Things you never realised about Transformers (toys etc)

[Ravagecat]

Just realised last night, that if you keep pushing Studio Series Wreck Gars wheels onto the talons on his arms/legs the centre of the wheel pushes out and locks it in place so they don't keep falling off...
Duh! LOL!

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Oh, that's a nice tip. I was wondering about that as many pictures I've seen of him seem to have the tyres just loosely hanging there.
Thanks chum!

[Paulbot]

Until last night, I've never noticed in TFTM that Ramjet is pointing his weapon at the crowd after Starscream silences the Constructicon's trumpets.

[griffin]

Like an enforcer perhaps? To keep the cons quiet, or stopping any more challenges.
If so, he probably would have been the only one loyal to Starscream.

[Sinnertwin]

I love that after all that happened on Titan during The God Gambit episode, Astrotrain is the one crowning him.

[klystron]

I just found out that the "King Grimlock" comics are based on G1 Season 3 Ep 13 'Madman's Paradise.'

Yep, I am really really late to the season 3 party.

[griffin]

I didn't realise that former Hasbro designer Eric Siebenaler (from Armada-Animated era) has been dabbling in the Transformers universe again on a professional level, doing some concept art for the Cyberverse cartoon, including some of the main characters (based on the toys) from the beginning of the series a few years ago, to the Dinobots on last year's episodes.
His instagram is here, which he has posted up some of the Cyberverse artwork... and some other random Transformers art along the way.

For those new, Eric was from America, but spent a couple years in Australia back around 2008 (during Animated)... because someone special was working at the Australian Hasbro office at that time, but it was a big secret at the time as there was a cover story as to why he was in Australia (they both eventually moved back to America a couple years later).

There was an Animated promo event for kids that he was at in Sydney and Melbourne in November 2008, which a number of fans visited both.

[Seraphim Prime]

For those new, Eric was from America, but spent a couple years in Australia back around 2008 (during Animated)... because someone special was working at the Australian Hasbro office at that time, but it was a big secret at the time as there was a cover story as to why he was in Australia (they both eventually moved back to America a couple years later).

I remember at the time it was talked about as like an international exchange. Who was the other employee? Did we ever have that confirmed?

[griffin]

They did a lot of spin on that one at the time to avoid bad press... but it was purely a case of boy meets girl, and Eric was too important to Hasbro at the time to risk losing him over a girl, so he was allowed to be in Australia for a couple years while working on Transformers until the both of them could move to America.

[TaZZerath]

At random today I was reading the tfwiki about Shattered Glass Jetfire (the toy section, based off his Siege Commander body, which is a straight repaint) and read the line about the twin cannons being able to be separated. I did a double take and looking at my Siege Jetfire and popping one off his arm I realised there was a little peghole holding the cannon barrels. A bit of a wiggle and off it came. Doing so actually creates a great weapon/shield combo for smaller figures.

Honestly had no idea and would've stayed that way had I not been randomly browsing!