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 

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

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

Intro sequence (Unproduced)
Full storyboard - Wendell Washer (contributor credit: Ryan King)

Commercial bumpers
Full storyboards - George Goode (Optimus Prime, Jazz, Starscream, Laserbeak)

Part 1

Part 2
Model sheets - Spike, early Trailbreaker, early Rumble, Reflector, Wheeljack, Ravage
Backgrounds - Autobot HQ and repair bay, Oil Rig (intact), Nelson Shin revision notes, Decepticon spaceship, Autobot volcano

Part 3
Background keys - Cybertron, Iacon, Autobot and Decepticon ship interiors, Autobot HQ, Oil Rig, Sherman Dam, Burma Crystal Mines, Rocket Base


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



The Transformers (CBS)
Concurrent with the writing and production of George Arthur Bloom's syndicated miniseries, Marvel Productions commissioned Jeffrey Scott to hurriedly write a development bible and pilot script, looking to pitch a Transformers main series to CBS network for Saturday morning broadcast.  Hasbro, Griffin-Bacal, Marvel Productions and CBS executives were all involved in shaping the ultimately unsuccessful pitch.  Reference materials provided to Scott included copies of the Toyfair 1984 catalogue pages, Hasbro product list and Bob Budiansky character profiles, storyboards for the animated commercial promoting Marvel Comics issue 1 and the script for Act I of More Than Meets The Eye, Part 1 (all represented at the links above).





Development Bible - Jeffrey Scott
First draft (February 25th, 1984) 
Revised version (March 7th, 1984)
Jeffrey Scott notes file

A Robot's Best Friend Is His Dog - Jeffrey Scott
Beats outline and full episode outline
Full script






MP 700

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

Recurring Character Models
Backgrounds and Equipment Models

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 
Show bible

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
Character models and backgrounds

04 Fire In The Sky - Bryce Malek, Dick Robbins, Alfred A. Pegal
Dialogue script
Full script (first draft) 
Full script (final)
Character models and backgrounds

05 S.O.S Dinobots - Donald F. Glut
Full script

06 Fire On The Mountain - Douglas Booth
Full script (revised draft) 
Full script (final)

07 War Of The Dinobots - Donald F. Glut
Dialogue script
Full script (First draft) 
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
Character models and backgrounds

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

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
Act III storyboard - Peter Chung

11 Countdown To Extinction - Reed Robbins and Peter Salas
Dialogue script
Full script
Act III storyboard - Peter Chung

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


Season 2

Full episodes


Hasbro 1985 Toyfair catalogue

Character Models
Main cast (1984 and 1985 product)
700-16-25 - Autobot Spike to Enter The Nightbird
700-27-34 - A Prime Problem to Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1
700-35-39 - Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2 to A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court
700-43-50 - Child's Play to Prime Target
700-51-64 - Auto-Bop to B.O.T

Backgrounds and Equipment Models
Master file - 700-16 to 38

Unproduced intro sequence
Full storyboard - Peter Chung

Unproduced commercial bumper
Full storyboard - Peter Chung

16 Autobot Spike - Donald F. Glut
Act II storyboard - Peter Chung

17 Changing Gears - Larry Parr

18 City of Steel - Douglas Booth

19 Attack of the Autobots - David Wise

20 Traitor - George Hampton and Mike Moore

21 The Immobilizer - Earl Kress

22 The Autobot Run - Donald F. Glut

23 Atlantis, Arise! - Douglas Booth

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 - 10th December 1984 version. 
Full briefing document - 5th February 1985 version.  

Unused story premises - Wendell Washer
Submitted premises - Welcome, Fortress Maximus. The Might Of Fortress Maximus, Fortress and Devastator, Tidal Wave Terror

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 

30 Dinobot Island, part 2 - Donald F. Glut 
31 The Master Builders - David N. Gottlieb and Herb Engelhardt 

32 Auto Berserk - Antoni Zalewski 
 models and Character models and backgrounds

33 Microbots - David Wise 

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

35 Megatron's Master Plan, part 2 - Donald F. Glut 

36 Desertion of the Dinobots, part 1 - Earl Kress 

37 Desertion of the Dinobots, part 2 - Earl Kress 

38 Blaster Blues - Larry Strauss 

Elaine Hultgren storyboard test
Four-page storyboard - Uses Blaster Blues for story 

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

40 The Golden Lagoon - Dennis Marks 

41 The God Gambit - Buzz Dixon 

42 Make Tracks - David Wise 

43 Child's Play - Beth Bornstein 

44 Quest for Survival - Reed Robbins and Peter Salas 

45 The Secret of Omega Supreme - David Wise 

46 The Gambler - Michael Charles Hill

47 Kremzeek! - David Wise 

48 Sea Change - Douglas Booth 

49 Triple Takeover - Larry Strauss 

50 Prime Target - Flint Dille and Buzz Dixon 

51 Auto-Bop - David Wise

52 The Search for Alpha Trion - Beth Bornstein

53 The Girl Who Loved Powerglide - David Wise 

54 Hoist Goes Hollywood - Earl Kress
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)

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 

Contributor credits:
Steve Chu: 35 storyboard
Jim Shooter treatment - The Roboplastic Apocalypse
Rich Helscher: 05, 23, 45, 48 storyboard, episode model sheet books, 06 revised script
Ryan King: Season 1 intro, 4023, 05, 38, 48, 57 storyboard, 1984 model sheets, New Product Addendum (1st version)
Marco van Leeuwen: 18 storyboard, 36-54 scripts
Nathan Stacy: 60 storyboard
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