Quote Originally Posted by griffin View Post
Also noting that the Toyfair catalogues from the 80s, are at one location, which is highly recommended to check out, with Transformers toys from 1984 to 1990.

I saw on the tfw posting a cover letter by Jim Ward, but it wasn't included at the archive link... claiming that he had a submitted story idea rejected that was similar to "Enter the Nightbird" .
The dates probably support this, as the character addendum is from February 1984, and the script for Nightbird is dated December 1984 (and first aired in September 1985).
As I said there, the opposite is likely true. The date on this addendum ought to read February 6th, 1985. I think it is purely the case that, as a prospective freelancer, Jim Ward didn't know that plot had already been done when he submitted his premises. Unless said premises are among items yet to be auctioned (they haven't been so far), there is no way to prove it conclusively.