🦃 Pablo Hidalgo 🦃
@infinata.bsky.social
Twitter escapee. Director, Franchise/Story at Lucasfilm. Author of things, advisor of lore, sketcher of robots, subject of flimsy rumors. Not really here to argue. Loving San Francisco. 🇨🇦 🇨🇱
#botaday Bumblebee (Classics Legends). From 2007. This toy is a redeco of Legends of Cybertron Hot Shot, but in yellow and black. He turns into a Chrysler ME Four Twelve concept car.
November 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
#botaday Bumblebee (Classics Legends). From 2007. This toy is a redeco of Legends of Cybertron Hot Shot, but in yellow and black. He turns into a Chrysler ME Four Twelve concept car.
I wish this cornball sci-fi adjacent cartoon spin off trend had continued to the Sopranos / The Wire / Deadwood prestige era.
November 9, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I wish this cornball sci-fi adjacent cartoon spin off trend had continued to the Sopranos / The Wire / Deadwood prestige era.
#botaday Perceptor. A far cry from a humble microscope. Rendered in colors meant to evoke his classic 1985 edition, it's a redeco of Legends of Cybertron Red Alert. He turns into a BTR-90 armored personnel carrier with a huge honker of a cannon. Perceptor was available at retail in 2006.
November 9, 2025 at 2:38 PM
#botaday Perceptor. A far cry from a humble microscope. Rendered in colors meant to evoke his classic 1985 edition, it's a redeco of Legends of Cybertron Red Alert. He turns into a BTR-90 armored personnel carrier with a huge honker of a cannon. Perceptor was available at retail in 2006.
#botaday Leo Prime. The Americanized name of Japan's Lio Convoy. Incorporated into the Classics Legends line with a redeco of Legends of Cybertron Leobreaker. Prime's color scheme more closely matches his Lio Convoy hues. He turns into a mechanic lion and was available in 2007.
November 8, 2025 at 11:54 AM
#botaday Leo Prime. The Americanized name of Japan's Lio Convoy. Incorporated into the Classics Legends line with a redeco of Legends of Cybertron Leobreaker. Prime's color scheme more closely matches his Lio Convoy hues. He turns into a mechanic lion and was available in 2007.
#botaday Fireflight. Starting a daily chronicle of the toyline that will close out 2025's Bot-a-Day drawings: the Transformers Classics series. First up are redecos of the Legends of Cybertron toys, repurposed as classic characters. Fireflight turns in a cargo plane. Released in 2006.
November 7, 2025 at 10:47 AM
#botaday Fireflight. Starting a daily chronicle of the toyline that will close out 2025's Bot-a-Day drawings: the Transformers Classics series. First up are redecos of the Legends of Cybertron toys, repurposed as classic characters. Fireflight turns in a cargo plane. Released in 2006.
But I’ve got the touch… :(
November 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
But I’ve got the touch… :(
Hey they were asking about you in here.
November 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Hey they were asking about you in here.
#botaday. Noisemaze Ryōsan Gata Version. (AKA Noisemaze Mass Production Type Version). These are troops based on the Japanese incarnation of the Cybertron character Sideways. Turns into an alien spacecraft, and was available in Japan in 2006, and came packed with a DVD of Galaxy Force episodes.
November 6, 2025 at 11:47 AM
#botaday. Noisemaze Ryōsan Gata Version. (AKA Noisemaze Mass Production Type Version). These are troops based on the Japanese incarnation of the Cybertron character Sideways. Turns into an alien spacecraft, and was available in Japan in 2006, and came packed with a DVD of Galaxy Force episodes.
#botaday Rán. Somehow in my flood of Mini-Con illustrations I missed this guy. Also known as Prime Super Mode, Rán was a magazine pack-in, included in the August 2003 issue of TK-kun. Later lore in 2015 named this incarnation Rán and established her as female.
November 5, 2025 at 11:24 PM
#botaday Rán. Somehow in my flood of Mini-Con illustrations I missed this guy. Also known as Prime Super Mode, Rán was a magazine pack-in, included in the August 2003 issue of TK-kun. Later lore in 2015 named this incarnation Rán and established her as female.
#botaday Dark Nitro Convoy. Evil clone of the Velocitron Autobot Override from the Cybertron / Galaxy Force series. Only available via a 2005 mail-in offer through TV Magazine in Japan. Turns into a sleek Velocitron race car.
November 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
#botaday Dark Nitro Convoy. Evil clone of the Velocitron Autobot Override from the Cybertron / Galaxy Force series. Only available via a 2005 mail-in offer through TV Magazine in Japan. Turns into a sleek Velocitron race car.
#botaday Hikari no Unicron. A redeco of Armada Unicron, AKA The Unicron of Light. Extremely rare -- only 10 were ever made -- this toy was a contest prize in the Legends of the Microns line in Japan in 2004. He turns into a planet-gobbling planet and is packed with the Mini-Con Bug.
November 3, 2025 at 10:12 AM
#botaday Hikari no Unicron. A redeco of Armada Unicron, AKA The Unicron of Light. Extremely rare -- only 10 were ever made -- this toy was a contest prize in the Legends of the Microns line in Japan in 2004. He turns into a planet-gobbling planet and is packed with the Mini-Con Bug.
Yeah, that's the walkway Luke clings to when he falls out the window. Not sure what the continuity problem you're referring to.
November 2, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Yeah, that's the walkway Luke clings to when he falls out the window. Not sure what the continuity problem you're referring to.
#botaday Chromia. A Galaxy Force toy that is a redeco of Thunderblast from Cybertron, turns into a speedboat, and came bundled with a Galaxy Force DVD. She was available in Japan in early 2005.
November 2, 2025 at 3:44 PM
#botaday Chromia. A Galaxy Force toy that is a redeco of Thunderblast from Cybertron, turns into a speedboat, and came bundled with a Galaxy Force DVD. She was available in Japan in early 2005.
#botaday Skywarp and Thundercracker. This two-pack did away with the Robotmasters numbering, but it is part of that series. They're redecos of the Starscream figure released as RM-12. These classic characters turn into F-15 Eagle jets. They were available in 2005.
November 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
#botaday Skywarp and Thundercracker. This two-pack did away with the Robotmasters numbering, but it is part of that series. They're redecos of the Starscream figure released as RM-12. These classic characters turn into F-15 Eagle jets. They were available in 2005.
Parents and patriots please be aware that Antifa is handing out ideologically contaminated bars of Twix.
November 1, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Parents and patriots please be aware that Antifa is handing out ideologically contaminated bars of Twix.
A wizard is never late to happy hour.
November 1, 2025 at 1:29 AM
A wizard is never late to happy hour.
“If social media dies where will people get their news?”
Well.
Well.
October 31, 2025 at 9:00 PM
“If social media dies where will people get their news?”
Well.
Well.
#botaday RM-24: Reverse Convoy. An Optimus Prime-version of the G2-era Megatron tank, done in blue with some retooling to give it a new Prime-style head. But, it also has a Megatron head so the figure can double as "Rebirth Megatron." Reverse Convoy was available in Japan in 2004.
October 31, 2025 at 3:34 PM
#botaday RM-24: Reverse Convoy. An Optimus Prime-version of the G2-era Megatron tank, done in blue with some retooling to give it a new Prime-style head. But, it also has a Megatron head so the figure can double as "Rebirth Megatron." Reverse Convoy was available in Japan in 2004.
Forgot I still had this LinkedIn.
October 31, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Forgot I still had this LinkedIn.
#botaday RM-22: Lio Convoy. This is a new sculpt for the 2004 Robotmasters line, a pared down rendition of Lio Convoy from the 1998 Beast Wars II line. This 2004 Lio Convoy too turns into a lion
October 30, 2025 at 5:53 PM
#botaday RM-22: Lio Convoy. This is a new sculpt for the 2004 Robotmasters line, a pared down rendition of Lio Convoy from the 1998 Beast Wars II line. This 2004 Lio Convoy too turns into a lion