MP 700 The Transformers, Part 1 1984 - 1985 (Sunbow Productions/Marvel Productions)


All full episode videos from the Hasbro Pulse YouTube channel


Marvel Comics treatment
Modern reproduction (originally written by Jim Shooter, repro by The Roboplastic Apocalypse)

MP#1059 Spot 177
Marvel Comics' The Transformers issue 1 commercial 
Full storyboard (George Goode)


Hasbro Briefing Binders
1984 product - Autobots
1984 product - Decepticons
Marketing fact sheets



Hasbro 1984 Toyfair catalogue



Season 1

Full episodes (from Hasbro Pulse YouTube channel)

Full playlist link: The Transformers Season 1 (production order) - YouTube



MP 4023, 4024, 4025
The Transformers (More Than Meets The Eye) - George Arthur Bloom

Part 1




Background keys - Cybertron, Iacon, Autobot and Decepticon ship interiors, Autobot HQ, Oil Rig, Sherman Dam, Burma Crystal Mines, Rocket Base
Miniseries model sheets - Autobot and Decepticon ships, Spike, Sparkplug, Workman #1 and #2


Hasbro briefing binder
1985 product (Shockwave, Jetfire, early Dinobot reference)
1984-1985 product (Dinobots, Jetfire, Insecticons, Constructicons)
View Briefing Binder Gallery



Brian Ray storyboard test
Full storyboard - 7 pages, uses The Transformers, Day 1 for story




MP 700

Date: 30/04/1984
From: Bryce Malek and Dick Robbins
To: Margaret Loesch and Lee Gunther
Internal correspondence (Transcript)

Writer's Bible - Season 1 cast only (contributor credit: walruslaw)
Show bible
View Show Bible gallery




01 Transport To Oblivion - Bryce Malek and Dick Robbins
Dialogue script
Full script (Revised 08/06/1984)
Full script (Final 22/06/1984)




02 Roll For It - Douglas Booth
Dialogue script
Full script (First draft reconstructed)
Full script (Final)




03 Divide And Conquer - Donald F. Glut
Dialogue script
Full script





04 Fire In The Sky - Bryce Malek, Dick Robbins, Alfred A. Pegal
Dialogue script
Full script (first draft) - contributor credit: NeverDoubt
Full script (final)



05 S.O.S Dinobots - Donald F. Glut
Dialogue script
Full script
Full storyboard (contributor credit: Ryan King, Rich Helscher and Jim Sorenson) Artists: David Russell, Doug Lefler, Gerald Moeller, Lindsay Dawson, Bob Smith, Brian Ray)
View storyboard gallery






06 Fire On The Mountain - Douglas Booth
Dialogue script
Full script




07 War Of The Dinobots - Donald F. Glut
Dialogue script
Full script (First draft) contributor credit: nmeofthast8
Full script (Final)




08 The Ultimate Doom, part 1: Brainwash - Story: Bryce Malek, Dick Robbins, Douglas Booth, Larry Strauss.  Teleplay: Larry Strauss
Dialogue script
Full script


09 The Ultimate Doom, part 2: Search - Story: Bryce Malek, Dick Robbins, Douglas Booth, Earl Kress.  Teleplay: Earl Kress
Dialogue script
Full script




10 The Ultimate Doom, part 3: Revival - Story: Bryce Malek, Dick Robbins, Douglas Booth, Leo D. Paur.  Teleplay: Leo D. Paur
Dialogue script
Full script



11 Countdown To Extinction - Reed Robbins and Peter Salas
Dialogue script
Full script



12 A Plague Of Insecticons - Douglas Booth
Dialogue script
Full script



13 Heavy Metal War - Donald F. Glut
Dialogue script
Full script
Full storyboard

Full episodes


Hasbro 1985 Toyfair catalogue


Backgrounds and Equipment Models
Master file - 700-16 to 34

16 Autobot Spike - Donald F. Glut





17 Changing Gears - Larry Parr





18 City of Steel - Douglas Booth
Full storyboard - artists: John Walker, Vincenzo Trippetti, Dae Jung Kim (contributor credit - Marco Van Leeuwen)







19 Attack of the Autobots - David Wise
Full storyboard - Artists: Wendell Washer, Gerald Moeller, Peter Chung, Gregg Davidson, Vincenzo Trippetti, Roy Shishido





20 Traitor - George Hampton and Mike Moore






21 The Immobilizer - Earl Kress
Dialogue script
Storyboard samples (low-res, pages 1, 4, 9, 28, 50, 78, 109, 147)

22 The Autobot Run - Donald F. Glut




23 Atlantis, Arise! - Douglas Booth
Full storyboard - contributor credit: Rich Helscher (Artists: Toei Animation)





24 Day of the Machines - David Wise 




25 Enter the Nightbird - Sylvia Wilson and Richard Milton





Transformers New Product Addendum (Season 2 cast)
Full briefing document - contributor credit: Dennis Vautour
View Briefing Document gallery



26 A Prime Problem - Bryce Malek and Dick Robbins 

27 The Core - Dennis Marks 

28 The Insecticon Syndrome - Douglas Booth 






29 Dinobot Island, part 1 - Donald F. Glut 
Backgrounds (for both parts)





30 Dinobot Island, part 2 - Donald F. Glut 

31 The Master Builders - David N. Gottlieb and Herb Engelhardt 





32 Auto Berserk - Antoni Zalewski 
33 Microbots - David Wise 





34 Megatron's Master Plan, part 1 - Donald F. Glut 

35 Megatron's Master Plan, part 2 - Donald F. Glut 
Act III storyboard, Additional Material section - Keith Tucker (contributor credit: Steve Chu)






36 Desertion of the Dinobots, part 1 - Earl Kress 
Full script Contributor credit: Marco Van Leeuwen 



37 Desertion of the Dinobots, part 2 - Earl Kress 
Full script Contributor credit: Marco Van Leeuwen 





38 Blaster Blues - Larry Strauss 



Elaine Hultgren storyboard test
Four-page storyboard - Uses Blaster Blues for story (contributor credit - Jim Sorenson)




39 A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court - Douglas Booth 



40 The Golden Lagoon - Dennis Marks 
Full script - Contributor credit: Marco Van Leeuwen 



41 The God Gambit - Buzz Dixon 



42 Make Tracks - David Wise 
Full script (first draft) Contributor credit: Marco Van Leeuwen 



43 Child's Play - Beth Bornstein 
Full script - contributor credit: Marco Van Leeuwen



44 Quest for Survival - Reed Robbins and Peter Salas 
Full script - contributor credit: Marco Van Leeuwen



45 The Secret of Omega Supreme - David Wise 
Full script - contributor credit: Marco Van Leeuwen




46 The Gambler - Michael Charles Hill
Full script - Contributor credit: Marco Van Leeuwen




47 Kremzeek! - David Wise 
Full script - Contributor credit: Marco Van Leeuwen




48 Sea Change - Douglas Booth 
Full script (first draft) (with thanks to Jim Sorenson)
Full script (revised by Doug Booth) - Contributor credit: Marco Van Leeuwen
Full storyboard (contributor credit: Ryan King, Rich Helscher and Jim Sorenson).  Artists: K



49 Triple Takeover - Larry Strauss 
Full script - Contributor credit: Marco Van Leeuwen



50 Prime Target - Flint Dille and Buzz Dixon 
Full script - Contributor credit: Marco Van Leeuwen



51 Auto-Bop - David Wise
Full script - Contributor credit: Marco Van Leeuwen
Models - Robot Cassette (proto-Rewind/Eject), Dag, Poplock





52 The Search for Alpha Trion - Beth Bornstein
Full script - Contributor credit: Marco Van Leeuwen



53 The Girl Who Loved Powerglide - David Wise 
Full Script - Contributor credit: Marco Van Leeuwen



54 Hoist Goes Hollywood - Earl Kress
Full Script - contributor credit: Marco Van Leeuwen
Call sheet and dialogue script (contributor credit: allew)


55 The Key to Vector Sigma, part 1 - David Wise 



56 The Key to Vector Sigma, part 2 - David Wise 




57 Aerial Assault - Douglas Booth 



58 War Dawn - David Wise 


59 Trans-Europe Express - David Wise 


60 Cosmic Rust - Paul Davids 
Page 1 of outline (contributor credit: allew)
Dialogue script
Full script (contributor credit: we_are_forest)
Full storyboard (contributor credit: Nathan Stacy)
View storyboard gallery



61 Starscream's Brigade (30 Seconds over Megatron) - Michael Charles Hill



62 The Revenge of Bruticus - Larry Strauss 
Dialogue script
Full Script (reconstruction of first draft)
Full Script (final)



63 Masquerade - Donald F. Glut 
Dialogue script
Page 23 of full script (mistakenly included in dialogue script scan)


64 B.O.T. - Earl Kress 

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