#BehindTheBots spotlights JIM SORENSON: in addition to "The AllSpark Almanac", "Ask Vector Prime", and "Beast Wars: Uprising", his other claim to fame is the creation of a standardized "Ancient Autobot" alphabet!
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Happy #Obscursday! PHREAKER may not be the most adventurous Autobot out there, but he’s always on call when it's time to save the day!
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#DidYouKnow that the original Transformers cartoon went through many revisions before evolving into the version we got on TV? In one early pitch, there are only six Autobots fighting a global Decepticon empire, Megatron is “Negator”, and Bumblebee is “Muffler!”
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A friar, a warrior, and the last survivor of the planet Lithone, this month's featured article spotlights the perennially-unlucky KRANIX!
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"But I know one universal rule—whatever the game, the easiest way to win is to kill all the other players."
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#BehindTheBots highlights the exciting life of ORSON WELLES: despite his severe antipathy for the franchise, he nevertheless lent his sonorous tones to Unicron in "The Transformers: The Movie"... oh, and he might’ve made a film about a sled or something?
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Happy #Obscursday! Whether she’s running guns for arms dealers or perforating Autobots with her heavy-duty battle rifle, HEAVYWAIT is never far away from her favorite toys!
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DUKING IT OUT! Duke isn't happy his friend has been keeping secrets from him, and has no intention of accepting a giant robot as a Joe. Meanwhile, the fugitive Matt Trakker gets a lead on Miles Mayhem— but is he walking into a trap? G.I. JOE #19 is now annotated on TFWiki!
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#DidYouKnow that Dinobot had a hand in the “Beast Machines” saga? Using samples of his DNA, the Oracle reformatted a group of surviving Transformers into new technorganic bodies based on prehistoric reptiles, creating a new generation of Dinobots!
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Generations Waspinator, a very small green robot who turns into a robotic wasp, with a third "rifle" mode.
LOVE BUGS!
In what's probably my last even-vaguely-February-themed @tfwiki.net update (so few options left!), let's look at some cuddlebugs! Or killerbugs. Mostly killerbugs.
But GENERATIONS WASPINATOR is very lovable! He's teeny! And also has a Targetmaster mode! (1/)
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"It’s a bad idea. But I’m all about bad ideas."
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Go #BehindTheBots with former lead designer AARON ARCHER: in addition to designing multiple Beast Wars and Robots in Disguise toys, he helped lay the groundwork for the Unicron Trilogy!
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Happy #Obscursday! Elitist snob that he is, JETSTORM spends his time literally and figuratively looking down on anyone who can’t fly–yes, that includes you!
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ONE SHALL STAND... AND YOU KNOW THE REST! The Autobots and Decepticons come to all-out war in TRANSFORMERS #29, the penultimate issue of Robert Kirkman and Dan Mora's first arc on Skybound's Transformers comic!
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WEEKLY WEDNESDAY WIKIPIC! Bazonga!
It's the 1 year anniversary of these weely @tfwiki.net pic-shorts, so let's look back with the same gal from the first short, with BUZZWORTHY BLACKARACHNIA! And what does she mean for TF in general? Let's watch, won't we?
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WHO WANTS MINI-CON BIOS?
Here's the full run of what I'd written for the TF Collectors' Club Mini-Con bio project, which means a LOT of bios never published. All Armada game Minis, Energon redecos, Micron Boosters, store promos and more! Plus notes!
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(Correction: The Thing, not the Hulk!)
#DidYouKnow that the Marvel-based "Transformers: Crossovers" line had a number of unreleased toys? These include the Punisher, the Hulk, a redeco of the Human Torch, and an Iron Man/War Machine combiner!
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"He used to talk about the stars. How the sky used to be full of 'em before his kind took 'em all. He wished he coulda filled the sky up again. Brought back the stars. He knew he couldn't. But he managed one. One's enough."
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Today's #BehindTheBots celebrates LEONARD NIMOY: if you don't remember him as the voice of Sentinel Prime or Galvatron, then you'll probably remember him for his seminal 1967 performance of "The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins!"
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Happy #Obscursday! A violent dunderhead with an affection for heavy weapons, ROLLOUT might be the worst spy in the Autobot espionage corps… but somehow, he still gets the job done!
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some Skyfall (Cybertron) photos 'cuz i just retook some for @tfwiki.net
#DidYouKnow that the Probat can excrete energon? When exposed to heat, their guano catalyzes into a highly-reactive variant of the common Cybertronian fuel source!
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"I thought you'd be wearing an Autobot mask. I thought—heh—I thought you'd be running around the galaxy wearing an Autobot mask and apologizing to everyone on Megatron's behalf."
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This week's #BehindTheBots spotlights TAKIO EJIMA, who might hold the record for having created the most transforming robot toys in history!
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Robotmasters Starscream, a gray robot with red and sky-blue trim who turns into a fighter jet.
THEY SAY YOU WANT A RESOLUTION!
For January's Patreon-backed @tfwiki.net toypic update, I felt it was time to resolve some incomplete "sets".
Like ROBOTMASTERS STARSCREAM; I did Skywarp & Thundercracker for a YT Short back in Oct. Quickly-outdated Seekers complete! (1/)
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Happy #Obscursday! An enigmatic warrior who lets his actions speak for him, you’ll find it hard to get beyond UNDERTONE!
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WEEKLY WEDNESDAY WIKIPIC! Also!
It's always nice when an old, rare, expensive toy gets a modern remake. Legends DAI ATLAS might have a questionable engineering decision in his core, but he's still amazing! New pic at @tfwiki.net!
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#DidYouKnow that Lickety-Split has a crush on Galactic Olympics winner Buzz Lightyear? Yes, you read that right… no, we don’t understand how it works either…
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Thanks for letting us know!
