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Pyro (G1)

2022-10-31T13:01:56Z

A20Studios: /* 2005 IDW continuity */

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:''Pyro is an [[Autobot]] [[Obliterator]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:PyroSpark-packagingart.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95|For 17 years, this was the only art of me.]]
Young '''Pyro''' (aka '''Spark''') is another in a proud tradition of selfless Autobot heroes. He is invariably on the front lines protecting the weak and helpless, and is so brave and steadfast as to be virtually immovable. He stands for truth, justice, and the freedom of all sentient beings. He commands a powerful multi-functional battlestation. And, hey, did we mention that he transforms into a truck?

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 1|''Last Stand of the Wreckers'' #1]]}}

{{bigquote|And Prime's there, and he's... he's '''awestruck'''. And then, too late, he gets it: me and '''him'''—we're the '''same'''. We're the '''very same'''.|Pyro, horrified at the idea of dying outside of glorious combat alongside Prime|[[Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 4|''Last Stand of the Wreckers'' #4]]}}

When war initially broke out on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Pyro declared himself a conscientious objector and left with a large number of refugees for the [[Neutral Territories]]. But after being ambushed by [[Decepticon]]s en route, Pyro changed his mind and soon joined the Autobot resistance. He gained prominence after rescuing a platoon of cadets trapped behind enemy lines and continued to distinguish himself in several off-world skirmishes. Pyro nearly lost his life to the [[Crucible]] during the [[Simanzi Massacre]], alongside thousands of others, but was saved at the last moment by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]].

[[File:Black shadow 113th battalion rules of disengagement.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Over here, Optimus! I'm behind you! Please notice me! :(]]
Pyro would consequently work to emulate Optimus Prime in any way he could, taking the Autobot commander's methods and ideals to heart and eventually even altering his physical appearance to more closely resemble Prime. His latest effort included a new red and blue paint job and an added [[mouthplate|faceplate]]. Far from a simple case of hero worship on Pyro's part, Autobot psy-ops specialist [[Rung (G1)|Rung]] even diagnosed him with the Cybertronian personality disorder "''[[primus apotheosis]]''" after studying his case. His greatest wish was to die gloriously in battle as Prime watched and understood their intimate connection. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 5|Last Stand of the Wreckers #5}}

Pyro got to fight alongside Prime while part of the [[113th Battalion]], which waged a massive battle against the [[Phase Sixer]] [[Black Shadow (G1)|Black Shadow]]. {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement (issue)|Rules of Disengagement}}

Pyro would lead a platoon on [[Hydrus 5]] and successfully defended it from a [[Tremorcon]] attack, with his own heroic actions being noted as a reason for victory. {{storylink|Bullets}} Afterwards, a surprised Pyro was personally approached by Springer for recruitment into the Wreckers, with Springer claiming that the former was on the top of the list. {{Storylink|Dead Men's Boots}}

Along with [[Guzzle (G1)|Guzzle]], [[Ironfist (G1)|Ironfist]], and [[Rotorstorm (G1)|Rotorstorm]], Pyro waited for pick-up at the Igue-Moor Fuel Depot; ''unlike'' them, he was extremely embarrassed when their bored target practice trashed the place, hurriedly putting fires out and trying to apologize to the irate foreman [[Dipstick]]. Upon pick-up, he was stunned to find [[Verity Carlo|one of those fragile humans]] was a Wrecker, and he bemused Verity with a stunned speech about how Optimus was right about the need to protect her species. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 1|Last Stand of the Wreckers #1}}

[[File:LastStandoftheWreckers2-Pyromotto.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|In his head, Pyro likes to call them Ironhide, Warpath, and Powerglide.]]
After the former (and incarcerated!) Wreckers leader, [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]], was picked up by the group, Pyro and the other new recruits were sidelined to a separate room while the "grown-ups" chatted. The others tried to help Pyro pick out a [[motto]] for himself, as he had yet to do so. His suggestions of "Freedom of thought, freedom of action, freedom... to be" and "Sentience is the guarantor of autonomy" were deemed either too pompous or too, uh, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|derivative]].

Soon, all the Autobots on board [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]]'s ship gathered to work out the details of their planned take-back of the prison world [[Garrus-9]]. Unfortunately, the mastermind behind G-9's subjugation was the infamous Decepticon wild card, [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]], and Pyro joined the others in freaking out just a tad. Pyro expressed concerns that their strategy for completing their objectives wasn't terribly complex. Springer reminded him that this was the Wreckers, where planning is dumb. The group was to arrive on planet spread across two escape pods. Pyro, [[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]], [[Perceptor (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Perceptor]], and Ironfist were assigned to Rotorstorm's shuttle, while the other pod was to be guided in remotely also by Rotorstorm. On the way in, Pyro was surprised to learn that their pod had a stowaway: Verity Carlo in her battle suit.

The Decepticons were, of course, ready for the two pods with an impressive volley of firepower. After their pods took a number of hits, Pyro and the others crash-landed on the surface of Garrus-9, right on the footsteps of Overlord. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 2|Last Stand of the Wreckers #2}}

[[File:LastStandoftheWreckers3-Pyroverity.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
After their recovery and Rotorstorm's demise at the hands of Overlord, Pyro protected Verity by shielding her in his chest while Perceptor, Topspin, and Ironfist took on Overlord. The Autobots beat a hasty retreat as Overlord requested the rest of the Decepticons bring them a head of a Wrecker in exchange for freedom. After they escaped and found their way to where [[Aequitas]] was being held, Pyro finally remembered he was hiding Verity in his chest. After a verbal scolding from Verity, who reminded him that humans don't fold up inside chest compartments well, Pyro let his mask slip and openly questioned what Optimus Prime saw in these fragile creatures.

Once Pyro's team arrived at Aequitas's cell, and with Decepticons closely on their tails, he helped Topspin carry the barely alive [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Fortress Maximus]] inside as the prison doors opened to reveal... {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 3|Last Stand of the Wreckers #3}}

[[File:LastStandoftheWreckers4-blazeofglory.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Fight and die, rather than live with the knowledge that you ran! ...unless it's for something stupid.]]
...[[Aequitas]], Garrus-9's supercomputer, which judged its prisoners of their guilt. They were charged with downloading the contents of its hard drive and getting out of there, but there was one catch: With Garrus-9's command crew gone, the only way to access the mainframe for downloads was to sacrifice a spark to it. Perceptor was ineligible for this, as he was needed to interface with the supercomputer, sacrificing Topspin would also kill Twin Twist, and Verity was a human... leaving Pyro and Ironfist.

Pyro balked at this, insisting his life was destined for far greater things than sacrificing himself so that they could merely turn on a computer. No, he saw himself at the end of his life going out in a blaze of glory, saving a planetful of organisms, and finally catching the attention of Optimus Prime. Like the true hero he was destined to be, he fingered Ironfist to sacrifice himself instead. After all, that guy just worked in a ''lab''. What important things had ''he'' done? This argument infuriated Verity. Just as Ironfist began sadly to agree, they were interrupted by Topspin nominating himself. Twin Twist was about to die from torture at the hands of [[Stalker (G1)|Stalker]] anyhow, and this way, they could both die with relative dignity, on their own terms.

Once Perceptor had access to Aequitas, another hard decision reared its head. Pyro and the others were surrounded by Decepticons, and in moments, they would be overrun and, most likely, destroyed. Perceptor could activate the deterrence chips in every prisoner on Garrus-9, thus saving them, but, as Pyro noted, Impactor was also a former prisoner and would share their fate. Perceptor put their decision to a vote, and Pyro voted against. However, Perceptor decided the needs of many outweighed the needs of Impactor, and Ironfist, with the vast database of Aequitas downloaded into his systems, had learned that Impactor wasn't so great after all and deserved to die. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 4|Last Stand of the Wreckers #4}}

[[File:LastStandoftheWreckers5 PyroOverwhelmed.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Don't worry, he's just re-enacting "[[City of Steel (episode)|City of Steel]]".]]
Verity made an impassioned plea to Perceptor and Ironfist not to activate the deterrence chips, arguing that the Wreckers as lionized by Ironfist would never sacrifice a teammate in this manner, no matter what Impactor had done. Perceptor decided she was correct, and they would simply fight their enemies head on. But Pyro spoke up and told them to run instead, while he offered to buy them time. Ironfist pointed out that Pyro would be slaughtered and this was hardly the blaze of glory the larger Autobot had wanted. Pyro simply told Ironfist that he had decided that dying to protect people he cared about was a fine way to go, and apologized to Verity for underestimating her worth. The others stood aside as Pyro blasted the door open. As the Decepticons charged in, Perceptor and the others slipped by while Pyro tried to hold the mob off. Verity asked Ironfist how long Pyro would be able to hold out, and Ironfist assured her that Pyro would "put up a good fight".

Unfortunately, Pyro was quickly overwhelmed as the mob of Decepticons swarmed over him and literally tore him limb-from-limb. After G-9 was liberated, Pyro's remains, along with the other fallen Wreckers, were placed in caskets and transported to [[Earth]]. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 5|Last Stand of the Wreckers #5}} Pyro's remains were eventually interred alongside his comrades in the [[Zone of Remembrance]] within ''[[Debris]]''. {{storylink|Zero Point}}

===''Wings Universe''===
[[File:G2Redux-Pyrocaptured.jpg|left|thumb|upright=2.2|Take me to your leader!]]
Born in a [[Cyberfactory]] in the [[United Kingdom]], '''Pyro Ignatius Spark''' was the first Transformer birthed on Earth to be recognized as a citizen of a human nation. He has a "real" name, he has a birth certificate, and he even has a job with which Pyro pays the bills: he's both a firefighter and a fire engine for the London Fire Brigade. Fearless and relentlessly cheerful, he attends to his daily chores with an eccentric, irreverent glee... even when he functions as the leader of the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]] [[Autobot]]s when they routinely battle [[Clench (G1)|Clench]]'s [[Decepticon Syndicate]]. In [[2007]], Pyro was knighted Sir Pyro Ignatius Spark for his rescue of the [[Queen of England]] from the Decepticons.

In [[2010]], Pyro's G2 Autobots fought the Decepticon Syndicate once again, this time outside the [[Large Hadron Collider]] in [[Switzerland]], where Pyro feared that Clench meant to destroy the Earth. Unfortunately, Pyro was captured and brought inside by Clench, though this did not quell Pyro's ever-present good mood. Clench did not mean to destroy the Earth (he was on it!), but had teamed up with the [[Quintesson]]-aligned [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] general [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] and his army of next gen [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]]s for the purpose of using the Collider to unleashing the power of [[forestonite]]. They believed that when bombarded with particles, the forestonite would grant Transformers special powers, albeit with some color mutations.

[[File:G2Redux-Pyropurple.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|Doctor, doctor, give me the news.]]
Indeed, they were right, and when Pyro's team came to rescue them, both factions ended up altered by the bombarded forestonite gas. Pyro was given the power of precognition, allowing him to perpetually see a few seconds into the future. In addition to the quick reflexes his precognition made possible, he was also able to focus his new power on an object to "read" events from its recent past.

Freed, Pyro battled Clench one-on-one, and while Clench's new powers allowed him to create local gravity wells, Pyro's precognition served him better. When it became apparent that Clench was losing, Sky-Byte and the Sharkticons abandoned him. Clench and the Syndicate also fled, and Pyro directed his team towards repairing the damage done to the Hadron Collider. And after that, there would be the exciting adventure of hunting down unaccounted-for canisters of forestonite! {{storylink|Generation 2: Redux}}

In [[2012]] following a break-in at [[Quantum Laboratories]], Pyro was given the task of finding out who did it by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]]. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 2|A Flash Forward #2}} Pyro's team had not long gotten underway when they received a call from [[Nebulos]]. They arrived to the news that the scientist [[Hi-Q]] had gone missing, and after reviewing security footage, Pyro discovered that the culprits were [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]] and [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]]. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 3|A Flash Forward #3}} He and his team tracked the [[Battlecharger]]s' exhaust emissions to [[Qre]] and were surprised to find it had been [[cyberforming|altered to resemble Cybertron]]. They were attacked by a training system before [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] arrived to introduce himself. Though Jhiaxus invited them in, Pyro soon found his team ambushed by [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]] and imprisoned behind a radiation field. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 4|A Flash Forward #4}}

Jhiaxus explained to Pyro that he was creating a "second generation" of clones to live in peace. [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], meanwhile, posed as his own clone, allowing him to free Pyro and the rest of the team. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 5|A Flash Forward #5}} Pyro had to warn [[Aquafend]] off attacking Jhiaxus as the latter had Hi-Q in his chest. After rescuing the Nebulon, the Autobots fled the exploding base to be confronted by the three Autobot clones. Pyro managed to talk the trio into returning to Earth with him. Back on Earth, he reported the results of the mission to Ultra Magnus but then learned from Sizzle that the "[[Machine Wars (event)|Machine Wars]]" were coming. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 6}}

[[File:Pyrocloseup-ACommonFoe.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.3]]
Pyro's actions in 2012 were seen on a computer screen by [[Rhinox (TransTech)|Rhinox]] and [[Prowl (TransTech)|Prowl]] of [[Nexus 208.0 Epsilon]] as Rhinox noted that Pyro's home reality, [[Primax 509.28 Epsilon]] was unaffected by the current wave of [[Invasion (issue)|multiversal chaos]]. {{storylink|Invasion: Epilogue}}

Pyro was stationed on Earth during the Machine Wars. Two days before Jhiaxus's army reached Cybertron, Pyro and Obsidian conferred over video communications, and coordinated their teams efforts in anticipation of the enemy's movements. Pyro informed Obsidian that he suspected foul play; Obsidian had previously told Pyro that Obsidian was working with [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]], but it turned out the real Sandstorm was with Pyro at the moment. In actuality, the other Sandstorm was a [[Sandstorm (MW)|clone]] created by Jhiaxus.

Three days after the invasion of Cybertron, Pyro received an mekarach pulse from Cybertron, and rightly deduced that it had been the only means that Obsidian had found to make contact with him while Cybertron's communications were down. He subsequently deployed Alpha and Bravo Teams via [[space bridge]] as strategic reinforcements. {{storylink|A Common Foe}}
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===''Kre-O'' online manga===
[[File:Pyro Kreon.JPG|thumb|If you can't find a [[Doctor (Doctor Who)|Doctor]] micro-figure, at least you can see his ersatz as a Kreon]]
Pyro helped [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] put out a raging fire. {{storylink|Dive Into the Fire! The Rescue Operation of Friendship}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
In [[Primax 092.0 Beta]], Pyro succeeded [[Hyperdrive (Turbomaster)|Hyperdrive]] as Autobot leader though Hyperdrive remained on the front lines until the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] finally ended. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/16}}

===''TransTech''===
'''Sparky''' (or to give her full name, '''Pyra Ignatia Spark''') and her assistant [[Firecracker]] were interviewed by [[Andromeda (TransTech)|Andromeda]] regarding the fireworks display the pair had set up for the New Year's Eve celebration. The interview touched on Sparky's [[Conjunx Endura]] [[Vez]] and the fact that the fireworks would be previewed during [[Rosanna (KP)|Rosanna]]'s pre-party concert. {{storylink|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News, 2016/12/31}}
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==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
[[File:G1-toy-Pyro.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|{{w|Carrot Ironfoundersson|Captain Carrot}} reporting for duty.]]
*'''Pyro''' ([[Obliterator]], [[1993]])
**''Accessories'': Rifle, 6 missiles
{{toydesigner|[[Takio Ejima]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:Pyro transforms from a Carmichael Cobra airport crash truck into a robot (front half) and a gun emplacement (back half). The latter features a six-barrel missile launcher which actually fires as one rotates the knob on the back. His sticker sheet notably includes several different windshield decals, each with the word "FIRE" in a different language. In [[robot mode]] he has fairly limited articulation as well as an [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]-looking headsculpt, which was the trend with Autobot leaders at the time.

:He was first released as part of the "transitional" period of ''Transformers'' in the European market, bearing the new ''Generation 2'' Autobot symbol.

:Pyro notably suffers from [[Gold Plastic Syndrome]], as his feet, lower arms, wheel rims, missile launcher, his gun and his, erm, crotch, are made of this brittle plastic.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1993/Autobot/Pyro/pyro.htm More information on Pyro at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/instructions/autobot/europe/1993/instr_pyro.jpg Instruction booklet for Pyro at Botchthecrab.com]''

===''Generation 2''===
*'''Spark''' (Obliterator, [[1994]])
**''Accessories'': Rifle, 6 missiles

:Pyro was re-released in Europe without changes in ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)#Hasbro European line|Generation 2]]'' proper under the name "Spark".
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===''Timelines''===
[[File:Timelinestoy-AutobotSpark.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Holy god yes.]]
*'''Generation 2: Redux''' ([[BotCon 2010]] box set)
**''Accessories'': "Flame" missile

:''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' "Autobot Spark" is a [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' Voyager Class [[Inferno (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|Inferno]], transforming into a fictional six-wheeled variant of the 2002-2007 {{w|Pierce Manufacturing#Gallery of Pierce Apparatus|Pierce Contender}} series of firetrucks. His top-mounted spring-loaded missile launcher ends up mounted on his right arm in robot mode. He may have the most [[Paint operation|paint]] of any BotCon toy ever.

:He was part of a ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]''-themed five-figure box set available [[exclusive]]ly at BotCon 2010. The other figures in the set were [[Streetwise (G1)#Timelines|Streetstar]], [[Clench (G1)#Timelines|Clench]], [[Breakdown (G1)#Timelines|Breakdown]], and [[Sky-Byte (RID)#Timelines|Sky-Byte]].

:This sculpt was [[retool]]ed to make ''[[Transformers (2010 toyline)|Transformers]]'' [[Grapple (G1)#Transformers (2010)|Solar Storm Grappel]], and was differently retooled into ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' [[Hot Spot (G1)#Generations|Protectobot Hot Spot]]. Grappel himself was later redecoed into [[Transformers (2014 toyline)|2014 ''Transformers'']] Protectobot Hot Spot, and the sculpt was also redecoed into ''[[Transformers United|United]]'' [[Artfire#United 2|Artfire]], using tooling from both the original Inferno version and the newer Grappel version of this sculpt.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2010/Autobot/BCSpark/spark.htm More information on Autobot Spark at TFU.info]''
{{UniverseInfernoMold}}
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==Notes==
*Pyro's personality in ''Wings'' continuity is based on {{w|David Tennant}}'s [[Doctor (Doctor Who)|Tenth Doctor]].
*Pyro's ''Timelines'' card art is drawn with his forearm [[kibble]] mistransformed.
*Kreon Pyro is made from several existing Kre-O pieces, most obviously the Optimus Prime helmet piece.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Pyro''' (パイロ ''Pairo'')

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Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)

2022-10-28T14:26:57Z

A20Studios: /* Retail releases */

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'''''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (franchise)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]''''' (戦え! 超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマー ''Tatakae! Chō Robotto Seimeitai Transformers'') is the ostentatious title given to [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s version of the original ''[[The Transformers (franchise)|The Transformers]]'' franchise (retroactively known as "Generation 1") and its accompanying [[The Transformers (toyline)|toy line]] in [[Japan]]. Launched in 1985, one year after the franchise had been launched in [[Hasbro]] markets, the various aspects of ''F!SRLTF'' combined Hasbro's 1984 and 1985 products into one large line, and subsequently continued under that title from 1985 all the way up until 1992, with various sublines rolled out approximately every year and a single more-or-less consistent [[List of Japanese ID numbers|sequencing of toy ID numbers]]. In most cases the annual (sub)line logo would be found on the back of the toy packaging, but this was moved to a more prominent frontal location for 1991's ''Return of Convoy''.

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==1985==
===Overview===
The first year's toyline consisted of ''most'' of the toys released by Hasbro in 1984 and 1985, most of them without any deco changes. The only significant difference in most of the toys is that the Japanese versions' [[Missile#Toys|missile launchers]] are still fully functional, due to differing [[for safety reasons|safety standards]] for projectiles.

There are two items with big changes from their US releases. [[Astrotrain (G1)#Toys|Astrotrain]] was released in a more [[NASA]]-accurate white-and-black deco, but would change to his Hasbro colors for his re-release the following year. [[Megatron (G1)/toys#The Transformers|Megatron]]'s deco was from a different version of the ''[[Micro Change]]'' toy: matte grey plastic and blue trim, no scope/stock/silencer parts, and an additional silver-chrome sword accessory. On top of that, the original bullet-firing mechanism was kept intact as well.

Even among those toys without big changes, there were some big differences in ''how'' the toys were sold. The "Cassettrons" were sold individually (and came with a clear-plastic tape case) rather than in two-packs. [[Reflector (G1)#Toys|Reflector]], a mail-away item in Hasbro's line (not available until 1986!) was a standard retail release in Japan, while several retail toys in the US were relegated to mail-away status in Japan. Some toys also simply didn't see a release one way or another until 1986.

In the end, several toys were simply never released at all in the original line. While most of these toys are obvious omissions like the non-Takara sculpts ([[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], the [[Deluxe Vehicle]]s, and the [[Insecticon (G1)|Deluxe Insecticons]]), this list also bizarrely includes [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Ironhide]] and [[Gears (G1)#Toys|Gears]], both of whom were pretty dang prominent in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon]] which ''was'' brought over to Japan, including the [[Changing Gears|Gears-focused episode]]. Even more surprisingly, Takara ''did'' release "[[Shockwave (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Laserwave]]" (aka Shockwave), a sculpt that had ''not'' originated with the company, having licensed the figure from [[ToyCo]] just like Hasbro had.

Because toy retail in Japan operates under different premises than in the United States, Takara was not bound to distributing the figures as part of price point-specific assortments like Hasbro did. Instead, each figure shipped by itself. Like its predecessor lines ''[[Diaclone]]'' and ''[[Micro Change]]'', Takara assigned each figure its own [[List of Japanese ID numbers|ID number]]; however, because this was Takara's first ''Transformers'' toy line, they hadn't completely worked out the system yet, which is why the first year's figures used one single continuous numbering system that alternated between "Cybertron" (Autobot) and "Destron" (Decepticon) characters.

===Toys===
====Retail releases====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Autobot|Cybertrons]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|01 [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#G1v1|Convoy]]}}
{{Bp-a1|02 [[Hound (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Hound]]}}
{{Bp-a1|03 [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Wheeljack]]}}
{{Bp-a1|04 [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Lambor]]}}
{{Bp-a1|05 [[Red Alert (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Alert]]}}
{{Bp-a1|06 [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Meister]]}}
{{Bp-a1|07 [[Mirage (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Ligier]]}}
{{Bp-a1|08 [[Bluestreak (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Streak]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|09 [[Prowl (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Prowl]]}}
{{Bp-a1|10 [[Inferno (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Inferno]]}}
{{Bp-a1|11 [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Bumble]]}}
{{Bp-a1|12 [[Windcharger (G1)#Toys|Charger]]}}
{{Bp-a1|13 [[Cliffjumper (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Cliff]]}}
{{Bp-a1|14 [[Huffer (G1)#Toys|Drag]]}}
{{Bp-a1|15 [[Brawn (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Gong]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|25 [[Trailbreaker (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Trailbreaker]]}}
{{Bp-a1|38 [[Blaster (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Broadcast]]}}
{{Bp-a1|39 [[Perceptor (G1)#Toys|Perceptor]]}}
{{Bp-a1|44 [[Tracks (G1)#Toys|Tracks]]}}
{{Bp-a1|45 [[Smokescreen (G1)#Toys/toys#Generation 1|Smokescreen]]}}
{{Bp-a1|46 [[Hoist (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Hoist]]}}
{{Bp-a1|47 [[Grapple (G1)#Toys|Grapple]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|26 [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Grimlock]]}}
{{Bp-a1|27 [[Sludge (G1)#Toys|Sludge]]}}
{{Bp-a1|28 [[Slag (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Slag]]}}
{{Bp-a1|29 [[Snarl (G1)#Toys|Snarl]]}}
{{Bp-a1|30 [[Swoop (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Swoop]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=3|[[File:G1toy japanese megatron.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Takara Megatron]]
[[File:G1toy VSY.jpg|right|thumb|200px|VSY set]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Decepticon|Destrons]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|16 [[Megatron (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Megatron]]}}
{{Bp-d1|17 [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Soundwave]] (w/ [[Rumble (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Rumble]])}}
{{Bp-d1|18 [[Frenzy (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Frenzy]]}}
{{Bp-d1|19 [[Ravage (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Jaguar]]}}
{{Bp-d1|20 [[Laserbeak (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Condor]]}}
{{Bp-d1|21 [[Reflector (G1)#Toys|Reflector]] ([[Spectro#Toys|Spectro]], [[Spyglass#Toys|Spyglass]], [[Viewfinder#Toys|Viewfinder]])}}
{{Bp-d1|22 [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Starscream]]}}
{{Bp-d1|23 [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Thundercracker]]}}
{{Bp-d1|24 [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Skywarp]]}}
{{Bp-d1|49 [[Shockwave (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Laserwave]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Constructicon (G1)|Buildron]]s'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|31 [[Long Haul (G1)/toys#The Transformers|Long Haul]]}}
{{Bp-d1|32 [[Scrapper (G1)/toys#The Transformers|Scrapper]]}}
{{Bp-d1|33 [[Hook (G1)/toys#The Transformers|Gren]]}}
{{Bp-d1|34 [[Mixmaster (G1)/toys#The Transformers|Mixmaster]]}}
{{Bp-d1|35 [[Scavenger (G1)/toys#The Transformers|Scavenger]]}}
{{Bp-d1|36 [[Bonecrusher (G1)/toys#The Transformers|Bonecrusher]]}}
{{Bp-d1|37 [[Devastator (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Devastor]] (giftset)}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Insecticon (G1)|Insectron]]s'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|40 [[Kickback (G1)#Toys|Kickback]]}}
{{Bp-d1|41 [[Bombshell (G1)#Toys|Bombshell]]}}
{{Bp-d1|42 [[Shrapnel (G1)#Toys|Sharpnel]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Triple Changer]]s'''
{{Bp-d1|43 [[Blitzwing (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Blitzwing]]}}
{{Bp-d1|48 [[Astrotrain (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Astrotrain]]}}
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''VS sets'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1d1|VSX [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#VSX|Convoy]] vs [[Megatron (G1)/toys#VSX|Megatron]]}}
{{Bp-a1d1|VSY [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#VSY|Grimlock]] vs [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#VSY|Soundwave]] (w/ [[Frenzy (G1)/toys#VSY|Frenzy]])}}
|}
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====[[Robot Point]] mail order items====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Warpath (G1)#Toys|Warpath]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Cosmos (G1)#Toys|Adams]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Autoceptor]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Dirge (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Dirge]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}
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==1986 (''Scramble City'' and ''2010'')==
===Overview===
{{anchor|2010}}
{{nav-2010}}
Takara's 1986 offerings consisted of ''most'' of the new [[Hasbro]] products for 1986, more or less unchanged from the Hasbro versions. And since most of the new toys lacked the [[missile|missile launchers]] included with the previous year's figures, there's not even that difference. (It is currently unknown if toys with metal/plastic part [[variant]]s in Hasbro markets saw similar mid-run changes in Japan.) Some stragglers from 1985 were also thrown in, which included the "VSZ" set, a multi-pack that was the only way to get [[Skids (G1)#Toys|Skids]], [[Sunstreaker (G1)/toys#Toys|Sunstreaker]], and [[Buzzsaw (G1)/toys#Toys|Buzzsaw]] (who had been replaced by [[Rumble (G1)#Toys|Rumble]] as [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Soundwave]]'s pack-in partner the previous year). The only real dropouts from this year's line-up were the non-Takara-sculpt [[Sky Lynx (G1)#Toys|Sky Lynx]] and, bizarrely, the [[Battlecharger]]s [[Runamuck (G1)#Toys|Runamuck]] and [[Runabout (G1)#Toys|Runabout]].

[[File:Scramble city logo.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|right|Hey baby I hear the blues a-callin', tossed salad and scramble city!]]
A considerable portion of the 1986 Takara figures featured an additional "Scramble City" logo on their packaging in addition to the main "Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers" title, meant to accompany the [[Scramble City: Mobilization|OVA of the same name]]. The figures released under this branding included not only the year's [[Combiner]] "[[Special Teams]]" ([[Aerialbot (G1)|Airbot]]s, [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobot]]s, [[Stunticon (G1)|Stuntron]]s and [[Combaticon (G1)|Combatron]]s), but also [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroflex]] (Metroplex), his opponent [[Trypticon (G1)|Dinosaurer]] (Trypticon) and the two "City Commanders" [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. Ultra Magnus was a redeco of a figure from Takara's ''Diaclone'' line, and Galvatron a new toy created for Hasbro's ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' animated feature film whose Japanese release was delayed by several years. The centrally featured Combiner teams and Metroflex, meanwhile, were originally designed for an aborted 1985 ''Diaclone'' line named ''Jizai Gattai'' (自在合体, "[[Free-Combination]]"), which was shelved when ''Transformers'' proved successful in America and Takara elected to import it instead. The line was so named for the modular construction of the limb toys to "free-combine" (later, "scramble") to form any arm or leg of the larger robot. Dinosaurer, finally, was a new toy designed to interact with the Combiner teams in the same fashion as Metroflex.

The remaining figures released by Takara in 1986 accompanied the Japanese version of the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|''Transformers'' cartoon]]'s third season, released in Japan as ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010'', although the toys themselves did not feature the "2010" branding. Also included among the Japanese 1986 releases were the remaining figures created for ''The Transformers: The Movie''.

Last year's two big exceptions, [[Astrotrain (G1)/toys#Toys|Astrotrain]] and [[Megatron (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Megatron]], changed for their 1986 re-releases. Astrotrain was changed to match the Hasbro version. Megatron —this year only available as part of a "Good Bye Megatron" multi-toy set— remained unchromed gray plastic, but got the red trim and scope/arm-cannon accessory to make him more animation-accurate... while still not coming with the silencer and stock. (He also kept the bullet-launching mechanism and sword accessory from before).

One important change to the packaging this year was that the toys' ID numbers were now split by faction, with "C-XX" (Cybertron) and "D-XX" (Destron) numbers on every box, with the numbering picking up after the last 1985 release, 49 Laserwave. This would continue though all subsequent lines up until the end of "Generation 1", and the numbers themselves did not re-set from year to year, they just kept getting bigger. (Lines ''after'' "Generation 1" would still number the toys, but the C/D distinction would sometimes be dropped, and the numbers would frequently re-set when a new line was not a direct sequel to something else.)

===Toys===
====Retail releases====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Aerialbot (G1)|Airbot]]s (''Scramble City'')'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|C-50 [[Silverbolt (G1)/toys#Toys|Silverbolt]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-51 [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)/toys#Toys|Skydive]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-52 [[Fireflight (G1)/toys#Toys|Firebolt]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-53 [[Slingshot (G1)/toys#Toys|Sling]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-54 [[Air Raid (G1)/toys#Toys|Air Rider]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-55 [[Superion (G1)#Toys|Superion]] (giftset)}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Mini Vehicle|Minibot]]s'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|C-56 [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Bumble]] (re-release)}}
{{Bp-a1|C-57 [[Hubcap (G1)#Toys|Hubcap]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-58 [[Swerve (G1)#Toys|Werve]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-59 [[Outback (G1)#Toys|Outback]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-60 [[Pipes (G1)#Toys|Pipes]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|C-61 [[Tailgate (G1)#Toys|Tailgate]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-62 [[Powerglide (G1)#Toys|Powerglide]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-63 [[Beachcomber (G1)#Toys|Beachcomber]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-64 [[Seaspray (G1)#Toys|Seaspray]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-80 [[Wheelie (G1)#Toys|Wheelie]]<ref group="A" name="wheelie">Wheelie was listed among the other Minibots in a 1986 Takara toy catalog, but his toy was released later than the rest of them, between C-79 Blurr and C-81 Wreck-Gar.</ref>}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Autobot Mini-Cassette|Cassettbot]]s'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|C-65 [[Steeljaw (G1)#Toys|Steeljaw]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-66 [[Ramhorn (G1)#Toys|Amhorn]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-67 [[Rewind (G1)#Toys|Rewind]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-68 [[Eject (G1)#Toys|Eject]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=5|[[File:G1toy vsz set.jpg|thumb|200px|VSZ set, the ''only way'' to get Sunstreaker and Skids in Japan for years.]]
[[File:Goodbye convoy.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Good Bye Convoy set]]
[[File:G1toy goodbye megatron.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Good Bye Megatron set]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|
'''[[City Commander]] (''Scramble City'')'''
{{Bp-a1|C-69 [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Ultra Magnus]]}}
 
'''Cybertron City (''Scramble City'')'''
{{Bp-a1|C-70 [[Metroplex (G1)#Toys|Metroflex]] (w/ [[Scamper#Toys|Scamper]], [[Six-Gun#Toys|Six-Gun]], [[Slammer#Toys|Slammer]])}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobot]]s (''Scramble City'')'''
{{Bp-a1|C-71 [[Hot Spot (G1)#Toys|Hot Spot]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-72 [[Blades (G1)#Toys|Graze]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-73 [[Streetwise (G1)#Toys|Streetwise]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-74 [[Groove (G1)#Toys|Groove]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-75 [[First Aid (G1)#Toys|First Aid]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-76 [[Defensor (G1)#Toys|Guardian]] (giftset)}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Cybertrons'''
{{Bp-a1|C-77 [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#|Rodimus Convoy]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-78 [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Hot Rodimus]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-79 [[Blurr (G1)/toys#Toys|Blurr]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-81 [[Wreck-Gar (G1)#Toys|Wreck-Gar]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-82 [[Kup (G1)/toys#Toys|Cher]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Triple Changer]]s'''
{{Bp-a1|C-83 [[Sandstorm (G1)#Toys|Sandstorm]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-84 [[Springer (G1)/toys#Toys|Sprang]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-85 [[Broadside (G1)#Toys|Broadside]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Stunticon (G1)|Stuntron]]s (''Scramble City'')'''
{{Bp-d1|D-50 [[Motormaster (G1)#Toys|Motormaster]]}}
{{Bp-d1|D-51 [[Breakdown (G1)#Toys|Breakdown]]}}
{{Bp-d1|D-52 [[Drag Strip (G1)#Toys|Drag Stripe]]}}
{{Bp-d1|D-53 [[Wildrider (G1)#Toys|Wildrider]]}}
{{Bp-d1|D-54 [[Dead End (G1)#Toys|Dead End]]}}
{{Bp-d1|D-55 [[Menasor (G1)#Toys|Menasor]] (giftset)}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Decepticon Planes|Jetron]]'''
{{Bp-d1|D-56 [[Ramjet (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Ramjet]]}}
{{Bp-d1|D-57 [[Thrust (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Thrust]]}}
{{Bp-d1|D-70 [[Cyclonus (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Cyclonus]]<ref group="A" name="cycsco">Cyclonus and Scourge were listed as "Jetrons" alongside Ramjet and Thrust in a 1986 Takara toy catalog, but their toys were released later than the other two, between D-69 Bruticus and D-72 Octone.</ref>}}
{{Bp-d1|D-71 [[Scourge (G1)#Toys|Scourge]]<ref group="A" name="cycsco"/>}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|Cassettron]]s'''
{{Bp-d1|D-58 [[Frenzy (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Frenzy]] (re-release)}}
{{Bp-d1|D-59 [[Ravage (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Jaguar]] (re-release)}}
{{Bp-d1|D-60 [[Laserbeak (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Condor]] (re-release)}}
{{Bp-d1|D-61 [[Ratbat (G1)#Toys|Ratbat]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Fortress Staff (''Scramble City'')'''
{{Bp-d1|D-62 [[Galvatron (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Galvatron]]}}
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Destron City (''Scramble City'')'''
{{Bp-d1|D-63 [[Trypticon (G1)#Toys|Dinosaurer]] (w/ [[Brunt (G1)#Toys|Brunt]], [[Full-Tilt (G1)#Toys|Full-Tilt]])}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Combaticon (G1)|Combatron]]s (''Scramble City'')'''
{{Bp-d1|D-64 [[Onslaught (G1)/toys#Toys|Onslaught]]}}
{{Bp-d1|D-65 [[Blast Off (G1)/toys#Toys|Blast Off]]}}
{{Bp-d1|D-66 [[Vortex (G1)/toys#Toys|Vorter]]}}
{{Bp-d1|D-67 [[Brawl (G1)/toys#Toys|Brawl]]}}
{{Bp-d1|D-68 [[Swindle (G1)/toys#Toys|Swindle]]}}
{{Bp-d1|D-69 [[Bruticus (G1)#Toys|Bruticus]] (giftset)}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Triple Changer]]s'''
{{Bp-d1|D-72 [[Octane#Toys|Octone]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Predacon (G1)|Animatron]]s'''
{{Bp-d1|D-73 [[Razorclaw (G1)#Toys|Razorclaw]]}}
{{Bp-d1|D-74 [[Rampage (G1)#Toys|Rampage]]}}
{{Bp-d1|D-75 [[Divebomb (G1)#Toys|Dimebomb]]}}
{{Bp-d1|D-76 [[Tantrum (G1)#Toys|Tantrum]]}}
{{Bp-d1|D-77 [[Headstrong (G1)#Toys|Headstrong]]}}
{{Bp-d1|D-78 [[Predaking (G1)#Toys|Predaking]] (giftset)}}
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''VS sets'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1d1|VSZ [[Sunstreaker (G1)/toys#VSZ|Sunstreaker]] & [[Skids (G1)#VSZ|Skids]] vs [[Buzzsaw (G1)/toys#VSZ|Buzzsaw]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''"Good Bye" sets'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|Good Bye Convoy ([[Red Alert (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Alert]], [[Mirage (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Ligier]] & [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Convoy]])}}
{{Bp-d1|Good Bye Megatron ([[Starscream (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Starscream]] & [[Megatron (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Megatron]])}}
|}
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====[[Robot Point]] mail order items====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Downshift (G1)#Toys|Camshaft]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Camshaft (G1)#Toys|Downshift]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Overdrive#Toys|Overdrive]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Ratchet (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Ratchet]]}}
</ul>
|}
{{--}}

====Notes====
<references group="A" />

==1987 (''The Headmasters'')==
===Overview===
{{anchor|Headmasters}}
{{nav-headmasters}}
Takara's new releases for 1987 started out simply as a continuation of the previous year's line-up, with the two new Combiner teams, the [[Technobot (G1)|Techbot]]s and the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrortron]]s, even featuring the "Scramble City" sub-branding again. Following that came figures that were ostensibly intended to accompany the first Japanese-original ''Transformers'' anime, ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|The Headmasters]]'', although only the toys that were ''actually'' Headmasters featured an additional "The Headmasters" sub-branding on their packaging, while the Targetmaster figures featured a toy-only "Targetmaster" logo instead, with the primary branding for the toys still remaining as "Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers". Because of this, it's difficult to pinpoint a specific cut-off point for the new "line".

The toys themselves were still largely just the same toys released by [[Hasbro]] in the West that year with little to no alteration. However, there were a number of toys [[exclusive]] to Japan, most of which today command large sums on the secondary market due to rarity (or at least perceived rarity) in the West. Most of the prior year's product was still available through 1987.

The 1987 ''Transformers'' toyline also included the ''[[Beastformers]]'' subline, which Hasbro marketed in the West as the completely separate property ''Battle Beasts''. Notably, [[Gnaw (G1)#Toys|Gnaw]], a figure released by Hasbro in 1986, was initially only available in Japan as a promotional item as part of a [[Beastformer]] giveaway before being made available as a mail order item during the following year, shipping in U.S. Hasbro packaging.

Both the Cybertrons and the Destrons feature several notable gaps in their ongoing ID numbering; some (but not all) of which were retroactively filled up years later with Takara reissues of the Targetmaster versions of the 1986 Autobots that had previously only been released in that form by Hasbro.
{{--}}

===Toys===
====Retail releases====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Technobot (G1)|Techbot]]s (''Scramble City'')'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|C-86 [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-87 [[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-88 [[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-89 [[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-90 [[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-91 [[Computron (G1)|Computicon]] (giftset)}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Throttlebot]]s'''
{{Bp-a1|C-92 [[Wideload (G1)#Toys|Wideload]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-93 [[Searchlight (G1)#Toys|Looklight]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-94 [[Chase (G1)#Toys|Chase]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-95 [[Rollbar (G1)#Toys|Rollbar]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-96 [[Freeway (G1)#Toys|Runway]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-97 [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Goldbug|Goldback]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Monsterbot (G1)|Firebots]]'''
{{Bp-a1|C-99 [[Grotusque#Toys|Grotes]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-100 [[Doublecross#Toys|Doublecross]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] Autobots (''The Headmasters'')'''
{{Bp-a1|C-101 [[Chromedome (G1)#Toys|Chromedome]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-102 [[Hardhead (G1)#Toys|Hardhead]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-103 [[Highbrow (G1)#Toys|Highbrow]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-104 [[Brainstorm (G1)#Toys|Brainstorm]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=6|
[[File:G1-toy Stepper.jpg|200px|thumb|Targetmaster Stepper & Nebulon]]
[[File:G1toy twincast.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Twincast]]
[[File:G1toy graphy.jpg|right|thumb|200px|W Cassettebot Graphy]]
[[File:HM-toy Lione.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Headmaster Warrior Lione]]
[[File:G1Soundblaster toy.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Soundblaster]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] Autobots (''Targetmaster'')'''
{{Bp-a1|C-105 [[Sureshot (G1)#Toys|Sirshot]] (w/ [[Spoilsport#Toys|Spoil]])}}
{{Bp-a1|C-106 [[Pointblank#Toys|Blanker]] (w/ [[Peacemaker#Toys|Peaceman]])}}
{{Bp-a1|C-107 [[Crosshairs (G1)#Toys|Crosshairs]] (w/ [[Pinpointer (G1)#Toys|Pointech]])}}
{{Bp-a1|C-108 [[Artfire#Toys|Artfire]] (w/ [[Nightstick (Headmasters)#Toys|Nightstick]])}}
{{Bp-a1|C-109 [[Ricochet (Headmasters)#Toys|Stepper]] (w/ [[Nebulon (Headmasters)#Toys|Nebulon]])}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Doublespy'''
{{Bp-a1|C-111 [[Punch (G1)#Toys|Doublespy]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Clone (subgroup)|Clonebot]]s'''
{{Bp-a1|C-112 [[Fastlane#Toys|Fastlane]] & [[Cloudraker (G1)#Toys|Cloudraker]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Fortress Maximus (''The Headmasters'')'''
{{Bp-a1|C-114 [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/toys#Toys|Fortress Maximus]] (w/ [[Cog (G1)#Toys|Cog]])}}
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Autobot Mini-Cassette|Cassettbot]]s'''
{{Bp-a1|C-116 [[Blaster (G1)/toys#TwincastG1|Twincast]] (w/ C-65 [[Steeljaw (G1)#Toys|Steeljaw]])}}
{{Bp-a1|C-117 [[Eject (G1)#Toys|Eject]] (re-release)}}
{{Bp-a1|C-118 [[Rewind (G1)#Toys|Rewind]] (re-release)}}
{{Bp-a1|C-119 [[Ramhorn (G1)#Toys|Ramhorn]] (re-release)}}
{{Bp-a1|C-120 [[Steeljaw (G1)#Toys|Steeljaw]] (re-release)}}
{{Bp-a1|C-121 [[Graphy]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-122 [[Noise]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-123 [[Dile]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-124 [[Zaur (G1)|Zaur]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Trainbot]]s'''
{{Bp-a1|C-125 [[Shouki#Toys|Shouki]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-126 [[Getsuei#Toys|Getsuei]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-127 [[Yukikaze (G1)#Toys|Yukikaze]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-128 [[Suiken#Toys|Suiken]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-129 [[Seizan#Toys|Seizan]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-130 [[Kaen#Toys|Kaen]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-131 [[Raiden#Toys|Raiden]] (giftset)}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Autobot Master Warrior|Cybertron Master Warriors]] (''The Headmasters'')'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Kirk#Toys|Kirk]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Lione#Toys|Lione]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Loafer#Toys|Loafer]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Rodney#Toys|Rodney]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Shuffler#Toys|Shuffler]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Toraizer#Toys|Toraizer]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrortrons]] (''Scramble City'')'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|D-79 [[Hun-Gurrr (G1)|Hun-Gurrr]]}}
{{Bp-d1|D-80 [[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]]}}
{{Bp-d1|D-81 [[Sinnertwin (G1)|Sinnertwin]]}}
{{Bp-d1|D-82 [[Cutthroat (G1)|Cutthroat]]}}
{{Bp-d1|D-83 [[Blot (G1)|Butto]]}}
{{Bp-d1|D-84 [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] (giftset)}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] Crazytrons (''The Headmasters'')'''
{{Bp-d1|D-85 [[Skullcruncher (G1)#Toys|Skull]]}}
{{Bp-d1|D-86 [[Weirdwolf (G1)#Toys|Weirdwolf]]}}
{{Bp-d1|D-87 [[Mindwipe (G1)#Toys|Wipe]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] Jetrons (''Targetmaster'')'''
{{Bp-d1|D-88 [[Triggerhappy (G1)#Toys|Triggerharpy]] (w/ [[Blowpipe (G1)#Toys|Blowpipe]])}}
{{Bp-d1|D-89 [[Misfire (G1)#Toys|Misfire]] (w/ [[Aimless#Toys|Aimless]])}}
{{Bp-d1|D-90 [[Slugslinger (G1)#Toys|Slugslinger]] (w/ [[Caliburst (G1)#Toys|Caliburst]])}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Megazarak (''The Headmasters'')'''
{{Bp-d1|D-93 [[Scorponok (G1)/toys#Toys|MegaZarak]] (w/ [[Fasttrack (G1)#Toys|Fasttrack]])}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Clone (subgroup)|Clonetron]]s'''
{{Bp-d1|D-94 [[Pounce#Toys|Pounce]] & [[Wingspan#Toys|Wingspan]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Duocon|Doubletron]]s'''
{{Bp-d1|D-96 [[Battletrap (G1)#Toys|Battletrap]]}}
{{Bp-d1|D-97 [[Flywheels#Toys|Flywheel]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Six Changer]]'''
{{Bp-d1|D-98 [[Sixshot (G1)#Toys|Sixshot]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] [[Horrorcon (G1)|Horrortrons]] (''The Headmasters'')'''
{{Bp-d1|D-99 [[Apeface#Toys|Apeface]]}}
{{Bp-d1|D-100 [[Snapdragon (G1)#Toys|Snapdragon]]}}
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|Cassettron]]s'''
{{Bp-d1|D-101 [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#SoundblasterG1|Soundblaster]] (w/ D-106 [[Buzzsaw (G1)#Toys|Buzzsaw]])}}
{{Bp-d1|D-102 [[Rumble (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Rumble]] (re-release)}}
{{Bp-d1|D-103 [[Frenzy (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Frenzy]] (re-release)}}
{{Bp-d1|D-104 [[Ravage (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Jaguar]] (re-release)}}
{{Bp-d1|D-105 [[Laserbeak (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Condor]] (re-release)}}
{{Bp-d1|D-106 [[Buzzsaw (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Buzzsaw]] (re-release)}}
{{Bp-d1|D-107 [[Ratbat (G1)#Toys|Ratbat]] (re-release)}}
{{Bp-d1|D-108 [[Slugfest (G1)#Toys|Slugfest]]}}
{{Bp-d1|D-109 [[Overkill (G1)#Toys|Overkill]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Limited Releases'''
{{Bp-d1|[[Gnaw (G1)#Toys|Sharktron]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Kirk#Toys|Kirk]] (white)}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Lione#Toys|Lione]] (white)}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Loafer#Toys|Loafer]] (white)}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Rodney#Toys|Rodney]] (white)}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Shuffler#Toys|Shuffler]] (white)}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Toraizer#Toys|Toraizer]] (white)}}
|}
{{--}}

====[[Robot Point]] mail order items====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
<ul class="iconlist">
|width="20%" valign="top"|{{Bp-a1|''C-98'' [[Repugnus (G1)#Toys|Repug]]<ref group="B" name="repug">Omitted from the 1987 retail line-up, Repugnus (marketed as "Repug") was offered as a mail order figure that was advertised with the 1987 ''Beastformers'' figures (see below), but ultimately wasn't shipped until 1988, in Hasbro packaging. Though it doesn't appear on his packaging, he was assigned the ID number "C-98" in official marketing materials.</ref>}}
{{Bp-d1|40 [[Kickback (G1)#Toys|Kickback]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|{{Bp-d1|41 [[Bombshell (G1)#Toys|Bombshell]]}}
{{Bp-d1|42 [[Shrapnel (G1)#Toys|Sharpnel]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}
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====Beastformers====
{{nav-beastformers}}
:''Main Article: '''[[Beastformers (franchise)]]'''''

The initial ''Beastformers'' toyline was sold under the ''Transformers'' banner in 1987. Most of the figures were sold in individual ''Transformers''-style boxes, in big display cases of 36. However, only 54 of the 76 ''Battle Beasts'' figures were sold as ''Transformers''; ironically, two of the toys skipped are the first Beastformers shown in the ''Headmasters'' cartoon. Weirdly, despite the toys having actual ID numbers sculpted onto their bodies and weapons, said numbers were nowhere on the packaging like on the regular ''Transformers'' toys. The figures are nigh-identical to the Hasbro versions, though some variants in the Hasbro line are the only way they were sold in Takara's markets.

In 1988, ''Beastformers'' became its own line without the ''Transformers'' branding, releasing ''most'' of the rest of the ''Battle Beasts'' toys in Japan, plus the new faction of [[Laser Beast]]s. It also made use of the beasts' ID numbers.

The details of these toys' releases are actually fairly complex and we won't get into it all here; the main ''[[Beastformers]]'' page breaks it all down plus includes the post-''Transformers'' sequel-series releases. Only the ''Transformers''-branded toys are listed here.

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Series 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Alligatron#Toys|Alligatron]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Battle Bear#Toys|Battle Bear]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Beafox#Toys|Beafox]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Big Serow#Toys|Big Serow]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Black Turtle#Toys|Black Turtle]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Bonga#Toys|Bonga]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Devilbat#Toys|Devilbat]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Drillfrog#Toys|Drillfrog]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Elephan#Toys|Elephan]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Flykick#Toys|Flykick]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Golder#Toys|Golder]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Grayox#Toys|Grayox]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Graysharp#Toys|Graysharp]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Killer Fish#Toys|Killer Fish]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Snakebomb (Beastformers)#Toys|Snakebomb]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[White Leo#Toys|White Leo]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Wildthunder#Toys|Wildthunder]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Yellow Giraffe#Toys|Yellow Giraffe]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Series 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Beavop#Toys|Beavop]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Bullorn#Toys|Bullorn]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Brown Gyro#Toys|Brown Gyro]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Dark Raccoon#Toys|Dark Raccoon]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Jungaroo#Toys|Jungaroo]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Power Jaguar#Toys|Power Jaguar]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Power Nozzle#Toys|Power Nozzle]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Red Octo#Toys|Red Octo]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Sea Iron#Toys|Sea Iron]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Smileduck#Toys|Smileduck]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Strong Hippo#Toys|Strong Hippo]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Wavemoose#Toys|Wavemoose]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=3|[[Image:SnakeBomb-MIB.jpg|right|upright=1|thumb|Snakebomb in a first-series ''Transformers''-branded ''Beastformers'' box.]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Series 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Baboon#Toys|Baboon]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Cuttledeep#Toys|Cuttledeep]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Eagle Killer#Toys|Eagle Killer]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Green Chameles#Toys|Green Chameles]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Iguanamonss#Toys|Iguanamonss]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Junior Dragon#Toys|Junior Dragon]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Night Owl#Toys|Night Owl]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Polar Battle Bear (Beastformers)#Toys|Polar Battle Bear]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Razorkukku#Toys|Razorkukku]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Strong Panda#Toys|Strong Panda]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Ultragas#Toys|Ultragas]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Undergroun#Toys|Undergroun]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Multi-packs'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1d1|Burstsun Special Set (type 1) ([[White Leo#Toys|Burstsun White Leo]], [[Black Jaguar#Toys|Black Jaguar]], [[Būpink#Toys|Būpink]], [[Dog Hunter#Toys|Dog Hunter]], [[Dream Eater#Toys|Dream Eater]], [[Muskhorn#Toys|Muskhorn]], [[Pangol#Toys|Pangol]], [[Slo#Toys|Slo]], [[White Cow#Toys|White Cow]], [[Udan#Toys|Udan]])}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1d1|Burstsun Special Set (type 2) ([[Alligatron#burstsun|Ghost Alligatron]], Black Jaguar, Būpink, [[Crowmax#Toys|Crowmax]], [[Earthhog#Toys|Earthhog]], [[Mingo Kid#Toys|Mingo Kid]], Pangol, Slo, White Cow, Udan)}}
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Fortress'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Red Phoenix#Toys|Red Phoenix]] (w/ [[Flykick#Toys|Flykick]])}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Mail-away prizes'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Cobrander#ceramic|Ceramic Special Cobrander]]}}
|}
{{--}}

====Notes====
<references group="B" />

==1988 (''Super-God Masterforce'')==
===Overview===
{{anchor|Masterforce}}
{{nav-masterforce}}
[[File:TakaraMasterforceAutobotcatalogue.JPG|right|thumb|250px|Later ''Masterforce''-era Takara toy catalog, depicting the Cybertrons.]]
[[File:TakaraMasterforceCatalogueDecepticon.JPG|right|thumb|250px|Later ''Masterforce''-era Takara toy catalog, depicting the Destrons.]]
Beginning in 1988, Takara released the toys intended to accompany the successor to the ''Headmasters'' anime, ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Super-God Masterforce]]''. This was also the year during which Takara began to change the direction of its ''Transformers'' line significantly away from Hasbro's.

Most of the sculpts used in ''Masterforce'' were released in Hasbro's line, but a great many Hasbro toys from this year were skipped altogether in Japan, including over half of the [[Pretender]]s. And many of the toys the two lines did share had significant color differences, although it was a bit scattershot as to who got changed and who didn't. The [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#PMOP|Powermaster Optimus Prime]] toy was [[retool]]ed to make the new hero-team leader [[Ginrai (human)#Toys|Super Ginrai]] toy, and a handful of new sculpts were released, including the gargantuan [[Overlord (G1)#Toys|Overlord]]. Takara even took one last dip in the ''[[Micro Change]]'' well for a pseudo-role-play Transformer ([[Browning]]), alongside [[redeco]]/[[retool]]ings of the prior year's most massive toys.

Virtually all of the toys were also characterized very differently from Hasbro's story even if the toys themselves remained unchanged, so even though the toys are identical, well, the characters are pretty much completely incompatible.

In addition to the main "Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers" title and the "Masterforce" box-back banner, the [[Godmaster (lifeform)|Godmaster]]s (Takara's version of the [[Powermaster]]s) featured a toy-only "Godmaster" sub-branding, similar to the previous year's Targetmasters. Likewise, the Pretenders had their own "Pretenders" logo, while the [[Headmaster Junior]]s as well as both [[Grand Maximus#Toys|Grand Maximus]] and [[Scorponok (G1)#Super-God Masterforce|BlackZarak]] featured the same "The Headmasters" branding as the previous year's figures. Surprisingly, the [[Seacon (Masterforce)|Seacon]]s featured their own team-specific "Seacons" logo, instead of yet another use of the "Scramble City" logo as one would have expected based on precedent.

The ID numbers for the figures made a ''huge'' leap, skipping several numbers in the two-digit region from C-131 Raiden to C-201 [[Metalhawk (G1)#Toys|Metalhawk]] (another Japanese-only figure) for the Cybertrons, and from D-109 Overkill to D-201 [[Blood#Toys|Blood]] for the Destrons, so that both sides were on equal footing again. [[Lander#Toys|Lander]], despite being assigned his own ID number (C-200), was actually only available via mail order. After only a few Pretender figures with numbers in the 200 region, the ID numbers jumped up ''again'' to C-301 [[Shūta Gō#Toys|Goshooter]] and D-301 [[Wilder (G1)#Toys|Wilder]], and subsequently remained in the 300 region.

===Toys===
====Retail releases====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''''[[Pretender]]s'''''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|C-201 [[Metalhawk (G1)#Toys|Metalhawk]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-202 [[Phoenix (G1)#Toys|Phoenix]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-203 [[Diver (G1)#Toys|Diver]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Headmaster Junior]] Autobots (''The Headmasters'')'''
{{Bp-a1|C-301 [[Shūta Gō#Toys|Goshooter]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-302 [[Cab (human)#Toys|Carb]] {{sic}}}}
{{Bp-a1|C-303 [[Minerva (human)#Toys|Minelba]] {{sic}}}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Godmaster (lifeform)|Godmaster]] Autobots (''Godmaster'')'''
{{Bp-a1|C-304 [[Lightfoot (G1)#Toys|Lightfoot]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-305 [[Ranger#Toys|Ranger]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-306 [[Road King#Toys|Roadking]] {{sic}}}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''''Godmaster'''''
{{Bp-a1|C-307 [[Ginrai (human)#Toys|Superginrai]] {{sic}}}}
{{Bp-a1|C-308 [[Clouder#Toys|Doubleclouder]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-310 [[Ginrai (human)#GodGinrai|Godginrai]] {{sic}} (giftset)}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=4|
[[File:MF-toy Metalhawk.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Pretender Metalhawk]]
[[File:G1 overlord toy.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Godmaster Overlord]]
[[File:MF-toy Browning.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Browning]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''''The Headmasters'''''
{{Bp-a1|C-311 [[Grand Maximus#Toys|Grand Maximus]] (w/ [[Cog (Masterforce)#Toys|Cog]])}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''''[[Sparkdash]]'''''
{{Bp-a1|C-313 [[Hardspark#Toys|Hardspark]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-314 [[Hotspark#Toys|Hotspark]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-315 [[Wildspark#Toys|Wildspark]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Masterforce Warrior]]s (''Godmaster'')'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Aquastar]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Vollet#toys|Vollet]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Zetca#Toys|Zetca]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Other'''
{{Bp-a1|C-309 [[Godbomber#Toys|Godbomber]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-312 [[Sixknight#Toys|Sixknight]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''''[[Pretender]]s'''''
{{Bp-d1|D-201 [[Blood#Toys|Blood]]}}
{{Bp-d1|D-202 [[Dauros#Toys|Dowlos]] {{sic}}}}
{{Bp-d1|D-203 [[Gilmer#Toys|Gilmer]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Headmaster Junior]] Monsters (''The Headmasters'')'''
{{Bp-d1|D-301 [[Wilder (G1)#Toys|Wilder]]}}
{{Bp-d1|D-302 [[Bullhorn (G1)#Toys|Bullhorn]]}}
{{Bp-d1|D-303 [[Cancer (G1)#Toys|Cancer]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Godmaster (lifeform)|Godmaster]] Jetrons (''Godmaster'')'''
{{Bp-d1|D-304 [[Hydra (G1)#Toys|Hydra]]}}
{{Bp-d1|D-305 [[Buster (G1)#Toys|Buster]]}}
{{Bp-d1|D-306 [[Darkwings#Toys|Darkwings]] (giftset)}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''''Godmaster'''''
{{Bp-d1|D-307 [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]] (w/ [[Mega#Toys|Mega]] & [[Giga#Toys|Giga]])}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''''The Headmasters'''''
{{Bp-d1|D-311 [[Scorponok (G1)/toys#Super-God Masterforce|BlackZarak]] (w/ [[Black Roritchi#Super-God Masterforce|Black Roritchi]])}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''''[[Seacon (Masterforce)|Seacons]]'''''
{{Bp-d1|D-312 [[Turtler#Toys|Turtler]]}}
{{Bp-d1|D-313 [[Overbite (Masterforce)#Toys|Overbite]]}}
{{Bp-d1|D-314 [[Kraken#Toys|Clerken]] {{sic}}}}
{{Bp-d1|D-315 [[Lobclaw#Toys|Lobclaw]]}}
{{Bp-d1|D-316 [[Gulf#Toys|Galph]] {{sic}}}}
{{Bp-d1|D-317 [[Tentakil (Masterforce)#Toys|Tentakil]]}}
{{Bp-d1|D-318 [[King Poseidon#Toys|Kingposeidon]] {{sic}} (giftset)}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''''[[Sparkdash]]'''''
{{Bp-d1|D-319 [[Guzzle (Masterforce)#Toys|Guzzle]]}}
{{Bp-d1|D-320 [[Sizzle (Masterforce)#Toys|Sizzle]]}}
{{Bp-d1|D-321 [[Javil#Toys|Javil]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Other'''
{{Bp-d1|D-308 [[Browning#Toys|Browning]]}}
|}
{{--}}

====[[Robot Point]] mail order items====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
<ul class="iconlist">
|width="20%" valign="top"|{{Bp-a1|C-200 [[Lander#Toys|Lander]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Shūta Gō#Toys|Goshooter Siren]] ([[Siren (G1)#Toys|Siren]] deco)}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|{{Bp-a1|[[Minerva (human)#Toys|Minerva Night Beat]] ([[Nightbeat (G1)#Toys|Nightbeat]] deco)}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Ranger#Toys|Ranger Joy Ride]] ([[Joyride (G1)#Toys|Joyride]] deco)}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|{{Bp-d1|[[Buster (G1)#Toys|Buster Dreadwind]] ([[Dreadwind (G1)#Toys|Dreadwind]] deco)}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Hydra (G1)#Toys|Hydra Darkwing]] ([[Darkwing (G1)#Toys|Darkwing]] deco)}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|{{Bp-d1|[[Squawkbox#Toys|Squawkbox]] ([[Squawktalk (G1)|Squawktalk]] & [[Beastbox (G1)|Beastbox]])}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
</ul>
|}
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====Role-play items====
[[File:Masterbrace toy.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Role-play Master-Braces.]]
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
<ul class="iconlist">
:{{Bp-a1|[[Master-Brace#Toys|Godmaster Brace]]—[[Ginrai (human)#Merchandise|Ginrai]]}}
:{{Bp-a1|[[Master-Brace#Toys|Headmaster Brace]]—[[Shūta Gō#Merchandise|Goshooter]]}}
</ul>
|}
{{--}}

==1989 (''Victory'')==
===Overview===
{{anchor|Victory}}
{{nav-victory}}
[[File:TakaraVictoryCatalogue.JPEG|300px|thumb|"[[Dinoking|One]] of these things is not like the others."]]

[[1989]] saw Takara release the toys intended to promote the [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (cartoon)|''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory'' cartoon]].

The 1989 line-up was a major departure from previous year's offerings, insofar as it was almost completely different from the [[Hasbro]] product released that same year (which was heavy on the [[Micromaster]]s and [[Pretender]]s). Where previously, Takara had used most of the same molds as Hasbro's concurrent lines —with some color changes and the occasional retool or new Japanese-exclusive figure— the majority of 1989's toys were all-new sculpts designed solely by Takara for their own market. The rest were significant [[retool]]ings of Hasbro figures in entirely new colors. Most of these toys, including the retools, never saw release in Hasbro's markets, and the few that did only came well after their Takara releases (and with significant changes to boot). The ''only'' toy in the series that is identical to a Hasbro release was available only via mail-order, not sold in stores.

The 1989 line-up also had a heavy focus on combiner teams, every one of which was available both as individual releases and as a gift set.

The [[Brainmaster]]s and [[Breastforce]] had their own toy-only "Brainmaster" and "Brastforce" logos similar to the previous years' Targetmasters, Pretenders, Godmasters and Seacons. Oddly, the [[Crossformer]]s [[Black Shadow (G1)#Toys|Black Shadow]] and [[Blue Bacchus#Toys|Blue Bacchus]] (with their own "Crossformer" logo on the packaging) featured ID numbers that placed them in the middle of the ''Masterforce''-based Destrons, despite sporting a 1989 copyright on their packaging.

Because of their uniqueness, the ''Victory''-based figures are very popular in the West for older fans and collectors, commanding a lot of money on the secondary market.

Several of the toys would see additional releases: Italian company [[GiG]], which had a unique business relationship with Takara since 1983, released [[Galaxy Shuttle#Toys|Galaxy Shuttle]] as part of their version of the ''Transformers'' line in Italy; Hasbro's [[The Transformers (European toyline)|European-market continuation of the ''Transformers'' series]] later took the three car-mode Brainmasters and four of the Breastforce members, took away their combiner-bot-bits, redecoed them, and sold them as the [[Motorvator]]s and [[Rescue Force]], respectively; [[Deathsaurus (G1)#Toys|Deathsaurus]], [[Greatshot#Toys|Greatshot]], and [[Galaxy Shuttle#Toys|Galaxy Shuttle]] all got [[redeco]]ed and/or [[retool]]ed for Takara's later non-''Transformers'' giant transforming robot ''[[Brave (franchise)|Brave]]'' toylines; and the [[Multiforce]] were re-released in individual boxes as part of Takara's convenience-store-release ''[[The Transformers: Micromaster|Micromaster]]'' series as "Micromaster DX" toys.

===Toys===
====Retail releases====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''''[[Multiforce]]'''''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|C-316 [[Wing (G1)#Toys|Wing]][[Waver#Toys|waver]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-317 [[Dash (G1)#Toys|Dash]][[Tacker#Toys|tacker]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-318 [[Mach (G1)#Toys|Mach]][[Tackle#Toys|tackle]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-319 [[Landcross (G1)|Landcross]] (giftset)}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''''[[Brainmaster]]'''''
{{Bp-a1|C-320 [[Blacker#Toys|Blacker]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-321 [[Laster#Toys|Laster]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-322 [[Braver#Toys|Braver]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-323 [[Road Caesar#Toys|Road Caesar]] (giftset)}}
{{Bp-a1|C-324 [[Star Saber (G1)#Toys|Star Saber]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-328 [[Star Saber (G1)#|Victory Saber]] (giftset)}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Other'''
{{Bp-a1|C-325 [[Greatshot#Toys|Greatshot]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-326 [[Galaxy Shuttle#Toys|Galaxy Shuttle]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-327 [[Victory Leo#Toys|Victory Leo]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Hero Set'''
{{Bp-a1d1|Hero Set ([[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Hero Set|Bumble]], [[Jazz (G1)/toys#HeroSet|Meister]], [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#HeroSet|Grimlock]] & [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Heroset|Starscream]])}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:Victory-toy Liokaiser.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Liokaiser, the Breastforce combiner]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''''[[Crossformer]]'''''
{{Bp-d1|D-309 [[Black Shadow (G1)#Toys|Black Shadow]]<ref group="C" name="blackblue">Although Black Shadow and Blue Bacchus featured ID numbers (D-309 and D-310) that placed them in between the ''Masterforce''-based toys Browning (D-308) and Black Zarak (D-311), both toys are 1989 releases.</ref>}}
{{Bp-d1|D-310 [[Blue Bacchus#Toys|Blue Bacchus]]<ref group="C" name="blackblue"/>}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''''[[Dinoforce]]'''''
{{Bp-d1|D-322 [[Goryu (G1)#Toys|Goryu]]}}
{{Bp-d1|D-323 [[Gairyu#Toys|Gairyu]]}}
{{Bp-d1|D-324 [[Kakuryu (G1)#Toys|Kakuryu]]}}
{{Bp-d1|D-325 [[Doryu (G1)#Toys|Doryu]]}}
{{Bp-d1|D-326 [[Yokuryu#Toys|Yokuryu]]}}
{{Bp-d1|D-327 [[Rairyu#Toys|Rairyu]]}}
{{Bp-d1|D-328 [[Dinoking#Toys|Dinoking]] (giftset)}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''''[[Breastforce]]'''''
{{Bp-d1|D-329 [[Leozack#Toys|Leozack]] (w/ [[Lionbreast#Toys|Lionbreast]])}}
{{Bp-d1|D-330 [[Guyhawk#Toys|Guyhawk]] (w/ [[Hawkbreast#Toys|Hawkbreast]])}}
{{Bp-d1|D-331 [[Hellbat (G1)#Toys|Hellbat]] (w/ [[Kōmoribreast#Toys|Kōmoribreast]])}}
{{Bp-d1|D-332 [[Jallguar#Toys|Jallguar]] (w/ [[Jaguarbreast#Toys|Jaguarbreast]])}}
{{Bp-d1|D-333 [[Killbison#Toys|Killbison]] (w/ [[Bisonbreast#Toys|Bisonbreast]])}}
{{Bp-d1|D-334 [[Drillhorn (G1)#Toys|Drillhorn]] (w/ [[Hornbreast#Toys|Hornbreast]])}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
{{Bp-d1|D-335 [[Liokaiser#Toys|Liokaiser]] (giftset)}}
{{Bp-d1|D-336 [[Deathsaurus (G1)#Toys|Deathsaurus]] (w/ [[Eaglebreast#Toys|Eaglebreast]] & [[Tigerbreast#Toys|Tigerbreast]])}}
|}

====Notes====
<references group="C" />

==1990 (''Zone'')==
===Overview===
{{anchor|Zone}}
{{nav-zone}}
[[File:TakaraZoneCatalogue.JPG|400px|thumb|right|Zone catalog.]]
[[1990]] marked the downturn of Takara's original ''Transformers''. The theme for this year was ''Transformers: Zone'', but rather than a fully-fledged anime series, the line's advertising media was slashed to minimum, getting only a [[Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!|single-episode VHS tape]] for animation and [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (manga)|a single installment]] of manga, leaving [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|story page]]s in ''[[TV Magazine]]'' to push the toys to kids.

The overwhelming majority of the year's line-up is made up of the "Micro Transformers", most of which had been released by [[Hasbro]] as "[[Micromaster]]s" in [[The Transformers (toyline)#1989: Pretenders and Micromasters|the previous year]], and only a comparative handful bear any notable differences from the Hasbro releases. On top of that, all but one team were sold as Autobots, presumably in a "kids buy more good guys" move to boost sales. (Japanese "boys toy" line are historically very light on the villain toys, if they have any at all. ''Transformers'' was a real outlier there, and potentially a major reason it was so popular early on.)

The headliners this year, and the only toys unique to Takara, were the three [[Powered Master]]s (not to be confused with [[Powermaster]]s): larger toys that transform from robot to space-vehicle-things to bases that can attach to the Micro Transformer bases using the same ramps. Each Powered Master has a battery- or spring-powered [[gimmick]] meant to push/launch the smaller Micros. They could also combine into [[Big Powered]], a gigantic jet-tank-thing. They are opposed by [[Metrotitan (G1)|Metrotitan]], a [[Metroplex (G1)#|Metroplex]] redeco and the only other Decepticon in the line. Notably, the Powered Masters are noticeably lighter than comparably-sized toys from past lines. Their plastic parts are thinner overall and lean towards hollowness, presumably as a cost-saving measure.

Like the previous years' offerings, the toys were still branded as part of "Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers", with the "Zone" livery on the back of the box - except for the C-350 "Original Video Anime" set, which included a VHS tape "front-branded" with the ''Transformers: Zone'' OVA. In addition, the toys featured "Micro Transformers" logos, with the Powered Masters featuring a "Micro Transformers Powered Masters" variant.

While the Micro Transformers are largely ignored by fans, the four larger pieces command large sums on the secondary market today, especially Powered Master [[Roadfire]].

Some figures from this year would be re-used in Takara's later ''[[Brave (franchise)|Brave]]'' non-''Transformers'' toylines: Dai Atlas and Sonic Bomber became non-Transformer villain toys in ''The Brave Express: Might Gaine'', whereas the Micromaster Stations, sans Micromasters, were released as mini-playsets with non-transforming robot figurines in ''Brave Police: J-Decker''.

===Toys===
====Retail releases====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Rocket Base (''Micro Transformers'')'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|C-330 [[Rocket Base#Toys|Rocket base]] (w/ [[Rescue Patrol Team#Toys|Rescue Patrol Team]] & Rocket Base Leader [[Moonradar (G1)#Toys|Moonradar]])}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''''Micro Transformers'''''
{{Bp-a1|C-331 [[Rescue Patrol Team#Toys|Rescue Patrol Team]] ([[Pīpō#Toys|Pīpō]], [[Boater#Toys|Boater]], [[Holi#Toys|Holi]], [[Fire#Toys|Fire]])}}
{{Bp-a1|C-332 [[Battle Patrol Team#Toys|Battle Patrol Team]] ([[Gunlift#Toys|Gunlift]], [[Sunrunner (Zone)#Toys|Sunrunner]], [[Sidetrack (Zone)#Toys|Sidetrack]], [[Powerbomb#Toys|Powerbomb]])}}
{{Bp-a1|C-333 [[Super Car Patrol Team#Toys|Super Car Patrol Team]] ([[Black Heat#Toys|Black Heat]], [[Gingham#Toys|Gingham]], [[Deadhour#Toys|Deadhour]], [[Road Hugger (Zone)#Toys|Road Hugger]])}}
{{Bp-a1|C-334 [[Race Car Patrol#Toys|Race Car Patrol Team]] ([[Free Wheeler#Toys|Wheelrun]], [[Tailspin#Toys|Spinchange]], [[Swindler#Toys|Glorean]], [[Roadhandler (G1)#Toys|Roadhandler]])}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"| 
{{Bp-a1|C-335 [[Off Road Patrol#Toys|Off Road Patrol Team]] ([[Mudslinger (G1)#Toys|Footdemo]], [[Powertrain#Toys|Freed]], [[Highjump (G1)#Toys|Nutshell]], [[Tote#Toys|Flak]])}}
{{Bp-a1|C-336 [[Jet Patrol Team#Toys|Jet Patrol Team]] ([[Whisper (Zone)#Toys|Whisper]], [[Windrim#Toys|Windrim]], [[Star Cloud#Toys|Star Cloud]], [[Nightflight (Zone)#Toys|Nightflight]])}}
{{Bp-a1|C-351 [[Construction Patrol#Toys|Build Patrol Team]] ([[Crumble#Toys|Crumble]], [[Takedown#Toys|Takedown]], [[Groundpounder (G1)#Toys|Groundpounder]], [[Neutro#Toys|Neutro]])<ref group="D" name="newmicro">The Build Patrol Team, the Sky Patrol Team and the Race Track Patrol Team were listed as "New Micro Transformers" in a 1990 Takara toy catalog. Their toys were released later than the other Patrol Teams, after C-349 Roadfire and the C-350 Original Video Anime set.</ref>}}
{{Bp-a1|C-352 [[Air Patrol#Toys|Sky Patrol Team]] ([[Blaze Master#Toys|Breeze Master]], [[Sky High (Micromaster)#Toys|Sky High]], [[Tread Bolt#Toys|Tread Bolt]], [[Eagle Eye (G1)#Toys|Eagle Eye]])<ref group="D" name="newmicro"/>}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Deluxe (''Micro Transformers'')'''
{{Bp-a1|C-337 [[Overload (G1)#Toys|Roadjet]] (w/ unnamed [[car carrier trailer]])}}
{{Bp-a1|C-338 [[Missile Bull#Toys|Missile Bull]] (w/ unnamed [[Missile Bull's vehicle|military transport]])}}
{{Bp-a1|C-339 [[Erector (G1)#Toys|Cragun]] (w/ unnamed [[crane]])}}
{{Bp-a1|C-340 [[Skywave#Toys|Skywave]] (w/ unnamed [[Skywave's vehicle|aircraft carrier]])}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top" rowspan=4|[[File:Zone-toy Roadfire.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Roadfire]]
[[File:Zone-toy Rabbicrater.jpg|thumb|200px|Rabbicrater, available only in a set with the ''Transformers: Zone'' OVA.]]
|-
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Stations (''Micro Transformers'')'''
{{Bp-a1|C-341 [[Gasoline Base#Toys|Gasoline Base]] (w/ [[Glasspit#Toys|Glasspit]])}}
{{Bp-a1|C-342 [[Overair (facility)#Toys|Airport Base]] (w/ [[Overair (Micromaster)#Toys|Overair]])}}
{{Bp-a1|C-343 [[Hot House (facility)#Toys|Fire Base]] (w/ [[Hot House (Micromaster)#Toys|Hot House]])}}
{{Bp-a1|C-344 [[Ironworks (facility)#Toys|Build Base]] (w/ [[Ironworks (Micromaster)#Toys|Ironworks]])}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Bases (''Micro Transformers'')'''
{{Bp-a1|C-345 [[Landshaker#Toys|Landshaker]] (w/ [[Gunrunner (Zone)#Toys|Gunrunner]])}}
{{Bp-a1|C-346 [[Sky Hyper#Toys|Sky Hyper]] (w/ [[Deadwheeler#Toys|Deadwheeler]])}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''''Micro Transformers Powered Masters'''''
{{Bp-a1|C-347 [[Sonic Bomber#Toys|Sonic Bomber]] (w/ [[Sonic (G1)#Toys|Sonic]])}}
{{Bp-a1|C-348 [[Dai Atlas (G1)#Toys|Dai Atlas]] (w/ [[Speeder#Toys|Speeder]])}}
{{Bp-a1|C-349 [[Roadfire#Toys|Roadfire]] (w/ [[Drillbuster#Toys|Drillbuster]])}}
{{Bp-a1|C-353 [[Big Powered#Toys|Big Powered]] (giftset)<ref group="D" name="bigpow">The Big Powered giftset was released later than its individual components, after the C-350 Original Video Anime set, the C-351 Build Patrol Team and the C-352 Sky Patrol Team.</ref>}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Original Video Anime (''Transformers: Zone'')'''
{{Bp-a1|C-350 Original Video Anime (''[[Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!|Transformers: Zone]]'' OVA w/ [[Rabbicrater#Toys|Rabbicrater]])}}
|-
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''''Trainbots'''''
{{Bp-a1|C-354 [[Shouki#Toys|Shouki]] (re-release)}}
{{Bp-a1|C-355 [[Getsuei#Toys|Getsuei]] (re-release)}}
{{Bp-a1|C-356 [[Yukikaze (G1)#Toys|Yukikaze]] (re-release)}}
{{Bp-a1|C-357 [[Suiken#Toys|Suiken]] (re-release)}}
{{Bp-a1|C-358 [[Seizan#Toys|Seizan]] (re-release)}}
{{Bp-a1|C-359 [[Kaen#Toys|Kaen]] (re-release)}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Metrotitan (''Micro Transformers'')'''
{{Bp-d1|D-340 [[Metrotitan (G1)#Toys|Metrotitan]] (w/ [[Metrobomb#Toys|Metrobomb]], [[Metrodash#Toys|Metrodash]], [[Metroshot#Toys|Metroshot]], [[Metrotank#Toys|Metrotank]])}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''''Micro Transformers'''''
{{Bp-d1|D-341 [[Race Track Patrol#Toys|Race Track Patrol Team]] ([[Ground Hog#Toys|Ground Hog]], [[Roller Force#Toys|Roller Force]], [[Barricade (G1)#Toys|Barricade]], [[Motorhead (G1)#Toys|Motorstar]])}}
|}
{{--}}

====[[Robot Point]] mail order items====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
<ul class="iconlist">
:*[[Thunder Arrow|Interstellar shuttle]] [[Skystalker (G1)|pilot]]
</ul>
|}
{{--}}

====Notes====
<references group="D" />

{{anchor|ROC}}

==1991 (''Return of Convoy'')==
===Overview===
{{Nav-returnofconvoy}}

[[1991]]'s ''Transformers: Return of Convoy'' (トランスフォーマーリターン・オブ・コンボイ) was the first ''Transformers'' subline released by Takara that featured the subline logo on the front of the packaging instead of the back, on equal footing with the main ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' branding.

On the one hand, ''Return of Convoy'' heralded the big return of Convoy (aka [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]) to the Japanese Generation 1 continuity; on the other hand, however, by this time the ''Transformers'' brand was struggling to survive, leading to a very lean line of releases, most of them unchanged from their [[Hasbro]] counterparts released the year before. The line remained heavily focused on [[Micromaster|Micro Transformers]], with the larger toys having "base modes" that could be linked together to form mini-cities.

Most toys this year came with [[Micro Trailer]]s, small truck/trailer units that could store a single Micro Transformer, and launch them with a spring-loaded mechanism. The trailers were designed to be linked together, both in a train-like configuration (using the [[Micromaster Combiner]] pegs on the front and back bumpers) and side-to-side for stoage in [[Sky Garry (G1)|Sky Garry]]'s carrier-jet mode (using [[5 mm post|5mm post]]s). A handful of ''Zone'' Micro Transformer teams were also re-released with Micro Trailers.

This was the first series to be ''completely'' devoid of Decepticons, on the theory that Japanese kids were less likely to buy villain toys.

===Toys===

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Cybertrons'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|C-360 [[Sky Garry (G1)#Toys|Sky Garry]] (w/ [[Shotbomber]] & [[Micro Trailer]] #0)}}
{{Bp-a1|C-371 [[Grandus (G1)#Toys|Grandus]] (w/ [[Spinner]])}}
{{Bp-a1|C-372 [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Return of Convoy|Star Convoy]] (w/ [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Return of Convoy|Hot Rodimus]] & Micro Trailer)}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Micro Transformer 6 Team'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|C-370 [[Sixliner#Toys|Sixliner]] ([[Alan (G1)#Toys|Alan]], [[D-Go#Toys|D-Go]], [[Joe (G1)#Toys|Joe]], [[Leaf#Toys|Leaf]], [[Night#Toys|Night]], [[Spark (G1)#Toys|Spark]])}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:Grandus Toy.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Grandus (RIP Decepticons)]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Micro Transformer Teams'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|C-361 [[Monster Trucks Patrol#Toys|Big Truck Team]] ([[Big Hauler#Toys|Big Hauler]], [[Heavy Tread#Toys|Heavy Tread]], [[Hydraulic#Toys|Hydraulic]], [[Slow Poke#Toys|Slow Poke]], Micro Trailer #1)}}
{{Bp-a1|C-362 [[Hot Rod Patrol#Toys|Hot Rod Team]] ([[Big Daddy (G1)#Toys|Grease]], [[Greaser#Toys|Legs]], [[Hubs#Toys|Lucas]], [[Trip-Up#Toys|Vanishing]], Micro Trailer #2)}}
{{Bp-a1|C-363 [[Military Team#Toys|Military Team]] ([[Bombshock (G1)|Bombshock]], [[Dropshot (G1)|Dropshot]], [[Growl (G1)|Growl]], [[Tracer (Micromaster)|Tracer]], Micro Trailer #3)}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|C-373 [[Rescue Patrol Team#Toys|Rescue Patrol Team]] ([[Boater#Toys|Boater]], [[Fire#Toys|Fire]], [[Holi#Toys|Holi]], [[Pīpō#Toys|Pīpō]],Micro Trailer #10)}}
{{Bp-a1|C-374 [[Battle Patrol Team#Toys|Battle Patrol Team]] ([[Gunlift#Toys|Gunlift]], [[Powerbomb#Toys|Powerbomb]], [[Sidetrack (Zone)#Toys|Sidetrack]], [[Sunrunner (Zone)#Toys|Sunrunner]], Micro Trailer #11)}}
{{Bp-a1|C-375 [[Super Car Patrol Team#Toys|Super Car Patrol Team]] ([[Black Heat#Toys|Black Heat]], [[Deadhour#Toys|Deadhour]], [[Gingham#Toys|Gingham]], [[Road Hugger (Zone)#Toys|Road Hugger]], Micro Trailer #12)}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Micro Transformer W Teams'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|C-364 [[Shuttle Rocket W Team]] ([[Blast Master#Toys|Blast Master]], [[Missile Master#Toys|Missile Master]], [[Moonrock#Toys|Moonrock]], [[Phaser (G1)#Toys|Phaser]], Micro Trailer #4)}}
{{Bp-a1|C-365 [[Fire Tanker W Team]] ([[Oiler#Toys|Oiler]], [[Roadburner#Toys|Roadburner]], [[Slide#Toys|Slide]], [[Wheel Blaze#Toys|Wheel Blaze]], Micro Trailer #5)}}
{{Bp-a1|C-366 [[Radar Hover W Team]] ([[Barrage (Micromaster)#Toys|Barrage]], [[Heave#Toys|Heave]], [[Power Run#Toys|Power Run]], [[Strikedown#Toys|Strikedown]], Micro Trailer #6)}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|C-367 [[Dump Shovel W Team]] ([[Grit]], [[Hammer (G1)|Hammer]], [[Knockout (G1)|Knockout]], [[Sledge (G1)|Sledge]], Micro Trailer #7)}}
{{Bp-a1|C-368 [[Crane Cannon W Team]] ([[Direct-Hit]], [[Excavator (G1)|Excavator]], [[Power Punch]], [[Stonecruncher (G1)|Stonecruncher]], Micro Trailer #8)}}
{{Bp-a1|C-369 [[Jet Tank W Team]] ([[Fireshot]], [[Half-Track (G1)|Half-Track]], [[Meltdown (G1)|Meltdown]], [[Vanquish]], Micro Trailer #9)}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}
{{--}}

====Mail-aways====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''[[Aerialbot (G1)|Airbots]]'''
<ul class="iconlist">
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Air Raid (G1)/toys#Toys|Air Rider]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Fireflight (G1)/toys#Toys|Firebolt]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Silverbolt (G1)/toys#Toys|Silverbolt]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)/toys#Toys|Skydive]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Slingshot (G1)/toys#Toys|Sling]]}}
|}
====Canceled items====
<ul class="iconlist">
:{{Bp-a1|[[Big Bang (G1)|Big Bang]]}}
:{{Bp-a1|[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Notes|New Rodimus]]}}</ul>
{{--}}

==1992 (''Operation Combination'')==
===Overview===
{{Nav-operationcombination}}

The final series in [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s "Generation 1" run, [[1992]]'s ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination'' (戦え!超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマー合体大作戦 ''Tatakae! Chō Robot Seimeitai Transformer Gattai Daisakusen'') takes the award for having the smallest number of individual releases in a "major" ''Transformers'' toyline. On the other hand, every release in the line is a multi-pack, containing anywhere from two to six individual robots. Also, Decepticons are back! Yay!

The line was advertised solely with [[story page]]s which did ''nothing'' to flesh out any of the individual components of the six combiner teams, however.

After this series, ''Transformers'' ended in Japan, not to resurface until [[1995]]'s short-lived ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)#Takara G-2 line|Transformers G-2]]'' toyline. In the interim, Takara put out more ''[[Brave (franchise)|Brave]]'' series to provide giant transforming robot toys and fiction.

===Toys===
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''5-Robot Gestalts'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|TF-04 [[Guard City#Toys|Guard City]] ([[Fire Chief#Toys|Fire Chief]], [[Fly-Up#Toys|Fly-Up]], [[Safety#Toys|Safety]], [[Sparkride (G1)#Toys|Sparkride]], [[Streetstar#Toys|Streetstar]])}}
{{Bp-d1|TF-10 [[Battle Gaia#Toys|Battle Gaia]] ([[Great Cannon#Toys|Great Cannon]], [[Leyland#Toys|Leyland]], [[Sandstorm (OC)#Toys|Sandstorm]], [[Shuttle Gunner#Toys|Shuttle Gunner]], [[Target Hawk#Toys|Target Hawk]])}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Micro Transformer 6-Robot Gestalts'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|TF-01 [[Sixbuilder#Toys|Sixbuilder]] ([[Crush-Bull#Toys|Crush-Bull]], [[Digger#Toys|Digger]], [[Gran Arm#Toys|Gran Arm]], [[Iron Lift#Toys|Iron Lift]], [[Mixing#Toys|Mixing]], [[Treader#Toys|Treader]])}}
{{Bp-a1|TF-02 [[Sixwing#Toys|Sixwing]] ([[Chain Gun#Toys|Chain Gun]], [[Falcon (OC)#Toys|Falcon]], [[Flanker#Toys|Flanker]], [[Missile Run#Toys|Missile Run]], [[Raker#Toys|Raker]], [[Supersonic#Toys|Supersonic]])}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|TF-03 [[Sixturbo#Toys|Sixturbo]] ([[Circuit (OC)#Toys|Circuit]], [[Discharge (G1)#Toys|Discharge]], [[Glide (G1)#Toys|Glide]], [[Neo-Wheel#Toys|Neo-Wheel]], [[Road Police#Toys|Road Police]], [[Sireen#Toys|Sireen]])}}
{{bp-a1|TF-05 [[Sixtrain#Toys|Sixtrain]] ([[Atlan#Toys|Atlan]], [[Converter#Toys|Converter]], [[Desire#Toys|Desire]], [[Raise#Toys|Raise]], [[San D-Go#Toys|San D-Go]], [[Windy (G1)#Toys|Windy]])}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''VS Sets'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1d1|TF-06 [[Spin Road]] VS [[Dark Jet]]}}
{{Bp-a1d1|TF-07 [[Fire Road]] VS [[Shadow Jet]]}}
{{Bp-a1d1|TF-08 [[Checker Road]] VS [[Moon Jet]]}}
{{Bp-a1d1|TF-09 [[Mach Road]] VS [[Flare Jet]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:OC-toy Sixturbo.jpg|thumb|200px|Sixturbo]]
|}
{{--}}

==Post-series releases==
===Overview===
Beginning in the early 2000s, Takara released new toys based on their version of ''Generation 1'' with increasing frequency. This was initially limited to [[Generation 1 reissues|reissues of toys from the 1980s]], but eventually grew to encompass new toys that represented "upgraded" versions of the G1 characters, eventually expanding to include characters from the ''Headmasters'', ''Masterforce'', and ''Victory'' eras.

The sheer number of "new" toys of these characters released over the last 18 (and counting) years is ''insane'', so we're not going to list them here, but rather point you to [[The Transformers (toyline)#Post-Transformers releases|this list of post-"G1" "G1" toylines]]. Instead, the following list is going to be limited to toys specifically branded as part of ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'', which primarily included reissues and redecos thereof, although there is one particular toy we need to point out in specific.

In [[2006]], Takara released the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Primus#CybG1|Primus]] toy in ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' packaging, complete with a "00" ID number, rather than in ''Galaxy Force'', their version of ''Cybertron''. This toy even has the Hasbro release's [[Cyber Key Codes|Cyber Key Code]] on the key, which the Japanese version of the line lacked. They would later redeco the toy into "[[Primus#Transformers (2010)|Creator Primus]]" in [[2010]].

The ''[[Transformers Encore]]'' reissue line also features the ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' logo on its packaging, but for the sake of simplicity, we have put all toys branded as part of ''Encore'' on its own separate page. Likewise, the ''[[The Transformers: Collector's Edition]]''-branded toys use the ''Fight!'' logo on their bio cards, and [[Guardian robot#Collector's Edition|sometimes]] also on their packaging.
{{main|The Transformers: Collector's Edition}}
{{main|Transformers Encore}}

===LaserDisc===
[[File:Takara Convoy Set Laserdisc Box.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|C-376 Convoy Set]]

In [[1994]] and [[1995]], Takara released {{w|LaserDisc}} sets containing the ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' cartoon. As they continue the numbering used by the toys, they are included here for completeness.

====LaserDisc sets====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
<ul class="iconlist">
:{{Bp-a1|C-376 Convoy Set}}
:{{Bp-d1|D-342 Megatron Set}}
</ul>
|}

===Toys===
====Retail releases====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''2000'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|01 [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#2000rerelease|Convoy]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-69 [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#2000reissue|Ultra Magnus]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-78 [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#2000rerelease|Hot Rodimus]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''2001'''
{{Bp-d1|16-S [[Megatron (G1)/toys#2001reissue|Megatron]]}}
{{Bp-d1|22 [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Reissue|Starscream]]}}
{{Bp-a1|C-310 [[Ginrai (human)#Reissue|Godginrai]] {{sic}}}}
{{Bp-a1|C-77 [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#2001Convoyreissue|Rodimus Convoy]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''2002'''
{{Bp-a1|01 [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#NewYearConvoy|New Year Special Convoy]]}}
{{Bp-d1|D-98 [[Sixshot (G1)#Generation 1|Sixshot]]}}
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''2004'''
{{Bp-d1|D-78 [[Predaking (G1)#Generation 1|Predaking]]}}
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|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=3|[[File:Cybertron Primus toy.jpg|200px|thumb|Primus, aka "exactly the same as the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Primus#Cybertron|version]], just in G1 packaging".]]
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''2005'''
{{Bp-d1|D-62-S [[Galvatron (G1)/toys#PurpleReissue|Galvatron]]}}
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''2006'''
{{Bp-a1|00 [[Primus#CybG1|Primus]]}}
|-
|}
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====Exclusives====
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''2000'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|01 [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#2000JAFCON|Convoy Black Version]] (JAFCON 2000)}}
{{Bp-a1|01 [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#LuckyDrawPrime|Convoy Gold Version]] (lucky draw prize)}}
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''2001'''
{{Bp-a1|C-69 [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#MatrixGlow|Shining Magnus]] (20th Century Toy Museum)}}
{{Bp-a1|C-69 [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#MoviePreview|Ultra Magnus Yokokuhen Version]] (Toy Festival 2001)}}
{{Bp-a1|C-78B [[Dark Hot Rod#Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers|Black Rodimus]] (Toy Festival 2001)}}
{{Bp-a1|C-78C [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Crystal Rodimus|Crystal Rodimus]] (Toy Festival 2001)}}
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|width="20%" valign="top"| 
{{Bp-d1|16-S [[Megatron (G1)/toys#BlackG1|Megatron Black Version]] ([[e-HOBBY]])}}
{{Bp-d1|22 [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Transformers Generations Lucky Draw|Starscream Secret Version]] (''[[Transformers Generations (guidebook)|Transformers Generations]]'' lucky draw prize)}}
{{Bp-a1|C-307X [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#NucleonQuest|Nucleon Quest Superconvoy]] {{sic}} ([[Toys"R"Us]] Japan)}}
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''2002'''
{{Bp-d1|D-98 [[Sixshot (G1)#Stealth|Sixshot Stealth Mode]] (''[[Hyper Hobby Magazine]]'' lucky draw prize)}}
{{Bp-d1|D-98 [[Sixshot (G1)#Shadow|Sixshot Shadow Mode]] (''[[Figure Ō]]'' magazine lucky draw prize)}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Tracks (G1)/toys#Black|Black Tracks]] (''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Comics]]'' lucky draw prize)}}
{{Bp-a1|C-310E [[Ginrai (human)#FireGuts|Fire Guts Godginrai]] {{sic}} (e-HOBBY)}}
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|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=4|[[File:G1 UltraMagnusPreviewVersion toy.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Ultra Magnus Yokokuhen Version]]
[[File:Wstf vsx.jpg|thumb|200px|''Smallest Transforming Transformers'' Convoy vs. Megatron set, homaging the 1985 VSX set]]
[[File:G1-toy ScreechGenerations.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Screech]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''2003'''
{{Bp-a1|90 [[Tigertrack#Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers|Tigertrack]] (''[[Figure Ō]]'' magazine mail order item)}}
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''2004'''
{{Bp-a1|[[Primus#Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers|Primus]] (''[[Transformers Generations (guidebook)|Transformers Generations Deluxe]]'' lucky draw prize)}}
{{Bp-a1d1|VSX [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#smallestvsx|Convoy]] vs [[Megatron (G1)/toys#smallestvsx|Megatron]] (''[[Smallest Transforming Transformers]]'', ''[[Dengeki Hobby|Dengeki Hobby Magazine]]'' freebie)}}
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''2005'''
{{Bp-d1|66 [[Galvatron II#Toys|Galvatron]] ([[e-HOBBY]])}}
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''2006'''
{{Bp-a1|C-78 [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Smallest Transforming Transformers|Hot Rodimus]] (''[[Smallest Transforming Transformers]]'', [[Toys"R"Us]] Japan promotional campaign freebie)}}
|-

|width="20%" valign="top"|'''2007'''
{{Bp-a1|C-56 [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Smallest Transforming Transformers|Bumble]] (''[[Smallest Transforming Transformers]]'', [[Toys"R"Us]] Japan promotional campaign freebie)}}
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''2009'''
{{Bp-a1|[[Skids (G1)#QuantumOperativeToy|Skids]] & [[Screech (Generations)#Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers|Screech]] Quantum Operative Ver. (''[[Transformers Generations 2009 Volume 3]]'' mail order item)}}
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''2011'''
{{Bp-a1|01 [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#bape|Convoy Reissue BAPE Ver.]] ([[A Bathing Ape]])}}
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''2012'''
{{Bp-a1|01 [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#bapeblack|Convoy Reissue BAPE Ver. BLACK]] ([[A Bathing Ape]])}}
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''2013'''
{{Bp-a1|01 [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#bapered|Convoy Reissue BAPE VERSION RED CAMO]] ([[A Bathing Ape]])}}
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''2019'''
{{Bp-a1|01 [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#35th Anniversary|Convoy]] & [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#35th Anniversary|Optimus Prime Set]] (TakaraTomy 35th Anniversary)}}
|
|}
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==Notes==
* The Decepticon leader mentioned in the ''Operation Combination'' fiction, [[Scrash (G1)|Scrash]], never received a toy. In fact, he was never even ''shown''. A theory is that Scrash would have been the toy known as [[Skyquake (G1)|Skyquake]]. The use of the [[Turbomaster]]s and [[Predator (subgroup)|Predators]] in the ''Operation Combination'' toyline seems to support this, as does the fact that in some European markets, Skyquake was sold under the name "Crash". Skyquake was also released in Japan in the European packaging, with only some legal information on the back changed to Japanese, which seems to bear the idea out further.

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Show-accuracy

2022-10-24T13:01:44Z

A20Studios: /* Modern-day toys of Generation 1 characters */

[[File:Ratchet-charactermodel.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|So when we were kids, some of us pretended that he combined with that sled thing to make the full robot. But that's just [[Personal canon|crazy talk]].]]
Transformers characters are frequently represented in multiple different media, ranging from plastic toys to animation to comic books. Their appearances frequently vary between these, leading many fans to select one version that represents the character's "real" appearance and rate others in terms of their similarity to this one. '''Show-accuracy''' is typically a toy's resemblance to the animation's depiction of the same character; conversely, '''toy-accuracy''' is a show character's degree of similarity to the corresponding toy.

In most cases, Transformers are designed as toys first, with cartoon and comic [[character model]]s being artists' interpretations of the toy designs. As such, for the most part, it is toy-accuracy that has the most relevance to the production process. A notable exception to this rule is ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', which featured a large group of new characters whose toys were (for the most part) based on animation designs, rather than vice-versa.

==Modern-day toy lines and media==
[[File:G1 Reissue Galvatron.jpg|upright=1.66|left|thumb|Not toy accurate!]]
Occasionally, toy and fiction designs are created cooperatively, such as the case of the [[live-action film series|live-action movie]] toys and ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]]'' series. [[Hasbro]] worked closely with [[Industrial Light & Magic|ILM]] and [[Cartoon Network]] to ensure that the fictional designs for each series were workable as toys and that they could get the toys and fiction as close visually as possible (accounting, of course, for the movie and toy line's differing production schedules). In the case of the movie lines, Hasbro later released new-sculpt toys of existing designs that often managed to mimic the movie designs much better than the earlier toys. Just compare ''[[Transformers (2010 toyline)|Hunt for the Decepticons]]'' Deluxe Class [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Deluxe Class toys 3|Battle Blades Bumblebee]] to 2007 ''[[Transformers (2007 toyline)|Transformers]]'' Deluxe Class [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#TF2007ConceptCarmaro|Concept Camaro Bumblebee]].

Another exception frequently happens with [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s releases of Transformers [[franchise]]s in Japan. Due to the delays in importing shows, Takara frequently has the chance to tweak their releases to resemble the respective animation models better, mostly in regard to color schemes. The most notable example of this was the Japanese release of ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Machines]]'' as ''Beast Wars Returns''; the [[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon]] had already been around for years, so it was far easier for Takara simply to produce the toys in different, show-based colors.

In early ''[[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]]'' in particular, toy-accuracy and show-accuracy are both frequently very low, with the character models differing greatly from the toys. The gap steadily narrowed, to the point where Transformers in the [[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|''Cybertron'' cartoon]] were often nearly identical to the toys due to the relatively simple design of their CGI models, sometimes to the absurdly literal point of including design oddities that probably wouldn't exist on "real" Transformers. The character model for [[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]], for example, includes the push button that spins the toy's rotor blades. This would later be repeated with the ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' cartoon. As Hasbro's original CAD models were utilized by the show's animation team, character models were so toy-accurate they even retained their peg holes. History repeated itself when these toys, upon which the animation was based, received decoes to replicate the specific colours and patterns that appeared on the show.

Lately, however, show-accuracy does not achieve quite the same level of exactness. Characters in the [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|''Prime'' franchise]], for instance, have multiple toys, with the designs and engineering differing from the "First Edition" and "Robots in Disguise" releases as well as different [[size class]]es. Some of these toys feature greater show-accuracy than others, but even at their most accurate, the toys cannot hide their vehicle parts as well as their streamlined onscreen counterparts can. The toys occasionally have prominent chunks of [[kibble]] that are simply absent in the show, including the side panels on [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]]'s motorcycle.

In a few cases, [[Generation 1 reissues]] have been [[retool]]ed to enhance their resemblance to their animated counterparts. In the case of the [[Galvatron (G1)/toys|Galvatron]] reissue, Takara not only retooled the toy but went so far as to [[redeco]] it.

==Non-transforming toys of ''Generation 1'' characters==
Various non-transforming toys have been made that are designed to resemble Generation 1 cartoon character designs better. Several [[Action Master]]s bore closer resemblance to their animation models (though many had color differences, if not outright sculpt issues). More recently, there have been lines such as the highly cartoon-accurate [[Heroes of Cybertron#Mega SCF|Mega SCF]] line, the [[Revoltech]] line, and the ''[[Transformers R.E.D.|R.E.D. [Robot Enhanced Design]]]'' line. (Though Revoltech's designs ''specifically'' resembled [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave's]] art style rather than Generation 1 cartoons, Dreamwave's designs are frequently heavily based on Generation 1-based models.)

Many non-posable (or at least, not ''very'' posable) figurines exist based on animation models as well, such as the ''Super Collection Figure/Heroes of Cybertron'' (or "SCF", not to be confused with Mega SCF) line, ''[[Titanium Series]]'' Robot Masters (not to be confused with ''[[Robotmasters (franchise)|Robotmasters]]''), or stylized examples like the ''[[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'' line.

==Modern-day toys of ''Generation 1'' characters==
[[File:TF2010toy-Unicron.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Transformers (2010 toyline)#TakaraTomy Welcome to Transformers 2010 campaign|''Welcome to Transformers 2010'']] [[Unicron/toys|Unicron]] was retooled from ''Armada'' Unicron to look like himself from [[The Transformers: The Movie|the movie]].]]
Several newer Transformers take Generation 1 cartoon designs into account to varying degrees, such as the [[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]] figures, Robot Masters figures, or more abstractly show-accuracy-inspired examples like the [[Titanium Series|Titanium Cybertron Heroes G1 figures]] and the ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'', ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' lines. Occasionally, new designs for a given series resemble old G1 characters for whom there were no adequately show-accurate likenesses produced originally—for instance, ''Energon''{{'}}s heavily G1-esque [[Megatron (Armada)/toys#Energon|Galvatron]]. Similarly, [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire's]] original G1 cartoon design deliberately bore little resemblance to his toy for licensing reasons, and with subsequent [[homage]] toys, Jetfire has come to resemble the cartoon design more closely.

TakaraTomy sometimes takes "show-accuracy" to an absurd maximum with their ''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)|Henkei! Henkei!]]'', ''[[Transformers United|United]]'', ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' and ''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' lines, where toys from Hasbro's ''Classics'', ''Universe'' and ''Generations'' lines are given almost slavish recreations of their Generation 1 cartoon decos. Some notable examples include:
*''Henkei'' [[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Henkei! Henkei!|Lambor]], who had the supercharger engine accessory of his ''Universe'' Sideswipe release ''omitted'' in order to make him more "Generation 1-accurate" and visually distinguish him further from his brother [[Sunstreaker (G1)/toys|Sunstreaker]].
*''Unite Warriors'' [[Fireflight (G1)/toys#Unite Warriors|Firebolt]] and [[Slingshot (G1)/toys#Unite Warriors|Sling]], both of whom feature black paint operations on the backs of their jet modes that represent the ''transformation hinge joints'' found on the characters' ''Generation 1'' toys (but not on the ''Unite Warriors''/''Combiner Wars'' toys due to a different [[transformation]] scheme and a different plastic color layout for the toolings) ''because the animation models included those stripes''.
*''Unite Warriors'' [[Drag Strip (G1)#Unite Warriors|Drag Strip]] features black paint operations on his shoulders that represent the extra wheels his ''Generation 1'' counterpart has (whereas the ''Unite Warriors''/''Combiner Wars'' toy only sports four wheels total).
*Since 2018, Hasbro and Takara have merged resources in the ''Transformers'' brand, and now release 99,9% identical products (with the only difference being the absense of the tampographed Hasbro product codes on the TakaraTomy versions). As a result, the figures are ''extremely'' close to the animation models.

In addition, TakaraTomy also went to great lengths "justifying" the shoulder cannons found on ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' [[Prowl (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Prowl]] (which the ''Generation 1'' animation model typically doesn't have) with [[:File:MTMTEProwlstreak.jpg|a screencap]] from the cartoon featured in the toy's [[instructions]]... which was actually an [[animation error]] depicting [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] in Prowl's colors. Whoops.

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