Things you never realised about Transformers (toys etc)

[Megatran]

Didn't realise there were so many Transformers insignia.

http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Insignia

[rodent]

Mountain Dew Robot and Lunchables Brigade??

[SuspectimusPrime]

Aside from Autobot, Decepticon, Maximal and Predacon insignias everything else looks derpy

[DELTAprime]

Mountain Dew Robot and Lunchables Brigade??

They may as well include every product placement and actual government agency if these are included. So many real brands and organizations in those movies.

I have always liked the Rescue Bots insignia.

[DELTAprime]

I didn't realise how serious Takara was taking using Hasbro names for it's figures now. I knew that since 2007 they have been using Hasbro names on Bayverse, TFA and TFP figures. For CHUG characters they have normally gone with G1 names. But today I noticed they are using Hasbro names now on pre-2007 characters. My Legends Skyfire has Jetfire on the box and Legends Gel-shark has Sky-byte on the box. I can't wait to get my others in my POL to see if Rattle's Rattrap and Convoy's Optimus Primal.

[GoktimusPrime]

I knew about the Skyfire-->Jetfire thing, although they had previously done it before w/ Animated and ROTF Jetfire, but I must admit that I didn't know about Sky Byte! I guess that the Anglophone names have become increasingly popular in Japan since the 07 movie, and they're now more heavily targeting kids and newer fans who aren't familiar with the original 80s old school names.

Even with Masterpiece... despite trying to consistently use all the original Japanese names, the word "Autobot" (instead of "Cybertron") managed to creep into MP-13 Condor's tech specs!

[GoktimusPrime]

Found this out yesterday when I got MP22... toy spoiler ahead (for those who can't deal with that now )





The faux wheels on the feet aren't just decorative, they also perform a practical function in preventing Ultra Magnus from rolling in robot mode and thus having that "roller skate" effect that you get on G1 Ultra Magnus (and even the City Commander 3P upgrade).

[DELTAprime]

I must confess. I liked giving him roller skates.

[UltraMarginal]

Finally the mystery is solved, I think...

The Rescue Bots Beam Box computer game (for the TV - you plug in figurines to play their characters), comes pre-installed with six characters. In other words, the game is not like Skylanders or Disney Infinity which has the characters downloaded into the game from the figurines. As such, it is possible to trick the Beam Box console into thinking you have bought and plugged in the characters.

The six characters in the game (on the main menu screen to activate)...
Optimus Prime - comes with console
Bumblebee - sold separately in wave 1
Boulder - sold separately in wave 1
Heatwave - sold separately in wave 1
Chase - SUPPOSED to be sold separately in wave 1
Blades - sold separately in wave 2
.

Ironic that the unobtainable 'chase figure' is called Chase... Hasbro just trolled us all hard.

on a side note, I don't think the skylanders or Disney infinity download anything from the toys, it's just an RFID tag inside the toy that when close enough to the RFID reader in the game base is read and unlocks the game character and data that is pre-installed on the game disk or downloaded from the interwebs as required by the game.
incredibly cheap to produce and a massive money spinner.

[GoktimusPrime]

I must confess. I liked giving him roller skates.

Luckily for you, that option is still there too! (just don't flip the wheels over)

Ironic that the unobtainable 'chase figure' is called Chase... Hasbro just trolled us all hard.

Bonus trollage points if the most common figure was called Searchlight.