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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 14h

Finally, the Bot-Bots franchise introduced MANY a plantformer, though, many are also simply containers of plants, rather than wholly plant.

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 14h

After Flytrap comes the Treecons, an experiment by the Transformer God Adaptus, they are fusions of metal and fibrous tissue. Additionally there is the "Treant Troop," plantformers described by Vector Prime.

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 15h

Along with her is Flytrap, un used concept art from the Beast Wars Telemocha toyline, later re-contextualized as a character named Flytrap.

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 15h

While many mechanical plants exist in several Transformers universes, few plant based Transformers exist. Among the small number is Botanica from Beast Machines, undoubtedly the most famous plant Transformer of them all.

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · Feb 16

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.

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 1d

Shattered Glass Cosmos has his color scheme based on Actionmaster Krok, a reference to an old fan theory that Krok transformed into a UFO.

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · Feb 15

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.

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 2d

Megatron was the primary antagonist for the first 2 season of the Generation 1 cartoon, being replaced by his new form, Galvatron, during the movie, third and "fourth" seasons.

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · Feb 14

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.

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 3d

Before the ROTB Terrorcon insignia was finalized, concept for the Terrorcon leader, Scourge, often placeholder Decepticon and Mercenary insignias instead.

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 3d

Cyberworld Chop-Shop also appears to be a direct homage to this character.

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 3d

Beast Wars Insecticon was slated to make an appearance in the show, but was scrapped, a lot of his lines in the script being given to Waspinator instead, aimly, in the episode "Power Surge."

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 4d

Keeping up with the Seacons, the G1 Seacons were planned to be redecoed into the "Pirahnacons," and sold as Walmart exclusive Terrorcons from the Energon cartoon, however, these were canceled, and eventually sold as new decos for the G1 Seacons at the Transformers Collector Club.

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 4d

Another fun distinction between Western and Japanese Seacons, in the Super-God Masterforce cartoon, the Seacons are all mindless drones who exist en masse, except for their leader, Turtler, the sole individual amongst them.

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 5d

In the original Beast Wars line, all figures Deluxe class or larger from 1996 feature secondary "Mutant heads," being either masks, or alternate faces on their heads. While largely forgotten, some characters, like Waspinator and Tarantulas, use their Mutant heads on the show.

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · Feb 11

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

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 6d

Across the Unicron trilogy, the Cybertron lines "Dark Scorponok" is the only figure to be able to use a Mini-con, Energon chip, and Cyber Planet Key all at once. Additionally, the deco is based on Black Zarak.

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

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

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

Micromaster Erector was once nominated for the Transformers: Hall of Fame. Getting in on the joke, Hasbro comissioned artwork of made up incarnations of Erector, such as Beast Wars and Animated. Prime, live action and G2 Erectors were shown, but not archived.

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

Of course, Transformers: One would up the ante by explicitly showing that the Decepticon insignia in that continuity by having be directly based on Megatronuses face.

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 8d

In the world of the BomBom comics, Big Convoy and Magmatron were originally normal animals that were mutated into Cybertronians via exposure to Anglemois energy.

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · Feb 8

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.

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 9d

The "Toxitron Collection" was a small line of figures based on canceled Generation 2 figures, with every figure based on a canceled deco, except for Toxitron himself, whose original figure was intended for Universe 2003.

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One Transformer Fact A Day @transformerfacts.bsky.social · 9d

Despite having a full robot mode with his figure, Armada Overload in the cartoon would mostly be treated as an extension of Optimuses trailer, having scant background appearences in robot mode.

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

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

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