Apparently Emiliano Santalucia designed Thundertron from Prime. Here's a compilation of five of his Transformers-related blog posts including an interesting amalgamation of Bay and G1 Sideswipe.

And does anyone else think that the new Beast Hunters toyline seems ridiculously similar to the 200X vs. Snake Men snake hunters one? Right down to the remoulds of existing toys with hilarious accessories?