Things you never realised about Transformers (toys etc)

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

Shattered Glass doesn't count... as they were the "Decepticons" in that universe.
It has been amusing to notice that, from scouring 30 years of Transformers toys, the colour purple is almost exclusively limited to evil factions by Hasbro and TakaraTomy.

Yes and no...they were technically Autobots, but you know...eeeeevil Autobots.
I'll totally pay not counting them in spirit, but it is fun to nitpick sometimes.

Just OOC, how many red 'evil' characters have there been? Red's also much more common as a 'good' colour (mostly because of the faction symbols I'd assume), but not nearly to the same extent as purple for evil.

[GoktimusPrime]

Off the top of my head baddies sporting red include: Rumble, Starscream, Laserbeak, Megatron (inside arms/legs), Insecticlones (eHobby), Ramjet (wings), Astrotrain (white version; eyes, decos), Magnificus, Blitzwing (eyes), Breakdown (face), Dead End (maroon), G1 Predacons, Runabout, Scourge (eyes), Spectro, Flywheels, Apeface, Triggerhappy (face), Soundblaster, Wildfly, Deszaras (eyes, decos, Eaglebreast), Gaihawk, Jalgar (weapons, Jaguarbreast), Dino Force, Stone Cruncher (face), Excavator (crane arm), Knockout (crane arm), Metrotitan (incl. Metrobomb & Metrodash), Black Zarak, Overlord (eyes), Snare, Stalker, Calcar, Aquablast (stripes), Tornado/Windrazor, Dreadwing & Smokescreen, Swindle (G2), Bulletbike, Space Case, Skyjack, Hooligan, Terrorsaur, Scorponok (BW), Lazorbeak, Hydra, Magmatron (Skysaur), Quickstrike (eyes), Spittor (TM), Razorclaw (video ver.), Ravage (BW; eyes), Megatron (BW, eyes, all version - TM2 is predominantly red), Jetstorm, Tonbot, Manterror & Mantis, Shadow Panther (eyes), Big Mos, Powerhug (eyes), Scarem, Dinobot (TM2, eyes), Injector, Terragator (eyes), Sky Shadow (BW), Waspinator (TM), Scavenger (BW), Rampage (BW), Gimlet, Motorarm, Scourge (BW), Bazooka (eyes), Dead End (BW), Sling, Archadis, Airraptor, Sabreback, Autolauncher, Megatron (BM), Scavenger (BM), Blastcharge, Jetstorm (BM, Dlx & Ult), Sonic Attack Jet, Tankor, Strika (eyes, window), Tripredacus Agent, Megabolt Megatron, Megatron & Galvatron (RiD; eyes), Scourge (RiD), Nemesis Prime, Megatron (Armada), Starscream (Armadaverse), Galvatron (Cybertron), Demolishor (Armada), Scrapmetal, Demolishor (ROTF), Knock Out (Prime), Swindle (Movie), Rampage (ROTF Legends, non-combining), Scavenger (ROTF), Rumble (Device Label), Rumble (Prime AM), and many Decepticon eyes in BT/ALT, Alternity, Classicsverse, Animated, TF Prime & Movieverse.

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

Let's say predominantly red, shall we?

How many bad guys have been red as Universe '03 Silverbolt is purple?

[GoktimusPrime]

Baddies that are predominantly red or have a notable amount of red (i.e. comparable w/ the amount of purple on AoE Slug):

Starscream, Rumble, Laserbeak, Insecticlones, Dead End, Spectro, Magnificus, Gaihawk, Wildfly, Metrobomb, Metrodash, Snare, Stalker, Calcar, Tornado/Windrazor, Swindle (G2), Bulletbike, Space Case, Skyjack, Hooligan, Terrorsaur, Inferno (BW), Lazorbeak, Hydra, Magmatron (Skysaur), Spittor (TM), Razorclaw (video ver.), Megatron (BW TM2, Jetstorm, Tonbot, Injector, Sky Shadow (BW), Waspinator (TM), Scavenger (BW), Rampage (BW), Gimlet, Motorarm, Scourge (BW), Sling (trap mode), Sabreback, Autolauncher, Megatron (BM), Scavenger (BM), Blastcharge, Tankor, Megabolt Megatron, Starscream (Armadaverse), Demolishor (Armada), Scrapmetal, Demolishor (ROTF), Knock Out (Prime), Swindle (Movie), Rampage (ROTF Legends, non-combining), Scavenger (ROTF), Rumble (Device Label), Rumble (Prime AM), Rumble (Alternators), Rumble (United)

...and arguably Dark of the Moon Sentinel Prime - although he's an Autobot, he was eeevil.

[Sinnertwin]

Chartreuse?

[griffin]

Let's say predominantly red, shall we?

How many bad guys have been red as Universe '03 Silverbolt is purple?

Maybe there is a "rule" to limit the allegiance symbol colours to toys of those allegiances?
Or it could be the usual kid stereotyping of colours, with bright colours being "good" and darker colours being "bad".
Right from the first year of Transformers, we had that division of colour palettes, which carried for many years... and obviously the ongoing homages in every line since Gen1.

[Bidoofdude]

Going from the first few years, colours to allegiance would be:

Autobots:
-Red (big one there)
-Yellow
-Green
-Light blue

Decepticons:
-Black
-Grey
-Purple
-Dark/Navy Blue
-White

There are a few exceptions, but I seem to like the little more diversity the Decepticons can have. They seem to be able to have a lot more colours, whereas the Autobots kind of have a boundary.

[Sky Shadow]

Going from the first few years, colours to allegiance would be:

Autobots:
-Red (big one there)
-Yellow
-Green
-Light blue

Decepticons:
-Black
-Grey
-Purple
-Dark/Navy Blue
-White

There are a few exceptions, but I seem to like the little more diversity the Decepticons can have. They seem to be able to have a lot more colours, whereas the Autobots kind of have a boundary.

Huh? That's not accurate. How do you decide that white is for Decepticons, when the Autobots have Wheeljack, Prowl, Jazz and Ratchet as four of their most iconic characters? (Plus Metroplex, Jetfire, Mirage, Sky Lynx, half the Aerialbots and Protectobots, Red Alert, Topspin, Twin Twist, etc.) They also have plenty of orange (Omega Supreme, Sandstorm, Huffer, Rodimus, Roadbuster, Wheelie, Hoist, Grapple). Surely green is a colour that's also associated with Decepticons (Constructicons, half the Deluxe Insecticons, two fifths of the Combaticons.) And you can't say that Decepticons have more diversity in colours - heck, in 1984 and 1988 the cons looked like they bought a handful of paints in bulk and shared them around.

[Bidoofdude]

Huh? That's not accurate. How do you decide that white is for Decepticons, when the Autobots have Wheeljack, Prowl, Jazz and Ratchet as four of their most iconic characters? (Plus Metroplex, Jetfire, Mirage, Sky Lynx, half the Aerialbots and Protectobots, Red Alert, Topspin, Twin Twist, etc.) They also have plenty of orange (Omega Supreme, Sandstorm, Huffer, Rodimus, Roadbuster, Wheelie, Hoist, Grapple). Surely green is a colour that's also associated with Decepticons (Constructicons, half the Deluxe Insecticons, two fifths of the Combaticons.) And you can't say that Decepticons have more diversity in colours - heck, in 1984 and 1988 the cons looked like they bought a handful of paints in bulk and shared them around.

Did I put white under Decepticons? Woops. And yeah, the Autobots had quite a bit of orange. My main point on Decepticons' diversity is not that they had a handful of colours, but that they had a lot wider range and could push the limits on what colours they could be. Most of the Autobots couldn't do this.