Why did Transformers change their motto

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The Transformers franchise transitioned its motto from "robots in disguise" to "more than meets the eye" approximately two decades ago, a decision that has faced criticism from fans. The change in Optimus Prime's vehicle form from a large lorry to a fire engine has also been a point of contention among enthusiasts. The discussion highlights the confusion surrounding character transformations, particularly Megatron's evolution into Galvatron, and the role of Unicron in the Transformers lore.

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From "robots in disguise" to "more than meets the eye"? This was a bad decision.
 
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They did this what? Two decades ago?
 
Why did they change Optimus Prime from a big Lorry to a ****ty fire-engine?!?
 
J77 said:
Why did they change Optimus Prime from a big Lorry to a ****ty fire-engine?!?

What!? Oh no...:frown:
 
EL said:
What!? Oh no...:frown:
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/372/b414pj.jpg
:frown:
 
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J77 said:
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/372/b414pj.jpg
:frown:
It's a sad world we live in nowadays...
 
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No Way!

You can't turn optimus into that heap, that's just so uncool...

How i used to love my thermal TF stickers...
 
That firetruck isn't optimus prime.

And wasnt the motto both "more than meets the eye" and "robots in disguise"?
 
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Is Megatron still alive or not ? :cry:
 
  • #11
Didn't he change name to Galvatron after a while?
 
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PIT2 said:
No galvatron is a different one i think.

My favorit transformer is this one:
http://www.unicron.com/mainpage/unicron/unicron.htm

But Unicron hardly qualifies for being a transformer. He's more of the god of the bad side (weren't they called "decepticons"?). And, if I don't remember wrong, at least in my Swedish transformer magazines, Unicron was the one transforming Megatron into Galvatron!
 
  • #14
Transformers,
More than meets the eye!

Autobots wage their battle to destroy the evil forces of the Decepticons.

Transformers,
Robots in diguise.
Tranformers,
More than meets the eye.
Tranformers!
 
  • #15
Megatron turned into Galvatron in the movie voiced amazingly by Leonard Nimoy and unicron has to be the weirdest transformer of all because where the hell did he come from? :eek:
 
  • #16
How did megatron get turned into galvatron then? Was he eaten by unicron?
 
  • #17
Well unicron came across their battered bodies in space and rebuilt megatron and a few others as galvatron and some new guys. I haven't seen the film in years so someone could correct me if I'm wrong.
 
  • #18
DeadWolfe said:
Why did Transformers change their motto..
Why do Transformers change?
 
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Kurdt said:
unicron has to be the weirdest transformer of all because where the hell did he come from? :eek:
I think he was there from the beginning of time...togehter with the good transformer god, Primus, who turned himself into "Cybertron", trandsformer's home planet...am I not right?...
 
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EL said:
I think he was there from the beginning of time...togehter with the good transformer god, Primus, who turned himself into "Cybertron", trandsformer's home planet...am I not right?...

I have no idea I was only born in 83 so I'm a bit young to remember the transformers at their height of fame. I remember the movie fondly though for that was shown a lot in the early nineties :biggrin:
 
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http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/07/17" :rolleyes:
 
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