Things you never realised about Transformers (toys etc)

[GoktimusPrime]

A toy that is basically the same mould but with one or two swappable parts (such as heads) would be great, but Hasbro doesn't do that sort of thing, right?

Legends Overlord says hi.

It is extremely uncommon though. HasTak are more likely to pre-tool a mould with different parts that are swapped out for different releases.
e.g. Masterpiece Datsuns

[griffin]

Didn't know or didn't remember... the Autobot Deepcover (redeco of Sideswipe) has the ability to shrink to "toy size". Think Soundwave in cassette player mode, but Deepcover can shrink without transforming, as part of his spy function... so if you have the original ehobby toy, you can pretend it is real at that size, if you wanted.
https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Deep_Cover

[Handsprime]

Even though my avatar is of Cybertron Jetfire, he can be repurposed into the G1 character Dreadrock (who is named after the galaxy force name of Jetfire).

Pretty cool to have a UT adaptation of one of the characters being adapted into the G1 universe, especially one that had a different name in the Japanese series.

[Skyfire]

The War For Cybertron Battle Across Time sets boxes line up to form a larger artwork.

[Paulbot]

I've only just noticed that there's a recommended age in a circle at the front of Transformers packaging since Earthrise. I saw the recommended age on the Ark box (15+) and thought 'oh that's new' but looked around and every other unopened TF box in my room has one of those age circles on it!

[Autocon]

15+? Thats a bit old I would of thought

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

15+? Thats a bit old I would of thought

IIRC Japan has been doing that from at least the Legends line. I suspect absolutely nobody pays any attention to it, so it covers them if Jnr chokes on a gun. Interesting though as 13 was the age when I was dropping out of Transformers. Didn't get back in again until I was in my s