According to comic book writer and editor Bob Budiansky, The Transformers character Shockwave was inspired by Spock.

According to the storyline, Mini-Cons also enhanced the power of other Transformers, giving incentive to collect as many of them as possible.

According to the Autobot, Omega Supreme, millions of years ago, the Constructicons were the creators of the beautiful Crystal City on the Transformers ' homeworld of Cybertron, which he was assigned the task of guarding.

According to X-Entertainment Grimlock was the 2nd top Transformers figure of all time.

According to an interview in the Transformers Collectors Club magazine Gilvezan auditioned for both the parts of Spike Witwicky and Bumblebee in " The Transformers ", but, was only given the role of Bumblebee because the produces did not want the two characters to be voiced by the same person.

According to the extended biography given in the Transformers Collectors Club magazine for 10th Anniversary Optimus Primal, he carries the " Matrix of Purification ", which can be used to cure the sick, and be used to " ease the strain of Unicron's corruption from Cybertronians ".

According to Transformers: The Movie Prequel comic book by IDW Publishing, Optimus Prime and Megatron co-ruled Cybertron.

According to his biography printed in the Transformers Collectors club comic Megatron spent nearly 10 years rebuilding Astrotrain on Earth.

According to LaBeouf, the role is far too similar to the character Sam Witwicky, which he portrays in the Transformers series.

According to an interview with producer Tom DeSanto published in issue # 15 of the Transformers Collectors Club Magazine, the original lineup pitched for the Decepticons in the live action Transformers film was Megatron, Starscream, Soundwave, Ravage, Laserbeak, Rumble, Skywarp and Shockwave.

According to X-Entertainment Soundwave was the 8th top Transformers figure of all time.

: According to a post at the Transformers Collectors Club private message board this toy was originally supposed to be based on the Deluxe Cybertron Landmine toy, like Rhinox, but with a remolded head.

According to the original creator of the Transformers names, Bob Budiansky, Ironhide was named after the television series Ironside.

: According to the Transformers Collectors Club magazine, the vehicle mode of this Jetfire is inspired by the X-71 Shuttle from the 1998 film Armageddon.

According to X-Entertainment Cyclonus was the 7th top Transformers figure of all time.

According to the original creator of the Transformers names, Bob Budiansky, Ratchet was named after the character of Nurse Ratched from the film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

According to an interview with producer Tom DeSanto published in issue # 15 of the Transformers Collectors Club Magazine, the original lineup pitched for the Autobots in the live-action Transformers film was Optimus Prime, Arcee, Jazz, Ironhide, Prowl, Ratchet, Wheeljack and Bumblebee.

According to the biography printed in the Transformers Collectors Club magazine, Slag and Sludge were part of Grimlock's band of Decepticon hunters on board the ship Graviton.

According to X-Entertainment Laserbeak was the most popular of the Decepticon cassettes in the Transformers cartoon.

According to X-Entertainment Ravage was the top Transformers figure of all time.

According to one former correspondent, the newspaper's direct ancestor was the publication The Spotlight, which ceased publication in 2001 when its parent company, Liberty Lobby, was forced into bankruptcy.

According to Time magazine, one of the witnesses, Angela Wright, may not have been considered credible on the issue of sexual harassment because she had been fired from the EEOC by Thomas.

According to the first issue of William Seymore's newsletter, " The Apostolic Faith ," from 1906:

According to Lobo, the organisation was expected to adopt a co-ordinated position on the issue, but El Salvador, the nation presiding over the summit, refused to include the matter on the official agenda, insisting that discussion should retain a regional focus.

According to Puglisi, in the post-1960 period the Times displays a more symmetric type of watchdog behaviour, just because during presidential campaigns it also gives more coverage to the typically Republican issue of Defense when the incumbent President is a Democrat, and less so when the incumbent is a Republican.

According to the municipal administration of Rybno, after World War I Poles in Działdowo believed that they will be quickly joined with Poland, they organized secret gatherings during which the issue of rejoining Polish state with help of Polish military was discussed.

According to the " Mad Magazine Contributor Appearances " website, more than 700 contributors have received bylines in at least one issue of Mad, but fewer than three dozen of those have contributed to 100 issues or more.

According to Qian the important issue was not whether China had an aircraft carrier, but what it did with it.

According to a Variety article by Peter Bart in the May 15, 2005, issue, Nichols had become obsessed with Simon and Garfunkel's music while shooting the film.

According to the 2006 Preview issue of Soap Opera Digest, it was briefly discussed that all ABC shows might do telenovela arcs, but this was rejected.

According to the constitution, it is incumbent upon the King: to sanction and promulgate laws ; to summon and dissolve the Cortes Generales ( the Parliament ) and to call elections ; to call a referendum under the circumstances provided in the constitution ; to propose a candidate for prime minister, and to appoint or remove him from office, as well as other ministers ; to issue the decrees agreed upon by the Council of Ministers ; to confer civil and military positions, and to award honors and distinctions ; to be informed of the affairs of the State, presiding over the meetings of the Council of Ministers whenever opportune ; to exercise supreme command of the Spanish Armed Forces, to exercise the right to grant pardons, in accordance to the law ; and to exercise the High Patronage of the Royal Academies.

" According to the 11 monthly bulletins of 1987 ( July being the only month without an issue ), the CPDH claims to have received information on 1, 236 abuses of all types.

According to the September 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine, Tutankhamun was the result of an incestuous relationship and, because of that, may have suffered from several genetic defects that contributed to his early death.

According to the EMP Commission Executive Report of 2004, " In general, it would not be an issue for critical infrastructure systems since they have existing protective measures for defense against occasional lightning strikes.

According to an interview with the three in the spring 1999 issue of the college's magazine, The Albright Reporter, they were watching Footloose during a heavy snowstorm.

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first time the phrase appeared in print was in the August 1894 issue of Forum: " The true cause for exultation is the universal outburst of patriotism in support of the prompt and courageous action of President Cleveland in maintaining the supremacy of law throughout the length and breadth of the land, in establishing the pax Americana.

According to the literature, this type of seminar is beneficial for teachers who want students to explore a variety of texts around a main issue or topic.

According to records from Japanese documents, Mao Changxi ( 毛昶熙 ) and Dong Xun ( 董恂 ), the Qing ministers at Zongli Yamen ( 總理衙門 ) who handled the complaints from Japanese envoy Yanagihara Sakimitsu ( 柳原前光 ) replied first that they had heard only of a massacre of Ryūkyūans, not of Japanese, and quickly noted that Ryūkyū was under Chinese suzerainty, therefore this issue was not Japan's business.

According to a legend, he was of Armenian origin, but the issue cannot be determined in any way.

According to the journalist Paul Routledge, Donald Bruce, a former MP and Parliamentary Private Secretary and adviser to Bevan, had told him that Bevan's shift on the disarmament issue was the result of discussions with the Soviet government where they advised him to push for British retention of nuclear weapons so they could possibly be used as a bargaining chip in negotiations with the United States.

According to George Pérez in a Wizard magazine interview in 1994, Chris Claremont suggested that Superman of Earth-One dies in the final battle with the Anti-Monitor in issue # 12.

" According to Socrates of Constantinople ( v. 24 ), Eunomius carried his views to a practical issue by altering the baptismal formula.

According to the December 1857 issue of Chess Monthly, " his genial disposition, his unaffected modesty and gentlemanly courtesy have endeared him to all his acquaintances.

According to the April 1907 issue of The Century Magazine, for well over 30 years dating from 1870, St. Clair County was in open rebellion against the U. S. Government, refusing to pay interest on bonds which it had issued to assist in the building of a railroad, which was never built.

According to the Fall 2001 issue of the Boston University alumni magazine, it was Marston's wife Elizabeth's idea to create a female superhero.

According to the June 16, 1927, issue of the Tri-County Advertiser, Thomas Capps and Thomas Paine established the first business house of any importance in the struggling village.