Rodimus Prime remembers the Transformers greatest battle on Earth.

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Rodimus "remembers" a lot of things. When he's waving that gun around, you just smile and nod.

"Rodimus Prime remembers the Transformers [sic] greatest battle on Earth." is one in a series of mail-order flyers included with Generation 1 toys, offering various Transformers which had either been discontinued from the main line or had never been available in retail. A small amount of story content helped sell the characters.


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Stats

  • Writer: unknown<br />
  • Originally published: 1987<br />
  • Art: unknown

Synopsis

<div style="width: 90%; margin: 0 auto .2em auto; background-color:#efefef; border: 2px solid #eeeeee; padding: 2px; text-align: left;">Note: A portion of this flyer is written in the second person, recruiting the reader into S.T.A.R.S. While the story proper is presented in traditional omniscient-narrator third-person, the style of the other S.T.A.R.S.-related material suggests that this entire flyer is propaganda which exists within its own fiction.</div>

"Doot dee doot dee doo, that's certainly an inconspicuous gun and fighter jet up there..."

Rodimus Prime stands up within the "data battle center" and announces that he remembers the most crucial Transformer battle, which he calls "<u>Digital Doom on the Highway to Destruction</u>." This "legendary" conflict had taken place as an Autobot convoy led by Optimus Prime searched for a spot to build Autobot City on Earth. They were ambushed by the Decepticons Megatron and Thundercracker, the former attacking in his "machine gun" mode while the latter used his energy-zapping powers. But in response, the seemingly "innocent convoy was converted into a shower of drone rockets" and other weaponsfire.


"...awwwww SNAP!"

Rodimus's story ends abruptly there, and the reader is given a briefing on several Autobots and Decepticons. Most of them had been part of Rodimus's tale, but the additional Transformers Cliffjumper, Cosmos, and Reflector are also noted. The reader is given a halfhearted pitch for S.T.A.R.S. membership and encouraged to "expand" his or her "arsenal of Autobots and Decepticons."


(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)


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Notes

  • The flyer-incorporating-itself-into-its-own-fiction gimmick is barely present by this point. No real context is given for the message as a whole, and even the S.T.A.R.S. membership blurb takes only a token stab at blurring the line between the real world and the Transformers world.
  • What is advertised as "Cliffjumper" is actually Hubcap. Darn those confusing Mini Vehicles!
  • Rodimus Prime and Optimus Prime are shown coexisting in the days before Autobot City. Since this exists in a micro-continuity wherein The Transformers: The Movie is an actual movie made by the Autobots, this may not be an error as such.
  • It's unclear what Megatron and Thundercracker could actually do to these eight Autobots that would constitute the "greatest battle on Earth." Either this micro-continuity is shockingly tame, or Rodimus is having a senior moment.
  • Thundercracker's description as being able to "zap the power supply of his enemies" ties into previous pack-in flyer appearances (assuming that "zap" is being used synonymously with "sap"). Notably, this is the only continuity that gives him such an ability.
  • Megatron is shown using his stock assembly as a "particle beam cannon," which may be the only canonical instance of such.
  • Items available in this brochure include:
  • Optimus Prime ($21.50 + 5 robot points)
  • Megatron ($21.50 + 5 robot points)
  • Thundercracker ($10 + 2 robot points)
  • Reflector ($10 + 2 robot points)
  • Wheeljack ($8 + 2 robot points)
  • Mirage ($8 + 2 robot points)
  • Ratchet ($8 + 2 robot points)
  • Sunstreaker ($8 + 2 robot points)
  • Cosmos ($3.50 + 1 robot point)
  • Warpath ($3.50 + 1 robot point)
  • Cliffjumper ($3.50 + 1 robot point). As pictured, these were actually Hubcap toys, with instructions that at times showed both Hubcap and Cliffjumper.
  • S.T.A.R.S. membership, now reduced to $5.00 thanks to "a more efficient use of Transformers energy and technology".
  • As Ultra Magnus promised, the Omnibots are no longer available.
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