1985

TV Shows: The Sunbow Marvel Archive Updates with a huge number of new "G1" scripts

The Sunbow Marvel Archive is a fantastic fan run site "Dedicated to the preservation and showcase of scripts, storyboards and other production material from Sunbow Productions, Marvel Productions and their co-production partners.". They recently added a ton of material to their page in "Volume 5" and "Volume 6" updates. Here's the list of what they've added:

Articles: Milton Bradley "Transformers" 1985 Catalog & Comic Scans

In 1985, Milton Bradley distributed a Transformers toy catalog in Europe that also featured a comic book.  The result was a comic that represents a micro-continuity that borrows several elements from the 80's Marvel Comics.  This includes events like Cybertron being threatened by an asteroid belt, the Ark being launched to create a path for the planet and the Dinobots emerging from The Ark before the rest of the Autobots and Decepticons.  However, there are some key differences.  Since Optimus Prime had not yet been released in yet at the time, Jetfire was given the role of Autobot