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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 7h

Star Convoy, generally known as Japanese exclusive toy, did receive a release in the Portuguese Hypermarket chain Jumbo in the early 90s. #Transformers

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Straxus was planned to receive a leader class figure in the Legacy toyline, alongside plans to feature him as the main antagonist to a Legacy tie-in animated series. All of which were canceled when Netflix turned down the series. #Transformers

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

While Crossblades and Thunderwing were retooled into Victory Decepticons, fellow Mega Pretender Vroom was left out. The concept art of his Decepticon retool was used in IDW, as a Decepticon named Bikecross. #Transformers

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Rise of the Beasts Airazor does not Transform into robot mode throughout the entire film. #Transformers

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Due to a lack of access to the original broadcast masters for the Generation 1 cartoon, Rhino entertainments home media re-releases, which are used for streaming services, use pre-final masters that feature MORE errors than what actually aired on tv. #Transformers

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Ironic to his his popularity as a Japanese original character, Overlord saw release in Europe in 1991, alongside the "Classics" line of reissues, his Godmasters now renamed to "Energon Mini Figures." His purple plastic was slightly desaturated. #Transformers

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

"The Birth of Cybertron" is a film within the 2005 IDW continuity, it is an obvious parody of the real life film "The Birth of a Nation," a film infamous for its KKK sympathies and historical revisionism. #Transformers

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

One of the Micromaster commercials features a white and blue recolor of Scorponok. Unlike their contemporary Zarak Maximus, this Scorponok recolor was never given their own name. #Transformers

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The "Covenant of Primus" seen in the Beast Wars cartoon describes a character from Cybertronian myth, an apoocalyptic figure named "Megatron," seperate from both the Megatron in Beast Wars and Generation 1. #Transformers

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Tusks is a character from the UK Marvel comics who Transformed into a Piano, originally unnamed, he was named by Ask Vector Prime, his name a reference to the fact Piano keys were traditionally made with Ivory. #Transformers

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Appearing in the "Shell Game" story, Ultra Trion is a version of Robots in Disguise Ultra 2001 Magnus, who, after the death of Alpha Trion from his universe, merged with his mentor to become Ultra Trion. #Transformers

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Croctobots are Cybertronians, who, as the name implies, have something to do with Crocodilians. RID15 comic Skullcruncher and Razorgrille are among this group. Earthspark Skullcruncher is described in marketing as one, but this is unaddressed in the show. #Transformers

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

A generic character using Wheeljacks animation model appears in Cyberverse, being responsible for bringing the rust plague to Velocitron. Despite many evil-Wheeljack redecoes existing, this generic uses an original colorscheme. #Transformers

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

The mass of Cybertronian soldiers loyal to Sentinel Prime in Transformers One come in 3 colors. Standard ones are Silver Trackers, the Black ones that flock Airachnid are Death Trackers, whilst the Gold ones that flock Sentinel Prime are Gold Trackers. #Transformers

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Transformers: Animated Mindwipe, appearing in the Allspark Almanac and Convention exclusive comics, ramps up the characters original vampire inspiration to a radically obvious degree. #Transformers

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Decepticon Dinoforce member Kakuryu would become an Autobot in the United EX comics, being turned into a Power Core Combiner. Later, in the GS Special Comics, he would give his Energon Matrix to Grimlock, allowing he and the Dinobots to become Volcanicus. #Transformers

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Transformers: Overgear Grindor is a redeco of the Blackout released in the same line, continuing the history of Grindor being a palette swap of the more popular Blackout. #Transformers

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

"Night Viper" from the Beast Machines toyline transforms into a Cobra, which are not Vipers. #Transformers

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

In the intro for the 3rd season of the cartoon, the ending features several frames where all 3 characters feature an animation error. Kup uses Springers model, Magnus has a miscolored face, and Rodimuses model is unfinished. #Transformers

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Implied to be the same character as his Generation 1 counterpart, RID01 Axer would be the first Transformer character to travel from one distinct Continuity family to another. #Transformers

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The first appearance of the Transformers god Primus was in the Marvel comics, during issues released in 1988, a lord of light who battles Unicron, a lord of chaos, both being trapped in physical forms that would later become Cybertron and Unicrons body. #Transformers

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Wheezing Arrow, originally a character from IDW Artists Hayato Sakamotos fanworks, was made into an official character through a cameo in IDW2005. #Transformers

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Fantasy card game "Magic: The Gathering" has featured multiple crossovers with the Transformers franchise, causing dedicated Transformers themed card releases. #Transformers

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Released in the 8th wave of the initial Universe toyline, Frostbite is a redeco of Beast Wars Transmetal Jawbreaker. He has exactly 2 fictional appearances. #Transformers

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Appearing in the late 2010s, the "Evergreen" Transformers designs are standardized, franchise-less designs that Hasbro does not need to update in accordance to new media, often used for licensed merchandise and budget toys. #Transformers

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Strafe is a character seen in IDW2005, originally a normal Camien, she was mutated into a Dinobot by contaminated energon. Her name and double-headed alt mode are references to the Age of Extinction character of the same name. #Transformers

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Released first in Japan, the character initially named "Runabout" was re-named to his Generation 1 partners name "Runamuck" when released in the west. #Transformers

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

"Rails" is a character originating from an early script of TFTM86, a Train who Transforms into a large snake. Currently, his only canon role is in the Transformers Roleplaying game, and currently, he has no official design. #Transformers

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Rather infamously, in the Marvel comic issue "Afterdeath!" Optimus Prime allows himself to be killed after having slain video-game characters in a duel with Megatron. #Transformers

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Megadeath is a Decepticon originating from the UK Marvel Comics. He looks like this. #Transformers

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The first ever figure of the Transformers God "Primus" was a Lucky Draw contest prize, an entirely metallic gold redeco of Generation 1 Rodimus Prime. #Transformers

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

In the New Legends manga, Earthspark Incarnations of Unicron and Scourge appear, though, due to Japanese Earthspark being a splinter timeline to G1, they simply appear as their G1 designs. #Transformers

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

An experiment was attempted by Hasbro during Beast Wars, peppering same character redecoes halfway through waves. Unlike modern attempts, these were running changes, not addressed as any different from the base mold. Prowl and Dinobot 2 were the only attempts. #Transformers

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

TFA Wreck-Gar was originally going to be played by Eric Idle, the characters Generation 1 voice actor, however, when Idle was unavailable due to another role, Weird Al was chosen instead. #Transformers

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Starting in 2012, Hasbro released many GI Joe vehicle molds in Transformers themed colorschemes for the next few years, often including extra Transformer themed accessories for the included Joe figures. #Transformers

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Seen in storyboards is a deleted scene from an earlier version of Transformers: One, where the head of the train taking the main characters to the surface would've been revealed to be Astrotrain, who engages the cast. #Transformers

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Released as a Basic Class in the Beast Wars toyline, "Optimus Minor" transforms into a vague monkey. In the world of the Legends Comics, he is Optimus Primals son. #Transformers

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

While most famous to the Transformers fanbase for his roles as Megatron and Soundwave in the original cartoon, Frank Welker also voiced allllll of these characters, and plenty more as one-shot roles. #Transformers

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

The "Six Clan" is a shadowy organization of Ninjas that watch over the darker corners of the cosmos. Per their name, the group is largely comprised of six changers, Sixshot among them. #Transformers

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts is the first live action Transformers film to not be helmed by visual effects studio "Industrial Light and Magic." The studio would return to Transformers with "Transformers One." #Transformers

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

The Korean Company "Sonokong" released many Takara figures for the Korean market, occasionally including oddballs, such as Beast Wars 2 Megastorm, sold in Autobot packaging, named "Armored Core," on shelves during the Car Robots era. #Transformers

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

While most famous for voicing Optimus and Ironhide in the original cartoon, Peter Cullen also voiced characters Wingspan, Nightstick, Streetwise and Slugslinger. #Transformers

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

In the film "The Last Knight," Bumblebee has the ability to dismember and then reassemble himself at will, it is never explained when and how he got this ability. #Transformers

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"Rigor Morphis," an obvious play on Rigor Mortis, is what happens when a Cybertronians corpse assumes its "preferred mode" after death, seen in the IDW2005 continuity. #Transformers

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

From the 2003 Dinobots toyline, Dinobot Slapper shares an unfortunate name scheme with fellow Dinobot Slag, both "Slapper" and "Slag" being UK derived insults directed toward promiscuous women. #Transformers

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The ending credits for "Transformers: Adventure," the Japanese localization of Robots in Disguise 2015, featured a newly animated dancing sequence. #Transformers

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Described in "The Last Knight" as a Headmaster, there is a cut scene that would've seen Cogman piloting Nitro Zeuses decapitated body for his own. This scene is referenced by Nitro Zeuses figure having a Titan Master compatible removable head. #Transformers

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

"Septimus Prime" is a seldom remembered 14th Prime who was slain by Megatronus in the IDW05 comics. He was not remembered by history as most of the other Primes didn't like him. #Transformers

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

In the Japanese G-2 story pages, Megatron seems to mourn a unnamed friend for unknown reasons, eventually, it was revealed this was Megatrons friend Kiloton, whose death at the hands of untrustworthy humans caused a reformed Megatron to re-start the war. #Transformers

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Earthspark Cosmos' deluxe class figure features an easter egg, depicting the theme park ride the autobot was fashioned into during the events of the show. #Transformers

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