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Originally Posted by TheBlackCat
Apparently they were built by some uber-aliens to defeat a giant uber-transformer thing. I am pretty sure they were not originally designed to transform, their ship decided it was a good idea to retro-fit them while they were unconcious after crash-landing on Earth. The ship figured they wouldn't fit in with the other machines on the planet so it modified them. Unfortunately it couldn't tell the difference between friend and foe so everybody got modified (this after the decepticons managed to get on board the ship).
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Actually, no, they could transform before as well. First ep of Transformers had several autobots transform into alien vehicle thingys when they were scavenging energon (bars, not cubes) for the trip. They loaded it up in the closed cargo-bed of the autobot that later turned into a red 80s toyota-like van.
The ship decided to alter their vehicle transformation forms to stuff it found by scanning, as you say, to allow the transformers to blend in with the locals. And you're right about the computer not disginguishing between the autobots or decepticons.
Man, every time I think about it, I'm a bit more stoked for this movie.