Recently, Gizmodo had a chance to go out to the Transformers HQ at Hasbro’s home office outside of Providence, Rhode Island. We got to see how the classic toys are designed from the ground up, as well as the workshop where early prototypes for all of Hasbro’s toys are put together.
Autobots Assembled: How Transformers Come to Life
Some of the lead designers of the newest Transformers line took us through how they dream up, sketch out, and engineer the designs and transformations of your favourite Transformers characters.
Where the Toys Come From: Inside Hasbro’s Model Workshop
We took a tour around the Hasbro prototype workshop and saw how the earliest models of toys are put together — sometimes grown — right in the Hasbro’s workshop. We saw 3D printers, master model makers at work, and the man who hand-paints every single Transformers prototype.
Michael Bay Is Why Transformers Got So Complicated
Transformers are HARD to put together. Some of the head designers explained how it got to be so bad, and why things are going to get better some time soon.
Here’s a Skinless, Laughing Elmo to Terrify You Forever
We also saw this. It was horrifying.