If you turn the autobot logo upside down...

 

 

It kinda looks like Dumb Donald, from the Cosby Kids.

 

 

Coincidence?  Or conspiracy?  You decide... :schin

:I actually noticed that before. But I just couldn't remember the name of his character.

 

The Decepticon symbol has never appeared as anything special to me.

That is friggin hilarious.

 

And the Decepticon symbol always just looked like a stylized Soundwave head.

What about this one:

 

 

:I actually noticed that before. But I just couldn't remember the name of his character.

 

The Decepticon symbol has never appeared as anything special to me.

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Autobot symbol => Prowl/Smokescreen/Bluestreak

Decepticon symbol=> Soundwave/Soundblaster

What about this one:

 

 

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:eek  :eek

 

:tflaugh

 

thats awesome!

If you turn the autobot logo upside down...

 

 

It kinda looks like Dumb Donald, from the Cosby Kids.

 

 

Coincidence?  Or conspiracy?  You decide... :schin

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I'm not surprised, there are Transformers homages in a bunch of old cartoons.

What about this one:

 

 

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:eek  :eek

 

:tflaugh

 

thats awesome!

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:tflaugh  :tflaugh1

i agree with madhammer, i once saw a transformers homage on Howdy Doody...

There's obviously a connection

 

Animation on television focused almost exclusively on children, to the point where Saturday morning TV broadcasts on the TV networks were aimed primarily at kids. The tradition of getting up early to watch Saturday morning cartoons became a weekly ritual for millions of American kids, and the networks were glad to oblige by providing hours-long blocks of cartoon shows, most of which were crudely written and poorly animated. But the children watched these shows anyway, and Hanna-Barbera Productions became the leader in the production of TV cartoons for children. A number of other studios produced TV cartoons, but the lion's share came from Hanna-Barbera. In spite of persistent attempts by rival animation studios Filmation (Fat Albert, The Archies) and DePatie-Freleng Enterprises (Pink Panther) to capture audiences, Hanna-Barbera had developed a virtual monopoly on TV cartoons by the 1970s. This led to a considerable decline in quality on Saturday mornings; there was no incentive for Hanna-Barbera to produce high-quality animation because when a show was cancelled by the network, it was swiftly replaced by another Hanna-Barbera show of equally dismal quality. While some efforts at creativity were made by up-and-coming animators such as Mark Evanier, their efforts were lost amid a flood of cheaply-produced cartoons.

 

During the 1980s, the Reagan administration repealed a number of regulations on television; among other things, it greatly loosened the standards a TV show had to meet to be considered "educational" (and thus worthy for viewing by children). Toy manufacturers and marketers took advantage of these new standards, and the first half of the decade saw the introduction of a wave of toy-based cartoons that were widely criticized for being little more than half-hour TV commercials for toys and video games. These cartoons, including G.I. Joe, Transformers, Care Bears, Pac-Man, Saturday Supercade, and many others were often cited as examples of poor writing and animation; nevertheless, they were a big hit with young viewing audiences. They were also the first cartoons to seriously threaten the dominance of Hanna-Barbera for the kids' viewing market.

 

2 of the main animators for both series were the same dude

eh...i just like to think they are loosely based on TF molds and represent ancient TF's that stoof for their cause. RhA had the same thoughts i was going to post.