Fun Fact about Shockwave: The original Shockwave toy, as well as Omega Supreme, were both licensed out from Tomy, and eventually they couldn’t re-release the toys because of that. But when Takara (who handles TFs in Japan) merged with Tomy, they got the ability to reuse the original Shockwave and Omega Supreme toys again.
…Jetfire on the other hand was a Robotech Valkyrie, which is why he’s never been reissued and they’ve had to be very careful to make him look similar but different in later versions.
cybertron was awsome really liked starscream in that one and animated was pretty cool tho i only liked the epsiodes where they showed decepticons
i think transformers prime is the best transformers show
Yeah, the toys were kinda hit & miss too. Energon had the best Galvatron up until the Titans Return line, and even now it’s debatable. Most of them were kinda meh. Optimus Pie was not a very good looking figure, but it was a pretty fun toy what with his easy transformation and lots of accessory drones. Omega Supreme was also one of my favorite figures from Energon, but it’s not without its faults.
Edit: yes, I did mean to write Optimus Pie…because he’s fat.
In Beast Wars they made the character Blackarachnia. She was her own stand-alone character.
In Transformers Animated they took a support character from Generation One named Elita One and had her transform into a different Blackarachnia for that series. Elita One looks fairly similar to Arcee.