Transformers Hall of Fame
Starting in 2010, Hasbro began honoring important characters and creators from the long history of the franchise. Each year, Hasbro selects Transformers brand creators and Transformers characters to be added into the Transformers Hall of Fame, with an additional character selected by fan vote. The new candidates are inducted into the Hall of Fame during a ceremony taking place at that year's BotCon.
Current members
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- *Fan nominated character
Individual Hall of Fame events
Nomination process
During the lead-up to BotCon, select Transformers fan sites are given the opportunity to poll their members for Transformer candidates to be entered into the Hall of Fame. The voting process varies by site, with some opting for a straight vote, and others using a method of nominating then voting. Once each site has its top five candidates, the lists are sent to Hasbro who tally them together using a weighted points system, and produce the final list of nominees.
Short profiles for the five nominees are placed on the Hasbro web site, along with a poll. Fans get one vote per day until the poll is closed, at which point the winner remains a mystery until BotCon and the Hall of Fame Ceremony.
Hall of Fame Ceremony
The ceremony itself is a semi-formal dinner held one night during BotCon. The awards for the human recipients are given out first, with each getting testimonials and a video showcasing their work before they are presented with a statuette of Optimus Prime holding aloft the Matrix of Leadership in a stylized burst of power. This is followed by the robot inductees, each of which receives their own video montage set to a popular hit. Each of the final fan choice nominees likewise receive their own montage, in the lead-up to the announcement of the winner of the fan choice poll.
Notes
- The "characters" in the Hall of Fame are not "characters" in the same sense as in this wiki. They are more like "character names, and the cross-continuity character concepts behind them". For example, the "Optimus Prime" in the Hall of Fame is considered to encompass all the major Optimus Primes from all continuities — G1, Robots in Disguise, the Unicron Trilogy, the live-action movies, Transformers Animated, Transformers: Prime, and others, all considered as "one character". The Hasbro-provided bios for Hall of Fame members and nominees are thus generic in spots (describing any of the characters of that name fairly well), while mentioning specific elements from the current "Aligned" continuity in others. This deliberate ambiguity is alternately fascinating and maddening, particularly when it's applied to characters who do not otherwise exist in the Aligned-verse.
