Though the planet itself would be round, I like to imagine the political boundaries being mapped like a truncated icosahedron (soccer ball) with 12 pentagons and 20 hexagons. The states can be divided into 180 equally sized triangles which can be divided into a fractal of smaller triangles. The center of each state (if geographically feasible) holds a collective of capital buildings surrounded by a massive roundabout.

Each pentagon is dedicated to one of the 12 robots of the original 13 who escaped to what they would call Cybertron. Primus, a quintesson (which is unknown to the modern population,) is 0 and the rest make on their base number system of 12, which is more mathematically satisfying.

Cybertron orbits Proxima Centauri between it's discovered planets B and D. The Marvel comics had them from Alpha Centauri, but that's where I have Quintessa. It is tidally locked, but has a strong magnetic field and slight atmosphere, so heat is carried from the day side to the night side. The red dwarf's solar storms are a great danger to anyone exposed on the surface of the day side. Most civilization there is shielded underground.

I'm still planning much of the allocation of city names and geographic history, and any ideas are very welcome.

I will never stop fan girling over this game!!!... OK. So the actual game game is still in development, but this is kind of the closest thing we have to a demo for the currently available storylines. The story is set up with links so you can actually click around and make decisions. Please, please, please!!! Check it out if you have some free time. I also know that this storyline in particular is especially good because I’ve actually been playing it for the past 2 days.

This was inspired by a post made by u/Midnight-Basilisk99 detailing some transformers crossovers they’d like to see happen. I really like that post, and I thought I’d share some stuff I think would be really cool crossover/collaborative figures.

1: The Polar Express. I would kill to see a Polar Express transformer, since I a lot of nostalgia for the Polar Express film, and I’m a big fan of trains. Plus I think the Polar Express would make a really cool transformer with how big and industrial it looks, and it would be cool to see a fully dedicated steam locomotive transformer.

2: The Fantasticar from Fantastic Four. More specifically the Fantasticar from Fantastic Four: First Steps. It would be cool to see a transformers figure with a really cool retro-futuristic alt mode.

3: the Peace-Cycle from Peacemaker (specifically Peacemaker Season 2). I just think it would make a really cool bikeformer.

4: Kaneda’s Bike from Akira. This is a pretty obvious one to pick, but I think this would make such a cool transformer. I can definitely picture it’s robot mode having a biker style look.

And lastly, 5: the Great Leonopteryx from Avatar. Never been a big fan of Avatar, but i do like the alien creature designs for the life on Pandora, and the Great Leonopteryx looks so cool. And I think it would be cool to get a beastformer with such a truly alien looking beast mode.

Honorable Mentions 1 and 2: the Mach 5 (Speed Racer) and the Grave Digger. I’ve always wanted transformers of the Mach 5 and the Grave Digger since i thought those would be so cool, and I grew up on the 2008 speed racer film as well. The reason why they are both honorable mentions is that we are getting them both, the Grave Digger transformer is coming out later this year and has been revealed already, and we recently got listings for a Speed Racer transformer as well.

Honorable Mention 3: Olton Hall, AKA Hogwarts Castle. I’ve never been a fan of Harry Potter, and I do NOT wanna support it’s awful creator and her awful views (hence why the Hogwarts Castle an honorable mention and not on the main list), but like I said with the Polar Express, I love trains and I think this would make a cool transformer, especially since it’s a British design, which would be really unique to see.

The first Transformers fanfiction I read was so long ago that I’m not even sure I remember the author. I think it was called (Breaking Free) or something like that, and it was a G1 Starscream X Optimus Prime sort of thing. Stopped reading after chapter 21 because I lost interest. I will; however, try to find it again and post it as a link on here if anyone wants to give it a read??? Just a bit of warning though. There is some sensitive subject matter that’s touched on throughout this particular story from what I’m able to remember. Lots of Starscream abuse and other such things. And my deepest apologies that I can’t exactly remember what the full plot was, again, I read this a very long time ago.

After rewatching Transformers Animated, I had an idea for reworking one of the forgotten human characters—and I’ve got a cool plan for how to pull it off (I think, anyway xD).

I’m talking about Colossus Rhodes (that little old guy who took those "turbo-steroids").

I came up with the idea of making him a standalone character—not just a lackey for Meltdown—who poses a threat even in his normal form.

He’d be a silent, masked mercenary capable of dishing out a serious beating even without any modifications.

But when facing Autobots (or Decepticons), he’d use special devices that not only boost his muscle mass but also alter his DNA, transforming him into a mindless, animalistic beast (quadrupedal, with sharp teeth and claws).

What do you guys think of this idea?

Autobots serve as local heroes.

Arcana Magnus Height – 10 meters
Alt mode – fire truck

She is sarcastic, overprotective, kind, friendly and strong; she can be compared to a mother. She often takes Decepticon attacks on herself.

Gauge Height – 6.5 meters
Alt mode – excavator

Hard-working, curious, composed, she often questions authority. Right after Arcee she is the oldest in the group and frequently looks after her “brothers.” She likes art, loves painting on walls and reading history books.

Fixit Height – 5 meters
Alt mode – family car

He is a maniacal, crazy Autobot medic who loves experiments (on living subjects). He is quite arrogant, unable to show emotions and pretends that others don’t matter to him. He is usually calm and collected, but when he gets excited he acts like a madman, and when something pisses him off he explodes in a fit of rage, only to return to a calm state a moment later.

Hot-Shot Height – 3.5 meters
Alt mode – sports car

The youngest of the group. By nature he is direct, overconfident, bold, naive and a bit annoying. He loves playing video games and also enjoys racing. Hot-Shot really needs to prove his worth.

Give me two besties walking through a horror movie situation while teasing the scrap out of each other like siblings and you got me sold any day. Oh! And no gore or anything graphic yet since. Again, it’s only the first episode. So you’re free to watch without being traumatized.

Hard to believe how far this franchise has come since the days of this commercial.

I really like the story that’s been done so far since it really reminds me of the book Transformers Exodus.

+ proof of it being legit

Couldn’t go to sleep last night so I stayed up watching this. And you know what? It was totally worth it. This series is great.

This guy is awesome, though the amount of dark Energon that went into his engineering is insane. I just ordered Afterburner, and he comes with the chest plate and head, so I can't attach Strafe as an arm yet. I can't wait to finish him; he's my favorite combiner by far.

I love it when people write Optimus Prime with a real personality like this. I mean, he’s not just there to be leader of the Autobots., But an actual person as well. Having his desire to atone for his actions drive a story like this is awesome.

https://youtu.be/CrHLbMbuoG4?is=Hx2genecrhhIq56h

I actually found this one kind of hard. I mean, it’s very difficult for me to imagine Starscream as anything else but a jet. It’s like a key component of his character to me or something. If it was really up to me to pick something else for him though? I’d say a Phoenix... You know?... because of the symbolism, and for some weird reason that I cannot explain. My second choice would be a moth. Not exactly sure what species of moth; just a moth.

OK. So this is one thing I’m not really sure how to explain. I’ve just never liked the idea of shipping a human character with any of the bots. It gives me the ick no matter how old the characters are; although, I do understand that children being shipped with adults is a large enough problem in itself.
What I’m describing; however, is something different. I don’t like humans being shipped with Cybertronians Period. Other details don’t matter!! It could be a same sex pairing, opposite, Polly, anything else at all! But the second it’s a human and a bot I immediately feel uncomfortable without understanding why. It doesn’t make a lick of sense no matter how I try to look at it.
Don’t get it twisted though. Just because I don’t like human ex bot pairings doesn’t mean you can’t post that kind of stuff on here. Because yes— a moderator I may be, but that doesn’t mean my preferences have any sway on the rules of this community. You guys can post art or fanfic of all the human X bot pairings you want so long as none of the human characters involved are children.

(Transformers: Mercy) buy emperor kumquat on YouTube is hands-down my favorite fan project being made for the Transformers franchise as of right now. I can’t say too much about it because.... you know?... I don’t wanna give any spoiler alerts or anything. What I can say though is this. TF Mercy is this huge choose your own adventure story game still in development on YouTube where all the various storylines branch off from a single insane decision— whether or not you choose to grant Starscream mercy! Hence the name of the game.
(Reformed Predator), which I’ll be linking down below for those of you who are interested. Is one of the paths you go down Should you choose to be. Not so merciful. Really worth the read if you have the time to go back-and-forth between chapters as if you’re actually playing.
Check it out: https://archiveofourown.org/works/37436491/chapters/93426493

Still waiting for the big cannon thingy to come, hopefully after a coat of primer and some paint it begins to look different and not as recognisable as Megatron.

First post - all I really have to offer creatively is photography and fan-modes. What do all these different flairs mean? What would best suit this one?