Quote Originally Posted by Verno View Post
We see Prowl and Ironhide sitting as Maximal Elders, but they both lucked out in the first 10 minutes of TF:TM.
Isn't what happens to them in Transformers: The Movie the opposite of "lucked out"?* Grimlock, Silverbolt, Ravage, Laserbeak, Buzzsaw, Arcee, Alpha Trion, Sinnertwin, Razorclaw, Divebomb, Hot Rod, Trailbreaker, Sunstreaker, Sideswipe, Bumblebee, Ratchet, Outback, Chromia, Vector Prime, Devcon, Cyclonus, Quake, Skywarp, Bumblebee, Deathsaurus, Starscream's ghost and High Beam are also still around.

*I just looked it up and apparently "lucked out" can mean both:

(idiomatic) To experience great luck; to be extremely fortunate or lucky.
(idiomatic, UK) To have run out of luck.

Well that renders it a completely useless phrase then...