It's just one memo about Five Faces of Darkness part III but it speaks volumes. As fans may recall, there is a scene where Blitzwing does not accept the deal proposed by the Quintessons because he seems to know not to trust them. This never really comes back and feels rather random, especially for a character that was not prominent within the Deception ranks. Well, it turns out Flint Dille initially intended it to be Shockwave who was weary since he was older and more aware of the Quintessons than his fellow Decepticons. It definitely ties into the greater lore of Shockwave being ancient which has been revisited in Transformers fiction. As you can see from the memo, it was asked that Shockwave be replaced since his toy was no longer on the market. So Flint Dile chose Blitzwing as a replacement.
The memo is pretty epic for other reasons. Check out that note in response to Hasbro stating that the events of the 86 movie will be recounted in a vague way with no images so as not to spoil the movie. Plus, there is a really big push for Predaking so if you ever felt he seemed shoehorned in, well now you know why. And if he doesn't feel shoehorned, then that's just a testament to Flint Dile being and agile writer.
Below is the original outline with Shockwave there followed by the memo along with links to all resources pertaining to the Five Faces of Darkness.
We thank fellow Seibertronian Sabrblade for bringing this to our attention and to Greebtron for providing links on the matter.
Sabrblade wrote:Digging deeper into the links Greebtron provided on the matter, here's the direct links to all of the FFOD material from the Sunbow Marvel Archive:
Five Faces of Darkness
Flint Dille's outline of Parts 3-5
Memo re: changes/requests from Hasbro
Model sheets
Part 1 dialogue script
Part 1 full script
Part 2 dialogue script
Part 2 full script
Part 3 dialogue script
Part 3 full script
Part 4 dialogue script
Part 4 full script
Part 5 call sheet and dialogue script
Part 5 full script