Things you never realised about Transformers (toys etc)

[Firestorm]

Octus

Yes, that's the one.

also I see the thread title has been changed, thanks Bossbot

[Paulbot]

I'm going to put this down to the character never get much play in fiction before Robots In Disguise, but I've never made the connection between the function "thief" and the name "Chop Shop" before. 30 years late to the party

[SuspectimusPrime]

Never realised that Generations Seaspray had a fan combination mode with Breacher (similar to Mindwipe and Skystalker). Image from eBay.

[GoktimusPrime]

Just found out today that there was a 30th anniversary Transformers exhibit in Singapore that finished yesterday.
http://www.science.edu.sg/exhibition...nsformers.aspx

[griffin]

It was in the news section in November, and had a lot of discussion in January.

[GoktimusPrime]

...that was kinda my point for posting my super-late realisation on this thread.

But anyway this thread is for posting things that you've only just now realised about Transformers toys you've had for ages (even if it's something that you think everyone else already knows about)

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Whoa... so G1 Ratchet was originally conceived to be female?

[Lint]

Just found out today that there was a 30th anniversary Transformers exhibit in Singapore that finished yesterday.
http://www.science.edu.sg/exhibition...nsformers.aspx

That Roller guy went there on the opening day. Barrels of fun! Our grandkids will probably be adults before we ever see an exhibit like that down under.

[griffin]

I probably just forgot about this, but the 2014 Hero Mashers Drift was originally going to be Bludgeon... to match the Gen1 theme of the other Hero Mashers.
A shame that we probably won't see that now. It's a bit of a tease for the Bludgeon fans.

[Bidoofdude]

This may seem stupid, but I did not realise until today that Generations Skid's shoulder sockets can extend from their awkward position. Looks much better.

[Firestorm]

This may seem stupid, but I did not realise until today that Generations Skid's shoulder sockets can extend from their awkward position. Looks much better.

If heard of this before but never tried it. I don't have access to my skids right now to try it. Any chance of some pics to show he difference?

As for my own realisation, I was fiddling with the deluxe movie Brawl earlier and finally discovered that his massive cannon can slide up his forearm so it's not quite so awkward.