truck (indeed pulling G1 Prime's trailer) to a fully G1 robotic forearm and hand with a built in Nerf style gun. By simply placing your hand inside the back of the trailer (I need an adult!) and pulling back on the front of the truck, the gun transforms and folds back into a weapon. It comes with three [[Nerf]] N-Strike size whistle darts which can be stored inside the trailer. Although not shown in the image, the truck front splits in half in gun-mode, while the grille acts as a sight. This toy was marketed as 'Optimus Prime Big Rig Blaster' overseas.

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[[Image:Movie OptimusPrime RPBlaster.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Pew, Pew!]]
*'''Optimus Prime Blaster''' (2007)
**''Accessories:''

: An extensive [[Redeco|redeco]] of the ''[[Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Optimus Prime (Armada) toys|Optimus Prime]] role-play Blaster, this toy "transforms" basically by extending. It fires suction-cup-tipped Nerf darts and is a Wal*mart exclusive.

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[[Image:Movie TFHandHeldGame.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Behold, the Autobot Gameboy of Leadership!]]
*'''Transformers Electronic Hand Held Game''' (2007)

:This LCD game features 10 levels and a design based on Optimus Prime.

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*'''Optimus Prime''' Burger King free toy (2007)

:The BK tie in toy of Optimus Prime is essentially two toys in one. The first part of the toy consists of two truck halves, which snap together around a sculpted robot mode Optimus Prime. The truck is squat, and primarily blue, with outbursts of chalk gray paint and red flames. Pulling back and letting go activates the gimmick: Prime "drives" forward and bursts from the truck mode, "transformed" to robot mode. This gimmick has marginal success.

:The "robot mode" of Optimus Prime is where the pullback motor and working wheels of the toys lie. Optimus is sculpted in blue plastic, pre-posed in an odd crouching pose with zero points of articulation. His right knee is bent back, with his right arm touching his knee, while the left side has the leg forward and the left hand holding onto his butt. The toy is as sparsely painted as the truck, with light blue eyes and chest windows, gray hands and feet among other parts, and red forearms. Two panels on his back have red flame tongues on them.

*'''Optimus Prime Globe''' (2007)

[[Image:Optimus Prime globe.jpg|right|150px|thumb|I'm dreaming of an Autobot Christmas...]]
: A snow globe containing an Optimus Prime figurine based upon one of lower-detail licensing/promotional renders of Optimus Prime, complete with [[Optimus Primal|funky munky]] pose.

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====ZipZaps® Micro RC====
[[Image:Movie OptimusPrime ZipZaps.jpg|right|150px|thumb|In Soviet Russia, Prime controls YOU!]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (2007)
**''Model Number'': '''6000182'''

: Optimus Prime is one of the first Transformers characters licensed by [[RadioShack]] for their ZipZaps line of pocket-size radio control cars. As a ZipZap, Optimus can be customized, trimmed, and tuned with any other accessories available for the brand. He has working headlights and requires four "AAA" batteries for the charger.

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====Battling Robots Bubble Bath====
[[Image:Optimus prime bubblebath.jpg|right|120px|thumb|Great skin is the right of all sentient beings.]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (2007)

:Optimus Prime's torso attaches to the bottle of bubble bath. His elbows bend, and his arms have a punching gimmick, to allow him to battle evil even in the shower. Pushing a lever on either side makes the respective fist punch forward. He's removable, though not as easily held without the bottle below his waist.

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====XKites====
[[Image:Movie_XKites_OptimusPrime_SkyDelta52.jpg|thumb|200px|]]
*'''SkyDelta 52 Transformers Kite''' (2007)

:[[XKites]] made several poly delta kites with stock images of ''Transformers'' characters printed on them. This model had a 52" wingspan and a fibreglass airframe, and featured an image of Optimus Prime.
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====Basic Fun====
*'''Articulated keychain''' (2007)

: Produced by [[Basic Fun]], this keychain is a likeness of Optimus Prime's robot mode with articulated arms, legs, head, waist, and a keyring sticking out of his ass.

*'''Slide puzzle keychain''' (2007)

: Produced by Basic Fun, this keychain is a likeness of Optimus Prime's robot mode attached to a sliding puzzle frame. The puzzle itself is the Autobot symbol.

*'''Talking keychain''' (2007)

: Produced by Basic Fun, this keychain features several clips of Prime's voice.

*'''Projector carabiner''' (2007)

: Yet another Basic Fun joint, this is a carabiner that shines a Bat-Signal like image of Optimus Prime onto a flat surface. Neat.
====Transformers Movie Danglers====
[[Image:Movie Optimus Prime dangler.jpg|right|174px|thumb|]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (2007)

:Released by [[Tomy Yujin]] in November 2007 as part of the [[Danglers Collection]], this toy is a weird plastic [[Super-deformed|super-deformed]] version of Optimus Prime that pops out his vehicle mode when you squeeze him. This little figurine has a little strap on it so that it can be put on cell phones or portable gaming devices.

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====Transformers Movie Screen Cleaners====
[[Image:Movie Optimus Prime Screencleaner.jpg|right|102px|thumb|]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (2008)

:Released by Tomy Yujin on January 2008, this dangler is a faction logo-shaped screen cleaner for your cell phone, with a stock image of Optimus Prime printed on the other side.

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===Revenge of the Fallen===
*'''Optimus Prime Voice Changer''' (2009)

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====RPMs - Robot Powered Machines====
=====Commander Series=====
[[Image:ROTF RPMs OptimusPrime.jpg|right|250px|thumb|]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (2009)
**''Number:'' '''01 of 04'''
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=====Battle Series=====
*'''Optimus Prime Vs. Bonecrusher''' (2009)
**''Number:''
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=====Radio Controlled=====
[[Image:ROTF RPMradiocontrol OptimusPrime.jpg|right|250px|thumb|]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (2009)

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====Robo-Q Transformers====
*'''Optimus Prime''' (2009)

:This tiny radio-controlled [[Robo-Q]] Optimus Prime figure can be charged by directly plugging him into the back of the controller unit, and on a full charge he can waddle around a flat surface. The figure features lights while the controller has sounds.

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====Transformers Wacky Wobblers====
*'''Optimus Prime''' (2009)

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====Transformers Backpacks====
*'''Optimus Prime''' (2009)

:Made by [[Fab Starpoint]], these backpacks are allegedly "engineered for style, safety, comfort...and saving the Universe!" One design is black with red and blue highlights and a stock image of Optimus Prime, while the other features a much more fiery colour scheme, covered with Cybertronic hieroglyphs and a stock image of Optimus Prime with his energy sword drawn.
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====Basic Fun====
*'''Articulated keychain''' (2009)

: Produced by [[Basic Fun]], this keychain is a likeness of Power Up Optimus Prime's robot mode with articulated arms, legs, head, waist, and a keyring sticking out of his ass.
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*'''Mini Figural Clip-Ons''' (2009)
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===Robot Heroes===
[[Image:RH Prime vs Blackout.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Booga-booga!]]
*'''Optimus Prime vs. Blackout''' (2007)

: Packaged with [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]], Optimus Prime is the standard [[Robot Heroes|Robot Hero]] style of cute and cuddly. His arm is in the Ion Cannon mode, and unlike many Robot Heroes, he's not crouching. He's highly posable for a Robot Hero figure, featuring four points of articulation: both shoulders swivel, his neck turns, and he has a waist joint. This toy was later redecoed into Best Buy Exclusive "Battle Damage" Optimus Prime and Walmart Exclusive "Allspark Power" Optimus Prime.

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[[Image:Rhscorpprime.jpg|right|150px|thumb|He's cute as he violently decapitates [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|rage-filled mechanoids]].]]
*'''Optimus Prime vs. Scorponok''' (2007)

: Packaged with [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]], Optimus Prime is now brandishing his sword arm weapon instead of the Ion Cannon. Sadly, the weapon is not film-accurate, being silver instead of orange. Notably, this is the only piece of Optimus Prime merchandise to have a mouth instead of a mouthplate. It is articulated at the neck and shoulders.

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[[Image:Movie RobotHeroes BestBuy Cliffjumper OptimusPrime.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Otherwise known as Needs-a-Bathimus Prime.]]
*'''"Battle Damage" Optimus Prime & Cliffjumper''' (Best Buy Movie DVD Exclusives)

: Packaged with [[Cliffjumper (Movie)|Cliffjumper]], this is a redeco of the first Robot Heroes figure in a battle damage paint job. It has all the articulation of the initial release, and boasts an extensive amount of paint apps, including a thorough "dirt wash" on the entire toy. It was sold exclusively in Best Buy stores, packaged with the two-disc special edition of [[Transformers (2007)|film]]

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[[Image:Robotheroesfinalbattle.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Remember that part of the movie where Prime glows blue with Allspark Power?]]
*'''The Final Battle''' (2008)

: Packaged with redecoed versions of Autobot Jazz, Autobot Ratchet, Blackout, and Megatron. It retains all four points of articulation. The new deco is very similar to the original, but with added outbursts of Allspark Blue paint. The five-pack was sold exclusively at Wal*Mart.

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[[Image:Movie RobotHeroes BarricadeVsOptimusPrime.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Two-fisted justice!]]
*'''Optimus Prime vs. Barricade''' (2008)

: Packaged with [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]], this is the first Optimus Prime Robot Heroes figure to be unarmed. Sculpted in a two-fisted stance akin to the one he had when first arriving in Mission City, it boasts sharper sculpted detail than its predecessors. Articulation is the standard three points: both shoulders and his head.

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*'''Optimus Prime & Blackout''' (2009)

:Mirroring the very first ''Movie'' Robot Heroes Optimus Prime pack, he comes with Blackout. While Blackout is a [[Redeco|redeco]] of the previous mold, Optimus Prime is an all-new sculpt with two swords, reflecting the other Optimus Prime toys in the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' toyline.

*'''Battle for the Allspark''' (2009)

:Packaged in a set depicting the battle in [[Mission City]] with [[Brawl (Movie)|Decepticon Brawl]], [[Ratchet (Movie)|Autobot Ratchet]], [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], plus new figures of [[Sam Witwicky]], [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] in fighter mode and Bumblebee in vehicle mode, this is the first Optimus Prime Robot Heroes figurine in vehicle mode. He has a very big behind.

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==External links==
* [http://www.seibertron.com/toys/index.php?f_series_id=64&f_subgroup=&f_name=optimus&f_type=exact Galleries of various different Optimus Prime toys from the Movie]
* [http://www.tfu.info/2007/Autobot/Robo-VisionOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm Optimus Prime at TFU.info]

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Alternate mode

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An '''alternate mode''' (commonly shortened to "'''altmode'''" or "'''alt mode'''", also known as a '''"trans-form"''' or a '''"transform"''') is a term used to describe a Transformer's non-robot form, whether it be vehicle, animal, or otherwise. Various, more specific, terms can and have been unofficially used. Vehicle mode, gun mode, tank mode, etc.

Some Transformers don't have a humanoid form, so in those special cases, the altmode is perceived to be the mode which is more geared towards utility or disguise while their [[robot mode]] is the one geared more towards interaction with other Transformers. For example, for the G1 characters [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], their animal forms are their primary mode, and the cassettes their alternate modes. Even [[Grand Slam]] and [[Raindance]], who transform from cassettes to vehicles, would be thought of as having a cassette alternate mode, as their vehicle forms -- while not humanoid or animalistic -- are at least self-mobile.

Transformers with more than two modes are usually considered to have multiple altmodes. ([[Punch]]/[[Counterpunch]] on the other hand has one altmode and two robot modes.)

In the cartoon episode "The Killing Jar," the Quintesson scientist refers to the Quintesson guard's transformation as his alternate mode, the first such use of this term in the official fiction.

The earliest recorded use in the fandom of the shortened term "alt mode" is an [[alt.toys.transformers]] post from March 1994 [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/dcddbf79b470731c]. From the context, it appears that the term was already understood by fans at that time, as the post's author does not explain what he means.

==Beast mode==
{{main|Beast mode}}

==See also==
*[[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes]]
*[[Popular beast alternate modes]]
*[[Non-vehicle non-beast alternate modes]]
*[[Licensed vehicle alternate modes]]

[[Category:Fandom]]
[[Category:Toys]]
[[Category:Transformer anatomy]]

Ball joint

2009-05-03T02:09:51Z

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The '''ball joint''' is the polymer industry's gift to [[Transformer|Transformers]]. It is simple in concept; a ball rotates in a socket, held in position by friction, and when used in a [[Toy|Transformer toy's]] limb or other flexible area it can allow a great range of motion, as long as parts don't get in the way, because it can both hinge on any axis and rotate.

==Use in toys==
Ball joints may be made of many materials, but it was the use of strong yet tough plastics that allowed their economical application to toys: the ball and socket can each be cast in one piece, then snapped together. Early examples of ball-jointed limbs include Optimus Prime's combat deck Auto Launcher, Astrotrain, Whirl and the Deluxe Insecticons. By the [[Beast Wars (toyline)|Beast Wars]] era it was a rare toy that didn't have at least one ball joint.

Ball joints are extremely handy in [[kitbashing]], as they allow for a toy to be easily disassembled and reassembled.

==Weaknesses==
Ball joints are cheap and flexible, but they are completely dependent on friction. Since friction depends on the force squeezing two parts together, and this force may not be increased arbitrarily without making the joints impossible to assemble, ball joints are hard to make with enough friction to support the heavy parts of a large toy. In these cases more elaborate mechanisms such as [[Ratchet (mechanism)|ratchets]] must be used.

Furthermore, if a ball joint wears or stretches even a little, it quickly becomes loose, and some plastics simply aren't tough enough to make a firm joint even when new. [[Knockoff|Knockoffs]] frequently have loose ball joints. Joints loosened in this way can sometimes be "repaired" by applying a thin layer of epoxy or glue to the ball and/or socket.

==Fiction==
[[Image:Tellus rotorbolt.jpg|left|350px|thumb|Sometimes ball joints become loose on older specimens.]]
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==See also==
* [[Ratchet (mechanism)]]
* [[Slide joint]]
* [[Swivel joint]]

[[Category:Joint types]]

Drift (G1)

2009-04-19T07:00:45Z

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{{disambig2|the Generation 1 character|the ''Armada'' episode|Drift (episode)}}
:''Drift is an [[Autobot]] in the [[IDW continuity|IDW]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

{{spoilers|Spotlight: Drift|5/8/09}}

[[Image:AHM 06 CoverA.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"Oh Drift-chan, you smell awesome, and not at all like feet!"]]

'''Drift''' (ドリフト ''Dorifuto'') was not always an Autobot. In fact, he slaughtered quite a few when he was known as the Decepticon '''Deadlock.''' But Deadlock's eyes were opened to what the Transformers' war had become when he stumbled across a lost faction of neutral Transformers long since forgotten. He discarded his ruthless ways, abandoned his guns for swords, and changed his name and appearance. When Drift returned to the Transformer war to make right what he put wrong, he was a bot of few words and disciplined action.

These days, Drift is a member of a ragtag team of rebels under the command of [[Kup (G1)|Kup]], working alongside many members of the disbanded [[Wrecker|Wreckers]]. Because of his brutal past, Drift isn't well-liked by [[Bumblebee (G1)|a few]] of the Autobots. He's seen as a late-comer to their side of the conflict, especially since in his past life he had killed quite a few of them! The rest don't seem to care, or are [[Cliffjumper (G1)|genuinely impressed]] by his incredible skills, so long as they're used against the other side!

{{quote|We're going about this the wrong way, '''all''' of us! After countless centuries of fighting ... the Autobots are a '''step''' away from what we were when all this '''started.''' And us-- the Decepticons have become something '''worse''' than any of us could have '''imagined'''.|Drift explains his new perception of the war to his [[Turmoil|former commander]] in "[[Spotlight: Drift]]"}}

==Fiction==
===IDW comics===
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[[Image:SpotlightDrift Deadlockisdead.jpg|left|200px|thumb|He's your horrible fancharacter.]]
While he was known as Deadlock, Drift used to be the second-in-command of the [[Decepticon]] [[Turmoil]]. During this time he earned a reputation by slaughtering his Autobot opponents. At some point Dreadlock disappeared, and was thought to be dead. Turmoil's only wish was that he had killed the traitor himself.

Some time later, after receiving a new body and fighting style from his mysterious benefactors, Drift set off to make a difference. His chance came in an attempt to free a group of Autobots held captive on the ship he previously served aboard. Upon entering Turmoil's ship, his attempt at stealth was successful until the [[Wrecker]]s arrived and blasted their way aboard. Jumping into the battle to assist them, He piqued the interest of a few Autobots. [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] was injured as Turmoil entered the battle and recognizing Drift's voice as his former lieutenant, attempted to destroy him, However the result was to knock Drift and [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] to another room. The two quickly worked together to program the ship to overload. In his final confrontation with Turmoil, Drift stated his intention was to help, not kill, and left to rescue Perceptor before the ship blew up.

After his arrival on the Autobot ship, Kup invited Drift to join his new unit as an Autobot. {{storylink|Spotlight: Drift}}

[[Image:Allhailmegatron6-omgdriftomg.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Seriously, you made this guy up when you were eight.]]

Drift was among the crew of the spacecraft ''[[Trion]]'' when it was baited into a Decepticon ambush over [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Its command codes were hacked due to their being sold to the Decepticons by an Autobot traitor, and left defenseless it was forced to crash-land on the desolate landscape of the planet. Eventually the crew were found by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s unit, who unfortunately proved to ''also'' be stranded. When [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] was revealed by [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] to have been standing invisibly among them, Drift was the only one who didn't appear surprised. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 5|All Hail Megatron #5}}

When an advance scout of the [[Insecticon swarm]] discovered the Autobots' base-camp, Drift was dispatched to take care of it. Drift stood stock-still as the creature walked up to him, greeting it with a simple "hello" and smirking as the monstrous beast snarled in his face. Finally he beheaded the beast with a single wave of his sword. A second creature tried to attack Drift from behind, but the smirking Autobot merely tilted his head slightly, allowing [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] to kill the beast with some precision sniping. [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] thought the incident was the coolest thing ever. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 6|All Hail Megatron #6}}

After [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] revealed to [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] that he was the traitor, an army of the Swarm came after them. Drift saved Ironhide while Sunstreaker blew the bridge, killing himself and the Swarm army. Later, Drift visited Ironhide and claimed that the Decepticons had access to the Autobots' systems in a way that Sunstreaker couldn't possibly have. Ironhide asked if this meant there was a second traitor, Drift replied that there was simply more to the situation than they knew. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 8|All Hail Megatron #8}}

When Mirage was showing some doubt in the Autobot cause, it was Drift who said that, now more than ever, the Autobots should continue being who they are. [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] insinuated that Drift had no right to say something like that, which started an argument that was only stopped by the return of Optimus Prime. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 9|All Hail Megatron #9}}

==Notes==
* Commenting on what inspired him to create Drift, writer/creator [[Shane McCarthy]] said that "I wanted a character in AHM that had a particular element to him that [[Star Saber (G1)|I didn’t see readily available elsewhere]] and secondly because, frankly, I thought it would be a great idea for Hasbro to have an [[Lightfoot|Autobot Drift racer]]."<ref>http://www.smactalk.com.au/?p=101 Shane McCarthy blogs about Spotlight: Drift.</ref>

* According McCarthy, Drift's Japanese overtones are meant to be a tip of the hat "to the country that gave birth to [Transformers]."<ref>[http://comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=18585 Comic Book Resources October 27th, 2008 interview with Shane McCarthy]</ref> It is possible he meant ''[[Diaclone]]'' and ''[[Micro Change]]'', as the ''[[Transformers brand|Transformers]]'' franchise was developed between [[Hasbro]] and [[Marvel Comics|Marvel Entertainment]], two American companies.

* [[IDW Publishing]] claimed that Drift had been solicited by [[Hasbro]] to receive a toy in the ''[[Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' line. After months of no word whatsoever on the subject from Hasbro or a single hint that such a thing would happen from the usual sources (read: leaks and stolen toys), Hasbro's Australian branch eventually answered the claim with a rather unequivocal "No, there is no character named Autobot Drift or any toy designed after the comic character coming out in our 25th Anniversary or any other Transformers line." in an online Q&A session.<ref>[http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showthread.php?t=3438 Ozformers Q&A with Hasbro Australia]</ref> However, IDW editor [[Chris Ryall]] maintained at New York Comic-Con 2009 that Drift was still on track to receive a toy, but no release date had been set. In a March 2009 online Q&A session, Hasbro confirmed that no Drift toy was currently planned at all, although they "would love to make a toy after IDW's Drift and will do our best to fit him into the line at the right time." <ref>[http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/hasbro-answers-seibertrons-questions/15360 Hasbro March 2009 Q&A on Seibertron.com]</ref>

* Drift's name is derived from the Japanese driving technique of "[[wikipedia:Drifting_(motorsport)|drifting]]", rendered in Japanese as ドリフト走行 (''dorifuto sōkō''). This is also the source of the Japanese Katakana writing on his car mode doors and in Chris Ryall's announcement;<ref>[http://ryalltime.blogspot.com/2008/12/blog-post.html "ドリフト走行*" entry in Chris Ryall's blog]</ref> it is a transliteration of his English name and is not from Japanese fiction.

*Drift's vehicle mode design is similar to the [http://www.zapfcreation.pl/megabloks/mega-bloks-magnaformers-magscinder-28451-p-318.html Mega-Bloks Magna Former] [http://www.collectiondx.com/node/1789 Magscinder], from the drifting body kit, to the rising sun deco right down to having "DRIFT" written in katakana on its car doors.

==References==
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[[Category:Autobots]]
[[Category:Comic-only characters]]
[[Category: Decepticons]]
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Slipstream (Animated)

2009-04-15T00:33:46Z

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:''The Female Starscream is a <s>nagging harpy</s> [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers Animated|Animated]] [[continuity family]]''.

[[Image:Femalescream-ABTC.jpg|thumb|300px|"You're not one of those boring masculinists, are you?"]]

The [[Starscream clone]] that raises the most questions, the purple and pale teal '''Female Starscream''' possesses considerable strategic thinking, a biting sense of humor, and a short temper. Like all of the clones, she represents an aspect of the [[Starscream (Animated)|original Starscream's]] personality... though which aspect that is, he's better off not asking (or so she says).

Practically everything she ever says to the original Starscream is an insult of some form. Really makes you wonder about Starscream, doesn't it?

{{bigquote|''Any'' leader has to be an improvement over you!|The Female offers an opinion on her template|"[[A Bridge Too Close, Part II]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Tara Strong]] (English), [[Silvia Mißbach]] (German)

[[Image:TFA ABTC1 Screamer Clones Argue.jpg|thumb|left|thumb|"I hope you get ''pregnant'', you cheap little tarts..." <br>("Er, ''him'' get pregnant?")]]

When the clones were brought online, Starscream was confronted with various personality issues. The Female revealed that each one represented an aspect of his personality: [[Thundercracker (Animated)|megalomania]], [[Skywarp (Animated)|cowardice]], [[Sunstorm (Animated)|bootlicking]], and [[Liar Starscream|deception]]. When Starscream asked where she came from, Female Starscream informed him that he was better off not knowing. Once they were ready to depart, Egomaniac pushed Starscream aside, and the original realized that he really ''was'' a pain in the gearshaft. Female Starscream bitingly noted that he'd finally "arrived at the party", then childishly claimed that she wasn't starting anything. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part I}}

The Female proved to be a capable fighter, managing to get a pair of stasis cuffs on the massive [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]]. After the original Starscream was decapitated by [[Isaac Sumdac]] piloting a [[Headmaster (Animated)|Headmaster]] unit, she promptly declared that she was better off being led by [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]. When [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]] joined the battle, she and the other Decepticons were blasted away, their fates uncertain. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part II}}
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==Trivia==
[[Image:Femalescream-full.jpg|thumb|150px|"Try Blue! It's the new red!"]]

* Where the female clone got her colors from was hotly debated by the fandom, with the most frequent guess being ''[[Generation 2]]'' [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]. However, when contacted about it, [[Derrick Wyatt]] revealed that her color scheme was actually "loosely inspired" by the Japanese [[Godmaster]] [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]]. Unexpected! Still, half of Overlord ''was'' [[Mega|technically female]]...
* While the Transformers [[fandom]] has long mused upon the possibility of female "Seekers" (and produced countless [[Wikipedia:Mary Sue|self-insertion characters]] that are variants on the theme), this is the first canonical female character to share a body template with Starscream. This is either great or horrible, depending on your perspective.
* This may well be the "female ''without'' a tragic past" hinted at by the production team at [[BotCon 2008]], although maybe they meant [[Slo-Mo]]. Although it's debatable how tragic she would consider being Starscream's clone is.
* The Female clone could also be some sort of reference to the unusually large (and occasionally somewhat disturbing) number of female fans that the various [[Starscream (disambiguation)|Starscream]] characters have attracted over the years.
* When asked which aspect of Starscream's personality she represents, Derrick Wyatt responded with "I try not to think about that one!"<ref>http://community.livejournal.com/tf_animated/271043.html</ref> It is unclear whether that means he felt announcing what that aspect was blatantly was not suitable for a kid's show or if Mr. Wyatt was just messing with the fandom.

==References==
<references/>

[[Category: Animated characters]]
[[Category: Cartoon-only characters]]
[[Category: Clones]]
[[Category: Decepticons]]
[[Category: Female Transformers]]

The Final Battle!

2009-03-28T23:21:52Z

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</td><td align="center">''[[Transformers: The Movie (comic)|Transformers: The Movie]]'' #3
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<td colspan="2" style="font-size: 14px; background-color:#e7d492; color:black;font-weight:bold;" align="center"> "The Final Battle!"
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<td>'''Date published''' </td><td> October 1986
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<td>'''Cover date''' </td><td> February 1987
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<td>'''Adaptation''' </td><td> [[Ralph Macchio]]
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<td>'''Breakdowns''' </td><td> [[Don Perlin]]
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<td>'''Finishes''' </td><td> [[Ian Akin]] and [[Brian Garvey]]
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'''Unicron attacks Cybertron, but one Autobot is about to light their darkest hour.'''

==Synopsis==
Ultra Magnus and the [[Autobot|Autobots]] crash land on [[Junkion]], where Galvatron catches up to Magnus and murders him, stealing the [[Autobot Matrix of Leadership]] for himself. He flies off to confront Unicron.

When Hot Rod and the other separated Autobots return from the [[Quintesson]] planet, the Junkions, led by Wreck-Gar, repair Ultra Magnus and reveal their planet of junk to be a giant spaceship. They head for Cybertron to combat Unicron.

Galvatron attempts to use the Matrix to make Unicron obey him, but the Matrix will not work for him. Unicron swallows Galvatron whole as he proceeds to attack Cybertron. The Decepticons attempt to fight back, but to no avail.

[[Image:TFMMarvelShockwave.jpg|left|250px|thumb|"And by 'scramble,' I of course mean, 'lurch zombie-like in every direction except at Unicron.'"]]
The spaceship piloted by Hot Rod and Kup flies right into Unicron's eye, and Hot Rod confronts Galvatron from inside Unicron. They battle briefly, and as Galvatron attempts to crush Hot Rod by the neck, the Matrix begins to glow. Hot Rod takes a hold of it, and is changed into Rodimus Prime. Rodimus dispatches Galvatron, and then uses the Matrix to destroy Unicron. Rodimus tracks down the Autobots still inside of Unicron, and they escape out of Unicron's other eye just before he is completely destroyed. Rodimus Prime then leads the Autobots to reclaim their homeworld, easily dealing with the diminished Decepticons, and leading Cybertron into a new age of peace.

[['Til all are one]].

==Featured characters==
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)''

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*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (1)
*[[Springer (G1)|Springer]] (2)
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] (3)
*[[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] (5)
*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (6)
*[[Kup (G1)|Kup]] (10)
*[[Hot Rod]] (11)
*[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (12)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (15)

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*[[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] (8)
*[[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] (9)
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (14)

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*[[Daniel Witwicky]] (4)
*[[Spike Witwicky]] (16)

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*[[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] (7)

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*[[Unicron]] (13)

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==Errors==
* Once again, colors for the characters are all over the place.
* When telling how they tracked Ultra Magnus' ship, Kup's speech bubble points to Arcee.
* When eating Galvatron, Unicron's beard actually grows between shots.

==Differences between the film and comic==
*Daniel's Exo-Suit is Red and Blue. At least he has one though, unlike Spike.
*The Sweeps actually pull Ultra Magnus apart as originally scripted.
*Although they begin to threaten the Autobots, the Junkions never actually get a chance to attack.
*Kup and Hot Rod offer an explanation on how they found Magnus, involving tracking their ship's exhaust.
*Instead of providing the Autobots with a ship, as in the movie, Wreck-Gar turns the entire planet into a rocket ship in the comic. This would jibe with his line in the film about the Junkion Planet being a 'sleek sexy import with turbo handling'. At least, as much as any Junkion lines jibe with reality.
*Once they crash through Unicron's eye, the scenes with Kup, Springer, the Dinobots, and the others are omitted. Only Hot Rod's scene with Galvatron is shown.
*The scene where Spike, Bumblebee, [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]], and [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] are rescued by Daniel is omitted. Spike and Bumblebee are both seen as the Autobots make their escape from Unicron, but there's no hint of Jazz and Cliffjumper.

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<span style="font-size:125%;font-weight:900;">Thanks for helping me... pull myself together.</span><hr />
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==Items of note==
[[Image:BlurrTFMMarvel3.jpg|right|150px|thumb|He sells Micro Machines better than he sells the Autobot cause.]]
Although he appears more in background shots, Blurr finally gets dialogue in this issue. One whole panel.

Nope, still no [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]].

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Judgment Day!

2009-03-28T23:19:25Z

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</td><td align="center">''[[Transformers: The Movie (comic)|Transformers: The Movie]]'' #2
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<td>'''Date published''' </td><td> September 1986
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<td>'''Adaptation''' </td><td> [[Ralph Macchio]]
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<td>'''Breakdowns''' </td><td> [[Don Perlin]]
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<td>'''Finishes''' </td><td> [[Ian Akin]] and [[Brian Garvey]]
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'''Galvatron attempts to hunt down and destroy Ultra Magnus and the Autobot Matrix of Leadership.'''

==Synopsis==
Galvatron and the Unicron-empowered [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], where Galvatron dispenses swift revenge upon Starscream as Starscream attempts to proclaim himself leader. As the other Decepticons see Starscream's ashen form crumble to the ground, they proclaim their loyalty to Galvatron.

Unicron devours one of Cybertron's moons, and earns Galvatron's wrath, having hoped that Cybertron and all of its moons would be given to him upon completion of the task Unicron had given him. But Unicron quickly makes clear that he has power to inflict great pain on Galvatron, even from a distance. Galvatron sets to his mission: find Ultra Magnus, the current keeper of the [[Autobot Matrix of Leadership]], and destroy them both.

Ultra Magnus and the Autobots, learning of the threat Unicron poses to Cybertron, leave [[Earth]] in a pair of shuttlecraft to attempt to help, but they are quickly intercepted by Galvatron and the Decepticons. Although they manage to escape, Kup, Hot Rod, and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] are separated from the others, and Ultra Magnus must sacrifice most of his ship to fool Galvatron into believing him destroyed.

Hot Rod, Kup and the Dinobots crash upon the surface of a strange alien world, where they are quickly captured by the Quintessons. After being thrown in a prison cell, they meet Kranix, the sole survivor of [[Lithone (planet)|Lithone]]. He explains to the Autobots that the Quintessons serve to hunt down survivors of Unicron's attacks, and sentence them to death. After Kranix is executed, the Autobots are taken to face the Quintessons. Just as they are dropped into a pit of Sharkticons, Kup frees himself from his bonds, and frees his fellow Autobots, enabling them to fight back. They soon turn the tables on the Quintessons, who are last seen being chased away by their own Sharkticons. Wheelie, a refugee hiding from the Quintessons, offers the Autobots a ship that will enable them to get off the planet.

Unicron inches closer to Cybertron, devouring the second of its moons, taking Bumblebee and Spike along with it...

==Featured characters==
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)''

<table border="5" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5" align="center" style="border:#800000">
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<th style="background:#FFEEEE"> [[Autobots]]</th><th style="background:#EEEEFE"> [[Decepticons]]</th><th style="background:antiquewhite"> [[Human|Humans]]</th><th style="background:#FFEEB8"> Others
</th></tr>
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<td style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top">
* [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (7)
* [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (8)
* [[Springer]] (10)
* [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] (11)
* [[Kup]] (12)
* [[Hot Rod]] (13)
* [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (14)
* [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (15)
* [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] (16)
* [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] (17)
* [[Wheelie]] (21)

</td><td style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top">
* [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] (2)
* [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] (3)
* [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] (4)
* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (5)

</td><td style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top">
* [[Spike Witwicky]] (6)
* [[Daniel Witwicky]] (9)

</td><td style="background:#FFEEB8" valign="top">
* [[Unicron]] (1)
* [[Quintesson|Quintessons]] (18)
* [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]] (19)
* [[Kranix]] (20)

</td></tr></table>
==Errors==
*When Unicron consumes the first moon, Jazz is colored like Cliffjumper and Cliffjumper is colored like Jazz.
*While Kranix is very clearly shown being dropped into liquid, and the pit underneath Hot Rod and co. is colored in such a way as to imply water... there isn't any below them at any point thereafter.
*The antennae on the Sharkticons appear and disappear from panel to panel, implying the artist may have been referring to multiple versions of the character models. Their color schemes also shift on occasion.

==Differences Between the Film and Comic==
*Between issue 1 and this, Unicron seems to have given Galvatron LOADS of new soldiers. As opposed to the extra unknown six in issue 1, there are now at least ''fifteen'' discernible silhouettes in the background.
*Cyclonus' armada makes a background appearance, as Galvatron now commands a fleet of at least four Sweeps (assuming one is Scourge) and four... Cycloni?
*Starscream has no extra coronation vestments, such as the crown or cape.
*Galvatron makes it completely obvious that he's Megatron... by very awkwardly announcing it. "I -- Who was Megatron... And now have become GALVATRON!" He goes on to recount being thrown out of Astrotrain and so on, all while jumping out of Cyclonus. He proceeds to blast Starscream, who just falls apart rather than disintegrates.
*Ultra Magnus is shown supervising the building of the two shuttles.
*Cliffjumper and Jazz attempt to depart the moon with a ship looks conspicuously like the Lithonian ship shown in the opening moments of the animated movie, but upside-down.
*Astrotrain is apparently a badass, as he leads a team of Sweeps and strikes a large blow against the shuttles.

[[Image:GrimlockTFMMarvel.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Grimlock jumps his cue.]]
*The shuttles escape only after Ultra Magnus and company detonate an asteroid, causing a chain reaction.
*The [[Auto-Combatant]] Hot Rod fights is attached to a mobile base and has an actual metal tongue to stick out at Hot Rod, as opposed to walking on its legs and making a buzzing noise.
*Hot Rod's shuttle is pulled down to Quintessa by a rocket-powered claw with a drill in it. Uh... Okay.
*While not in the original script nor the completed film, the adaptation has Grimlock captured and tried with Hot Rod and Kup by the Quintessons.
*Speaking of Grimlock, Hot Rod and Kup have the following exchange upon landing on Quintessa:

"Did anybody see where the Dinobots landed?"
"They fell off in another direction, Hot Rod. Let's just hope they fell into the same gooey liquid we did."
...All with Grimlock standing right behind them.

*Kup slips out of his bonds and shoots the ones holding Hot Rod and Grimlock, as opposed to them just fading away as the pair fall.
*A Sharkticon tries to scare Grimlock, at which point he scares it instead and has them attack the Quintessons.

{{-}}

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<span style="font-size:125%;font-weight:900;">Thanks for helping me... pull myself together.</span><hr />
''This comic issue article is a [[:Category:Comic Issue Stubs|stub]] and is missing information. You can help '''Transformers Wiki''' by [http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Judgment_Day%21&action=edit expanding it].''

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==Items of note==
[[Image:Purple sludge.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Verily, I, Sludge, say unto thee. Forsooth!]]
*Ultra Magnus identifies the Decepticons' weapons as "[[Moleculon missile|moleculon missiles]]". Somehow he manages to do this without laughing.
*The Quintessons are explicitly tied to Unicron in the comic adaptation. This is never established in the movie.
*Completely out of the blue, [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] of all 'bots gives one of the most hilariously <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_prose" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Purple_prose">purple speeches</a> in the entire history of the franchise.
*Hot Rod's right arm is in a pretty crazy position on the cover. He's apparently the most thorough proctologist on Cybertron or Quintessa. Also, only the two Sharkticons being tossed about by Hot Rod and Grimlock have antennae.

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Judgment Day!

2009-03-28T23:18:40Z

218.214.49.189: /* Differences Between the Film and Comic */

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<td class="tti_buttonlink">'''[[The Planet Eater!|«]]'''
</td><td align="center">''[[Transformers: The Movie (comic)|Transformers: The Movie]]'' #2
</td><td align="right" class="tti_buttonlink">'''[[The Final Battle!|»]]'''
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<td colspan="2" style="font-size: 12px; background-color:#ffffff;" align="center"> [[TFTM2.jpg|<img alt="" src="/w2/images2/thumb/4/4c/TFTM2.jpg/230px-TFTM2.jpg" width="230" height="351" border="0" />]]<br />Weasels ripped my flesh! RIZZ!
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<td colspan="2" style="font-size: 14px; background-color:#e7d492; color:black;font-weight:bold;" align="center"> "Judgment Day!"
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<td>'''Date published''' </td><td> September 1986
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<td>'''Cover date''' </td><td> January 1987
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<td>'''Adaptation''' </td><td> [[Ralph Macchio]]
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<td>'''Breakdowns''' </td><td> [[Don Perlin]]
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<td>'''Finishes''' </td><td> [[Ian Akin]] and [[Brian Garvey]]
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<td>'''Colors''' </td><td> [[Nelson Yomtov]]
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<td>'''Lettering''' </td><td> [[Janice Chiang]]
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<td>'''Editor''' </td><td> [[Bob Budiansky]]
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'''Galvatron attempts to hunt down and destroy Ultra Magnus and the Autobot Matrix of Leadership.'''

==Synopsis==
Galvatron and the Unicron-empowered [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], where Galvatron dispenses swift revenge upon Starscream as Starscream attempts to proclaim himself leader. As the other Decepticons see Starscream's ashen form crumble to the ground, they proclaim their loyalty to Galvatron.

Unicron devours one of Cybertron's moons, and earns Galvatron's wrath, having hoped that Cybertron and all of its moons would be given to him upon completion of the task Unicron had given him. But Unicron quickly makes clear that he has power to inflict great pain on Galvatron, even from a distance. Galvatron sets to his mission: find Ultra Magnus, the current keeper of the [[Autobot Matrix of Leadership]], and destroy them both.

Ultra Magnus and the Autobots, learning of the threat Unicron poses to Cybertron, leave [[Earth]] in a pair of shuttlecraft to attempt to help, but they are quickly intercepted by Galvatron and the Decepticons. Although they manage to escape, Kup, Hot Rod, and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] are separated from the others, and Ultra Magnus must sacrifice most of his ship to fool Galvatron into believing him destroyed.

Hot Rod, Kup and the Dinobots crash upon the surface of a strange alien world, where they are quickly captured by the Quintessons. After being thrown in a prison cell, they meet Kranix, the sole survivor of [[Lithone (planet)|Lithone]]. He explains to the Autobots that the Quintessons serve to hunt down survivors of Unicron's attacks, and sentence them to death. After Kranix is executed, the Autobots are taken to face the Quintessons. Just as they are dropped into a pit of Sharkticons, Kup frees himself from his bonds, and frees his fellow Autobots, enabling them to fight back. They soon turn the tables on the Quintessons, who are last seen being chased away by their own Sharkticons. Wheelie, a refugee hiding from the Quintessons, offers the Autobots a ship that will enable them to get off the planet.

Unicron inches closer to Cybertron, devouring the second of its moons, taking Bumblebee and Spike along with it...

==Featured characters==
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)''

<table border="5" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5" align="center" style="border:#800000">
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<th style="background:#FFEEEE"> [[Autobots]]</th><th style="background:#EEEEFE"> [[Decepticons]]</th><th style="background:antiquewhite"> [[Human|Humans]]</th><th style="background:#FFEEB8"> Others
</th></tr>
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<td style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top">
* [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (7)
* [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (8)
* [[Springer]] (10)
* [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] (11)
* [[Kup]] (12)
* [[Hot Rod]] (13)
* [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (14)
* [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (15)
* [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] (16)
* [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] (17)
* [[Wheelie]] (21)

</td><td style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top">
* [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] (2)
* [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] (3)
* [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] (4)
* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (5)

</td><td style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top">
* [[Spike Witwicky]] (6)
* [[Daniel Witwicky]] (9)

</td><td style="background:#FFEEB8" valign="top">
* [[Unicron]] (1)
* [[Quintesson|Quintessons]] (18)
* [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]] (19)
* [[Kranix]] (20)

</td></tr></table>
==Errors==
*When Unicron consumes the first moon, Jazz is colored like Cliffjumper and Cliffjumper is colored like Jazz.
*While Kranix is very clearly shown being dropped into liquid, and the pit underneath Hot Rod and co. is colored in such a way as to imply water... there isn't any below them at any point thereafter.
*The antennae on the Sharkticons appear and disappear from panel to panel, implying the artist may have been referring to multiple versions of the character models. Their color schemes also shift on occasion.

==Differences Between the Film and Comic==
*Between issue 1 and this, Unicron seems to have given Galvatron LOADS of new soldiers. As opposed to the extra unknown six in issue 1, there are now at least ''fifteen'' discernible silhouettes in the background.
*Cyclonus' armada makes a background appearance, as Galvatron now commands a fleet of at least four Sweeps (assuming one is Scourge) and four... Cycloni?
*Starscream has no extra coronation vestments, such as the crown or cape.
*Galvatron makes it completely obvious that he's Megatron... by very awkwardly announcing it. "I -- Who was Megatron... And now have become GALVATRON!" He goes on to recount being thrown out of Astrotrain and so on, all while jumping out of Cyclonus. He proceeds to blast Starscream, who just falls apart rather than disintegrates.
*Ultra Magnus is shown supervising the building of the two shuttles.
*Cliffjumper and Jazz attempt to depart the moon with a ship looks conspicuously like the Lithonian ship shown in the opening moments of the animated movie, but upside-down.
*Astrotrain is apparently a badass, as he leads a team of Sweeps and strikes a large blow against the shuttles.

[[Image:GrimlockTFMMarvel.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Grimlock jumps his cue.]]
*The shuttles escape only after Ultra Magnus and company detonate an asteroid, causing a chain reaction.
*The [[Auto-Combatant]] Hot Rod fights is attached to a mobile base and has an actual metal tongue to stick out at Hot Rod, as opposed to walking on its legs and making a buzzing noise.
*Hot Rod's shuttle is pulled down to Quintessa by a very rocket-powered claw with a drill in it. Uh... Okay.
*While not in the original script nor the completed film, the adaptation has Grimlock captured and tried with Hot Rod and Kup by the Quintessons.
*Speaking of Grimlock, Hot Rod and Kup have the following exchange upon landing on Quintessa:

"Did anybody see where the Dinobots landed?"
"They fell off in another direction, Hot Rod. Let's just hope they fell into the same gooey liquid we did."
...All with Grimlock standing right behind them.

*Kup slips out of his bonds and shoots the ones holding Hot Rod and Grimlock, as opposed to them just fading away as the pair fall.
*A Sharkticon tries to scare Grimlock, at which point he scares it instead and has them attack the Quintessons.

{{-}}

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<span style="font-size:125%;font-weight:900;">Thanks for helping me... pull myself together.</span><hr />
''This comic issue article is a [[:Category:Comic Issue Stubs|stub]] and is missing information. You can help '''Transformers Wiki''' by [http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Judgment_Day%21&action=edit expanding it].''

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==Items of note==
[[Image:Purple sludge.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Verily, I, Sludge, say unto thee. Forsooth!]]
*Ultra Magnus identifies the Decepticons' weapons as "[[Moleculon missile|moleculon missiles]]". Somehow he manages to do this without laughing.
*The Quintessons are explicitly tied to Unicron in the comic adaptation. This is never established in the movie.
*Completely out of the blue, [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] of all 'bots gives one of the most hilariously <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_prose" class="extiw" title="wikipedia:Purple_prose">purple speeches</a> in the entire history of the franchise.
*Hot Rod's right arm is in a pretty crazy position on the cover. He's apparently the most thorough proctologist on Cybertron or Quintessa. Also, only the two Sharkticons being tossed about by Hot Rod and Grimlock have antennae.

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Transformers: The Movie (Marvel comic)

2009-03-28T23:15:17Z

218.214.49.189: /* UK printing */

{{disambig3|Transformers: The Movie}}
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<span style="font-size:125%;font-weight:900;">Let's see what you can see...</span><hr />
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'''''Transformers: The Movie''''' ('''''The Transformers: The Movie''''' for the first issue) is a three-part mini-series adaptation of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', published by [[Marvel Comics]] in 1986.

<table style="margin:0 auto;padding:0 auto" align="center" id="toc">
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<th align="center" bgcolor="#6699CC">'''<font color="white">''Transformers: The Movie'' issues:</font>'''
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<td> [[The Planet Eater!|#1]] | [[Judgment Day!|#2]] | [[The Final Battle!|#3]]
</td></tr></table>
==Overview==
It's the movie. There's a huge fight, all your favorite characters die, [[Unicron]] eats moons, the [[Autobot|Autobots]] have some adventures, then blow up Unicron. You've seen it.

Although the essentials of the movie's story remain intact, quite a few details vary between comic and screen; there is very little that isn't different in some way. Though the first issue was released at the same time as the movie with issues [[Judgment Day!|#2]] and [[The Final Battle!|#3]] being released after the film disappeared from theaters, it is uncertain just how much time and access the comic creators had to view the finished film when writing the adaptation, if any—the comic appears to have been written using a not-quite-final draft of the script.

There are many places where the comic incorporates elements from the original script that didn't make it to the finished film. Characters' dialog is much more exposition-heavy, partly a necessary evil due to the truncation that accompanies the transition of mediums, and partly due to the general eccentricities of writer Ralph Macchio, whose comic work regularly featured this sort of "self-narrating" dialog long after it had passed out of widespread use. A good deal of material has been removed simply due to the space restraints of fitting the movie into three issues. Finally some things seem clearly added due to the comic creators’ own initiative.

==Creative team==
The series was written by [[Ralph Macchio]], adapted from the movie script. Breakdowns (pencils) were provided by [[Don Perlin]], with finishes (inks) by [[Ian Akin]] and [[Brian Garvey]].

==UK printing==
[[Image:Tftmadaptukspec.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Someone clearly didn't like Daniel. Will the suspects please form an orderly queue...]]
The entire three-part series was printed in a seventy-six page Winter Special with a card cover. This was the largest single-story ''Transformers'' comic released by Marvel UK. The cover used was a cropped version of the cover to [[The Planet Eater!|issue #1]].

To maintain continuity with the story "[[Target: 2006]]" the date in the adaptation was changed to 2006.

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Transformers: The Movie (Marvel comic)

2009-03-28T23:14:58Z

218.214.49.189: /* UK printing */

{{disambig3|Transformers: The Movie}}
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<span style="font-size:125%;font-weight:900;">Let's see what you can see...</span><hr />
This article is in need of images.

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'''''Transformers: The Movie''''' ('''''The Transformers: The Movie''''' for the first issue) is a three-part mini-series adaptation of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', published by [[Marvel Comics]] in 1986.

<table style="margin:0 auto;padding:0 auto" align="center" id="toc">
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<th align="center" bgcolor="#6699CC">'''<font color="white">''Transformers: The Movie'' issues:</font>'''
</th></tr>
<tr align="center">
<td> [[The Planet Eater!|#1]] | [[Judgment Day!|#2]] | [[The Final Battle!|#3]]
</td></tr></table>
==Overview==
It's the movie. There's a huge fight, all your favorite characters die, [[Unicron]] eats moons, the [[Autobot|Autobots]] have some adventures, then blow up Unicron. You've seen it.

Although the essentials of the movie's story remain intact, quite a few details vary between comic and screen; there is very little that isn't different in some way. Though the first issue was released at the same time as the movie with issues [[Judgment Day!|#2]] and [[The Final Battle!|#3]] being released after the film disappeared from theaters, it is uncertain just how much time and access the comic creators had to view the finished film when writing the adaptation, if any—the comic appears to have been written using a not-quite-final draft of the script.

There are many places where the comic incorporates elements from the original script that didn't make it to the finished film. Characters' dialog is much more exposition-heavy, partly a necessary evil due to the truncation that accompanies the transition of mediums, and partly due to the general eccentricities of writer Ralph Macchio, whose comic work regularly featured this sort of "self-narrating" dialog long after it had passed out of widespread use. A good deal of material has been removed simply due to the space restraints of fitting the movie into three issues. Finally some things seem clearly added due to the comic creators’ own initiative.

==Creative team==
The series was written by [[Ralph Macchio]], adapted from the movie script. Breakdowns (pencils) were provided by [[Don Perlin]], with finishes (inks) by [[Ian Akin]] and [[Brian Garvey]].

==UK printing==
[[Image:Tftmadaptukspec.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Someone clearly didn't like Daniel. Will the suspects please form an orderly queue...]]
The entire three-part series was printed in a seventy-six page Winter Special with a card cover. This was the largest single=story ''Transformers'' comic released by Marvel UK. The cover used was a cropped version of the cover to [[The Planet Eater!|issue #1]].

To maintain continuity with the story "[[Target: 2006]]" the date in the adaptation was changed to 2006.

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Battle of Autobot City

2009-03-28T23:10:26Z

218.214.49.189: /* Second Phase */

:''The Battle of Autobot City is a battle in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:BattleAutobotCity2.jpg|right|300px|thumb|In ur base, killin ur doods.]]
The '''Battle of Autobot City''' refers to the protracted battle between the [[Autobot|Autobots]] and [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] at [[Autobot City]], the base of the Autobots on [[Earth]], taking place in the year 2005 in one reality. By its end, the leaders of both the Autobot and Decepticon forces were dead or dying, numerous combatants on both sides had been killed, and events were set in motion that would lead to the creation of [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and, eventually, the passing of the [[Matrix of Leadership]].

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</td><td valign="top" style="padding:4px 10px 5px 10px;font-family: 'lucida console', arial, sans-serif;"> Let the slaughter begin!
</td><td width="20" valign="bottom" style="color:#B2B7F2;font-size:35px;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-weight:bold;text-align:right;padding:10px 10px 0px 10px;"> ”
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<td colspan="3" style="padding-top: 0"> <p style="font-size:smaller;line-height:1em;text-align: right"><cite style="font-style:normal;">—[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''</cite>

==Prelude==
The Decepticons had succeeded in driving the Autobot army off [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. However, the Autobots retained staging grounds on Cyberton's two moons and were in the final phase of preparations for their counterassault. All that remained was the transport of a final shipment of [[Energon cube|Energon cubes]] from Autobot City's production facilities. [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] dispatched a shuttle to Earth for this purpose, interestingly crewed by most of his command staff.

[[Image:Tftm1986a.jpg|left|180px|thumb|The future of pratfall technology: the Exploding Banana Peel.]]
Unfortunately for the Autobots, the Decepticon spy [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] got wind of the Autobots' plans and warned [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], ruler of the Decepticons. In a move reminiscent of the Decepticons' boarding of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] on their initial arrival on Earth, Megatron led a sizeable contingent of Decepticons against the small Autobot crew on the shuttle. Heavily outnumbered and outmatched, the Autobots were overwhelmed. [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] all perished (or at least were deactivated) in this attack at the hands of Megatron and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]].

Having taken control of the shuttle, Megatron's plan became clear: the shuttle was to be used as a "Trojan Horse", conveying the Decepticons for a surprise attack on Autobot City itself, which Megatron seemed to think would vanquish the Autobots forever. On the other hand, Megatron was never really known for his tactical genius.

:''('''Note:''' There ''is'' a reason Megatron thought this - the original script makes it clear that Autobot City is, in fact, a massive energy-gathering facility, so if the Decepticons destroy this, the Autobots will be without an energy supply, pretty much crippling their war effort.)''

==The Battle==
===First Phase===
Megatron had calculated correctly in that the Autobot shuttle would not set off Autobot City's automated defences even if carrying a Decepticon crew. It was sheer chance that [[Daniel Witwicky|a small human child]] noted there was a hole in the shuttle and alerted the young Autobot [[Hot Rod]], who divined the truth of the situation. Hot Rod opened fire on the shuttle, damaging it to the point that it exploded and went into an uncontrolled crash. His actions also allowed other nearby Autobots, including [[Kup]], to realize something was wrong.

With the shuttle's destruction imminent and the Decepticons' cover blown, Megatron ordered his troops to debark and attack immediately. A number of Decepticons transformed to alternate mode, commenced attacks on Autobot City and attempted to pick off those Autobots caught outside.

[[Image:AutobotCitytransforms.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Launch Black Tiger squadron, and prepare the Wave Motion Gun for firing...oh, sorry, wrong anime.]]
The Autobots, though surprised and outnumbered, quickly rallied to the defense. [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], commanding the City, ordered [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] to contact Optimus Prime on [[Moonbase One]] to obtain reinforcements, [[Springer]] to [[Transformation|transform]] Autobot City into its battle mode, and [[Blurr (G1)|the only Autobot with an amphetamine problem]] to assist in alerting Autobots as to the attack (if they weren't already clued in by hordes of Decepticons [[Bring the rain|bringing the rain]] right down on their heads.)

Springer and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] delayed transforming the city for as long as possible to try and allow Hot Rod and [[Kup]] to get back inside. Eventually running out of time, they began the transformation, offering the city (and its Autobot defenders) greater capacity to meet the Decepticon assault. It also had the added bonus of taking off Starscream's right foot.

Kup and Hot Rod, speeding toward the city, saw that the two [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] and [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] were eating through one of the doors, but Kickback was taken across a chasm by the retracting bridge. Using the Insecticon as a springboard, Hot Rod and Kup were able to clear the gap and enter the city (crushing Kickback's head and ramming Shrapnel out of the way in the process) moments before the armored doors closed.

Meanwhile, Blaster did manage to make brief contact with the Cybertronian Autobots, but the signal was cut off by the intervention of [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and the four henchmen he had with him: [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] and [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]. However, Blaster evened the odds by putting his own quartet of counterparts into the fight: [[Ramhorn]], [[Steeljaw]], [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]], and [[Eject (G1)|Eject]].

Unable to penetrate Autobot City's defences by conventional means, Megatron then ordered the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] to merge into the [[Combiner|gestalt]] [[Devastator]]. The giant robot quickly made his presence felt, penetrating the first line of defences by literally tearing them open, and shattering one attempt by Springer, Kup, Hot Rod and Arcee to put him out of action. But even so, the two sides were so evenly matched that the battle continued over the course of the remainder of that day and throughout the night.

===Second Phase===
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[[Image:Tftm1986b.jpg|left|180px|thumb|"Will you stop being such a baby about this? Just hold on a second. I can see the splinter. It's right ... there ... "]]
However, the City could not hold out forever; by the next morning Autobot defences had been broken by relentless Decepticon assaults, and the likelihood of a mass slaughter was high. It was at this crucial point that Autobot reinforcements commanded by Optimus Prime arrived. The [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] were deployed to attack Devastator, with some success, but could not halt the Decepticons' advance into Autobot City.

That task fell to Optimus Prime, who made a heroic solo frontal assault against the massed firepower of the most elite members of the Decepticon army. In tractor-trailer mode, he mowed down most of the [[Seeker|Seekers]], and in robot mode, used his [[ion blaster]] to singlehandedly scatter the Decepticon attack, fighting his way to engage Megatron in what he assured the Decepticon would be their final battle.

[[Image:Battleofautobotcity.jpg|right|180px|thumb|"Hot Rod - help me kill Optimus now and I'll let you have his Matrix. Deal?"]]
The battle between the two leaders was brief and intense, but resulted in a seeming-victory for Prime. But Megatron had spotted a gun a matter of yards away from him. Stalling for time with false pleas for mercy, Megatron crawled towards the gun. Hot Rod intervened as Megatron grabbed the gun, trying to overpower the Decepticon leader. But his efforts backfired, as Megatron overpowered the young Autobot, used him as a shield and shot Optimus repeatedly. Tossing aside Hot Rod, Megatron prepared to finish his longtime nemesis off. Prime, however, managed to gather his remaining strength to deal a haymaker powerful enough to knock Megatron off a ledge and into a fall that would prove almost-lethal.

Seeing their leader conclusively defeated in this way broke the Decepticons spirit. Starscream, taking interim command, ordered [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] to transform and ferry the Decepticons away in a general retreat. Unsurprisingly, Starscream appeared ready to leave Megatron to die, but Soundwave carried him to Astrotrain. Gathering up their wounded, the Decepticons fled, leaving the Autobots to similarly gather up their own casualties.

==Aftermath==
[[Image:Optimusg1passingthematrix.jpg|left|180px|thumb|"One of you must take the Matrix.""Not it!""I wasn't talking to you, Blurr."]]
Large numbers of Autobots and Decepticons had either been terminated or wounded as a result of the battle. [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]], [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], and maybe [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] were among the casualties, and even the mighty Optimus Prime soon succumbed to his wounds and perished, but not before passing the Matrix of Leadership to Ultra Magnus as his successor, unaware that the Matrix had chosen Hot Rod to become the new [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]].

[[Image:Tftm1986c.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Galvatron, or just plain old TRON?]]
The wounded Decepticons - including the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]], [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], and Megatron - were thrown out of Astrotrain to lighten the load, where they would later be found by the Chaos-bringer [[Unicron]] and reshaped into [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], and the [[Sweeps]].

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==Notes==
* The battle is "act 1" of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]].''
* It's unclear how Megatron managed to beat the Autobot shuttle to Earth's [[Solar System]].
* Storyboards that have found their way to the public over the years show additional scenes that were scripted and planned, but (in all probability) never animated:
* At the beginning of the shuttle segment, the Autobot shuttle would have been shown dodging through an asteroid storm, thus explaining why they didn't at least detect the approaching Decepticons. Some of this concept made it into the Marvel Comics [[The Planet Eater!|adaptation of the movie]].
* Hot Rod's adventures outside the city would have been a bit longer and more dramatic. A short scene would also show him getting reprimanded by Ultra Magnus inside the city.
* [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] would have stealthily blasted [[Bombshell]] before getting shot at by Megatron.
* [[Tracks]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] and Ultra Magnus would have finally brought down Devastator with a missile barrage. The Constructicons would subsequently kill Red Alert as the Autobots retreated.
* Several Decepticons would have dogpiled Optimus Prime at the start of his confrontation with Megatron, only for him to trounce them all soundly.
* [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker's]] lifeless body would have been seen as the Decepticons retreated.

* The events of "[[Five Faces of Darkness]]" imply that [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] was present at the battle, but unable to transform to robot mode because his [[transformation cog]] was damaged. Some fiction suggests that Metroplex is part of (or the same thing as) Autobot City. (All sorts of [[fanon]] ensues from placing these two facts in close proximity. Use caution.)
* The fight between Optimus Prime and Megatron was remade into the commercial of [[Universe (2008)|2008 Universe]] toyline, with [[CGI]] models based on their [[Masterpiece]] toys.
* Okay, we're going to be honest here. The whole point of this battle is [[To sell toys|to off your favorite characters in violent ways, then replace them with newbies who we've never seen before]].

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