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When Prima debuted in the Revenge of the Fallen tie-in comics, he was visually based on the Protoform Optimus Prime toy, thus more-or-less making that toy Primas first ever figure.

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In the New Legends manga, the 13 Primes are presented as not being the original Cybertronians, but rather a group of elected leaders of whom wind up succumbing to corruption, attempting to take over Cybertron.

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The previous leader of Cybertron in the Cybertron games was named "Zeta Prime" in game, but "Sentinel Prime" in things such as comics and the novelization. Hasbro rectified this by stating his full name was "Sentinel Zeta Prime."

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Cyberworld Elita-One was not the first time Elita-One transformed into a boat, Elita-Ones Timelines figure, a redeco of Cybertron Thunderblast, predates her by several years.

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Due to Transformers: Animated's incredible use of cameos for Cybertrons populace, it featured the first western TV depictions of many Japanese exclusive characters, including but not limited to, Dai Atlas and Sky Garry.

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Due to being based on Mini-Cons, the Shattered Glass Predacons do not combine into Predaking, rather, Predaking is instead an individual who is a member of the Predacon team.

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Wheeljack did not survive in the Japanese continuity, rather, he was replaced with another Wheeljack from an alternate universe

In earlier drafts of the 1986 film, it was Smokescreen who died in Wheeljacks place, a wide shot even has Wheeljacks corpse incorrectly colored as Smokescreen.

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According to the character bio included with Missing Link Nemesis Prime, the dark mirror to Optimus Prime was rebuilt from the Decepticon Warship of the same name.

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The first draft of the 1986 film featured Wheeljack as a prominent supporting role, leading a band of Autobots on a Decepticon occupied Earth. Unfortunately, this draft also had Wheeljack be an avid misogynist towards Arcee.

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Hasbro and Takaratomy both have individual crossover oriented toylines, Transformers: Collaborative for Hasbro, and Synergenex for Takaratomy.

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Prior to Kre-o, "Built to Rule" was another attempt by Hasbro to break into the building block market. Due to a myriad of factors, they are considered quite poor sets and the line did not last long.

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Spittor and Claw-Jaw were released and redecoed in Europe-exclusive sets alongside VHS tapes of Beast Wars episodes. These 2 redecoes were marketed as Transmetals, ironically, Spittor would receive an actual Transmetal figure later on.

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In the world of the original Shattered Glass continuity, Solarbot belongs to a race of hyper advanced organisms who turn sun's into Energon. Upon meeting the evil autobot Rewind, Solarbot assumed his form.

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Seen in an Transformers: Animated card game, Grinder is an obvious reference to the Revenge of the Fallen character, Grindor. He is, naturally, a virtual redeco of Animated Blackout.

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In the comic, "Transformers: Alliance" issue 1, Optimus assumes a holographic driver avatar for disguise, based on no other than Peter Cullen himself

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Infernos original diaclone figure was modified and knocked off, sold as the title character "Phoenix King" in the Korean Animated film, "Phoenix King." This unofficial animated depiction actually predates Infernos cartoon debut by a year.

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Navi-Ko, the name of the Predacon computer in Japanese Beast Wars, was given a body by Tarantulas in the 2014 Transformers Expo, a virtual retool of Cyberverse Airachnid, turning into a dolphin as opposed to a Helicopter.

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The trio name "Rainmaker" was not intended to be a name at first. When they are dubbed "rain makers" in the cartoon, it was as an adjective, not a noun. The team name was canonized in 2008 after repeated fan usage.

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In the Pre Toy fair 1986 toy-catalog, Autobot Minibots Hubcap and Tailgate seemed to have swapped colors, or at the very least, swapped main body colors.

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The characters featured in the Botcon 2013 Timelines "Rainmaker" set are Bitstream, Hotlink and Sunstorm, none of whom are actually Rainmakers. The name was confirmed to be an error.

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Outside of this, the figure itself is a reference to a preliminary deco for Tarantulas seen in the Beast Wars commercials that ultimately went un used.

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Rather than take place in 2006 like in the western release, the Japanese version of G1 season 3 was branded as an entirely new show, named Transformers 2010, which of course, takes place in 2010.

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Despite low screen time and not actually seeing any action, TLK Berserker received quite a few toys, compared to his contempary decepticons in that film who would receive very little or none at all.

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To celebrate the release of Revenge of the Fallen on Blu-Ray, Paramount had a life sized statue of a London Bus Transformer commissioned, made from real parts, who was dubbed "Bendy Bus Prime."

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In the Beast Wars II portion of the Beast Era, the G2 Megatron figure was redecoed and released as the character "Megastorm," who would later upgrade into "Gigastorm," a retooled Trypticon.

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Predating Micronus Prime, "Modus Prime" is a creation of The Last Autobot, made to be the leader of the Mini-cons.

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The "Shrouding" was an event initiated by 13 member Nexus Prime that caused the splitting of multiversal singularities, making Primus, Unicron and the 13 no longer single beings, but characters with multiple incarnations, like everyone else

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