The Kentucky registration makes the color scheme a double homage, to the University of Kentucky Wildcats. The same plate is also used for his Henkei! Early Hasbro prototypes used for stock photos and comparison photos in Japanese magazines sported an incorrect . Hilary, the mountain the Ark had crashed into, was located according to the Marvelcomics. Free Software For Government Employees here. Again, Henkei! Ratchet simply replaces that with a blank plate.
Henkei! Alert features a rear plate sporting his Japanese name, . The vehicle mode's rear license plate is blank. The same plate is also used by Human Alliance Bumblebee, in both modes, both times with a red line evocative of a California registration. Later shipments of the Deluxe, including the Japanese Takara.
Tomy release, replace it with his name, . The same license plate is also used for her differently- colored Autobot Alliance counterpart. Deluxe Class Battle Blades Bumblebee, meanwhile, sports blank license plates in both modes. The exact meaning has not been officially confirmed, the most prevalent theory suggests it might refer to the birth date of Bill Rawley's daughter. Surprisingly enough, his United counterpart, .
This is in fact the plate used on the car props for all three movies, which is different from the plate used on the CG robot model's stomach in the first two films (though Dark of the Moon finally uses it for both modes). By nature of being a retool of Bumblebee, Roadburn has the same license plate.
A hand- painted prototype used for early official stock photos, on the other hand, sported a bizarre new variant of the robot mode- only license plate from the earlier movies and their toy lines, . Sadly, what with the whole Dreamwave bankruptcy thing, this will probably never be resolved. Optimus Prime's is . This even extends to the Autobot Brothers' plates changing to their super redeco toys' ID numbers when they power up, with, for instance, X- Brawn's changing from . California license plate, .
It can be briefly seen during his transformation before his fight with Brawl. In robot mode, he sports the license plate .
The license plate can be briefly glimpsed in the movie when he slows down after having seemingly cornered Bumblebee, but is more clearly seen in set photos. This appears to be a license plate reserved for Hollywood productions, as it was also used for the Lost season 5 episode . California license plate, . A minor variant of this, . Oddly enough, the real Chevrolet Beat he scans at the beginning of the movie already has the same plate, despite his and Mudflap's arguing over who gets to transform into which car. Even more oddly, Skids sports a license plate stating his vehicle model, . As with Skids, the car he scans already has the same plate.
It can be briefly seen twice; however, the only time it's seen in its entirety, just before Sideswipe splices Sideways in half, the letters and numbers are mirrored, implying that the shot was mirrored in editing. In fact, the license number . In addition, this plate uses an outdated numeration system for Italian license plates, which was replaced in 1. In reality, that license plate is registered to the manufacturer and used for promotional photos.
Also, a German car would have a license plate on the front as well.). The Soundwave Mercedes- Benz SLS AMG car prop sported another German/European Union license plate, .
He and the other Autobots use license plates registered in Nevada. Like Knock Out, his license plate is not registered to any state. The plate is registered in California in January, but due to its symmetrical nature, the state name and month are also mirrored on the other side. Despite this, he sports the movie- accurate plate 9. STRA in vehicle mode in the Dark of the Moon game. The prop vehicle used for Dark of the Moon sported the same plate at the 2. New York International Auto Show and Bot.
Con 2. 01. 1. This plate is a minor variation of the one used by Skids and Mudflap in their combined ice cream truck mode in Revenge of the Fallen, . In fact, there were two plates for both, .
Even though i. Collector claimed the two sets were used for their robot and vehicle modes, respectively, this was directly refuted by screencaps included with the auction that depicted the two car props sporting their robot names on their plates. As stated above, the .