Things you never realised about Transformers (toys etc)

[griffin]

And what's up with Wolfwire coming with "Monxo," but there's a separate Titan Master called "Monzo"?

There is???

[GoktimusPrime]

Wait, my bad... Monzo will be Monxo's name in Japan (LG30), so evidently TakaraTOMY still has rights to both the name Weirdwolf and Monzo. Which is not surprising, as I believe trademark/copyright laws don't cross over languages. There are plenty of examples of names that Hasbro can use that TakaraTOMY can't and vice versa.

The weird one is Laserwave (Japanese name for Shockwave), because it seems that TakaraTOMY were able to secure the rights to that name when written in Katakana, but not when it's Romanised. If you look at MP Shockwave's box and instructions etc., it says "DESTRONLASERWAVE" whenever the name is Romanised, but just レーザーウェーブ (Laserwave) when the name is written in Katakana. And I'm not sure why there's no space between "Destron" and "Laserwave" either. Makes me wonder if the Japanese have separate registries for trademarks written in Japanese or Roman script.

Takara(TOMY) usually doesn't lose trademarks as often as Hasbro, probably because it's less likely for Anglophone names to be taken by someone else in a non-English speaking country. But there are a few including:
* Inferno ---> "Cybertron Inferno"
* Octane ---> "Destron Octone"
etc.

[Jetfire in the sky]

I didn't realise my own Generations Metroplex had a firing missile until I almost shot my eye out yesterday
I must have forgot I had displayed him like that.
Not the first time a TF has tried to take me out unexpectedly

[Jaxius._]

I didn't realise my own Generations Metroplex had a firing missile until I almost shot my eye out yesterday
I must have forgot I had displayed him like that.
Not the first time a TF has tried to take me out unexpectedly

He had a missile? Well there's another lost part lol