Things you never realised about Transformers (toys etc)

[Verno]

Just try it it obvious once you know about it

I'm currently living away from my collection. They wouldn't all fit in my suitcase.

Are you talking about the joint that allows the back wheel to bend down in bike mode?

[VERT]

No the part his arm is attached to. It swings out from the chrome.

[Verno]

I can't picture it. A quick pic would be great if you've got a spare moment

[VERT]

I will see what I can do tonight

[Sky Shadow]

I just noticed that Jetfire and Shockwave are wearing the same knee-high boots. Awkward!

[GoktimusPrime]

Shockwave: "You ripped off my fashion statement!"
Jetfire: "No need to get Macross about it."
Shockwave: "Kiss my Astro-Magnum."

[Paulbot]

This is an old learning of mine that I was reminded of today and thought people might not know.

When I bought Gripper back in the early 90s I was confused why there were all these extra stickers that had no place on the toy.

Wasn't until a long time later, at a time after I learnt about Blacker and Road Casear, that I found this sticker sheet and realised where they were meant to go: on combiner parts I didn't have.

Obviously Hasbro didn't want to go to the bother of creating a different sticker sheet for their non-combining repaint. Would it have been so hard for Hasbro to let the Motorvators be a combiner team?

[Sinnertwin]

Come on, man, it's Hasbro we're talking about here

[jazzcomp]

I was wondering what the spare sticker sheet on scattorshot was for. Since the bot had stickers on it.

[Sky Shadow]

Obviously Hasbro didn't want to go to the bother of creating a different sticker sheet for their non-combining repaint. Would it have been so hard for Hasbro to let the Motorvators be a combiner team?

Indeed - would that extra handful of accessories really have broken the bank? Maybe they (oddly) thought people would be less likely to buy one if they thought they needed all three to complete the set? They did the same thing with Rescue Force and the Constructicons the next year.

I was wondering what the spare sticker sheet on scattorshot was for. Since the bot had stickers on it.

Like hundreds of other G1 Transformers, Scattershot came with some factory applied stickers, as well as others on a sticker sheet that you had to apply yourself.