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here's some randos i digibashed recently.

submitted 11 hours ago • 1 comment

made some Gobots

submitted 11 hours ago • 1 comment

diaclone devastator digibash drop

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

Coinciding with the last fact for a special 2 fact special, Universe 2003 Shadow Striker and Roulette are one of the few rare cases of a true repaint, with them sharing the exact same plastic colors, just with different paint. #Transformers

submitted 13 hours ago • 0 comments

Despite its widespread usage as a term, true "Repaints" are actually quite rare in Transformers, as most re-uses of a mold change the plastic color itself, making a redeco, whilst a true repaint changes exclusively the paint #Transformers

submitted 13 hours ago • 0 comments

A Go-Bots character dubbed "The Evil One" was later determined by Ask Vector Prime to be an alternate continuity version of The Fallen A later virtual redeco would even depict The Evil One as redecoed from one of The Fallens ROTF figures #Transformers

submitted 157 days ago • 0 comments

Many other countries also released their own scarcely known redecoes, including the two below, from Perus transformers line #Transformers

submitted 156 days ago • 0 comments

The main villain of the Zone portion of the japanese generation 1 continuity is a large monstrous transformer comprised of the many angry souls of deceased, enraged Decepticons, while its name has debatable translation, I'll take to dubbing it Violengigaur #Transformers

submitted 155 days ago • 0 comments

The "Pachi-pla kit" model kit for Brawn strangely uses bumblebees transformation scheme, and even bares Bumblebees head #Transformers

submitted 154 days ago • 0 comments

The toy bio for the 2007 movie release of Hardtop would state he was the one who inflicted the damaging blow that removed Bumblebees ability to speak. #Transformers

submitted 153 days ago • 2 comments

Rather famously, G1 Slags has been since changed a few times, Hasbro now settling on "Slug" due to "Slag" being a rather unkind insult in the UK #Transformers

submitted 152 days ago • 1 comment

The only tie in fiction the Legacy toyline would receive was a small ancillary comic from Takara promoting the Velocitron Walmart Capsule #Transformers

submitted 151 days ago • 1 comment

Cyberverse Acid-Storm would fluctuate between having either the male or female Seeker head design throughout their tenure on the show Behind the scenes members would then rectify this by saying it was something Acid-Storm just liked to do #Transformers

submitted 150 days ago • 0 comments

An animation error depicting Thrust as entirely black would later be retconned into being a separate character referred to as "Blast" #Transformers

submitted 148 days ago • 0 comments

During the Universe War event, a counterpart of Beast Wars Inferno was abducted, and due to his recent death in his home universe had to possess a new body, Inferno choosing to possess the corpse of a recently dead Red Alert #Transformers

submitted 147 days ago • 0 comments

The RID01 Autobot R.E.V.s Japanese name was "Eagle Killer" #Transformers

submitted 146 days ago • 0 comments

The "Megatron Megabolt" figure released in the RID2001 toyline was designed to be able to act as another head for Generation 1 Fortress Maximus #Transformers

submitted 145 days ago • 0 comments

In order to preserve their newly acquired trademark, an autobot during the Generation 2 line was dubbed "Gobots" #Transformers

submitted 144 days ago • 0 comments

Due to a lack of motorcycles in the line, the planned but ultimately unreleased Botshots groove would've instead turned into a tank. #Transformers

submitted 143 days ago • 2 comments

The Power Core Combiners line place in fiction is somewhat muddy, whilst mostly embedded into the Movie continuity, slight implication is made by a few figures to be from the G1 continuity The Takara equivalent line, United EX, is firmly connected to G1 #Transformers

submitted 142 days ago • 0 comments

The copyright flimsy character Rom the Space Knight was planned to receive a figure in the Botshots line, but was ultimately canceled #Transformers

submitted 141 days ago • 0 comments

IDW Chromedomes name used to be "Tumbler," gaining the name Chromedome after others saw his immense skill at Mnemosurgery #Transformers

submitted 140 days ago • 0 comments

Legacy: Evolution Core class Scarr was an extra addition to the dinobot roster that transformed into an Anklyosaurus Ironically, the Scarr in fiction he was based on died before ever gaining a Dino alt mode. #Transformers

submitted 139 days ago • 0 comments

In the original Shattered Glass continuity, Optimus Prime, Brawn and Prowl were reformatted by Unicron into the heroic Nova Prime, X-Brawn and Checkpoint, with Ratchet and Inferno being turned into Autotroopers #Transformers

submitted 138 days ago • 0 comments

The Microverse toyline was a series of small figures and large playsets, Beast Wars got in on the branding by doing the Orcanoch Maximal set and Arachnid Predacon set respectively #Transformers

submitted 137 days ago • 1 comment

The 2025 Package Refresh of Studio Series 86 Jazz accidentally uses the bio from the 2007 figure. #Transformers

submitted 136 days ago • 0 comments

Early promotional and test footage shows Ultra Magnus in his diaclone "powered convoy" color scheme before he was given finalized colors. #Transformers

submitted 135 days ago • 1 comment

The Rescue Force was a set of 4 figures released in the late European Transformers G1 line, all redecoes of the Japanese combiner Liokasier members #Transformers

submitted 134 days ago • 0 comments

Another late European redeco of a Japanese exclusive figure, the Motorvators were redecoes of the combiner Road Ceaser, lacking the combiner kibble. #Transformers

submitted 133 days ago • 0 comments

The Reverse Convoy figure has been re-purposed as both Brightes, the previous leader of the Primus Vanguard Blue Order, and as Blue Megatron, from the Megatron lead New Primus Vanguard. #Transformers

submitted 132 days ago • 0 comments

Transformers: Adventure was the Takara counterpart to the RID15 toyline in america. The line was oddly full of many, many redecoes of RID15 characters, previous tfp figures, TFA figures, and even generations figures #Transformers

submitted 131 days ago • 0 comments

Transformers: Transtech was the original pitch for the series that would follow up Beast: Machines, but due to Beast Machines poor ratings and toy sales, it was canceled #Transformers

submitted 130 days ago • 1 comment

The Kreon Microchanger combiners across the board would only include 4 members of the team in the sets, leaving any missing members released individually in the microchanger blindbag series #Transformers

submitted 129 days ago • 0 comments

RID15 Decepticon Flamesnort was revealed to be hiding on earth with a planet destroying bomb at Megatrons behest Stationed during the great War, he was likely stationed on earth during the events during some of, if not the whole of the Prime cartoon, waiting on Megatrons orders. #Transformers

submitted 128 days ago • 0 comments

The Fallen in ROTF had his face designed to resemble the Decepticon insignia, beating Tarn out to the gimmick by several years. Concept art made it even more obvious. #Transformers

submitted 127 days ago • 0 comments

The Tiny Turbo Changers line featured a random original character named "Chopter," a green redeco of Blackout #Transformers

submitted 126 days ago • 0 comments

According to commercial bumpers from the short lived Hub channel, Transformers: Prime Megatron enjoys the MLP: FIM intro song and likes drawing fanart of Rainbow Dash #Transformers

submitted 125 days ago • 0 comments

When the G1 Seacon team was redecoed into the Pirate Seacons during BWII, Nautilator was excluded In 2020, the Generation Selects Special comic created a virtual Nautilator redeco named Lawbhammer #Transformers

submitted 124 days ago • 0 comments

The BW figure Insecticon was slated to make an appearance in the show, but was scrapped, a lot of his lines in the script being given to Waspinato instead #Tranformers

submitted 123 days ago • 0 comments

Spanner was a character in the Marvel Comics who was neutral in the war, captured by Straxus, he was forced to design them a spacebridge, which Straxus then forced Spanner to be built into the spacebridge itself. #Transformers

submitted 122 days ago • 0 comments

Rather famously, the Japanese version of Robots in Disguise 2001 (or Car Robots) was treated as in continuity with everything before it, while in the west, it was the first brand new unrelated continuity on its own. #Transformers

submitted 121 days ago • 1 comment

Tigerhawks tenure on the Beast Wars cartoon was rather short, due to Hasbro being unsure if his toy was going to actually release, requesting Tigerhawk to be killed off just in case. Tigerhawks toy eventually did receive a full release. #Transformers

submitted 120 days ago • 1 comment

Botbots "Pew Pew Pew" is an obvious dual reference being both designed to resemble Kremzeek and G1 Megatron #Transformers

submitted 119 days ago • 0 comments

Optimus Prime is predominantly red and blue #Transformers

submitted 118 days ago • 0 comments

The online Kreo manga would include many, many, many characters of whom were not featured in the toyline in Kreo form, usually still only using existing parts. #Transformers

submitted 117 days ago • 0 comments

Under-3 is a character originally used as a pack in toy at McDonald's promoting Beast Wars. The character would later make small, fleeting appearances in fiction, even reviewing a new figure named "Unit-3" at Botcon 2016 #Transformers

submitted 116 days ago • 1 comment

Unite Warriors Drag Strip has black painted shoulder to emulate the extra wheels seen on the original toy. #Transformers

submitted 115 days ago • 0 comments