Design change - Revision history

https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Design_change Design change - Revision history 2026-05-29T23:41:34Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.45.3 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Design_change&diff=1883308&oldid=prev MCRG: /* Mechanisms */ Energon Optimus obscured knees. 2026-01-06T03:08:31Z

<p><span class="autocomment">Mechanisms: </span> Energon Optimus obscured knees.</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 03:08, 6 January 2026</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l30">Line 30:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 30:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*''Alternators/Binaltech'' [[Hound (G1)#Alternators/Binaltech|Hound]] was originally intended as a Jeep Wrangler Rubicon rather than the standard model he ended up as. The sightly different alternate mode would also have resulted in slightly less "backpack" [[kibble]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*''Alternators/Binaltech'' [[Hound (G1)#Alternators/Binaltech|Hound]] was originally intended as a Jeep Wrangler Rubicon rather than the standard model he ended up as. The sightly different alternate mode would also have resulted in slightly less "backpack" [[kibble]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*''Alternators/Binaltech'' [[Tracks (G1)#Alternators/Binaltech|Tracks]] was originally intended to feature spring-loaded arm cannons that would have deployed by pushing a button on the sides of the arms. The final toy instead features a sliding mechanism to deploy the arm cannons by moving a peg on the top of the arms. The spring-loaded arm cannons are depicted in the line art used for [[Hasbro]]'s [[instructions]], [[TakaraTomy|Takara's]] [[stock photography|stock photos]] for the yellow version and an article in ''Dengeki Hobby Magazine'' that features a hardcopy ("gray model") [[prototype]] of the toy.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*''Alternators/Binaltech'' [[Tracks (G1)#Alternators/Binaltech|Tracks]] was originally intended to feature spring-loaded arm cannons that would have deployed by pushing a button on the sides of the arms. The final toy instead features a sliding mechanism to deploy the arm cannons by moving a peg on the top of the arms. The spring-loaded arm cannons are depicted in the line art used for [[Hasbro]]'s [[instructions]], [[TakaraTomy|Takara's]] [[stock photography|stock photos]] for the yellow version and an article in ''Dengeki Hobby Magazine'' that features a hardcopy ("gray model") [[prototype]] of the toy.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">*''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Optimus Prime (Armada)#Leader|Optimus Prime]] has an entire blocked off second set of knees higher up on his legs meant for a more proportional cab robot mode. These obscured knees are fully functional friction joints, and are even reflected in his Energon cartoon model the precious few times his legs are animated on screen. Why they were blocked off is a mystery, considering they can even handle the weight of the combined mode if one were to cut them free.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Overhaul (Cybertron)#Voyager|Leobreaker]] was subject to an abnormally huge amount of design changes before his release, neutering and removing several gimmicks and sculpted features.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Overhaul (Cybertron)#Voyager|Leobreaker]] was subject to an abnormally huge amount of design changes before his release, neutering and removing several gimmicks and sculpted features.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*''Cybertron'' Voyager Class [[Starscream (Armada)#Cybertron|Starscream]] lost all of his internal electronics somewhere late in development.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*''Cybertron'' Voyager Class [[Starscream (Armada)#Cybertron|Starscream]] lost all of his internal electronics somewhere late in development.</div></td></tr> </table>

MCRG https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Design_change&diff=1842025&oldid=prev AzimuthAcolyte: Hot Wheels -> Hot Wheels (franchise) update 2025-06-09T18:42:04Z

<p>Hot Wheels -> Hot Wheels (franchise) update</p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 18:42, 9 June 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l17">Line 17:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 17:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*''[[Transformers (2007 toyline)|Movie]]'' Leader Class [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#Leader Class toys|Megatron]] and Deluxe Class "Preview" [[Starscream (Movie)/toys#Deluxe Class toys|Starscream]] both had their head sculpts redesigned to reflect changes in the [[Transformers (film)|movie]] designs. The original head sculpts are used by the [[stock photography|stock photos]] on the back of their packaging.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*''[[Transformers (2007 toyline)|Movie]]'' Leader Class [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#Leader Class toys|Megatron]] and Deluxe Class "Preview" [[Starscream (Movie)/toys#Deluxe Class toys|Starscream]] both had their head sculpts redesigned to reflect changes in the [[Transformers (film)|movie]] designs. The original head sculpts are used by the [[stock photography|stock photos]] on the back of their packaging.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*The hand-painted prototype of ''Movie'' [[Real Gear Robot]]s [[Meantime#Transformers (2007)|Meantime]] depicted on the back of the toy's packaging sports sculpted details intended to look as if he's wearing a miniature version of his own wristwatch alternate mode on his left wrist. For unknown reasons, the second set of stock photos, which depict a loose (pre-)production sample, suddenly feature a version of the figure that has both forearms as mirrored versions of each other, lacking the sculpted wristwatch detail. The final toy, however, ''does'' sport the sculpted wristwatch detail again.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*The hand-painted prototype of ''Movie'' [[Real Gear Robot]]s [[Meantime#Transformers (2007)|Meantime]] depicted on the back of the toy's packaging sports sculpted details intended to look as if he's wearing a miniature version of his own wristwatch alternate mode on his left wrist. For unknown reasons, the second set of stock photos, which depict a loose (pre-)production sample, suddenly feature a version of the figure that has both forearms as mirrored versions of each other, lacking the sculpted wristwatch detail. The final toy, however, ''does'' sport the sculpted wristwatch detail again.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*A stolen prototype of ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Robot Powered Machines|R.P.M.]] [[Sideswipe (Movie)#RPMs - Robot Powered Machines|Sideswipe]] that surfaced in 2008<ref name="sideswipe">[http://jalopnik.com/5047177/leaked-transformers-corvette-centennial-concept-toy-possibly-reveals-robot-mode Mirrored photos of early R.P.M. Sideswipe toy at Jalopnik.com]</ref> was very accurate to the Corvette Stingray car from the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|movie]], but the actual R.P.M. Sideswipe toy has been severely altered and looks more like an Aston Martin. Unfortunately, [[Mattel]] was able to secure exclusive rights for releasing a Concept Stingray model car at a 1:64 scale for their ''[[Hot Wheels]]'' line (the toy was released as part of the "2010 New Models" lineup).</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*A stolen prototype of ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Robot Powered Machines|R.P.M.]] [[Sideswipe (Movie)#RPMs - Robot Powered Machines|Sideswipe]] that surfaced in 2008<ref name="sideswipe">[http://jalopnik.com/5047177/leaked-transformers-corvette-centennial-concept-toy-possibly-reveals-robot-mode Mirrored photos of early R.P.M. Sideswipe toy at Jalopnik.com]</ref> was very accurate to the Corvette Stingray car from the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|movie]], but the actual R.P.M. Sideswipe toy has been severely altered and looks more like an Aston Martin. Unfortunately, [[Mattel]] was able to secure exclusive rights for releasing a Concept Stingray model car at a 1:64 scale for their ''[[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Hot Wheels (franchise)|</ins>Hot Wheels]]'' line (the toy was released as part of the "2010 New Models" lineup).</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' ''[[Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]'' Legion Class [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#BoltBumblebee|"Bolt" Bumblebee]] was retooled from ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Legends Class (2005)|Legends Class]] [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Legends Class toys 2|Bumblebee]] by giving him a new right hand that's compatible with ''Cyberverse'' weapons sporting [[c joint|3mm pegs]]. And while both his [[instructions]] (which depict a "gray model" prototype) and the stock photos featured on the back of his packaging (which depict a hand-painted prototype) in fact only show the new right hand, a second set of stock photos, which depict both a loose (pre-)production sample and sample in packaging, show the figure with ''both'' hands retooled to be compatible with ''Cyberverse'' weapons. The final toy only features the new right hand.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' ''[[Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]'' Legion Class [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#BoltBumblebee|"Bolt" Bumblebee]] was retooled from ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Legends Class (2005)|Legends Class]] [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Legends Class toys 2|Bumblebee]] by giving him a new right hand that's compatible with ''Cyberverse'' weapons sporting [[c joint|3mm pegs]]. And while both his [[instructions]] (which depict a "gray model" prototype) and the stock photos featured on the back of his packaging (which depict a hand-painted prototype) in fact only show the new right hand, a second set of stock photos, which depict both a loose (pre-)production sample and sample in packaging, show the figure with ''both'' hands retooled to be compatible with ''Cyberverse'' weapons. The final toy only features the new right hand.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{-}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{-}}</div></td></tr> </table>

AzimuthAcolyte https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Design_change&diff=1770797&oldid=prev Cyberlink420 at 19:48, 2 July 2024 2024-07-02T19:48:04Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 19:48, 2 July 2024</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l17">Line 17:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 17:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*''[[Transformers (2007 toyline)|Movie]]'' Leader Class [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#Leader Class toys|Megatron]] and Deluxe Class "Preview" [[Starscream (Movie)/toys#Deluxe Class toys|Starscream]] both had their head sculpts redesigned to reflect changes in the [[Transformers (film)|movie]] designs. The original head sculpts are used by the [[stock photography|stock photos]] on the back of their packaging.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*''[[Transformers (2007 toyline)|Movie]]'' Leader Class [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#Leader Class toys|Megatron]] and Deluxe Class "Preview" [[Starscream (Movie)/toys#Deluxe Class toys|Starscream]] both had their head sculpts redesigned to reflect changes in the [[Transformers (film)|movie]] designs. The original head sculpts are used by the [[stock photography|stock photos]] on the back of their packaging.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*The hand-painted prototype of ''Movie'' [[Real Gear Robot]]s [[Meantime#Transformers (2007)|Meantime]] depicted on the back of the toy's packaging sports sculpted details intended to look as if he's wearing a miniature version of his own wristwatch alternate mode on his left wrist. For unknown reasons, the second set of stock photos, which depict a loose (pre-)production sample, suddenly feature a version of the figure that has both forearms as mirrored versions of each other, lacking the sculpted wristwatch detail. The final toy, however, ''does'' sport the sculpted wristwatch detail again.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*The hand-painted prototype of ''Movie'' [[Real Gear Robot]]s [[Meantime#Transformers (2007)|Meantime]] depicted on the back of the toy's packaging sports sculpted details intended to look as if he's wearing a miniature version of his own wristwatch alternate mode on his left wrist. For unknown reasons, the second set of stock photos, which depict a loose (pre-)production sample, suddenly feature a version of the figure that has both forearms as mirrored versions of each other, lacking the sculpted wristwatch detail. The final toy, however, ''does'' sport the sculpted wristwatch detail again.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*A stolen prototype of ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Robot Powered Machines|R.P.M.]] [[Sideswipe (Movie)#RPMs - Robot Powered Machines|Sideswipe]] that surfaced in 2008<ref name="sideswipe">[http://jalopnik.com/5047177/leaked-transformers-corvette-centennial-concept-toy-possibly-reveals-robot-mode Mirrored photos of early R.P.M. Sideswipe toy at Jalopnik.com]</ref> was very accurate to the Corvette Stingray car from the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|movie]], but the actual R.P.M. Sideswipe toy has been severely altered and looks more like an Aston Martin. Unfortunately, Mattel was able to secure exclusive rights for releasing a Concept Stingray model car at a 1:64 scale for their ''Hot Wheels'' line (the toy was released as part of the "2010 New Models" lineup).</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*A stolen prototype of ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Robot Powered Machines|R.P.M.]] [[Sideswipe (Movie)#RPMs - Robot Powered Machines|Sideswipe]] that surfaced in 2008<ref name="sideswipe">[http://jalopnik.com/5047177/leaked-transformers-corvette-centennial-concept-toy-possibly-reveals-robot-mode Mirrored photos of early R.P.M. Sideswipe toy at Jalopnik.com]</ref> was very accurate to the Corvette Stingray car from the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|movie]], but the actual R.P.M. Sideswipe toy has been severely altered and looks more like an Aston Martin. Unfortunately, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Mattel<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>was able to secure exclusive rights for releasing a Concept Stingray model car at a 1:64 scale for their ''<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Hot Wheels<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>'' line (the toy was released as part of the "2010 New Models" lineup).</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' ''[[Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]'' Legion Class [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#BoltBumblebee|"Bolt" Bumblebee]] was retooled from ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Legends Class (2005)|Legends Class]] [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Legends Class toys 2|Bumblebee]] by giving him a new right hand that's compatible with ''Cyberverse'' weapons sporting [[c joint|3mm pegs]]. And while both his [[instructions]] (which depict a "gray model" prototype) and the stock photos featured on the back of his packaging (which depict a hand-painted prototype) in fact only show the new right hand, a second set of stock photos, which depict both a loose (pre-)production sample and sample in packaging, show the figure with ''both'' hands retooled to be compatible with ''Cyberverse'' weapons. The final toy only features the new right hand.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' ''[[Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]'' Legion Class [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#BoltBumblebee|"Bolt" Bumblebee]] was retooled from ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Legends Class (2005)|Legends Class]] [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Legends Class toys 2|Bumblebee]] by giving him a new right hand that's compatible with ''Cyberverse'' weapons sporting [[c joint|3mm pegs]]. And while both his [[instructions]] (which depict a "gray model" prototype) and the stock photos featured on the back of his packaging (which depict a hand-painted prototype) in fact only show the new right hand, a second set of stock photos, which depict both a loose (pre-)production sample and sample in packaging, show the figure with ''both'' hands retooled to be compatible with ''Cyberverse'' weapons. The final toy only features the new right hand.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{-}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{-}}</div></td></tr> </table>

Cyberlink420 https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Design_change&diff=1746511&oldid=prev Nevermore: /* Design change or unreleased toy? */ 2024-02-11T13:29:14Z

<p><span class="autocomment">Design change or unreleased toy?</span></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 13:29, 11 February 2024</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l50">Line 50:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 50:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:GenerationsNightbeatJazzvsBumblebees.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Mystery time!]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:GenerationsNightbeatJazzvsBumblebees.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Mystery time!]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:DeviceLabel-Dinobot.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Now Different Products...]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:DeviceLabel-Dinobot.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Now Different Products...]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[File:Generations_Armada_Convoy_Prototype.jpeg|thumb|Stop complaining already. We finally got a new ''Armada'' Optimus Prime.]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The distinction between actual design changes and [[unreleased toy]]s isn't always clear: While instances where toys were flat out replaced with entirely different toys (for example the [[Mini-Con]]s [[Brakedown (Energon)|Brakedown]], [[Override (Energon)|Override]] and [[Clocker (Energon)|Clocker]] that were intended to come with ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Ultra Magnus (Energon)#Energon|Ultra Magnus]], but were swapped out at essentially the last possible minute for a redecoed [[Space Mini-Con Team]], or the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' "[[Landslide (Decepticon)|Landslide]]" redeco of [[Mudflap (Cybertron)#Cybertron|Mudflap]] that was replaced with [[Vector Prime#CGFVectorPrime|Galaxy Force Vector Prime]]) count as unreleased toys, there are several instances where a toy was kinda, sorta replaced with a different toy, but that toy still contains enough remnants of the originally intended one to qualify as a severe instance of a "design change".</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The distinction between actual design changes and [[unreleased toy]]s isn't always clear: While instances where toys were flat out replaced with entirely different toys (for example the [[Mini-Con]]s [[Brakedown (Energon)|Brakedown]], [[Override (Energon)|Override]] and [[Clocker (Energon)|Clocker]] that were intended to come with ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Ultra Magnus (Energon)#Energon|Ultra Magnus]], but were swapped out at essentially the last possible minute for a redecoed [[Space Mini-Con Team]], or the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' "[[Landslide (Decepticon)|Landslide]]" redeco of [[Mudflap (Cybertron)#Cybertron|Mudflap]] that was replaced with [[Vector Prime#CGFVectorPrime|Galaxy Force Vector Prime]]) count as unreleased toys, there are several instances where a toy was kinda, sorta replaced with a different toy, but that toy still contains enough remnants of the originally intended one to qualify as a severe instance of a "design change".</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*The [[:File:PrototypeTHB.jpg|original prototype]] of Battle Convoy, the ''Diaclone'' predecessor of the [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Generation 1|original Optimus Prime toy]], was completely different from the final product.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*The [[:File:PrototypeTHB.jpg|original prototype]] of Battle Convoy, the ''Diaclone'' predecessor of the [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Generation 1|original Optimus Prime toy]], was completely different from the final product.</div></td></tr> </table>

Nevermore https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Design_change&diff=1746435&oldid=prev Nevermore: /* Design change or unreleased toy? */ 2024-02-11T00:43:15Z

<p><span class="autocomment">Design change or unreleased toy?</span></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 00:43, 11 February 2024</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l60">Line 60:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 60:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' ''[[Thrilling 30]]'' Deluxe Class [[Nightbeat (G1)#Generations|Nightbeat]] was originally intended as a [[retool]] and [[redeco]] of [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|2010 ''Transformers'']] ''[[Transformers (2010 toyline)#Hasbro Reveal the Shield subline|Reveal the Shield]]'' [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Transformers (2010)|Special Ops Jazz]], but ultimately ended up as a retool of ''Generations'' ''Thrilling 30'' Deluxe Class [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Deluxe|Bumblebee]] instead.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' ''[[Thrilling 30]]'' Deluxe Class [[Nightbeat (G1)#Generations|Nightbeat]] was originally intended as a [[retool]] and [[redeco]] of [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|2010 ''Transformers'']] ''[[Transformers (2010 toyline)#Hasbro Reveal the Shield subline|Reveal the Shield]]'' [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Transformers (2010)|Special Ops Jazz]], but ultimately ended up as a retool of ''Generations'' ''Thrilling 30'' Deluxe Class [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Deluxe|Bumblebee]] instead.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*Hasbro initially intended to redeco ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' [[Rook (CW)#Generations|Rook]] into [[Brawl (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Brawl]] using the figure's ultimately-never-used alternate pretool head, before deciding to create a completely new sculpt for Brawl, as confirmed by [[Fun Publications]]' [[Jesse Wittenrich]] and [[Pete Sinclair]]. Later, Hasbro also considered using the concept of Rook with Brawl's head as the basis for a figure named "[[Ironclad]]", a [[trademark]]-friendly renaming of [[Ironfist (G1)|Ironfist]], that would have formed a component of an earlier planning stage of ''Combiner Wars'' [[Computron (G1)#Combiner Wars|Computron]]. The unused Brawl/"Ironclad" head was later used as a reference for the head of the reformatted [[Brawn (SG)|X-Brawn]] in Fun Publications' [[Out of the One, Many|part 5]] of [[Fun Publications]]' "[[Another Light]]" comic.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*Hasbro initially intended to redeco ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' [[Rook (CW)#Generations|Rook]] into [[Brawl (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Brawl]] using the figure's ultimately-never-used alternate pretool head, before deciding to create a completely new sculpt for Brawl, as confirmed by [[Fun Publications]]' [[Jesse Wittenrich]] and [[Pete Sinclair]]. Later, Hasbro also considered using the concept of Rook with Brawl's head as the basis for a figure named "[[Ironclad]]", a [[trademark]]-friendly renaming of [[Ironfist (G1)|Ironfist]], that would have formed a component of an earlier planning stage of ''Combiner Wars'' [[Computron (G1)#Combiner Wars|Computron]]. The unused Brawl/"Ironclad" head was later used as a reference for the head of the reformatted [[Brawn (SG)|X-Brawn]] in Fun Publications' [[Out of the One, Many|part 5]] of [[Fun Publications]]' "[[Another Light]]" comic.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">*At the Wonder Festival 2019 Winter convention, TakaraTomy displayed a gray prototype of "[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#Canceled prototype|Armada Convoy]]" (i.e. ''Armada'' Optimus Prime), with no specific toy line in mind at the time. Four years later, Hasbro and TakaraTomy released [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#Legacy|an entitely different take on "Armada Universe Optimus Prime"]] as part of the ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy]]'' line, which was ''not'' based on the 2019 prototype.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*In some instances, the physical toy itself was released as intended, but was given an entirely different deco, complete with a new identity, with the originally intended deco remaining unused:</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*In some instances, the physical toy itself was released as intended, but was given an entirely different deco, complete with a new identity, with the originally intended deco remaining unused:</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:*The retool of ''Alternators/Binaltech'' [[Hound (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Autobot Hound]] (a Jeep Wrangler) was originally intended as [[Trailbreaker (G1)/toys#Other attempts|Trailbreaker]], but was instead released in different colors (though including the "Trailbreaker" head) as Decepticon [[Swindle (G1)#Alternators/Binaltech|Swindle]], and later as the Hasbro-only Autobot [[Rollbar (G1)#Alternators|Rollbar]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:*The retool of ''Alternators/Binaltech'' [[Hound (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Autobot Hound]] (a Jeep Wrangler) was originally intended as [[Trailbreaker (G1)/toys#Other attempts|Trailbreaker]], but was instead released in different colors (though including the "Trailbreaker" head) as Decepticon [[Swindle (G1)#Alternators/Binaltech|Swindle]], and later as the Hasbro-only Autobot [[Rollbar (G1)#Alternators|Rollbar]].</div></td></tr> </table>

Nevermore https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Design_change&diff=1673419&oldid=prev Nevermore: /* Design change or unreleased toy? */ 2023-02-12T11:09:37Z

<p><span class="autocomment">Design change or unreleased toy?</span></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 11:09, 12 February 2023</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l55">Line 55:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 55:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*The ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators/Binaltech]]'' line was ''full'' of these:</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*The ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators/Binaltech]]'' line was ''full'' of these:</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:*When General Motors temporarily refused Hasbro and Takara the permission to release [[Tracks (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Tracks]] as a Chevrolet Corvette, the two toy companies struck a deal with what was then then DaimlerChrysler, who were supposedly considerably more cooperative, and came up with a substitute design for Tracks as a Dodge Viper. However, when General Motors allowed them to use the Corvette likeness after all, the Viper figure was slightly tweaked, given a new head sculpt and released as [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Side Swipe/Lambor]] instead, while the head sculpt originally created for Tracks as a Viper ended up being used for the dusted off Tracks-as-a-Corvette design.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:*When General Motors temporarily refused Hasbro and Takara the permission to release [[Tracks (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Tracks]] as a Chevrolet Corvette, the two toy companies struck a deal with what was then then DaimlerChrysler, who were supposedly considerably more cooperative, and came up with a substitute design for Tracks as a Dodge Viper. However, when General Motors allowed them to use the Corvette likeness after all, the Viper figure was slightly tweaked, given a new head sculpt and released as [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Side Swipe/Lambor]] instead, while the head sculpt originally created for Tracks as a Viper ended up being used for the dusted off Tracks-as-a-Corvette design.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">:*The retool of ''Alternators/Binaltech'' [[Hound (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Autobot Hound]] (a Jeep Wrangler) was originally intended as [[Trailbreaker (G1)/toys#Other attempts|Trailbreaker]], but was instead released in different colors (though including the "Trailbreaker" head) as Decepticon [[Swindle (G1)#Alternators/Binaltech|Swindle]], and later as the Hasbro-only Autobot [[Rollbar (G1)#Alternators|Rollbar]].</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:*The retool of ''Alternators/Binaltech'' [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Grimlock]] was originally planned to be [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] (presumably in red), with the vehicle mode being a Ford Mustang convertible. Ultimately, however, the toy ended up as [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Wheeljack]] instead, with a different head sculpt. The head sculpt originally intended for Ford-Windcharger eventually ended up being used for a Hasbro-only retool of the actual "Windcharger" toy (the Honda S2000 sculpt) instead, as a new character named "[[Decepticharge]]". Furthermore, Takara intended to release their own version of the Honda S2000 featuring the "Windcharger" head, "[[Blackarachnia (BW)/toys#Binaltech|Blackwidow]]", which ultimately fell victim to the ''Binaltech'' line being put on indefinite hiatus, though TakaraTomy later released a Japan-only redeco as female Autobot [[Arcee (G1)/toys#Binaltech|Arcee]] instead.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:*The retool of ''Alternators/Binaltech'' [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Grimlock]] was originally planned to be [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] (presumably in red), with the vehicle mode being a Ford Mustang convertible. Ultimately, however, the toy ended up as [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Wheeljack]] instead, with a different head sculpt. The head sculpt originally intended for Ford-Windcharger eventually ended up being used for a Hasbro-only retool of the actual "Windcharger" toy (the Honda S2000 sculpt) instead, as a new character named "[[Decepticharge]]". Furthermore, Takara intended to release their own version of the Honda S2000 featuring the "Windcharger" head, "[[Blackarachnia (BW)/toys#Binaltech|Blackwidow]]", which ultimately fell victim to the ''Binaltech'' line being put on indefinite hiatus, though TakaraTomy later released a Japan-only redeco as female Autobot [[Arcee (G1)/toys#Binaltech|Arcee]] instead.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:*''Alternators/Binaltech'' [[Prowl (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Prowl]] was originally intended as [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], with a different head sculpt that remains unused.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:*''Alternators/Binaltech'' [[Prowl (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Prowl]] was originally intended as [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], with a different head sculpt that remains unused.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:*''Alternators'' [[Rumble (G1)/toys#Alternators|Decepticon Rumble]] was originally revealed at the UK Toy Fair in the form of early concept art that bore very little resemblance to the final toy, aside from both having a Honda Civic Si for their alternate mode, and both being based on ''Generation 1'' Rumble.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:*''Alternators'' [[Rumble (G1)/toys#Alternators|Decepticon Rumble]] was originally revealed at the UK Toy Fair in the form of early concept art that bore very little resemblance to the final toy, aside from both having a Honda Civic Si for their alternate mode, and both being based on ''Generation 1'' Rumble.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">*Early [[BigBadToyStore]] solicitations for the two ''[[Transformers Device Label|Device Label]]'' optical mice depicted them with ''[[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]]'' [[Overkill (G1)#Device Label|Overkill]] and ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Dinobot (BW)#Device Label|Dinobot]]'s color schemes, but those were almost immediately supplanted by solicitations for [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Device Label|Grimlock]] and "[[Trypticon (G1)#Device Label|Dinosaurer]]" (Trypticon), once better information was had.</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' ''[[Thrilling 30]]'' Deluxe Class [[Nightbeat (G1)#Generations|Nightbeat]] was originally intended as a [[retool]] and [[redeco]] of [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|2010 ''Transformers'']] ''[[Transformers (2010 toyline)#Hasbro Reveal the Shield subline|Reveal the Shield]]'' [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Transformers (2010)|Special Ops Jazz]], but ultimately ended up as a retool of ''Generations'' ''Thrilling 30'' Deluxe Class [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Deluxe|Bumblebee]] instead.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' ''[[Thrilling 30]]'' Deluxe Class [[Nightbeat (G1)#Generations|Nightbeat]] was originally intended as a [[retool]] and [[redeco]] of [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|2010 ''Transformers'']] ''[[Transformers (2010 toyline)#Hasbro Reveal the Shield subline|Reveal the Shield]]'' [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Transformers (2010)|Special Ops Jazz]], but ultimately ended up as a retool of ''Generations'' ''Thrilling 30'' Deluxe Class [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Deluxe|Bumblebee]] instead.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">*An early solicitation for the ''[[Hero Mashers]]'' line depicted a version of [[Bludgeon (disambiguation)|Bludgeon]] as part of the "Action Figures" assortment. The sculpt was eventually released in entirely different colors as [[Drift (AOE)#Hero Mashers|Autobot Drift]] instead.</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*Hasbro initially intended to redeco ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' [[Rook (CW)#Generations|Rook]] into [[Brawl (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Brawl]] using the figure's ultimately-never-used alternate pretool head, before deciding to create a completely new sculpt for Brawl, as confirmed by [[Fun Publications]]' [[Jesse Wittenrich]] and [[Pete Sinclair]]. Later, Hasbro also considered using the concept of Rook with Brawl's head as the basis for a figure named "[[Ironclad]]", a [[trademark]]-friendly renaming of [[Ironfist (G1)|Ironfist]], that would have formed a component of an earlier planning stage of ''Combiner Wars'' [[Computron (G1)#Combiner Wars|Computron]]. The unused Brawl/"Ironclad" head was later used as a reference for the head of the reformatted [[Brawn (SG)|X-Brawn]] in Fun Publications' [[Out of the One, Many|part 5]] of [[Fun Publications]]' "[[Another Light]]" comic.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*Hasbro initially intended to redeco ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' [[Rook (CW)#Generations|Rook]] into [[Brawl (G1)/toys#Combiner Wars|Brawl]] using the figure's ultimately-never-used alternate pretool head, before deciding to create a completely new sculpt for Brawl, as confirmed by [[Fun Publications]]' [[Jesse Wittenrich]] and [[Pete Sinclair]]. Later, Hasbro also considered using the concept of Rook with Brawl's head as the basis for a figure named "[[Ironclad]]", a [[trademark]]-friendly renaming of [[Ironfist (G1)|Ironfist]], that would have formed a component of an earlier planning stage of ''Combiner Wars'' [[Computron (G1)#Combiner Wars|Computron]]. The unused Brawl/"Ironclad" head was later used as a reference for the head of the reformatted [[Brawn (SG)|X-Brawn]] in Fun Publications' [[Out of the One, Many|part 5]] of [[Fun Publications]]' "[[Another Light]]" comic.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">*In some instances, the physical toy itself was released as intended, but was given an entirely different deco, complete with a new identity, with the originally intended deco remaining unused:</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">:*The retool of ''Alternators/Binaltech'' [[Hound (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Autobot Hound]] (a Jeep Wrangler) was originally intended as [[Trailbreaker (G1)/toys#Other attempts|Trailbreaker]], but was instead released in different colors (though including the "Trailbreaker" head) as Decepticon [[Swindle (G1)#Alternators/Binaltech|Swindle]], and later as the Hasbro-only Autobot [[Rollbar (G1)#Alternators|Rollbar]].</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">:*Early [[BigBadToyStore]] solicitations for the two ''[[Transformers Device Label|Device Label]]'' optical mice depicted them with ''[[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]]'' [[Overkill (G1)#Device Label|Overkill]] and ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Dinobot (BW)#Device Label|Dinobot]]'s color schemes, but those were almost immediately supplanted by solicitations for [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Device Label|Grimlock]] and "[[Trypticon (G1)#Device Label|Dinosaurer]]" (Trypticon), once better information was had.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">:*An early solicitation for the ''[[Hero Mashers]]'' line depicted a version of [[Bludgeon (disambiguation)|Bludgeon]] as part of the "Action Figures" assortment. The sculpt was eventually released in entirely different colors as [[Drift (AOE)#Hero Mashers|Autobot Drift]] instead.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{Note|Honorable mention goes to the [[BotCon 2010]] ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Clench (G1)#Timelines|Clench]] figure, which was originally teased with a photoshopped image of ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' Deluxe Class [[Octane#Universe (2008)|Tankor]] in Clench's colors, whereas the final toy was a redeco of ''Universe'' Ultra Class [[Onslaught (G1)#Uni08Ultra|Onslaught]]. This was always intended as a joke, however, and the real toy was revealed shortly afterwards.}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{Note|Honorable mention goes to the [[BotCon 2010]] ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Clench (G1)#Timelines|Clench]] figure, which was originally teased with a photoshopped image of ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' Deluxe Class [[Octane#Universe (2008)|Tankor]] in Clench's colors, whereas the final toy was a redeco of ''Universe'' Ultra Class [[Onslaught (G1)#Uni08Ultra|Onslaught]]. This was always intended as a joke, however, and the real toy was revealed shortly afterwards.}}</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{-}}</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>{{-}}</div></td></tr> </table>

Nevermore https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Design_change&diff=1673418&oldid=prev Nevermore: /* Design change or unreleased toy? */ 2023-02-12T11:06:23Z

<p><span class="autocomment">Design change or unreleased toy?</span></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 11:06, 12 February 2023</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l56">Line 56:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 56:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:*When General Motors temporarily refused Hasbro and Takara the permission to release [[Tracks (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Tracks]] as a Chevrolet Corvette, the two toy companies struck a deal with what was then then DaimlerChrysler, who were supposedly considerably more cooperative, and came up with a substitute design for Tracks as a Dodge Viper. However, when General Motors allowed them to use the Corvette likeness after all, the Viper figure was slightly tweaked, given a new head sculpt and released as [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Side Swipe/Lambor]] instead, while the head sculpt originally created for Tracks as a Viper ended up being used for the dusted off Tracks-as-a-Corvette design.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:*When General Motors temporarily refused Hasbro and Takara the permission to release [[Tracks (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Tracks]] as a Chevrolet Corvette, the two toy companies struck a deal with what was then then DaimlerChrysler, who were supposedly considerably more cooperative, and came up with a substitute design for Tracks as a Dodge Viper. However, when General Motors allowed them to use the Corvette likeness after all, the Viper figure was slightly tweaked, given a new head sculpt and released as [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Side Swipe/Lambor]] instead, while the head sculpt originally created for Tracks as a Viper ended up being used for the dusted off Tracks-as-a-Corvette design.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:*The retool of ''Alternators/Binaltech'' [[Hound (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Autobot Hound]] (a Jeep Wrangler) was originally intended as [[Trailbreaker (G1)/toys#Other attempts|Trailbreaker]], but was instead released in different colors (though including the "Trailbreaker" head) as Decepticon [[Swindle (G1)#Alternators/Binaltech|Swindle]], and later as the Hasbro-only Autobot [[Rollbar (G1)#Alternators|Rollbar]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:*The retool of ''Alternators/Binaltech'' [[Hound (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Autobot Hound]] (a Jeep Wrangler) was originally intended as [[Trailbreaker (G1)/toys#Other attempts|Trailbreaker]], but was instead released in different colors (though including the "Trailbreaker" head) as Decepticon [[Swindle (G1)#Alternators/Binaltech|Swindle]], and later as the Hasbro-only Autobot [[Rollbar (G1)#Alternators|Rollbar]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:*The retool of ''Alternators/Binaltech'' [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Grimlock]] was originally planned to be [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] (presumably in red), with the vehicle mode being a convertible. Ultimately, however, the toy ended up as [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Wheeljack]] instead, with a different head sculpt. The head sculpt originally intended for Ford-Windcharger eventually ended up being used for a Hasbro-only retool of the actual "Windcharger" toy (the Honda S2000 sculpt) instead, as a new character named "[[Decepticharge]]". Furthermore, Takara intended to release their own version of the Honda S2000 featuring the "Windcharger" head, "[[Blackarachnia (BW)/toys#Binaltech|Blackwidow]]", which ultimately fell victim to the ''Binaltech'' line being put on indefinite hiatus, though TakaraTomy later released a Japan-only redeco as female Autobot [[Arcee (G1)/toys#Binaltech|Arcee]] instead.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:*The retool of ''Alternators/Binaltech'' [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Grimlock]] was originally planned to be [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] (presumably in red), with the vehicle mode being a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Ford Mustang </ins>convertible. Ultimately, however, the toy ended up as [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Wheeljack]] instead, with a different head sculpt. The head sculpt originally intended for Ford-Windcharger eventually ended up being used for a Hasbro-only retool of the actual "Windcharger" toy (the Honda S2000 sculpt) instead, as a new character named "[[Decepticharge]]". Furthermore, Takara intended to release their own version of the Honda S2000 featuring the "Windcharger" head, "[[Blackarachnia (BW)/toys#Binaltech|Blackwidow]]", which ultimately fell victim to the ''Binaltech'' line being put on indefinite hiatus, though TakaraTomy later released a Japan-only redeco as female Autobot [[Arcee (G1)/toys#Binaltech|Arcee]] instead.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:*''Alternators/Binaltech'' [[Prowl (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Prowl]] was originally intended as [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], with a different head sculpt that remains unused.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:*''Alternators/Binaltech'' [[Prowl (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Prowl]] was originally intended as [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], with a different head sculpt that remains unused.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:*''Alternators'' [[Rumble (G1)/toys#Alternators|Decepticon Rumble]] was originally revealed at the UK Toy Fair in the form of early concept art that bore very little resemblance to the final toy, aside from both having a Honda Civic Si for their alternate mode, and both being based on ''Generation 1'' Rumble.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:*''Alternators'' [[Rumble (G1)/toys#Alternators|Decepticon Rumble]] was originally revealed at the UK Toy Fair in the form of early concept art that bore very little resemblance to the final toy, aside from both having a Honda Civic Si for their alternate mode, and both being based on ''Generation 1'' Rumble.</div></td></tr> </table>

Nevermore https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Design_change&diff=1673257&oldid=prev Nevermore: /* Design change or unreleased toy? */ 2023-02-11T18:08:09Z

<p><span class="autocomment">Design change or unreleased toy?</span></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 18:08, 11 February 2023</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l54">Line 54:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 54:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*Likewise, the [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys#Notes|original prototype]] of ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys#Armada|Hot Shot]] (depicted in Japanese magazines and early Hasbro solicitation photos) was abandoned and redesigned from scratch prior to release.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*Likewise, the [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys#Notes|original prototype]] of ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys#Armada|Hot Shot]] (depicted in Japanese magazines and early Hasbro solicitation photos) was abandoned and redesigned from scratch prior to release.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*The ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators/Binaltech]]'' line was ''full'' of these:</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*The ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators/Binaltech]]'' line was ''full'' of these:</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:*When General Motors temporarily refused Hasbro and Takara the permission to release [[Tracks (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Tracks]] as a Chevrolet Corvette, the two toy companies struck a deal with what was then then DaimlerChrysler, who were supposedly considerably more cooperative, and came up with a <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">substitite </del>design for Tracks as a Dodge Viper. However, when General Motors allowed them to use the Corvette likeness after all, the Viper figure was slightly tweaked, given a new head sculpt and released as [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Side Swipe/Lambor]] instead, while the head sculpt originally created for Tracks as a Viper ended up being used for the dusted off Tracks-as-a-Corvette design.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:*When General Motors temporarily refused Hasbro and Takara the permission to release [[Tracks (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Tracks]] as a Chevrolet Corvette, the two toy companies struck a deal with what was then then DaimlerChrysler, who were supposedly considerably more cooperative, and came up with a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">substitute </ins>design for Tracks as a Dodge Viper. However, when General Motors allowed them to use the Corvette likeness after all, the Viper figure was slightly tweaked, given a new head sculpt and released as [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Side Swipe/Lambor]] instead, while the head sculpt originally created for Tracks as a Viper ended up being used for the dusted off Tracks-as-a-Corvette design.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:*The retool of ''Alternators/Binaltech'' [[Hound (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Autobot Hound]] (a Jeep Wrangler) was originally intended as [[Trailbreaker (G1)/toys#Other attempts|Trailbreaker]], but was instead released in different colors (though including the "Trailbreaker" head) as Decepticon [[Swindle (G1)#Alternators/Binaltech|Swindle]], and later as the Hasbro-only Autobot [[Rollbar (G1)#Alternators|Rollbar]].</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:*The retool of ''Alternators/Binaltech'' [[Hound (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Autobot Hound]] (a Jeep Wrangler) was originally intended as [[Trailbreaker (G1)/toys#Other attempts|Trailbreaker]], but was instead released in different colors (though including the "Trailbreaker" head) as Decepticon [[Swindle (G1)#Alternators/Binaltech|Swindle]], and later as the Hasbro-only Autobot [[Rollbar (G1)#Alternators|Rollbar]].</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:*The retool of ''Alternators/Binaltech'' [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Grimlock]] was originally planned to be [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] (presumably in red), with the vehicle mode being a convertible. Ultimately, however, the toy ended up as [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Wheeljack]] instead, with a different head sculpt. The head sculpt originally intended for Ford-Windcharger eventually ended up being used for a Hasbro-only retool of the actual "Windcharger" toy (the Honda S2000 sculpt) instead, as a new character named "[[Decepticharge]]". Furthermore, Takara intended to release their own version of the Honda S2000 featuring the "Windcharger" head, "[[Blackarachnia (BW)/toys#Binaltech|Blackwidow]]", which ultimately fell victim to the ''Binaltech'' line being put on indefinite hiatus, though TakaraTomy later released a Japan-only redeco as female Autobot [[Arcee (G1)/toys#Binaltech|Arcee]] instead.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:*The retool of ''Alternators/Binaltech'' [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Grimlock]] was originally planned to be [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] (presumably in red), with the vehicle mode being a convertible. Ultimately, however, the toy ended up as [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Wheeljack]] instead, with a different head sculpt. The head sculpt originally intended for Ford-Windcharger eventually ended up being used for a Hasbro-only retool of the actual "Windcharger" toy (the Honda S2000 sculpt) instead, as a new character named "[[Decepticharge]]". Furthermore, Takara intended to release their own version of the Honda S2000 featuring the "Windcharger" head, "[[Blackarachnia (BW)/toys#Binaltech|Blackwidow]]", which ultimately fell victim to the ''Binaltech'' line being put on indefinite hiatus, though TakaraTomy later released a Japan-only redeco as female Autobot [[Arcee (G1)/toys#Binaltech|Arcee]] instead.</div></td></tr> </table>

Nevermore https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Design_change&diff=1673245&oldid=prev Nevermore: /* Design change or unreleased toy? */ 2023-02-11T16:54:36Z

<p><span class="autocomment">Design change or unreleased toy?</span></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 16:54, 11 February 2023</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l53">Line 53:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 53:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*The [[:File:PrototypeTHB.jpg|original prototype]] of Battle Convoy, the ''Diaclone'' predecessor of the [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Generation 1|original Optimus Prime toy]], was completely different from the final product.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*The [[:File:PrototypeTHB.jpg|original prototype]] of Battle Convoy, the ''Diaclone'' predecessor of the [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Generation 1|original Optimus Prime toy]], was completely different from the final product.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*Likewise, the [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys#Notes|original prototype]] of ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys#Armada|Hot Shot]] (depicted in Japanese magazines and early Hasbro solicitation photos) was abandoned and redesigned from scratch prior to release.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*Likewise, the [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys#Notes|original prototype]] of ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys#Armada|Hot Shot]] (depicted in Japanese magazines and early Hasbro solicitation photos) was abandoned and redesigned from scratch prior to release.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*The retool of ''[[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Transformers: </del>Alternators|Alternators/Binaltech]]'' [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Grimlock]] was originally planned to be [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] (presumably in red), with the vehicle mode being a convertible. Ultimately, however, the toy ended up as [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Wheeljack]] instead, with a different head sculpt. The head sculpt originally intended for Ford-Windcharger eventually ended up being used for <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the </del>retool of the actual "Windcharger" toy (the Honda S2000 sculpt) instead, as a new character named "[[Decepticharge]]".</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">*The ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators/Binaltech]]'' line was ''full'' of these:</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*''Alternators/Binaltech'' [[Prowl (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Prowl]] was originally intended as [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], with a different head sculpt that remains unused.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">:*When General Motors temporarily refused Hasbro and Takara the permission to release [[Tracks (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Tracks]] as a Chevrolet Corvette, the two toy companies struck a deal with what was then then DaimlerChrysler, who were supposedly considerably more cooperative, and came up with a substitite design for Tracks as a Dodge Viper. However, when General Motors allowed them to use the Corvette likeness after all, the Viper figure was slightly tweaked, given a new head sculpt and released as [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Side Swipe/Lambor]] instead, while the head sculpt originally created for Tracks as a Viper ended up being used for the dusted off Tracks-as-a-Corvette design.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:''Alternators'' [[Rumble (G1)/toys#Alternators|Decepticon Rumble]] was originally revealed at the UK Toy Fair in the form of early concept art that bore very little resemblance to the final toy, aside from both having a Honda Civic Si for their alternate mode, and both being based on ''Generation 1'' Rumble.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">:</ins>*The retool of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''Alternators/Binaltech</ins>'' [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Hound (G1)/toys#</ins>Alternators<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">/Binaltech</ins>|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Autobot Hound]] (a Jeep Wrangler) was originally intended as [[Trailbreaker (G1)/toys#Other attempts|Trailbreaker]], but was instead released in different colors (though including the "Trailbreaker" head) as Decepticon [[Swindle (G1)#</ins>Alternators/Binaltech<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">|Swindle</ins>]]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, and later as the Hasbro-only Autobot [[Rollbar (G1)#Alternators|Rollbar]].</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">:*The retool of ''Alternators/Binaltech</ins>'' [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Grimlock]] was originally planned to be [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] (presumably in red), with the vehicle mode being a convertible. Ultimately, however, the toy ended up as [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Wheeljack]] instead, with a different head sculpt. The head sculpt originally intended for Ford-Windcharger eventually ended up being used for <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">a Hasbro-only </ins>retool of the actual "Windcharger" toy (the Honda S2000 sculpt) instead, as a new character named "[[Decepticharge]]"<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. Furthermore, Takara intended to release their own version of the Honda S2000 featuring the "Windcharger" head, "[[Blackarachnia (BW)/toys#Binaltech|Blackwidow]]", which ultimately fell victim to the ''Binaltech'' line being put on indefinite hiatus, though TakaraTomy later released a Japan-only redeco as female Autobot [[Arcee (G1)/toys#Binaltech|Arcee]] instead</ins>.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">:</ins>*''Alternators/Binaltech'' [[Prowl (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Prowl]] was originally intended as [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], with a different head sculpt that remains unused.</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>:<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">*</ins>''Alternators'' [[Rumble (G1)/toys#Alternators|Decepticon Rumble]] was originally revealed at the UK Toy Fair in the form of early concept art that bore very little resemblance to the final toy, aside from both having a Honda Civic Si for their alternate mode, and both being based on ''Generation 1'' Rumble.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*Early [[BigBadToyStore]] solicitations for the two ''[[Transformers Device Label|Device Label]]'' optical mice depicted them with ''[[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]]'' [[Overkill (G1)#Device Label|Overkill]] and ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Dinobot (BW)#Device Label|Dinobot]]'s color schemes, but those were almost immediately supplanted by solicitations for [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Device Label|Grimlock]] and "[[Trypticon (G1)#Device Label|Dinosaurer]]" (Trypticon), once better information was had.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*Early [[BigBadToyStore]] solicitations for the two ''[[Transformers Device Label|Device Label]]'' optical mice depicted them with ''[[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]]'' [[Overkill (G1)#Device Label|Overkill]] and ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Dinobot (BW)#Device Label|Dinobot]]'s color schemes, but those were almost immediately supplanted by solicitations for [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Device Label|Grimlock]] and "[[Trypticon (G1)#Device Label|Dinosaurer]]" (Trypticon), once better information was had.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' ''[[Thrilling 30]]'' Deluxe Class [[Nightbeat (G1)#Generations|Nightbeat]] was originally intended as a [[retool]] and [[redeco]] of [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|2010 ''Transformers'']] ''[[Transformers (2010 toyline)#Hasbro Reveal the Shield subline|Reveal the Shield]]'' [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Transformers (2010)|Special Ops Jazz]], but ultimately ended up as a retool of ''Generations'' ''Thrilling 30'' Deluxe Class [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Deluxe|Bumblebee]] instead.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' ''[[Thrilling 30]]'' Deluxe Class [[Nightbeat (G1)#Generations|Nightbeat]] was originally intended as a [[retool]] and [[redeco]] of [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|2010 ''Transformers'']] ''[[Transformers (2010 toyline)#Hasbro Reveal the Shield subline|Reveal the Shield]]'' [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Transformers (2010)|Special Ops Jazz]], but ultimately ended up as a retool of ''Generations'' ''Thrilling 30'' Deluxe Class [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Deluxe|Bumblebee]] instead.</div></td></tr> </table>

Nevermore https://tfwiki.duckdns.org/index.php?title=Design_change&diff=1650786&oldid=prev Turborun at 05:01, 13 November 2022 2022-11-13T05:01:39Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 05:01, 13 November 2022</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l25">Line 25:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 25:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*''[[The Transformers (toyline)#Generation 1|Generation 1]]'' [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain's]] original prototype featured a sliding mechanism to extend his arms, which was neutered for the final toy. The arms were still cast in multiple parts, and they ''look'' like they could still be extended... but they can't.<ref name="astro">[http://www.tf-1.com/articles/reissue/Animeastro_template.html G1 Astrotrain's original prototype] at TF-1.com</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*''[[The Transformers (toyline)#Generation 1|Generation 1]]'' [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain's]] original prototype featured a sliding mechanism to extend his arms, which was neutered for the final toy. The arms were still cast in multiple parts, and they ''look'' like they could still be extended... but they can't.<ref name="astro">[http://www.tf-1.com/articles/reissue/Animeastro_template.html G1 Astrotrain's original prototype] at TF-1.com</ref></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*Generation 1 [[Octane#Generation 1|Octane]] has a blocked-off internal mechanism which would have been used to make his torso slide become more proportional.<ref name="octane">[http://www.ntfa.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=2234&amp;mode=threaded&amp;pid=36400 "The many secrets of Octane... Now with pictures!" on NTFA forums]</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*Generation 1 [[Octane#Generation 1|Octane]] has a blocked-off internal mechanism which would have been used to make his torso slide become more proportional.<ref name="octane">[http://www.ntfa.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=2234&amp;mode=threaded&amp;pid=36400 "The many secrets of Octane... Now with pictures!" on NTFA forums]</ref></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Jawbreaker#Beast Wars|Jawbreaker]]'s hyena jaws were designed to flip out of the skull, creating a more proper "hand" for the robot mode. The toy is depicted in this posture in official pictures. While all the necessary articulation is there on the final release, the feature was effectively removed through the later addition of rigid pegs inside the skull that permanently affix the jaws in place. It is possible to [[customizing|sever these pegs with a narrow blade]] and reactivate the feature. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Jawbreaker <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">(BW)</ins>#Beast Wars|Jawbreaker]]'s hyena jaws were designed to flip out of the skull, creating a more proper "hand" for the robot mode. The toy is depicted in this posture in official pictures. While all the necessary articulation is there on the final release, the feature was effectively removed through the later addition of rigid pegs inside the skull that permanently affix the jaws in place. It is possible to [[customizing|sever these pegs with a narrow blade]] and reactivate the feature. </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators/Binaltech]]'' [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Side Swipe]] was originally intended as [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], back when [[General Motors]] refused to grant Hasbro and Takara the license for the Chevrolet Corvette. The doors were originally designed to serve as "wings" in robot mode. After GM had a change of heart, Tracks was released as a Corvette after all (using the new head sculpt originally designed for the Dodge Viper), whereas the Viper was slightly redesigned (with a new head sculpt and the doors now hanging down on the sides of the arms) and released as Side Swipe instead.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators/Binaltech]]'' [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Side Swipe]] was originally intended as [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], back when [[General Motors]] refused to grant Hasbro and Takara the license for the Chevrolet Corvette. The doors were originally designed to serve as "wings" in robot mode. After GM had a change of heart, Tracks was released as a Corvette after all (using the new head sculpt originally designed for the Dodge Viper), whereas the Viper was slightly redesigned (with a new head sculpt and the doors now hanging down on the sides of the arms) and released as Side Swipe instead.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Alternators Tracks Arm Cannons Springs.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|Bummer.]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Alternators Tracks Arm Cannons Springs.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|Bummer.]]</div></td></tr> </table>

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