The alarm clock of Koji is based on an existing Transformers character, the time-manipulating Maximal Heinrad from Super Life-Form Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (1999). His toy actually functioned as a working alarm clock. This small cameo even included his infamous tanuki testicles.
According to the dubbing team, it took ten hours to figure out how to translate Optimus Prime's description about the Global Space Bridge. It had to fit into the scene's time, while also being grammatically correct and easy to understand.
The American dubbing producers themselves commented on how boring they found this episode.