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User:Protoman

2026-03-29T19:33:08Z

Protoman: /* Transformers Fandom History */

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[[Image:Protoman.jpg|right|171px|thumb|What a cocky son of a......]]

'''Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault''' is a writer and former staff of the largest fan-run Transformers convention in the world, TFcon[http://www.tfcon.ca]. He is known for his "take no crap" personality and insane Transformers knowledge. Him and [[User:Monzo|Monzo]] party to TF Japanese source books. He is also a huge [[Rodimus (disambiguation)|Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]] fan.

==Transformers Fandom History==

The legendary [[Canada|Canadian]] fan [[Daniel Arseneault|Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault]] started his humble Transformers beginnings with his first trip to see [[The Transformers: The Movie|some robot movie]] with his next door neighbour back in 1986, it all snowballed from there. There he was introduced to something new and beautiful to him and not to mention coming into contact with a [[Hot Rod (G1)|character]] that would become dear to his [[Spark|heart]] and always brought up when the name "Protoman" is mentioned. As he grew older, he used his money working at BMW as a mechanic and semi-pro racing in Formula Ford and KART to fund his insane lust for all things Transformers. Considered one of the top representatives of the Canadian Transformers fandom, Daniel uses his social jock influence to bring others who normally see the hobby as a "nerdy thing" and brings light to them as if it was some kind of [[Primus|religion]] they were missing out on.

According to the Twitter page of [[Derrick J. Wyatt]], some visual aspects of [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus Prime]] from [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)| Transformers Animated]] were based on Daniel, such as the popped collar which is a regular part of his attire.<ref>[http://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/status/21459535186 "@DerrickJWyatt Epic. Just epic. Now if only we can talk about that popped collar =D" "@Protomanx The popped collar inspired by Protoman?"]</ref>

==Writing==

====Comic Books====
* Nightbird Rebirth (TFcon 2010 exclusive comic)
* Changes In War (TFcon 2011 exclusive comic)
* Hardworker (TFcon 2012 exclusive comic)
* Lost World, Lost Mind (TFcon 2013 exclusive comic)
* The Dark Warrior (TFcon 2014 Toronto/Chicago exclusive comic)
* He Turned The Tide (TFcon 2015 Toronto exclusive comic)
* Not Feng Shui (TFcon 2015 Charlotte exclusive comic)
* [[Cybertron's Most Wanted|Transformers Timelines #11]] Diamond Edition 2015 - [[Zaptrap]] & [[Beet-Chit]] Section
* Internal Struggle (TFcon 2016 Chicago exclusive comic)
* Mecha Wars (TFcon 2018 Toronto exclusive comic)

====Tech Specs====

Hasbro / TFCC

* [[BotCon 2015]] - [[Zaptrap]] & [[Beet-Chit]] - Extended bio
* [[BotCon 2015]] - [[King Waruder]] - Originally Waruder Marauders
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Needlenose (G1)#Generations|Needlenose]] (with [[Sunbeam (G1)#Generations|Sunbeam]] and [[Zigzag#Generations|Zputty]])
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Ruckus (G1)#Generations|Grabuge]]
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Spinister (G1)#TFSS|Spinister]] (with [[Hairsplitter#Generations|Shrute]] and [[Singe#Generations|Singe]])
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Windsweeper#Generations|Windsweeper]]
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Bludgeon (G1)#Generations|Bludgeon]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Ravage (G1)/toys#BotCon2016|Ravage]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Tarantulas (BW)#Combiner Wars|Predacon Tarantulas]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Tigatron (BW)#Combiner Wars|Tigatron]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Flash Sentry#Toys|Flash Sentry]]

* Hasbro Retail - Too many to name right now ([[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Mostly]])

3rd Party
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Stronghold]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Toxin]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] (2012)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Van Guard|Van Guardian]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Path Finder|Roswell]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Prototype X (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Project Z (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Erector (G1) |Shafter]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Full-Tilt |Axis]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Pestilence (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Ravenus|Volar]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Loco (GoBots)|Devilstar/Loco]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Grit]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Rodimus (SG)|Shadow Ghost Calidus]] (2017)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Machine Wars|Thunder Prominon]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Bob (IDW)|Malum Malitia Bob]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Breakdown_(G1)#Generation_2|Crackup B1]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Megatron (SG)|Broken Mirror Supreme Commander]] (2019)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Drift (SG)|Broken Mirror Stray]] (2019)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Ratchet (G1)|Combat Medic]] (2019)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Downshift_(Energon)|Cybertronian Downshifter]] (2021)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for [[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Famiconboy]] (2022)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for [[Optimus Prime (G1)|OptiNES Prime]] (2023)

==Character / Toy Design ==

* Decepticon [[Toxin]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2011 Exclusive
* Autobot [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2012 Exclusive
* Decepticon [[Megatron_(SG)|Broken Mirror Supreme Commander]] - Head design for TFcon 2019 Custom Class
* 3P Botbots [[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Famiconboy]] - Partial Podcast / TFcon Exclusive 2022
* 3P Botbots [[Optimus Prime (G1)|OptiNES Prime]] - Partial Podcast / TFcon Exclusive 2023
* 3P Botbots [[Megatron (G1)|MegaDriveTron]] - Partial Podcast / TFcon Exclusive 2024
* 3P Botbots [[FIRRIB|Red & Blue]] - Partial Podcast / TFcon LA Exclusive 2025
* 3P Botbots [[Bumblebee (G1)|Yellow Rat Bee]] - Partial Podcast / TFcon Toronto Exclusive 2025
* 3P Botbots [[Galvatron (G1)|Super Emperor]] - Partial Podcast / TFcon LA Exclusive 2026

==Creative Consultant==

* [[Symbiote Studios]] - Consultant for all [[Hasbro]] licensed products with the company. Not only Transformers but [[GI Joe]], Power Rangers, Magic The Gathering, etc. Official line of Transformers plush, pins and t-shirts.

* [[Transformers Deck-Building Game]] - Brand Consultant on all expansions of the game

==Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime==
Daniel "Protoman" really, REALLY likes this character. He has the biggest Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime collection in the world. Rarities like the Rodimus Convoy 2010 Shampoo figure bottle and the 1988 Kabaya Rodimus Convoy Blaster Replica are some of his prized figures (And yeah.... some of that lucky draw stuff). What [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] is to [[David Willis]], Hot Rod is to Protoman..... cept even more extreme. He is constantly watching over and maintaining any of the Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime related wiki entries of any like:

[[Hot Rod (G1)|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]] G1 Awesome

[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime toys and merch]] Spending Awesome

[[Dark Hot Rod|G1 Black Rodimus/Dark Hot Rod]] Evil-Black-Repaint Awesome

[[Rodimus (Energon)|Energon Rodimus]] Unicron Trilogy Awesome

[[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Movie Rodimus]] Future Movie Awesome

[[Rodimus (SG)|Shattered Glass Rodimus]] Evil Goatee Awesome

[[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Animated Rodimus]] Big Chin Awesome

[[Hot Shot (Prime)|Prime Hot Shot/Rod]] Name Confused Awesome

also

[[Pointblank|G1 Pointblank]] Cause he is bad ass

==Conventions==

Prior to being staff of TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]], Daniel use to compete at the event before deciding to focus on [[BotCon|bigger fish]].

At [[BotCon 2008|Botcon 2008]], Daniel "Protoman" along with Team Canada got to the semifinals of the Faction Feud Trivia and shut out fellow brother site TFW2005's team [[http://www.tfw2005.com]]. He also taunted the vastly pro-American audience when he took the mic from Alvarez. After the Friday Panel, Protoman privately talked with [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] about insuring Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime get a good faithful representation when he will be used in Animated. Later on [[Jared Wade]] drew up a sketch of Animated Rodimus for him (7 months before it's public debut).

For the final years of Botcon and Fun Publications; he worked on the character concepts, tech specs and bios for Botcon 2016 as well as the Figure Subscription Service for 4.0 and 5.0

As it relates to TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]] itself, Protoman is a former staff of the convention. Daniel has hosted multiple Transformers historical / educational panels and has acted as a judge of trivia competitions and Custom/Art contests. He still works with TFcon partime, mostly running the Children's Make-A-Wish Charity Auction hosted at the convention.

==Fiction Cameos==

Protoman has ended up in mild homage/cameos in some current TF related fiction by long time co-workers [[Alex Milne]] (art) and [[Josh Perez]] (colors).

[[Defiance issue 2|Transformers Revenge of the Fallen: Defiance #2]] - Page 15, Panel 3. Far right.

[[Drift issue 2|Transformers: Drift #2]] - Page 4, Panel 2. Lone robot on the middle

[[Unofficial conventions|TFcon 2010: Nightbird Rebirth]] - Page 2, Panel 3. Far right.

==Protoman in the mass media==

Daniel appeared on ''This Morning Live'' on July 9th, 2007 which aired live all over the eastern Canada area on the Global TV network. Protoman talked about Transformers, his collection and how he got so "deep" into the hobby. When pictures of his house and collection were shown, off-camera news anchor Mike Lecouteur jaw dropped and later told Protoman about owning [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] as a child.

Protoman was featured in Montreal, Canada's largest newspaper, [[wikipedia: The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]] on July 28th, 2007 in a quarter page article with photo and full interview about his huge collection of Transformers, his life and feelings about the [[Transformers (film)|new Transformers movie]].

Featured in an extensive interview on G4's [[wikipedia: The Electric Playground|Electric Playground]] on August 3rd 2010, TFcon was the focus and Protoman was the guide for the show. He talked about the convention's history, what helped Transformers endure all those years and what he loves about the fans.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPhqJNNfEvA]

Daniel/Protoman was featured on [[wikipedia: Storage Wars|Storage Wars]] on February 20th 2015. The pickers (Cindy and Rick) of the show found a bag of 1984-1986 G1 Transformers and brought them to TFcon that was "conveniently" happening the same day. Further information from the recording process showed that the final price given (and aired) for the items was chosen by the producer to make sure the pickers got "2nd place" in cost vs. profit. Protoman originally gave an estimation of about $250-$300 "at most", which they would not happy with. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DCu27NYu_A]

==External links==
* [http://www.tfcon.ca TFcon, the world's largest fan-run Transformers convention]
[[Image:Escalation6_HotRod_Koska.jpg]]

User:Protoman

2026-03-21T16:14:50Z

Protoman:

{{factions|canada|eliteguard|protector}}
[[Image:Protoman.jpg|right|171px|thumb|What a cocky son of a......]]

'''Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault''' is a writer and former staff of the largest fan-run Transformers convention in the world, TFcon[http://www.tfcon.ca]. He is known for his "take no crap" personality and insane Transformers knowledge. Him and [[User:Monzo|Monzo]] party to TF Japanese source books. He is also a huge [[Rodimus (disambiguation)|Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]] fan.

==Transformers Fandom History==

The legendary [[Canada|Canadian]] fan Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault started his humble Transformers beginnings with his first trip to see [[The Transformers: The Movie|some robot movie]] with his next door neighbour back in 1986, it all snowballed from there. There he was introduced to something new and beautiful to him and not to mention coming into contact with a [[Hot Rod (G1)|character]] that would become dear to his [[Spark|heart]] and always brought up when the name "Protoman" is mentioned. As he grew older, he used his money working at BMW as a mechanic and semi-pro racing in Formula Ford and KART to fund his insane lust for all things Transformers. Considered one of the top representatives of the Canadian Transformers fandom, Daniel uses his social jock influence to bring others who normally see the hobby as a "nerdy thing" and brings light to them as if it was some kind of [[Primus|religion]] they were missing out on.

According to the Twitter page of [[Derrick J. Wyatt]], some visual aspects of [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus Prime]] from [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)| Transformers Animated]] were based on Daniel, such as the popped collar which is a regular part of his attire.<ref>[http://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/status/21459535186 "@DerrickJWyatt Epic. Just epic. Now if only we can talk about that popped collar =D" "@Protomanx The popped collar inspired by Protoman?"]</ref>

==Writing==

====Comic Books====
* Nightbird Rebirth (TFcon 2010 exclusive comic)
* Changes In War (TFcon 2011 exclusive comic)
* Hardworker (TFcon 2012 exclusive comic)
* Lost World, Lost Mind (TFcon 2013 exclusive comic)
* The Dark Warrior (TFcon 2014 Toronto/Chicago exclusive comic)
* He Turned The Tide (TFcon 2015 Toronto exclusive comic)
* Not Feng Shui (TFcon 2015 Charlotte exclusive comic)
* [[Cybertron's Most Wanted|Transformers Timelines #11]] Diamond Edition 2015 - [[Zaptrap]] & [[Beet-Chit]] Section
* Internal Struggle (TFcon 2016 Chicago exclusive comic)
* Mecha Wars (TFcon 2018 Toronto exclusive comic)

====Tech Specs====

Hasbro / TFCC

* [[BotCon 2015]] - [[Zaptrap]] & [[Beet-Chit]] - Extended bio
* [[BotCon 2015]] - [[King Waruder]] - Originally Waruder Marauders
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Needlenose (G1)#Generations|Needlenose]] (with [[Sunbeam (G1)#Generations|Sunbeam]] and [[Zigzag#Generations|Zputty]])
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Ruckus (G1)#Generations|Grabuge]]
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Spinister (G1)#TFSS|Spinister]] (with [[Hairsplitter#Generations|Shrute]] and [[Singe#Generations|Singe]])
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Windsweeper#Generations|Windsweeper]]
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Bludgeon (G1)#Generations|Bludgeon]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Ravage (G1)/toys#BotCon2016|Ravage]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Tarantulas (BW)#Combiner Wars|Predacon Tarantulas]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Tigatron (BW)#Combiner Wars|Tigatron]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Flash Sentry#Toys|Flash Sentry]]

* Hasbro Retail - Too many to name right now ([[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Mostly]])

3rd Party
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Stronghold]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Toxin]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] (2012)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Van Guard|Van Guardian]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Path Finder|Roswell]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Prototype X (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Project Z (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Erector (G1) |Shafter]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Full-Tilt |Axis]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Pestilence (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Ravenus|Volar]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Loco (GoBots)|Devilstar/Loco]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Grit]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Rodimus (SG)|Shadow Ghost Calidus]] (2017)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Machine Wars|Thunder Prominon]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Bob (IDW)|Malum Malitia Bob]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Breakdown_(G1)#Generation_2|Crackup B1]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Megatron (SG)|Broken Mirror Supreme Commander]] (2019)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Drift (SG)|Broken Mirror Stray]] (2019)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Ratchet (G1)|Combat Medic]] (2019)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Downshift_(Energon)|Cybertronian Downshifter]] (2021)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for [[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Famiconboy]] (2022)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for [[Optimus Prime (G1)|OptiNES Prime]] (2023)

==Character / Toy Design ==

* Decepticon [[Toxin]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2011 Exclusive
* Autobot [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2012 Exclusive
* Decepticon [[Megatron_(SG)|Broken Mirror Supreme Commander]] - Head design for TFcon 2019 Custom Class
* 3P Botbots [[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Famiconboy]] - Partial Podcast / TFcon Exclusive 2022
* 3P Botbots [[Optimus Prime (G1)|OptiNES Prime]] - Partial Podcast / TFcon Exclusive 2023
* 3P Botbots [[Megatron (G1)|MegaDriveTron]] - Partial Podcast / TFcon Exclusive 2024
* 3P Botbots [[FIRRIB|Red & Blue]] - Partial Podcast / TFcon LA Exclusive 2025
* 3P Botbots [[Bumblebee (G1)|Yellow Rat Bee]] - Partial Podcast / TFcon Toronto Exclusive 2025
* 3P Botbots [[Galvatron (G1)|Super Emperor]] - Partial Podcast / TFcon LA Exclusive 2026

==Creative Consultant==

* [[Symbiote Studios]] - Consultant for all [[Hasbro]] licensed products with the company. Not only Transformers but [[GI Joe]], Power Rangers, Magic The Gathering, etc. Official line of Transformers plush, pins and t-shirts.

* [[Transformers Deck-Building Game]] - Brand Consultant on all expansions of the game

==Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime==
Daniel "Protoman" really, REALLY likes this character. He has the biggest Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime collection in the world. Rarities like the Rodimus Convoy 2010 Shampoo figure bottle and the 1988 Kabaya Rodimus Convoy Blaster Replica are some of his prized figures (And yeah.... some of that lucky draw stuff). What [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] is to [[David Willis]], Hot Rod is to Protoman..... cept even more extreme. He is constantly watching over and maintaining any of the Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime related wiki entries of any like:

[[Hot Rod (G1)|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]] G1 Awesome

[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime toys and merch]] Spending Awesome

[[Dark Hot Rod|G1 Black Rodimus/Dark Hot Rod]] Evil-Black-Repaint Awesome

[[Rodimus (Energon)|Energon Rodimus]] Unicron Trilogy Awesome

[[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Movie Rodimus]] Future Movie Awesome

[[Rodimus (SG)|Shattered Glass Rodimus]] Evil Goatee Awesome

[[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Animated Rodimus]] Big Chin Awesome

[[Hot Shot (Prime)|Prime Hot Shot/Rod]] Name Confused Awesome

also

[[Pointblank|G1 Pointblank]] Cause he is bad ass

==Conventions==

Prior to being staff of TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]], Daniel use to compete at the event before deciding to focus on [[BotCon|bigger fish]].

At [[BotCon 2008|Botcon 2008]], Daniel "Protoman" along with Team Canada got to the semifinals of the Faction Feud Trivia and shut out fellow brother site TFW2005's team [[http://www.tfw2005.com]]. He also taunted the vastly pro-American audience when he took the mic from Alvarez. After the Friday Panel, Protoman privately talked with [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] about insuring Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime get a good faithful representation when he will be used in Animated. Later on [[Jared Wade]] drew up a sketch of Animated Rodimus for him (7 months before it's public debut).

For the final years of Botcon and Fun Publications; he worked on the character concepts, tech specs and bios for Botcon 2016 as well as the Figure Subscription Service for 4.0 and 5.0

As it relates to TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]] itself, Protoman is a former staff of the convention. Daniel has hosted multiple Transformers historical / educational panels and has acted as a judge of trivia competitions and Custom/Art contests. He still works with TFcon partime, mostly running the Children's Make-A-Wish Charity Auction hosted at the convention.

==Fiction Cameos==

Protoman has ended up in mild homage/cameos in some current TF related fiction by long time co-workers [[Alex Milne]] (art) and [[Josh Perez]] (colors).

[[Defiance issue 2|Transformers Revenge of the Fallen: Defiance #2]] - Page 15, Panel 3. Far right.

[[Drift issue 2|Transformers: Drift #2]] - Page 4, Panel 2. Lone robot on the middle

[[Unofficial conventions|TFcon 2010: Nightbird Rebirth]] - Page 2, Panel 3. Far right.

==Protoman in the mass media==

Daniel appeared on ''This Morning Live'' on July 9th, 2007 which aired live all over the eastern Canada area on the Global TV network. Protoman talked about Transformers, his collection and how he got so "deep" into the hobby. When pictures of his house and collection were shown, off-camera news anchor Mike Lecouteur jaw dropped and later told Protoman about owning [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] as a child.

Protoman was featured in Montreal, Canada's largest newspaper, [[wikipedia: The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]] on July 28th, 2007 in a quarter page article with photo and full interview about his huge collection of Transformers, his life and feelings about the [[Transformers (film)|new Transformers movie]].

Featured in an extensive interview on G4's [[wikipedia: The Electric Playground|Electric Playground]] on August 3rd 2010, TFcon was the focus and Protoman was the guide for the show. He talked about the convention's history, what helped Transformers endure all those years and what he loves about the fans.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPhqJNNfEvA]

Daniel/Protoman was featured on [[wikipedia: Storage Wars|Storage Wars]] on February 20th 2015. The pickers (Cindy and Rick) of the show found a bag of 1984-1986 G1 Transformers and brought them to TFcon that was "conveniently" happening the same day. Further information from the recording process showed that the final price given (and aired) for the items was chosen by the producer to make sure the pickers got "2nd place" in cost vs. profit. Protoman originally gave an estimation of about $250-$300 "at most", which they would not happy with. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DCu27NYu_A]

==External links==
* [http://www.tfcon.ca TFcon, the world's largest fan-run Transformers convention]
[[Image:Escalation6_HotRod_Koska.jpg]]

User:Protoman

2026-03-21T16:11:01Z

Protoman:

{{factions|canada|eliteguard|protector}}
[[Image:Protoman.jpg|right|171px|thumb|What a cocky son of a......]]

'''Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault''' is a writer and former staff of the largest fan-run Transformers convention in the world, TFcon[http://www.tfcon.ca]. He is known for his "take no crap" personality and insane Transformers knowledge. Him and [[User:Monzo|Monzo]] party to TF Japanese source books. He is also a huge [[Rodimus (disambiguation)|Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]] fan.

==Transformers Fandom History==

The legendary [[Canada|Canadian]] fan Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault started his humble Transformers beginnings with his first trip to see [[The Transformers: The Movie|some robot movie]] with his next door neighbour back in 1986, it all snowballed from there. There he was introduced to something new and beautiful to him and not to mention coming into contact with a [[Hot Rod (G1)|character]] that would become dear to his [[Spark|heart]] and always brought up when the name "Protoman" is mentioned. As he grew older, he used his money working at BMW as a mechanic and semi-pro racing in Formula Ford and KART to fund his insane lust for all things Transformers. Considered one of the top representatives of the Canadian Transformers fandom, Daniel uses his social jock influence to bring others who normally see the hobby as a "nerdy thing" and brings light to them as if it was some kind of [[Primus|religion]] they were missing out on.

According to the Twitter page of [[Derrick J. Wyatt]], some visual aspects of [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus Prime]] from [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)| Transformers Animated]] were based on Daniel, such as the popped collar which is a regular part of his attire.<ref>[http://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/status/21459535186 "@DerrickJWyatt Epic. Just epic. Now if only we can talk about that popped collar =D" "@Protomanx The popped collar inspired by Protoman?"]</ref>

==Writing==

====Comic Books====
* Nightbird Rebirth (TFcon 2010 exclusive comic)
* Changes In War (TFcon 2011 exclusive comic)
* Hardworker (TFcon 2012 exclusive comic)
* Lost World, Lost Mind (TFcon 2013 exclusive comic)
* The Dark Warrior (TFcon 2014 Toronto/Chicago exclusive comic)
* He Turned The Tide (TFcon 2015 Toronto exclusive comic)
* Not Feng Shui (TFcon 2015 Charlotte exclusive comic)
* [[Cybertron's Most Wanted|Transformers Timelines #11]] Diamond Edition 2015 - [[Zaptrap]] & [[Beet-Chit]] Section
* Internal Struggle (TFcon 2016 Chicago exclusive comic)
* Mecha Wars (TFcon 2018 Toronto exclusive comic)

====Tech Specs====

Hasbro / TFCC

* [[BotCon 2015]] - [[Zaptrap]] & [[Beet-Chit]] - Extended bio
* [[BotCon 2015]] - [[King Waruder]] - Originally Waruder Marauders
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Needlenose (G1)#Generations|Needlenose]] (with [[Sunbeam (G1)#Generations|Sunbeam]] and [[Zigzag#Generations|Zputty]])
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Ruckus (G1)#Generations|Grabuge]]
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Spinister (G1)#TFSS|Spinister]] (with [[Hairsplitter#Generations|Shrute]] and [[Singe#Generations|Singe]])
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Windsweeper#Generations|Windsweeper]]
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Bludgeon (G1)#Generations|Bludgeon]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Ravage (G1)/toys#BotCon2016|Ravage]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Tarantulas (BW)#Combiner Wars|Predacon Tarantulas]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Tigatron (BW)#Combiner Wars|Tigatron]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Flash Sentry#Toys|Flash Sentry]]

* Hasbro Retail - Too many to name right now ([[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Mostly]])

3rd Party
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Stronghold]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Toxin]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] (2012)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Van Guard|Van Guardian]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Path Finder|Roswell]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Prototype X (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Project Z (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Erector (G1) |Shafter]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Full-Tilt |Axis]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Pestilence (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Ravenus|Volar]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Loco (GoBots)|Devilstar/Loco]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Grit]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Rodimus (SG)|Shadow Ghost Calidus]] (2017)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Machine Wars|Thunder Prominon]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Bob (IDW)|Malum Malitia Bob]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Breakdown_(G1)#Generation_2|Crackup B1]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Megatron (SG)|Broken Mirror Supreme Commander]] (2019)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Drift (SG)|Broken Mirror Stray]] (2019)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Ratchet (G1)|Combat Medic]] (2019)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Downshift_(Energon)|Cybertronian Downshifter]] (2021)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for [[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Famiconboy]] (2022)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for [[Optimus Prime (G1)|OptiNES Prime]] (2023)

==Character / Toy Design ==

* Decepticon [[Toxin]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2011 Exclusive
* Autobot [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2012 Exclusive
* Decepticon [[Megatron_(SG)|Broken Mirror Supreme Commander]] - Head design for TFcon 2019 Custom Class
* 3P Botbots [[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Famiconboy]] - Partial Podcast / TFcon Exclusive 2022
* 3P Botbots [[Optimus Prime (G1)|OptiNES Prime]] - Partial Podcast / TFcon Exclusive 2023
* 3P Botbots [[Megatron (G1)|MegaDriveTron]] - Partial Podcast / TFcon Exclusive 2024
* 3P Botbots [[FIRRIB|Red & Blue]] - Partial Podcast / TFcon LA Exclusive 2025
* 3P Botbots [[Bumblebee (G1)|Yellow Rat Bee]] - Partial Podcast / TFcon Toronto Exclusive 2025
* 3P Botbots [[Galvatron (G1)|Super Emperor]] - Partial Podcast / TFcon LA Exclusive 2026

==Creative Consultant==

* [[Symbiote Studios]] - Consultant for all [[Hasbro]] licensed products with the company. Not only Transformers but [[GI Joe]], Power Rangers, Magic The Gathering, etc. Official line of Transformers plush, pins and t-shirts.

* [[Transformers Deck-Building Game]] - Brand Consultant on all expansions of the game

==Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime==
Daniel "Protoman" really, REALLY likes this character. He has the biggest Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime collection in the world. Rarities like the Rodimus Convoy 2010 Shampoo figure bottle and the 1988 Kabaya Rodimus Convoy Blaster Replica are some of his prized figures (And yeah.... some of that lucky draw stuff). What [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] is to [[David Willis]], Hot Rod is to Protoman..... cept even more extreme. He is constantly watching over and maintaining any of the Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime related wiki entries of any like:

[[Hot Rod (G1)|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]] G1 Awesome

[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime toys and merch]] Spending Awesome

[[Dark Hot Rod|G1 Black Rodimus/Dark Hot Rod]] Evil-Black-Repaint Awesome

[[Rodimus (Energon)|Energon Rodimus]] Unicron Trilogy Awesome

[[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Movie Rodimus]] Future Movie Awesome

[[Rodimus (SG)|Shattered Glass Rodimus]] Evil Goatee Awesome

[[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Animated Rodimus]] Big Chin Awesome

[[Hot Shot (Prime)|Prime Hot Shot/Rod]] Name Confused Awesome

also

[[Pointblank|G1 Pointblank]] Cause he is bad ass

==Conventions==

Prior to being staff of TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]], Daniel use to compete at the event before deciding to focus on [[BotCon|bigger fish]].

At [[BotCon 2008|Botcon 2008]], Daniel "Protoman" along with Team Canada got to the semifinals of the Faction Feud Trivia and shut out fellow brother site TFW2005's team [[http://www.tfw2005.com]]. He also taunted the vastly pro-American audience when he took the mic from Alvarez. After the Friday Panel, Protoman privately talked with [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] about insuring Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime get a good faithful representation when he will be used in Animated. Later on [[Jared Wade]] drew up a sketch of Animated Rodimus for him (7 months before it's public debut).

For the final years of Botcon and Fun Publications; he worked on the character concepts, tech specs and bios for Botcon 2016 as well as the Figure Subscription Service for 4.0 and 5.0

As it relates to TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]] itself, Protoman is a former staff of the convention. Daniel has hosted multiple Transformers historical and educational panels and has acted as a judge of trivia competitions and Custom/Art contests.

==Fiction Cameos==

Protoman has ended up in mild homage/cameos in some current TF related fiction by long time co-workers [[Alex Milne]] (art) and [[Josh Perez]] (colors).

[[Defiance issue 2|Transformers Revenge of the Fallen: Defiance #2]] - Page 15, Panel 3. Far right.

[[Drift issue 2|Transformers: Drift #2]] - Page 4, Panel 2. Lone robot on the middle

[[Unofficial conventions|TFcon 2010: Nightbird Rebirth]] - Page 2, Panel 3. Far right.

==Protoman in the mass media==

Daniel appeared on ''This Morning Live'' on July 9th, 2007 which aired live all over the eastern Canada area on the Global TV network. Protoman talked about Transformers, his collection and how he got so "deep" into the hobby. When pictures of his house and collection were shown, off-camera news anchor Mike Lecouteur jaw dropped and later told Protoman about owning [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] as a child.

Protoman was featured in Montreal, Canada's largest newspaper, [[wikipedia: The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]] on July 28th, 2007 in a quarter page article with photo and full interview about his huge collection of Transformers, his life and feelings about the [[Transformers (film)|new Transformers movie]].

Featured in an extensive interview on G4's [[wikipedia: The Electric Playground|Electric Playground]] on August 3rd 2010, TFcon was the focus and Protoman was the guide for the show. He talked about the convention's history, what helped Transformers endure all those years and what he loves about the fans.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPhqJNNfEvA]

Daniel/Protoman was featured on [[wikipedia: Storage Wars|Storage Wars]] on February 20th 2015. The pickers (Cindy and Rick) of the show found a bag of 1984-1986 G1 Transformers and brought them to TFcon that was "conveniently" happening the same day. Further information from the recording process showed that the final price given (and aired) for the items was chosen by the producer to make sure the pickers got "2nd place" in cost vs. profit. Protoman originally gave an estimation of about $250-$300 "at most", which they would not happy with. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DCu27NYu_A]

==External links==
* [http://www.tfcon.ca TFcon, the world's largest fan-run Transformers convention]
[[Image:Escalation6_HotRod_Koska.jpg]]

User talk:Protoman

2026-03-21T16:09:35Z

Protoman:

HANG ON! Are you also the person who worked on the mmx timelines comics?!
Congrats, you now got yourself a superfan-
[[User:Requiem Astra|Requiem Astra]] ([[User talk:Requiem Astra|talk]]) 01:09, 21 March 2026 (EDT)
:: That's me! Thanks for the love and support [[User:Protoman|Protoman]] ([[User talk:Protoman|talk]]) 12:09, 21 March 2026 (EDT)
----

Hey dude, was that you at BotCon who dropped the Supreme Cheetor arm? Hehehe :D --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 04:18, 12 July 2010 (EDT)

The one and only! I am the legendary Protoman. [[User:Protoman|Protoman]] 17:22, 15 July 2010 (EDT)
:Hey, could you explain to me what the picture in the very bottom of the page is for?Thanks![[User:XxxOUTBURSTxxx|XxxOUTBURSTxxx]] 20:49, 21 March 2012 (EDT)
:: Haha, I dunno, I just wanted a wacky Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime picture for the page. It's so funny looking it had to be here. [[User:Protoman|Protoman]] 16:43, 6 April 2012 (EDT)

User:Protoman

2025-07-15T17:33:32Z

Protoman:

{{factions|canada|eliteguard|protector}}
[[Image:Protoman.jpg|right|171px|thumb|What a cocky son of a......]]

'''Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault''' is a writer and former staff of the largest fan-run Transformers convention in the world, TFcon[http://www.tfcon.ca]. He is known for his "take no crap" personality and insane Transformers knowledge. Him and [[User:Monzo|Monzo]] party to TF Japanese source books. He is also a huge [[Rodimus (disambiguation)|Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]] fan.

==Transformers Fandom History==

The legendary [[Canada|Canadian]] fan Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault started his humble Transformers beginnings with his first trip to see [[The Transformers: The Movie|some robot movie]] with his next door neighbour back in 1986, it all snowballed from there. There he was introduced to something new and beautiful to him and not to mention coming into contact with a [[Hot Rod (G1)|character]] that would become dear to his [[Spark|heart]] and always brought up when the name "Protoman" is mentioned. As he grew older, he used his money working at BMW as a mechanic and semi-pro racing in Formula Ford and KART to fund his insane lust for all things Transformers. Considered one of the top representatives of the Canadian Transformers fandom, Daniel uses his social jock influence to bring others who normally see the hobby as a "nerdy thing" and brings light to them as if it was some kind of [[Primus|religion]] they were missing out on.

According to the Twitter page of [[Derrick J. Wyatt]], some visual aspects of [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus Prime]] from [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)| Transformers Animated]] were based on Daniel, such as the popped collar which is a regular part of his attire.<ref>[http://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/status/21459535186 "@DerrickJWyatt Epic. Just epic. Now if only we can talk about that popped collar =D" "@Protomanx The popped collar inspired by Protoman?"]</ref>

==Writing==

====Comic Books====
* Nightbird Rebirth (TFcon 2010 exclusive comic)
* Changes In War (TFcon 2011 exclusive comic)
* Hardworker (TFcon 2012 exclusive comic)
* Lost World, Lost Mind (TFcon 2013 exclusive comic)
* The Dark Warrior (TFcon 2014 Toronto/Chicago exclusive comic)
* He Turned The Tide (TFcon 2015 Toronto exclusive comic)
* Not Feng Shui (TFcon 2015 Charlotte exclusive comic)
* [[Cybertron's Most Wanted|Transformers Timelines #11]] Diamond Edition 2015 - [[Zaptrap]] & [[Beet-Chit]] Section
* Internal Struggle (TFcon 2016 Chicago exclusive comic)
* Mecha Wars (TFcon 2018 Toronto exclusive comic)

====Tech Specs====

Hasbro / TFCC

* [[BotCon 2015]] - [[Zaptrap]] & [[Beet-Chit]] - Extended bio
* [[BotCon 2015]] - [[King Waruder]] - Originally Waruder Marauders
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Needlenose (G1)#Generations|Needlenose]] (with [[Sunbeam (G1)#Generations|Sunbeam]] and [[Zigzag#Generations|Zputty]])
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Ruckus (G1)#Generations|Grabuge]]
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Spinister (G1)#TFSS|Spinister]] (with [[Hairsplitter#Generations|Shrute]] and [[Singe#Generations|Singe]])
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Windsweeper#Generations|Windsweeper]]
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Bludgeon (G1)#Generations|Bludgeon]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Ravage (G1)/toys#BotCon2016|Ravage]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Tarantulas (BW)#Combiner Wars|Predacon Tarantulas]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Tigatron#Combiner Wars|Tigatron]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Flash Sentry#Toys|Flash Sentry]]

* Hasbro Retail - Too many to name right now ([[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Mostly]])

3rd Party
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Stronghold]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Toxin]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] (2012)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Van Guard|Van Guardian]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Path Finder|Roswell]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Prototype X (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Project Z (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Erector (G1) |Shafter]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Full-Tilt |Axis]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Pestilence (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Ravenus|Volar]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Loco (GoBots)|Devilstar/Loco]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Grit]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Rodimus (SG)|Shadow Ghost Calidus]] (2017)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Machine Wars|Thunder Prominon]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Bob (IDW)|Malum Malitia Bob]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Breakdown_(G1)#Generation_2|Crackup B1]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Megatron (SG)|Broken Mirror Supreme Commander]] (2019)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Drift (SG)|Broken Mirror Stray]] (2019)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Ratchet (G1)|Combat Medic]] (2019)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Downshift_(Energon)|Cybertronian Downshifter]] (2021)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for [[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Famiconboy]] (2022)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for [[Optimus Prime (G1)|OptiNES Prime]] (2023)

==Character / Toy Design ==

* Decepticon [[Toxin]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2011 Exclusive
* Autobot [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2012 Exclusive
* Decepticon [[Megatron_(SG)|Broken Mirror Supreme Commander]] - Head design for TFcon 2019 Custom Class
* 3P Botbots [[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Famiconboy]] - Partial Podcast / TFcon Exclusive 2022
* 3P Botbots [[Optimus Prime (G1)|OptiNES Prime]] - Partial Podcast / TFcon Exclusive 2023
* 3P Botbots [[Megatron (G1)|MegaDriveTron]] - Partial Podcast / TFcon Exclusive 2024
* 3P Botbots [[FIRRIB|Red & Blue]] - Partial Podcast / TFcon LA Exclusive 2025
* 3P Botbots [[Bumblebee (G1)|Yellow Rat Bee]] - Partial Podcast / TFcon Toronto Exclusive 2025

==Creative Consultant==

* [[Symbiote Studios]] - Consultant for all [[Hasbro]] licensed products with the company. Not only Transformers but [[GI Joe]], Power Rangers, Magic The Gathering, etc. Official line of Transformers plush, pins and t-shirts.

* [[Transformers Deck-Building Game]] - Brand Consultant on all expansions of the game

==Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime==
Daniel "Protoman" really, REALLY likes this character. He has the biggest Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime collection in the world. Rarities like the Rodimus Convoy 2010 Shampoo figure bottle and the 1988 Kabaya Rodimus Convoy Blaster Replica are some of his prized figures (And yeah.... some of that lucky draw stuff). What [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] is to [[David Willis]], Hot Rod is to Protoman..... cept even more extreme. He is constantly watching over and maintaining any of the Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime related wiki entries of any like:

[[Hot Rod (G1)|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]] G1 Awesome

[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime toys and merch]] Spending Awesome

[[Dark Hot Rod|G1 Black Rodimus/Dark Hot Rod]] Evil-Black-Repaint Awesome

[[Rodimus (Energon)|Energon Rodimus]] Unicron Trilogy Awesome

[[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Movie Rodimus]] Future Movie Awesome

[[Rodimus (SG)|Shattered Glass Rodimus]] Evil Goatee Awesome

[[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Animated Rodimus]] Big Chin Awesome

[[Hot Shot (Prime)|Prime Hot Shot/Rod]] Name Confused Awesome

also

[[Pointblank|G1 Pointblank]] Cause he is bad ass

==Conventions==

Prior to being staff of TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]], Daniel use to compete at the event before deciding to focus on [[BotCon|bigger fish]].

At [[BotCon 2008|Botcon 2008]], Daniel "Protoman" along with Team Canada got to the semifinals of the Faction Feud Trivia and shut out fellow brother site TFW2005's team [[http://www.tfw2005.com]]. He also taunted the vastly pro-American audience when he took the mic from Alvarez. After the Friday Panel, Protoman privately talked with [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] about insuring Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime get a good faithful representation when he will be used in Animated. Later on [[Jared Wade]] drew up a sketch of Animated Rodimus for him (7 months before it's public debut).

For the final years of Botcon and Fun Publications; he worked on the character concepts, tech specs and bios for Botcon 2016 as well as the Figure Subscription Service for 4.0 and 5.0

As it relates to TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]] itself, Protoman is a former staff of the convention. Daniel has hosted multiple Transformers historical and educational panels and has acted as a judge of trivia competitions and Custom/Art contests.

==Fiction Cameos==

Protoman has ended up in mild homage/cameos in some current TF related fiction by long time co-workers [[Alex Milne]] (art) and [[Josh Perez]] (colors).

[[Defiance issue 2|Transformers Revenge of the Fallen: Defiance #2]] - Page 15, Panel 3. Far right.

[[Drift issue 2|Transformers: Drift #2]] - Page 4, Panel 2. Lone robot on the middle

[[Unofficial conventions|TFcon 2010: Nightbird Rebirth]] - Page 2, Panel 3. Far right.

==Protoman in the mass media==

Daniel appeared on ''This Morning Live'' on July 9th, 2007 which aired live all over the eastern Canada area on the Global TV network. Protoman talked about Transformers, his collection and how he got so "deep" into the hobby. When pictures of his house and collection were shown, off-camera news anchor Mike Lecouteur jaw dropped and later told Protoman about owning [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] as a child.

Protoman was featured in Montreal, Canada's largest newspaper, [[wikipedia: The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]] on July 28th, 2007 in a quarter page article with photo and full interview about his huge collection of Transformers, his life and feelings about the [[Transformers (film)|new Transformers movie]].

Featured in an extensive interview on G4's [[wikipedia: The Electric Playground|Electric Playground]] on August 3rd 2010, TFcon was the focus and Protoman was the guide for the show. He talked about the convention's history, what helped Transformers endure all those years and what he loves about the fans.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPhqJNNfEvA]

Daniel/Protoman was featured on [[wikipedia: Storage Wars|Storage Wars]] on February 20th 2015. The pickers (Cindy and Rick) of the show found a bag of 1984-1986 G1 Transformers and brought them to TFcon that was "conveniently" happening the same day. Further information from the recording process showed that the final price given (and aired) for the items was chosen by the producer to make sure the pickers got "2nd place" in cost vs. profit. Protoman originally gave an estimation of about $250-$300 "at most", which they would not happy with. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DCu27NYu_A]

==External links==
* [http://www.tfcon.ca TFcon, the world's largest fan-run Transformers convention]
[[Image:Escalation6_HotRod_Koska.jpg]]

User:Protoman

2024-09-26T23:35:31Z

Protoman: /* Character Designing */

{{factions|canada|eliteguard|protector}}
[[Image:Protoman.jpg|right|171px|thumb|What a cocky son of a......]]

'''Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault''' is a writer and former staff of the largest fan-run Transformers convention in the world, TFcon[http://www.tfcon.ca]. He is known for his "take no crap" personality and insane Transformers knowledge. Him and [[User:Monzo|Monzo]] party to TF Japanese source books. He is also a huge [[Rodimus (disambiguation)|Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]] fan.

==Transformers Fandom History==

The legendary [[Canada|Canadian]] fan Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault started his humble Transformers beginnings with his first trip to see [[The Transformers: The Movie|some robot movie]] with his next door neighbour back in 1986, it all snowballed from there. There he was introduced to something new and beautiful to him and not to mention coming into contact with a [[Hot Rod (G1)|character]] that would become dear to his [[Spark|heart]] and always brought up when the name "Protoman" is mentioned. As he grew older, he used his money working at BMW as a mechanic and semi-pro racing in Formula Ford and KART to fund his insane lust for all things Transformers. Considered one of the top representatives of the Canadian Transformers fandom, Daniel uses his social jock influence to bring others who normally see the hobby as a "nerdy thing" and brings light to them as if it was some kind of [[Primus|religion]] they were missing out on.

According to the Twitter page of [[Derrick J. Wyatt]], some visual aspects of [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus Prime]] from [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)| Transformers Animated]] were based on Daniel, such as the popped collar which is a regular part of his attire.<ref>[http://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/status/21459535186 "@DerrickJWyatt Epic. Just epic. Now if only we can talk about that popped collar =D" "@Protomanx The popped collar inspired by Protoman?"]</ref>

==Writing==

====Comic Books====
* Nightbird Rebirth (TFcon 2010 exclusive comic)
* Changes In War (TFcon 2011 exclusive comic)
* Hardworker (TFcon 2012 exclusive comic)
* Lost World, Lost Mind (TFcon 2013 exclusive comic)
* The Dark Warrior (TFcon 2014 Toronto/Chicago exclusive comic)
* He Turned The Tide (TFcon 2015 Toronto exclusive comic)
* Not Feng Shui (TFcon 2015 Charlotte exclusive comic)
* [[Cybertron's Most Wanted|Transformers Timelines #11]] Diamond Edition 2015 - [[Zaptrap]] & [[Beet-Chit]] Section
* Internal Struggle (TFcon 2016 Chicago exclusive comic)
* Mecha Wars (TFcon 2018 Toronto exclusive comic)

====Tech Specs====

Hasbro / TFCC

* [[BotCon 2015]] - [[Zaptrap]] & [[Beet-Chit]] - Extended bio
* [[BotCon 2015]] - [[King Waruder]] - Originally Waruder Marauders
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Needlenose (G1)#Generations|Needlenose]] (with [[Sunbeam (G1)#Generations|Sunbeam]] and [[Zigzag#Generations|Zputty]])
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Ruckus (G1)#Generations|Grabuge]]
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Spinister (G1)#TFSS|Spinister]] (with [[Hairsplitter#Generations|Shrute]] and [[Singe#Generations|Singe]])
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Windsweeper#Generations|Windsweeper]]
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Bludgeon (G1)#Generations|Bludgeon]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Ravage (G1)/toys#BotCon2016|Ravage]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Tarantulas (BW)#Combiner Wars|Predacon Tarantulas]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Tigatron#Combiner Wars|Tigatron]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Flash Sentry#Toys|Flash Sentry]]

* Hasbro Retail - Too many to name right now ([[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Mostly]])

3rd Party
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Stronghold]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Toxin]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] (2012)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Van Guard|Van Guardian]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Path Finder|Roswell]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Prototype X (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Project Z (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Erector (G1) |Shafter]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Full-Tilt |Axis]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Pestilence (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Ravenus|Volar]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Loco (GoBots)|Devilstar/Loco]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Grit]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Rodimus (SG)|Shadow Ghost Calidus]] (2017)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Machine Wars|Thunder Prominon]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Bob (IDW)|Malum Malitia Bob]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Breakdown_(G1)#Generation_2|Crackup B1]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Megatron (SG)|Broken Mirror Supreme Commander]] (2019)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Drift (SG)|Broken Mirror Stray]] (2019)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Ratchet (G1)|Combat Medic]] (2019)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Downshift_(Energon)|Cybertronian Downshifter]] (2021)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for [[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Famiconboy]] (2022)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for [[Optimus Prime (G1)|OptiNES Prime]] (2023)

==Character / Toy Design ==

* Decepticon [[Toxin]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2011 Exclusive
* Autobot [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2012 Exclusive
* Decepticon [[Megatron_(SG)|Broken Mirror Supreme Commander]] - Head design for TFcon 2019 Custom Class
* 3P Botbots [[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Famiconboy]] - Partial Podcast / TFcon Exclusive 2022
* 3P Botbots [[Optimus Prime (G1)|OptiNES Prime]] - Partial Podcast / TFcon Exclusive 2023
* 3P Botbots [[Megatron (G1)|MegaDriveTron]] - Partial Podcast / TFcon Exclusive 2024

==Creative Consultant==

* [[Symbiote Studios]] - Consultant for all [[Hasbro]] licensed products with the company. Not only Transformers but [[GI Joe]], Power Rangers, Magic The Gathering, etc. Official line of Transformers plush, pins and t-shirts.

* [[Transformers Deck-Building Game]] - Brand Consultant on all expansions of the game

==Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime==
Daniel "Protoman" really, REALLY likes this character. He has the biggest Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime collection in the world. Rarities like the Rodimus Convoy 2010 Shampoo figure bottle and the 1988 Kabaya Rodimus Convoy Blaster Replica are some of his prized figures (And yeah.... some of that lucky draw stuff). What [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] is to [[David Willis]], Hot Rod is to Protoman..... cept even more extreme. He is constantly watching over and maintaining any of the Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime related wiki entries of any like:

[[Hot Rod (G1)|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]] G1 Awesome

[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime toys and merch]] Spending Awesome

[[Dark Hot Rod|G1 Black Rodimus/Dark Hot Rod]] Evil-Black-Repaint Awesome

[[Rodimus (Energon)|Energon Rodimus]] Unicron Trilogy Awesome

[[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Movie Rodimus]] Future Movie Awesome

[[Rodimus (SG)|Shattered Glass Rodimus]] Evil Goatee Awesome

[[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Animated Rodimus]] Big Chin Awesome

[[Hot Shot (Prime)|Prime Hot Shot/Rod]] Name Confused Awesome

also

[[Pointblank|G1 Pointblank]] Cause he is bad ass

==Conventions==

Prior to being staff of TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]], Daniel use to compete at the event before deciding to focus on [[BotCon|bigger fish]].

At [[BotCon 2008|Botcon 2008]], Daniel "Protoman" along with Team Canada got to the semifinals of the Faction Feud Trivia and shut out fellow brother site TFW2005's team [[http://www.tfw2005.com]]. He also taunted the vastly pro-American audience when he took the mic from Alvarez. After the Friday Panel, Protoman privately talked with [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] about insuring Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime get a good faithful representation when he will be used in Animated. Later on [[Jared Wade]] drew up a sketch of Animated Rodimus for him (7 months before it's public debut).

For the final years of Botcon and Fun Publications; he worked on the character concepts, tech specs and bios for Botcon 2016 as well as the Figure Subscription Service for 4.0 and 5.0

As it relates to TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]] itself, Protoman is a former staff of the convention. Daniel has hosted multiple Transformers historical and educational panels and has acted as a judge of trivia competitions and Custom/Art contests.

==Fiction Cameos==

Protoman has ended up in mild homage/cameos in some current TF related fiction by long time co-workers [[Alex Milne]] (art) and [[Josh Perez]] (colors).

[[Defiance issue 2|Transformers Revenge of the Fallen: Defiance #2]] - Page 15, Panel 3. Far right.

[[Drift issue 2|Transformers: Drift #2]] - Page 4, Panel 2. Lone robot on the middle

[[Unofficial conventions|TFcon 2010: Nightbird Rebirth]] - Page 2, Panel 3. Far right.

==Protoman in the mass media==

Daniel appeared on ''This Morning Live'' on July 9th, 2007 which aired live all over the eastern Canada area on the Global TV network. Protoman talked about Transformers, his collection and how he got so "deep" into the hobby. When pictures of his house and collection were shown, off-camera news anchor Mike Lecouteur jaw dropped and later told Protoman about owning [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] as a child.

Protoman was featured in Montreal, Canada's largest newspaper, [[wikipedia: The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]] on July 28th, 2007 in a quarter page article with photo and full interview about his huge collection of Transformers, his life and feelings about the [[Transformers (film)|new Transformers movie]].

Featured in an extensive interview on G4's [[wikipedia: The Electric Playground|Electric Playground]] on August 3rd 2010, TFcon was the focus and Protoman was the guide for the show. He talked about the convention's history, what helped Transformers endure all those years and what he loves about the fans.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPhqJNNfEvA]

Daniel/Protoman was featured on [[wikipedia: Storage Wars|Storage Wars]] on February 20th 2015. The pickers (Cindy and Rick) of the show found a bag of 1984-1986 G1 Transformers and brought them to TFcon that was "conveniently" happening the same day. Further information from the recording process showed that the final price given (and aired) for the items was chosen by the producer to make sure the pickers got "2nd place" in cost vs. profit. Protoman originally gave an estimation of about $250-$300 "at most", which they would not happy with. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DCu27NYu_A]

==External links==
* [http://www.tfcon.ca TFcon, the world's largest fan-run Transformers convention]
[[Image:Escalation6_HotRod_Koska.jpg]]

User:Protoman

2024-09-26T23:34:25Z

Protoman: /* Character Designing */

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[[Image:Protoman.jpg|right|171px|thumb|What a cocky son of a......]]

'''Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault''' is a writer and former staff of the largest fan-run Transformers convention in the world, TFcon[http://www.tfcon.ca]. He is known for his "take no crap" personality and insane Transformers knowledge. Him and [[User:Monzo|Monzo]] party to TF Japanese source books. He is also a huge [[Rodimus (disambiguation)|Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]] fan.

==Transformers Fandom History==

The legendary [[Canada|Canadian]] fan Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault started his humble Transformers beginnings with his first trip to see [[The Transformers: The Movie|some robot movie]] with his next door neighbour back in 1986, it all snowballed from there. There he was introduced to something new and beautiful to him and not to mention coming into contact with a [[Hot Rod (G1)|character]] that would become dear to his [[Spark|heart]] and always brought up when the name "Protoman" is mentioned. As he grew older, he used his money working at BMW as a mechanic and semi-pro racing in Formula Ford and KART to fund his insane lust for all things Transformers. Considered one of the top representatives of the Canadian Transformers fandom, Daniel uses his social jock influence to bring others who normally see the hobby as a "nerdy thing" and brings light to them as if it was some kind of [[Primus|religion]] they were missing out on.

According to the Twitter page of [[Derrick J. Wyatt]], some visual aspects of [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus Prime]] from [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)| Transformers Animated]] were based on Daniel, such as the popped collar which is a regular part of his attire.<ref>[http://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/status/21459535186 "@DerrickJWyatt Epic. Just epic. Now if only we can talk about that popped collar =D" "@Protomanx The popped collar inspired by Protoman?"]</ref>

==Writing==

====Comic Books====
* Nightbird Rebirth (TFcon 2010 exclusive comic)
* Changes In War (TFcon 2011 exclusive comic)
* Hardworker (TFcon 2012 exclusive comic)
* Lost World, Lost Mind (TFcon 2013 exclusive comic)
* The Dark Warrior (TFcon 2014 Toronto/Chicago exclusive comic)
* He Turned The Tide (TFcon 2015 Toronto exclusive comic)
* Not Feng Shui (TFcon 2015 Charlotte exclusive comic)
* [[Cybertron's Most Wanted|Transformers Timelines #11]] Diamond Edition 2015 - [[Zaptrap]] & [[Beet-Chit]] Section
* Internal Struggle (TFcon 2016 Chicago exclusive comic)
* Mecha Wars (TFcon 2018 Toronto exclusive comic)

====Tech Specs====

Hasbro / TFCC

* [[BotCon 2015]] - [[Zaptrap]] & [[Beet-Chit]] - Extended bio
* [[BotCon 2015]] - [[King Waruder]] - Originally Waruder Marauders
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Needlenose (G1)#Generations|Needlenose]] (with [[Sunbeam (G1)#Generations|Sunbeam]] and [[Zigzag#Generations|Zputty]])
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Ruckus (G1)#Generations|Grabuge]]
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Spinister (G1)#TFSS|Spinister]] (with [[Hairsplitter#Generations|Shrute]] and [[Singe#Generations|Singe]])
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Windsweeper#Generations|Windsweeper]]
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Bludgeon (G1)#Generations|Bludgeon]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Ravage (G1)/toys#BotCon2016|Ravage]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Tarantulas (BW)#Combiner Wars|Predacon Tarantulas]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Tigatron#Combiner Wars|Tigatron]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Flash Sentry#Toys|Flash Sentry]]

* Hasbro Retail - Too many to name right now ([[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Mostly]])

3rd Party
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Stronghold]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Toxin]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] (2012)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Van Guard|Van Guardian]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Path Finder|Roswell]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Prototype X (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Project Z (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Erector (G1) |Shafter]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Full-Tilt |Axis]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Pestilence (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Ravenus|Volar]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Loco (GoBots)|Devilstar/Loco]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Grit]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Rodimus (SG)|Shadow Ghost Calidus]] (2017)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Machine Wars|Thunder Prominon]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Bob (IDW)|Malum Malitia Bob]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Breakdown_(G1)#Generation_2|Crackup B1]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Megatron (SG)|Broken Mirror Supreme Commander]] (2019)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Drift (SG)|Broken Mirror Stray]] (2019)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Ratchet (G1)|Combat Medic]] (2019)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Downshift_(Energon)|Cybertronian Downshifter]] (2021)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for [[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Famiconboy]] (2022)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for [[Optimus Prime (G1)|OptiNES Prime]] (2023)

==Character Designing ==

* Decepticon [[Toxin]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2011 Exclusive
* Autobot [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2012 Exclusive
* Decepticon [[Megatron_(SG)|Broken Mirror Supreme Commander]] - Head design for TFcon 2019 Custom Class
* 3P Botbots [[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Famiconboy]] - Partial Podcast / TFcon Exclusive 2022
* 3P Botbots [[Optimus Prime (G1)|OptiNES Prime]] - Partial Podcast / TFcon Exclusive 2023
* 3P Botbots [[Megatron (G1)|MegaDriveTron]] - Partial Podcast / TFcon Exclusive 2024

==Creative Consultant==

* [[Symbiote Studios]] - Consultant for all [[Hasbro]] licensed products with the company. Not only Transformers but [[GI Joe]], Power Rangers, Magic The Gathering, etc. Official line of Transformers plush, pins and t-shirts.

* [[Transformers Deck-Building Game]] - Brand Consultant on all expansions of the game

==Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime==
Daniel "Protoman" really, REALLY likes this character. He has the biggest Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime collection in the world. Rarities like the Rodimus Convoy 2010 Shampoo figure bottle and the 1988 Kabaya Rodimus Convoy Blaster Replica are some of his prized figures (And yeah.... some of that lucky draw stuff). What [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] is to [[David Willis]], Hot Rod is to Protoman..... cept even more extreme. He is constantly watching over and maintaining any of the Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime related wiki entries of any like:

[[Hot Rod (G1)|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]] G1 Awesome

[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime toys and merch]] Spending Awesome

[[Dark Hot Rod|G1 Black Rodimus/Dark Hot Rod]] Evil-Black-Repaint Awesome

[[Rodimus (Energon)|Energon Rodimus]] Unicron Trilogy Awesome

[[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Movie Rodimus]] Future Movie Awesome

[[Rodimus (SG)|Shattered Glass Rodimus]] Evil Goatee Awesome

[[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Animated Rodimus]] Big Chin Awesome

[[Hot Shot (Prime)|Prime Hot Shot/Rod]] Name Confused Awesome

also

[[Pointblank|G1 Pointblank]] Cause he is bad ass

==Conventions==

Prior to being staff of TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]], Daniel use to compete at the event before deciding to focus on [[BotCon|bigger fish]].

At [[BotCon 2008|Botcon 2008]], Daniel "Protoman" along with Team Canada got to the semifinals of the Faction Feud Trivia and shut out fellow brother site TFW2005's team [[http://www.tfw2005.com]]. He also taunted the vastly pro-American audience when he took the mic from Alvarez. After the Friday Panel, Protoman privately talked with [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] about insuring Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime get a good faithful representation when he will be used in Animated. Later on [[Jared Wade]] drew up a sketch of Animated Rodimus for him (7 months before it's public debut).

For the final years of Botcon and Fun Publications; he worked on the character concepts, tech specs and bios for Botcon 2016 as well as the Figure Subscription Service for 4.0 and 5.0

As it relates to TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]] itself, Protoman is a former staff of the convention. Daniel has hosted multiple Transformers historical and educational panels and has acted as a judge of trivia competitions and Custom/Art contests.

==Fiction Cameos==

Protoman has ended up in mild homage/cameos in some current TF related fiction by long time co-workers [[Alex Milne]] (art) and [[Josh Perez]] (colors).

[[Defiance issue 2|Transformers Revenge of the Fallen: Defiance #2]] - Page 15, Panel 3. Far right.

[[Drift issue 2|Transformers: Drift #2]] - Page 4, Panel 2. Lone robot on the middle

[[Unofficial conventions|TFcon 2010: Nightbird Rebirth]] - Page 2, Panel 3. Far right.

==Protoman in the mass media==

Daniel appeared on ''This Morning Live'' on July 9th, 2007 which aired live all over the eastern Canada area on the Global TV network. Protoman talked about Transformers, his collection and how he got so "deep" into the hobby. When pictures of his house and collection were shown, off-camera news anchor Mike Lecouteur jaw dropped and later told Protoman about owning [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] as a child.

Protoman was featured in Montreal, Canada's largest newspaper, [[wikipedia: The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]] on July 28th, 2007 in a quarter page article with photo and full interview about his huge collection of Transformers, his life and feelings about the [[Transformers (film)|new Transformers movie]].

Featured in an extensive interview on G4's [[wikipedia: The Electric Playground|Electric Playground]] on August 3rd 2010, TFcon was the focus and Protoman was the guide for the show. He talked about the convention's history, what helped Transformers endure all those years and what he loves about the fans.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPhqJNNfEvA]

Daniel/Protoman was featured on [[wikipedia: Storage Wars|Storage Wars]] on February 20th 2015. The pickers (Cindy and Rick) of the show found a bag of 1984-1986 G1 Transformers and brought them to TFcon that was "conveniently" happening the same day. Further information from the recording process showed that the final price given (and aired) for the items was chosen by the producer to make sure the pickers got "2nd place" in cost vs. profit. Protoman originally gave an estimation of about $250-$300 "at most", which they would not happy with. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DCu27NYu_A]

==External links==
* [http://www.tfcon.ca TFcon, the world's largest fan-run Transformers convention]
[[Image:Escalation6_HotRod_Koska.jpg]]

Matrix of Leadership/toys

2024-04-22T22:51:15Z

Protoman:

{{suite}}
The '''[[Matrix of Leadership]]''' will lighten your darkest wallet.

==Toys==
===''Robots in Disguise'' (2001)===
[[File:RIDtoy primes matrix.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Super Class, [[2001]])
:When in his [[Super Mode]]. the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'']] [[Optimus Prime (RID)#Robots in Disguise (2001)|Optimus Prime]] has a little door on his chest that opens to reveal a sculpted, non-removable Matrix. In Japanese fiction, this was not the Matrix of Leadership, but rather a mere [[Energon Matrix]], the like of which had been seen in toy form before with [[Lio Convoy]] and [[Big Convoy]].

:The Matrix remained when Prime was redecoed for the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 franchise)|Universe]]'' ([[#Universe (2003)|see below]]) and ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' ([[#Cybertron|below again]]) toylines, and was also present in both the exclusive Clear and Black versions of the figure available in Japan... but being Japanese figures, that technically means it's not the Matrix of Leadership on them!

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Autobot/OptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
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===''The Transformers''===
{{anchor|G1toy}}
[[File:G1toy diecast matrix.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''New Year Special Convoy''' ([[2002]])
*'''Galvatron''' ([[2005]])
*'''Galvatron II''' (2005)
:The first true Matrix of Leadership toy was a silver [[die-cast]] metal accessory which came with [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s "New Year Special" reissue of the original [[The Transformers (toyline)|The Transformers]] Optimus Prime figure. The Matrix came with a removable chain that allowed it to be looped around the head of Prime or any other figure you chose to give it to, and when flipped upside-down, it could also clip over the ''[[Diaclone]]''-holdover cockpit seats inside Prime's opening chest compartment.

:This Matrix was [[redeco]]ed in gold for inclusion with Takara's 2005 reissue of the original [[Galvatron (G1)/toys#PurpleReissue|Galvatron]] toy, and in green (specifically representing its appearance as the Creation Matrix in the Marvel Comics series) for the [[e-HOBBY]] exclusive [[Galvatron II#Toys|Galvatron II]] redeco. Years later, the original silver version of the Matrix was included as part of the "[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|Rodimus]] vs. [[Cyclonus (G1)/toys|Cyclonus]]" set in the 2010 ''[[Transformers (2010 toyline)|Transformers]]'' toyline ([[#Transformers (2010)|see below]]).

:The Creation Matrix was used as the Green Matrix in ''[[Generations Selects Special Comic]]''.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Cybertron/NewYearsConvoy/nyconvoy.htm More information on New Year Special Convoy at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Destron/Galvatron/galvatron.htm More information on reissue Galvatron at TFU.info]''
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===''Armada''===
[[File:Armadatoy matrix.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Super Base, 2002/[[2003]])
*'''Shining Gold Convoy''' (Super Base, 2003)
*'''Powerlinx Optimus Prime''' (Super Base, 2003)
*'''Battle for the Matrix''' (Multi-pack, 2003)
*'''Magna Convoy DX Set''' (Multi-pack, 2003)
:The large version of ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#Toys|Optimus Prime]] has a non-removable Matrix of Leadership hidden behind the flip-down grill on his chest. This feature was kept for the various [[redeco]]s of this mold, gaining a blue center for Prime's "Powerlinx" redeco, and being entirely chromed when the figure got the gold chrome treatment as a Lucky Draw figure. Some further coloration changes were made when the figure was redecoed during the ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' toyline ([[#Energon|see below]]).

:Although this mold was never redecoed into [[Nemesis Prime (Armada)|Nemesis Prime]], the ''[[Linkage (comic)|Linkage]]'' mini-comics exploited the two characters' physical similarity to essentially [[repurposing|repurpose]] this Matrix into the [[Doomstone]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Autobot/OptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Armada Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.luckydrawtransformers.com/toy/gallery/review/gold+super+mode+convoy/1084/gold+super+mode+convoy.html More information on Shining Gold Convoy at Lucky Draw Transformers]''
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Autobot/OptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Powerlinx Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Autobot/KMartPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Battle for the Matrix Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
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===''Universe'' (2003)===
[[File:Universe2003toy rid prime matrix.jpg|thumb]]
'''Optimus Prime''' (Supreme Class, 2003)

:Although ''Robots in Disguise'' Optimus Prime got a lemon-yellow makeover for the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' toyline, the Matrix beneath their chest-panel remained the same as ever.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Autobot/TFUOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on ''Universe'' Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
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===''Energon''===
[[File:Energontoy armada prime redeco matrix.jpg|thumb]]
'''Optimus Prime and Overload''' (Multi-pack, 2005)
:While the new-mold Optimus Prime toys created for the ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' toyline lacked any kind of Matrix (instead featuring the [[Spark of Combination]] in a very Matrix-esque middle-of-the-chest position), the line did not go entirely without, as the ''Armada'' Super Base Prime figure was redecoed and re-released in a multi-pack with combination partner [[Overload (Armada)#Energon|Overload]]. Available exclusively at [[Costco]] stores, this [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#CostCoOverload|Super Base Optimus Prime]] redecoed the sculpted Matrix in a bright golden-orange (compared to the dull gold of before), with a green crystal at the center.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Autobot/CostcoPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Energon Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
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===''Masterpiece''===
[[File:Masterpiece matrices.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' ([[2004]])
*'''Convoy''' (Lucky Draw figure, 2004)
*'''Ultra Magnus''' (2004)
*'''Convoy Perfect Edition''' ([[2006]]/[[2009]])
*'''Convoy Black Version''' ([[2010]])
*'''Convoy Sleep Mode''' (2010)
*'''Convoy Last Production''' ([[2011]])
:A chromed Matrix accessory came with Hasbro's ''20th Anniversary'' and Takara's ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' edition of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Optimus Prime]], consisting of a translucent blue "crystal" centre surrounded by two shell-halves that could be pulled open. The Matrix stored in an opening chamber in Prime's chest, where its centre could be illuminated by a blue LED light built into the compartment. In order to fit into Prime's chest, however, the Matrix wound up being rather small, leaving Prime only able to wrap two of his fingers through its handles, instead of his whole hands.

:The Matrix was included with every reissue and redeco of the Prime mold, remaining in its normal colors when it came with Ultra Magnus, and the "Perfect Edition", "Sleep Mode", and "Final Edition" versions of Prime himself. When Prime was chromed entirely gold as a [[Lucky Draw figure]], though, the Matrix was likewise blinged out, while the Matrix included with the "Black Version" of Prime, representing an [[Eldedroid#toys|Eldedroid]], was chromed purple where the original was gold, and had a red translucent centre, illuminated by the figure's new red LED. A non-chromed version of the Matrix was included with Hasbro's "DVD Edition" of the figure as part of the ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' line ([[#Classics|see below]]).

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Autobot/20thPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on 20th Anniversary Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.goldoptimusprime.com/ More information on gold Masterpiece Convoy at GoldOptimusPrime.com]''
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Cybertron/UltraMagnus/ultramagnus.htm More information on Masterpiece Ultra Magnus at TFU.info]''

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[[File:MP rodimus matrix.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Rodimus Convoy''' (2011/[[2018]])
*'''Black Rodimus Convoy''' ([[November 28]], 2011)
:Being built to a smaller scale than the ''Masterpiece'' Optimus Prime figure, ''Masterpiece'' Rodimus Prime featured a new, smaller Matrix accessory of his own, cast in translucent blue plastic and decorated with gold and silver chrome. The Matrix stores in a chamber in Rodimus's abdomen, but is ''so small'' (smaller even relatively to Rodimus than Optimus's Matrix was to him) that Rodimus can't hold it by its handles at all. This Matrix mold was also included with [[Black Rodimus Convoy#Masterpiece|Black Rodimus Convoy]], now with a red chrome shell.

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[[File:ConvoyModeEva Matrix.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|(Convoy Mode "Eva" version)]]
*'''Convoy''' (2011/[[2016]])
*'''MP Convoy (BAPE ver.)''' ([[August 19]], [[2014]])
*'''Convoy Mode "Eva"''' ([[November 28]], 2014)
*'''Convoy (BAPE REDCAMO ver.)''' (November [[2015]])
*'''Shattered Glass Optimus Prime''' (November 2016)
*'''Optimus Prime''' (2017)
*'''Convoy (BAPE BLACKCAMO ver.)''' ([[2017]])
*'''Convoy (7-Eleven ver.)''' ([[February 28]], 2018)
*'''Convoy (atmos safari LEBRON Ver.)''' ([[March 15]], [[2019]])
*'''Convoy (atmos safari duckcamo Ver.)''' ([[March 26]], [[2020]])
*'''Convoy (atmos safari ELEPHANT CAMO Ver.)''' (2020)
*'''Convoy (atmos safari VIOTECHCAMO Ver.)''' (2020)
*'''Convoy (atmos safari TIGER CAMO BLACK Ver.)''' (2020)
*'''Convoy (atmos safari TIGER CAMO YELLOW Ver.)''' (2020)
: [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#MP10|MP-10 Convoy]] is an entirely new tooling of "Generation 1" Optimus Prime. Convoy is now smaller, making him more in-scale with other recent ''Masterpiece'' toys, such as [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Rodimus]], and comes with a [[Combat Deck (G1)#MP10|trailer]] and various accessories. His chest compartment opens up to reveal an equally smaller, new-mold Matrix of Leadership with a clear blue plastic center. Unlike the previous version, the Matrix cannot be pulled apart, Convoy can only wrap his index finger around the handle and cannot hold it both hands at once, and the Matrix chamber in his chest has no light-up feature, but hey, at least it's now die-cast metal!

: The Matrix was also included with MP-10 Convoy's redecoes, of note: [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#eva|Convoy Mode "Eva"]] (rendered with a red crystal, said in [[Mode "Eva" chapter 3|accompanying fiction]] to be based on the core of an [[Angel]]) and for [[Nemesis Prime (G1)#Masterpiece|Black Convoy]], it was redecoed into the [[Dead Matrix#Masterpiece|Dead Matrix]].

: Later ''Masterpiece'' figures [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#MP22|MP-22 Ultra Magnus]] and [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#MP28|MP-28 Hot Rodimus]] (as well as their redecoes) are also designed to interact with this Matrix mold: both can carry it in their chests, while Ultra Magnus also comes with special hands for holding it.

:The Matrix of Leadersip was redecoed into [[Town Matrix|Mito's Town Matrix and Fukutsu's Town Matrix]], and the [[Matrix of Malice#Toys|Matrix of Malice]] included with [[Windsweeper#Generations|Windsweeper]].

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*'''Optimus Prime''' (2017)
:This release of ''Masterpiece Movie Series'' [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Masterpiece|Optimus Prime]] comes with his own Matrix of Leadership.

{{anchor|MP44}}
*'''Convoy''' ([[August 31]], 2019)
:MP-44 is another all new tooling of "Generation 1" Optimus Prime, with a much more anime accurate style and increased complexity. It features a redeco of the MP-10 die-cast Matrix with a painted metallic blue core.
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{{anchor|MPM12}}
*'''Optimus Prime''' ([[2021]])
[[File:MPM-12-Optimus-Prime.jpg|thumb|250px|But there's no Matrix in ''[[Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee]]''? Wait a [[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|sec...]]]]
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===''Cybertron''===
[[File:Cybertrontoy matrix.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Leader Class, 2005)
*'''Galaxy Convoy Gold Version''' (Leader Lucky Draw figure, 2005)
*'''Galaxy Convoy Silver Version''' (Leader Lucky Draw figure, 2005)
*'''Galaxy Convoy Custom Color Version''' (Leader Lucky Draw figure, 2005)
*'''Sonic Convoy''' (Multi-pack, 2005)
*'''Galaxy Force Optimus Prime''' (Leader Class, 2006)
*'''Optimus Prime / Wing Saber''' (multi-pack, 2006)
:''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#Cybertron|Optimus Prime]] comes with a removable Matrix of Leadership accessory, decorated with an inverse color scheme that renders the crystal orange and the holder grey. The Matrix fits in Prime's chest, and his large, articulated fingers mean that he can hold it, though not in both hands at once.

:The Matrix received multiple redecoes and rereleases though remained unchanged for his mass-retail "Galaxy Force" coloration, which was also re-released without changes in the 2008 ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' toyline.

:Galaxy Convoy Gold Version's Matrix was repurposed as the [[Gold Matrix]] by "[[Generations Selects Special Comic Finale]]".

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Autobot/OptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Cybertron Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Autobot/GFOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Galaxy Force Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
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*'''Ultra Magnus and Optimus Prime''' (multi-pack, 2005)
:''Robots in Disguise'' Optimus Prime was slightly redecoed for [[Optimus Prime (RID)#Cybertron|inclusion]] in this Costco-exclusive two-pack with ''Robots in Disguise'' [[Ultra Magnus (RID)#Cybertron|Ultra Magnus]]. The mold still sports its sculpted Matrix detail, though for this release the paint applications that surrounded it were changed from orange to black (this being the only change from the original figure). It's not impossible that this might actually ''not'' have represented the Matrix of Leadership on this figure, but instead the Spark of Combination, which the set's packaging mentions as the source of the brothers' combining power—but we include it here to be thorough!

===''Hybrid Style''===
[[File:THS galaxyconvoy matrix.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Galaxy Convoy''' (2005)
: Part of Takara's short ''[[Hybrid Style]]'' series of small-scale, highly-articulated figures, this version of ''Cybertron'' [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#Hybrid Style|Optimus Prime]] came with a ''really'' tiny removable Matrix that stored in its customary position within the toy's chest. It was a somewhat more show-accurate sculpt than the Matrix included with the full-size ''Cybertron'' Prime figure, and was colored with metallic paint as opposed to the larger figure's mostly-unpainted accessory.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Cybertron/HybridGalaxyConvoy/galaxyconvoy.htm More information on Hybrid Style Galaxy Convoy at TFU.info]''

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*'''Convoy''' (2006)
*'''Convoy Black Version''' (2006)
*'''Convoy Black Gold Version''' (November 25, 2013)
:The ''Hybrid Style'' version of "Generation 1" [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Hybrid Style|Optimus Prime]] also comes with a super-tiny Matrix, not much bigger than a large drug capsule, which fits in the traditional opening compartment within Prime's chest. Like the ''Hybrid Style'' ''Cybertron'' Prime before it, the figure comes with an assortment of alternate hands, but ''un''like its predecessor, it includes a pair specifically designed to hold the Matrix. Due to the small size of the figure, they do not figure articulated fingers to grip it, but instead are cast in the shape of clenched fists with grooves cut into the outside of the fingers into which the Matrix can slot.

:The Matrix was also included with Prime's later "[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#THS02B|Black Version]]" and "[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#THSBlackGold|Black Gold Version]]" redeco, without changes.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Cybertron/HybridConvoy/convoy.htm More information on Hybrid Style Convoy at TFU.info]''
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===''Generation 2''===
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*'''Battle Convoy''' (reissue, 2006)
*'''Laser Ultra Magnus''' (e-Hobby exclusive, 2006)
:When ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#G2reissue|Battle Convoy]] was reissued in 2006, among the assorted changes made to his deco was the addition of a pair of new [[sticker]]s to his chest windows that depicted the Matrix resting in its traditional position inside him. The stickers remained when the figure was redecoed into the [[e-HOBBY]] exclusive [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Laser Ultra Magnus]] figure.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Cybertron/UltraMagnus/ultramagnus.htm More information on Laser Ultra Magnus at TFU.info]''
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===''Classics''===
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*'''Optimus Prime''' (20th Anniversary DVD Edition, 2006)
:The ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' "DVD Edition" of ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#20thDVD|Optimus Prime]] included the familiar Matrix accessory, but as with all the other parts of the toy that had previously been vacuum-metalized, it is now decorated in metallic gold and silver paint, rather than chrome.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Autobot/20thDVDOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on DVD Edition Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
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===''Universe'' (2008)===
*'''Optimus Prime vs Crumplezone''' (Costco exclusive multi-pack, [[2008]])
:A rerelease of the above ''[[#Cybertron|Cybertron]]'' Galaxy Force Optimus Prime toy, ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' Leader Class Optimus Prime retains the same Matrix of Leadership.

===''Transformers'' (2010)===
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*'''Battle Blades Optimus Prime''' (Voyager Class, 2010)
: While the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' movie may have left the fate of the live-action Matrix up in the air, the ''[[Transformers (2010 toyline)|Transformers]]'' Voyager Class [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Transformers (2010)#Voyager class toys|Battle Blades Optimus Prime]] figure follows through on the intention evident in several of the film's adaptations by including it as an accessory stored within his body. Specifically, this removable Matrix attaches to a translucent blue plate hidden in Prime's midriff, which rotates up into place when his chest is opened and a panel on his abdomen is folded down. The Matrix is unpainted grey plastic on the Hasbro release of the figure; the TakaraTomy edition of Battle Blades Prime gives it coat of silver paint.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Autobot/BattleBladesOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Battle Blades Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''

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*'''Battle in Space''' (2-pack, 2010)
:The die-cast metal Matrix originally released by TakaraTomy with several of their "Generation 1" reissues ([[#The Transformers|see above]]) received its first Hasbro release in this box set of [[redeco]]s of ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Classics (2006)|Rodimus]] and ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Cyclonus (G1)#Universe (2008)|Cyclonus]], released under the ''[[Transformers (2010 toyline)#Hasbro Reveal the Shield subline|Reveal the Shield]]'' [[subline imprint]]. The Matrix itself is back in its original silver coloration. Unfortunately, the figures can't actually ''interact'' with the accessory in any way: Neither Rodimus nor Cyclonus can actually ''hold'' the Matrix, and it can't even hang from their necks since it does not include the removable chain that came with the various Takara editions.

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[[File:TF2010 g2prime matrix.jpg|thumb|Brought to you by the guys who designed [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]].]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Deluxe Class, 2011)
:Part of the sixth wave of the 2010 ''Transformers'' toyline and the second wave of the ''Reveal the Shield'' subline imprint, this [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Transformers (2010)|Optimus Prime]] is an all-new Deluxe Class mold based on the original ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' Laser Optimus Prime toy ([[#G2toy|see above]]). The panels on the side of his truck mode fold in behind his chest windows in robot mode to reveal a sculpted Matrix of Leadership.

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*'''Masterpiece Rodimus Prime''' (2011)
:''Masterpiece'' [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#HasbroMasterpiece|Rodimus Prime]] is a [[Toys"R"Us]]-[[exclusive]] release of the Rodimus Convoy figure, and was redecoed to resemble his original toy. His Matrix is no longer vacuum-metalized, and the shell is instead given a coat of metallic gold paint.

:This version of Rodimus also comes with an additional new-mold Matrix accessory, very similar to Masterpiece Optimus Prime's Matrix. Rodimus is actually capable of wrapping his entire mitts around this accessory's handles, and the Matrix can be pulled open (but not apart) to reveal more of the crystal inside.

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*'''Masterpiece Optimus Prime''' (2012)
: The Hasbro Toys"R"Us-exclusive [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#mp10hasbro|release of MP-10 Convoy]] features various plastic color and [[Paint operation|paint detail]] changes. He still comes with the Matrix, which appears to be no different.
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===''United''===
*'''Laser Optimus Prime''' (March 26, 2011)
:A redeco of the ''[[#RtSG2|Reveal the Shield]]'' toy above, ''United'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Generations|Laser Optimus Prime]] retains the Matrix of Leadership detail.

===''Dark of the Moon''===
[[File:DOTMtoy-OptimusPrimeVoyagerwithComettor.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Orange you glad it doesn't look like this in the film?]]
*'''Optimus Prime / Includes Deluxe Class Comettor''' (2-pack, 2011)
: This redeco and [[retool]] of the Battle Blades Optimus Prime toy, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#OptimusComettor|Optimus Prime]] includes a redecoed, orange version of the live-action movie Matrix.
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===''Prime''===
[[File:Primetoy-OptimusPrimeMatrixofLeadership.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|In Soviet Russia, Prime is in the Matrix.]]
*'''Matrix of Leadership SDCC Optimus Prime''' (Deluxe Class, 2011)
:Exclusive to [[San Diego Comic-Con]], this minor repaint of Deluxe-Class ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#First Edition (2011)|Prime: First Edition]]'' [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Prime: First Edition|Optimus Prime]] comes inside special Matrix-shaped packaging that can be worn around your neck.

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*'''Arms Master Optimus''' ([[September 29]], 2012)
:Part of the seventh wave of Japanese ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime]]'' toys, the [[TakaraTomy]] version of Weaponizer [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Weaponizer|Optimus Prime]] comes with a very large Matrix which can tab onto his chest as armor or mount onto the back of the truck cab. It is covered in [[5 mm post|5 mm posts and holes]] so [[Arms Micron]]s can be attached to it. He also has a clear-blue "Shining" version of the [[Arms Micron]], [[R.A.#ArmsMaster|R.A.]], who can combine with the Matrix to form the colossal [[Star Saber (Prima)#ArmsMaster|Matrix Saber]]. If Microns [[O.P.]] and [[B.B. (Prime)|B.B.]] (sold separately) are also thrown into the mix, the result is the [[Star Saber (Arms Micron)|Super Star Saber]].

:Note that the clear-plastic-on-clear-plastic hinge in the middle of the blade stresses rapidly with repeated transformation due to the pressure leveraged onto the free-standing side of the clip when traveling from Matrix mode to Saber mode. As such, the user is advised to pick one mode and keep the Matrix there.
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===''Kre-O''===
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*'''Matrix Optimus Prime''' (2011)
**''Pieces'': '''10'''
**''Accessories'': Optimus rifle
:Intended to be [[exclusive]] to [[BotCon 2011]], this [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)#Toys|Optimus Prime]] Kreon has an open chest showing the [[Matrix of Leadership]] within. He comes with a G1 inspired gun and a black brick display stand. We say "intended", because in actuality, the thing appears to have been produced in such huge quantities that it's wound up being made available in ''loads'' of other places—it was handed out at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2011, offered as a free giveaway with any order that included Transformers toys on [[Hasbro Toy Shop]]), as a free gift on the cover of the ''[[Awesome Autobots Activity Book]]'', and came as a free gift attached to, of all things, issue #240 of the [[United Kingdom|UK]] children's comic, ''[[Doctor Who]] Adventures'' (but not the UK's [[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|Transformers comic]], you'll note!). A supposed factory error even caused this version (minus display stand) to be included in the larger Optimus Prime kit (see above). This problem has (presumably) been fixed, but it was awesome while it lasted.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Autobot/Kre-OMatrixOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Matrix Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
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===''Timelines''===
*'''Invasion''' ([[BotCon 2012]] box set)
*'''Kick-Over/Optimus Prime''' (BotCon 2012 souvenir set)
*'''Scourge''' (TFSS 1.0, 2013)
:As redecoes of the ''[[#RtSG2|Reveal the Shield]]'' toy above, ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Optimus Prime (SG)#BotCon2012|Optimus Prime]], [[Ultra Magnus (SG)#Timelines|Ultra Magnus]], and [[Scourge (RID)#Timelines|Scourge]] all retain the Matrix of Leadership detail.

===''Bot Shots''===
[[File:Bot shots matrix card.jpg|thumb|It was only a matter of time before the Transformers stumbled into Paper Mario.]]
*'''Battle for the Matrix''' (2012)
: This ''[[Bot Shots (toyline)|Bot Shots]]'' Ultimate Battle set includes a Matrix trophy card. It's made of cardboard and was probably already bent up when you opened the packaging.
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===''Generations''===
*'''Ultimate Gift Set''' (2012)
:A redeco of the ''[[#RtSG2|Reveal the Shield]]'' toy above, ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#Generations|Combat Hero Optimus Prime]] retains the Matrix of Leadership detail.

===''Platinum Edition''===
*'''Year of the Horse Optimus Prime''' (2014)
:Released to celebrate Chinese New Year, ''[[Transformers: Platinum Edition|Platinum Edition]]'' "Year of the Horse" [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Platinum Edition|Optimus Prime]] is a redeco of MP-10 Convoy, complete with Matrix.

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*'''Rise of Rodimus Prime''' (''Platinum Edition'' 2-pack, 2016)
:A reuse of the Matrix accessory that was first included with the [[#MP10|''Masterpiece'' MP-10]] figure, this time illustrating the conflict between [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Platinum Edition|Rodimus Prime]] (using a redeco of his ''[[Titanium Series]]'' toy) and [[Galvatron (G1)/toys#Platinum Edition|Galvatron]] (using a redeco of his [[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|2008 ''Universe'' Deluxe Class toy]]). Ironically, of the two figures in the set, only Galvatron can actually hold the Matrix.

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*'''Optimus Prime Year of the Rooster Edition''' (2017)
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===''Age of Extinction''===
*'''Revenge Optimus Prime''' (2014)
:The Matrix included in ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (toyline)|Age of Extinction]]'' [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#AOERevenge|Revenge Optimus Prime]] redeco retains the same silver paint coating.

===''Legends''===
*'''Black Convoy''' ([[June 21]], 2015)
:A redeco of the ''[[#RtSG2|Reveal the Shield]]'' toy above, ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' [[Scourge (RID)#Legends|Black Convoy]] retains the Matrix of Leadership detail.

===''Power of the Primes''===
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*'''Evolution Rodimus Prime''' (Leader Class, 2017)
*'''Evolution Optimus Prime''' (Leader Class, 2017)
*'''Evolution Optimus Primal''' (Leader Class, [[2018]])
*'''Throne of the Primes''' (Multi-pack, 2018)

:Each standard ''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' Leader Class figure includes a uniquely-colored Matrix of Leadership which can be placed inside their chest (sans [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#RodimusUnicronus|Rodimus Unicronus]] and [[Nemesis Prime (G1)#Power of the Primes|Nemesis Prime]], who instead include the [[Matrix of Conquest#Generations|Matrix of Chaos]] and [[Dark Matrix of Leadership#Toys|Dark Matrix of Leadership]] respectively). The central crystal of the Matrix is removable, and has the same dimensions as a [[Prime Master]]'s [[spark]] mode (or [[Titan Master]] in head mode). This means that the crystal can be replaced in the Matrix by any Prime Master, and that the removed crystal can be slotted into the armor accessories included with Deluxe and Voyager Class ''Power of the Primes'' figures, along with the heads of ''Titans Return'' figures. It can also be replaced with an [[Enigma of Combination#Generations|Enigma of Combination]] included with the Voyager Class figures.

:Only the Matrix from [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#Power of the Primes|Optimus Prime]] uses the original coloration of the Matrix of Leadership; [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Power of the Primes|Rodimus Prime]]'s is based on an alternate coloration that shows up here or there, while the one from the regular retail [[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#Power of the Primes|Optimal Optimus]] is colored to resemble Optimus Prime's spark container in the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|''Beast Wars'']] episode "[[Optimal Situation]]". Finally, the one included with [[Throne of the Primes]] [[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#SDCC2018|Optimal Optimus]] is based on his ''Beast Wars'' Season 1 chest.
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===''War for Cybertron: Siege''===
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*'''Optimus Prime''' (Voyager Class, 2018)
*'''Classic Animation Optimus Prime''' (Voyager Class, 2019)
:In ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|Optimus Prime]]'s vehicle mode, opening its windows shows the Matrix of Leadership molded into the plastic. Due to the transformation, the Matrix doesn't end up in the chest in robot mode. The toy was redecoed into ''Siege'' [[Nemesis Prime (G1)#War for Cybertron: Siege|Nemesis Prime]] and ''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' [[Nemesis Prime (G1)#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Nemesis Prime]], repurposing the Matrix-detail into the [[Dark Matrix of Leadership#War for Cybertron: Siege|Dark Matrix]].
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===''Golden Lagoon''===
*'''Golden Lagoon Convoy''' ([[July 29]], 2018)
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===''Cyberverse''===
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*'''Optimus Prime''' (Ultimate Class, 2018/2019)

:For the first Ultimate Class version of ''Cyberverse'' Optimus, The Matrix is represented as a deployable non-removable action feature. The feature is activated by pressing in his left clavicle while in robot mode, or pressing down on the top of his cab in vehicle mode. In fact, you will likely deploy it on accident a lot due to how sensitive the button is, especially during transformation. Once deployed, it can be made to spin by rolling the truck mode forward (powered by the right front wheel) or by spinning the small red wheel on his robot mode side. This causes the clear blue "energy" details to open, revealing the Matrix underneath. This gimmick is gravity dependent, meaning it must be in the correct position to activate properly.

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*'''Optimus Prime''' (Deluxe Class, 2019)
*'''Heroes of Cybertron 3-Pack''' (Deluxe Class 3-pack, [[2022]])
:The Deluxe Class version of ''Cyberverse'' Optimus features another sculpted non-removable Matrix of Leadership. While the Matrix cannot be removed from Prime's chest, it ''can'' have a special [[Fire Blast effect|blast effect]] part plugged into it to emulate a beam of energy shooting out from it.
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===''Collaborative''===
*'''MP-10G Optimus Prime Ecto-35 Edition''' ([[July 19]], 2019)
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*'''VNR Optimus Prime''' ([[2023]])
:As a repaint of Holiday Optimus Prime, The Matrix included with VNR Optimus Prime is a repaint of the [[Matrix of Holiday Cheer]]. It can be removed from Optimus Prime's chest, though the figure is incapable of holding it in its hands.

===''Generations Selects''===
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*'''Star Convoy''' (2019)
:The ''[[Generations Selects (toyline)|Selects]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#Selects|Star Convoy]] retool of ''Power of the Primes'' Optimus Prime includes a compatible Matrix (also used as the "[[Silver Matrix]]") that ''doesn't'' split into 2 pieces. This matrix has a 5 mm post on the bottom and a 5mm hole on top, meant to allow the figure's 2 guns to combine with it into the "Big Bang Cannon." The post makes it wieldable by figures with 5mm fist holes. While the core and frame aren't interchangeable the matrix can be put in the chests of other ''Power of the Primes'' leader class figures.
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===''War for Cybertron: Earthrise''===
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*'''Optimus Prime''' (Leader Class, 2020)
*'''Alternate Universe Optimus Prime''' (Leader Class, 2020)
:Both toys of ''[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Earthrise]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Optimus Prime]] include an opening chest compartment that stores a removable Matrix of Leadership, similar to MP-01, MP-10 and MP-44 Convoy. Prime's opening hands can grasp the handles, and the reverse of the Matrix features a [[5 mm post|5 mm port]], making it surprisingly [[C.O.M.B.A.T. System]]-compatible. Different Matrix sculpts across the ''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' would (mostly) use the design of this Matrix as a starting point, though they are largely made from new tooling.
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===''War for Cybertron Trilogy''===
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*'''Optimus Prime''' (Battle 3-Pack, 2020)
*''' Shattered Glass Optimus Prime & Shattered Glass Ratchet''' (''Selects'' 2-Pack, 2020)
:A redeco of the ''[[#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Earthrise]]'' toy above, ''[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#2020Netflix|Optimus Prime]] retains the same Matrix of Leadership, albeit in slightly darker colors. ''War for Cybertron Trilogy / Selects'' [[Optimus Prime (SG)#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Shattered Glass Optimus Prime]] includes a newly-decoed Matrix cast in translucent dark yellow with silver and purple paint applied to the front and was described by [[Hasbro Pulse]] as the ''evil'' Matrix of Leadership.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210114032604/https://hasbropulse.com/products/transformers-generations-selects-deluxe-wfc-gs17-shattered-glass-ratchet-and-optimus-prime "...the pack features an evil Matrix of Leadership accessory."]</ref>{{-}}

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*'''Spoiler Pack''' (Leader Unboxing, 2021)
:The third ''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' Spoiler Pack includes another Matrix accessory. Made of soft, rubberised plastic, this Matrix is molded to a harness that allows it to hook onto [[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys#2021Netflix|the included Megatron]] in both robot and tank modes. The design of this Matrix diverges from all other Matrix accessories released across the ''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' in that it is based on the model from the [[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|show]]... which, in turn strangely appears to be based on [[Shout! Studios|Shout! Factory]]'s complete ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|Transformers]]'' [https://tformers.com/reviews.php?op=showcontent&id=1077 DVD box set].

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*'''Galvatron''' (''Selects'' Leader Class, 2021)
:A redeco of the ''[[#Galvatron|Kingdom]]'' toy below, ''War for Cybertron Trilogy / Selects'' [[Galvatron (G1)/toys#GS27|Galvatron]] retains the same Matrix of Leadership in green to represent the Creation Matrix as depicted in the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|original Marvel comic]] and the [[Galvatron II#Toys|Galvatron II]] toy (and by extension, the [[Star Power]] [[Creation Matrix (GS)|Creation Matrix]]).
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*'''Behold, Galvatron! Unicron Companion Pack''' (Leader Class, 2022)
:A different redeco of ''Kingdom'' Galvatron, this [[Galvatron (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron Trilogy|"Behold, Galvatron!"]] is cast in mostly translucent purple plastics, including a completely unpainted Matrix accessory.
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===''War for Cybertron: Kingdom''===
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Leader Class, 2020)
:A rerelease of the above ''[[#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Earthrise]]'' toy, ''[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Kingdom]]'' Leader Class [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#K11|Optimus Prime]] retains the same Matrix of Leadership.

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*'''Galvatron''' (Leader Class, 2021)
:''Kingdom'' [[Galvatron (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Galvatron]] includes a Matrix of Leadership, similar to the one first included with [[#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|''Earthrise'' Optimus Prime]]. The new molding allows it to mount onto an included plastic chain via 5 mm post, which can rest around Galvatron's neck or attach at the base of the cannon barrel in his alternate mode. Unlike other ''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' Matrices, this Matrix is cast in opaque gray plastic, with the silver and gold shell and light blue crystal painted on.

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*'''Rodimus Prime''' (Commander Class, 2021)
:Another newly-tooled Matrix is included with ''Kingdom'' Commander Class [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Rodimus Prime]], again based on ''Earthrise'' Optimus Prime's. Rodimus Prime can accommodate it in his chest, or hold it with his articulated hands; as with ''Studio Series'' Hot Rod below (who was released first), this Matrix includes an additional effect part that clips on the front to simulate it glowing. The hole on the reverse side of this Matrix is too small for 5 mm integration.
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===''Studio Series''===
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*'''Autobot Hot Rod''' (Voyager Class, 2020)
:''Another'' different tooling to the all of the above, ''[[Studio Series]]'' 86-04 [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Autobot Hot Rod]]'s Matrix comes with an additional effect part (a different one from the one included with ''Kingdom'' Rodimus Prime) that clips over the front to recreate the iconic scene from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', thanks to Hot Rod's articulation. The hole on the reverse side is too ''large'' to accommodate 5 mm accessories. Compared to similar sculpts, this Matrix lacks the bumps on the sides of the orb and the radial lines on the top left and bottom right sections. Oddly enough, those lines are still present on the reverse side.

*'''Ultra Magnus''' (Commander Class, 2023)
:The Matrix included with ''Studio Series'' [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Studio Series Ultra Magnus|Ultra Magnus]] is cast in clear plastic and painted over. It can store in his chest. Unfortunately, due to the Matrix being too small, he can only hold it with two fingers.

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*'''Gamer Edition Optimus Prime''' (Voyager Class, 2023)
:A ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (games)|War for Cybertron]]''-accurate Matrix is included with ''Studio Series'' [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Studio Series|Gamer Edition Optimus Prime]]. It has a 5 mm port on the back to store in Prime’s chest. As the chest peg is painted, it is sized slightly smaller than normal to allow for tolerance, but as a result some copies have very slightly loose connections. This Matrix happens to be loosely compatible with ''Studio Series'' Hot Rod's Matrix glow effect.
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===''Premium Finish''===
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Voyager Class, 2021)
:A redeco of the ''[[#Siege|Siege]]'' toy above, ''[[Transformers Premium Finish|Premium Finish]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#Premium Finish|Optimus Prime]] retains the Matrix of Leadership detail.

===''Legacy''===
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*'''Laser Optimus Prime''' (Leader Class, 2022)
*'''Robots in Disguise 2000 Universe Scourge''' (Leader Class, 2022)
*'''G2 Universe Toxitron''' (Leader Class, 2023)
:''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy]]'' Leader Class [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#Legacy|Laser Optimus Prime]], and his redecoes [[Scourge (RID)#Legacy|Robots in Disguise 2000 Universe Scourge]] and [[Toxitron (Universe)#Legacy|G2 Universe Toxitron]], include a Matrix accessory that can be removed from their opening chest. The hole on the reverse side is a 5 mm port, and as such is compatible with many contemporary accessories, though its intended home seems to be the thin peg on Prime's axe accessory, allowing the Autobot leader to have a huge, Matrix-powered sword (among other possible combinations).

:Though thinner and flatter than other Matrices released across the ''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' toylines, it is still compatible with the energy aura blast effects included with ''Kingdom'' Rodimus Prime and ''Studio Series'' Hot Rod, so that's neat.

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*'''Galvatron''' (Leader Class, 2022)
:A rerelease of the above ''[[#K28|Kingdom]]'' toy, ''Legacy'' Leader Class [[Galvatron (G1)/toys#Legacy|Galvatron]] retains the same Matrix of Leadership.

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[[File:TF-Legacy-Armada-Universe-Optimus-Prime-Matrix.jpg|300px|thumb]]
*'''Armada Universe Optimus Prime''' (Commander Class, 2023)
:Based on its appearance in the ''Armada'' cartoon, Prime includes a removable Matrix inside the front panel of his chest. The Matrix itself is cast in clear plastic and painted gold on its front surface, and attaches to a red 5mm post. This allows the Matrix to look like its typical depiction in the show when removed, but also to appear in its "activated" state when inside Prime's chest.

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[[File:HasLab Omega Prime Matrix.jpg|150px|thumb]]
*'''Omega Prime''' (2025)
:*''Series'': ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|Robots in Disguise 2001]]'' / ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy]]''
{{toydesigner|[[Evan Brooks]] (Hasbro), [[Hisashi Yuki]] (TakaraTomy)<ref>[[January 30]], [[2024]]'s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sodl6lRkifQ Hasbro Pulse | Transformers: Legacy RID 2001 Omega Prime HasLab Fanstream | January 2024] on YouTube, with [[Ben MacCrae]] and [[Evan Brooks]].</ref>|[[Studio DTW|Dave White]] (product photography), [[Nick (Hasbro)|Nick]] and [[Tony (Hasbro)|Tony]] (product renders)<ref>[[March 7]], 2024's [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Pkz6oTI7W4 Hasbro Pulse | Transformers 40th Anniversary Fanstream | March 7, 2024] on YouTube, with [[Ben MacCrae]], [[Evan Brooks]] and [[Mark Maher]].</ref>
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:Part of the fourth [[Hasbro Pulse#HasLab|HasLab]] campaign, two "Matrix of Leadership accessories" are included in this enormous ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy]]'' box set of the two ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' commanders: one reproducing [[Optimus Prime (RID)#Legacy|Optimus Prime / Fire Convoy]]'s original "[[Energon Matrix#Legacy|Energon Matrix]]" molded chest detail as a removable accessory and one for [[Ultra Magnus (RID)#Legacy|God Magnus]]'s previously only mentioned Energon Matrix. (Ultra Magnus did not have an established Matrix of Leadership prior to this toy.)

:Omega Prime was revealed on [[January 30]], [[2024]], with the crowdfunding campaign beginning soon after. The project reached 50% funding in only 24 hours, beating all three previous ''Transformers'' HasLabs. It reached full funding on [[February 9]]th, [[2024]], in only ten days - three times quicker than the previous record holder, [[Deathsaurus (G1)#Legacy|Deathsaurus]].<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Exciting news! The #HasLab campaign for #Transformers: Legacy #RobotsInDisguise 2001 #OmegaPrime has achieved its goal with 10,000 backers! A massive thank you to all the incredible fans who made this possible – your support has truly brought Omega Prime to life!|link=https://x.com/HasbroPulse/status/1756013964993991002|site=Twitter|name=Hasbro Pulse|year=2024|month=2|day=9}}</ref> At the closing bell on March 14, the set clocked in at 28,230 backers, beating the previous Transformers record by quite a fair margin (Deathsaurus again, with 27,442) and coming in second only to ''Marvel Legends'' Galactus as the most successful project in HasLab history.<ref>[https://hasbropulse.com/collections/haslab/products/transformers-legacy-robots-in-disguise-2001-omega-prime The Omega Prime HasLab campaign] at [[Hasbro Pulse]]</ref>
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===''Shattered Glass Collection''===
*'''Ultra Magnus''' (Leader Class, 2022)
:A recolor of the Matrix accessory included with ''Legacy'' Laser Optimus Prime. Magnus also includes red versions of the sword and axe that Laser Optimus Prime comes with, meaning that all three can be combined, and indeed they are in the figure's [[stock photography]].

*'''Rodimus / Sideswipe & Decepticon Whisper''' (2023)
:A recolor of the Matrix accessory included with ''Studio Series'' 86-04 Autobot Hot Rod. Painted in silver and dark grey over red translucent plastic, and coming with a recolor of the original's effect part, also in red.
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===''LEGO''===
[[File:Lego-toy OptimusPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' ([[June 1]], 2022)
:[[LEGO]] Optimus Prime includes a removable brick-built Matrix accessory.
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===''Canon/Transformers''===
[[File:TF-Canon-Transformers-Optimus-Prime-R5.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Optimus Prime R5''' (2023)
:''[[Canon/Transformers]]'' Optimus Prime includes a uniquely styled version of the Matrix of Leadership that can be pegged onto his lens in camera mode, just behind the front element. The Matrix can be also be pegged into his palms and grasped by his articulated hands.
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===''Missing Link''===
[[File:TF-Missing-Link-C-02-Convoy-Anime-Color.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Convoy''' ([[2024]])
*'''Convoy (Anime Edition)''' (2024)
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===''Reactivate''===
*'''Soundwave / Optimus Prime''' (2024)
: ''[[Transformers: Reactivate|Reactivate]]'' Optimus Prime features an opening chest and includes a minor repaint of the Matrix included with ''[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Earthrise]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Optimus Prime]].

==Merchandise==
===MC Axis===
[[File:Mcaxis hot rod.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Hot Rod''' (model kit, 1996)

:This Japanese "garage kit" of [[Hot Rod (G1)/merchandise#MC Axis|Hot Rod]] consists of an unpainted, unassembled resin model from [[MC Axis]], with two versions of the Matrix of Leadership: one standard, fairly useless one (since Hot Rod lacks either a chest compartment to hold it, or articulated hands to grip it), and a second sculpted with a pair of hands clutching its handles, which can be swapped out for Hot Rod's normal hands, allowing him to hoist it aloft.

:The kit is not known for its exceptional quality control - numerous unsightly air bubbles in the plastic are not an uncommon thing to encounter.

:*''[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/4512c7fd76f8e8ee Fan review of the Hot Rod and Elita One model kits]''
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===''Metalforce''===
[[File:Metalforce matrix.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Metalforce Convoy''' (2000)
*'''Metalforce Convoy Metalic Version''' {{sic}} (2000)
:A Matrix of Leadership accessory is included with both the standard ''[[Metalforce]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise#Metalforce|Optimus Prime]] and its metallic redeco, cast in translucent blue plastic and painted over. The Matrix fits into its traditional cavity in Prime's chest, and a panel can then be placed on top of it to hide it from view; alternatively, the panel can be left out, allowing the Matrix to remain visible through Prime's chest windows. For whatever reason, the figures also came with an uncut, unpainted version of the Matrix (and all of Prime's other accessories) as well.

::*''[http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/content.php?/transformers-toys/toy-gallery/882/MetalForce+Collection/Optimus+Prime.html More information on Metalforce Convoy at Transformers @ The Moon]''
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===''Super Collection Figure''===
[[File:Scf matrices.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Rodimus Convoy with Matrix''' (2000)
*'''Rodimus Convoy with Matrix''' (2001)
:The Matrix made its first appearance in Taraka's ''[[Heroes of Cybertron|Super Collection Figure]]'' series of PVC figurines in the hands of the rare Rodimus Prime [[chase figure]] from the line's second "act". Both Rodimus and the Matrix were cast entirely in translucent colored plastic, as the Autobot leader held the talisman in both hands, in the process of opening it.

:The Matrix-bearing Rodimus chase figure was re-released as a standard figure for the fourth ''Super Collection Figure'' wave, this time as both a standard, solid-color figure and a metallic silver "pewter" version, both available at one each per standard case of twelve. In eight out of every ten cases, the pewter figure came with the right leg of the wave's collectable [[Metroplex (G1)#Super Collection Figure|Metroplex]] "build-a-figure".

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*'''Convoy with Matrix''' (2001)
:The Matrix made another appearance in the hands of a chase figure with this metallic silver Optimus Prime from the fifth ''Super Collection Figure'' act. The Matrix's translucent blue core is the only part of the figure not covered in silver paint.
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===''Mega Super Collection Figure''===
[[File:MegaSCF matrix.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Convoy TV Version''' (2002)
*'''Convoy Metallic Version''' (2002)
*'''Convoy Battle Damage Version''' (2002)
*'''Hot Rodimus''' (2002)
*'''Rodimus Convoy''' (2002)
:The same Matrix accessory, cast in grey plastic with orange paint on the casing and metallic silver on the core, was included with the various ''[[Heroes of Cybertron#Mega SCF|Mega Super Collection Figure]]'' versions of Optimus Prime and Rodimus Prime. None of the figures had compartments to store the Matrix, nor hands equipped to hold it in the normal way: the most any of the five figures can manage is to cup or balance it in their "open palm" alternate hands.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Cybertron/MegaSCFRodimusConvoy/rodimusconvoy.htm More information on Mega SCF Rodimus Convoy at TFU.info]''
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===''KT Figure Collection''===
[[File:TF-KT-Figure-Collection-Optimus-Prime-Matrix.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Convoy''' (2004)
*'''Convoy Revival Version''' (2004)
:The bust of Optimus Prime released as part of the ''[[KT Figure Collection]]'' features a removable Matrix with some atypical green detailing. Visible through Prime's chest windows, the Matrix is revealed when a lever on Prime's back is pressed, opening his chest and pushing the Matrix forward. The Matrix remained in the silver "Revival Version" redeco available exclusively through ''[[Figure Ō]]'' magazine.

::*''[http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/kt_figure/transformers/index.html More information on KT Figure Collection Convoy at the official website]''
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===First 4 Figures===
[[File:Sd ultramagnus statue.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''SD Ultra Magnus''' (statue, 2006)
:Seeking to produce a [[super deformed]] ''Transformers'' statue, [[First 4 Figures]] teamed up with Transformers fan site [http://www.tfw2005.com TFW2005.com] to run a contest that would allow fans to design their own. The winning design, depicting an unhappy Ultra Magnus after an amusingly unfortunate attempt at opening the Matrix of Leadership, was created by fan Xu Wei (aka Iron Bird), and was limited to only 500 pieces. A variant edition of the statue was also produced, redecoing Magnus in the color scheme of his ''Diaclone'' precursor, Powered Convoy, and was even more limited at only 100 pieces.

::*''[http://www.angelfire.com/planet/reminator6/HTML/autob/magnussdf.htm More information on SD Ultra Magnus at an Ultra Magnus fan site]''
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===Diamond Select Toys===
[[File:DiamondMatrixStatue.JPG|thumb|Deus sold separately]]
*'''Autobot Matrix of Leadership''' (2006)
:[[Diamond Select Toys]] produced a human-scaled replica of the Matrix. Weighing six pounds, it was sculpted by Robert Lee and is a limited edition of 1,000 pieces. The Matrix can be picked up off its Autobot-symbol base, and held by the finger holes in the handgrips — and while it does not open, it can "light your darkest hour," with internal electronics that make the central crystal orb pulse in blue, green, red, yellow, and pink. The base also has a removable [[Key to Vector Sigma]] accessory, which activates the electronics when placed in the base.

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[[File:AAUnicron statue.jpg|thumb|"YOU! SHALL NOT! PAAAASSS!!!"]]
*'''Unicron Movie Statue''' (Diamond Select, [[2007]])
:This statue of Hot Rod and Unicron stands 8 ½” tall and was limited to 1,986 pieces (as in 1986, the year the original animated movie was released). Hot Rod stands in the center of the piece, holding the Matrix of Leadership aloft, as Unicron looms behind him.

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[[File:Diamondselect matrices.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Optimus Prime (top), G1 Animated (middle), Powermaster (bottom) and Final Battle (main).]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (bust, 2007)
*'''Final Battle Optimus Prime''' (Action Figure Xpress exclusive bust, 2007)
*'''G1 Animated Optimus Prime''' (San Diego Comic Con exclusive bust, 2008)
*'''Powermaster Optimus Prime''' (unreleased bust, 2008)
:The Matrix of Leadership was a regular fixture on Diamond Select's array of Optimus Prime busts, appearing as sculpted detail on the standard base piece shared by the Optimus Prime, G1 Animated Optimus Prime, and unreleased Powermaster Optimus Prime busts. The same base was used for the Final Battle Optimus Prime bust, which represents the character after his climactic battle with Megatron, but the Matrix was removed (replaced with a panel displaying Prime's life-signs) and instead included as a removable accessory that fits in the bust's hand.
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===''Revoltech''===
[[File:Revoltech matrix.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Convoy''' (2007)
:''Revoltech'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise#Revoltech|Optimus Prime]] comes with a Matrix accessory. Alas, like his ''Mega SCF'' incarnations before him ([[#Mega Super Collection Figure|see above]]), ''Revoltech'' Prime cannot store it in his chest, and is unable to grasp it with any of his various alternate hands, with the only possible means of interaction being to precariously balance the Matrix in his open palm.
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===''Robot Heroes''===
[[File:RH Prime vs Unicron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Shiny.]]
*'''Optimus Prime vs Unicron''' (2007)
:[[Super deformed]] ''[[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'' Optimus Prime is depicted opening the Matrix of Leadership to light the Autobots' darkest hour.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Autobot/RHOptimusPrimeMatrix/optimusprime.htm More information on Robot Heroes Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
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===''Mecha Nations''===
*'''Optimus Prime''' (2014)
:Created by [[Kids Logic]], this super deformed "G1" [[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise#Mehca Nations|Optimus Prime]] has a light-up, non-removable Matrix in his chest.

===''Ultimetal''===
[[File:Ultimetal Matrix.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (2014)
**''ID number:'' '''UM-01'''
:''Ultimetal'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise#Ultimetal|Optimus Prime]] is a large, extensively detailed figure produced by [[Art Storm]]. He comes with two different Matrix accessories: a smaller one that stores in his chest, where it can be lit up by an LED, and a larger one that can be held in his hands and lights up on its own. The larger Matrix can be displayed alongside Prime on a separate pedestal based on the [[#Diamond Select Toys|Diamond Select replica]]'s.
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===''EX Gōkin''===
[[File:EXGokin Matrix.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Convoy''' (2014)
:Art Storm also produced ''EX Gōkin'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise#EX Gōkin|Convoy]], a much smaller Optimus Prime action figure with a non-removable Matrix molded into its chest compartment.
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===Prime 1 Studio===
[[File:Prime 1 Studio Matrix of Leadership.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Megatron''' (May 2014)
**''Movie:'' '''''Revenge of the Fallen'''''
**''ID number:'' '''MMTFM-01S'''
**''Accessories'': Base

:A replica of the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Matrix of Leadership was included with an exclusive version of the [[Prime 1 Studio]] ''Museum Masterline'' [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#Prime 1 Studio|Megatron]] statue based on the same movie. It comes with its own base.
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===''D-Style''===
*'''Convoy''' (2015)
**''ID number:'' '''43'''
:The ''[[D-Style]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise#D-Style|Convoy]] model kit comes with a Matrix that stores in his chest. It was redecoed into [[Nemesis Prime (G1)#D-Style|Black Convoy]]'s [[Dead Matrix]].
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===Soldier Story===
[[File:Soldier-Story-Unicron-lamp.jpeg|thumb|Magic lamp]]
*'''Unicron''' (2017)
**''Accessories:'' Hot Rod, Hot Rod clear stand, remote control, USB power cable

:The [[Soldier Story Toys]] [[Unicron/toys#Soldier Story|Unicron]] table lamp stands over 26" tall and is bedecked with over 70 LEDs of various colors all over it. It also projects the movie-style Decepticon [[insignia]] above it. The lamp also includes a 6" Hot Rod holding the Matrix of Leadership.
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===''R.E.D. [Robot Enhanced Design]''===
[[File:TF-R.E.D.-Optimus-Prime.jpg|200px|thumb]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (2020)

:''[[Transformers R.E.D.]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise#R.E.D. .5BRobot Enhanced Design.5D|Optimus Prime]] includes an opening chest compartment that stores a removable Matrix of Leadership.

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*'''Galvatron''' (2022)
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===Icon Heroes===
[[File:Icon-Heroes-Matrix-Bookend.jpg|thumb|Wait, the blue orb isn't supposed to split in half... [[Chaos Part Four: Genesis|is it?]]]]
*'''Matrix of Leadership Bookend''' ([[2022]])
: A set of bookends made in the form of the original Matrix of Leadership, it measures 6.2 x 8.4 x 4 inches (15.75 x 21.33 x 10.16 cm) in size and weighs approximately 6 pounds (2.72 kg). Made of polystone, it was produced by Icon Heroes and was limited to 2,000 sets.

{{-}}[[File:IconHeroesGoldenLagoonMatrixBookend.jpg|thumb|No, no, NO! Only the middle is supposed to be gold, not the entire thing!]]
*'''Matrix of Leadership Bookend (Golden Lagoon Exclusive)''' ([[2023]])
: Inspired by the Transformers episode "[[The Golden Lagoon (episode)|The Golden Lagoon]]", this redeco of the above bookend set depicts the entire Matrix of Leadership (save for its blue center) coated in [[electrum]] after the Autobots dipped into the titular golden lagoon,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20240303064936/https://www.iconheroes.com/collections/transformers/products/transformers-matrix-of-leadership-bookend-golden-lagoon-exclusive Icon Heroes listing:] "Inspired by the Transformers episode The Golden Lagoon where Autobots and Decepticons are protected in electrum coating after dipping into a golden lagoon[...]"</ref> even though the Matrix wasn't introduced to audiences until ''The Transformers: The Movie'' released, ten months after the episode was first broadcast. Again made of polystone, it was available exclusively on Icon Heroes' web storefronts and was limited to 300 sets..

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User:Protoman

2023-10-27T00:01:21Z

Protoman:

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[[Image:Protoman.jpg|right|171px|thumb|What a cocky son of a......]]

'''Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault''' is a writer and former staff of the largest fan-run Transformers convention in the world, TFcon[http://www.tfcon.ca]. He is known for his "take no crap" personality and insane Transformers knowledge. Him and [[User:Monzo|Monzo]] party to TF Japanese source books. He is also a huge [[Rodimus (disambiguation)|Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]] fan.

==Transformers Fandom History==

The legendary [[Canada|Canadian]] fan Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault started his humble Transformers beginnings with his first trip to see [[The Transformers: The Movie|some robot movie]] with his next door neighbour back in 1986, it all snowballed from there. There he was introduced to something new and beautiful to him and not to mention coming into contact with a [[Hot Rod (G1)|character]] that would become dear to his [[Spark|heart]] and always brought up when the name "Protoman" is mentioned. As he grew older, he used his money working at BMW as a mechanic and semi-pro racing in Formula Ford and KART to fund his insane lust for all things Transformers. Considered one of the top representatives of the Canadian Transformers fandom, Daniel uses his social jock influence to bring others who normally see the hobby as a "nerdy thing" and brings light to them as if it was some kind of [[Primus|religion]] they were missing out on.

According to the Twitter page of [[Derrick J. Wyatt]], some visual aspects of [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus Prime]] from [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)| Transformers Animated]] were based on Daniel, such as the popped collar which is a regular part of his attire.<ref>[http://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/status/21459535186 "@DerrickJWyatt Epic. Just epic. Now if only we can talk about that popped collar =D" "@Protomanx The popped collar inspired by Protoman?"]</ref>

==Writing==

====Comic Books====
* Nightbird Rebirth (TFcon 2010 exclusive comic)
* Changes In War (TFcon 2011 exclusive comic)
* Hardworker (TFcon 2012 exclusive comic)
* Lost World, Lost Mind (TFcon 2013 exclusive comic)
* The Dark Warrior (TFcon 2014 Toronto/Chicago exclusive comic)
* He Turned The Tide (TFcon 2015 Toronto exclusive comic)
* Not Feng Shui (TFcon 2015 Charlotte exclusive comic)
* [[Cybertron's Most Wanted|Transformers Timelines #11]] Diamond Edition 2015 - [[Zaptrap]] & [[Beet-Chit]] Section
* Internal Struggle (TFcon 2016 Chicago exclusive comic)
* Mecha Wars (TFcon 2018 Toronto exclusive comic)

====Tech Specs====

Hasbro / TFCC

* [[BotCon 2015]] - [[Zaptrap]] & [[Beet-Chit]] - Extended bio
* [[BotCon 2015]] - [[King Waruder]] - Originally Waruder Marauders
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Needlenose (G1)#Generations|Needlenose]] (with [[Sunbeam (G1)#Generations|Sunbeam]] and [[Zigzag#Generations|Zputty]])
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Ruckus (G1)#Generations|Grabuge]]
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Spinister (G1)#TFSS|Spinister]] (with [[Hairsplitter#Generations|Shrute]] and [[Singe#Generations|Singe]])
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Windsweeper#Generations|Windsweeper]]
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Bludgeon (G1)#Generations|Bludgeon]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Ravage (G1)/toys#BotCon2016|Ravage]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Tarantulas (BW)#Combiner Wars|Predacon Tarantulas]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Tigatron#Combiner Wars|Tigatron]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Flash Sentry#Toys|Flash Sentry]]

* Hasbro Retail - Too many to name right now ([[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Mostly]])

3rd Party
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Stronghold]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Toxin]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] (2012)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Van Guard|Van Guardian]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Path Finder|Roswell]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Prototype X (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Project Z (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Erector (G1) |Shafter]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Full-Tilt |Axis]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Pestilence (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Ravenus|Volar]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Loco (GoBots)|Devilstar/Loco]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Grit]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Rodimus (SG)|Shadow Ghost Calidus]] (2017)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Machine Wars|Thunder Prominon]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Bob (IDW)|Malum Malitia Bob]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Breakdown_(G1)#Generation_2|Crackup B1]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Megatron (SG)|Broken Mirror Supreme Commander]] (2019)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Drift (SG)|Broken Mirror Stray]] (2019)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Ratchet (G1)|Combat Medic]] (2019)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Downshift_(Energon)|Cybertronian Downshifter]] (2021)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for [[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Famiconboy]] (2022)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for [[Optimus Prime (G1)|OptiNES Prime]] (2023)

==Character Designing ==

* Decepticon [[Toxin]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2011 Exclusive
* Autobot [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2012 Exclusive
* Decepticon [[Megatron_(SG)|Broken Mirror Supreme Commander]] - Head design for TFcon 2019 Custom Class
* 3P Botbots [[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Famiconboy]] - Partial Podcast / TFcon Exclusive 2022
* 3P Botbots [[Optimus Prime (G1)|OptiNES Prime]] - Partial Podcast / TFcon Exclusive 2023

==Creative Consultant==

* [[Symbiote Studios]] - Consultant for all [[Hasbro]] licensed products with the company. Not only Transformers but [[GI Joe]], Power Rangers, Magic The Gathering, etc. Official line of Transformers plush, pins and t-shirts.

* [[Transformers Deck-Building Game]] - Brand Consultant on all expansions of the game

==Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime==
Daniel "Protoman" really, REALLY likes this character. He has the biggest Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime collection in the world. Rarities like the Rodimus Convoy 2010 Shampoo figure bottle and the 1988 Kabaya Rodimus Convoy Blaster Replica are some of his prized figures (And yeah.... some of that lucky draw stuff). What [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] is to [[David Willis]], Hot Rod is to Protoman..... cept even more extreme. He is constantly watching over and maintaining any of the Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime related wiki entries of any like:

[[Hot Rod (G1)|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]] G1 Awesome

[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime toys and merch]] Spending Awesome

[[Dark Hot Rod|G1 Black Rodimus/Dark Hot Rod]] Evil-Black-Repaint Awesome

[[Rodimus (Energon)|Energon Rodimus]] Unicron Trilogy Awesome

[[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Movie Rodimus]] Future Movie Awesome

[[Rodimus (SG)|Shattered Glass Rodimus]] Evil Goatee Awesome

[[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Animated Rodimus]] Big Chin Awesome

[[Hot Shot (Prime)|Prime Hot Shot/Rod]] Name Confused Awesome

also

[[Pointblank|G1 Pointblank]] Cause he is bad ass

==Conventions==

Prior to being staff of TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]], Daniel use to compete at the event before deciding to focus on [[BotCon|bigger fish]].

At [[BotCon 2008|Botcon 2008]], Daniel "Protoman" along with Team Canada got to the semifinals of the Faction Feud Trivia and shut out fellow brother site TFW2005's team [[http://www.tfw2005.com]]. He also taunted the vastly pro-American audience when he took the mic from Alvarez. After the Friday Panel, Protoman privately talked with [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] about insuring Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime get a good faithful representation when he will be used in Animated. Later on [[Jared Wade]] drew up a sketch of Animated Rodimus for him (7 months before it's public debut).

For the final years of Botcon and Fun Publications; he worked on the character concepts, tech specs and bios for Botcon 2016 as well as the Figure Subscription Service for 4.0 and 5.0

As it relates to TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]] itself, Protoman is a former staff of the convention. Daniel has hosted multiple Transformers historical and educational panels and has acted as a judge of trivia competitions and Custom/Art contests.

==Fiction Cameos==

Protoman has ended up in mild homage/cameos in some current TF related fiction by long time co-workers [[Alex Milne]] (art) and [[Josh Perez]] (colors).

[[Defiance issue 2|Transformers Revenge of the Fallen: Defiance #2]] - Page 15, Panel 3. Far right.

[[Drift issue 2|Transformers: Drift #2]] - Page 4, Panel 2. Lone robot on the middle

[[Unofficial conventions|TFcon 2010: Nightbird Rebirth]] - Page 2, Panel 3. Far right.

==Protoman in the mass media==

Daniel appeared on ''This Morning Live'' on July 9th, 2007 which aired live all over the eastern Canada area on the Global TV network. Protoman talked about Transformers, his collection and how he got so "deep" into the hobby. When pictures of his house and collection were shown, off-camera news anchor Mike Lecouteur jaw dropped and later told Protoman about owning [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] as a child.

Protoman was featured in Montreal, Canada's largest newspaper, [[wikipedia: The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]] on July 28th, 2007 in a quarter page article with photo and full interview about his huge collection of Transformers, his life and feelings about the [[Transformers (film)|new Transformers movie]].

Featured in an extensive interview on G4's [[wikipedia: The Electric Playground|Electric Playground]] on August 3rd 2010, TFcon was the focus and Protoman was the guide for the show. He talked about the convention's history, what helped Transformers endure all those years and what he loves about the fans.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPhqJNNfEvA]

Daniel/Protoman was featured on [[wikipedia: Storage Wars|Storage Wars]] on February 20th 2015. The pickers (Cindy and Rick) of the show found a bag of 1984-1986 G1 Transformers and brought them to TFcon that was "conveniently" happening the same day. Further information from the recording process showed that the final price given (and aired) for the items was chosen by the producer to make sure the pickers got "2nd place" in cost vs. profit. Protoman originally gave an estimation of about $250-$300 "at most", which they would not happy with. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DCu27NYu_A]

==External links==
* [http://www.tfcon.ca TFcon, the world's largest fan-run Transformers convention]
[[Image:Escalation6_HotRod_Koska.jpg]]

Daniel Arseneault

2022-09-21T21:52:14Z

Protoman: /* External links */

[[File:Daniel Arseneault.jpg|thumb|250px]]
'''Daniel Arseneault''', screenname '''[[User:Protoman|Protoman]]''', is a [[Canada|Canadian]] ''Transformers'' superfan, known for being a former staff member in the twice-yearly Canadian and U.S. fan convention [[Unofficial conventions|TFcon]]. Relevant to this wiki, Arseneault contributed to the writing of [[BotCon]] and [[Transformers Collectors' Club|Club]] character [[bio]]s during the latter years of [[Fun Publications]]' tenure of the license.

==Profile writing==
*[[Fun Publications]]
**[[BotCon 2015]]
*** [[Cybertron's Most Wanted|''Timelines'' #11]] Diamond Edition - [[Zaptrap]] & [[Beet-Chit]] profile

** [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service#Series 4.0 (2016)|Figure Subscription Service 4.0]]
*** [[Needlenose (G1)#Generations|Needlenose]] (with [[Sunbeam (G1)#Generations|Sunbeam]] and [[Zigzag#Generations|Zputty]])
*** [[Ruckus (G1)#Generations|Grabuge]]
*** [[Spinister (G1)#Combiner Wars|Spinister]] (with [[Hairsplitter#Generations|Shrute]] and [[Singe#Generations|Singe]])
*** [[Windsweeper#Generations|Windsweeper]]
*** [[Bludgeon (G1)#Generations|Bludgeon]]
** [[BotCon 2016]]
*** [[Ravage (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Ravage]]
*** [[Tarantulas (BW)#Generations|Predacon Tarantulas]]
*** [[Tigatron#Generations|Tigatron]]
*** [[Flash Sentry#Toys|Flash Sentry]]
** Miscellaneous
*** [[King Waruder]]

*[[Hasbro]]
**''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Combaticons

==Creative consultant==
*[[Symbiote Studios]]
**''Transformers'' plushes

*[[Renegade Game Studios]]
**[[Transformers Deck-Building Game]]

==Notes==
*Daniel Arseneault is to [[Hot Rod (disambiguation)|Hot Rod]] what [[David Willis]] is to [[Hot Shot (disambiguation)|Hot Shot]], and [[Randy Para]] is to [[Skywarp (disambiguation)|Skywarp]]. Doubt not the colossal quantity of his collection.
*His [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWPpYdtG_3o imitation of a British accent] is one of the funniest things you've ever heard.

==External links==
*[https://twitter.com/Protoman Daniel Arseneault on Twitter]
*[https://www.instagram.com/protomangaming/ Daniel Arseneault on Instagram]
*[https://www.youtube.com/TransformersSlagPodcast Transformers Slag Podcast], hosted by Daniel Arseneault
*[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL-HHHcnrMk8hS7IbYz_gcA The Toy Armada with Aaron Archer], hosted by Daniel Arseneault

[[Category:Fandom]]
[[Category:Fun Publications]]
[[Category:Writers]]

User:Protoman

2022-09-21T00:28:19Z

Protoman: /* Creative Consultant */

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[[Image:Protoman.jpg|right|171px|thumb|What a cocky son of a......]]

'''Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault''' is a writer and former staff of the largest fan-run Transformers convention in the world, TFcon[http://www.tfcon.ca]. He is known for his "take no crap" personality and insane Transformers knowledge. Him and [[User:Monzo|Monzo]] party to TF Japanese source books. He is also a huge [[Rodimus (disambiguation)|Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]] fan.

==Transformers Fandom History==

The legendary [[Canada|Canadian]] fan Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault started his humble Transformers beginnings with his first trip to see [[The Transformers: The Movie|some robot movie]] with his next door neighbour back in 1986, it all snowballed from there. There he was introduced to something new and beautiful to him and not to mention coming into contact with a [[Hot Rod (G1)|character]] that would become dear to his [[Spark|heart]] and always brought up when the name "Protoman" is mentioned. As he grew older, he used his money working at BMW as a mechanic and semi-pro racing in Formula Ford and KART to fund his insane lust for all things Transformers. Considered one of the top representatives of the Canadian Transformers fandom, Daniel uses his social jock influence to bring others who normally see the hobby as a "nerdy thing" and brings light to them as if it was some kind of [[Primus|religion]] they were missing out on.

According to the Twitter page of [[Derrick J. Wyatt]], some visual aspects of [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus Prime]] from [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)| Transformers Animated]] were based on Daniel, such as the popped collar which is a regular part of his attire.<ref>[http://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/status/21459535186 "@DerrickJWyatt Epic. Just epic. Now if only we can talk about that popped collar =D" "@Protomanx The popped collar inspired by Protoman?"]</ref>

==Writing==

====Comic Books====
* Nightbird Rebirth (TFcon 2010 exclusive comic)
* Changes In War (TFcon 2011 exclusive comic)
* Hardworker (TFcon 2012 exclusive comic)
* Lost World, Lost Mind (TFcon 2013 exclusive comic)
* The Dark Warrior (TFcon 2014 Toronto/Chicago exclusive comic)
* He Turned The Tide (TFcon 2015 Toronto exclusive comic)
* Not Feng Shui (TFcon 2015 Charlotte exclusive comic)
* [[Cybertron's Most Wanted|Transformers Timelines #11]] Diamond Edition 2015 - [[Zaptrap]] & [[Beet-Chit]] Section
* Internal Struggle (TFcon 2016 Chicago exclusive comic)
* Mecha Wars (TFcon 2018 Toronto exclusive comic)

====Tech Specs====

Hasbro / TFCC

* [[BotCon 2015]] - [[Zaptrap]] & [[Beet-Chit]] - Extended bio
* [[BotCon 2015]] - [[King Waruder]] - Originally Waruder Marauders
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Needlenose (G1)#Generations|Needlenose]] (with [[Sunbeam (G1)#Generations|Sunbeam]] and [[Zigzag#Generations|Zputty]])
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Ruckus (G1)#Generations|Grabuge]]
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Spinister (G1)#TFSS|Spinister]] (with [[Hairsplitter#Generations|Shrute]] and [[Singe#Generations|Singe]])
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Windsweeper#Generations|Windsweeper]]
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Bludgeon (G1)#Generations|Bludgeon]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Ravage (G1)/toys#BotCon2016|Ravage]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Tarantulas (BW)#Combiner Wars|Predacon Tarantulas]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Tigatron#Combiner Wars|Tigatron]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Flash Sentry#Toys|Flash Sentry]]

* Hasbro Retail - Too many to name right now ([[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Mostly]])

3rd Party
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Stronghold]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Toxin]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] (2012)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Van Guard|Van Guardian]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Path Finder|Roswell]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Prototype X (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Project Z (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Erector (G1) |Shafter]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Full-Tilt |Axis]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Pestilence (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Ravenus|Volar]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Loco (GoBots)|Devilstar/Loco]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Grit]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Rodimus (SG)|Shadow Ghost Calidus]] (2017)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Machine Wars|Thunder Prominon]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Bob (IDW)|Malum Malitia Bob]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Breakdown_(G1)#Generation_2|Crackup B1]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Megatron (SG)|Broken Mirror Supreme Commander]] (2019)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Drift (SG)|Broken Mirror Stray]] (2019)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Ratchet (G1)|Combat Medic]] (2019)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Downshift_(Energon)|Cybertronian Downshifter]] (2021)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for [[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Famiconboy]] (2022)

==Character Designing ==

* Decepticon [[Toxin]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2011 Exclusive
* Autobot [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2012 Exclusive
* Decepticon [[Megatron_(SG)|Broken Mirror Supreme Commander]] - Head design for TFcon 2019 Custom Class
* Botbots [[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Famiconboy]] - Partial Podcast / TFcon Exclusive 2022

==Creative Consultant==

* [[Symbiote Studios]] - Consultant for all [[Hasbro]] licensed products with the company. Not only Transformers but [[GI Joe]], Power Rangers, Magic The Gathering, etc. Official line of Transformers plush, pins and t-shirts.

* [[Transformers Deck-Building Game]] - Brand Consultant on all expansions of the game

==Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime==
Daniel "Protoman" really, REALLY likes this character. He has the biggest Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime collection in the world. Rarities like the Rodimus Convoy 2010 Shampoo figure bottle and the 1988 Kabaya Rodimus Convoy Blaster Replica are some of his prized figures (And yeah.... some of that lucky draw stuff). What [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] is to [[David Willis]], Hot Rod is to Protoman..... cept even more extreme. He is constantly watching over and maintaining any of the Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime related wiki entries of any like:

[[Hot Rod (G1)|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]] G1 Awesome

[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime toys and merch]] Spending Awesome

[[Dark Hot Rod|G1 Black Rodimus/Dark Hot Rod]] Evil-Black-Repaint Awesome

[[Rodimus (Energon)|Energon Rodimus]] Unicron Trilogy Awesome

[[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Movie Rodimus]] Future Movie Awesome

[[Rodimus (SG)|Shattered Glass Rodimus]] Evil Goatee Awesome

[[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Animated Rodimus]] Big Chin Awesome

[[Hot Shot (Prime)|Prime Hot Shot/Rod]] Name Confused Awesome

also

[[Pointblank|G1 Pointblank]] Cause he is bad ass

==Conventions==

Prior to being staff of TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]], Daniel use to compete at the event before deciding to focus on [[BotCon|bigger fish]].

At [[BotCon 2008|Botcon 2008]], Daniel "Protoman" along with Team Canada got to the semifinals of the Faction Feud Trivia and shut out fellow brother site TFW2005's team [[http://www.tfw2005.com]]. He also taunted the vastly pro-American audience when he took the mic from Alvarez. After the Friday Panel, Protoman privately talked with [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] about insuring Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime get a good faithful representation when he will be used in Animated. Later on [[Jared Wade]] drew up a sketch of Animated Rodimus for him (7 months before it's public debut).

For the final years of Botcon and Fun Publications; he worked on the character concepts, tech specs and bios for Botcon 2016 as well as the Figure Subscription Service for 4.0 and 5.0

As it relates to TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]] itself, Protoman is a former staff of the convention. Daniel has hosted multiple Transformers historical and educational panels and has acted as a judge of trivia competitions and Custom/Art contests.

==Fiction Cameos==

Protoman has ended up in mild homage/cameos in some current TF related fiction by long time co-workers [[Alex Milne]] (art) and [[Josh Perez]] (colors).

[[Defiance issue 2|Transformers Revenge of the Fallen: Defiance #2]] - Page 15, Panel 3. Far right.

[[Drift issue 2|Transformers: Drift #2]] - Page 4, Panel 2. Lone robot on the middle

[[Unofficial conventions|TFcon 2010: Nightbird Rebirth]] - Page 2, Panel 3. Far right.

==Protoman in the mass media==

Daniel appeared on ''This Morning Live'' on July 9th, 2007 which aired live all over the eastern Canada area on the Global TV network. Protoman talked about Transformers, his collection and how he got so "deep" into the hobby. When pictures of his house and collection were shown, off-camera news anchor Mike Lecouteur jaw dropped and later told Protoman about owning [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] as a child.

Protoman was featured in Montreal, Canada's largest newspaper, [[wikipedia: The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]] on July 28th, 2007 in a quarter page article with photo and full interview about his huge collection of Transformers, his life and feelings about the [[Transformers (film)|new Transformers movie]].

Featured in an extensive interview on G4's [[wikipedia: The Electric Playground|Electric Playground]] on August 3rd 2010, TFcon was the focus and Protoman was the guide for the show. He talked about the convention's history, what helped Transformers endure all those years and what he loves about the fans.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPhqJNNfEvA]

Daniel/Protoman was featured on [[wikipedia: Storage Wars|Storage Wars]] on February 20th 2015. The pickers (Cindy and Rick) of the show found a bag of 1984-1986 G1 Transformers and brought them to TFcon that was "conveniently" happening the same day. Further information from the recording process showed that the final price given (and aired) for the items was chosen by the producer to make sure the pickers got "2nd place" in cost vs. profit. Protoman originally gave an estimation of about $250-$300 "at most", which they would not happy with. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DCu27NYu_A]

==External links==
* [http://www.tfcon.ca TFcon, the world's largest fan-run Transformers convention]
[[Image:Escalation6_HotRod_Koska.jpg]]

File:Daniel Arseneault.jpg

2022-09-21T00:16:12Z

Protoman: Protoman uploaded a new version of "File:Daniel Arseneault.jpg": I like this one better. The Machine Wars book was much more fun to do ^_^

[[Daniel Arseneault|Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault]]. Image sourced from his [https://twitter.com/protoman/status/1055852371882983426 Twitter account].
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User:Protoman

2022-07-06T16:09:08Z

Protoman: /* Character Designing */

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[[Image:Protoman.jpg|right|171px|thumb|What a cocky son of a......]]

'''Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault''' is a writer and former staff of the largest fan-run Transformers convention in the world, TFcon[http://www.tfcon.ca]. He is known for his "take no crap" personality and insane Transformers knowledge. Him and [[User:Monzo|Monzo]] party to TF Japanese source books. He is also a huge [[Rodimus (disambiguation)|Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]] fan.

==Transformers Fandom History==

The legendary [[Canada|Canadian]] fan Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault started his humble Transformers beginnings with his first trip to see [[The Transformers: The Movie|some robot movie]] with his next door neighbour back in 1986, it all snowballed from there. There he was introduced to something new and beautiful to him and not to mention coming into contact with a [[Hot Rod (G1)|character]] that would become dear to his [[Spark|heart]] and always brought up when the name "Protoman" is mentioned. As he grew older, he used his money working at BMW as a mechanic and semi-pro racing in Formula Ford and KART to fund his insane lust for all things Transformers. Considered one of the top representatives of the Canadian Transformers fandom, Daniel uses his social jock influence to bring others who normally see the hobby as a "nerdy thing" and brings light to them as if it was some kind of [[Primus|religion]] they were missing out on.

According to the Twitter page of [[Derrick J. Wyatt]], some visual aspects of [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus Prime]] from [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)| Transformers Animated]] were based on Daniel, such as the popped collar which is a regular part of his attire.<ref>[http://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/status/21459535186 "@DerrickJWyatt Epic. Just epic. Now if only we can talk about that popped collar =D" "@Protomanx The popped collar inspired by Protoman?"]</ref>

==Writing==

====Comic Books====
* Nightbird Rebirth (TFcon 2010 exclusive comic)
* Changes In War (TFcon 2011 exclusive comic)
* Hardworker (TFcon 2012 exclusive comic)
* Lost World, Lost Mind (TFcon 2013 exclusive comic)
* The Dark Warrior (TFcon 2014 Toronto/Chicago exclusive comic)
* He Turned The Tide (TFcon 2015 Toronto exclusive comic)
* Not Feng Shui (TFcon 2015 Charlotte exclusive comic)
* [[Cybertron's Most Wanted|Transformers Timelines #11]] Diamond Edition 2015 - [[Zaptrap]] & [[Beet-Chit]] Section
* Internal Struggle (TFcon 2016 Chicago exclusive comic)
* Mecha Wars (TFcon 2018 Toronto exclusive comic)

====Tech Specs====

Hasbro / TFCC

* [[BotCon 2015]] - [[Zaptrap]] & [[Beet-Chit]] - Extended bio
* [[BotCon 2015]] - [[King Waruder]] - Originally Waruder Marauders
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Needlenose (G1)#Generations|Needlenose]] (with [[Sunbeam (G1)#Generations|Sunbeam]] and [[Zigzag#Generations|Zputty]])
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Ruckus (G1)#Generations|Grabuge]]
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Spinister (G1)#TFSS|Spinister]] (with [[Hairsplitter#Generations|Shrute]] and [[Singe#Generations|Singe]])
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Windsweeper#Generations|Windsweeper]]
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Bludgeon (G1)#Generations|Bludgeon]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Ravage (G1)/toys#BotCon2016|Ravage]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Tarantulas (BW)#Combiner Wars|Predacon Tarantulas]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Tigatron#Combiner Wars|Tigatron]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Flash Sentry#Toys|Flash Sentry]]

* Hasbro Retail - Too many to name right now ([[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Mostly]])

3rd Party
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Stronghold]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Toxin]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] (2012)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Van Guard|Van Guardian]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Path Finder|Roswell]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Prototype X (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Project Z (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Erector (G1) |Shafter]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Full-Tilt |Axis]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Pestilence (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Ravenus|Volar]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Loco (GoBots)|Devilstar/Loco]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Grit]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Rodimus (SG)|Shadow Ghost Calidus]] (2017)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Machine Wars|Thunder Prominon]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Bob (IDW)|Malum Malitia Bob]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Breakdown_(G1)#Generation_2|Crackup B1]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Megatron (SG)|Broken Mirror Supreme Commander]] (2019)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Drift (SG)|Broken Mirror Stray]] (2019)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Ratchet (G1)|Combat Medic]] (2019)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Downshift_(Energon)|Cybertronian Downshifter]] (2021)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for [[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Famiconboy]] (2022)

==Character Designing ==

* Decepticon [[Toxin]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2011 Exclusive
* Autobot [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2012 Exclusive
* Decepticon [[Megatron_(SG)|Broken Mirror Supreme Commander]] - Head design for TFcon 2019 Custom Class
* Botbots [[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Famiconboy]] - Partial Podcast / TFcon Exclusive 2022

==Creative Consultant==

* [[Symbiote Studios]] - Consultant for all [[Hasbro]] licensed products with the company. Not only Transformers but [[GI Joe]], Power Rangers, Magic The Gathering, etc. Official line of Transformers plush, pins and t-shirts.

==Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime==
Daniel "Protoman" really, REALLY likes this character. He has the biggest Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime collection in the world. Rarities like the Rodimus Convoy 2010 Shampoo figure bottle and the 1988 Kabaya Rodimus Convoy Blaster Replica are some of his prized figures (And yeah.... some of that lucky draw stuff). What [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] is to [[David Willis]], Hot Rod is to Protoman..... cept even more extreme. He is constantly watching over and maintaining any of the Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime related wiki entries of any like:

[[Hot Rod (G1)|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]] G1 Awesome

[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime toys and merch]] Spending Awesome

[[Dark Hot Rod|G1 Black Rodimus/Dark Hot Rod]] Evil-Black-Repaint Awesome

[[Rodimus (Energon)|Energon Rodimus]] Unicron Trilogy Awesome

[[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Movie Rodimus]] Future Movie Awesome

[[Rodimus (SG)|Shattered Glass Rodimus]] Evil Goatee Awesome

[[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Animated Rodimus]] Big Chin Awesome

[[Hot Shot (Prime)|Prime Hot Shot/Rod]] Name Confused Awesome

also

[[Pointblank|G1 Pointblank]] Cause he is bad ass

==Conventions==

Prior to being staff of TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]], Daniel use to compete at the event before deciding to focus on [[BotCon|bigger fish]].

At [[BotCon 2008|Botcon 2008]], Daniel "Protoman" along with Team Canada got to the semifinals of the Faction Feud Trivia and shut out fellow brother site TFW2005's team [[http://www.tfw2005.com]]. He also taunted the vastly pro-American audience when he took the mic from Alvarez. After the Friday Panel, Protoman privately talked with [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] about insuring Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime get a good faithful representation when he will be used in Animated. Later on [[Jared Wade]] drew up a sketch of Animated Rodimus for him (7 months before it's public debut).

For the final years of Botcon and Fun Publications; he worked on the character concepts, tech specs and bios for Botcon 2016 as well as the Figure Subscription Service for 4.0 and 5.0

As it relates to TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]] itself, Protoman is a former staff of the convention. Daniel has hosted multiple Transformers historical and educational panels and has acted as a judge of trivia competitions and Custom/Art contests.

==Fiction Cameos==

Protoman has ended up in mild homage/cameos in some current TF related fiction by long time co-workers [[Alex Milne]] (art) and [[Josh Perez]] (colors).

[[Defiance issue 2|Transformers Revenge of the Fallen: Defiance #2]] - Page 15, Panel 3. Far right.

[[Drift issue 2|Transformers: Drift #2]] - Page 4, Panel 2. Lone robot on the middle

[[Unofficial conventions|TFcon 2010: Nightbird Rebirth]] - Page 2, Panel 3. Far right.

==Protoman in the mass media==

Daniel appeared on ''This Morning Live'' on July 9th, 2007 which aired live all over the eastern Canada area on the Global TV network. Protoman talked about Transformers, his collection and how he got so "deep" into the hobby. When pictures of his house and collection were shown, off-camera news anchor Mike Lecouteur jaw dropped and later told Protoman about owning [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] as a child.

Protoman was featured in Montreal, Canada's largest newspaper, [[wikipedia: The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]] on July 28th, 2007 in a quarter page article with photo and full interview about his huge collection of Transformers, his life and feelings about the [[Transformers (film)|new Transformers movie]].

Featured in an extensive interview on G4's [[wikipedia: The Electric Playground|Electric Playground]] on August 3rd 2010, TFcon was the focus and Protoman was the guide for the show. He talked about the convention's history, what helped Transformers endure all those years and what he loves about the fans.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPhqJNNfEvA]

Daniel/Protoman was featured on [[wikipedia: Storage Wars|Storage Wars]] on February 20th 2015. The pickers (Cindy and Rick) of the show found a bag of 1984-1986 G1 Transformers and brought them to TFcon that was "conveniently" happening the same day. Further information from the recording process showed that the final price given (and aired) for the items was chosen by the producer to make sure the pickers got "2nd place" in cost vs. profit. Protoman originally gave an estimation of about $250-$300 "at most", which they would not happy with. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DCu27NYu_A]

==External links==
* [http://www.tfcon.ca TFcon, the world's largest fan-run Transformers convention]
[[Image:Escalation6_HotRod_Koska.jpg]]

User:Protoman

2022-07-06T16:07:29Z

Protoman: /* Tech Specs */

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[[Image:Protoman.jpg|right|171px|thumb|What a cocky son of a......]]

'''Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault''' is a writer and former staff of the largest fan-run Transformers convention in the world, TFcon[http://www.tfcon.ca]. He is known for his "take no crap" personality and insane Transformers knowledge. Him and [[User:Monzo|Monzo]] party to TF Japanese source books. He is also a huge [[Rodimus (disambiguation)|Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]] fan.

==Transformers Fandom History==

The legendary [[Canada|Canadian]] fan Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault started his humble Transformers beginnings with his first trip to see [[The Transformers: The Movie|some robot movie]] with his next door neighbour back in 1986, it all snowballed from there. There he was introduced to something new and beautiful to him and not to mention coming into contact with a [[Hot Rod (G1)|character]] that would become dear to his [[Spark|heart]] and always brought up when the name "Protoman" is mentioned. As he grew older, he used his money working at BMW as a mechanic and semi-pro racing in Formula Ford and KART to fund his insane lust for all things Transformers. Considered one of the top representatives of the Canadian Transformers fandom, Daniel uses his social jock influence to bring others who normally see the hobby as a "nerdy thing" and brings light to them as if it was some kind of [[Primus|religion]] they were missing out on.

According to the Twitter page of [[Derrick J. Wyatt]], some visual aspects of [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus Prime]] from [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)| Transformers Animated]] were based on Daniel, such as the popped collar which is a regular part of his attire.<ref>[http://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/status/21459535186 "@DerrickJWyatt Epic. Just epic. Now if only we can talk about that popped collar =D" "@Protomanx The popped collar inspired by Protoman?"]</ref>

==Writing==

====Comic Books====
* Nightbird Rebirth (TFcon 2010 exclusive comic)
* Changes In War (TFcon 2011 exclusive comic)
* Hardworker (TFcon 2012 exclusive comic)
* Lost World, Lost Mind (TFcon 2013 exclusive comic)
* The Dark Warrior (TFcon 2014 Toronto/Chicago exclusive comic)
* He Turned The Tide (TFcon 2015 Toronto exclusive comic)
* Not Feng Shui (TFcon 2015 Charlotte exclusive comic)
* [[Cybertron's Most Wanted|Transformers Timelines #11]] Diamond Edition 2015 - [[Zaptrap]] & [[Beet-Chit]] Section
* Internal Struggle (TFcon 2016 Chicago exclusive comic)
* Mecha Wars (TFcon 2018 Toronto exclusive comic)

====Tech Specs====

Hasbro / TFCC

* [[BotCon 2015]] - [[Zaptrap]] & [[Beet-Chit]] - Extended bio
* [[BotCon 2015]] - [[King Waruder]] - Originally Waruder Marauders
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Needlenose (G1)#Generations|Needlenose]] (with [[Sunbeam (G1)#Generations|Sunbeam]] and [[Zigzag#Generations|Zputty]])
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Ruckus (G1)#Generations|Grabuge]]
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Spinister (G1)#TFSS|Spinister]] (with [[Hairsplitter#Generations|Shrute]] and [[Singe#Generations|Singe]])
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Windsweeper#Generations|Windsweeper]]
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Bludgeon (G1)#Generations|Bludgeon]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Ravage (G1)/toys#BotCon2016|Ravage]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Tarantulas (BW)#Combiner Wars|Predacon Tarantulas]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Tigatron#Combiner Wars|Tigatron]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Flash Sentry#Toys|Flash Sentry]]

* Hasbro Retail - Too many to name right now ([[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Mostly]])

3rd Party
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Stronghold]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Toxin]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] (2012)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Van Guard|Van Guardian]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Path Finder|Roswell]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Prototype X (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Project Z (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Erector (G1) |Shafter]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Full-Tilt |Axis]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Pestilence (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Ravenus|Volar]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Loco (GoBots)|Devilstar/Loco]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Grit]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Rodimus (SG)|Shadow Ghost Calidus]] (2017)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Machine Wars|Thunder Prominon]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Bob (IDW)|Malum Malitia Bob]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Breakdown_(G1)#Generation_2|Crackup B1]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Megatron (SG)|Broken Mirror Supreme Commander]] (2019)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Drift (SG)|Broken Mirror Stray]] (2019)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Ratchet (G1)|Combat Medic]] (2019)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Downshift_(Energon)|Cybertronian Downshifter]] (2021)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for [[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy|Famiconboy]] (2022)

==Character Designing ==

* Decepticon [[Toxin]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2011 Exclusive
* Autobot [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2012 Exclusive
* Decepticon [[Megatron_(SG)|Broken Mirror Supreme Commander]] - Head design for TFcon 2019 Custom Class

==Creative Consultant==

* [[Symbiote Studios]] - Consultant for all [[Hasbro]] licensed products with the company. Not only Transformers but [[GI Joe]], Power Rangers, Magic The Gathering, etc. Official line of Transformers plush, pins and t-shirts.

==Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime==
Daniel "Protoman" really, REALLY likes this character. He has the biggest Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime collection in the world. Rarities like the Rodimus Convoy 2010 Shampoo figure bottle and the 1988 Kabaya Rodimus Convoy Blaster Replica are some of his prized figures (And yeah.... some of that lucky draw stuff). What [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] is to [[David Willis]], Hot Rod is to Protoman..... cept even more extreme. He is constantly watching over and maintaining any of the Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime related wiki entries of any like:

[[Hot Rod (G1)|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]] G1 Awesome

[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime toys and merch]] Spending Awesome

[[Dark Hot Rod|G1 Black Rodimus/Dark Hot Rod]] Evil-Black-Repaint Awesome

[[Rodimus (Energon)|Energon Rodimus]] Unicron Trilogy Awesome

[[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Movie Rodimus]] Future Movie Awesome

[[Rodimus (SG)|Shattered Glass Rodimus]] Evil Goatee Awesome

[[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Animated Rodimus]] Big Chin Awesome

[[Hot Shot (Prime)|Prime Hot Shot/Rod]] Name Confused Awesome

also

[[Pointblank|G1 Pointblank]] Cause he is bad ass

==Conventions==

Prior to being staff of TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]], Daniel use to compete at the event before deciding to focus on [[BotCon|bigger fish]].

At [[BotCon 2008|Botcon 2008]], Daniel "Protoman" along with Team Canada got to the semifinals of the Faction Feud Trivia and shut out fellow brother site TFW2005's team [[http://www.tfw2005.com]]. He also taunted the vastly pro-American audience when he took the mic from Alvarez. After the Friday Panel, Protoman privately talked with [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] about insuring Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime get a good faithful representation when he will be used in Animated. Later on [[Jared Wade]] drew up a sketch of Animated Rodimus for him (7 months before it's public debut).

For the final years of Botcon and Fun Publications; he worked on the character concepts, tech specs and bios for Botcon 2016 as well as the Figure Subscription Service for 4.0 and 5.0

As it relates to TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]] itself, Protoman is a former staff of the convention. Daniel has hosted multiple Transformers historical and educational panels and has acted as a judge of trivia competitions and Custom/Art contests.

==Fiction Cameos==

Protoman has ended up in mild homage/cameos in some current TF related fiction by long time co-workers [[Alex Milne]] (art) and [[Josh Perez]] (colors).

[[Defiance issue 2|Transformers Revenge of the Fallen: Defiance #2]] - Page 15, Panel 3. Far right.

[[Drift issue 2|Transformers: Drift #2]] - Page 4, Panel 2. Lone robot on the middle

[[Unofficial conventions|TFcon 2010: Nightbird Rebirth]] - Page 2, Panel 3. Far right.

==Protoman in the mass media==

Daniel appeared on ''This Morning Live'' on July 9th, 2007 which aired live all over the eastern Canada area on the Global TV network. Protoman talked about Transformers, his collection and how he got so "deep" into the hobby. When pictures of his house and collection were shown, off-camera news anchor Mike Lecouteur jaw dropped and later told Protoman about owning [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] as a child.

Protoman was featured in Montreal, Canada's largest newspaper, [[wikipedia: The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]] on July 28th, 2007 in a quarter page article with photo and full interview about his huge collection of Transformers, his life and feelings about the [[Transformers (film)|new Transformers movie]].

Featured in an extensive interview on G4's [[wikipedia: The Electric Playground|Electric Playground]] on August 3rd 2010, TFcon was the focus and Protoman was the guide for the show. He talked about the convention's history, what helped Transformers endure all those years and what he loves about the fans.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPhqJNNfEvA]

Daniel/Protoman was featured on [[wikipedia: Storage Wars|Storage Wars]] on February 20th 2015. The pickers (Cindy and Rick) of the show found a bag of 1984-1986 G1 Transformers and brought them to TFcon that was "conveniently" happening the same day. Further information from the recording process showed that the final price given (and aired) for the items was chosen by the producer to make sure the pickers got "2nd place" in cost vs. profit. Protoman originally gave an estimation of about $250-$300 "at most", which they would not happy with. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DCu27NYu_A]

==External links==
* [http://www.tfcon.ca TFcon, the world's largest fan-run Transformers convention]
[[Image:Escalation6_HotRod_Koska.jpg]]

User:Protoman

2021-12-12T16:03:56Z

Protoman: /* Tech Specs */

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[[Image:Protoman.jpg|right|171px|thumb|What a cocky son of a......]]

'''Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault''' is a writer and staff of the largest fan run Transformers convention in the world, TFcon[http://www.tfcon.ca]. He is known for his "take no crap" personality and insane Transformers knowledge. Him and [[User:Monzo|Monzo]] party to TF Japanese source books. He is also a huge [[Rodimus (disambiguation)|Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]] fan.

==Transformers Fandom History==

The legendary [[Canada|Canadian]] fan Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault started his humble Transformers beginnings with his first trip to see [[The Transformers: The Movie|some robot movie]] with his next door neighbour back in 1986, it all snowballed from there. There he was introduced to something new and beautiful to him and not to mention coming into contact with a [[Hot Rod (G1)|character]] that would become dear to his [[Spark|heart]] and always brought up when the name "Protoman" is mentioned. As he grew older, he used his money working at BMW as a mechanic and semi-pro racing in Formula Ford and KART to fund his insane lust for all things Transformers. Considered one of the top representatives of the Canadian Transformers fandom, Daniel uses his social jock influence to bring others who normally see the hobby as a "nerdy thing" and brings light to them as if it was some kind of [[Primus|religion]] they were missing out on.

According to the Twitter page of [[Derrick J. Wyatt]], some visual aspects of [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus Prime]] from [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)| Transformers Animated]] were based on Daniel, such as the popped collar which is a regular part of his attire.<ref>[http://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/status/21459535186 "@DerrickJWyatt Epic. Just epic. Now if only we can talk about that popped collar =D" "@Protomanx The popped collar inspired by Protoman?"]</ref>

==Writing==

====Comic Books====
* Nightbird Rebirth (TFcon 2010 exclusive comic)
* Changes In War (TFcon 2011 exclusive comic)
* Hardworker (TFcon 2012 exclusive comic)
* Lost World, Lost Mind (TFcon 2013 exclusive comic)
* The Dark Warrior (TFcon 2014 Toronto/Chicago exclusive comic)
* He Turned The Tide (TFcon 2015 Toronto exclusive comic)
* Not Feng Shui (TFcon 2015 Charlotte exclusive comic)
* [[Cybertron's Most Wanted|Transformers Timelines #11]] Diamond Edition 2015 - [[Zaptrap]] & [[Beet-Chit]] Section
* Internal Struggle (TFcon 2016 Chicago exclusive comic)
* Mecha Wars (TFcon 2018 Toronto exclusive comic)

====Tech Specs====

Hasbro / TFCC

* [[BotCon 2015]] - [[Zaptrap]] & [[Beet-Chit]] - Extended bio
* [[BotCon 2015]] - [[King Waruder]] - Originally Waruder Marauders
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Needlenose (G1)#Generations|Needlenose]] (with [[Sunbeam (G1)#Generations|Sunbeam]] and [[Zigzag#Generations|Zputty]])
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Ruckus (G1)#Generations|Grabuge]]
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Spinister (G1)#TFSS|Spinister]] (with [[Hairsplitter#Generations|Shrute]] and [[Singe#Generations|Singe]])
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Windsweeper#Generations|Windsweeper]]
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Bludgeon (G1)#Generations|Bludgeon]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Ravage (G1)/toys#BotCon2016|Ravage]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Tarantulas (BW)#Combiner Wars|Predacon Tarantulas]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Tigatron#Combiner Wars|Tigatron]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Flash Sentry#Toys|Flash Sentry]]

* Hasbro Retail - Too many to name right now ([[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Mostly]])

3rd Party
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Stronghold]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Toxin]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] (2012)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Van Guard|Van Guardian]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Path Finder|Roswell]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Prototype X (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Project Z (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Erector (G1) |Shafter]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Full-Tilt |Axis]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Pestilence (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Ravenus|Volar]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Loco (GoBots)|Devilstar/Loco]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Grit]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Rodimus (SG)|Shadow Ghost Calidus]] (2017)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Machine Wars|Thunder Prominon]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Bob (IDW)|Malum Malitia Bob]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Breakdown_(G1)#Generation_2|Crackup B1]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Megatron (SG)|Broken Mirror Supreme Commander]] (2019)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Drift (SG)|Broken Mirror Stray]] (2019)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Ratchet (G1)|Combat Medic]] (2019)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Downshift_(Energon)|Cybertronian Downshifter]] (2021)

==Character Designing ==

* Decepticon [[Toxin]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2011 Exclusive
* Autobot [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2012 Exclusive
* Decepticon [[Megatron_(SG)|Broken Mirror Supreme Commander]] - Head design for TFcon 2019 Custom Class

==Creative Consultant==

* [[Symbiote Studios]] - Consultant for all [[Hasbro]] licensed products with the company. Not only Transformers but [[GI Joe]], Power Rangers, Magic The Gathering, etc. Official line of Transformers plush, pins and t-shirts.

==Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime==
Daniel "Protoman" really, REALLY likes this character. He has the biggest Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime collection in the world. Rarities like the Rodimus Convoy 2010 Shampoo figure bottle and the 1988 Kabaya Rodimus Convoy Blaster Replica are some of his prized figures (And yeah.... some of that lucky draw stuff). What [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] is to [[David Willis]], Hot Rod is to Protoman..... cept even more extreme. He is constantly watching over and maintaining any of the Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime related wiki entries of any like:

[[Hot Rod (G1)|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]] G1 Awesome

[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime toys and merch]] Spending Awesome

[[Dark Hot Rod|G1 Black Rodimus/Dark Hot Rod]] Evil-Black-Repaint Awesome

[[Rodimus (Energon)|Energon Rodimus]] Unicron Trilogy Awesome

[[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Movie Rodimus]] Future Movie Awesome

[[Rodimus (SG)|Shattered Glass Rodimus]] Evil Goatee Awesome

[[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Animated Rodimus]] Big Chin Awesome

[[Hot Shot (Prime)|Prime Hot Shot/Rod]] Name Confused Awesome

also

[[Pointblank|G1 Pointblank]] Cause he is bad ass

==Conventions==

Prior to being staff of TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]], Daniel use to compete at the event before deciding to focus on [[BotCon|bigger fish]].

At [[BotCon 2008|Botcon 2008]], Daniel "Protoman" along with Team Canada got to the semifinals of the Faction Feud Trivia and shut out fellow brother site TFW2005's team [[http://www.tfw2005.com]]. He also taunted the vastly pro-American audience when he took the mic from Alvarez. After the Friday Panel, Protoman privately talked with [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] about insuring Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime get a good faithful representation when he will be used in Animated. Later on [[Jared Wade]] drew up a sketch of Animated Rodimus for him (7 months before it's public debut).

For the final years of Botcon and Fun Publications; he worked on the character concepts, tech specs and bios for Botcon 2016 as well as the Figure Subscription Service for 4.0 and 5.0

As it relates to TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]] itself, Protoman is one of the head organizers of the convention. Daniel hosts multiple Transformers historical and educational panels, is the head judge of trivia competitions and Custom/Art contests

==Fiction Cameos==

Protoman has ended up in mild homage/cameos in some current TF related fiction by long time co-workers [[Alex Milne]] (art) and [[Josh Perez]] (colors).

[[Defiance issue 2|Transformers Revenge of the Fallen: Defiance #2]] - Page 15, Panel 3. Far right.

[[Drift issue 2|Transformers: Drift #2]] - Page 4, Panel 2. Lone robot on the middle

[[Unofficial conventions|TFcon 2010: Nightbird Rebirth]] - Page 2, Panel 3. Far right.

==Protoman in the mass media==

Daniel appeared on ''This Morning Live'' on July 9th, 2007 which aired live all over the eastern Canada area on the Global TV network. Protoman talked about Transformers, his collection and how he got so "deep" into the hobby. When pictures of his house and collection were shown, off-camera news anchor Mike Lecouteur jaw dropped and later told Protoman about owning [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] as a child.

Protoman was featured in Montreal, Canada's largest newspaper, [[wikipedia: The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]] on July 28th, 2007 in a quarter page article with photo and full interview about his huge collection of Transformers, his life and feelings about the [[Transformers (film)|new Transformers movie]].

Featured in an extensive interview on G4's [[wikipedia: The Electric Playground|Electric Playground]] on August 3rd 2010, TFcon was the focus and Protoman was the guide for the show. He talked about the convention's history, what helped Transformers endure all those years and what he loves about the fans.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPhqJNNfEvA]

Daniel/Protoman was featured on [[wikipedia: Storage Wars|Storage Wars]] on February 20th 2015. The pickers (Cindy and Rick) of the show found a bag of 1984-1986 G1 Transformers and brought them to TFcon that was "conveniently" happening the same day. Further information from the recording process showed that the final price given (and aired) for the items was chosen by the producer to make sure the pickers got "2nd place" in cost vs. profit. Protoman originally gave an estimation of about $250-$300 "at most", which they would not happy with. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DCu27NYu_A]

==External links==
* [http://www.tfcon.ca TFcon, the world's largest Transformers convention]
[[Image:Escalation6_HotRod_Koska.jpg]]

User:Protoman

2021-02-05T20:42:01Z

Protoman: /* Creative Consultant */

{{factions|canada|eliteguard|protector}}
[[Image:Protoman.jpg|right|171px|thumb|What a cocky son of a......]]

'''Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault''' is a writer and staff of the largest fan run Transformers convention in the world, TFcon[http://www.tfcon.ca]. He is known for his "take no crap" personality and insane Transformers knowledge. Him and [[User:Monzo|Monzo]] party to TF Japanese source books. He is also a huge [[Rodimus (disambiguation)|Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]] fan.

==Transformers Fandom History==

The legendary [[Canada|Canadian]] fan Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault started his humble Transformers beginnings with his first trip to see [[The Transformers: The Movie|some robot movie]] with his next door neighbour back in 1986, it all snowballed from there. There he was introduced to something new and beautiful to him and not to mention coming into contact with a [[Hot Rod (G1)|character]] that would become dear to his [[Spark|heart]] and always brought up when the name "Protoman" is mentioned. As he grew older, he used his money working at BMW as a mechanic and semi-pro racing in Formula Ford and KART to fund his insane lust for all things Transformers. Considered one of the top representatives of the Canadian Transformers fandom, Daniel uses his social jock influence to bring others who normally see the hobby as a "nerdy thing" and brings light to them as if it was some kind of [[Primus|religion]] they were missing out on.

According to the Twitter page of [[Derrick J. Wyatt]], some visual aspects of [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus Prime]] from [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)| Transformers Animated]] were based on Daniel, such as the popped collar which is a regular part of his attire.<ref>[http://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/status/21459535186 "@DerrickJWyatt Epic. Just epic. Now if only we can talk about that popped collar =D" "@Protomanx The popped collar inspired by Protoman?"]</ref>

==Writing==

====Comic Books====
* Nightbird Rebirth (TFcon 2010 exclusive comic)
* Changes In War (TFcon 2011 exclusive comic)
* Hardworker (TFcon 2012 exclusive comic)
* Lost World, Lost Mind (TFcon 2013 exclusive comic)
* The Dark Warrior (TFcon 2014 Toronto/Chicago exclusive comic)
* He Turned The Tide (TFcon 2015 Toronto exclusive comic)
* Not Feng Shui (TFcon 2015 Charlotte exclusive comic)
* [[Cybertron's Most Wanted|Transformers Timelines #11]] Diamond Edition 2015 - [[Zaptrap]] & [[Beet-Chit]] Section
* Internal Struggle (TFcon 2016 Chicago exclusive comic)
* Mecha Wars (TFcon 2018 Toronto exclusive comic)

====Tech Specs====

Hasbro / TFCC

* [[BotCon 2015]] - [[Zaptrap]] & [[Beet-Chit]] - Extended bio
* [[BotCon 2015]] - [[King Waruder]] - Originally Waruder Marauders
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Needlenose (G1)#Generations|Needlenose]] (with [[Sunbeam (G1)#Generations|Sunbeam]] and [[Zigzag#Generations|Zputty]])
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Ruckus (G1)#Generations|Grabuge]]
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Spinister (G1)#TFSS|Spinister]] (with [[Hairsplitter#Generations|Shrute]] and [[Singe#Generations|Singe]])
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Windsweeper#Generations|Windsweeper]]
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Bludgeon (G1)#Generations|Bludgeon]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Ravage (G1)/toys#BotCon2016|Ravage]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Tarantulas (BW)#Combiner Wars|Predacon Tarantulas]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Tigatron#Combiner Wars|Tigatron]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Flash Sentry#Toys|Flash Sentry]]

* Hasbro Retail - Too many to name right now ([[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Mostly]])

3rd Party
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Stronghold]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Toxin]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] (2012)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[GoBots|Van Guardian]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Path Finder|Roswell]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Prototype X (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Project Z (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Erector (G1) |Shafter]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Full-Tilt |Axis]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Pestilence (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Ravenus|Volar]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[GoBots|Devilstar/Loco]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Grit (G1)|Grit]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Rodimus (SG)|Shadow Ghost Calidus]] (2017)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Machine Wars|Thunder Prominon]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Bob (IDW)|Malum Malitia Bob]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Breakdown_(G1)#Generation_2|Crackup B1]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Megatron_(SG)|Broken Mirror Supreme Commander]] (2019)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Drift (SG)|Broken Mirror Stray]] (2019)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Ratchet (G1)|Combat Medic]] (2019)

==Character Designing ==

* Decepticon [[Toxin]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2011 Exclusive
* Autobot [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2012 Exclusive
* Decepticon [[Megatron_(SG)|Broken Mirror Supreme Commander]] - Head design for TFcon 2019 Custom Class

==Creative Consultant==

* [[Symbiote Studios]] - Consultant for all [[Hasbro]] licensed products with the company. Not only Transformers but [[GI Joe]], Power Rangers, Magic The Gathering, etc. Official line of Transformers plush, pins and t-shirts.

==Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime==
Daniel "Protoman" really, REALLY likes this character. He has the biggest Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime collection in the world. Rarities like the Rodimus Convoy 2010 Shampoo figure bottle and the 1988 Kabaya Rodimus Convoy Blaster Replica are some of his prized figures (And yeah.... some of that lucky draw stuff). What [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] is to [[David Willis]], Hot Rod is to Protoman..... cept even more extreme. He is constantly watching over and maintaining any of the Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime related wiki entries of any like:

[[Hot Rod (G1)|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]] G1 Awesome

[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime toys and merch]] Spending Awesome

[[Dark Hot Rod|G1 Black Rodimus/Dark Hot Rod]] Evil-Black-Repaint Awesome

[[Rodimus (Energon)|Energon Rodimus]] Unicron Trilogy Awesome

[[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Movie Rodimus]] Future Movie Awesome

[[Rodimus (SG)|Shattered Glass Rodimus]] Evil Goatee Awesome

[[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Animated Rodimus]] Big Chin Awesome

[[Hot Shot (Prime)|Prime Hot Shot/Rod]] Name Confused Awesome

also

[[Pointblank|G1 Pointblank]] Cause he is bad ass

==Conventions==

Prior to being staff of TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]], Daniel use to compete at the event before deciding to focus on [[BotCon|bigger fish]].

At [[BotCon 2008|Botcon 2008]], Daniel "Protoman" along with Team Canada got to the semifinals of the Faction Feud Trivia and shut out fellow brother site TFW2005's team [[http://www.tfw2005.com]]. He also taunted the vastly pro-American audience when he took the mic from Alvarez. After the Friday Panel, Protoman privately talked with [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] about insuring Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime get a good faithful representation when he will be used in Animated. Later on [[Jared Wade]] drew up a sketch of Animated Rodimus for him (7 months before it's public debut).

For the final years of Botcon and Fun Publications; he worked on the character concepts, tech specs and bios for Botcon 2016 as well as the Figure Subscription Service for 4.0 and 5.0

As it relates to TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]] itself, Protoman is one of the head organizers of the convention. Daniel hosts multiple Transformers historical and educational panels, is the head judge of trivia competitions and Custom/Art contests

==Fiction Cameos==

Protoman has ended up in mild homage/cameos in some current TF related fiction by long time co-workers [[Alex Milne]] (art) and [[Josh Perez]] (colors).

[[Defiance issue 2|Transformers Revenge of the Fallen: Defiance #2]] - Page 15, Panel 3. Far right.

[[Drift issue 2|Transformers: Drift #2]] - Page 4, Panel 2. Lone robot on the middle

[[Unofficial conventions|TFcon 2010: Nightbird Rebirth]] - Page 2, Panel 3. Far right.

==Protoman in the mass media==

Daniel appeared on ''This Morning Live'' on July 9th, 2007 which aired live all over the eastern Canada area on the Global TV network. Protoman talked about Transformers, his collection and how he got so "deep" into the hobby. When pictures of his house and collection were shown, off-camera news anchor Mike Lecouteur jaw dropped and later told Protoman about owning [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] as a child.

Protoman was featured in Montreal, Canada's largest newspaper, [[wikipedia: The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]] on July 28th, 2007 in a quarter page article with photo and full interview about his huge collection of Transformers, his life and feelings about the [[Transformers (film)|new Transformers movie]].

Featured in an extensive interview on G4's [[wikipedia: The Electric Playground|Electric Playground]] on August 3rd 2010, TFcon was the focus and Protoman was the guide for the show. He talked about the convention's history, what helped Transformers endure all those years and what he loves about the fans.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPhqJNNfEvA]

Daniel/Protoman was featured on [[wikipedia: Storage Wars|Storage Wars]] on February 20th 2015. The pickers (Cindy and Rick) of the show found a bag of 1984-1986 G1 Transformers and brought them to TFcon that was "conveniently" happening the same day. Further information from the recording process showed that the final price given (and aired) for the items was chosen by the producer to make sure the pickers got "2nd place" in cost vs. profit. Protoman originally gave an estimation of about $250-$300 "at most", which they would not happy with. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DCu27NYu_A]

==External links==
* [http://www.tfcon.ca TFcon, the world's largest Transformers convention]
[[Image:Escalation6_HotRod_Koska.jpg]]

User:Protoman

2021-02-05T20:41:28Z

Protoman:

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[[Image:Protoman.jpg|right|171px|thumb|What a cocky son of a......]]

'''Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault''' is a writer and staff of the largest fan run Transformers convention in the world, TFcon[http://www.tfcon.ca]. He is known for his "take no crap" personality and insane Transformers knowledge. Him and [[User:Monzo|Monzo]] party to TF Japanese source books. He is also a huge [[Rodimus (disambiguation)|Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]] fan.

==Transformers Fandom History==

The legendary [[Canada|Canadian]] fan Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault started his humble Transformers beginnings with his first trip to see [[The Transformers: The Movie|some robot movie]] with his next door neighbour back in 1986, it all snowballed from there. There he was introduced to something new and beautiful to him and not to mention coming into contact with a [[Hot Rod (G1)|character]] that would become dear to his [[Spark|heart]] and always brought up when the name "Protoman" is mentioned. As he grew older, he used his money working at BMW as a mechanic and semi-pro racing in Formula Ford and KART to fund his insane lust for all things Transformers. Considered one of the top representatives of the Canadian Transformers fandom, Daniel uses his social jock influence to bring others who normally see the hobby as a "nerdy thing" and brings light to them as if it was some kind of [[Primus|religion]] they were missing out on.

According to the Twitter page of [[Derrick J. Wyatt]], some visual aspects of [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus Prime]] from [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)| Transformers Animated]] were based on Daniel, such as the popped collar which is a regular part of his attire.<ref>[http://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/status/21459535186 "@DerrickJWyatt Epic. Just epic. Now if only we can talk about that popped collar =D" "@Protomanx The popped collar inspired by Protoman?"]</ref>

==Writing==

====Comic Books====
* Nightbird Rebirth (TFcon 2010 exclusive comic)
* Changes In War (TFcon 2011 exclusive comic)
* Hardworker (TFcon 2012 exclusive comic)
* Lost World, Lost Mind (TFcon 2013 exclusive comic)
* The Dark Warrior (TFcon 2014 Toronto/Chicago exclusive comic)
* He Turned The Tide (TFcon 2015 Toronto exclusive comic)
* Not Feng Shui (TFcon 2015 Charlotte exclusive comic)
* [[Cybertron's Most Wanted|Transformers Timelines #11]] Diamond Edition 2015 - [[Zaptrap]] & [[Beet-Chit]] Section
* Internal Struggle (TFcon 2016 Chicago exclusive comic)
* Mecha Wars (TFcon 2018 Toronto exclusive comic)

====Tech Specs====

Hasbro / TFCC

* [[BotCon 2015]] - [[Zaptrap]] & [[Beet-Chit]] - Extended bio
* [[BotCon 2015]] - [[King Waruder]] - Originally Waruder Marauders
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Needlenose (G1)#Generations|Needlenose]] (with [[Sunbeam (G1)#Generations|Sunbeam]] and [[Zigzag#Generations|Zputty]])
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Ruckus (G1)#Generations|Grabuge]]
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Spinister (G1)#TFSS|Spinister]] (with [[Hairsplitter#Generations|Shrute]] and [[Singe#Generations|Singe]])
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Windsweeper#Generations|Windsweeper]]
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Bludgeon (G1)#Generations|Bludgeon]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Ravage (G1)/toys#BotCon2016|Ravage]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Tarantulas (BW)#Combiner Wars|Predacon Tarantulas]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Tigatron#Combiner Wars|Tigatron]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Flash Sentry#Toys|Flash Sentry]]

* Hasbro Retail - Too many to name right now ([[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Mostly]])

3rd Party
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Stronghold]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Toxin]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] (2012)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[GoBots|Van Guardian]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Path Finder|Roswell]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Prototype X (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Project Z (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Erector (G1) |Shafter]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Full-Tilt |Axis]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Pestilence (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Ravenus|Volar]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[GoBots|Devilstar/Loco]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Grit (G1)|Grit]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Rodimus (SG)|Shadow Ghost Calidus]] (2017)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Machine Wars|Thunder Prominon]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Bob (IDW)|Malum Malitia Bob]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Breakdown_(G1)#Generation_2|Crackup B1]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Megatron_(SG)|Broken Mirror Supreme Commander]] (2019)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Drift (SG)|Broken Mirror Stray]] (2019)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Ratchet (G1)|Combat Medic]] (2019)

==Character Designing ==

* Decepticon [[Toxin]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2011 Exclusive
* Autobot [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2012 Exclusive
* Decepticon [[Megatron_(SG)|Broken Mirror Supreme Commander]] - Head design for TFcon 2019 Custom Class

==Creative Consultant==

* [[Symbiote Studios]] - Consultant for all [[Hasbro]] licensed products with the company. Not only Transformers but [[GI Joe]], Power Rangers, Magic The Gathering, etc). Official line of Transformers plush, pins and t-shirts.

==Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime==
Daniel "Protoman" really, REALLY likes this character. He has the biggest Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime collection in the world. Rarities like the Rodimus Convoy 2010 Shampoo figure bottle and the 1988 Kabaya Rodimus Convoy Blaster Replica are some of his prized figures (And yeah.... some of that lucky draw stuff). What [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] is to [[David Willis]], Hot Rod is to Protoman..... cept even more extreme. He is constantly watching over and maintaining any of the Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime related wiki entries of any like:

[[Hot Rod (G1)|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]] G1 Awesome

[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime toys and merch]] Spending Awesome

[[Dark Hot Rod|G1 Black Rodimus/Dark Hot Rod]] Evil-Black-Repaint Awesome

[[Rodimus (Energon)|Energon Rodimus]] Unicron Trilogy Awesome

[[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Movie Rodimus]] Future Movie Awesome

[[Rodimus (SG)|Shattered Glass Rodimus]] Evil Goatee Awesome

[[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Animated Rodimus]] Big Chin Awesome

[[Hot Shot (Prime)|Prime Hot Shot/Rod]] Name Confused Awesome

also

[[Pointblank|G1 Pointblank]] Cause he is bad ass

==Conventions==

Prior to being staff of TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]], Daniel use to compete at the event before deciding to focus on [[BotCon|bigger fish]].

At [[BotCon 2008|Botcon 2008]], Daniel "Protoman" along with Team Canada got to the semifinals of the Faction Feud Trivia and shut out fellow brother site TFW2005's team [[http://www.tfw2005.com]]. He also taunted the vastly pro-American audience when he took the mic from Alvarez. After the Friday Panel, Protoman privately talked with [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] about insuring Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime get a good faithful representation when he will be used in Animated. Later on [[Jared Wade]] drew up a sketch of Animated Rodimus for him (7 months before it's public debut).

For the final years of Botcon and Fun Publications; he worked on the character concepts, tech specs and bios for Botcon 2016 as well as the Figure Subscription Service for 4.0 and 5.0

As it relates to TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]] itself, Protoman is one of the head organizers of the convention. Daniel hosts multiple Transformers historical and educational panels, is the head judge of trivia competitions and Custom/Art contests

==Fiction Cameos==

Protoman has ended up in mild homage/cameos in some current TF related fiction by long time co-workers [[Alex Milne]] (art) and [[Josh Perez]] (colors).

[[Defiance issue 2|Transformers Revenge of the Fallen: Defiance #2]] - Page 15, Panel 3. Far right.

[[Drift issue 2|Transformers: Drift #2]] - Page 4, Panel 2. Lone robot on the middle

[[Unofficial conventions|TFcon 2010: Nightbird Rebirth]] - Page 2, Panel 3. Far right.

==Protoman in the mass media==

Daniel appeared on ''This Morning Live'' on July 9th, 2007 which aired live all over the eastern Canada area on the Global TV network. Protoman talked about Transformers, his collection and how he got so "deep" into the hobby. When pictures of his house and collection were shown, off-camera news anchor Mike Lecouteur jaw dropped and later told Protoman about owning [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] as a child.

Protoman was featured in Montreal, Canada's largest newspaper, [[wikipedia: The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]] on July 28th, 2007 in a quarter page article with photo and full interview about his huge collection of Transformers, his life and feelings about the [[Transformers (film)|new Transformers movie]].

Featured in an extensive interview on G4's [[wikipedia: The Electric Playground|Electric Playground]] on August 3rd 2010, TFcon was the focus and Protoman was the guide for the show. He talked about the convention's history, what helped Transformers endure all those years and what he loves about the fans.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPhqJNNfEvA]

Daniel/Protoman was featured on [[wikipedia: Storage Wars|Storage Wars]] on February 20th 2015. The pickers (Cindy and Rick) of the show found a bag of 1984-1986 G1 Transformers and brought them to TFcon that was "conveniently" happening the same day. Further information from the recording process showed that the final price given (and aired) for the items was chosen by the producer to make sure the pickers got "2nd place" in cost vs. profit. Protoman originally gave an estimation of about $250-$300 "at most", which they would not happy with. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DCu27NYu_A]

==External links==
* [http://www.tfcon.ca TFcon, the world's largest Transformers convention]
[[Image:Escalation6_HotRod_Koska.jpg]]

User:Protoman

2020-07-07T19:33:05Z

Protoman:

{{factions|canada|eliteguard|protector}}
[[Image:Protoman.jpg|right|171px|thumb|What a cocky son of a......]]

'''Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault''' is a writer and staff of the largest fan run Transformers convention in the world, TFcon[http://www.tfcon.ca]. He is known for his "take no crap" personality and insane Transformers knowledge. Him and [[User:Monzo|Monzo]] party to TF Japanese source books. He is also a huge [[Rodimus (disambiguation)|Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]] fan.

==Transformers Fandom History==

The legendary [[Canada|Canadian]] fan Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault started his humble Transformers beginnings with his first trip to see [[The Transformers: The Movie|some robot movie]] with his next door neighbour back in 1986, it all snowballed from there. There he was introduced to something new and beautiful to him and not to mention coming into contact with a [[Hot Rod (G1)|character]] that would become dear to his [[Spark|heart]] and always brought up when the name "Protoman" is mentioned. As he grew older, he used his money working at BMW as a mechanic and semi-pro racing in Formula Ford and KART to fund his insane lust for all things Transformers. Considered one of the top representatives of the Canadian Transformers fandom, Daniel uses his social jock influence to bring others who normally see the hobby as a "nerdy thing" and brings light to them as if it was some kind of [[Primus|religion]] they were missing out on.

According to the Twitter page of [[Derrick J. Wyatt]], some visual aspects of [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus Prime]] from [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)| Transformers Animated]] were based on Daniel, such as the popped collar which is a regular part of his attire.<ref>[http://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/status/21459535186 "@DerrickJWyatt Epic. Just epic. Now if only we can talk about that popped collar =D" "@Protomanx The popped collar inspired by Protoman?"]</ref>

==Writing==

====Comic Books====
* Nightbird Rebirth (TFcon 2010 exclusive comic)
* Changes In War (TFcon 2011 exclusive comic)
* Hardworker (TFcon 2012 exclusive comic)
* Lost World, Lost Mind (TFcon 2013 exclusive comic)
* The Dark Warrior (TFcon 2014 Toronto/Chicago exclusive comic)
* He Turned The Tide (TFcon 2015 Toronto exclusive comic)
* Not Feng Shui (TFcon 2015 Charlotte exclusive comic)
* [[Cybertron's Most Wanted|Transformers Timelines #11]] Diamond Edition 2015 - [[Zaptrap]] & [[Beet-Chit]] Section
* Internal Struggle (TFcon 2016 Chicago exclusive comic)
* Mecha Wars (TFcon 2018 Toronto exclusive comic)

====Tech Specs====

Hasbro / TFCC

* [[BotCon 2015]] - [[Zaptrap]] & [[Beet-Chit]] - Extended bio
* [[BotCon 2015]] - [[King Waruder]] - Originally Waruder Marauders
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Needlenose (G1)#Generations|Needlenose]] (with [[Sunbeam (G1)#Generations|Sunbeam]] and [[Zigzag#Generations|Zputty]])
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Ruckus (G1)#Generations|Grabuge]]
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Spinister (G1)#TFSS|Spinister]] (with [[Hairsplitter#Generations|Shrute]] and [[Singe#Generations|Singe]])
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Windsweeper#Generations|Windsweeper]]
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Bludgeon (G1)#Generations|Bludgeon]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Ravage (G1)/toys#BotCon2016|Ravage]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Tarantulas (BW)#Combiner Wars|Predacon Tarantulas]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Tigatron#Combiner Wars|Tigatron]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Flash Sentry#Toys|Flash Sentry]]

* Hasbro Retail - Too many to name right now ([[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Mostly]])

3rd Party
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Stronghold]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Toxin]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] (2012)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[GoBots|Van Guardian]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Path Finder|Roswell]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Prototype X (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Project Z (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Erector (G1) |Shafter]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Full-Tilt |Axis]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Pestilence (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Ravenus|Volar]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[GoBots|Devilstar/Loco]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Grit (G1)|Grit]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Rodimus (SG)|Shadow Ghost Calidus]] (2017)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Machine Wars|Thunder Prominon]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Bob (IDW)|Malum Malitia Bob]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Breakdown_(G1)#Generation_2|Crackup B1]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Megatron_(SG)|Broken Mirror Supreme Commander]] (2019)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Drift (SG)|Broken Mirror Stray]] (2019)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Ratchet (G1)|Combat Medic]] (2019)

==Character Designing ==

* Decepticon [[Toxin]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2011 Exclusive
* Autobot [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2012 Exclusive
* Decepticon [[Megatron_(SG)|Broken Mirror Supreme Commander]] - Head design for TFcon 2019 Custom Class

==Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime==
Daniel "Protoman" really, REALLY likes this character. He has the biggest Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime collection in the world. Rarities like the Rodimus Convoy 2010 Shampoo figure bottle and the 1988 Kabaya Rodimus Convoy Blaster Replica are some of his prized figures (And yeah.... some of that lucky draw stuff). What [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] is to [[David Willis]], Hot Rod is to Protoman..... cept even more extreme. He is constantly watching over and maintaining any of the Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime related wiki entries of any like:

[[Hot Rod (G1)|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]] G1 Awesome

[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime toys and merch]] Spending Awesome

[[Dark Hot Rod|G1 Black Rodimus/Dark Hot Rod]] Evil-Black-Repaint Awesome

[[Rodimus (Energon)|Energon Rodimus]] Unicron Trilogy Awesome

[[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Movie Rodimus]] Future Movie Awesome

[[Rodimus (SG)|Shattered Glass Rodimus]] Evil Goatee Awesome

[[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Animated Rodimus]] Big Chin Awesome

[[Hot Shot (Prime)|Prime Hot Shot/Rod]] Name Confused Awesome

also

[[Pointblank|G1 Pointblank]] Cause he is bad ass

==Conventions==

Prior to being staff of TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]], Daniel use to compete at the event before deciding to focus on [[BotCon|bigger fish]].

At [[BotCon 2008|Botcon 2008]], Daniel "Protoman" along with Team Canada got to the semifinals of the Faction Feud Trivia and shut out fellow brother site TFW2005's team [[http://www.tfw2005.com]]. He also taunted the vastly pro-American audience when he took the mic from Alvarez. After the Friday Panel, Protoman privately talked with [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] about insuring Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime get a good faithful representation when he will be used in Animated. Later on [[Jared Wade]] drew up a sketch of Animated Rodimus for him (7 months before it's public debut).

For the final years of Botcon and Fun Publications; he worked on the character concepts, tech specs and bios for Botcon 2016 as well as the Figure Subscription Service for 4.0 and 5.0

As it relates to TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]] itself, Protoman is one of the head organizers of the convention. Daniel hosts multiple Transformers historical and educational panels, is the head judge of trivia competitions and Custom/Art contests

==Fiction Cameos==

Protoman has ended up in mild homage/cameos in some current TF related fiction by long time co-workers [[Alex Milne]] (art) and [[Josh Perez]] (colors).

[[Defiance issue 2|Transformers Revenge of the Fallen: Defiance #2]] - Page 15, Panel 3. Far right.

[[Drift issue 2|Transformers: Drift #2]] - Page 4, Panel 2. Lone robot on the middle

[[Unofficial conventions|TFcon 2010: Nightbird Rebirth]] - Page 2, Panel 3. Far right.

==Protoman in the mass media==

Daniel appeared on ''This Morning Live'' on July 9th, 2007 which aired live all over the eastern Canada area on the Global TV network. Protoman talked about Transformers, his collection and how he got so "deep" into the hobby. When pictures of his house and collection were shown, off-camera news anchor Mike Lecouteur jaw dropped and later told Protoman about owning [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] as a child.

Protoman was featured in Montreal, Canada's largest newspaper, [[wikipedia: The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]] on July 28th, 2007 in a quarter page article with photo and full interview about his huge collection of Transformers, his life and feelings about the [[Transformers (film)|new Transformers movie]].

Featured in an extensive interview on G4's [[wikipedia: The Electric Playground|Electric Playground]] on August 3rd 2010, TFcon was the focus and Protoman was the guide for the show. He talked about the convention's history, what helped Transformers endure all those years and what he loves about the fans.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPhqJNNfEvA]

Daniel/Protoman was featured on [[wikipedia: Storage Wars|Storage Wars]] on February 20th 2015. The pickers (Cindy and Rick) of the show found a bag of 1984-1986 G1 Transformers and brought them to TFcon that was "conveniently" happening the same day. Further information from the recording process showed that the final price given (and aired) for the items was chosen by the producer to make sure the pickers got "2nd place" in cost vs. profit. Protoman originally gave an estimation of about $250-$300 "at most", which they would not happy with. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DCu27NYu_A]

==External links==
* [http://www.tfcon.ca TFcon, the world's largest Transformers convention]
[[Image:Escalation6_HotRod_Koska.jpg]]

User:Protoman

2020-03-12T11:43:49Z

Protoman:

{{factions|canada|eliteguard|protector}}
[[Image:Protoman.jpg|right|171px|thumb|What a cocky son of a......]]

'''Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault''' is a writer and staff of the largest fan run Transformers convention in the world, TFcon[http://www.tfcon.ca]. He is known for his "take no crap" personality and insane Transformers knowledge. Him and [[User:Monzo|Monzo]] party to TF Japanese source books. He is also gay for [[Rodimus (disambiguation)|Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]].

==Transformers Fandom History==

The legendary [[Canada|Canadian]] fan Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault started his humble Transformers beginnings with his first trip to see [[The Transformers: The Movie|some robot movie]] with his next door neighbour back in 1986, it all snowballed from there. There he was introduced to something new and beautiful to him and not to mention coming into contact with a [[Hot Rod (G1)|character]] that would become dear to his [[Spark|heart]] and always brought up when the name "Protoman" is mentioned. As he grew older, he used his money working at BMW as a mechanic and semi-pro racing in Formula Ford and KART to fund his insane lust for all things Transformers. Considered one of the top representatives of the Canadian Transformers fandom, Daniel uses his social jock influence to bring others who normally see the hobby as a "nerdy thing" and brings light to them as if it was some kind of [[Primus|religion]] they were missing out on.

According to the Twitter page of [[Derrick J. Wyatt]], some visual aspects of [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus Prime]] from [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)| Transformers Animated]] were based on Daniel, such as the popped collar which is a regular part of his attire.<ref>[http://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/status/21459535186 "@DerrickJWyatt Epic. Just epic. Now if only we can talk about that popped collar =D" "@Protomanx The popped collar inspired by Protoman?"]</ref>

==Writing==

====Comic Books====
* Nightbird Rebirth (TFcon 2010 exclusive comic)
* Changes In War (TFcon 2011 exclusive comic)
* Hardworker (TFcon 2012 exclusive comic)
* Lost World, Lost Mind (TFcon 2013 exclusive comic)
* The Dark Warrior (TFcon 2014 Toronto/Chicago exclusive comic)
* He Turned The Tide (TFcon 2015 Toronto exclusive comic)
* Not Feng Shui (TFcon 2015 Charlotte exclusive comic)
* [[Cybertron's Most Wanted|Transformers Timelines #11]] Diamond Edition 2015 - [[Zaptrap]] & [[Beet-Chit]] Section
* Internal Struggle (TFcon 2016 Chicago exclusive comic)
* Mecha Wars (TFcon 2018 Toronto exclusive comic)

====Tech Specs====

Hasbro / TFCC

* [[BotCon 2015]] - [[Zaptrap]] & [[Beet-Chit]] - Extended bio
* [[BotCon 2015]] - [[King Waruder]] - Originally Waruder Marauders
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Needlenose (G1)#Generations|Needlenose]] (with [[Sunbeam (G1)#Generations|Sunbeam]] and [[Zigzag#Generations|Zputty]])
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Ruckus (G1)#Generations|Grabuge]]
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Spinister (G1)#TFSS|Spinister]] (with [[Hairsplitter#Generations|Shrute]] and [[Singe#Generations|Singe]])
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Windsweeper#Generations|Windsweeper]]
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Bludgeon (G1)#Generations|Bludgeon]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Ravage (G1)/toys#BotCon2016|Ravage]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Tarantulas (BW)#Combiner Wars|Predacon Tarantulas]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Tigatron#Combiner Wars|Tigatron]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Flash Sentry#Toys|Flash Sentry]]

* Hasbro Retail - Too many to name right now ([[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Mostly]])

3rd Party
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Stronghold]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Toxin]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] (2012)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[GoBots|Van Guardian]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Path Finder|Roswell]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Prototype X (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Project Z (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Erector (G1) |Shafter]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Full-Tilt |Axis]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Pestilence (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Ravenus|Volar]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[GoBots|Devilstar/Loco]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Grit (G1)|Grit]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Rodimus (SG)|Shadow Ghost Calidus]] (2017)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Machine Wars|Thunder Prominon]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Bob (IDW)|Malum Malitia Bob]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Breakdown_(G1)#Generation_2|Crackup B1]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Megatron_(SG)|Broken Mirror Supreme Commander]] (2019)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Drift (SG)|Broken Mirror Stray]] (2019)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Ratchet (G1)|Combat Medic]] (2019)

==Character Designing ==

* Decepticon [[Toxin]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2011 Exclusive
* Autobot [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2012 Exclusive
* Decepticon [[Megatron_(SG)|Broken Mirror Supreme Commander]] - Head design for TFcon 2019 Custom Class

==Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime==
Daniel "Protoman" really, REALLY likes this character. He has the biggest Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime collection in the world. Rarities like the Rodimus Convoy 2010 Shampoo figure bottle and the 1988 Kabaya Rodimus Convoy Blaster Replica are some of his prized figures (And yeah.... some of that lucky draw stuff). What [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] is to [[David Willis]], Hot Rod is to Protoman..... cept even more extreme. He is constantly watching over and maintaining any of the Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime related wiki entries of any like:

[[Hot Rod (G1)|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]] G1 Awesome

[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime toys and merch]] Spending Awesome

[[Dark Hot Rod|G1 Black Rodimus/Dark Hot Rod]] Evil-Black-Repaint Awesome

[[Rodimus (Energon)|Energon Rodimus]] Unicron Trilogy Awesome

[[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Movie Rodimus]] Future Movie Awesome

[[Rodimus (SG)|Shattered Glass Rodimus]] Evil Goatee Awesome

[[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Animated Rodimus]] Big Chin Awesome

[[Hot Shot (Prime)|Prime Hot Shot/Rod]] Name Confused Awesome

also

[[Pointblank|G1 Pointblank]] Cause he is bad ass

==Conventions==

Prior to being staff of TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]], Daniel use to compete at the event before deciding to focus on [[BotCon|bigger fish]].

At [[BotCon 2008|Botcon 2008]], Daniel "Protoman" along with Team Canada got to the semifinals of the Faction Feud Trivia and shut out fellow brother site TFW2005's team [[http://www.tfw2005.com]]. He also taunted the vastly pro-American audience when he took the mic from Alvarez. After the Friday Panel, Protoman privately talked with [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] about insuring Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime get a good faithful representation when he will be used in Animated. Later on [[Jared Wade]] drew up a sketch of Animated Rodimus for him (7 months before it's public debut).

For the final years of Botcon and Fun Publications; he worked on the character concepts, tech specs and bios for Botcon 2016 as well as the Figure Subscription Service for 4.0 and 5.0

As it relates to TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]] itself, Protoman is one of the head organizers of the convention. Daniel hosts multiple Transformers historical and educational panels, is the head judge of trivia competitions and Custom/Art contests

==Fiction Cameos==

Protoman has ended up in mild homage/cameos in some current TF related fiction by long time co-workers [[Alex Milne]] (art) and [[Josh Perez]] (colors).

[[Defiance issue 2|Transformers Revenge of the Fallen: Defiance #2]] - Page 15, Panel 3. Far right.

[[Drift issue 2|Transformers: Drift #2]] - Page 4, Panel 2. Lone robot on the middle

[[Unofficial conventions|TFcon 2010: Nightbird Rebirth]] - Page 2, Panel 3. Far right.

==Protoman in the mass media==

Daniel appeared on ''This Morning Live'' on July 9th, 2007 which aired live all over the eastern Canada area on the Global TV network. Protoman talked about Transformers, his collection and how he got so "deep" into the hobby. When pictures of his house and collection were shown, off-camera news anchor Mike Lecouteur jaw dropped and later told Protoman about owning [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] as a child.

Protoman was featured in Montreal, Canada's largest newspaper, [[wikipedia: The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]] on July 28th, 2007 in a quarter page article with photo and full interview about his huge collection of Transformers, his life and feelings about the [[Transformers (film)|new Transformers movie]].

Featured in an extensive interview on G4's [[wikipedia: The Electric Playground|Electric Playground]] on August 3rd 2010, TFcon was the focus and Protoman was the guide for the show. He talked about the convention's history, what helped Transformers endure all those years and what he loves about the fans.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPhqJNNfEvA]

Daniel/Protoman was featured on [[wikipedia: Storage Wars|Storage Wars]] on February 20th 2015. The pickers (Cindy and Rick) of the show found a bag of 1984-1986 G1 Transformers and brought them to TFcon that was "conveniently" happening the same day. Further information from the recording process showed that the final price given (and aired) for the items was chosen by the producer to make sure the pickers got "2nd place" in cost vs. profit. Protoman originally gave an estimation of about $250-$300 "at most", which they would not happy with. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DCu27NYu_A]

==External links==
* [http://www.tfcon.ca TFcon, the world's largest Transformers convention]
[[Image:Escalation6_HotRod_Koska.jpg]]

User:Protoman

2019-10-29T15:43:27Z

Protoman: /* Tech Specs */

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[[Image:Protoman.jpg|right|171px|thumb|What a cocky son of a......]]

'''Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault''' is a writer and staff of the largest fan run Transformers convention in the world, TFcon[http://www.tfcon.ca]. He is known for his "take no crap" personality and insane Transformers knowledge. Him and [[User:Monzo|Monzo]] party to TF Japanese source books. He is also gay for [[Rodimus (disambiguation)|Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]].

==Transformers Fandom History==

The legendary [[Canada|Canadian]] fan Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault started his humble Transformers beginnings with his first trip to see [[The Transformers: The Movie|some robot movie]] with his next door neighbour back in 1986, it all snowballed from there. There he was introduced to something new and beautiful to him and not to mention coming into contact with a [[Hot Rod (G1)|character]] that would become dear to his [[Spark|heart]] and always brought up when the name "Protoman" is mentioned. As he grew older, he used his money working at BMW as a mechanic and semi-pro racing in Formula Ford and KART to fund his insane lust for all things Transformers. Considered one of the top representatives of the Canadian Transformers fandom, Daniel uses his social jock influence to bring others who normally see the hobby as a "nerdy thing" and brings light to them as if it was some kind of [[Primus|religion]] they were missing out on.

According to the Twitter page of [[Derrick J. Wyatt]], some visual aspects of [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus Prime]] from [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)| Transformers Animated]] were based on Daniel, such as the popped collar which is a regular part of his attire.<ref>[http://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/status/21459535186 "@DerrickJWyatt Epic. Just epic. Now if only we can talk about that popped collar =D" "@Protomanx The popped collar inspired by Protoman?"]</ref>

==Writing==

====Comic Books====
* Nightbird Rebirth (TFcon 2010 exclusive comic)
* Changes In War (TFcon 2011 exclusive comic)
* Hardworker (TFcon 2012 exclusive comic)
* Lost World, Lost Mind (TFcon 2013 exclusive comic)
* The Dark Warrior (TFcon 2014 Toronto/Chicago exclusive comic)
* He Turned The Tide (TFcon 2015 Toronto exclusive comic)
* Not Feng Shui (TFcon 2015 Charlotte exclusive comic)
* [[Cybertron's Most Wanted|Transformers Timelines #11]] Diamond Edition 2015 - [[Zaptrap]] & [[Beet-Chit]] Section
* Internal Struggle (TFcon 2016 Chicago exclusive comic)
* Mecha Wars (TFcon 2018 Toronto exclusive comic)

====Tech Specs====

Hasbro / TFCC

* [[BotCon 2015]] - [[Zaptrap]] & [[Beet-Chit]] - Extended bio
* [[BotCon 2015]] - [[King Waruder]] - Originally Waruder Marauders
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Needlenose (G1)#Generations|Needlenose]] (with [[Sunbeam (G1)#Generations|Sunbeam]] and [[Zigzag#Generations|Zputty]])
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Ruckus (G1)#Generations|Grabuge]]
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Spinister (G1)#TFSS|Spinister]] (with [[Hairsplitter#Generations|Shrute]] and [[Singe#Generations|Singe]])
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Windsweeper#Generations|Windsweeper]]
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Bludgeon (G1)#Generations|Bludgeon]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Ravage (G1)/toys#BotCon2016|Ravage]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Tarantulas (BW)#Combiner Wars|Predacon Tarantulas]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Tigatron#Combiner Wars|Tigatron]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Flash Sentry#Toys|Flash Sentry]]

* Hasbro Retail - Too many to name right now ([[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Mostly]])

3rd Party
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Stronghold]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Toxin]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] (2012)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[GoBots|Van Guardian]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Path Finder|Roswell]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Prototype X (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Project Z (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Erector (G1) |Shafter]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Full-Tilt |Axis]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Pestilence (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Ravenus|Volar]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[GoBots|Devilstar/Loco]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Grit (G1)|Grit]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Rodimus (SG)|Shadow Ghost Calidus]] (2017)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Machine Wars|Thunder Prominon]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Bob (IDW)|Malum Malitia Bob]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Breakdown_(G1)#Generation_2|Crackup B1]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Megatron_(SG)|Broken Mirror Supreme Commander]] (2019)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Drift (SG)|Broken Mirror Stray]] (2019)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Ratchet (G1)|Combat Medic]] (2019)

==Character Designing ==

* Decepticon [[Toxin]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2011 Exclusive
* Autobot [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2012 Exclusive
* Decepticon [[Megatron_(SG)|Broken Mirror Supreme Commander]] - Head design for TFcon 2019 Custom Class

==Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime==
Daniel "Protoman" really, REALLY likes this character. He has the biggest Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime collection in the world. Rarities like the Rodimus Convoy 2010 Shampoo figure bottle and the 1988 Kabaya Rodimus Convoy Blaster Replica are some of his prized figures (And yeah.... some of that lucky draw stuff). What [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] is to [[David Willis]], Hot Rod is to Protoman..... cept even more extreme. He is constantly watching over and maintaining any of the Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime related wiki entries of any like:

[[Hot Rod (G1)|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]] G1 Awesome

[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime toys and merch]] Spending Awesome

[[Dark Hot Rod|G1 Black Rodimus/Dark Hot Rod]] Evil-Black-Repaint Awesome

[[Rodimus (Energon)|Energon Rodimus]] Unicron Trilogy Awesome

[[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Movie Rodimus]] Future Movie Awesome

[[Rodimus (SG)|Shattered Glass Rodimus]] Evil Goatee Awesome

[[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Animated Rodimus]] Big Chin Awesome

[[Hot Shot (Prime)|Prime Hot Shot/Rod]] Name Confused Awesome

also

[[Pointblank|G1 Pointblank]] Cause he is bad ass

==Conventions==

Prior to being staff of TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]], Daniel use to compete at the event before deciding to focus on [[BotCon|bigger fish]].

At [[BotCon 2008|Botcon 2008]], Daniel "Protoman" along with Team Canada got to the semifinals of the Faction Feud Trivia and shut out fellow brother site TFW2005's team [[http://www.tfw2005.com]]. He also taunted the vastly pro-American audience when he took the mic from Alvarez. After the Friday Panel, Protoman privately talked with [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] about insuring Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime get a good faithful representation when he will be used in Animated. Later on [[Jared Wade]] drew up a sketch of Animated Rodimus for him (7 months before it's public debut).

For the final years of Botcon and Fun Publications; he worked on the character concepts, tech specs and bios for Botcon 2016 as well as the Figure Subscription Service for 4.0 and 5.0

As it relates to TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]] itself, Protoman is one of the head organizers of the convention. Daniel hosts multiple Transformers historical and educational panels, is the head judge of trivia competitions and Custom/Art contests

==Fiction Cameos==

Protoman has ended up in mild homage/cameos in some current TF related fiction by long time co-workers [[Alex Milne]] (art) and [[Josh Perez]] (colors).

[[Defiance issue 2|Transformers Revenge of the Fallen: Defiance #2]] - Page 15, Panel 3. Far right.

[[Drift issue 2|Transformers: Drift #2]] - Page 4, Panel 2. Lone robot on the middle

[[Unofficial conventions|TFcon 2010: Nightbird Rebirth]] - Page 2, Panel 3. Far right.

==Protoman in the mass media==

Daniel appeared on ''This Morning Live'' on July 9th, 2007 which aired live all over the eastern Canada area on the Global TV network. Protoman talked about Transformers, his collection and how he got so "deep" into the hobby. When pictures of his house and collection were shown, off-camera news anchor Mike Lecouteur jaw dropped and later told Protoman about owning [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] as a child.

Protoman was featured in Montreal, Canada's largest newspaper, [[wikipedia: The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]] on July 28th, 2007 in a quarter page article with photo and full interview about his huge collection of Transformers, his life and feelings about the [[Transformers (film)|new Transformers movie]].

Featured in an extensive interview on G4's [[wikipedia: The Electric Playground|Electric Playground]] on August 3rd 2010, TFcon was the focus and Protoman was the guide for the show. He talked about the convention's history, what helped Transformers endure all those years and what he loves about the fans.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPhqJNNfEvA]

Daniel/Protoman was featured on [[wikipedia: Storage Wars|Storage Wars]] on February 20th 2015. The pickers (Cindy and Rick) of the show found a bag of 1984-1986 G1 Transformers and brought them to TFcon that was "conveniently" happening the same day. Further information from the recording process showed that the final price given (and aired) for the items was chosen by the producer to make sure the pickers got "2nd place" in cost vs. profit. Protoman originally gave an estimation of about $250-$300 "at most", which they would not happy with. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DCu27NYu_A]

==External links==
* [http://www.tfcon.ca TFcon, the world's largest Transformers convention]
[[Image:Escalation6_HotRod_Koska.jpg]]

User:Protoman

2019-10-29T15:43:06Z

Protoman: /* Tech Specs */

{{factions|autobot|eliteguard|protector}}
[[Image:Protoman.jpg|right|171px|thumb|What a cocky son of a......]]

'''Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault''' is a writer and staff of the largest fan run Transformers convention in the world, TFcon[http://www.tfcon.ca]. He is known for his "take no crap" personality and insane Transformers knowledge. Him and [[User:Monzo|Monzo]] party to TF Japanese source books. He is also gay for [[Rodimus (disambiguation)|Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]].

==Transformers Fandom History==

The legendary [[Canada|Canadian]] fan Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault started his humble Transformers beginnings with his first trip to see [[The Transformers: The Movie|some robot movie]] with his next door neighbour back in 1986, it all snowballed from there. There he was introduced to something new and beautiful to him and not to mention coming into contact with a [[Hot Rod (G1)|character]] that would become dear to his [[Spark|heart]] and always brought up when the name "Protoman" is mentioned. As he grew older, he used his money working at BMW as a mechanic and semi-pro racing in Formula Ford and KART to fund his insane lust for all things Transformers. Considered one of the top representatives of the Canadian Transformers fandom, Daniel uses his social jock influence to bring others who normally see the hobby as a "nerdy thing" and brings light to them as if it was some kind of [[Primus|religion]] they were missing out on.

According to the Twitter page of [[Derrick J. Wyatt]], some visual aspects of [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus Prime]] from [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)| Transformers Animated]] were based on Daniel, such as the popped collar which is a regular part of his attire.<ref>[http://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/status/21459535186 "@DerrickJWyatt Epic. Just epic. Now if only we can talk about that popped collar =D" "@Protomanx The popped collar inspired by Protoman?"]</ref>

==Writing==

====Comic Books====
* Nightbird Rebirth (TFcon 2010 exclusive comic)
* Changes In War (TFcon 2011 exclusive comic)
* Hardworker (TFcon 2012 exclusive comic)
* Lost World, Lost Mind (TFcon 2013 exclusive comic)
* The Dark Warrior (TFcon 2014 Toronto/Chicago exclusive comic)
* He Turned The Tide (TFcon 2015 Toronto exclusive comic)
* Not Feng Shui (TFcon 2015 Charlotte exclusive comic)
* [[Cybertron's Most Wanted|Transformers Timelines #11]] Diamond Edition 2015 - [[Zaptrap]] & [[Beet-Chit]] Section
* Internal Struggle (TFcon 2016 Chicago exclusive comic)
* Mecha Wars (TFcon 2018 Toronto exclusive comic)

====Tech Specs====

Hasbro / TFCC

* [[BotCon 2015]] - [[Zaptrap]] & [[Beet-Chit]] - Extended bio
* [[BotCon 2015]] - [[King Waruder]] - Originally Waruder Marauders
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Needlenose (G1)#Generations|Needlenose]] (with [[Sunbeam (G1)#Generations|Sunbeam]] and [[Zigzag#Generations|Zputty]])
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Ruckus (G1)#Generations|Grabuge]]
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Spinister (G1)#TFSS|Spinister]] (with [[Hairsplitter#Generations|Shrute]] and [[Singe#Generations|Singe]])
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Windsweeper#Generations|Windsweeper]]
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Bludgeon (G1)#Generations|Bludgeon]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Ravage (G1)/toys#BotCon2016|Ravage]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Tarantulas (BW)#Combiner Wars|Predacon Tarantulas]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Tigatron#Combiner Wars|Tigatron]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Flash Sentry#Toys|Flash Sentry]]

* Hasbro Retail - Too many to name right now ([[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Mostly]])

3rd Party
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Stronghold]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Toxin]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] (2012)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[GoBots|Van Guardian]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Path Finder|Roswell]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Prototype X (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Project Z (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Erector (G1) |Shafter]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Full-Tilt |Axis]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Pestilence (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Ravenus|Volar]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[GoBots|Devilstar/Loco]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Grit (G1)|Grit]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Rodimus (SG)|Shadow Ghost Calidus]] (2017)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Machine Wars|Thunder Prominon]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Bob (IDW)|Malum Malitia Bob]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Breakdown_(G1)#Generation_2|Crackup B1]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Megatron_(SG)|Broken Mirror Supreme Commander]] (2019)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Drift (SG)|Broken Mirror Stray]] (2019)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Ratchet (G1)]]|Combat Medic]] (2019)

==Character Designing ==

* Decepticon [[Toxin]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2011 Exclusive
* Autobot [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2012 Exclusive
* Decepticon [[Megatron_(SG)|Broken Mirror Supreme Commander]] - Head design for TFcon 2019 Custom Class

==Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime==
Daniel "Protoman" really, REALLY likes this character. He has the biggest Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime collection in the world. Rarities like the Rodimus Convoy 2010 Shampoo figure bottle and the 1988 Kabaya Rodimus Convoy Blaster Replica are some of his prized figures (And yeah.... some of that lucky draw stuff). What [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] is to [[David Willis]], Hot Rod is to Protoman..... cept even more extreme. He is constantly watching over and maintaining any of the Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime related wiki entries of any like:

[[Hot Rod (G1)|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]] G1 Awesome

[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime toys and merch]] Spending Awesome

[[Dark Hot Rod|G1 Black Rodimus/Dark Hot Rod]] Evil-Black-Repaint Awesome

[[Rodimus (Energon)|Energon Rodimus]] Unicron Trilogy Awesome

[[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Movie Rodimus]] Future Movie Awesome

[[Rodimus (SG)|Shattered Glass Rodimus]] Evil Goatee Awesome

[[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Animated Rodimus]] Big Chin Awesome

[[Hot Shot (Prime)|Prime Hot Shot/Rod]] Name Confused Awesome

also

[[Pointblank|G1 Pointblank]] Cause he is bad ass

==Conventions==

Prior to being staff of TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]], Daniel use to compete at the event before deciding to focus on [[BotCon|bigger fish]].

At [[BotCon 2008|Botcon 2008]], Daniel "Protoman" along with Team Canada got to the semifinals of the Faction Feud Trivia and shut out fellow brother site TFW2005's team [[http://www.tfw2005.com]]. He also taunted the vastly pro-American audience when he took the mic from Alvarez. After the Friday Panel, Protoman privately talked with [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] about insuring Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime get a good faithful representation when he will be used in Animated. Later on [[Jared Wade]] drew up a sketch of Animated Rodimus for him (7 months before it's public debut).

For the final years of Botcon and Fun Publications; he worked on the character concepts, tech specs and bios for Botcon 2016 as well as the Figure Subscription Service for 4.0 and 5.0

As it relates to TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]] itself, Protoman is one of the head organizers of the convention. Daniel hosts multiple Transformers historical and educational panels, is the head judge of trivia competitions and Custom/Art contests

==Fiction Cameos==

Protoman has ended up in mild homage/cameos in some current TF related fiction by long time co-workers [[Alex Milne]] (art) and [[Josh Perez]] (colors).

[[Defiance issue 2|Transformers Revenge of the Fallen: Defiance #2]] - Page 15, Panel 3. Far right.

[[Drift issue 2|Transformers: Drift #2]] - Page 4, Panel 2. Lone robot on the middle

[[Unofficial conventions|TFcon 2010: Nightbird Rebirth]] - Page 2, Panel 3. Far right.

==Protoman in the mass media==

Daniel appeared on ''This Morning Live'' on July 9th, 2007 which aired live all over the eastern Canada area on the Global TV network. Protoman talked about Transformers, his collection and how he got so "deep" into the hobby. When pictures of his house and collection were shown, off-camera news anchor Mike Lecouteur jaw dropped and later told Protoman about owning [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] as a child.

Protoman was featured in Montreal, Canada's largest newspaper, [[wikipedia: The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]] on July 28th, 2007 in a quarter page article with photo and full interview about his huge collection of Transformers, his life and feelings about the [[Transformers (film)|new Transformers movie]].

Featured in an extensive interview on G4's [[wikipedia: The Electric Playground|Electric Playground]] on August 3rd 2010, TFcon was the focus and Protoman was the guide for the show. He talked about the convention's history, what helped Transformers endure all those years and what he loves about the fans.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPhqJNNfEvA]

Daniel/Protoman was featured on [[wikipedia: Storage Wars|Storage Wars]] on February 20th 2015. The pickers (Cindy and Rick) of the show found a bag of 1984-1986 G1 Transformers and brought them to TFcon that was "conveniently" happening the same day. Further information from the recording process showed that the final price given (and aired) for the items was chosen by the producer to make sure the pickers got "2nd place" in cost vs. profit. Protoman originally gave an estimation of about $250-$300 "at most", which they would not happy with. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DCu27NYu_A]

==External links==
* [http://www.tfcon.ca TFcon, the world's largest Transformers convention]
[[Image:Escalation6_HotRod_Koska.jpg]]

User:Protoman

2019-07-20T01:24:42Z

Protoman: /* External links */

{{factions|autobot|eliteguard|protector}}
[[Image:Protoman.jpg|right|171px|thumb|What a cocky son of a......]]

'''Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault''' is a writer and staff of the largest fan run Transformers convention in the world, TFcon[http://www.tfcon.ca]. He is known for his "take no crap" personality and insane Transformers knowledge. Him and [[User:Monzo|Monzo]] party to TF Japanese source books. He is also gay for [[Rodimus (disambiguation)|Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]].

==Transformers Fandom History==

The legendary [[Canada|Canadian]] fan Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault started his humble Transformers beginnings with his first trip to see [[The Transformers: The Movie|some robot movie]] with his next door neighbour back in 1986, it all snowballed from there. There he was introduced to something new and beautiful to him and not to mention coming into contact with a [[Hot Rod (G1)|character]] that would become dear to his [[Spark|heart]] and always brought up when the name "Protoman" is mentioned. As he grew older, he used his money working at BMW as a mechanic and semi-pro racing in Formula Ford and KART to fund his insane lust for all things Transformers. Considered one of the top representatives of the Canadian Transformers fandom, Daniel uses his social jock influence to bring others who normally see the hobby as a "nerdy thing" and brings light to them as if it was some kind of [[Primus|religion]] they were missing out on.

According to the Twitter page of [[Derrick J. Wyatt]], some visual aspects of [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus Prime]] from [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)| Transformers Animated]] were based on Daniel, such as the popped collar which is a regular part of his attire.<ref>[http://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/status/21459535186 "@DerrickJWyatt Epic. Just epic. Now if only we can talk about that popped collar =D" "@Protomanx The popped collar inspired by Protoman?"]</ref>

==Writing==

====Comic Books====
* Nightbird Rebirth (TFcon 2010 exclusive comic)
* Changes In War (TFcon 2011 exclusive comic)
* Hardworker (TFcon 2012 exclusive comic)
* Lost World, Lost Mind (TFcon 2013 exclusive comic)
* The Dark Warrior (TFcon 2014 Toronto/Chicago exclusive comic)
* He Turned The Tide (TFcon 2015 Toronto exclusive comic)
* Not Feng Shui (TFcon 2015 Charlotte exclusive comic)
* [[Cybertron's Most Wanted|Transformers Timelines #11]] Diamond Edition 2015 - [[Zaptrap]] & [[Beet-Chit]] Section
* Internal Struggle (TFcon 2016 Chicago exclusive comic)
* Mecha Wars (TFcon 2018 Toronto exclusive comic)

====Tech Specs====

Hasbro / TFCC

* [[BotCon 2015]] - [[Zaptrap]] & [[Beet-Chit]] - Extended bio
* [[BotCon 2015]] - [[King Waruder]] - Originally Waruder Marauders
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Needlenose (G1)#Generations|Needlenose]] (with [[Sunbeam (G1)#Generations|Sunbeam]] and [[Zigzag#Generations|Zputty]])
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Ruckus (G1)#Generations|Grabuge]]
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Spinister (G1)#TFSS|Spinister]] (with [[Hairsplitter#Generations|Shrute]] and [[Singe#Generations|Singe]])
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Windsweeper#Generations|Windsweeper]]
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Bludgeon (G1)#Generations|Bludgeon]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Ravage (G1)/toys#BotCon2016|Ravage]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Tarantulas (BW)#Combiner Wars|Predacon Tarantulas]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Tigatron#Combiner Wars|Tigatron]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Flash Sentry#Toys|Flash Sentry]]

* Hasbro Retail - Too many to name right now ([[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Mostly]])

3rd Party
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Stronghold]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Toxin]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] (2012)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[GoBots|Van Guardian]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Path Finder|Roswell]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Prototype X (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Project Z (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Erector (G1) |Shafter]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Full-Tilt |Axis]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Pestilence (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Ravenus|Volar]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[GoBots|Devilstar/Loco]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Grit (G1)|Grit]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Rodimus (SG)|Shadow Ghost Calidus]] (2017)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Machine Wars|Thunder Prominon]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Bob (IDW)|Malum Malitia Bob]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Breakdown_(G1)#Generation_2|Crackup B1]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Megatron_(SG)|Broken Mirror Supreme Commander]] (2019)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Drift (SG)|Broken Mirror Stray]] (2019)

==Character Designing ==

* Decepticon [[Toxin]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2011 Exclusive
* Autobot [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2012 Exclusive
* Decepticon [[Megatron_(SG)|Broken Mirror Supreme Commander]] - Head design for TFcon 2019 Custom Class

==Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime==
Daniel "Protoman" really, REALLY likes this character. He has the biggest Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime collection in the world. Rarities like the Rodimus Convoy 2010 Shampoo figure bottle and the 1988 Kabaya Rodimus Convoy Blaster Replica are some of his prized figures (And yeah.... some of that lucky draw stuff). What [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] is to [[David Willis]], Hot Rod is to Protoman..... cept even more extreme. He is constantly watching over and maintaining any of the Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime related wiki entries of any like:

[[Hot Rod (G1)|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]] G1 Awesome

[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime toys and merch]] Spending Awesome

[[Dark Hot Rod|G1 Black Rodimus/Dark Hot Rod]] Evil-Black-Repaint Awesome

[[Rodimus (Energon)|Energon Rodimus]] Unicron Trilogy Awesome

[[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Movie Rodimus]] Future Movie Awesome

[[Rodimus (SG)|Shattered Glass Rodimus]] Evil Goatee Awesome

[[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Animated Rodimus]] Big Chin Awesome

[[Hot Shot (Prime)|Prime Hot Shot/Rod]] Name Confused Awesome

also

[[Pointblank|G1 Pointblank]] Cause he is bad ass

==Conventions==

Prior to being staff of TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]], Daniel use to compete at the event before deciding to focus on [[BotCon|bigger fish]].

At [[BotCon 2008|Botcon 2008]], Daniel "Protoman" along with Team Canada got to the semifinals of the Faction Feud Trivia and shut out fellow brother site TFW2005's team [[http://www.tfw2005.com]]. He also taunted the vastly pro-American audience when he took the mic from Alvarez. After the Friday Panel, Protoman privately talked with [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] about insuring Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime get a good faithful representation when he will be used in Animated. Later on [[Jared Wade]] drew up a sketch of Animated Rodimus for him (7 months before it's public debut).

For the final years of Botcon and Fun Publications; he worked on the character concepts, tech specs and bios for Botcon 2016 as well as the Figure Subscription Service for 4.0 and 5.0

As it relates to TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]] itself, Protoman is one of the head organizers of the convention. Daniel hosts multiple Transformers historical and educational panels, is the head judge of trivia competitions and Custom/Art contests

==Fiction Cameos==

Protoman has ended up in mild homage/cameos in some current TF related fiction by long time co-workers [[Alex Milne]] (art) and [[Josh Perez]] (colors).

[[Defiance issue 2|Transformers Revenge of the Fallen: Defiance #2]] - Page 15, Panel 3. Far right.

[[Drift issue 2|Transformers: Drift #2]] - Page 4, Panel 2. Lone robot on the middle

[[Unofficial conventions|TFcon 2010: Nightbird Rebirth]] - Page 2, Panel 3. Far right.

==Protoman in the mass media==

Daniel appeared on ''This Morning Live'' on July 9th, 2007 which aired live all over the eastern Canada area on the Global TV network. Protoman talked about Transformers, his collection and how he got so "deep" into the hobby. When pictures of his house and collection were shown, off-camera news anchor Mike Lecouteur jaw dropped and later told Protoman about owning [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] as a child.

Protoman was featured in Montreal, Canada's largest newspaper, [[wikipedia: The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]] on July 28th, 2007 in a quarter page article with photo and full interview about his huge collection of Transformers, his life and feelings about the [[Transformers (film)|new Transformers movie]].

Featured in an extensive interview on G4's [[wikipedia: The Electric Playground|Electric Playground]] on August 3rd 2010, TFcon was the focus and Protoman was the guide for the show. He talked about the convention's history, what helped Transformers endure all those years and what he loves about the fans.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPhqJNNfEvA]

Daniel/Protoman was featured on [[wikipedia: Storage Wars|Storage Wars]] on February 20th 2015. The pickers (Cindy and Rick) of the show found a bag of 1984-1986 G1 Transformers and brought them to TFcon that was "conveniently" happening the same day. Further information from the recording process showed that the final price given (and aired) for the items was chosen by the producer to make sure the pickers got "2nd place" in cost vs. profit. Protoman originally gave an estimation of about $250-$300 "at most", which they would not happy with. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DCu27NYu_A]

==External links==
* [http://www.tfcon.ca TFcon, the world's largest Transformers convention]
[[Image:Escalation6_HotRod_Koska.jpg]]

User:Protoman

2019-07-20T01:20:08Z

Protoman: /* Tech Specs */

{{factions|autobot|eliteguard|protector}}
[[Image:Protoman.jpg|right|171px|thumb|What a cocky son of a......]]

'''Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault''' is a writer and staff of the largest fan run Transformers convention in the world, TFcon[http://www.tfcon.ca]. He is known for his "take no crap" personality and insane Transformers knowledge. Him and [[User:Monzo|Monzo]] party to TF Japanese source books. He is also gay for [[Rodimus (disambiguation)|Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]].

==Transformers Fandom History==

The legendary [[Canada|Canadian]] fan Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault started his humble Transformers beginnings with his first trip to see [[The Transformers: The Movie|some robot movie]] with his next door neighbour back in 1986, it all snowballed from there. There he was introduced to something new and beautiful to him and not to mention coming into contact with a [[Hot Rod (G1)|character]] that would become dear to his [[Spark|heart]] and always brought up when the name "Protoman" is mentioned. As he grew older, he used his money working at BMW as a mechanic and semi-pro racing in Formula Ford and KART to fund his insane lust for all things Transformers. Considered one of the top representatives of the Canadian Transformers fandom, Daniel uses his social jock influence to bring others who normally see the hobby as a "nerdy thing" and brings light to them as if it was some kind of [[Primus|religion]] they were missing out on.

According to the Twitter page of [[Derrick J. Wyatt]], some visual aspects of [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus Prime]] from [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)| Transformers Animated]] were based on Daniel, such as the popped collar which is a regular part of his attire.<ref>[http://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/status/21459535186 "@DerrickJWyatt Epic. Just epic. Now if only we can talk about that popped collar =D" "@Protomanx The popped collar inspired by Protoman?"]</ref>

==Writing==

====Comic Books====
* Nightbird Rebirth (TFcon 2010 exclusive comic)
* Changes In War (TFcon 2011 exclusive comic)
* Hardworker (TFcon 2012 exclusive comic)
* Lost World, Lost Mind (TFcon 2013 exclusive comic)
* The Dark Warrior (TFcon 2014 Toronto/Chicago exclusive comic)
* He Turned The Tide (TFcon 2015 Toronto exclusive comic)
* Not Feng Shui (TFcon 2015 Charlotte exclusive comic)
* [[Cybertron's Most Wanted|Transformers Timelines #11]] Diamond Edition 2015 - [[Zaptrap]] & [[Beet-Chit]] Section
* Internal Struggle (TFcon 2016 Chicago exclusive comic)
* Mecha Wars (TFcon 2018 Toronto exclusive comic)

====Tech Specs====

Hasbro / TFCC

* [[BotCon 2015]] - [[Zaptrap]] & [[Beet-Chit]] - Extended bio
* [[BotCon 2015]] - [[King Waruder]] - Originally Waruder Marauders
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Needlenose (G1)#Generations|Needlenose]] (with [[Sunbeam (G1)#Generations|Sunbeam]] and [[Zigzag#Generations|Zputty]])
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Ruckus (G1)#Generations|Grabuge]]
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Spinister (G1)#TFSS|Spinister]] (with [[Hairsplitter#Generations|Shrute]] and [[Singe#Generations|Singe]])
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Windsweeper#Generations|Windsweeper]]
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Bludgeon (G1)#Generations|Bludgeon]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Ravage (G1)/toys#BotCon2016|Ravage]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Tarantulas (BW)#Combiner Wars|Predacon Tarantulas]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Tigatron#Combiner Wars|Tigatron]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Flash Sentry#Toys|Flash Sentry]]

* Hasbro Retail - Too many to name right now ([[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Mostly]])

3rd Party
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Stronghold]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Toxin]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] (2012)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[GoBots|Van Guardian]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Path Finder|Roswell]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Prototype X (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Project Z (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Erector (G1) |Shafter]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Full-Tilt |Axis]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Pestilence (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Ravenus|Volar]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[GoBots|Devilstar/Loco]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Grit (G1)|Grit]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Rodimus (SG)|Shadow Ghost Calidus]] (2017)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Machine Wars|Thunder Prominon]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Bob (IDW)|Malum Malitia Bob]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Breakdown_(G1)#Generation_2|Crackup B1]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Megatron_(SG)|Broken Mirror Supreme Commander]] (2019)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Drift (SG)|Broken Mirror Stray]] (2019)

==Character Designing ==

* Decepticon [[Toxin]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2011 Exclusive
* Autobot [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2012 Exclusive
* Decepticon [[Megatron_(SG)|Broken Mirror Supreme Commander]] - Head design for TFcon 2019 Custom Class

==Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime==
Daniel "Protoman" really, REALLY likes this character. He has the biggest Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime collection in the world. Rarities like the Rodimus Convoy 2010 Shampoo figure bottle and the 1988 Kabaya Rodimus Convoy Blaster Replica are some of his prized figures (And yeah.... some of that lucky draw stuff). What [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] is to [[David Willis]], Hot Rod is to Protoman..... cept even more extreme. He is constantly watching over and maintaining any of the Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime related wiki entries of any like:

[[Hot Rod (G1)|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]] G1 Awesome

[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime toys and merch]] Spending Awesome

[[Dark Hot Rod|G1 Black Rodimus/Dark Hot Rod]] Evil-Black-Repaint Awesome

[[Rodimus (Energon)|Energon Rodimus]] Unicron Trilogy Awesome

[[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Movie Rodimus]] Future Movie Awesome

[[Rodimus (SG)|Shattered Glass Rodimus]] Evil Goatee Awesome

[[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Animated Rodimus]] Big Chin Awesome

[[Hot Shot (Prime)|Prime Hot Shot/Rod]] Name Confused Awesome

also

[[Pointblank|G1 Pointblank]] Cause he is bad ass

==Conventions==

Prior to being staff of TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]], Daniel use to compete at the event before deciding to focus on [[BotCon|bigger fish]].

At [[BotCon 2008|Botcon 2008]], Daniel "Protoman" along with Team Canada got to the semifinals of the Faction Feud Trivia and shut out fellow brother site TFW2005's team [[http://www.tfw2005.com]]. He also taunted the vastly pro-American audience when he took the mic from Alvarez. After the Friday Panel, Protoman privately talked with [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] about insuring Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime get a good faithful representation when he will be used in Animated. Later on [[Jared Wade]] drew up a sketch of Animated Rodimus for him (7 months before it's public debut).

For the final years of Botcon and Fun Publications; he worked on the character concepts, tech specs and bios for Botcon 2016 as well as the Figure Subscription Service for 4.0 and 5.0

As it relates to TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]] itself, Protoman is one of the head organizers of the convention. Daniel hosts multiple Transformers historical and educational panels, is the head judge of trivia competitions and Custom/Art contests

==Fiction Cameos==

Protoman has ended up in mild homage/cameos in some current TF related fiction by long time co-workers [[Alex Milne]] (art) and [[Josh Perez]] (colors).

[[Defiance issue 2|Transformers Revenge of the Fallen: Defiance #2]] - Page 15, Panel 3. Far right.

[[Drift issue 2|Transformers: Drift #2]] - Page 4, Panel 2. Lone robot on the middle

[[Unofficial conventions|TFcon 2010: Nightbird Rebirth]] - Page 2, Panel 3. Far right.

==Protoman in the mass media==

Daniel appeared on ''This Morning Live'' on July 9th, 2007 which aired live all over the eastern Canada area on the Global TV network. Protoman talked about Transformers, his collection and how he got so "deep" into the hobby. When pictures of his house and collection were shown, off-camera news anchor Mike Lecouteur jaw dropped and later told Protoman about owning [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] as a child.

Protoman was featured in Montreal, Canada's largest newspaper, [[wikipedia: The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]] on July 28th, 2007 in a quarter page article with photo and full interview about his huge collection of Transformers, his life and feelings about the [[Transformers (film)|new Transformers movie]].

Featured in an extensive interview on G4's [[wikipedia: The Electric Playground|Electric Playground]] on August 3rd 2010, TFcon was the focus and Protoman was the guide for the show. He talked about the convention's history, what helped Transformers endure all those years and what he loves about the fans.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPhqJNNfEvA]

Daniel/Protoman was featured on [[wikipedia: Storage Wars|Storage Wars]] on February 20th 2015. The pickers (Cindy and Rick) of the show found a bag of 1984-1986 G1 Transformers and brought them to TFcon that was "conveniently" happening the same day. Further information from the recording process showed that the final price given (and aired) for the items was chosen by the producer to make sure the pickers got "2nd place" in cost vs. profit. Protoman originally gave an estimation of about $250-$300 "at most", which they would not happy with. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DCu27NYu_A]

==External links==
* [http://www.tfcon.ca TFcon, the world's 2nd largest Transformers convention]
[[Image:Escalation6_HotRod_Koska.jpg]]

User:Protoman

2019-03-20T20:41:44Z

Protoman: /* Character Designing */

{{factions|autobot|eliteguard|protector}}
[[Image:Protoman.jpg|right|171px|thumb|What a cocky son of a......]]

'''Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault''' is a writer and staff of the largest fan run Transformers convention in the world, TFcon[http://www.tfcon.ca]. He is known for his "take no crap" personality and insane Transformers knowledge. Him and [[User:Monzo|Monzo]] party to TF Japanese source books. He is also gay for [[Rodimus (disambiguation)|Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]].

==Transformers Fandom History==

The legendary [[Canada|Canadian]] fan Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault started his humble Transformers beginnings with his first trip to see [[The Transformers: The Movie|some robot movie]] with his next door neighbour back in 1986, it all snowballed from there. There he was introduced to something new and beautiful to him and not to mention coming into contact with a [[Hot Rod (G1)|character]] that would become dear to his [[Spark|heart]] and always brought up when the name "Protoman" is mentioned. As he grew older, he used his money working at BMW as a mechanic and semi-pro racing in Formula Ford and KART to fund his insane lust for all things Transformers. Considered one of the top representatives of the Canadian Transformers fandom, Daniel uses his social jock influence to bring others who normally see the hobby as a "nerdy thing" and brings light to them as if it was some kind of [[Primus|religion]] they were missing out on.

According to the Twitter page of [[Derrick J. Wyatt]], some visual aspects of [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus Prime]] from [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)| Transformers Animated]] were based on Daniel, such as the popped collar which is a regular part of his attire.<ref>[http://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/status/21459535186 "@DerrickJWyatt Epic. Just epic. Now if only we can talk about that popped collar =D" "@Protomanx The popped collar inspired by Protoman?"]</ref>

==Writing==

====Comic Books====
* Nightbird Rebirth (TFcon 2010 exclusive comic)
* Changes In War (TFcon 2011 exclusive comic)
* Hardworker (TFcon 2012 exclusive comic)
* Lost World, Lost Mind (TFcon 2013 exclusive comic)
* The Dark Warrior (TFcon 2014 Toronto/Chicago exclusive comic)
* He Turned The Tide (TFcon 2015 Toronto exclusive comic)
* Not Feng Shui (TFcon 2015 Charlotte exclusive comic)
* [[Cybertron's Most Wanted|Transformers Timelines #11]] Diamond Edition 2015 - [[Zaptrap]] & [[Beet-Chit]] Section
* Internal Struggle (TFcon 2016 Chicago exclusive comic)
* Mecha Wars (TFcon 2018 Toronto exclusive comic)

====Tech Specs====

Hasbro / TFCC

* [[BotCon 2015]] - [[Zaptrap]] & [[Beet-Chit]] - Extended bio
* [[BotCon 2015]] - [[King Waruder]] - Originally Waruder Marauders
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Needlenose (G1)#Generations|Needlenose]] (with [[Sunbeam (G1)#Generations|Sunbeam]] and [[Zigzag#Generations|Zputty]])
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Ruckus (G1)#Generations|Grabuge]]
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Spinister (G1)#TFSS|Spinister]] (with [[Hairsplitter#Generations|Shrute]] and [[Singe#Generations|Singe]])
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Windsweeper#Generations|Windsweeper]]
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Bludgeon (G1)#Generations|Bludgeon]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Ravage (G1)/toys#BotCon2016|Ravage]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Tarantulas (BW)#Combiner Wars|Predacon Tarantulas]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Tigatron#Combiner Wars|Tigatron]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Flash Sentry#Toys|Flash Sentry]]

* Hasbro Retail - Too many to name right now ([[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Mostly]])

3rd Party
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Stronghold]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Toxin]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] (2012)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[GoBots|Van Guardian]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Path Finder|Roswell]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Prototype X (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Project Z (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Erector (G1) |Shafter]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Full-Tilt |Axis]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Pestilence (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Ravenus|Volar]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[GoBots|Devilstar/Loco]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Grit (G1)|Grit]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Rodimus (SG)|Shadow Ghost Calidus]] (2017)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Machine Wars|Thunder Prominon]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Bob (IDW)|Malum Malitia Bob]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Breakdown_(G1)#Generation_2|Crackup B1]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Megatron_(SG)|Broken Mirror Supreme Commander]] (2019)

==Character Designing ==

* Decepticon [[Toxin]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2011 Exclusive
* Autobot [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2012 Exclusive
* Decepticon [[Megatron_(SG)|Broken Mirror Supreme Commander]] - Head design for TFcon 2019 Custom Class

==Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime==
Daniel "Protoman" really, REALLY likes this character. He has the biggest Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime collection in the world. Rarities like the Rodimus Convoy 2010 Shampoo figure bottle and the 1988 Kabaya Rodimus Convoy Blaster Replica are some of his prized figures (And yeah.... some of that lucky draw stuff). What [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] is to [[David Willis]], Hot Rod is to Protoman..... cept even more extreme. He is constantly watching over and maintaining any of the Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime related wiki entries of any like:

[[Hot Rod (G1)|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]] G1 Awesome

[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime toys and merch]] Spending Awesome

[[Dark Hot Rod|G1 Black Rodimus/Dark Hot Rod]] Evil-Black-Repaint Awesome

[[Rodimus (Energon)|Energon Rodimus]] Unicron Trilogy Awesome

[[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Movie Rodimus]] Future Movie Awesome

[[Rodimus (SG)|Shattered Glass Rodimus]] Evil Goatee Awesome

[[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Animated Rodimus]] Big Chin Awesome

[[Hot Shot (Prime)|Prime Hot Shot/Rod]] Name Confused Awesome

also

[[Pointblank|G1 Pointblank]] Cause he is bad ass

==Conventions==

Prior to being staff of TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]], Daniel use to compete at the event before deciding to focus on [[BotCon|bigger fish]].

At [[BotCon 2008|Botcon 2008]], Daniel "Protoman" along with Team Canada got to the semifinals of the Faction Feud Trivia and shut out fellow brother site TFW2005's team [[http://www.tfw2005.com]]. He also taunted the vastly pro-American audience when he took the mic from Alvarez. After the Friday Panel, Protoman privately talked with [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] about insuring Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime get a good faithful representation when he will be used in Animated. Later on [[Jared Wade]] drew up a sketch of Animated Rodimus for him (7 months before it's public debut).

For the final years of Botcon and Fun Publications; he worked on the character concepts, tech specs and bios for Botcon 2016 as well as the Figure Subscription Service for 4.0 and 5.0

As it relates to TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]] itself, Protoman is one of the head organizers of the convention. Daniel hosts multiple Transformers historical and educational panels, is the head judge of trivia competitions and Custom/Art contests

==Fiction Cameos==

Protoman has ended up in mild homage/cameos in some current TF related fiction by long time co-workers [[Alex Milne]] (art) and [[Josh Perez]] (colors).

[[Defiance issue 2|Transformers Revenge of the Fallen: Defiance #2]] - Page 15, Panel 3. Far right.

[[Drift issue 2|Transformers: Drift #2]] - Page 4, Panel 2. Lone robot on the middle

[[Unofficial conventions|TFcon 2010: Nightbird Rebirth]] - Page 2, Panel 3. Far right.

==Protoman in the mass media==

Daniel appeared on ''This Morning Live'' on July 9th, 2007 which aired live all over the eastern Canada area on the Global TV network. Protoman talked about Transformers, his collection and how he got so "deep" into the hobby. When pictures of his house and collection were shown, off-camera news anchor Mike Lecouteur jaw dropped and later told Protoman about owning [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] as a child.

Protoman was featured in Montreal, Canada's largest newspaper, [[wikipedia: The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]] on July 28th, 2007 in a quarter page article with photo and full interview about his huge collection of Transformers, his life and feelings about the [[Transformers (film)|new Transformers movie]].

Featured in an extensive interview on G4's [[wikipedia: The Electric Playground|Electric Playground]] on August 3rd 2010, TFcon was the focus and Protoman was the guide for the show. He talked about the convention's history, what helped Transformers endure all those years and what he loves about the fans.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPhqJNNfEvA]

Daniel/Protoman was featured on [[wikipedia: Storage Wars|Storage Wars]] on February 20th 2015. The pickers (Cindy and Rick) of the show found a bag of 1984-1986 G1 Transformers and brought them to TFcon that was "conveniently" happening the same day. Further information from the recording process showed that the final price given (and aired) for the items was chosen by the producer to make sure the pickers got "2nd place" in cost vs. profit. Protoman originally gave an estimation of about $250-$300 "at most", which they would not happy with. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DCu27NYu_A]

==External links==
* [http://www.tfcon.ca TFcon, the world's 2nd largest Transformers convention]
[[Image:Escalation6_HotRod_Koska.jpg]]

User:Protoman

2019-03-20T20:40:51Z

Protoman: /* Tech Specs */

{{factions|autobot|eliteguard|protector}}
[[Image:Protoman.jpg|right|171px|thumb|What a cocky son of a......]]

'''Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault''' is a writer and staff of the largest fan run Transformers convention in the world, TFcon[http://www.tfcon.ca]. He is known for his "take no crap" personality and insane Transformers knowledge. Him and [[User:Monzo|Monzo]] party to TF Japanese source books. He is also gay for [[Rodimus (disambiguation)|Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]].

==Transformers Fandom History==

The legendary [[Canada|Canadian]] fan Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault started his humble Transformers beginnings with his first trip to see [[The Transformers: The Movie|some robot movie]] with his next door neighbour back in 1986, it all snowballed from there. There he was introduced to something new and beautiful to him and not to mention coming into contact with a [[Hot Rod (G1)|character]] that would become dear to his [[Spark|heart]] and always brought up when the name "Protoman" is mentioned. As he grew older, he used his money working at BMW as a mechanic and semi-pro racing in Formula Ford and KART to fund his insane lust for all things Transformers. Considered one of the top representatives of the Canadian Transformers fandom, Daniel uses his social jock influence to bring others who normally see the hobby as a "nerdy thing" and brings light to them as if it was some kind of [[Primus|religion]] they were missing out on.

According to the Twitter page of [[Derrick J. Wyatt]], some visual aspects of [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus Prime]] from [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)| Transformers Animated]] were based on Daniel, such as the popped collar which is a regular part of his attire.<ref>[http://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/status/21459535186 "@DerrickJWyatt Epic. Just epic. Now if only we can talk about that popped collar =D" "@Protomanx The popped collar inspired by Protoman?"]</ref>

==Writing==

====Comic Books====
* Nightbird Rebirth (TFcon 2010 exclusive comic)
* Changes In War (TFcon 2011 exclusive comic)
* Hardworker (TFcon 2012 exclusive comic)
* Lost World, Lost Mind (TFcon 2013 exclusive comic)
* The Dark Warrior (TFcon 2014 Toronto/Chicago exclusive comic)
* He Turned The Tide (TFcon 2015 Toronto exclusive comic)
* Not Feng Shui (TFcon 2015 Charlotte exclusive comic)
* [[Cybertron's Most Wanted|Transformers Timelines #11]] Diamond Edition 2015 - [[Zaptrap]] & [[Beet-Chit]] Section
* Internal Struggle (TFcon 2016 Chicago exclusive comic)
* Mecha Wars (TFcon 2018 Toronto exclusive comic)

====Tech Specs====

Hasbro / TFCC

* [[BotCon 2015]] - [[Zaptrap]] & [[Beet-Chit]] - Extended bio
* [[BotCon 2015]] - [[King Waruder]] - Originally Waruder Marauders
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Needlenose (G1)#Generations|Needlenose]] (with [[Sunbeam (G1)#Generations|Sunbeam]] and [[Zigzag#Generations|Zputty]])
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Ruckus (G1)#Generations|Grabuge]]
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Spinister (G1)#TFSS|Spinister]] (with [[Hairsplitter#Generations|Shrute]] and [[Singe#Generations|Singe]])
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Windsweeper#Generations|Windsweeper]]
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Bludgeon (G1)#Generations|Bludgeon]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Ravage (G1)/toys#BotCon2016|Ravage]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Tarantulas (BW)#Combiner Wars|Predacon Tarantulas]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Tigatron#Combiner Wars|Tigatron]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Flash Sentry#Toys|Flash Sentry]]

* Hasbro Retail - Too many to name right now ([[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Mostly]])

3rd Party
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Stronghold]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Toxin]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] (2012)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[GoBots|Van Guardian]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Path Finder|Roswell]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Prototype X (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Project Z (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Erector (G1) |Shafter]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Full-Tilt |Axis]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Pestilence (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Ravenus|Volar]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[GoBots|Devilstar/Loco]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Grit (G1)|Grit]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Rodimus (SG)|Shadow Ghost Calidus]] (2017)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Machine Wars|Thunder Prominon]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Bob (IDW)|Malum Malitia Bob]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Breakdown_(G1)#Generation_2|Crackup B1]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Megatron_(SG)|Broken Mirror Supreme Commander]] (2019)

==Character Designing ==

* Decepticon [[Toxin]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2011 Exclusive
* Autobot [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2012 Exclusive

==Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime==
Daniel "Protoman" really, REALLY likes this character. He has the biggest Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime collection in the world. Rarities like the Rodimus Convoy 2010 Shampoo figure bottle and the 1988 Kabaya Rodimus Convoy Blaster Replica are some of his prized figures (And yeah.... some of that lucky draw stuff). What [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] is to [[David Willis]], Hot Rod is to Protoman..... cept even more extreme. He is constantly watching over and maintaining any of the Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime related wiki entries of any like:

[[Hot Rod (G1)|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]] G1 Awesome

[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime toys and merch]] Spending Awesome

[[Dark Hot Rod|G1 Black Rodimus/Dark Hot Rod]] Evil-Black-Repaint Awesome

[[Rodimus (Energon)|Energon Rodimus]] Unicron Trilogy Awesome

[[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Movie Rodimus]] Future Movie Awesome

[[Rodimus (SG)|Shattered Glass Rodimus]] Evil Goatee Awesome

[[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Animated Rodimus]] Big Chin Awesome

[[Hot Shot (Prime)|Prime Hot Shot/Rod]] Name Confused Awesome

also

[[Pointblank|G1 Pointblank]] Cause he is bad ass

==Conventions==

Prior to being staff of TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]], Daniel use to compete at the event before deciding to focus on [[BotCon|bigger fish]].

At [[BotCon 2008|Botcon 2008]], Daniel "Protoman" along with Team Canada got to the semifinals of the Faction Feud Trivia and shut out fellow brother site TFW2005's team [[http://www.tfw2005.com]]. He also taunted the vastly pro-American audience when he took the mic from Alvarez. After the Friday Panel, Protoman privately talked with [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] about insuring Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime get a good faithful representation when he will be used in Animated. Later on [[Jared Wade]] drew up a sketch of Animated Rodimus for him (7 months before it's public debut).

For the final years of Botcon and Fun Publications; he worked on the character concepts, tech specs and bios for Botcon 2016 as well as the Figure Subscription Service for 4.0 and 5.0

As it relates to TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]] itself, Protoman is one of the head organizers of the convention. Daniel hosts multiple Transformers historical and educational panels, is the head judge of trivia competitions and Custom/Art contests

==Fiction Cameos==

Protoman has ended up in mild homage/cameos in some current TF related fiction by long time co-workers [[Alex Milne]] (art) and [[Josh Perez]] (colors).

[[Defiance issue 2|Transformers Revenge of the Fallen: Defiance #2]] - Page 15, Panel 3. Far right.

[[Drift issue 2|Transformers: Drift #2]] - Page 4, Panel 2. Lone robot on the middle

[[Unofficial conventions|TFcon 2010: Nightbird Rebirth]] - Page 2, Panel 3. Far right.

==Protoman in the mass media==

Daniel appeared on ''This Morning Live'' on July 9th, 2007 which aired live all over the eastern Canada area on the Global TV network. Protoman talked about Transformers, his collection and how he got so "deep" into the hobby. When pictures of his house and collection were shown, off-camera news anchor Mike Lecouteur jaw dropped and later told Protoman about owning [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] as a child.

Protoman was featured in Montreal, Canada's largest newspaper, [[wikipedia: The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]] on July 28th, 2007 in a quarter page article with photo and full interview about his huge collection of Transformers, his life and feelings about the [[Transformers (film)|new Transformers movie]].

Featured in an extensive interview on G4's [[wikipedia: The Electric Playground|Electric Playground]] on August 3rd 2010, TFcon was the focus and Protoman was the guide for the show. He talked about the convention's history, what helped Transformers endure all those years and what he loves about the fans.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPhqJNNfEvA]

Daniel/Protoman was featured on [[wikipedia: Storage Wars|Storage Wars]] on February 20th 2015. The pickers (Cindy and Rick) of the show found a bag of 1984-1986 G1 Transformers and brought them to TFcon that was "conveniently" happening the same day. Further information from the recording process showed that the final price given (and aired) for the items was chosen by the producer to make sure the pickers got "2nd place" in cost vs. profit. Protoman originally gave an estimation of about $250-$300 "at most", which they would not happy with. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DCu27NYu_A]

==External links==
* [http://www.tfcon.ca TFcon, the world's 2nd largest Transformers convention]
[[Image:Escalation6_HotRod_Koska.jpg]]

User:Protoman

2018-10-24T13:36:35Z

Protoman: /* Tech Specs */

{{factions|autobot|eliteguard|protector}}
[[Image:Protoman.jpg|right|171px|thumb|What a cocky son of a......]]

'''Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault''' is a writer and staff of the largest fan run Transformers convention in the world, TFcon[http://www.tfcon.ca]. He is known for his "take no crap" personality and insane Transformers knowledge. Him and [[User:Monzo|Monzo]] party to TF Japanese source books. He is also gay for [[Rodimus (disambiguation)|Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]].

==Transformers Fandom History==

The legendary [[Canada|Canadian]] fan Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault started his humble Transformers beginnings with his first trip to see [[The Transformers: The Movie|some robot movie]] with his next door neighbour back in 1986, it all snowballed from there. There he was introduced to something new and beautiful to him and not to mention coming into contact with a [[Hot Rod (G1)|character]] that would become dear to his [[Spark|heart]] and always brought up when the name "Protoman" is mentioned. As he grew older, he used his money working at BMW as a mechanic and semi-pro racing in Formula Ford and KART to fund his insane lust for all things Transformers. Considered one of the top representatives of the Canadian Transformers fandom, Daniel uses his social jock influence to bring others who normally see the hobby as a "nerdy thing" and brings light to them as if it was some kind of [[Primus|religion]] they were missing out on.

According to the Twitter page of [[Derrick J. Wyatt]], some visual aspects of [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus Prime]] from [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)| Transformers Animated]] were based on Daniel, such as the popped collar which is a regular part of his attire.<ref>[http://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/status/21459535186 "@DerrickJWyatt Epic. Just epic. Now if only we can talk about that popped collar =D" "@Protomanx The popped collar inspired by Protoman?"]</ref>

==Writing==

====Comic Books====
* Nightbird Rebirth (TFcon 2010 exclusive comic)
* Changes In War (TFcon 2011 exclusive comic)
* Hardworker (TFcon 2012 exclusive comic)
* Lost World, Lost Mind (TFcon 2013 exclusive comic)
* The Dark Warrior (TFcon 2014 Toronto/Chicago exclusive comic)
* He Turned The Tide (TFcon 2015 Toronto exclusive comic)
* Not Feng Shui (TFcon 2015 Charlotte exclusive comic)
* [[Cybertron's Most Wanted|Transformers Timelines #11]] Diamond Edition 2015 - [[Zaptrap]] & [[Beet-Chit]] Section
* Internal Struggle (TFcon 2016 Chicago exclusive comic)
* Mecha Wars (TFcon 2018 Toronto exclusive comic)

====Tech Specs====

Hasbro / TFCC

* [[BotCon 2015]] - [[Zaptrap]] & [[Beet-Chit]] - Extended bio
* [[BotCon 2015]] - [[King Waruder]] - Originally Waruder Marauders
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Needlenose (G1)#Generations|Needlenose]] (with [[Sunbeam (G1)#Generations|Sunbeam]] and [[Zigzag#Generations|Zputty]])
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Ruckus (G1)#Generations|Grabuge]]
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Spinister (G1)#TFSS|Spinister]] (with [[Hairsplitter#Generations|Shrute]] and [[Singe#Generations|Singe]])
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Windsweeper#Generations|Windsweeper]]
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Bludgeon (G1)#Generations|Bludgeon]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Ravage (G1)/toys#BotCon2016|Ravage]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Tarantulas (BW)#Combiner Wars|Predacon Tarantulas]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Tigatron#Combiner Wars|Tigatron]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Flash Sentry#Toys|Flash Sentry]]

* Hasbro Retail - Too many to name right now ([[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Mostly]])

3rd Party
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Stronghold]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Toxin]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] (2012)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[GoBots|Van Guardian]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Path Finder|Roswell]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Prototype X (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Project Z (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Erector (G1) |Shafter]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Full-Tilt |Axis]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Pestilence (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Ravenus|Volar]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[GoBots|Devilstar/Loco]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Grit (G1)|Grit]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Rodimus (SG)|Shadow Ghost Calidus]] (2017)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Machine Wars|Thunder Prominon]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Bob (IDW)|Malum Malitia Bob]] (2018)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Breakdown_(G1)#Generation_2|Crackup B1]] (2018)

==Character Designing ==

* Decepticon [[Toxin]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2011 Exclusive
* Autobot [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2012 Exclusive

==Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime==
Daniel "Protoman" really, REALLY likes this character. He has the biggest Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime collection in the world. Rarities like the Rodimus Convoy 2010 Shampoo figure bottle and the 1988 Kabaya Rodimus Convoy Blaster Replica are some of his prized figures (And yeah.... some of that lucky draw stuff). What [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] is to [[David Willis]], Hot Rod is to Protoman..... cept even more extreme. He is constantly watching over and maintaining any of the Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime related wiki entries of any like:

[[Hot Rod (G1)|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]] G1 Awesome

[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime toys and merch]] Spending Awesome

[[Dark Hot Rod|G1 Black Rodimus/Dark Hot Rod]] Evil-Black-Repaint Awesome

[[Rodimus (Energon)|Energon Rodimus]] Unicron Trilogy Awesome

[[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Movie Rodimus]] Future Movie Awesome

[[Rodimus (SG)|Shattered Glass Rodimus]] Evil Goatee Awesome

[[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Animated Rodimus]] Big Chin Awesome

[[Hot Shot (Prime)|Prime Hot Shot/Rod]] Name Confused Awesome

also

[[Pointblank|G1 Pointblank]] Cause he is bad ass

==Conventions==

Prior to being staff of TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]], Daniel use to compete at the event before deciding to focus on [[BotCon|bigger fish]].

At [[BotCon 2008|Botcon 2008]], Daniel "Protoman" along with Team Canada got to the semifinals of the Faction Feud Trivia and shut out fellow brother site TFW2005's team [[http://www.tfw2005.com]]. He also taunted the vastly pro-American audience when he took the mic from Alvarez. After the Friday Panel, Protoman privately talked with [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] about insuring Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime get a good faithful representation when he will be used in Animated. Later on [[Jared Wade]] drew up a sketch of Animated Rodimus for him (7 months before it's public debut).

For the final years of Botcon and Fun Publications; he worked on the character concepts, tech specs and bios for Botcon 2016 as well as the Figure Subscription Service for 4.0 and 5.0

As it relates to TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]] itself, Protoman is one of the head organizers of the convention. Daniel hosts multiple Transformers historical and educational panels, is the head judge of trivia competitions and Custom/Art contests

==Fiction Cameos==

Protoman has ended up in mild homage/cameos in some current TF related fiction by long time co-workers [[Alex Milne]] (art) and [[Josh Perez]] (colors).

[[Defiance issue 2|Transformers Revenge of the Fallen: Defiance #2]] - Page 15, Panel 3. Far right.

[[Drift issue 2|Transformers: Drift #2]] - Page 4, Panel 2. Lone robot on the middle

[[Unofficial conventions|TFcon 2010: Nightbird Rebirth]] - Page 2, Panel 3. Far right.

==Protoman in the mass media==

Daniel appeared on ''This Morning Live'' on July 9th, 2007 which aired live all over the eastern Canada area on the Global TV network. Protoman talked about Transformers, his collection and how he got so "deep" into the hobby. When pictures of his house and collection were shown, off-camera news anchor Mike Lecouteur jaw dropped and later told Protoman about owning [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] as a child.

Protoman was featured in Montreal, Canada's largest newspaper, [[wikipedia: The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]] on July 28th, 2007 in a quarter page article with photo and full interview about his huge collection of Transformers, his life and feelings about the [[Transformers (film)|new Transformers movie]].

Featured in an extensive interview on G4's [[wikipedia: The Electric Playground|Electric Playground]] on August 3rd 2010, TFcon was the focus and Protoman was the guide for the show. He talked about the convention's history, what helped Transformers endure all those years and what he loves about the fans.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPhqJNNfEvA]

Daniel/Protoman was featured on [[wikipedia: Storage Wars|Storage Wars]] on February 20th 2015. The pickers (Cindy and Rick) of the show found a bag of 1984-1986 G1 Transformers and brought them to TFcon that was "conveniently" happening the same day. Further information from the recording process showed that the final price given (and aired) for the items was chosen by the producer to make sure the pickers got "2nd place" in cost vs. profit. Protoman originally gave an estimation of about $250-$300 "at most", which they would not happy with. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DCu27NYu_A]

==External links==
* [http://www.tfcon.ca TFcon, the world's 2nd largest Transformers convention]
[[Image:Escalation6_HotRod_Koska.jpg]]

User:Protoman

2018-07-16T21:48:12Z

Protoman: /* Tech Specs */

{{factions|autobot|eliteguard|protector}}
[[Image:Protoman.jpg|right|171px|thumb|What a cocky son of a......]]

'''Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault''' is a writer and staff of the largest fan run Transformers convention in the world, TFcon[http://www.tfcon.ca]. He is known for his "take no crap" personality and insane Transformers knowledge. Him and [[User:Monzo|Monzo]] party to TF Japanese source books. He is also gay for [[Rodimus (disambiguation)|Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]].

==Transformers Fandom History==

The legendary [[Canada|Canadian]] fan Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault started his humble Transformers beginnings with his first trip to see [[The Transformers: The Movie|some robot movie]] with his next door neighbour back in 1986, it all snowballed from there. There he was introduced to something new and beautiful to him and not to mention coming into contact with a [[Hot Rod (G1)|character]] that would become dear to his [[Spark|heart]] and always brought up when the name "Protoman" is mentioned. As he grew older, he used his money working at BMW as a mechanic and semi-pro racing in Formula Ford and KART to fund his insane lust for all things Transformers. Considered one of the top representatives of the Canadian Transformers fandom, Daniel uses his social jock influence to bring others who normally see the hobby as a "nerdy thing" and brings light to them as if it was some kind of [[Primus|religion]] they were missing out on.

According to the Twitter page of [[Derrick J. Wyatt]], some visual aspects of [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus Prime]] from [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)| Transformers Animated]] were based on Daniel, such as the popped collar which is a regular part of his attire.<ref>[http://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/status/21459535186 "@DerrickJWyatt Epic. Just epic. Now if only we can talk about that popped collar =D" "@Protomanx The popped collar inspired by Protoman?"]</ref>

==Writing==

====Comic Books====
* Nightbird Rebirth (TFcon 2010 exclusive comic)
* Changes In War (TFcon 2011 exclusive comic)
* Hardworker (TFcon 2012 exclusive comic)
* Lost World, Lost Mind (TFcon 2013 exclusive comic)
* The Dark Warrior (TFcon 2014 Toronto/Chicago exclusive comic)
* He Turned The Tide (TFcon 2015 Toronto exclusive comic)
* Not Feng Shui (TFcon 2015 Charlotte exclusive comic)
* [[Cybertron's Most Wanted|Transformers Timelines #11]] Diamond Edition 2015 - [[Zaptrap]] & [[Beet-Chit]] Section
* Internal Struggle (TFcon 2016 Chicago exclusive comic)
* Mecha Wars (TFcon 2018 Toronto exclusive comic)

====Tech Specs====

Hasbro / TFCC

* [[BotCon 2015]] - [[Zaptrap]] & [[Beet-Chit]] - Extended bio
* [[BotCon 2015]] - [[King Waruder]] - Originally Waruder Marauders
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Needlenose (G1)#Generations|Needlenose]] (with [[Sunbeam (G1)#Generations|Sunbeam]] and [[Zigzag#Generations|Zputty]])
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Ruckus (G1)#Generations|Grabuge]]
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Spinister (G1)#TFSS|Spinister]] (with [[Hairsplitter#Generations|Shrute]] and [[Singe#Generations|Singe]])
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Windsweeper#Generations|Windsweeper]]
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Bludgeon (G1)#Generations|Bludgeon]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Ravage (G1)/toys#BotCon2016|Ravage]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Tarantulas (BW)#Combiner Wars|Predacon Tarantulas]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Tigatron#Combiner Wars|Tigatron]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Flash Sentry#Toys|Flash Sentry]]

* Hasbro Retail - Too many to name right now ([[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Mostly]])

3rd Party
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Stronghold]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Toxin]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] (2012)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[GoBots|Van Guardian]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Path Finder|Roswell]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Prototype X (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Project Z (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Erector (G1) |Shafter]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Full-Tilt |Axis]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Pestilence (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Ravenus|Volar]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[GoBots|Devilstar/Loco]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Grit (G1)|Grit]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Rodimus (SG)|Shadow Ghost Calidus]] (2017)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Machine Wars|Thunder Prominon]] (2018)

==Character Designing ==

* Decepticon [[Toxin]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2011 Exclusive
* Autobot [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2012 Exclusive

==Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime==
Daniel "Protoman" really, REALLY likes this character. He has the biggest Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime collection in the world. Rarities like the Rodimus Convoy 2010 Shampoo figure bottle and the 1988 Kabaya Rodimus Convoy Blaster Replica are some of his prized figures (And yeah.... some of that lucky draw stuff). What [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] is to [[David Willis]], Hot Rod is to Protoman..... cept even more extreme. He is constantly watching over and maintaining any of the Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime related wiki entries of any like:

[[Hot Rod (G1)|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]] G1 Awesome

[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime toys and merch]] Spending Awesome

[[Dark Hot Rod|G1 Black Rodimus/Dark Hot Rod]] Evil-Black-Repaint Awesome

[[Rodimus (Energon)|Energon Rodimus]] Unicron Trilogy Awesome

[[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Movie Rodimus]] Future Movie Awesome

[[Rodimus (SG)|Shattered Glass Rodimus]] Evil Goatee Awesome

[[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Animated Rodimus]] Big Chin Awesome

[[Hot Shot (Prime)|Prime Hot Shot/Rod]] Name Confused Awesome

also

[[Pointblank|G1 Pointblank]] Cause he is bad ass

==Conventions==

Prior to being staff of TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]], Daniel use to compete at the event before deciding to focus on [[BotCon|bigger fish]].

At [[BotCon 2008|Botcon 2008]], Daniel "Protoman" along with Team Canada got to the semifinals of the Faction Feud Trivia and shut out fellow brother site TFW2005's team [[http://www.tfw2005.com]]. He also taunted the vastly pro-American audience when he took the mic from Alvarez. After the Friday Panel, Protoman privately talked with [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] about insuring Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime get a good faithful representation when he will be used in Animated. Later on [[Jared Wade]] drew up a sketch of Animated Rodimus for him (7 months before it's public debut).

For the final years of Botcon and Fun Publications; he worked on the character concepts, tech specs and bios for Botcon 2016 as well as the Figure Subscription Service for 4.0 and 5.0

As it relates to TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]] itself, Protoman is one of the head organizers of the convention. Daniel hosts multiple Transformers historical and educational panels, is the head judge of trivia competitions and Custom/Art contests

==Fiction Cameos==

Protoman has ended up in mild homage/cameos in some current TF related fiction by long time co-workers [[Alex Milne]] (art) and [[Josh Perez]] (colors).

[[Defiance issue 2|Transformers Revenge of the Fallen: Defiance #2]] - Page 15, Panel 3. Far right.

[[Drift issue 2|Transformers: Drift #2]] - Page 4, Panel 2. Lone robot on the middle

[[Unofficial conventions|TFcon 2010: Nightbird Rebirth]] - Page 2, Panel 3. Far right.

==Protoman in the mass media==

Daniel appeared on ''This Morning Live'' on July 9th, 2007 which aired live all over the eastern Canada area on the Global TV network. Protoman talked about Transformers, his collection and how he got so "deep" into the hobby. When pictures of his house and collection were shown, off-camera news anchor Mike Lecouteur jaw dropped and later told Protoman about owning [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] as a child.

Protoman was featured in Montreal, Canada's largest newspaper, [[wikipedia: The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]] on July 28th, 2007 in a quarter page article with photo and full interview about his huge collection of Transformers, his life and feelings about the [[Transformers (film)|new Transformers movie]].

Featured in an extensive interview on G4's [[wikipedia: The Electric Playground|Electric Playground]] on August 3rd 2010, TFcon was the focus and Protoman was the guide for the show. He talked about the convention's history, what helped Transformers endure all those years and what he loves about the fans.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPhqJNNfEvA]

Daniel/Protoman was featured on [[wikipedia: Storage Wars|Storage Wars]] on February 20th 2015. The pickers (Cindy and Rick) of the show found a bag of 1984-1986 G1 Transformers and brought them to TFcon that was "conveniently" happening the same day. Further information from the recording process showed that the final price given (and aired) for the items was chosen by the producer to make sure the pickers got "2nd place" in cost vs. profit. Protoman originally gave an estimation of about $250-$300 "at most", which they would not happy with. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DCu27NYu_A]

==External links==
* [http://www.tfcon.ca TFcon, the world's 2nd largest Transformers convention]
[[Image:Escalation6_HotRod_Koska.jpg]]

User:Protoman

2018-07-16T21:46:39Z

Protoman: /* Comic Books */

{{factions|autobot|eliteguard|protector}}
[[Image:Protoman.jpg|right|171px|thumb|What a cocky son of a......]]

'''Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault''' is a writer and staff of the largest fan run Transformers convention in the world, TFcon[http://www.tfcon.ca]. He is known for his "take no crap" personality and insane Transformers knowledge. Him and [[User:Monzo|Monzo]] party to TF Japanese source books. He is also gay for [[Rodimus (disambiguation)|Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]].

==Transformers Fandom History==

The legendary [[Canada|Canadian]] fan Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault started his humble Transformers beginnings with his first trip to see [[The Transformers: The Movie|some robot movie]] with his next door neighbour back in 1986, it all snowballed from there. There he was introduced to something new and beautiful to him and not to mention coming into contact with a [[Hot Rod (G1)|character]] that would become dear to his [[Spark|heart]] and always brought up when the name "Protoman" is mentioned. As he grew older, he used his money working at BMW as a mechanic and semi-pro racing in Formula Ford and KART to fund his insane lust for all things Transformers. Considered one of the top representatives of the Canadian Transformers fandom, Daniel uses his social jock influence to bring others who normally see the hobby as a "nerdy thing" and brings light to them as if it was some kind of [[Primus|religion]] they were missing out on.

According to the Twitter page of [[Derrick J. Wyatt]], some visual aspects of [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus Prime]] from [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)| Transformers Animated]] were based on Daniel, such as the popped collar which is a regular part of his attire.<ref>[http://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/status/21459535186 "@DerrickJWyatt Epic. Just epic. Now if only we can talk about that popped collar =D" "@Protomanx The popped collar inspired by Protoman?"]</ref>

==Writing==

====Comic Books====
* Nightbird Rebirth (TFcon 2010 exclusive comic)
* Changes In War (TFcon 2011 exclusive comic)
* Hardworker (TFcon 2012 exclusive comic)
* Lost World, Lost Mind (TFcon 2013 exclusive comic)
* The Dark Warrior (TFcon 2014 Toronto/Chicago exclusive comic)
* He Turned The Tide (TFcon 2015 Toronto exclusive comic)
* Not Feng Shui (TFcon 2015 Charlotte exclusive comic)
* [[Cybertron's Most Wanted|Transformers Timelines #11]] Diamond Edition 2015 - [[Zaptrap]] & [[Beet-Chit]] Section
* Internal Struggle (TFcon 2016 Chicago exclusive comic)
* Mecha Wars (TFcon 2018 Toronto exclusive comic)

====Tech Specs====

Hasbro / TFCC

* [[BotCon 2015]] - [[Zaptrap]] & [[Beet-Chit]] - Extended bio
* [[BotCon 2015]] - [[King Waruder]] - Originally Waruder Marauders
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Needlenose (G1)#Generations|Needlenose]] (with [[Sunbeam (G1)#Generations|Sunbeam]] and [[Zigzag#Generations|Zputty]])
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Ruckus (G1)#Generations|Grabuge]]
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Spinister (G1)#TFSS|Spinister]] (with [[Hairsplitter#Generations|Shrute]] and [[Singe#Generations|Singe]])
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Windsweeper#Generations|Windsweeper]]
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Bludgeon (G1)#Generations|Bludgeon]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Ravage (G1)/toys#BotCon2016|Ravage]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Tarantulas (BW)#Combiner Wars|Predacon Tarantulas]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Tigatron#Combiner Wars|Tigatron]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Flash Sentry#Toys|Flash Sentry]]

* Hasbro Retail - Too many to name right now ([[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Mostly]])

3rd Party
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Stronghold]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Toxin]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] (2012)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[GoBots|Van Guardian]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Path Finder|Roswell]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Prototype X (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Project Z (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Erector (G1) |Shafter]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Full-Tilt |Axis]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Pestilence (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Ravenus|Volar]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[GoBots|Devilstar/Loco]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Grit (G1)|Grit]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Rodimus (SG)|Shadow Ghost Calidus]] (2017)

==Character Designing ==

* Decepticon [[Toxin]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2011 Exclusive
* Autobot [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2012 Exclusive

==Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime==
Daniel "Protoman" really, REALLY likes this character. He has the biggest Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime collection in the world. Rarities like the Rodimus Convoy 2010 Shampoo figure bottle and the 1988 Kabaya Rodimus Convoy Blaster Replica are some of his prized figures (And yeah.... some of that lucky draw stuff). What [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] is to [[David Willis]], Hot Rod is to Protoman..... cept even more extreme. He is constantly watching over and maintaining any of the Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime related wiki entries of any like:

[[Hot Rod (G1)|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]] G1 Awesome

[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime toys and merch]] Spending Awesome

[[Dark Hot Rod|G1 Black Rodimus/Dark Hot Rod]] Evil-Black-Repaint Awesome

[[Rodimus (Energon)|Energon Rodimus]] Unicron Trilogy Awesome

[[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Movie Rodimus]] Future Movie Awesome

[[Rodimus (SG)|Shattered Glass Rodimus]] Evil Goatee Awesome

[[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Animated Rodimus]] Big Chin Awesome

[[Hot Shot (Prime)|Prime Hot Shot/Rod]] Name Confused Awesome

also

[[Pointblank|G1 Pointblank]] Cause he is bad ass

==Conventions==

Prior to being staff of TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]], Daniel use to compete at the event before deciding to focus on [[BotCon|bigger fish]].

At [[BotCon 2008|Botcon 2008]], Daniel "Protoman" along with Team Canada got to the semifinals of the Faction Feud Trivia and shut out fellow brother site TFW2005's team [[http://www.tfw2005.com]]. He also taunted the vastly pro-American audience when he took the mic from Alvarez. After the Friday Panel, Protoman privately talked with [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] about insuring Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime get a good faithful representation when he will be used in Animated. Later on [[Jared Wade]] drew up a sketch of Animated Rodimus for him (7 months before it's public debut).

For the final years of Botcon and Fun Publications; he worked on the character concepts, tech specs and bios for Botcon 2016 as well as the Figure Subscription Service for 4.0 and 5.0

As it relates to TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]] itself, Protoman is one of the head organizers of the convention. Daniel hosts multiple Transformers historical and educational panels, is the head judge of trivia competitions and Custom/Art contests

==Fiction Cameos==

Protoman has ended up in mild homage/cameos in some current TF related fiction by long time co-workers [[Alex Milne]] (art) and [[Josh Perez]] (colors).

[[Defiance issue 2|Transformers Revenge of the Fallen: Defiance #2]] - Page 15, Panel 3. Far right.

[[Drift issue 2|Transformers: Drift #2]] - Page 4, Panel 2. Lone robot on the middle

[[Unofficial conventions|TFcon 2010: Nightbird Rebirth]] - Page 2, Panel 3. Far right.

==Protoman in the mass media==

Daniel appeared on ''This Morning Live'' on July 9th, 2007 which aired live all over the eastern Canada area on the Global TV network. Protoman talked about Transformers, his collection and how he got so "deep" into the hobby. When pictures of his house and collection were shown, off-camera news anchor Mike Lecouteur jaw dropped and later told Protoman about owning [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] as a child.

Protoman was featured in Montreal, Canada's largest newspaper, [[wikipedia: The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]] on July 28th, 2007 in a quarter page article with photo and full interview about his huge collection of Transformers, his life and feelings about the [[Transformers (film)|new Transformers movie]].

Featured in an extensive interview on G4's [[wikipedia: The Electric Playground|Electric Playground]] on August 3rd 2010, TFcon was the focus and Protoman was the guide for the show. He talked about the convention's history, what helped Transformers endure all those years and what he loves about the fans.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPhqJNNfEvA]

Daniel/Protoman was featured on [[wikipedia: Storage Wars|Storage Wars]] on February 20th 2015. The pickers (Cindy and Rick) of the show found a bag of 1984-1986 G1 Transformers and brought them to TFcon that was "conveniently" happening the same day. Further information from the recording process showed that the final price given (and aired) for the items was chosen by the producer to make sure the pickers got "2nd place" in cost vs. profit. Protoman originally gave an estimation of about $250-$300 "at most", which they would not happy with. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DCu27NYu_A]

==External links==
* [http://www.tfcon.ca TFcon, the world's 2nd largest Transformers convention]
[[Image:Escalation6_HotRod_Koska.jpg]]

User:Protoman

2018-03-10T14:25:16Z

Protoman: /* Writing */

{{factions|autobot|eliteguard|protector}}
[[Image:Protoman.jpg|right|171px|thumb|What a cocky son of a......]]

'''Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault''' is a writer and staff of the largest fan run Transformers convention in the world, TFcon[http://www.tfcon.ca]. He is known for his "take no crap" personality and insane Transformers knowledge. Him and [[User:Monzo|Monzo]] party to TF Japanese source books. He is also gay for [[Rodimus (disambiguation)|Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]].

==Transformers Fandom History==

The legendary [[Canada|Canadian]] fan Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault started his humble Transformers beginnings with his first trip to see [[The Transformers: The Movie|some robot movie]] with his next door neighbour back in 1986, it all snowballed from there. There he was introduced to something new and beautiful to him and not to mention coming into contact with a [[Hot Rod (G1)|character]] that would become dear to his [[Spark|heart]] and always brought up when the name "Protoman" is mentioned. As he grew older, he used his money working at BMW as a mechanic and semi-pro racing in Formula Ford and KART to fund his insane lust for all things Transformers. Considered one of the top representatives of the Canadian Transformers fandom, Daniel uses his social jock influence to bring others who normally see the hobby as a "nerdy thing" and brings light to them as if it was some kind of [[Primus|religion]] they were missing out on.

According to the Twitter page of [[Derrick J. Wyatt]], some visual aspects of [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus Prime]] from [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)| Transformers Animated]] were based on Daniel, such as the popped collar which is a regular part of his attire.<ref>[http://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/status/21459535186 "@DerrickJWyatt Epic. Just epic. Now if only we can talk about that popped collar =D" "@Protomanx The popped collar inspired by Protoman?"]</ref>

==Writing==

====Comic Books====
* Nightbird Rebirth (TFcon 2010 exclusive comic)
* Changes In War (TFcon 2011 exclusive comic)
* Hardworker (TFcon 2012 exclusive comic)
* Lost World, Lost Mind (TFcon 2013 exclusive comic)
* The Dark Warrior (TFcon 2014 Toronto/Chicago exclusive comic)
* He Turned The Tide (TFcon 2015 Toronto exclusive comic)
* Not Feng Shui (TFcon 2015 Charlotte exclusive comic)
* Internal Struggle (TFcon 2016 Chicago exclusive comic)
* [[Cybertron's Most Wanted|Transformers Timelines #11]] Diamond Edition 2015 - [[Zaptrap]] & [[Beet-Chit]] Section

====Tech Specs====

Hasbro / TFCC

* [[BotCon 2015]] - [[Zaptrap]] & [[Beet-Chit]] - Extended bio
* [[BotCon 2015]] - [[King Waruder]] - Originally Waruder Marauders
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Needlenose (G1)#Generations|Needlenose]] (with [[Sunbeam (G1)#Generations|Sunbeam]] and [[Zigzag#Generations|Zputty]])
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Ruckus (G1)#Generations|Grabuge]]
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Spinister (G1)#TFSS|Spinister]] (with [[Hairsplitter#Generations|Shrute]] and [[Singe#Generations|Singe]])
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Windsweeper#Generations|Windsweeper]]
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Bludgeon (G1)#Generations|Bludgeon]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Ravage (G1)/toys#BotCon2016|Ravage]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Tarantulas (BW)#Combiner Wars|Predacon Tarantulas]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Tigatron#Combiner Wars|Tigatron]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Flash Sentry#Toys|Flash Sentry]]

* Hasbro Retail - Too many to name right now ([[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Mostly]])

3rd Party
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Stronghold]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Toxin]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] (2012)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[GoBots|Van Guardian]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Path Finder|Roswell]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Prototype X (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Project Z (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Erector (G1) |Shafter]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Full-Tilt |Axis]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Pestilence (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Ravenus|Volar]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[GoBots|Devilstar/Loco]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Grit (G1)|Grit]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Rodimus (SG)|Shadow Ghost Calidus]] (2017)

==Character Designing ==

* Decepticon [[Toxin]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2011 Exclusive
* Autobot [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2012 Exclusive

==Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime==
Daniel "Protoman" really, REALLY likes this character. He has the biggest Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime collection in the world. Rarities like the Rodimus Convoy 2010 Shampoo figure bottle and the 1988 Kabaya Rodimus Convoy Blaster Replica are some of his prized figures (And yeah.... some of that lucky draw stuff). What [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] is to [[David Willis]], Hot Rod is to Protoman..... cept even more extreme. He is constantly watching over and maintaining any of the Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime related wiki entries of any like:

[[Hot Rod (G1)|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]] G1 Awesome

[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime toys and merch]] Spending Awesome

[[Dark Hot Rod|G1 Black Rodimus/Dark Hot Rod]] Evil-Black-Repaint Awesome

[[Rodimus (Energon)|Energon Rodimus]] Unicron Trilogy Awesome

[[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Movie Rodimus]] Future Movie Awesome

[[Rodimus (SG)|Shattered Glass Rodimus]] Evil Goatee Awesome

[[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Animated Rodimus]] Big Chin Awesome

[[Hot Shot (Prime)|Prime Hot Shot/Rod]] Name Confused Awesome

also

[[Pointblank|G1 Pointblank]] Cause he is bad ass

==Conventions==

Prior to being staff of TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]], Daniel use to compete at the event before deciding to focus on [[BotCon|bigger fish]].

At [[BotCon 2008|Botcon 2008]], Daniel "Protoman" along with Team Canada got to the semifinals of the Faction Feud Trivia and shut out fellow brother site TFW2005's team [[http://www.tfw2005.com]]. He also taunted the vastly pro-American audience when he took the mic from Alvarez. After the Friday Panel, Protoman privately talked with [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] about insuring Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime get a good faithful representation when he will be used in Animated. Later on [[Jared Wade]] drew up a sketch of Animated Rodimus for him (7 months before it's public debut).

For the final years of Botcon and Fun Publications; he worked on the character concepts, tech specs and bios for Botcon 2016 as well as the Figure Subscription Service for 4.0 and 5.0

As it relates to TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]] itself, Protoman is one of the head organizers of the convention. Daniel hosts multiple Transformers historical and educational panels, is the head judge of trivia competitions and Custom/Art contests

==Fiction Cameos==

Protoman has ended up in mild homage/cameos in some current TF related fiction by long time co-workers [[Alex Milne]] (art) and [[Josh Perez]] (colors).

[[Defiance issue 2|Transformers Revenge of the Fallen: Defiance #2]] - Page 15, Panel 3. Far right.

[[Drift issue 2|Transformers: Drift #2]] - Page 4, Panel 2. Lone robot on the middle

[[Unofficial conventions|TFcon 2010: Nightbird Rebirth]] - Page 2, Panel 3. Far right.

==Protoman in the mass media==

Daniel appeared on ''This Morning Live'' on July 9th, 2007 which aired live all over the eastern Canada area on the Global TV network. Protoman talked about Transformers, his collection and how he got so "deep" into the hobby. When pictures of his house and collection were shown, off-camera news anchor Mike Lecouteur jaw dropped and later told Protoman about owning [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] as a child.

Protoman was featured in Montreal, Canada's largest newspaper, [[wikipedia: The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]] on July 28th, 2007 in a quarter page article with photo and full interview about his huge collection of Transformers, his life and feelings about the [[Transformers (film)|new Transformers movie]].

Featured in an extensive interview on G4's [[wikipedia: The Electric Playground|Electric Playground]] on August 3rd 2010, TFcon was the focus and Protoman was the guide for the show. He talked about the convention's history, what helped Transformers endure all those years and what he loves about the fans.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPhqJNNfEvA]

Daniel/Protoman was featured on [[wikipedia: Storage Wars|Storage Wars]] on February 20th 2015. The pickers (Cindy and Rick) of the show found a bag of 1984-1986 G1 Transformers and brought them to TFcon that was "conveniently" happening the same day. Further information from the recording process showed that the final price given (and aired) for the items was chosen by the producer to make sure the pickers got "2nd place" in cost vs. profit. Protoman originally gave an estimation of about $250-$300 "at most", which they would not happy with. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DCu27NYu_A]

==External links==
* [http://www.tfcon.ca TFcon, the world's 2nd largest Transformers convention]
[[Image:Escalation6_HotRod_Koska.jpg]]

User:Protoman

2018-02-27T01:20:35Z

Protoman: /* Tech Specs */

{{factions|autobot|eliteguard|protector}}
[[Image:Protoman.jpg|right|171px|thumb|What a cocky son of a......]]

'''Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault''' is a writer and staff of the largest fan run Transformers convention in the world, TFcon[http://www.tfcon.ca]. He is known for his "take no crap" personality and insane Transformers knowledge. Him and [[User:Monzo|Monzo]] party to TF Japanese source books. He is also gay for [[Rodimus (disambiguation)|Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]].

==Transformers Fandom History==

The legendary [[Canada|Canadian]] fan Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault started his humble Transformers beginnings with his first trip to see [[The Transformers: The Movie|some robot movie]] with his next door neighbour back in 1986, it all snowballed from there. There he was introduced to something new and beautiful to him and not to mention coming into contact with a [[Hot Rod (G1)|character]] that would become dear to his [[Spark|heart]] and always brought up when the name "Protoman" is mentioned. As he grew older, he used his money working at BMW as a mechanic and semi-pro racing in Formula Ford and KART to fund his insane lust for all things Transformers. Considered one of the top representatives of the Canadian Transformers fandom, Daniel uses his social jock influence to bring others who normally see the hobby as a "nerdy thing" and brings light to them as if it was some kind of [[Primus|religion]] they were missing out on.

According to the Twitter page of [[Derrick J. Wyatt]], some visual aspects of [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus Prime]] from [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)| Transformers Animated]] were based on Daniel, such as the popped collar which is a regular part of his attire.<ref>[http://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/status/21459535186 "@DerrickJWyatt Epic. Just epic. Now if only we can talk about that popped collar =D" "@Protomanx The popped collar inspired by Protoman?"]</ref>

==Writing==

====Comic Books====
* Nightbird Rebirth (TFcon 2010 exclusive comic)
* Changes In War (TFcon 2011 exclusive comic)
* Hardworker (TFcon 2012 exclusive comic)
* Lost World, Lost Mind (TFcon 2013 exclusive comic)
* The Dark Warrior (TFcon 2014 Toronto/Chicago exclusive comic)
* He Turned The Tide (TFcon 2015 Toronto exclusive comic)
* Not Feng Shui (TFcon 2015 Charlotte exclusive comic)
* Internal Struggle (TFcon 2016 Chicago exclusive comic)

====Tech Specs====

Hasbro / TFCC

* [[Cybertron's Most Wanted|Transformers Timelines #11]] Diamond Edition 2015 - [[Zaptrap]] & [[Beet-Chit]] Full Bio
* [[BotCon 2015]] - [[King Waruder]] - Originally Waruder Marauders
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Needlenose (G1)#Generations|Needlenose]] (with [[Sunbeam (G1)#Generations|Sunbeam]] and [[Zigzag#Generations|Zputty]])
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Ruckus (G1)#Generations|Grabuge]]
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Spinister (G1)#TFSS|Spinister]] (with [[Hairsplitter#Generations|Shrute]] and [[Singe#Generations|Singe]])
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Windsweeper#Generations|Windsweeper]]
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Bludgeon (G1)#Generations|Bludgeon]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Ravage (G1)/toys#BotCon2016|Ravage]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Tarantulas (BW)#Combiner Wars|Predacon Tarantulas]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Tigatron#Combiner Wars|Tigatron]]
* [[BotCon 2016]] - [[Flash Sentry#Toys|Flash Sentry]]

* Hasbro Retail - Too many to name right now ([[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Mostly]])

3rd Party
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Stronghold]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Toxin]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] (2012)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[GoBots|Van Guardian]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Path Finder|Roswell]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Prototype X (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Project Z (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Erector (G1) |Shafter]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Full-Tilt |Axis]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Pestilence (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Ravenus|Volar]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[GoBots|Devilstar/Loco]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Grit (G1)|Grit]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Rodimus (SG)|Shadow Ghost Calidus]] (2017)

==Character Designing ==

* Decepticon [[Toxin]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2011 Exclusive
* Autobot [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2012 Exclusive

==Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime==
Daniel "Protoman" really, REALLY likes this character. He has the biggest Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime collection in the world. Rarities like the Rodimus Convoy 2010 Shampoo figure bottle and the 1988 Kabaya Rodimus Convoy Blaster Replica are some of his prized figures (And yeah.... some of that lucky draw stuff). What [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] is to [[David Willis]], Hot Rod is to Protoman..... cept even more extreme. He is constantly watching over and maintaining any of the Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime related wiki entries of any like:

[[Hot Rod (G1)|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]] G1 Awesome

[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime toys and merch]] Spending Awesome

[[Dark Hot Rod|G1 Black Rodimus/Dark Hot Rod]] Evil-Black-Repaint Awesome

[[Rodimus (Energon)|Energon Rodimus]] Unicron Trilogy Awesome

[[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Movie Rodimus]] Future Movie Awesome

[[Rodimus (SG)|Shattered Glass Rodimus]] Evil Goatee Awesome

[[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Animated Rodimus]] Big Chin Awesome

[[Hot Shot (Prime)|Prime Hot Shot/Rod]] Name Confused Awesome

also

[[Pointblank|G1 Pointblank]] Cause he is bad ass

==Conventions==

Prior to being staff of TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]], Daniel use to compete at the event before deciding to focus on [[BotCon|bigger fish]].

At [[BotCon 2008|Botcon 2008]], Daniel "Protoman" along with Team Canada got to the semifinals of the Faction Feud Trivia and shut out fellow brother site TFW2005's team [[http://www.tfw2005.com]]. He also taunted the vastly pro-American audience when he took the mic from Alvarez. After the Friday Panel, Protoman privately talked with [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] about insuring Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime get a good faithful representation when he will be used in Animated. Later on [[Jared Wade]] drew up a sketch of Animated Rodimus for him (7 months before it's public debut).

For the final years of Botcon and Fun Publications; he worked on the character concepts, tech specs and bios for Botcon 2016 as well as the Figure Subscription Service for 4.0 and 5.0

As it relates to TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]] itself, Protoman is one of the head organizers of the convention. Daniel hosts multiple Transformers historical and educational panels, is the head judge of trivia competitions and Custom/Art contests

==Fiction Cameos==

Protoman has ended up in mild homage/cameos in some current TF related fiction by long time co-workers [[Alex Milne]] (art) and [[Josh Perez]] (colors).

[[Defiance issue 2|Transformers Revenge of the Fallen: Defiance #2]] - Page 15, Panel 3. Far right.

[[Drift issue 2|Transformers: Drift #2]] - Page 4, Panel 2. Lone robot on the middle

[[Unofficial conventions|TFcon 2010: Nightbird Rebirth]] - Page 2, Panel 3. Far right.

==Protoman in the mass media==

Daniel appeared on ''This Morning Live'' on July 9th, 2007 which aired live all over the eastern Canada area on the Global TV network. Protoman talked about Transformers, his collection and how he got so "deep" into the hobby. When pictures of his house and collection were shown, off-camera news anchor Mike Lecouteur jaw dropped and later told Protoman about owning [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] as a child.

Protoman was featured in Montreal, Canada's largest newspaper, [[wikipedia: The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]] on July 28th, 2007 in a quarter page article with photo and full interview about his huge collection of Transformers, his life and feelings about the [[Transformers (film)|new Transformers movie]].

Featured in an extensive interview on G4's [[wikipedia: The Electric Playground|Electric Playground]] on August 3rd 2010, TFcon was the focus and Protoman was the guide for the show. He talked about the convention's history, what helped Transformers endure all those years and what he loves about the fans.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPhqJNNfEvA]

Daniel/Protoman was featured on [[wikipedia: Storage Wars|Storage Wars]] on February 20th 2015. The pickers (Cindy and Rick) of the show found a bag of 1984-1986 G1 Transformers and brought them to TFcon that was "conveniently" happening the same day. Further information from the recording process showed that the final price given (and aired) for the items was chosen by the producer to make sure the pickers got "2nd place" in cost vs. profit. Protoman originally gave an estimation of about $250-$300 "at most", which they would not happy with. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DCu27NYu_A]

==External links==
* [http://www.tfcon.ca TFcon, the world's 2nd largest Transformers convention]
[[Image:Escalation6_HotRod_Koska.jpg]]

User:Protoman

2018-02-27T01:11:58Z

Protoman: /* Tech Specs */

{{factions|autobot|eliteguard|protector}}
[[Image:Protoman.jpg|right|171px|thumb|What a cocky son of a......]]

'''Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault''' is a writer and staff of the largest fan run Transformers convention in the world, TFcon[http://www.tfcon.ca]. He is known for his "take no crap" personality and insane Transformers knowledge. Him and [[User:Monzo|Monzo]] party to TF Japanese source books. He is also gay for [[Rodimus (disambiguation)|Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]].

==Transformers Fandom History==

The legendary [[Canada|Canadian]] fan Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault started his humble Transformers beginnings with his first trip to see [[The Transformers: The Movie|some robot movie]] with his next door neighbour back in 1986, it all snowballed from there. There he was introduced to something new and beautiful to him and not to mention coming into contact with a [[Hot Rod (G1)|character]] that would become dear to his [[Spark|heart]] and always brought up when the name "Protoman" is mentioned. As he grew older, he used his money working at BMW as a mechanic and semi-pro racing in Formula Ford and KART to fund his insane lust for all things Transformers. Considered one of the top representatives of the Canadian Transformers fandom, Daniel uses his social jock influence to bring others who normally see the hobby as a "nerdy thing" and brings light to them as if it was some kind of [[Primus|religion]] they were missing out on.

According to the Twitter page of [[Derrick J. Wyatt]], some visual aspects of [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus Prime]] from [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)| Transformers Animated]] were based on Daniel, such as the popped collar which is a regular part of his attire.<ref>[http://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/status/21459535186 "@DerrickJWyatt Epic. Just epic. Now if only we can talk about that popped collar =D" "@Protomanx The popped collar inspired by Protoman?"]</ref>

==Writing==

====Comic Books====
* Nightbird Rebirth (TFcon 2010 exclusive comic)
* Changes In War (TFcon 2011 exclusive comic)
* Hardworker (TFcon 2012 exclusive comic)
* Lost World, Lost Mind (TFcon 2013 exclusive comic)
* The Dark Warrior (TFcon 2014 Toronto/Chicago exclusive comic)
* He Turned The Tide (TFcon 2015 Toronto exclusive comic)
* Not Feng Shui (TFcon 2015 Charlotte exclusive comic)
* Internal Struggle (TFcon 2016 Chicago exclusive comic)

====Tech Specs====

Hasbro / TFCC

* [[Cybertron's Most Wanted|Transformers Timelines #11]] Diamond Edition 2015 - [[Zaptrap]] & [[Beet-Chit]] Full Bio
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Needlenose (G1)#Generations|Needlenose]] (with [[Sunbeam (G1)#Generations|Sunbeam]] and [[Zigzag#Generations|Zputty]])
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Ruckus (G1)#Generations|Grabuge]]
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Spinister (G1)#TFSS|Spinister]] (with [[Hairsplitter#Generations|Shrute]] and [[Singe#Generations|Singe]])
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Windsweeper#Generations|Windsweeper]]
* [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Transformers Figure Subscription Service 4.0]] - [[Bludgeon (G1)#Generations|Bludgeon]]

* Too many to name right now ([[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Retail]], [[BotCon|Botcon]], [[Fun Publications]])

3rd Party
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Stronghold]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Toxin]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] (2012)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[GoBots|Van Guardian]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Path Finder|Roswell]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Prototype X (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Project Z (2013)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Erector (G1) |Shafter]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Full-Tilt |Axis]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's Pestilence (2014)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Ravenus|Volar]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[GoBots|Devilstar/Loco]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Grit (G1)|Grit]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and Full Bio for TFcon's [[Rodimus (SG)|Shadow Ghost Calidus]] (2017)

==Character Designing ==

* Decepticon [[Toxin]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2011 Exclusive
* Autobot [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2012 Exclusive

==Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime==
Daniel "Protoman" really, REALLY likes this character. He has the biggest Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime collection in the world. Rarities like the Rodimus Convoy 2010 Shampoo figure bottle and the 1988 Kabaya Rodimus Convoy Blaster Replica are some of his prized figures (And yeah.... some of that lucky draw stuff). What [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] is to [[David Willis]], Hot Rod is to Protoman..... cept even more extreme. He is constantly watching over and maintaining any of the Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime related wiki entries of any like:

[[Hot Rod (G1)|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]] G1 Awesome

[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime toys and merch]] Spending Awesome

[[Dark Hot Rod|G1 Black Rodimus/Dark Hot Rod]] Evil-Black-Repaint Awesome

[[Rodimus (Energon)|Energon Rodimus]] Unicron Trilogy Awesome

[[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Movie Rodimus]] Future Movie Awesome

[[Rodimus (SG)|Shattered Glass Rodimus]] Evil Goatee Awesome

[[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Animated Rodimus]] Big Chin Awesome

[[Hot Shot (Prime)|Prime Hot Shot/Rod]] Name Confused Awesome

also

[[Pointblank|G1 Pointblank]] Cause he is bad ass

==Conventions==

Prior to being staff of TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]], Daniel use to compete at the event before deciding to focus on [[BotCon|bigger fish]].

At [[BotCon 2008|Botcon 2008]], Daniel "Protoman" along with Team Canada got to the semifinals of the Faction Feud Trivia and shut out fellow brother site TFW2005's team [[http://www.tfw2005.com]]. He also taunted the vastly pro-American audience when he took the mic from Alvarez. After the Friday Panel, Protoman privately talked with [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] about insuring Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime get a good faithful representation when he will be used in Animated. Later on [[Jared Wade]] drew up a sketch of Animated Rodimus for him (7 months before it's public debut).

For the final years of Botcon and Fun Publications; he worked on the character concepts, tech specs and bios for Botcon 2016 as well as the Figure Subscription Service for 4.0 and 5.0

As it relates to TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]] itself, Protoman is one of the head organizers of the convention. Daniel hosts multiple Transformers historical and educational panels, is the head judge of trivia competitions and Custom/Art contests

==Fiction Cameos==

Protoman has ended up in mild homage/cameos in some current TF related fiction by long time co-workers [[Alex Milne]] (art) and [[Josh Perez]] (colors).

[[Defiance issue 2|Transformers Revenge of the Fallen: Defiance #2]] - Page 15, Panel 3. Far right.

[[Drift issue 2|Transformers: Drift #2]] - Page 4, Panel 2. Lone robot on the middle

[[Unofficial conventions|TFcon 2010: Nightbird Rebirth]] - Page 2, Panel 3. Far right.

==Protoman in the mass media==

Daniel appeared on ''This Morning Live'' on July 9th, 2007 which aired live all over the eastern Canada area on the Global TV network. Protoman talked about Transformers, his collection and how he got so "deep" into the hobby. When pictures of his house and collection were shown, off-camera news anchor Mike Lecouteur jaw dropped and later told Protoman about owning [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] as a child.

Protoman was featured in Montreal, Canada's largest newspaper, [[wikipedia: The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]] on July 28th, 2007 in a quarter page article with photo and full interview about his huge collection of Transformers, his life and feelings about the [[Transformers (film)|new Transformers movie]].

Featured in an extensive interview on G4's [[wikipedia: The Electric Playground|Electric Playground]] on August 3rd 2010, TFcon was the focus and Protoman was the guide for the show. He talked about the convention's history, what helped Transformers endure all those years and what he loves about the fans.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPhqJNNfEvA]

Daniel/Protoman was featured on [[wikipedia: Storage Wars|Storage Wars]] on February 20th 2015. The pickers (Cindy and Rick) of the show found a bag of 1984-1986 G1 Transformers and brought them to TFcon that was "conveniently" happening the same day. Further information from the recording process showed that the final price given (and aired) for the items was chosen by the producer to make sure the pickers got "2nd place" in cost vs. profit. Protoman originally gave an estimation of about $250-$300 "at most", which they would not happy with. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DCu27NYu_A]

==External links==
* [http://www.tfcon.ca TFcon, the world's 2nd largest Transformers convention]
[[Image:Escalation6_HotRod_Koska.jpg]]

User:Protoman

2017-10-08T15:33:21Z

Protoman: /* Conventions */

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[[Image:Protoman.jpg|right|171px|thumb|What a cocky son of a......]]

'''Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault''' is a writer and staff of the largest fan run Transformers convention in the world, TFcon[http://www.tfcon.ca]. He is known for his "take no crap" personality and insane Transformers knowledge. Him and [[User:Monzo|Monzo]] party to TF Japanese source books. He is also gay for [[Rodimus (disambiguation)|Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]].

==Transformers Fandom History==

The legendary [[Canada|Canadian]] fan Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault started his humble Transformers beginnings with his first trip to see [[The Transformers: The Movie|some robot movie]] with his next door neighbour back in 1986, it all snowballed from there. There he was introduced to something new and beautiful to him and not to mention coming into contact with a [[Hot Rod (G1)|character]] that would become dear to his [[Spark|heart]] and always brought up when the name "Protoman" is mentioned. As he grew older, he used his money working at BMW as a mechanic and semi-pro racing in Formula Ford and KART to fund his insane lust for all things Transformers. Considered one of the top representatives of the Canadian Transformers fandom, Daniel uses his social jock influence to bring others who normally see the hobby as a "nerdy thing" and brings light to them as if it was some kind of [[Primus|religion]] they were missing out on.

According to the Twitter page of [[Derrick J. Wyatt]], some visual aspects of [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus Prime]] from [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)| Transformers Animated]] were based on Daniel, such as the popped collar which is a regular part of his attire.<ref>[http://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/status/21459535186 "@DerrickJWyatt Epic. Just epic. Now if only we can talk about that popped collar =D" "@Protomanx The popped collar inspired by Protoman?"]</ref>

==Writing==

====Comic Books====
* Nightbird Rebirth (TFcon 2010 exclusive comic)
* Changes In War (TFcon 2011 exclusive comic)
* Hardworker (TFcon 2012 exclusive comic)
* Lost World, Lost Mind (TFcon 2013 exclusive comic)
* The Dark Warrior (TFcon 2014 Toronto/Chicago exclusive comic)
* He Turned The Tide (TFcon 2015 Toronto exclusive comic)
* Not Feng Shui (TFcon 2015 Charlotte exclusive comic)
* Internal Struggle (TFcon 2016 Chicago exclusive comic)

====Tech Specs====

Hasbro / TFCC
* Too many to name right now ([[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Retail]], [[BotCon|Botcon]], [[Fun Publications]])

3rd Party
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Stronghold]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Toxin]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] (2012)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[GoBots|Van Guardian]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Path Finder|Roswell]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's Prototype X (2013)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's Project Z (2013)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Erector (G1) |Shafter]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Full-Tilt |Axis]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's Pestilence (2014)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Ravenus|Volar]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[GoBots|Devilstar/Loco]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Grit (G1)|Grit]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Rodimus (SG)|Shadow Ghost Calidus]] (2017)

==Character Designing ==

* Decepticon [[Toxin]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2011 Exclusive
* Autobot [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2012 Exclusive

==Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime==
Daniel "Protoman" really, REALLY likes this character. He has the biggest Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime collection in the world. Rarities like the Rodimus Convoy 2010 Shampoo figure bottle and the 1988 Kabaya Rodimus Convoy Blaster Replica are some of his prized figures (And yeah.... some of that lucky draw stuff). What [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] is to [[David Willis]], Hot Rod is to Protoman..... cept even more extreme. He is constantly watching over and maintaining any of the Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime related wiki entries of any like:

[[Hot Rod (G1)|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]] G1 Awesome

[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime toys and merch]] Spending Awesome

[[Dark Hot Rod|G1 Black Rodimus/Dark Hot Rod]] Evil-Black-Repaint Awesome

[[Rodimus (Energon)|Energon Rodimus]] Unicron Trilogy Awesome

[[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Movie Rodimus]] Future Movie Awesome

[[Rodimus (SG)|Shattered Glass Rodimus]] Evil Goatee Awesome

[[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Animated Rodimus]] Big Chin Awesome

[[Hot Shot (Prime)|Prime Hot Shot/Rod]] Name Confused Awesome

also

[[Pointblank|G1 Pointblank]] Cause he is bad ass

==Conventions==

Prior to being staff of TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]], Daniel use to compete at the event before deciding to focus on [[BotCon|bigger fish]].

At [[BotCon 2008|Botcon 2008]], Daniel "Protoman" along with Team Canada got to the semifinals of the Faction Feud Trivia and shut out fellow brother site TFW2005's team [[http://www.tfw2005.com]]. He also taunted the vastly pro-American audience when he took the mic from Alvarez. After the Friday Panel, Protoman privately talked with [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] about insuring Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime get a good faithful representation when he will be used in Animated. Later on [[Jared Wade]] drew up a sketch of Animated Rodimus for him (7 months before it's public debut).

For the final years of Botcon and Fun Publications; he worked on the character concepts, tech specs and bios for Botcon 2016 as well as the Figure Subscription Service for 4.0 and 5.0

As it relates to TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]] itself, Protoman is one of the head organizers of the convention. Daniel hosts multiple Transformers historical and educational panels, is the head judge of trivia competitions and Custom/Art contests

==Fiction Cameos==

Protoman has ended up in mild homage/cameos in some current TF related fiction by long time co-workers [[Alex Milne]] (art) and [[Josh Perez]] (colors).

[[Defiance issue 2|Transformers Revenge of the Fallen: Defiance #2]] - Page 15, Panel 3. Far right.

[[Drift issue 2|Transformers: Drift #2]] - Page 4, Panel 2. Lone robot on the middle

[[Unofficial conventions|TFcon 2010: Nightbird Rebirth]] - Page 2, Panel 3. Far right.

==Protoman in the mass media==

Daniel appeared on ''This Morning Live'' on July 9th, 2007 which aired live all over the eastern Canada area on the Global TV network. Protoman talked about Transformers, his collection and how he got so "deep" into the hobby. When pictures of his house and collection were shown, off-camera news anchor Mike Lecouteur jaw dropped and later told Protoman about owning [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] as a child.

Protoman was featured in Montreal, Canada's largest newspaper, [[wikipedia: The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]] on July 28th, 2007 in a quarter page article with photo and full interview about his huge collection of Transformers, his life and feelings about the [[Transformers (film)|new Transformers movie]].

Featured in an extensive interview on G4's [[wikipedia: The Electric Playground|Electric Playground]] on August 3rd 2010, TFcon was the focus and Protoman was the guide for the show. He talked about the convention's history, what helped Transformers endure all those years and what he loves about the fans.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPhqJNNfEvA]

Daniel/Protoman was featured on [[wikipedia: Storage Wars|Storage Wars]] on February 20th 2015. The pickers (Cindy and Rick) of the show found a bag of 1984-1986 G1 Transformers and brought them to TFcon that was "conveniently" happening the same day. Further information from the recording process showed that the final price given (and aired) for the items was chosen by the producer to make sure the pickers got "2nd place" in cost vs. profit. Protoman originally gave an estimation of about $250-$300 "at most", which they would not happy with. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DCu27NYu_A]

==External links==
* [http://www.tfcon.ca TFcon, the world's 2nd largest Transformers convention]
[[Image:Escalation6_HotRod_Koska.jpg]]

User:Protoman

2017-10-08T15:30:35Z

Protoman: /* Tech Specs */

{{factions|autobot|eliteguard|protector}}
[[Image:Protoman.jpg|right|171px|thumb|What a cocky son of a......]]

'''Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault''' is a writer and staff of the largest fan run Transformers convention in the world, TFcon[http://www.tfcon.ca]. He is known for his "take no crap" personality and insane Transformers knowledge. Him and [[User:Monzo|Monzo]] party to TF Japanese source books. He is also gay for [[Rodimus (disambiguation)|Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]].

==Transformers Fandom History==

The legendary [[Canada|Canadian]] fan Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault started his humble Transformers beginnings with his first trip to see [[The Transformers: The Movie|some robot movie]] with his next door neighbour back in 1986, it all snowballed from there. There he was introduced to something new and beautiful to him and not to mention coming into contact with a [[Hot Rod (G1)|character]] that would become dear to his [[Spark|heart]] and always brought up when the name "Protoman" is mentioned. As he grew older, he used his money working at BMW as a mechanic and semi-pro racing in Formula Ford and KART to fund his insane lust for all things Transformers. Considered one of the top representatives of the Canadian Transformers fandom, Daniel uses his social jock influence to bring others who normally see the hobby as a "nerdy thing" and brings light to them as if it was some kind of [[Primus|religion]] they were missing out on.

According to the Twitter page of [[Derrick J. Wyatt]], some visual aspects of [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus Prime]] from [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)| Transformers Animated]] were based on Daniel, such as the popped collar which is a regular part of his attire.<ref>[http://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/status/21459535186 "@DerrickJWyatt Epic. Just epic. Now if only we can talk about that popped collar =D" "@Protomanx The popped collar inspired by Protoman?"]</ref>

==Writing==

====Comic Books====
* Nightbird Rebirth (TFcon 2010 exclusive comic)
* Changes In War (TFcon 2011 exclusive comic)
* Hardworker (TFcon 2012 exclusive comic)
* Lost World, Lost Mind (TFcon 2013 exclusive comic)
* The Dark Warrior (TFcon 2014 Toronto/Chicago exclusive comic)
* He Turned The Tide (TFcon 2015 Toronto exclusive comic)
* Not Feng Shui (TFcon 2015 Charlotte exclusive comic)
* Internal Struggle (TFcon 2016 Chicago exclusive comic)

====Tech Specs====

Hasbro / TFCC
* Too many to name right now ([[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Retail]], [[BotCon|Botcon]], [[Fun Publications]])

3rd Party
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Stronghold]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Toxin]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] (2012)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[GoBots|Van Guardian]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Path Finder|Roswell]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's Prototype X (2013)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's Project Z (2013)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Erector (G1) |Shafter]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Full-Tilt |Axis]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's Pestilence (2014)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Ravenus|Volar]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[GoBots|Devilstar/Loco]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Grit (G1)|Grit]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Rodimus (SG)|Shadow Ghost Calidus]] (2017)

==Character Designing ==

* Decepticon [[Toxin]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2011 Exclusive
* Autobot [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2012 Exclusive

==Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime==
Daniel "Protoman" really, REALLY likes this character. He has the biggest Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime collection in the world. Rarities like the Rodimus Convoy 2010 Shampoo figure bottle and the 1988 Kabaya Rodimus Convoy Blaster Replica are some of his prized figures (And yeah.... some of that lucky draw stuff). What [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] is to [[David Willis]], Hot Rod is to Protoman..... cept even more extreme. He is constantly watching over and maintaining any of the Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime related wiki entries of any like:

[[Hot Rod (G1)|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]] G1 Awesome

[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime toys and merch]] Spending Awesome

[[Dark Hot Rod|G1 Black Rodimus/Dark Hot Rod]] Evil-Black-Repaint Awesome

[[Rodimus (Energon)|Energon Rodimus]] Unicron Trilogy Awesome

[[Hot Rod (DOTM)|Movie Rodimus]] Future Movie Awesome

[[Rodimus (SG)|Shattered Glass Rodimus]] Evil Goatee Awesome

[[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Animated Rodimus]] Big Chin Awesome

[[Hot Shot (Prime)|Prime Hot Shot/Rod]] Name Confused Awesome

also

[[Pointblank|G1 Pointblank]] Cause he is bad ass

==Conventions==

Prior to being staff of TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]], Daniel use to compete at the event before deciding to focus on [[BotCon|bigger fish]].

At [[BotCon 2008|Botcon 2008]], Daniel "Protoman" along with Team Canada got to the semifinals of the Faction Feud Trivia and shut out fellow brother site TFW2005's team [[http://www.tfw2005.com]]. He also taunted the vastly pro-American audience when he took the mic from Alvarez. After the Friday Panel, Protoman privately talked with [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] about insuring Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime get a good faithful representation when he will be used in Animated. Later on [[Jared Wade]] drew up a sketch of Animated Rodimus for him (7 months before it's public debut).

As it relates to TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]] itself, Protoman is one of the head organizers of the convention. Daniel hosts multiple Transformers historical and educational panels, is the head judge of trivia competitions, Custom/Art contests and one of the leads in the 3rd party scene for the famous "3rd Party Preview Panel" along with Ryan "Downshift"

==Fiction Cameos==

Protoman has ended up in mild homage/cameos in some current TF related fiction by long time co-workers [[Alex Milne]] (art) and [[Josh Perez]] (colors).

[[Defiance issue 2|Transformers Revenge of the Fallen: Defiance #2]] - Page 15, Panel 3. Far right.

[[Drift issue 2|Transformers: Drift #2]] - Page 4, Panel 2. Lone robot on the middle

[[Unofficial conventions|TFcon 2010: Nightbird Rebirth]] - Page 2, Panel 3. Far right.

==Protoman in the mass media==

Daniel appeared on ''This Morning Live'' on July 9th, 2007 which aired live all over the eastern Canada area on the Global TV network. Protoman talked about Transformers, his collection and how he got so "deep" into the hobby. When pictures of his house and collection were shown, off-camera news anchor Mike Lecouteur jaw dropped and later told Protoman about owning [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] as a child.

Protoman was featured in Montreal, Canada's largest newspaper, [[wikipedia: The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]] on July 28th, 2007 in a quarter page article with photo and full interview about his huge collection of Transformers, his life and feelings about the [[Transformers (film)|new Transformers movie]].

Featured in an extensive interview on G4's [[wikipedia: The Electric Playground|Electric Playground]] on August 3rd 2010, TFcon was the focus and Protoman was the guide for the show. He talked about the convention's history, what helped Transformers endure all those years and what he loves about the fans.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPhqJNNfEvA]

Daniel/Protoman was featured on [[wikipedia: Storage Wars|Storage Wars]] on February 20th 2015. The pickers (Cindy and Rick) of the show found a bag of 1984-1986 G1 Transformers and brought them to TFcon that was "conveniently" happening the same day. Further information from the recording process showed that the final price given (and aired) for the items was chosen by the producer to make sure the pickers got "2nd place" in cost vs. profit. Protoman originally gave an estimation of about $250-$300 "at most", which they would not happy with. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DCu27NYu_A]

==External links==
* [http://www.tfcon.ca TFcon, the world's 2nd largest Transformers convention]
[[Image:Escalation6_HotRod_Koska.jpg]]

User:Protoman

2017-01-13T22:34:56Z

Protoman: /* Tech Specs */

{{factions|autobot|eliteguard|protector}}
[[Image:Protoman.jpg|right|171px|thumb|What a cocky son of a......]]

'''Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault''' is a writer and staff of the largest fan run Transformers convention in the world, TFcon[http://www.tfcon.ca]. He is known for his "take no crap" personality and insane Transformers knowledge. Him and [[User:Monzo|Monzo]] party to TF Japanese source books. He is also gay for [[Rodimus (disambiguation)|Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]].

==Transformers Fandom History==

The legendary [[Canada|Canadian]] fan Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault started his humble Transformers beginnings with his first trip to see [[The Transformers: The Movie|some robot movie]] with his next door neighbour back in 1986, it all snowballed from there. There he was introduced to something new and beautiful to him and not to mention coming into contact with a [[Hot Rod|character]] that would become dear to his [[Spark|heart]] and always brought up when the name "Protoman" is mentioned. As he grew older, he used his money working at BMW as a mechanic and semi-pro racing in Formula Ford and KART to fund his insane lust for all things Transformers. Considered one of the top representatives of the Canadian Transformers fandom, Daniel uses his social jock influence to bring others who normally see the hobby as a "nerdy thing" and brings light to them as if it was some kind of [[Primus|religion]] they were missing out on.

According to the Twitter page of [[Derrick J. Wyatt]], some visual aspects of [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus Prime]] from [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)| Transformers Animated]] were based on Daniel, such as the popped collar which is a regular part of his attire.<ref>[http://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/status/21459535186 "@DerrickJWyatt Epic. Just epic. Now if only we can talk about that popped collar =D" "@Protomanx The popped collar inspired by Protoman?"]</ref>

==Writing==

====Comic Books====
* Nightbird Rebirth (TFcon 2010 exclusive comic)
* Changes In War (TFcon 2011 exclusive comic)
* Hardworker (TFcon 2012 exclusive comic)
* Lost World, Lost Mind (TFcon 2013 exclusive comic)
* The Dark Warrior (TFcon 2014 Toronto/Chicago exclusive comic)
* He Turned The Tide (TFcon 2015 Toronto exclusive comic)
* Not Feng Shui (TFcon 2015 Charlotte exclusive comic)
* Internal Struggle (TFcon 2016 Chicago exclusive comic)

====Tech Specs====

Hasbro / TFCC
* Too many to name right now ([[Combiner Wars|Retail]], [[Botcon]], [[Fun Publications]])

3rd Party
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Stronghold]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Toxin]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] (2012)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[GoBots_(franchise) |Van Guardian]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Path Finder|Roswell]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's Prototype X (2013)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's Project Z (2013)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Erector (G1) |Shafter]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Full-Tilt |Axis]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's Pestilence (2014)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Ravenus|Volar]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[GoBots (franchise)|Devilstar/Loco]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Grit (G1)|Grit]] (2015)

==Character Designing ==

* Decepticon [[Toxin]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2011 Exclusive
* Autobot [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2012 Exclusive

==Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime==
Daniel "Protoman" really, REALLY likes this character. He has the biggest Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime collection in the world. Rarities like the Rodimus Convoy 2010 Shampoo figure bottle and the 1988 Kabaya Rodimus Convoy Blaster Replica are some of his prized figures (And yeah.... some of that lucky draw stuff). What [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] is to [[David Willis]], Hot Rod is to Protoman..... cept even more extreme. He is constantly watching over and maintaining any of the Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime related wiki entries of any like:

[[Hot Rod|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]] G1 Awesome

[[Hot Rod/toys|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime toys and merch]] Spending Awesome

[[Dark Hot Rod|G1 Black Rodimus/Dark Hot Rod]] Evil-Black-Repaint Awesome

[[Rodimus (Energon)|Energon Rodimus]] Unicron Trilogy Awesome

[[Rodimus (Movie)|Movie Rodimus]] Future Movie Awesome

[[Rodimus (SG)|Shattered Glass Rodimus]] Evil Goatee Awesome

[[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Animated Rodimus]] Big Chin Awesome

[[Hot Shot (Prime)|Prime Hot Shot/Rod]] Name Confused Awesome

also

[[Pointblank|G1 Pointblank]] Cause he is bad ass

==Conventions==

Prior to being staff of TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]], Daniel use to compete at the event before deciding to focus on [[Botcon|bigger fish]].

At [[Botcon 2008]], Daniel "Protoman" along with Team Canada got to the semifinals of the Faction Feud Trivia and shut out fellow brother site TFW2005's team [[http://www.tfw2005.com]]. He also taunted the vastly pro-American audience when he took the mic from Alvarez. After the Friday Panel, Protoman privately talked with [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] about insuring Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime get a good faithful representation when he will be used in Animated. Later on [[Jared Wade]] drew up a sketch of Animated Rodimus for him (7 months before it's public debut).

As it relates to TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]] itself, Protoman is one of the head organizers of the convention. Daniel hosts multiple Transformers historical and educational panels, is the head judge of trivia competitions, Custom/Art contests and one of the leads in the 3rd party scene for the famous "3rd Party Preview Panel" along with Ryan "Downshift"

==Fiction Cameos==

Protoman has ended up in mild homage/cameos in some current TF related fiction by long time co-workers [[Alex Milne]] (art) and [[Josh Perez]] (colors).

[[Defiance issue 2|Transformers Revenge of the Fallen: Defiance #2]] - Page 15, Panel 3. Far right.

[[Drift issue 2|Transformers: Drift #2]] - Page 4, Panel 2. Lone robot on the middle

[[Unofficial conventions|TFcon 2010: Nightbird Rebirth]] - Page 2, Panel 3. Far right.

==Protoman in the mass media==

Daniel appeared on ''This Morning Live'' on July 9th, 2007 which aired live all over the eastern Canada area on the Global TV network. Protoman talked about Transformers, his collection and how he got so "deep" into the hobby. When pictures of his house and collection were shown, off-camera news anchor Mike Lecouteur jaw dropped and later told Protoman about owning [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] as a child.

Protoman was featured in Montreal, Canada's largest newspaper, [[wikipedia: The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]] on July 28th, 2007 in a quarter page article with photo and full interview about his huge collection of Transformers, his life and feelings about the [[Transformers (2007)|new Transformers movie]].

Featured in an extensive interview on G4's [[wikipedia: The Electric Playground|Electric Playground]] on August 3rd 2010, TFcon was the focus and Protoman was the guide for the show. He talked about the convention's history, what helped Transformers endure all those years and what he loves about the fans.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPhqJNNfEvA]

Daniel/Protoman was featured on [[wikipedia: Storage Wars|Storage Wars]] on February 20th 2015. The pickers (Cindy and Rick) of the show found a bag of 1984-1986 G1 Transformers and brought them to TFcon that was "conveniently" happening the same day. Further information from the recording process showed that the final price given (and aired) for the items was chosen by the producer to make sure the pickers got "2nd place" in cost vs. profit. Protoman originally gave an estimation of about $250-$300 "at most", which they would not happy with. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DCu27NYu_A]

==External links==
* [http://www.tfcon.ca TFcon, the world's 2nd largest Transformers convention]
[[Image:Escalation6_HotRod_Koska.jpg]]

Talk:King Waruder

2017-01-01T18:43:22Z

Protoman: Created page with "==Pilot== The "pilot" for King Waruder is actually the black and grey molded Thrasher character since he closely resembles one of the original pilots of the Warudaros 1981 toy..."

==Pilot==
The "pilot" for King Waruder is actually the black and grey molded Thrasher character since he closely resembles one of the original pilots of the Warudaros 1981 toy. Plans were that if the toy got a 2nd run with the new "Beast Wars Buzzsaw" head (which would also be used with the Orange/yellow Waruder to make a Classics like Beast Wars Buzzsaw), King Waruder would also get that head sculpt, painted to look as close to the original Warudaros toy and the black and grey Trasher would have a silver paint put instead of his grey to finish the look. I talk slightly about it here on my Twitter (https://twitter.com/Protoman/status/815552010426650624). See the 2nd image. [[User:Protoman|Protoman]] ([[User talk:Protoman|talk]]) 13:43, 1 January 2017 (EST)

User:Protoman

2016-11-11T19:42:35Z

Protoman:

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[[Image:Protoman.jpg|right|171px|thumb|What a cocky son of a......]]

'''Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault''' is a writer and staff of the largest fan run Transformers convention in the world, TFcon[http://www.tfcon.ca]. He is known for his "take no crap" personality and insane Transformers knowledge. Him and [[User:Monzo|Monzo]] party to TF Japanese source books. He is also gay for [[Rodimus (disambiguation)|Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]].

==Transformers Fandom History==

The legendary [[Canada|Canadian]] fan Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault started his humble Transformers beginnings with his first trip to see [[The Transformers: The Movie|some robot movie]] with his next door neighbour back in 1986, it all snowballed from there. There he was introduced to something new and beautiful to him and not to mention coming into contact with a [[Hot Rod|character]] that would become dear to his [[Spark|heart]] and always brought up when the name "Protoman" is mentioned. As he grew older, he used his money working at BMW as a mechanic and semi-pro racing in Formula Ford and KART to fund his insane lust for all things Transformers. Considered one of the top representatives of the Canadian Transformers fandom, Daniel uses his social jock influence to bring others who normally see the hobby as a "nerdy thing" and brings light to them as if it was some kind of [[Primus|religion]] they were missing out on.

According to the Twitter page of [[Derrick J. Wyatt]], some visual aspects of [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus Prime]] from [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)| Transformers Animated]] were based on Daniel, such as the popped collar which is a regular part of his attire.<ref>[http://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/status/21459535186 "@DerrickJWyatt Epic. Just epic. Now if only we can talk about that popped collar =D" "@Protomanx The popped collar inspired by Protoman?"]</ref>

==Writing==

====Comic Books====
* Nightbird Rebirth (TFcon 2010 exclusive comic)
* Changes In War (TFcon 2011 exclusive comic)
* Hardworker (TFcon 2012 exclusive comic)
* Lost World, Lost Mind (TFcon 2013 exclusive comic)
* The Dark Warrior (TFcon 2014 Toronto/Chicago exclusive comic)
* He Turned The Tide (TFcon 2015 Toronto exclusive comic)
* Not Feng Shui (TFcon 2015 Charlotte exclusive comic)
* Internal Struggle (TFcon 2016 Chicago exclusive comic)

====Tech Specs====
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Stronghold]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Toxin]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] (2012)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[GoBots_(franchise) |Van Guardian]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Path Finder|Roswell]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's Prototype X (2013)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's Project Z (2013)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Erector (G1) |Shafter]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Full-Tilt |Axis]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's Pestilence (2014)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Ravenus|Volar]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[GoBots (franchise)|Devilstar/Loco]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Grit (G1)|Grit]] (2015)

==Character Designing ==

* Decepticon [[Toxin]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2011 Exclusive
* Autobot [[Grand Maximus|Garrison]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2012 Exclusive

==Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime==
Daniel "Protoman" really, REALLY likes this character. He has the biggest Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime collection in the world. Rarities like the Rodimus Convoy 2010 Shampoo figure bottle and the 1988 Kabaya Rodimus Convoy Blaster Replica are some of his prized figures (And yeah.... some of that lucky draw stuff). What [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] is to [[David Willis]], Hot Rod is to Protoman..... cept even more extreme. He is constantly watching over and maintaining any of the Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime related wiki entries of any like:

[[Hot Rod|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]] G1 Awesome

[[Hot Rod/toys|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime toys and merch]] Spending Awesome

[[Dark Hot Rod|G1 Black Rodimus/Dark Hot Rod]] Evil-Black-Repaint Awesome

[[Rodimus (Energon)|Energon Rodimus]] Unicron Trilogy Awesome

[[Rodimus (Movie)|Movie Rodimus]] Future Movie Awesome

[[Rodimus (SG)|Shattered Glass Rodimus]] Evil Goatee Awesome

[[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Animated Rodimus]] Big Chin Awesome

[[Hot Shot (Prime)|Prime Hot Shot/Rod]] Name Confused Awesome

also

[[Pointblank|G1 Pointblank]] Cause he is bad ass

==Conventions==

Prior to being staff of TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]], Daniel use to compete at the event before deciding to focus on [[Botcon|bigger fish]].

At [[Botcon 2008]], Daniel "Protoman" along with Team Canada got to the semifinals of the Faction Feud Trivia and shut out fellow brother site TFW2005's team [[http://www.tfw2005.com]]. He also taunted the vastly pro-American audience when he took the mic from Alvarez. After the Friday Panel, Protoman privately talked with [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] about insuring Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime get a good faithful representation when he will be used in Animated. Later on [[Jared Wade]] drew up a sketch of Animated Rodimus for him (7 months before it's public debut).

As it relates to TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]] itself, Protoman is one of the head organizers of the convention. Daniel hosts multiple Transformers historical and educational panels, is the head judge of trivia competitions, Custom/Art contests and one of the leads in the 3rd party scene for the famous "3rd Party Preview Panel" along with Ryan "Downshift"

==Fiction Cameos==

Protoman has ended up in mild homage/cameos in some current TF related fiction by long time co-workers [[Alex Milne]] (art) and [[Josh Perez]] (colors).

[[Defiance issue 2|Transformers Revenge of the Fallen: Defiance #2]] - Page 15, Panel 3. Far right.

[[Drift issue 2|Transformers: Drift #2]] - Page 4, Panel 2. Lone robot on the middle

[[Unofficial conventions|TFcon 2010: Nightbird Rebirth]] - Page 2, Panel 3. Far right.

==Protoman in the mass media==

Daniel appeared on ''This Morning Live'' on July 9th, 2007 which aired live all over the eastern Canada area on the Global TV network. Protoman talked about Transformers, his collection and how he got so "deep" into the hobby. When pictures of his house and collection were shown, off-camera news anchor Mike Lecouteur jaw dropped and later told Protoman about owning [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] as a child.

Protoman was featured in Montreal, Canada's largest newspaper, [[wikipedia: The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]] on July 28th, 2007 in a quarter page article with photo and full interview about his huge collection of Transformers, his life and feelings about the [[Transformers (2007)|new Transformers movie]].

Featured in an extensive interview on G4's [[wikipedia: The Electric Playground|Electric Playground]] on August 3rd 2010, TFcon was the focus and Protoman was the guide for the show. He talked about the convention's history, what helped Transformers endure all those years and what he loves about the fans.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPhqJNNfEvA]

Daniel/Protoman was featured on [[wikipedia: Storage Wars|Storage Wars]] on February 20th 2015. The pickers (Cindy and Rick) of the show found a bag of 1984-1986 G1 Transformers and brought them to TFcon that was "conveniently" happening the same day. Further information from the recording process showed that the final price given (and aired) for the items was chosen by the producer to make sure the pickers got "2nd place" in cost vs. profit. Protoman originally gave an estimation of about $250-$300 "at most", which they would not happy with. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DCu27NYu_A]

==External links==
* [http://www.tfcon.ca TFcon, the world's 2nd largest Transformers convention]
[[Image:Escalation6_HotRod_Koska.jpg]]

User:Protoman

2016-11-11T19:41:32Z

Protoman:

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[[Image:Protoman.jpg|right|171px|thumb|What a cocky son of a......]]

'''Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault''' is a writer and staff of the largest fan run Transformers convention in the world, TFcon[http://www.tfcon.ca]. He is known for his "take no crap" personality and insane Transformers knowledge. Him and [[User:Monzo|Monzo]] party to TF Japanese source books. He is also gay for [[Rodimus (disambiguation)|Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]].

==Transformers Fandom History==

The legendary [[Canada|Canadian]] fan Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault started his humble Transformers beginnings with his first trip to see [[The Transformers: The Movie|some robot movie]] with his next door neighbour back in 1986, it all snowballed from there. There he was introduced to something new and beautiful to him and not to mention coming into contact with a [[Hot Rod|character]] that would become dear to his [[Spark|heart]] and always brought up when the name "Protoman" is mentioned. As he grew older, he used his money working at BMW as a mechanic and semi-pro racing in Formula Ford and KART to fund his insane lust for all things Transformers. Considered one of the top representatives of the Canadian Transformers fandom, Daniel uses his social jock influence to bring others who normally see the hobby as a "nerdy thing" and brings light to them as if it was some kind of [[Primus|religion]] they were missing out on.

According to the Twitter page of [[Derrick J. Wyatt]], some visual aspects of [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus Prime]] from [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)| Transformers Animated]] were based on Daniel, such as the popped collar which is a regular part of his attire.<ref>[http://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/status/21459535186 "@DerrickJWyatt Epic. Just epic. Now if only we can talk about that popped collar =D" "@Protomanx The popped collar inspired by Protoman?"]</ref>

==Writing==

====Comic Books====
* Nightbird Rebirth (TFcon 2010 exclusive comic)
* Changes In War (TFcon 2011 exclusive comic)
* Hardworker (TFcon 2012 exclusive comic)
* Lost World, Lost Mind (TFcon 2013 exclusive comic)
* The Dark Warrior (TFcon 2014 Toronto/Chicago exclusive comic)
* He Turned The Tide (TFcon 2015 Toronto exclusive comic)
* Not Feng Shui (TFcon 2015 Charlotte exclusive comic)
* Internal Struggle (TFcon 2016 Chicago exclusive comic)

====Tech Specs====
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Stronghold]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Toxin]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Grand Maximus (G1)|Garrison]] (2012)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[GoBots_(franchise) |Van Guardian]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Path Finder|Roswell]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's Prototype X (2013)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's Project Z (2013)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Erector (G1) |Shafter]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Full-Tilt |Axis]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's Pestilence (2014)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Ravenus|Volar]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[GoBots (franchise)|Devilstar/Loco]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Grit (G1)|Grit]] (2015)

==Character Designing ==

* Decepticon [[Toxin]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2011 Exclusive
* Autobot [[Grand Maximus (G1)|Garrison]] - Body and color scheme for TFcon 2012 Exclusive

==Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime==
Daniel "Protoman" really, REALLY likes this character. He has the biggest Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime collection in the world. Rarities like the Rodimus Convoy 2010 Shampoo figure bottle and the 1988 Kabaya Rodimus Convoy Blaster Replica are some of his prized figures (And yeah.... some of that lucky draw stuff). What [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] is to [[David Willis]], Hot Rod is to Protoman..... cept even more extreme. He is constantly watching over and maintaining any of the Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime related wiki entries of any like:

[[Hot Rod|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]] G1 Awesome

[[Hot Rod/toys|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime toys and merch]] Spending Awesome

[[Dark Hot Rod|G1 Black Rodimus/Dark Hot Rod]] Evil-Black-Repaint Awesome

[[Rodimus (Energon)|Energon Rodimus]] Unicron Trilogy Awesome

[[Rodimus (Movie)|Movie Rodimus]] Future Movie Awesome

[[Rodimus (SG)|Shattered Glass Rodimus]] Evil Goatee Awesome

[[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Animated Rodimus]] Big Chin Awesome

[[Hot Shot (Prime)|Prime Hot Shot/Rod]] Name Confused Awesome

also

[[Pointblank|G1 Pointblank]] Cause he is bad ass

==Conventions==

Prior to being staff of TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]], Daniel use to compete at the event before deciding to focus on [[Botcon|bigger fish]].

At [[Botcon 2008]], Daniel "Protoman" along with Team Canada got to the semifinals of the Faction Feud Trivia and shut out fellow brother site TFW2005's team [[http://www.tfw2005.com]]. He also taunted the vastly pro-American audience when he took the mic from Alvarez. After the Friday Panel, Protoman privately talked with [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] about insuring Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime get a good faithful representation when he will be used in Animated. Later on [[Jared Wade]] drew up a sketch of Animated Rodimus for him (7 months before it's public debut).

As it relates to TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]] itself, Protoman is one of the head organizers of the convention. Daniel hosts multiple Transformers historical and educational panels, is the head judge of trivia competitions, Custom/Art contests and one of the leads in the 3rd party scene for the famous "3rd Party Preview Panel" along with Ryan "Downshift"

==Fiction Cameos==

Protoman has ended up in mild homage/cameos in some current TF related fiction by long time co-workers [[Alex Milne]] (art) and [[Josh Perez]] (colors).

[[Defiance issue 2|Transformers Revenge of the Fallen: Defiance #2]] - Page 15, Panel 3. Far right.

[[Drift issue 2|Transformers: Drift #2]] - Page 4, Panel 2. Lone robot on the middle

[[Unofficial conventions|TFcon 2010: Nightbird Rebirth]] - Page 2, Panel 3. Far right.

==Protoman in the mass media==

Daniel appeared on ''This Morning Live'' on July 9th, 2007 which aired live all over the eastern Canada area on the Global TV network. Protoman talked about Transformers, his collection and how he got so "deep" into the hobby. When pictures of his house and collection were shown, off-camera news anchor Mike Lecouteur jaw dropped and later told Protoman about owning [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] as a child.

Protoman was featured in Montreal, Canada's largest newspaper, [[wikipedia: The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]] on July 28th, 2007 in a quarter page article with photo and full interview about his huge collection of Transformers, his life and feelings about the [[Transformers (2007)|new Transformers movie]].

Featured in an extensive interview on G4's [[wikipedia: The Electric Playground|Electric Playground]] on August 3rd 2010, TFcon was the focus and Protoman was the guide for the show. He talked about the convention's history, what helped Transformers endure all those years and what he loves about the fans.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPhqJNNfEvA]

Daniel/Protoman was featured on [[wikipedia: Storage Wars|Storage Wars]] on February 20th 2015. The pickers (Cindy and Rick) of the show found a bag of 1984-1986 G1 Transformers and brought them to TFcon that was "conveniently" happening the same day. Further information from the recording process showed that the final price given (and aired) for the items was chosen by the producer to make sure the pickers got "2nd place" in cost vs. profit. Protoman originally gave an estimation of about $250-$300 "at most", which they would not happy with. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DCu27NYu_A]

==External links==
* [http://www.tfcon.ca TFcon, the world's 2nd largest Transformers convention]
[[Image:Escalation6_HotRod_Koska.jpg]]

User:Protoman

2016-11-11T19:34:10Z

Protoman: /* Comic Books */

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[[Image:Protoman.jpg|right|171px|thumb|What a cocky son of a......]]

'''Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault''' is a writer and staff of the largest fan run Transformers convention in the world, TFcon[http://www.tfcon.ca]. He is known for his "take no crap" personality and insane Transformers knowledge. Him and [[User:Monzo|Monzo]] party to TF Japanese source books. He is also gay for [[Rodimus (disambiguation)|Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]].

==Transformers Fandom History==

The legendary [[Canada|Canadian]] fan Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault started his humble Transformers beginnings with his first trip to see [[The Transformers: The Movie|some robot movie]] with his next door neighbour back in 1986, it all snowballed from there. There he was introduced to something new and beautiful to him and not to mention coming into contact with a [[Hot Rod|character]] that would become dear to his [[Spark|heart]] and always brought up when the name "Protoman" is mentioned. As he grew older, he used his money working at BMW as a mechanic and semi-pro racing in Formula Ford and KART to fund his insane lust for all things Transformers. Considered one of the top representatives of the Canadian Transformers fandom, Daniel uses his social jock influence to bring others who normally see the hobby as a "nerdy thing" and brings light to them as if it was some kind of [[Primus|religion]] they were missing out on.

According to the Twitter page of [[Derrick J. Wyatt]], some visual aspects of [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus Prime]] from [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)| Transformers Animated]] were based on Daniel, such as the popped collar which is a regular part of his attire.<ref>[http://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/status/21459535186 "@DerrickJWyatt Epic. Just epic. Now if only we can talk about that popped collar =D" "@Protomanx The popped collar inspired by Protoman?"]</ref>

==Writing==

====Comic Books====
* Nightbird Rebirth (TFcon 2010 exclusive comic)
* Changes In War (TFcon 2011 exclusive comic)
* Hardworker (TFcon 2012 exclusive comic)
* Lost World, Lost Mind (TFcon 2013 exclusive comic)
* The Dark Warrior (TFcon 2014 Toronto/Chicago exclusive comic)
* He Turned The Tide (TFcon 2015 Toronto exclusive comic)
* Not Feng Shui (TFcon 2015 Charlotte exclusive comic)
* Internal Struggle (TFcon 2016 Chicago exclusive comic)

====Tech Specs====
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Stronghold]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Toxin]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Grand Maximus (G1)|Garrison]] (2012)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[GoBots_(franchise) |Van Guardian]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Path Finder|Roswell]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's Prototype X (2013)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's Project Z (2013)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Erector (G1) |Shafter]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Full-Tilt |Axis]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's Pestilence (2014)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Ravenus|Volar]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[GoBots (franchise)|Devilstar/Loco]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Grit (G1)|Grit]] (2015)

==Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime==
Daniel "Protoman" really, REALLY likes this character. He has the biggest Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime collection in the world. Rarities like the Rodimus Convoy 2010 Shampoo figure bottle and the 1988 Kabaya Rodimus Convoy Blaster Replica are some of his prized figures (And yeah.... some of that lucky draw stuff). What [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] is to [[David Willis]], Hot Rod is to Protoman..... cept even more extreme. He is constantly watching over and maintaining any of the Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime related wiki entries of any like:

[[Hot Rod|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]] G1 Awesome

[[Hot Rod/toys|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime toys and merch]] Spending Awesome

[[Dark Hot Rod|G1 Black Rodimus/Dark Hot Rod]] Evil-Black-Repaint Awesome

[[Rodimus (Energon)|Energon Rodimus]] Unicron Trilogy Awesome

[[Rodimus (Movie)|Movie Rodimus]] Future Movie Awesome

[[Rodimus (SG)|Shattered Glass Rodimus]] Evil Goatee Awesome

[[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Animated Rodimus]] Big Chin Awesome

[[Hot Shot (Prime)|Prime Hot Shot/Rod]] Name Confused Awesome

also

[[Pointblank|G1 Pointblank]] Cause he is bad ass

==Conventions==

Prior to being staff of TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]], Daniel use to compete at the event before deciding to focus on [[Botcon|bigger fish]].

At [[Botcon 2008]], Daniel "Protoman" along with Team Canada got to the semifinals of the Faction Feud Trivia and shut out fellow brother site TFW2005's team [[http://www.tfw2005.com]]. He also taunted the vastly pro-American audience when he took the mic from Alvarez. After the Friday Panel, Protoman privately talked with [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] about insuring Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime get a good faithful representation when he will be used in Animated. Later on [[Jared Wade]] drew up a sketch of Animated Rodimus for him (7 months before it's public debut).

As it relates to TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]] itself, Protoman is one of the head organizers of the convention. Daniel hosts multiple Transformers historical and educational panels, is the head judge of trivia competitions, Custom/Art contests and one of the leads in the 3rd party scene for the famous "3rd Party Preview Panel" along with Ryan "Downshift"

==Fiction Cameos==

Protoman has ended up in mild homage/cameos in some current TF related fiction by long time co-workers [[Alex Milne]] (art) and [[Josh Perez]] (colors).

[[Defiance issue 2|Transformers Revenge of the Fallen: Defiance #2]] - Page 15, Panel 3. Far right.

[[Drift issue 2|Transformers: Drift #2]] - Page 4, Panel 2. Lone robot on the middle

[[Unofficial conventions|TFcon 2010: Nightbird Rebirth]] - Page 2, Panel 3. Far right.

==Protoman in the mass media==

Daniel appeared on ''This Morning Live'' on July 9th, 2007 which aired live all over the eastern Canada area on the Global TV network. Protoman talked about Transformers, his collection and how he got so "deep" into the hobby. When pictures of his house and collection were shown, off-camera news anchor Mike Lecouteur jaw dropped and later told Protoman about owning [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] as a child.

Protoman was featured in Montreal, Canada's largest newspaper, [[wikipedia: The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]] on July 28th, 2007 in a quarter page article with photo and full interview about his huge collection of Transformers, his life and feelings about the [[Transformers (2007)|new Transformers movie]].

Featured in an extensive interview on G4's [[wikipedia: The Electric Playground|Electric Playground]] on August 3rd 2010, TFcon was the focus and Protoman was the guide for the show. He talked about the convention's history, what helped Transformers endure all those years and what he loves about the fans.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPhqJNNfEvA]

Daniel/Protoman was featured on [[wikipedia: Storage Wars|Storage Wars]] on February 20th 2015. The pickers (Cindy and Rick) of the show found a bag of 1984-1986 G1 Transformers and brought them to TFcon that was "conveniently" happening the same day. Further information from the recording process showed that the final price given (and aired) for the items was chosen by the producer to make sure the pickers got "2nd place" in cost vs. profit. Protoman originally gave an estimation of about $250-$300 "at most", which they would not happy with. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DCu27NYu_A]

==External links==
* [http://www.tfcon.ca TFcon, the world's 2nd largest Transformers convention]
[[Image:Escalation6_HotRod_Koska.jpg]]

User:Protoman

2015-11-05T10:31:31Z

Protoman: /* Protoman in the mass media */

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[[Image:Protoman.jpg|right|171px|thumb|What a cocky son of a......]]

'''Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault''' is a writer and staff of the largest fan run Transformers convention in the world, TFcon[http://www.tfcon.ca]. He is known for his "take no crap" personality and insane Transformers knowledge. Him and [[User:Monzo|Monzo]] party to TF Japanese source books. He is also gay for [[Rodimus (disambiguation)|Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]].

==Transformers Fandom History==

The legendary [[Canada|Canadian]] fan Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault started his humble Transformers beginnings with his first trip to see [[The Transformers: The Movie|some robot movie]] with his next door neighbour back in 1986, it all snowballed from there. There he was introduced to something new and beautiful to him and not to mention coming into contact with a [[Hot Rod (G1)|character]] that would become dear to his [[Spark|heart]] and always brought up when the name "Protoman" is mentioned. As he grew older, he used his money working at BMW as a mechanic and semi-pro racing in Formula Ford and KART to fund his insane lust for all things Transformers. Considered one of the top representatives of the Canadian Transformers fandom, Daniel uses his social jock influence to bring others who normally see the hobby as a "nerdy thing" and brings light to them as if it was some kind of [[Primus|religion]] they were missing out on.

According to the Twitter page of [[Derrick J. Wyatt]], some visual aspects of [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus Prime]] from [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)| Transformers Animated]] were based on Daniel, such as the popped collar which is a regular part of his attire.<ref>[http://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/status/21459535186 "@DerrickJWyatt Epic. Just epic. Now if only we can talk about that popped collar =D" "@Protomanx The popped collar inspired by Protoman?"]</ref>

==Writing==

====Comic Books====
* Nightbird Rebirth (TFcon 2010 exclusive comic)
* Changes In War (TFcon 2011 exclusive comic)
* Hardworker (TFcon 2012 exclusive comic)
* Lost World, Lost Mind (TFcon 2013 exclusive comic)
* The Dark Warrior (TFcon 2014 Toronto/Chicago exclusive comic)
* He Turned The Tide (TFcon 2015 Toronto exclusive comic)
* Not Feng Shui (TFcon 2015 Charlotte exclusive comic)

====Tech Specs====
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Stronghold]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Toxin]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Grand Maximus (G1)|Garrison]] (2012)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[GoBots_(franchise) |Van Guardian]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Path Finder|Roswell]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's Prototype X (2013)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's Project Z (2013)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Erector (G1) |Shafter]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Full-Tilt |Axis]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's Pestilence (2014)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Ravenus|Volar]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[GoBots (franchise)|Devilstar/Loco]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Grit (G1)|Grit]] (2015)

==Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime==
Daniel "Protoman" really, REALLY likes this character. He has the biggest Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime collection in the world. Rarities like the Rodimus Convoy 2010 Shampoo figure bottle and the 1988 Kabaya Rodimus Convoy Blaster Replica are some of his prized figures (And yeah.... some of that lucky draw stuff). What [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] is to [[David Willis]], Hot Rod is to Protoman..... cept even more extreme. He is constantly watching over and maintaining any of the Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime related wiki entries of any like:

[[Hot Rod (G1)|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]] G1 Awesome

[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime toys and merch]] Spending Awesome

[[Dark Hot Rod|G1 Black Rodimus/Dark Hot Rod]] Evil-Black-Repaint Awesome

[[Rodimus (Energon)|Energon Rodimus]] Unicron Trilogy Awesome

[[Rodimus (Movie)|Movie Rodimus]] Future Movie Awesome

[[Rodimus (SG)|Shattered Glass Rodimus]] Evil Goatee Awesome

[[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Animated Rodimus]] Big Chin Awesome

[[Hot Shot (Prime)|Prime Hot Shot/Rod]] Name Confused Awesome

also

[[Pointblank|G1 Pointblank]] Cause he is bad ass

==Conventions==

Prior to being staff of TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]], Daniel use to compete at the event before deciding to focus on [[Botcon|bigger fish]].

At [[Botcon 2008]], Daniel "Protoman" along with Team Canada got to the semifinals of the Faction Feud Trivia and shut out fellow brother site TFW2005's team [[http://www.tfw2005.com]]. He also taunted the vastly pro-american audience when he took the mic from Alvarez. After the Friday Panel, Protoman privately talked with [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] about insuring Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime get a good faithful representation when he will be used in Animated. Later on [[Jared Wade]] drew up a sketch of Animated Rodimus for him (7 months before it's public debut).

As it relates to TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]] itself, Protoman is one of the head organizers of the convention. Daniel hosts multiple Transformers historical and educational panels, is the head judge of trivia competitions, Custom/Art contests and one of the leads in the 3rd party scene for the famous "3rd Party Preview Panel" along with Ryan "Downshift"

==Fiction Cameos==

Protoman has ended up in mild homage/cameos in some current TF related fiction by long time co-workers [[Alex Milne]] (art) and [[Josh Perez]] (colors).

[[Defiance issue 2|Transformers Revenge of the Fallen: Defiance #2]] - Page 15, Panel 3. Far right.

[[Drift issue 2|Transformers: Drift #2]] - Page 4, Panel 2. Lone robot on the middle

[[Unofficial conventions|TFcon 2010: Nightbird Rebirth]] - Page 2, Panel 3. Far right.

==Protoman in the mass media==

Daniel appeared on ''This Morning Live'' on July 9th, 2007 which aired live all over the eastern Canada area on the Global TV network. Protoman talked about Transformers, his collection and how he got so "deep" into the hobby. When pictures of his house and collection were shown, off-camera news anchor Mike Lecouteur jaw dropped and later told Protoman about owning [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] as a child.

Protoman was featured in Montreal, Canada's largest newspaper, [[wikipedia: The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]] on July 28th, 2007 in a quarter page article with photo and full interview about his huge collection of Transformers, his life and feelings about the [[Transformers (2007)|new Transformers movie]].

Featured in an extensive interview on G4's [[wikipedia: The Electric Playground|Electric Playground]] on August 3rd 2010, TFcon was the focus and Protoman was the guide for the show. He talked about the convention's history, what helped Transformers endure all those years and what he loves about the fans.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPhqJNNfEvA]

Daniel/Protoman was featured on [[wikipedia: Storage Wars|Storage Wars]] on February 20th 2015. The pickers (Cindy and Rick) of the show found a bag of 1984-1986 G1 Transformers and brought them to TFcon that was "conveniently" happening the same day. Further information from the recording process showed that the final price given (and aired) for the items was chosen by the producer to make sure the pickers got "2nd place" in cost vs. profit. Protoman originally gave a estimation of about $250-$300 "at most", which they would not happy with. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DCu27NYu_A]

==External links==
* [http://www.tfcon.ca TFcon, the world's 2nd largest Transformers convention]
[[Image:Escalation6_HotRod_Koska.jpg]]

User:Protoman

2015-11-05T10:28:34Z

Protoman: /* Protoman in the mass media */

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[[Image:Protoman.jpg|right|171px|thumb|What a cocky son of a......]]

'''Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault''' is a writer and staff of the largest fan run Transformers convention in the world, TFcon[http://www.tfcon.ca]. He is known for his "take no crap" personality and insane Transformers knowledge. Him and [[User:Monzo|Monzo]] party to TF Japanese source books. He is also gay for [[Rodimus (disambiguation)|Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]].

==Transformers Fandom History==

The legendary [[Canada|Canadian]] fan Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault started his humble Transformers beginnings with his first trip to see [[The Transformers: The Movie|some robot movie]] with his next door neighbour back in 1986, it all snowballed from there. There he was introduced to something new and beautiful to him and not to mention coming into contact with a [[Hot Rod (G1)|character]] that would become dear to his [[Spark|heart]] and always brought up when the name "Protoman" is mentioned. As he grew older, he used his money working at BMW as a mechanic and semi-pro racing in Formula Ford and KART to fund his insane lust for all things Transformers. Considered one of the top representatives of the Canadian Transformers fandom, Daniel uses his social jock influence to bring others who normally see the hobby as a "nerdy thing" and brings light to them as if it was some kind of [[Primus|religion]] they were missing out on.

According to the Twitter page of [[Derrick J. Wyatt]], some visual aspects of [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus Prime]] from [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)| Transformers Animated]] were based on Daniel, such as the popped collar which is a regular part of his attire.<ref>[http://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/status/21459535186 "@DerrickJWyatt Epic. Just epic. Now if only we can talk about that popped collar =D" "@Protomanx The popped collar inspired by Protoman?"]</ref>

==Writing==

====Comic Books====
* Nightbird Rebirth (TFcon 2010 exclusive comic)
* Changes In War (TFcon 2011 exclusive comic)
* Hardworker (TFcon 2012 exclusive comic)
* Lost World, Lost Mind (TFcon 2013 exclusive comic)
* The Dark Warrior (TFcon 2014 Toronto/Chicago exclusive comic)
* He Turned The Tide (TFcon 2015 Toronto exclusive comic)
* Not Feng Shui (TFcon 2015 Charlotte exclusive comic)

====Tech Specs====
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Stronghold]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Toxin]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Grand Maximus (G1)|Garrison]] (2012)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[GoBots_(franchise) |Van Guardian]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Path Finder|Roswell]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's Prototype X (2013)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's Project Z (2013)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Erector (G1) |Shafter]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Full-Tilt |Axis]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's Pestilence (2014)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Ravenus|Volar]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[GoBots (franchise)|Devilstar/Loco]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Grit (G1)|Grit]] (2015)

==Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime==
Daniel "Protoman" really, REALLY likes this character. He has the biggest Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime collection in the world. Rarities like the Rodimus Convoy 2010 Shampoo figure bottle and the 1988 Kabaya Rodimus Convoy Blaster Replica are some of his prized figures (And yeah.... some of that lucky draw stuff). What [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] is to [[David Willis]], Hot Rod is to Protoman..... cept even more extreme. He is constantly watching over and maintaining any of the Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime related wiki entries of any like:

[[Hot Rod (G1)|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]] G1 Awesome

[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime toys and merch]] Spending Awesome

[[Dark Hot Rod|G1 Black Rodimus/Dark Hot Rod]] Evil-Black-Repaint Awesome

[[Rodimus (Energon)|Energon Rodimus]] Unicron Trilogy Awesome

[[Rodimus (Movie)|Movie Rodimus]] Future Movie Awesome

[[Rodimus (SG)|Shattered Glass Rodimus]] Evil Goatee Awesome

[[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Animated Rodimus]] Big Chin Awesome

[[Hot Shot (Prime)|Prime Hot Shot/Rod]] Name Confused Awesome

also

[[Pointblank|G1 Pointblank]] Cause he is bad ass

==Conventions==

Prior to being staff of TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]], Daniel use to compete at the event before deciding to focus on [[Botcon|bigger fish]].

At [[Botcon 2008]], Daniel "Protoman" along with Team Canada got to the semifinals of the Faction Feud Trivia and shut out fellow brother site TFW2005's team [[http://www.tfw2005.com]]. He also taunted the vastly pro-american audience when he took the mic from Alvarez. After the Friday Panel, Protoman privately talked with [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] about insuring Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime get a good faithful representation when he will be used in Animated. Later on [[Jared Wade]] drew up a sketch of Animated Rodimus for him (7 months before it's public debut).

As it relates to TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]] itself, Protoman is one of the head organizers of the convention. Daniel hosts multiple Transformers historical and educational panels, is the head judge of trivia competitions, Custom/Art contests and one of the leads in the 3rd party scene for the famous "3rd Party Preview Panel" along with Ryan "Downshift"

==Fiction Cameos==

Protoman has ended up in mild homage/cameos in some current TF related fiction by long time co-workers [[Alex Milne]] (art) and [[Josh Perez]] (colors).

[[Defiance issue 2|Transformers Revenge of the Fallen: Defiance #2]] - Page 15, Panel 3. Far right.

[[Drift issue 2|Transformers: Drift #2]] - Page 4, Panel 2. Lone robot on the middle

[[Unofficial conventions|TFcon 2010: Nightbird Rebirth]] - Page 2, Panel 3. Far right.

==Protoman in the mass media==

Daniel appeared on ''This Morning Live'' on July 9th, 2007 which aired live all over the eastern Canada area on the Global TV network. Protoman talked about Transformers, his collection and how he got so "deep" into the hobby. When pictures of his house and collection were shown, off-camera news anchor Mike Lecouteur jaw dropped and later told Protoman about owning [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] as a child.

Protoman was featured in Montreal, Canada's largest newspaper, [[wikipedia: The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]] on July 28th, 2007 in a quarter page article with photo and full interview about his huge collection of Transformers, his life and feelings about the [[Transformers (2007)|new Transformers movie]].

Featured in an extensive interview on G4's [[wikipedia: The Electric Playground|Electric Playground]] on August 3rd 2010, TFcon was the focus and Protoman was the guide for the show. He talked about the convention's history, what helped Transformers endure all those years and what he loves about the fans.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPhqJNNfEvA]

Daniel/Protoman was featured on [[wikipedia: Storage Wars|Storage Wars]] on February 20th 2015. The pickers (Cindy and Rick) of the show found a bag of 1984-1986 G1 Transformers and brought them to TFcon that was "conveniently" happening the same day. Further information from the recording process showed that the final price given for the items was chosen by the producer to make sure the pickers got "2nd place" in cost vs. profit. Protoman originally gave a estimation of about $100 bucks which they would not happy with. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DCu27NYu_A]

==External links==
* [http://www.tfcon.ca TFcon, the world's 2nd largest Transformers convention]
[[Image:Escalation6_HotRod_Koska.jpg]]

User:Protoman

2015-11-05T10:27:46Z

Protoman: /* Protoman in the mass media */

{{factions|autobot|eliteguard|protector}}
[[Image:Protoman.jpg|right|171px|thumb|What a cocky son of a......]]

'''Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault''' is a writer and staff of the largest fan run Transformers convention in the world, TFcon[http://www.tfcon.ca]. He is known for his "take no crap" personality and insane Transformers knowledge. Him and [[User:Monzo|Monzo]] party to TF Japanese source books. He is also gay for [[Rodimus (disambiguation)|Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]].

==Transformers Fandom History==

The legendary [[Canada|Canadian]] fan Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault started his humble Transformers beginnings with his first trip to see [[The Transformers: The Movie|some robot movie]] with his next door neighbour back in 1986, it all snowballed from there. There he was introduced to something new and beautiful to him and not to mention coming into contact with a [[Hot Rod (G1)|character]] that would become dear to his [[Spark|heart]] and always brought up when the name "Protoman" is mentioned. As he grew older, he used his money working at BMW as a mechanic and semi-pro racing in Formula Ford and KART to fund his insane lust for all things Transformers. Considered one of the top representatives of the Canadian Transformers fandom, Daniel uses his social jock influence to bring others who normally see the hobby as a "nerdy thing" and brings light to them as if it was some kind of [[Primus|religion]] they were missing out on.

According to the Twitter page of [[Derrick J. Wyatt]], some visual aspects of [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus Prime]] from [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)| Transformers Animated]] were based on Daniel, such as the popped collar which is a regular part of his attire.<ref>[http://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/status/21459535186 "@DerrickJWyatt Epic. Just epic. Now if only we can talk about that popped collar =D" "@Protomanx The popped collar inspired by Protoman?"]</ref>

==Writing==

====Comic Books====
* Nightbird Rebirth (TFcon 2010 exclusive comic)
* Changes In War (TFcon 2011 exclusive comic)
* Hardworker (TFcon 2012 exclusive comic)
* Lost World, Lost Mind (TFcon 2013 exclusive comic)
* The Dark Warrior (TFcon 2014 Toronto/Chicago exclusive comic)
* He Turned The Tide (TFcon 2015 Toronto exclusive comic)
* Not Feng Shui (TFcon 2015 Charlotte exclusive comic)

====Tech Specs====
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Stronghold]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Toxin]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Grand Maximus (G1)|Garrison]] (2012)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[GoBots_(franchise) |Van Guardian]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Path Finder|Roswell]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's Prototype X (2013)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's Project Z (2013)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Erector (G1) |Shafter]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Full-Tilt |Axis]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's Pestilence (2014)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Ravenus|Volar]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[GoBots (franchise)|Devilstar/Loco]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Grit (G1)|Grit]] (2015)

==Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime==
Daniel "Protoman" really, REALLY likes this character. He has the biggest Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime collection in the world. Rarities like the Rodimus Convoy 2010 Shampoo figure bottle and the 1988 Kabaya Rodimus Convoy Blaster Replica are some of his prized figures (And yeah.... some of that lucky draw stuff). What [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] is to [[David Willis]], Hot Rod is to Protoman..... cept even more extreme. He is constantly watching over and maintaining any of the Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime related wiki entries of any like:

[[Hot Rod (G1)|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]] G1 Awesome

[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime toys and merch]] Spending Awesome

[[Dark Hot Rod|G1 Black Rodimus/Dark Hot Rod]] Evil-Black-Repaint Awesome

[[Rodimus (Energon)|Energon Rodimus]] Unicron Trilogy Awesome

[[Rodimus (Movie)|Movie Rodimus]] Future Movie Awesome

[[Rodimus (SG)|Shattered Glass Rodimus]] Evil Goatee Awesome

[[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Animated Rodimus]] Big Chin Awesome

[[Hot Shot (Prime)|Prime Hot Shot/Rod]] Name Confused Awesome

also

[[Pointblank|G1 Pointblank]] Cause he is bad ass

==Conventions==

Prior to being staff of TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]], Daniel use to compete at the event before deciding to focus on [[Botcon|bigger fish]].

At [[Botcon 2008]], Daniel "Protoman" along with Team Canada got to the semifinals of the Faction Feud Trivia and shut out fellow brother site TFW2005's team [[http://www.tfw2005.com]]. He also taunted the vastly pro-american audience when he took the mic from Alvarez. After the Friday Panel, Protoman privately talked with [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] about insuring Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime get a good faithful representation when he will be used in Animated. Later on [[Jared Wade]] drew up a sketch of Animated Rodimus for him (7 months before it's public debut).

As it relates to TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]] itself, Protoman is one of the head organizers of the convention. Daniel hosts multiple Transformers historical and educational panels, is the head judge of trivia competitions, Custom/Art contests and one of the leads in the 3rd party scene for the famous "3rd Party Preview Panel" along with Ryan "Downshift"

==Fiction Cameos==

Protoman has ended up in mild homage/cameos in some current TF related fiction by long time co-workers [[Alex Milne]] (art) and [[Josh Perez]] (colors).

[[Defiance issue 2|Transformers Revenge of the Fallen: Defiance #2]] - Page 15, Panel 3. Far right.

[[Drift issue 2|Transformers: Drift #2]] - Page 4, Panel 2. Lone robot on the middle

[[Unofficial conventions|TFcon 2010: Nightbird Rebirth]] - Page 2, Panel 3. Far right.

==Protoman in the mass media==

Daniel appeared on ''This Morning Live'' on July 9th, 2007 which aired live all over the eastern Canada area on the Global TV network. Protoman talked about Transformers, his collection and how he got so "deep" into the hobby. When pictures of his house and collection were shown, off-camera news anchor Mike Lecouteur jaw dropped and later told Protoman about owning [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] as a child.

Protoman was featured in Montreal, Canada's largest newspaper, [[wikipedia: The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]] on July 28th, 2007 in a quarter page article with photo and full interview about his huge collection of Transformers, his life and feelings about the [[Transformers (2007)|new Transformers movie]].

Featured in an extensive interview on G4's [[wikipedia: The Electric Playground|Electric Playground]] on August 3rd 2010, TFcon was the focus and Protoman was the guide for the show. He talked about the convention's history, what helped Transformers endure all those years and what he loves about the fans.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPhqJNNfEvA]

Daniel/Protoman was featured on [[wikipedia: Storage Wars|Storage Wars]] on February 20th 2015. The pickers (Cindy and Rick) of the show found a bag of 1984-1986 G1 Transformers and brought them to TFcon that was "conveniently" happening the same day. Further information from the recording process showed that the final price given the for the items was chosen by the producer to make sure the pickers got "2nd place" in cost vs. profit. Protoman originally gave a estimation of about $100 bucks which they would not happy with. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DCu27NYu_A]

==External links==
* [http://www.tfcon.ca TFcon, the world's 2nd largest Transformers convention]
[[Image:Escalation6_HotRod_Koska.jpg]]

User:Protoman

2015-11-05T10:21:04Z

Protoman:

{{factions|autobot|eliteguard|protector}}
[[Image:Protoman.jpg|right|171px|thumb|What a cocky son of a......]]

'''Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault''' is a writer and staff of the largest fan run Transformers convention in the world, TFcon[http://www.tfcon.ca]. He is known for his "take no crap" personality and insane Transformers knowledge. Him and [[User:Monzo|Monzo]] party to TF Japanese source books. He is also gay for [[Rodimus (disambiguation)|Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]].

==Transformers Fandom History==

The legendary [[Canada|Canadian]] fan Daniel "Protoman" Arseneault started his humble Transformers beginnings with his first trip to see [[The Transformers: The Movie|some robot movie]] with his next door neighbour back in 1986, it all snowballed from there. There he was introduced to something new and beautiful to him and not to mention coming into contact with a [[Hot Rod (G1)|character]] that would become dear to his [[Spark|heart]] and always brought up when the name "Protoman" is mentioned. As he grew older, he used his money working at BMW as a mechanic and semi-pro racing in Formula Ford and KART to fund his insane lust for all things Transformers. Considered one of the top representatives of the Canadian Transformers fandom, Daniel uses his social jock influence to bring others who normally see the hobby as a "nerdy thing" and brings light to them as if it was some kind of [[Primus|religion]] they were missing out on.

According to the Twitter page of [[Derrick J. Wyatt]], some visual aspects of [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus Prime]] from [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)| Transformers Animated]] were based on Daniel, such as the popped collar which is a regular part of his attire.<ref>[http://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/status/21459535186 "@DerrickJWyatt Epic. Just epic. Now if only we can talk about that popped collar =D" "@Protomanx The popped collar inspired by Protoman?"]</ref>

==Writing==

====Comic Books====
* Nightbird Rebirth (TFcon 2010 exclusive comic)
* Changes In War (TFcon 2011 exclusive comic)
* Hardworker (TFcon 2012 exclusive comic)
* Lost World, Lost Mind (TFcon 2013 exclusive comic)
* The Dark Warrior (TFcon 2014 Toronto/Chicago exclusive comic)
* He Turned The Tide (TFcon 2015 Toronto exclusive comic)
* Not Feng Shui (TFcon 2015 Charlotte exclusive comic)

====Tech Specs====
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Stronghold]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Toxin]] (2011)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Grand Maximus (G1)|Garrison]] (2012)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[GoBots_(franchise) |Van Guardian]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Path Finder|Roswell]] (2013)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's Prototype X (2013)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's Project Z (2013)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Erector (G1) |Shafter]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's Masterpiece [[Full-Tilt |Axis]] (2014)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's Pestilence (2014)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Ravenus|Volar]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[GoBots (franchise)|Devilstar/Loco]] (2015)
* Tech Spec and full bio for TFcon's [[Grit (G1)|Grit]] (2015)

==Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime==
Daniel "Protoman" really, REALLY likes this character. He has the biggest Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime collection in the world. Rarities like the Rodimus Convoy 2010 Shampoo figure bottle and the 1988 Kabaya Rodimus Convoy Blaster Replica are some of his prized figures (And yeah.... some of that lucky draw stuff). What [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] is to [[David Willis]], Hot Rod is to Protoman..... cept even more extreme. He is constantly watching over and maintaining any of the Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime related wiki entries of any like:

[[Hot Rod (G1)|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime]] G1 Awesome

[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|G1 Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime toys and merch]] Spending Awesome

[[Dark Hot Rod|G1 Black Rodimus/Dark Hot Rod]] Evil-Black-Repaint Awesome

[[Rodimus (Energon)|Energon Rodimus]] Unicron Trilogy Awesome

[[Rodimus (Movie)|Movie Rodimus]] Future Movie Awesome

[[Rodimus (SG)|Shattered Glass Rodimus]] Evil Goatee Awesome

[[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Animated Rodimus]] Big Chin Awesome

[[Hot Shot (Prime)|Prime Hot Shot/Rod]] Name Confused Awesome

also

[[Pointblank|G1 Pointblank]] Cause he is bad ass

==Conventions==

Prior to being staff of TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]], Daniel use to compete at the event before deciding to focus on [[Botcon|bigger fish]].

At [[Botcon 2008]], Daniel "Protoman" along with Team Canada got to the semifinals of the Faction Feud Trivia and shut out fellow brother site TFW2005's team [[http://www.tfw2005.com]]. He also taunted the vastly pro-american audience when he took the mic from Alvarez. After the Friday Panel, Protoman privately talked with [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] about insuring Hot Rod / Rodimus Prime get a good faithful representation when he will be used in Animated. Later on [[Jared Wade]] drew up a sketch of Animated Rodimus for him (7 months before it's public debut).

As it relates to TFcon[[http://www.tfcon.ca]] itself, Protoman is one of the head organizers of the convention. Daniel hosts multiple Transformers historical and educational panels, is the head judge of trivia competitions, Custom/Art contests and one of the leads in the 3rd party scene for the famous "3rd Party Preview Panel" along with Ryan "Downshift"

==Fiction Cameos==

Protoman has ended up in mild homage/cameos in some current TF related fiction by long time co-workers [[Alex Milne]] (art) and [[Josh Perez]] (colors).

[[Defiance issue 2|Transformers Revenge of the Fallen: Defiance #2]] - Page 15, Panel 3. Far right.

[[Drift issue 2|Transformers: Drift #2]] - Page 4, Panel 2. Lone robot on the middle

[[Unofficial conventions|TFcon 2010: Nightbird Rebirth]] - Page 2, Panel 3. Far right.

==Protoman in the mass media==

Daniel appeared on ''This Morning Live'' on July 9th, 2007 which aired live all over the eastern Canada area on the Global TV network. Protoman talked about Transformers, his collection and how he got so "deep" into the hobby. When pictures of his house and collection were shown, off-camera news anchor Mike Lecouteur jaw dropped and later told Protoman about owning [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] as a child.

Protoman was featured in Montreal, Canada's largest newspaper, [[wikipedia: The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]] on July 28th, 2007 in a quarter page article with photo and full interview about his huge collection of Transformers, his life and feelings about the [[Transformers (2007)|new Transformers movie]].

Featured in an extensive interview on G4's [[wikipedia: The Electric Playground|Electric Playground]] on August 3rd 2010, TFcon was the focus and Protoman was the guide for the show. He talked about the convention's history, what helped Transformers endure all those years and what he loves about the fans.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPhqJNNfEvA]

==External links==
* [http://www.tfcon.ca TFcon, the world's 2nd largest Transformers convention]
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User:Protoman

2015-07-20T23:51:08Z

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User:Protoman

2014-10-29T07:25:05Z

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User:Protoman

2014-10-29T07:21:32Z

Protoman: /* Writing */

MediaWiki:TFWiki.net 2014 Transformers Hall of Fame Auditions/Entries

2014-05-28T22:45:43Z

Protoman:

This is the page for the '''TFWiki.net Transformers Hall of Fame Auditions''' entries. The rules are as follows:

#You must pick your top five ''Transformers'' characters, from any era. They must actually '''be''' Transformers; sorry, but no humans, non-Transformer aliens, non-Transformer robots, or anything else of the sort are being considered for the Hall of Fame. Any votes for such entities will '''not''' be tabulated. It is the sole discretion of the contest organizers to decide what does and does not count.
#Take your top five list and '''put it in alphabetical order'''. Order of preference does not matter. Feel free to denote the character's franchise of origin, although these distinctions may or may not figure into the final results.
#You '''cannot''' vote for a specific version of '''Bumblebee, Dinobot, Grimlock, Ironhide, Jazz, Megatron, ''Beast Wars'' Megatron, Optimus Prime, Ratchet, Shockwave, Soundwave, Starscream, Ultra Magnus, Waspinator, or Wheeljack.''' They've already been inducted!
#However, '''you CAN vote''' for [[Optimus Primal]]'''! Hasbro considers him separate!
#Only one entry per user.

Please put your characters of choice and user name below in the following manner:

*Bulkhead, Emirate Xaaron, Hot Shot, Terrorsaur (BW), X-Brawn --(four tildes)

Poll entry period ends at 4pm on '''[[June 2]]nd, 2014'''. [[User:Monzo|Monzo]] ([[User talk:Monzo|talk]]) 17:10, 28 May 2014 (EDT)

==Poll entries==


*Arcee, Blackarachnia, Bulkhead, Lockdown, Sky-Byte. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 17:12, 28 May 2014 (EDT)
*Arcee, Bulkhead, Optimus Primal, Rattrap, Sky-Byte --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] ([[User talk:FortMax|talk]]) 17:15, 28 May 2014 (EDT)
*Barricade, Devastator, Lockdown, Ravage, Sideways -[[User:LV|LV]] ([[User talk:LV|talk]]) 17:16, 28 May 2014 (EDT)
*Bludgeon, Overlord, Scorponok (G1), Thunderwing, Unicron -- [[User:Dark T Zeratul|Dark T Zeratul]] ([[User talk:Dark T Zeratul|talk]]) 17:18, 28 May 2014 (EDT)
*Arcee, Impactor, Mindwipe, Ratbat, Scrounge. --[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 17:19, 28 May 2014 (EDT)
*Bulkhead, Devastator, Hot Shot, Ratbat, Rattrap - [[User:RolonBolon|RolonBolon]] ([[User talk:RolonBolon|talk]]) 17:22, 28 May 2014 (EDT)
*Blackarachnia, Hot Shot, Nightbeat, Shokaract, Ravage --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 17:28, 28 May 2014 (EDT)
*Arcee, Devastator, Hot Shot, Ravage, Sky-Byte -- [[User:Shellspark|Shellspark]] ([[User talk:Shellspark|talk]]) 17:30, 28 May 2014 (EDT)
*Blackarachnia, Cyclonus, Lockdown, Prowl, Rodimus -- [[User:Jalaguy|Jalaguy]] ([[User talk:Jalaguy|talk]]) 17:33, 28 May 2014 (EDT)
*Rodimus, Scorponok, Scrounge, Sky-Byte, Swerve --[[User:G.B. Blackrock|G.B. Blackrock]] ([[User talk:G.B. Blackrock|talk]]) 17:36, 28 May 2014 (EDT)
*Arcee, Bulkhead, Lockdown, Sky-Byte, Windblade --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 17:36, 28 May 2014 (EDT)
*Cheetor, Ginrai, Optimus Primal, Sky-Byte, Springer --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade|talk]]) 17:38, 28 May 2014 (EDT)
*Arcee, Bruticus, Gimlet, Predaking, Sky-Byte --[[User:Fritz|Fritz]] ([[User talk:Fritz|talk]]) 17:39, 28 May 2014 (EDT)
*Arcee, Bulkhead, Hot Shot, Laserbeak, Ravage -- [[User:Bobpiecheese|Bobpiecheese]] ([[User talk:Bobpiecheese|talk]]) 17:47, 28 May 2014 (EDT)
*Arcee, Hot Rod, Optimus Primal, Sky-Byte, Smokescreen -- [[User:Antimatter|Antimatter]] ([[User talk:Antimatter|talk]]) 17:51, 28 May 2014 (EDT)
*Barricade(Bayverse), Prowl, Sideswipe, Sunstreaker, Thundercracker--regdog
*Arcee, Bulkhead, Hot Shot, Optimus Primal, Sunstreaker -- [[User:Spydersix|spyder]][[User Talk:Spydersix|Use this!]] 17:59, 28 May 2014 (EDT)
*Bruticus, Devastator, Lockdown, Prowl, Scourge-- [[User:Quadropl|Quadropl]] ([[User talk:Quadropl|talk]]) 18:02, 28 May 2014 (EDT)
*Cosmos, Sky-Byte, Sky Lynx, Thundercracker, Warpath --[[User:Sockie|Sockie]] ([[User talk:Sockie|talk]]) 18:05, 28 May 2014 (EDT)
*Arcee (Prime), Blackarachnia (BW), Bulkhead (Animated or Prime), Optimus Primal, Rhinox. -- [[User:MetalShadowX|MetalShadowX]] ([[User talk:MetalShadowX|talk]]) 18:11, 28 May 2014 (EST)
*Arcee, Omega Supreme, Ratbat, Rumble, Sky-Byte - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 18:16, 28 May 2014 (EDT)
*Arcee, Blackarachnia, Elita-One, Perceptor, Wingblade --[[User:WhirlyBird|WhirlyBird]] ([[User talk:WhirlyBird|talk]]) 18:29, 28 May 2014 (EDT)
*Rodimus, Devastator, Arcee, Optimus Primal, Unicron - [[User:Protoman|Protoman]] ([[User talk:Protoman|talk]]) 18:45, 28 May 2014 (EDT)


[[Category: TFWiki.net]]

Earthfall Part 1: Hello Cruel World

2014-05-25T20:39:02Z

Protoman: /* Real-life references */

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|title="Earthfall Part 1: Hello Cruel World"
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[April 23]], [[2014]]
|coverdate=April 2014
|written by=[[John Barber]]
|art by=[[Andrew Griffith]]
|colors by=[[Josh Perez]] (present day) [[Joana Lafuente]] (flashbacks)
|letters by=[[Tom B. Long]]
|editor=[[Carlos Guzman]]
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'''Following a clue left by Alpha Trion, Optimus Prime leads a team of Autobots back to Earth, where an alliance of enemies old and new awaits them.'''

==Synopsis==

Six months have passed since the defeat of [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]] and his plan to fulfill the [[Dark Cybertron]] prophecy. But those events went unnoticed by [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], who is continuing to live his life on [[Earth]] in relative peace, his interest in human television having turned him into an aspiring writer. After a day flying around the globe while working on his screenplay—starring female human nurse "Susan Journeyer" and potential love interest "Josh Boyfriend"—he returns home to find that his dog, [[Buster (IDW)|Buster]] has gotten out. Taking her back inside, he is greeted with an acerbic critique of his writing by his human liaison [[Marissa Faireborn]], who has come to request his help...

''Half a million years ago, on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], the [[Decepticon]]s lay siege to the [[Autobot]] stronghold [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], with the Autobots incapable of doing little but fighting a holding action. When [[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]] returns from a scouting mission with news that [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] shows no signs of letting up, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] decides to take the field of battle himself, much to [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]]'s consternation. [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] speaks up in Prowl's favor, proposing an alternate tactic: fearful of the resurgence of dark secrets from Cybertron's past that Megatron and Shockwave's desire for a [[Metrotitan (body-type)|Metrotitan]] portends, Trion takes Metroplex and departs the planet, intending to stop whatever [[Regenesis|great game]] Shockwave has in motion out among the stars.''

In the present day, the ''[[Ark-7]]'' arrives in Earth orbit, only to be attacked by a barrage of missiles of highly advanced design that start burrowing their way through the ship's hull. Presuming the weapons to be of Cybertronian design but unsure of where humans could have obtained them, Prime orders the ship to pull back behind the [[Moon (moon)|moon]]. A frustrated Prowl protests, assuming they are giving up, but Prime reveals that he has another plan in mind: he is going to take a small team down to the surface aboard [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]]. As the team heads down, their rear is covered by a rather grumpy [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]], who is unhappy to discover that the promise of building a new future that convinced him to leave the ''[[Lost Light]]'' has led only to yet more fighting.

''One month ago, back on Cybertron, shortly after the conclusion of Megatron's trial, Cosmos tries to have a conversation with Prowl, but the police-bot is more interested in having somebody to complain to about the trial's verdict and Megatron becoming an Autobot. [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] struts up to join the chat, further infuriating Prowl by comparing himself to him: perpetually destined to play second fiddle to his faction's leader... except Starscream has broken that cycle and taken leadership for himself. Optimus overhears and cautions Starscream to watch himself, his words backed up by [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]], who promise to keep an eye on their new city leader while Optimus is away. Because Optimus is now preparing to follow a message from Alpha Trion, passed on to him by Windblade... a message calling him to Earth.''

Reaching Earth's surface, Sky Lynx hides beneath the ocean for a time to be sure of shaking off their mystery attackers. After sending an update to the ''Ark-7'', Sky Lynx surfaces, and Prime takes [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] to track down a life-sign they detected upon approach to the planet, while Prowl works to discover who launched the missiles. Cosmos tracks Prime's team's progress from orbit, letting them know their proximity to the signal, but as they arrive at the site, he suddenly goes mysteriously silent. Realizing that the signal belongs to Thundercracker, Prime opens the door to his home to find the Seeker in a malaise, cryptically commenting that he is happy not to see Bumblebee among the Autobots, since he "liked him". Puzzled and annoyed, Prime inquires as to the whereabouts of Alpha Trion, but Thundercracker merely laughs, not having a clue. The Autobot leader explains about the end of the war, but it takes the reveal of Megatron's change of heart to make Thundercracker believe him. At that moment, the walls of the building are torn open, and a platoon of Decepticons led by [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]] storms in, engaging the Autobots in battle! Thundercracker, it is revealed, was merely the reluctant bait to bring Prime in... but when the Autobots take the fight outside, they discover that Thundercracker is not Galvatron's only ally, as they are met by the armed forces of Marissa Faireborn and the [[Earth Defense Command]], the human half of the "Earth/Decepticon Alliance", who place them under arrest!

==Featured characters==
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks. 
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*''[[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] (4)''
*[[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] (7)
*''[[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]]'' (8)
*''[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]'' (9)
*''[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (10)''
*[[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]] (11)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] (12)
*''[[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]]'' (13)
*[[Kup (G1)|Kup]] (14)
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*''[[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]]'' (15)
*''[[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]]'' (17)
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (19)
*[[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (20)
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] (21)
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (22)
*[[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] (23)
*''[[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] (25)''
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*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (1)
*[[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (5)
*[[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] (6)
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (16)
*''[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]'' (18)
*[[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]] (28)
*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] (29)
*[[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] (30)

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*''[[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]]'' (24)
*''[[Longtooth]]'' (26)
*''[[Circuit (G1)|Circuit]]'' (27)
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*[[Marissa Faireborn]] (3)
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*[[Buster (IDW)|Buster]] (2)

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==Quotes==

"Susan approaches the HOSPITAL and JOSH BOYFRIEND, a male Earth human who is handsome like an F-22 jet fighter, greets her."
:—One of many tone-deaf lines from '''Thundercracker'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s screenplay.

"Megatron has '''reasons''' for his actions? Fine—but he hasn't got '''justification.'''"
:—'''Prowl''' on Megatron

"If it'll help, I can go out there and '''blast''' the missiles myself. I have a jetpack and '''everything'''."
:—'''Sideswipe'''

"2000 years of studying at the '''Institute''' so I can pilot a spaceship on account of I turn into an '''airplane'''..."
:—'''Jetfire''', muttering to himself

'''Prowl:''' "We've no shortage of enemies on this planet." 
'''Jazz:''' "Maybe so, man—but only a few cats can keep a missile launch of '''that''' magnitude off the '''airwaves''', dig?" 
'''Kup:''' "You got a way o' speakin', Jazz—makes a fella miss havin' a universe to himself."

"'''Thundercracker.''' We come in peace." 
"Sure, that's what you all say—then somebody '''pulls''' a '''piece'''." 
"'''Wordplay''' from a Decepticon '''Seeker'''?" 
"I'm '''not''' a Seeker. I'm a '''writer'''. I write '''screenplays'''. Really good ones. I almost have an '''agent'''."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Thundercracker'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*Thundercracker has been living on Earth since the end of the [[The Transformers (IDW)|2009-2011 ongoing series]]; chronologically, he was last seen in ''[[The Question|Spotlight: Bumblebee]]'', in which he was packing up his old home (that's why he's got a new one in this story). He refers to his turning against the Decepticons during Megatron's attack on Earth, which took place in [[All Hail Megatron issue 12|''All Hail Megatron'' #12]].
*Marissa compares Thundercracker's screenplay to the TV show ''[[Nurse Whitney]]'', which Thundercracker was shown developing a fondness for in [[Things Fall Apart, Part 3: "Seasons in Flight"|issue #4]] of the ongoing. 'Cracker's script includes the line "That would be just beautiful"; Nurse Whitney's catchphrase was "That's just beautiful."
*The reason and circumstances for Metroplex's departure from Cybertron have been a mystery up until now, hinted at only as a "secret mission" of some kind in the [[Primus: All Good Things|2012 ''Robots in Disguise'' annual]]. It is here explained that he and Alpha Trion have been working against Shockwave's plans for the last half-million years—these activities are evidently tied in with the still-untold story of how Metroplex acquired the [[Ore-7]] that played a key role in "Dark Cybertron". The 500,000-years-ago timeframe of the flashback places it right around the time Shockwave himself left Cybertron to examine the fruits of his [[Regenesis]] program.
*After abandoning his faction to stay within Iacon in [[Second Exodus|issue #18]], Jazz is back on the Autobot side again.
*Prowl recalls Jazz's destruction of [[Skywatch]]'s stockpile of Cybertronian technology in [[Police Action Part 3: A Second Chance at Eden|#29 of the ongoing]].
*Jetfire mentions studying at the Institute. Although there are several "Institutes" in IDW continuity, the context makes it sound more like the academic [[Institute for Higher Programming]], and not the secret brainwashing [[Institute]].
*Cosmos joins the cast of ''Robots in Disguise'' after spending the last two years over in ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' on the ''Lost Light''. He didn't do much of anything over in that book, but did put in a couple of crowd-scene appearances that proved memorable because of how ''surprisingly gigantic'' he was. He's still bigger than you might imagine Cosmos being in his appearance this issue, but he's not nearly as huge as ''More than Meets the Eye'' depicted him.
*Kup reminds everyone of his last experience on Earth—being blasted through a portal to the [[Dead Universe]]—from ''[[The Transformers: Infestation issue 2|''Infestation'' #2]].
*Prime references Jazz's killing of human [[John Powell]] from [[Revenge of the Decepticons Part 4: Burning Chrome|ongoing #17]].
*Thundercracker remembers the last time he saw Alpha Trion as being the time he tried to kill him and Prime, as seen in ''[[Omega's Conundrum|Spotlight: Orion Pax]]''.

===Transformers references===
*"Buster" is a name with [[Buster (disambiguation)|history]] in the Transformers franchise, but ''has'' been used for a [[Buster (DOTM)|dog]] once before.
*John Barber seems to be taking a pop at his own writing style with Marissa's critique, as she notes it's "pretty hacky to use a voice-over". First-person voice-over narration has been a consistent element in Barber's Transformers work.
*Blitzwing appears with the design of his 2013 ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' toy.
*Arcee's design is updated from her Dark Cybertron redesign, which was based on her upcoming ''Transformers: Generations'' toy. Her body is now pink, contrasting with Hasbro's prior instructions to make Arcee red. <ref>https://twitter.com/dyemooch/status/468837384034189312</ref>

===Real-life references===
*This issue's title is, of course, an inversion of the cartoon-cliche pre-suicide phrase "Goodbye cruel world", which has also been used as the title of various [[Wikipedia:Goodbye Cruel World|songs and albums]], though its origins are unknown. The inverted phrase is also the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYbgWDA2U-M&feature=kp| title of a song] that, coincidentally enough, [[James Roberts]] selected as the theme for [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]] in More Than Meets The Eye.

*Jazz being called "Jaws" is actually a nod to Jazz super fan Wendel "Jawz" Arthur James, who has voiced Jazz in multiple [http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=xdcwfq&s=8#.U4JT1vldWSo Transformers convention] script readings.

===Trivia===
*This issue's story is followed by a letter from John Barber welcoming readers to the book.
*Similar to the pre-launch promotion for ''More than Meets the Eye'' and ''Robots in Disguise'' two years prior, this series was trailed by a "scavenger hunt" for a series of six promo posters that were released to various sites around the internet: Optimus Prime on [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152330032183279&set=a.10150239372238279.337626.8473603278&type=1&stream_ref=10 IDW's Facebook page], Arcee on [https://twitter.com/theunderbase/status/458350741095075840/photo/1 The Underbase podcast's Twitter] (typo'd as "Acree"; a corrected version was released through [https://twitter.com/TheJohnBarber/status/458389167806758912/photo/1 John Barber's Twitter]), Cosmos on [https://twitter.com/trnsmissions/status/458357479403831296/photo/1 The TransMissions podcast's Twitter], Galvatron on [http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/idw-publishing-dawn-of-the-autobots-teasers-seibertron-exclusive-robots-in-disguise-galvatron/29977/ Seibertron.com], Jazz on [http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/comics-16/idw-rid-promo-jazz-is-beleaguered-179762/ TFW2005.com] and Prowl on [http://tformers.com/prowl-discontented-transformers-robots-in-disguise-exclusive-promotional-art-cover/23114/news.html TFormers.com].

<gallery>
File:RIDPromo optimus prime.jpg|"Determined"
File:RIDpromo arcee.jpg|"Undecided"
File:RIDpromo cosmos.jpg|"Disgruntled"
</gallery><gallery>
File:RIDpromo galvatron.jpg|"Uncivilized"
File:RIDpromo jazz.jpg|"Beleaguered"
File:RIDpromo prowl.jpg|"Discontented"
</gallery>

===Covers (3)===
*'''Standard cover:''' Optimus Prime superimposed over the Earth, by [[Casey Coller]] and [[Joana Lafuente]]
*'''Subscription cover:''' Optimus, Sideswipe, Jazz and Arcee by [[Andrew Griffith]] and Lafuente, in homage to [[The Autonomy Lesson|issue #1]]'s cover E.
*'''Incentive cover:''' Optimus Prime by [[Livio Ramondelli]], part of a three-piece image alongside [[World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|''More than Meets the Eye'' #28]] and [[A 'Bot and Her City|''Windblade'' #1]].
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File:RID28 cvrA.jpg|
File:RID28 subcvr.jpg|
File:RID28 cvrRI.jpg|
</gallery>

===Advertisements===

*[[Dawn of the Autobots]]
*''Robots in Disguise'' #28
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*IDW: Getting Into Your Head for 15 Years (back cover)

==External links==
*[http://www.newsarama.com/20878-idw-april-23-previews-g-i-joe-rah-201-extended-robots-in-disguise-28.html Preview]

==References==
{{reflist}}

User:Protoman

2013-08-17T06:58:23Z

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Talk:Toxin

2013-08-17T06:46:14Z

Protoman: Created page with "HAHAHAHAHAH........... oh wow. Ok cool. I didn't think this would make the cut as a character. The things you make......... ~~~~"

HAHAHAHAHAH........... oh wow. Ok cool. I didn't think this would make the cut as a character. The things you make......... [[User:Protoman|Protoman]] 02:46, 17 August 2013 (EDT)

User:Protoman

2013-07-06T03:53:20Z

Protoman: /* Writing */