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* According to [[Shawn Kelly]], the [[Industrial Light & Magic|ILM]] lead animator for ''Revenge of the Fallen'', Devastator caused a computer to catch fire spontaneously and its insides to melt<ref>''[[Nickelodeon]] Magazine'', issue 153, published June 2009</ref> during an overnight rendering and no one was in the studio.<ref>https://twitter.com/Shawnimator/status/1816858494882189453</ref> While one assumes he was exaggerating for the purposes of publicity, as it is improbable for modern computers to actually catch fire under operations for which they are designed (such as such as rendering an extremely complex model), ILM visual effects sequence supervisor Todd Vaziri notes that even with massive amounts of RAM the computer was not able to handle rendering the shots. The special features on the ROTF DVD reenacted the incident by pretending to have one of the sequences saved with all the high-resolution textures and calling across the office to have an animator open the scene, leading to a fake mushroom cloud of smoke blow over the cubicle walls as the poor animator walked over, his entire shirt covered in soot from his keyboard exploding, asking them "What the hell?"
* According to [[Shawn Kelly]], the [[Industrial Light & Magic|ILM]] lead animator for ''Revenge of the Fallen'', Devastator caused a computer to catch fire spontaneously and its insides to melt<ref>''[[Nickelodeon]] Magazine'', issue 153, published June 2009</ref> during an overnight rendering and no one was in the studio.<ref>https://twitter.com/Shawnimator/status/1816858494882189453</ref> While one assumes he was exaggerating for the purposes of publicity, as it is improbable for modern computers to actually catch fire under operations for which they are designed (such as such as rendering an extremely complex model), ILM visual effects sequence supervisor Todd Vaziri notes that even with massive amounts of RAM the computer was not able to handle rendering the shots. The special features on the ROTF DVD reenacted the incident by pretending to have one of the sequences saved with all the high-resolution textures and calling across the office to have an animator open the scene, leading to a fake mushroom cloud of smoke blow over the cubicle walls as the poor animator walked over, his entire shirt covered in soot from his keyboard exploding, asking them "What the hell?"


==AI sucks==
==Star Eagle==
wanna update [[Transformers (2023) issue 13#Errors]] to be more detailed like [[Transformers (2023) issue 25#Errors]]
 
{{inprogress}}
'''Star Eagle''' is a [[Maximal]] who celebrates the [[United States of America]].
 
==Toys==
[[File:USA Star Eagle Toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|"The DOW is over 50,000!"]]
:*''Accessories'': 2 rocket blasters
{{toydesigner|[[Yūya Ōnishi]] (TakaraTomy)}}
 
: Releasing to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the United States signing their Declaration of Independence, "Star Eagle" is a redeco of Deluxe Class [[Airazor (BW)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Airazor]] from the ''[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Kingdom]]'' line, transforming into a realistic peregrine falcon colored as a red, white and blue bald eagle in 22 steps. The beast mode has multiple joints in their wings, legs, and head, and an opening beak. Star Eagle includes two red rocket accessories that can be held in their hands and store on their beast mode rear.
 
: Due to being a redeco of Airazor, the beast mode head is visible as Star Eagle's chest in robot mode.
 
: It is currently unknown if the wings' stress mark issue from the original Airazor release is still present.
 
{{WFCKingdomAirazorMold}}
{{--}}
 
==Notes==
* Star Eagle is a part of [[Hasbro|Hasbro's]] initiative to celebrate the USA's 250th anniversary in [[2026]] among their brands. Other toylines getting the USA treatment include [[Nerf]] so children can shoot red white and blue <s>guns at each other</s> blasters at soda cans and [[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]] through [[Super7|Super7's]] licensing for a patriotic Real American experience.
* While the press release of Star Eagle omits any mention of factions, the stock photo of the box labels them as a Maximal.


* [[Francesco Mattina]] has clearly used {{w|Generative artificial intelligence|generative AI}} to create the [[:File:Transformers 2023 13 Cover E.jpg|Cover E]] version of this issue. Given his history of art plagiarism and controversy with [[DC Comics]]<ref>''We Got This Covered'' [https://wegotthiscovered.com/comicbooks/who-is-francesco-mattina-and-why-is-his-connection-to-dc-comics-now-a-controversy/ "Who is Francesco Mattina and why is his connection to DC Comics now a controversy?"] by Marco Vito Oddo, published Jun 16, 2024</ref>, Mattina's Megatron is plagued with asymmetrical inconsistencies. Key tells include:
** Somehow, a second right shoulder is there between Megatron's chest and his actual arm.
** The connection point for the left arm to the chest is a joint above where the left shoulder would be. The left arm also appears to have a second elbow somewhere between the wrist and actual elbow.
** His five right fingers are cube-shaped while his left hand has only four digits that have rounded tips. Additionally, Megatron's left fingers are all curled rather than at the knuckle joints, and is somehow able to hold an Energon cube with his awkward hands.
** The left and right sides of Megatron's torso are different from each other.
** The red lining of Megatron's upper knee joint is segmented into three parts, but his left knee doesn't have that same detail. Meanwhile, his left knee has two black and red squares on each side of the "boot" when his right knee doesn't.
:Y'know, in the history of the [[Transformers brand]] we've seen some pretty lackluster things [[Funko Pop!#And then there.27s all those dreaded NFTs|here and there]], but this? This is a new low. Let's hope [[Skybound Entertainment]] follows DC<ref>''Nerdist'' [https://nerdist.com/article/dc-comics-jim-lee-takes-firm-anti-ai-art-stance/ DC Comics' President and Chief Creative Officer Jim Lee promises that DC will never use AI, saying "AI doesn't dream, feel, or make art."]</ref> and stops allowing the use of AI in their work- [[Transformers (2023) issue 25#Errors|oh, COME ON]].


==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 23:13, 14 February 2026

It's time you learned where I really come from.

Welcome to my sandbox. Lots of things in progress, may not publish some others awaiting peer review because i always want a second set of eyes before something goes gold.

Cliffjumper DIES

Wanna update https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Myths#Other because IDW 2019 #28 previews had people think Cliffjumper died again when it was a simulation. WIP obv

  • Cliffjumper dies in every Transformers series he appears in, or is part of a franchise-wide running gag where he is killed over and over again.
I lived, bitch!
The series premiere of Transformers: Prime is well-remembered for its opening act, in which Starscream brutally kills Cliffjumper. Several years later, Cliffjumper made a prominent appearance in 2018's Bumblebee film, where he is tortured and killed by the Decepticons Shatter and Dropkick. By sheer coincidence, Cliffjumper had recently perished in IDW's concurrent Unicron miniseries; from these data points (sometimes adding in the fate of his mirror-universe self in Shattered Glass and a brief cameo in Siege that leaves his fate uncertain), some fans have extrapolated the idea that Cliffjumper must "always" die in Transformers stories, or that writers have somehow singled him out to die over and over again for the sake of comedy, not unlike the perpetually unlucky Waspinator.
The truth of the matter is a bit more nuanced. Named Transformers characters die all the time—across different works of Transformers fiction, characters named "Wheeljack" and "Blurr" have died just as often as Cliffjumper, and Bumblebee himself has died or otherwise suffered terminal damage onscreen just as often as Cliffjumper! Some of Cliffjumper's deaths were part of climactic "massacre" storylines that killed off dozens of named characters; his appearances in Bumblebee and Siege probably came down to the fact that it was easier to finagle another pre-existing character from their limited pool of robot parts by simply recoloring Bumblebee's pre-existing CGI model, rather than any kind of ulterior commentary on the character.
In contemporary comics, Cliffjumper spent years as the POV character in Fun Publications' Shattered Glass comics; more recently, he got an entire two-part adventure to himself in 2020's Transformers: Galaxies series, where he turned out just fine. However, for a brief moment when the main IDW 2019 comic series released the first few pages of issue number 28 to promote its release, said pages depicted Cliffjumper being hunted down and killed, leading to fans believing he's dead yet again[1] when in the full issue (nay, the same preview page) showed that Deathsaurus was in a virtual reality environment living out a dream fantasy of enacting revenge on Cliffjumper for the events of the Galaxies two-parter by killing him repeatedly. As of 2026, he's received a starring role in Skybound's Energon Universe comics, taking the usual "human ally" role from ... Bumblebee, who died in the very first issue. (See what we mean?)


Devastator ROTF update

original section

  • According to Shawn Kelly, the ILM lead animator for Revenge of the Fallen, Devastator caused a computer to catch fire spontaneously and its insides to melt.[2] One assumes he was exaggerating for the purposes of publicity, as it is improbable for modern computers to actually catch fire under operations for which they are designed, such as rendering an extremely complex model. The special features on the DVD do (indirectly) show one of the computers blowing, with lots of black smoke and the poor animator (and his keyboard) covered in soot. (This was all done as a prank, leading to said animator asking "What the hell, man?") Not quite melting, but still.

proposed new section

  • According to Shawn Kelly, the ILM lead animator for Revenge of the Fallen, Devastator caused a computer to catch fire spontaneously and its insides to melt[3] during an overnight rendering and no one was in the studio.[4] While one assumes he was exaggerating for the purposes of publicity, as it is improbable for modern computers to actually catch fire under operations for which they are designed (such as such as rendering an extremely complex model), ILM visual effects sequence supervisor Todd Vaziri notes that even with massive amounts of RAM the computer was not able to handle rendering the shots. The special features on the ROTF DVD reenacted the incident by pretending to have one of the sequences saved with all the high-resolution textures and calling across the office to have an animator open the scene, leading to a fake mushroom cloud of smoke blow over the cubicle walls as the poor animator walked over, his entire shirt covered in soot from his keyboard exploding, asking them "What the hell?"

Star Eagle

It is being brought.
It is being brought.
Oh, he's doin' somethin'...

Another editor is doing extensive changes to this article right now, and is requesting that all other editors hold off on any edits until their work is finished, in order to make sure nothing important gets lost.

Star Eagle is a Maximal who celebrates the United States of America.

Toys

"The DOW is over 50,000!"
  • Accessories: 2 rocket blasters
  • Known designers: Yūya Ōnishi (TakaraTomy)
Releasing to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the United States signing their Declaration of Independence, "Star Eagle" is a redeco of Deluxe Class Airazor from the Kingdom line, transforming into a realistic peregrine falcon colored as a red, white and blue bald eagle in 22 steps. The beast mode has multiple joints in their wings, legs, and head, and an opening beak. Star Eagle includes two red rocket accessories that can be held in their hands and store on their beast mode rear.
Due to being a redeco of Airazor, the beast mode head is visible as Star Eagle's chest in robot mode.
It is currently unknown if the wings' stress mark issue from the original Airazor release is still present.


Kingdom mold: Airazor

Version 1 (Raptor):

  • Hasbro/TakaraTomy:
  • TakaraTomy: Beast Wars Again BWVS-07 Airazor

Version 2 (Pteranodon):

Other:

Notes

  • Star Eagle is a part of Hasbro's initiative to celebrate the USA's 250th anniversary in 2026 among their brands. Other toylines getting the USA treatment include Nerf so children can shoot red white and blue guns at each other blasters at soda cans and G.I. Joe through Super7's licensing for a patriotic Real American experience.
  • While the press release of Star Eagle omits any mention of factions, the stock photo of the box labels them as a Maximal.


References

  1. ↑ Transformers News - TFW2005IDW’s Transformers (2019) Comic Series: Issue #28 iTunes Preview
  2. ↑ Nickelodeon Magazine, issue 153, published June 2009
  3. ↑ Nickelodeon Magazine, issue 153, published June 2009
  4. ↑ https://twitter.com/Shawnimator/status/1816858494882189453
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