These storyboards can be seen in full at the Sunbow and Marvel Productions Script/Storyboard Archive.

In the movie, Scavenger and Shrapnel are not seen firing during this shot.

Some fans have wondered if Shrapnel was meant to appear here -and the answer to that is yes he was, as this storyboard proves. This is despite the fact that Shrapnel got reformatted into a Sweep during sequence 12.

In the movie, Scavenger's hand is not seen during this shot.

These shots were all cut, and replaced with this shot.

These shots were cut.

In the movie, Magnus is not seen getting a shock from touching the Matrix.

In the movie, the shot which had Galvatron and Cyclonus in it is shown before the shot with only Ultra Magnus in it.

This storyboard has Magnus holding his gun, along with the Matrix. In the movie, the shot was moved closer to Magnus.

This sequence was cut. This would have come right after Magnus says "never".

This storyboard wanted the Sweeps to be present during this shot, but they aren't seen in the movie.

Notice how Galvatron's line was "quarter him" on the storyboard. In the movie, he says "terminate him".

In what is probably the most well-known change in the movie, these storyboards reveal that Ultra Magnus was originally supposed to be quartered by the Sweeps. It is widely believed that this sequence was animated, but was later changed due to it being deemed as too violent. In the movie, Magnus is instead shot several times, and then explodes.

The Marvel comic book adaption of the movie features Magnus getting quartered.

This shot, which would have been shown after Galvatron says he will make Unicron his slave, was cut. It was replaced with a shot of Unicron roaring instead.