Warp wrote:
> vehicles on Earth. But in the movies it has never been shown that they
> could alter their own bodies so that they could transform into something
> new.

In the first Michael Bay movie they showed precisely this.  The robots 
started out in a generic "proto-form" when they first arrived to Earth, 
and were able to alter themselves to transform into any appropriately 
sized vehicle.

Bumblebee was also shown choosing a new form (originally  '76 Camaro, I 
believe, and later a Chevy concept car which became the '08 Camaro). 
Frenzy, the little guy with the gremlin voice, took on a variety of 
forms (boombox, cell phone, and I think one or two others).

I think in the cartoon, the robots were all damaged, and repaired with 
parts from vehicles they could scrounge up.

-- 
Chambers

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