Things you never realised about Transformers (toys etc)

[aduthie1980]

Well this is cool!!

[UltraMarginal]

If that's intentional, it's extremely cool!

[Zommael]

If that's intentional, it's extremely cool!

It is intentional - it was first found around the time of Astrotrain's release, but I can't remember if it was Ben Yee or someone else who found it.

[Sky Shadow]

It is intentional - it was first found around the time of Astrotrain's release, but I can't remember if it was Ben Yee or someone else who found it.

It's a lucky accident. Hasbro.com described it as a "complete design fluke". It's no longer there, but the info is archived here: http://tformers.com/transformers-spr...9293/news.html

[Handsprime]

AOE Rollbar is an odd one I noticed lately. In the packaging art for Breakout Battle and the one step changers it shows a head similar to the Crosscut toy, yet the toy's head is based off Skids.

[griffin]

The Gaia Unicron & Optimus 2-pack arrived today, and I was surprised to see a snake deco painted on one shoulder of Optimus.

I'd heard this 2-pack sometimes being referred to as "year of the snake", but since there is nothing on the box anywhere of YOTS, I just thought it was just some dealers using the acronym to help sell it as it came out at about the same time as YOTS Optimus and Starscream.

It's not a clear image of a snake either, as I'd have trouble working out what it is and its purpose if I wasn't remembering the YOTS label from almost two years ago now.

It's still an odd thing to slap onto the toy without anything noted on the packaging (that I could see). And I haven't seen the snake deco on Unicron to make it a matching pair.

[Krayt]

Prime and starscream were YOTHorse, not YOTSnake....

[griffin]

Sorry, I meant Omega Supreme not Starscream. (Optimus has been released in all four Chinese New Years, so can get confusing keeping track of them all)

[Mythirax]

Well this is cool!!

That is so cool! In fact I think I might have to get those figures now

[UltraMarginal]

It is intentional - it was first found around the time of Astrotrain's release, but I can't remember if it was Ben Yee or someone else who found it.

It's a lucky accident. Hasbro.com described it as a "complete design fluke". It's no longer there, but the info is archived here: http://tformers.com/transformers-spr...9293/news.html

So does it lock in place or does it just sit there?

That is so cool! In fact I think I might have to get those figures now

I'm thinking about it myself.