#BehindTheBots salutes LARRY DITILLIO: TV writer, tabletop RPG aficionado, and one half of the duo that helped bring the original “Beast Wars” cartoon to life! tfwiki.net/wiki/Larry_D...

Happy #Obscursday! Whether she’s a member of Megaempress’s combiner team or one of Swindle’s unscrupulous business partners, the wily TRICKDIAMOND is always running one scheme or another, using her black market connections to make sure she comes out ahead! tfwiki.net/wiki/Trickdi...

WEEKLY WEDNESDAY WIKIPIC! Finally! A holy grail became real in 2025 with Missing Link ARCEE, finally putting a 1986-style Arcee on shelves! This one though is the "Prototype" version we wouldn't have got! New pic up on @tfwiki.net! tfwiki.net/wiki/Arcee_(... youtube.com/shorts/9mwiN...

#DidYouKnow that Hardtop is a big fan of comic books? When he’s not popping Autobot heads from afar, he’s meticulously collecting and storing pulp fiction from all across the galaxy! tfwiki.net/wiki/Hardtop...

"You blundering tape-filled idiot!" tfwiki.net/wiki/When_Co... #WeekendTFQuote

#BehindTheBots spotlights NAOTO TSUSHIMA, whose work on the Transformers franchise encompasses toys and a huge range of comics—from the self-penned "Battle of the Star Gate" manga, to Dreamwave’s "Energon" comics, and even "Beast Wars: Uprising!" tfwiki.net/wiki/Naoto_T...

Happy #Obscursday! In some realities, MAXIMA is a Camien soldier; in others, she’s the legendary founder of the Maximals… but no matter the universe, fate seems to conspire against her… tfwiki.net/wiki/Maxima

WEEKLY WEDNESDAY WIKIPIC! I hate you Bluesky video thumbnails! With the announcement of Wild King W, let's look at one of the Wild King's Energy Beasts, ABYSSRAIN! The Energon pic makes sense in context, I swear. New pic up on @tfwiki.net! tfwiki.net/wiki/Abyssra... youtube.com/shorts/xdmZp...

THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME? Elita Prime and the Autobots have returned to Cybertron... but the planet remains in the grip of the Decepticons, led by the still-living Shockwave! It's a cavalcade of cross-continuity cameos in TRANSFORMERS #32, now annotated on TFWiki! tfwiki.net/wiki/Transfo...

#DidYouKnow that Gears helps keep his fellow Autobots fuelled up by selling produce? Unfortunately, while transporting a load of potatoes to market, he was lured into an incredibly obvious Decepticon trap and presumably lost the vegetables… tfwiki.net/wiki/The_Aut...

“He's wacko." "Wacko? No, Wonko! Wonko the Sane!" tfwiki.net/wiki/Dark_De... #WeekendTFQuote

Tonight on Unsolved Mysteries, #BehindTheBots investigates the life of ROBERT STACK, star of “The Untouchables” and the original voice of Ultra Magnus… if he can deal with that right now! tfwiki.net/wiki/Robert_...

WEEKLY WEDNESDAY WIKIPIC! Dino noise! Cybertron BRIMSTONE... man, he's just cool. A flying cutlery store. Deadly and delightful. New pic on @tfwiki.net! tfwiki.net/wiki/Brimsto... youtube.com/shorts/lt1ww...

Happy #Obscursday! In case his name didn’t tip you off, MEGADEATH is a brutal commander whose callous mass-destruction tactics horrify even his Decepticon superiors! tfwiki.net/wiki/Megadea...

THE MIGHTY POWER THAT'LL SAVE THE DAY! The Transformers' universe expands even further with the ENERGON UNIVERSE FREE COMIC BOOK DAY SPECIAL, now annotated on TFWiki! tfwiki.net/wiki/Energon...

#DidYouKnow that IDW’s “Revolutionaries” comic series features a dog named Smarts? In issue #8, John Barber further explains that this Smarts is the ancestor of Lucky Smarts from the 2010 “Pound Puppies” cartoon! tfwiki.net/wiki/Smarts

"All of you, like, merged into one? That sounds terrible. How can you even think that's a good idea? I do get the appeal of the whole giant, smashing, crushing thing. But mixing yourself up with others like that? Can you hear me? C'mon. I'm interested." tfwiki.net/wiki/War%27s... #WeekendTFQuote

From cartoon crowdfiller to a depressed, fourth-wall breaking bartender, this month's featured article serves up the history of SWERVE, who knows better than anyone that that sometimes you just wanna go where everybody knows your name! tfwiki.net/wiki/Swerve_...

#BehindTheBots highlights ANNA MALKOVA: a Transformers fan turned professional, her illustrations of the early days of the Autobot-Decepticon conflict helped bring IDW’s rebooted “Transformers” comic to life! tfwiki.net/wiki/Anna_Ma...

WEEKLY WEDNESDAY WIKIPIC! Sha-heeeen! Takara certainly made some.... Choices... in its presentation of TF Animated. Mind, some of them ARE really pretty, like SHOCKWAVE ORIGINAL VER, who gets a nice purple metalflake makeover! New pic up at @tfwiki.net! (DAMMIT BLUESKY) youtube.com/shorts/Wdz5c...

Happy #Obscursday! One of Laserbeak’s former colleagues, Mini-Con reporter-turned-warrior FLASHBOX fights for truth alongside the Autobots! tfwiki.net/wiki/Flashbox

#DidYouKnow that when forestonite was introduced in 1995, it was just an ill-defined power source found on Earth? Its form and superpower-imbuing (and armor-color-changing) properties would not be established until almost exactly 15 years later! tfwiki.net/wiki/Foresto...

FICTION FIRST! TF is usually a toy-first (or at least concurrent) deal, thus media-only bots getting toys is... less than common. But now on @tfwiki.net are new pics of a bunch of 'em! Like Legacy ALPHA TRION, the first "normal" toy to properly evoke his original cartoon model! (1/)

"Maybe that is all I am, a bunch of transistors and bolts, but I don't believe it! My heart may look like an energon pump but that doesn't mean it can't feel." tfwiki.net/wiki/Sea_Cha... #WeekendTFQuote

From Hellboy to Fallout, #BehindTheBots spotlights RON PERLMAN: as the voice of Optimus Primal in both "Power of the Primes" and "Rise of the Beasts", he knows that Beast War never changes… tfwiki.net/wiki/Ron_Per...

Happy #Obscursday! Long before Bumblebee ever met Optimus Prime or joined the Autobots, his mentor SHUTTER helped him adjust to life on pre-war Cybertron! tfwiki.net/wiki/Shutter

WEEKLY WEDNESDAY WIKIPIC! Zooom! Let's look at the first Transformers spinoff series (and its not-TF Hasbro counterpart) via the Laser Beast MANTEAUFRENZY, a baboon with a board and blaster. New pics up at @tfwiki.net! tfwiki.net/wiki/Manteau... youtube.com/shorts/7ooPp...

FINALLY: all you've ever wanted to know about Machine Man – the living robot – from his birth in the 80s to the far off year of 2020! Fully annotated on the TFUK Appendix! tfuk.app/wiki/Machine...

#DidYouKnow that “Shattered Glass” Ricochet and Jazz are twin brothers? The two are a product of Optimus Prime’s mad science experiments to artificially split an ember… while Jazz is a laid-back sadist, Ricochet is a manic berserker constantly looking for his next kill! tfwiki.net/wiki/Ricoche...

"Drift, Grim, let's roll to the rescue! Wait, no, somebody's already using that battle cry." tfwiki.net/wiki/Battleg... #WeekendTFQuote

SNOW, SWORDS AND SILENCE! G.I. Joe is under orders to bring Scarlett in from the cold—but the infiltrator refuses to leave the Arashikage without her best friend Jinx! It's a homage to the classic Joe issue "Silent Interlude" in G.I. JOE #21, now annotated on TFWiki! tfwiki.net/wiki/G.I._Jo...

WEEKLY WEDNESDAY WIKIPIC! Still before midnight PST! He looks so good, but man, getting him into either mode! It's Energon SLUGSLINGER, a two-faced terror... to transform! New pic up at @tfwiki.net! tfwiki.net/wiki/Slugsli... youtube.com/shorts/kICOe...

Just updated the @tfwiki.net pic of the Mini-spy dune buggy with a construction variant: Most Minis have 8-spoked rear wheels & angled motor housings. Rarer is the "pre-TF" type w/ shallow "web" wheels and round casing. Round-types can also have GOODYEAR or blank tires instead of angled's DUNLOP.

#BehindTheBots spotlights ALYSON COURT, voice director for the BotBots television show and a longtime Canadian kid’s TV star… we’re not clowning around on this one! tfwiki.net/wiki/Alyson_...

Happy #Obscursday! When push comes to shove, JUMP DRIVE does what he loves… even if it’s not a good idea! tfwiki.net/wiki/Jump_Dr...

#DidYouKnow that Wolfang was originally meant to be the first new Maximal to join the team on the “Beast Wars” TV show? However, his role went to Tigatron; tweaking Cheetor’s pre-existing CGI model saved the animators a lot of time and money! tfwiki.net/wiki/Wolfang...

"This is EP-508, this is A-A-Tron, and this fella here is Steve." "Steve?" "Yeah, he’s foreign." tfwiki.net/wiki/Transfo... #WeekendTFQuote

#BehindTheBots spotlights MARTY ISENBERG, writer and story editor for both "Beast Machines" and "Animated!" tfwiki.net/wiki/Marty_I...

Happy #Obscursday! Before the Autobot-Decepticon war moved off-world, VIBES was an early Autobot recruit and a determined frontline soldier! tfwiki.net/wiki/Vibes

Re-took pictures of the individually-sold Masterforce Warriors VOLLET and ZETCA, both named after prior Takara toyline stuff. Now up on @tfwiki.net. (I never acquired the third one, Aquastar.)

#DidYouKnow that Ejector’s Tech Spec puts his “Courage” stat at a whopping 10 out of 10? He sure is a brave little toaster! tfwiki.net/wiki/Ejector

"Y'know, I think you've picked up on the fact that most of the Autobots aren't soldiers—they're doctors, engineers, bots who want to do the right thing. But that doesn't mean that we aren't well-armed for when we NEED to be." tfwiki.net/wiki/Enemy_o... #WeekendTFQuote

#BehindTheBots spotlights actor, producer, and God of Thunder CHRIS HEMSWORTH, who helped bring Orion Pax to life in “Transformers One”! tfwiki.net/wiki/Chris_H...

Happy #Obscursday! Did you know that Ultra Magnus has a tiny son? That’s right–his name is ULTRA MAGNUS JUNIOR, and he was press-ganged into action because he was the only Autobot on hand small enough to fit through a human-sized door! tfwiki.net/wiki/Ultra_M...

This month's featured article spotlights the STUNTICONS: whether alone or together, they're easily the most famous group of dysfunctional Decepticon drivers! tfwiki.net/wiki/Stuntic...

#DidYouKnow that OFTC 2004 was intended to feature an interactive Transformer-themed murder mystery? Unfortunately, due to a variety of reasons, convention-goers instead had to suffer through "DEATH BY CHOCOLATE", which had basically nothing to do with Transformers… tfwiki.net/wiki/DEATH_B...

"In fact, maybe freedom is the right of all sentient beings!" "What's 'sentient'?" "Like a snake." "No, that's a serpent." "Dave's a serpent?!" tfwiki.net/wiki/Shoppin... #WeekendTFQuote

From Dreamwave to Fun Publications to IDW, #BehindTheBots spotlights prolific colorist and artist JOSH BURCHAM! tfwiki.net/wiki/Josh_Bu...

HAPPY #OBSCURSDAY!! WHETHER HE’S BLOWING DECEPTICONS APART WITH HEAVY ORDNANCE, BLASTING IRON MAIDEN WITH HIS HUMAN FRIEND, OR JUST POSTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THUNDERHEAD DOES EVERYTHING LOUD!!! tfwiki.net/wiki/Thunder...

#DidYouKnow the initial release of the Battle Patrol Team in Japan used bright yellow vinyl-plastic parts instead of the intended gray? Why? Dunno! This led to an interesting tread-color mismatch on Powerbomb... and no change to Sunrunner! tfwiki.net/wiki/Battle_...