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Transformers One (toyline)

2026-01-24T14:29:57Z

AphoticGoblin:

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The '''''Transformers One''''' toyline coincides with [[Paramount]]'s first animated ''Transformers'' film. Much like the merchandising for ''[[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (toyline)|Rise of the Beasts]]'', the film's self-titled toyline is focused on kid-oriented products, with the collector-targeted figures released as part of the ongoing ''[[Studio Series]]'' line, co-branded with the film's title.

==Hasbro ''Transformers One'' toyline==
As several characters undergo name changes in the film, many toys of those characters feature both names.

===Prime Changers===
Revealed on the same day as the first ''Transformers One'' trailer, the Prime Changers range of figures are of simpler build quality than the contemporary ''Generations'' toylines, more akin to the Deluxe Class offerings in the recent ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]'' and ''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (toyline)|EarthSpark]]'' toylines.

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Alpha Trion/toys#PrimeChanger|Alpha Trion]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (One)#One|Optimus Prime/Orion Pax]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (One)#PrimeChanger|Bumblebee/B-127]]}}
{{Bp-multi|[[Sentinel Prime (One)#PrimeChanger|Sentinel Prime]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:TFOne_Deluxe_Sentinel.jpg|thumb|Prime Changers Sentinel Prime]]
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===Cog Changers===
This assortment of one-step changers transforms into alt mode by sliding up and pressing a [[Transformation cog (biology)|transformation cog]] shaped panel on their chest. Transformation into robot mode is done manually.

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-multi|[[Airachnid (One)#One|Airachnid]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (One)#CogChangers|Bumblebee/B-127]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Wheeljack (One)#One|Wheeljack]]}}
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (One)#CogChangers|Optimus Prime/Orion Pax]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (One)#CogChangers|Megatron/D-16]]}}
{{Bp-multi|[[Sentinel Prime (One)#CogChangers|Sentinel Prime]]}}
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|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:TF-One-Cog-Changers-Airachnid.jpg|thumb|Cog Changers Airachnid]]
|}

===Mega Changers===
A rebranding of Titan Changers line of figures.
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (One)#MegaChangers|Bumblebee/B-127]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (One)#MegaChangers|Optimus Prime/Orion Pax]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (One)#One|Megatron/D-16]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Starscream (One)#MegaChangers|Starscream]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:TF-One-Mega-Changers-Bumblebee-B-127.jpg|thumb|Mega Changers Bumblebee/B-127]]
|}

===Robot Battlers===
A return of the Rock'Em Sock'Em Robots-style of play, this assortment features very simple transformable figures with accessories and battle bases, with the goal of knocking your opponent's figure off of their base.

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (One)#RobotBattlers|Bumblebee/B-127]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Elita-1 (One)#One|Elita-1]]}}
{{Bp-multi|[[Sentinel Prime (One)#RobotBattlers|Sentinel Prime]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Alpha Trion/toys#RobotBattlers|Alpha Trion]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Starscream (One)#RobotBattlers|Starscream]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''2-pack'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1d1|[[Optimus Prime (One)#RobotBattlers|Optimus Prime]] vs [[Megatron (One)#RobotBattlers|Megatron]]}}
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|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:TF-One-Robot-Battlers-Elita-1.jpg|thumb|Robot Battlers Elita-1]]
|}

===2 in 1 Masks===
The wearable transforming mask concept from ''Rise of the Beasts'' makes a return.

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (One)#OneMask|Bumblebee/B-127]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (One)#OneMask|Optimus Prime/Orion Pax]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:TFOne_Mask_Optimus.jpg|thumb|2-in-1 Mask Optimus Prime/Orion Pax]]
|}

===Other toys===
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Miscellaneous'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (One)#PowerFlip|Power Flip Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (One)#BraveCommander|Brave Commander Optimus Prime]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:TF-One-Power-Flip-Optimus-Prime.jpg|thumb|Power Flip Optimus Prime]]
|}

===Exclusives===
====Walmart====
Walmart's line of exclusives are unified by a theme of Energon, with each figure including accessories or gimmicks based on the substance. The Quintesson High Commander is similar to a Prime Changer, but the packaging has no size class label, and the official description refers to it as a "Warrior Class" toy. These figures were distributed by different retailers in some international markets, like the Asian and Iberian branches of [[Toys"R"Us]].

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Energon Matrix'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (One)#EnergonMatrix|Energon Matrix Optimus Prime]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Warrior Class'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-multi|[[Quintesson High Commander#One|Quintesson High Commander]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Energon Glow'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (One)#EnergonGlow|Energon Glow Bumblebee]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Ultimate Energon'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (One)#UltimateEnergon|Ultimate Energon Optimus Prime]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:Quintesson-High-Commander-Toy.jpg|thumb|Warrior Quintesson High Commander]]
|}

====Target====
Target's exclusives are all racing themed, inspired by the [[Iacon 5000]] sequence in the film. Unlike Walmart's offerings, these are all [[retool]]s from older toylines, even going as far back as ''[[Bot Shots (toyline)|Bot Shots]]''. In mid-November, Target released an exclusive multi-pack of all four Mega Changers.

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Race Changers 2-Pack'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1d1|[[Optimus Prime (One)#RaceChangers|Optimus Prime/Orion Pax]] vs. [[Megatron (One)#RaceChangers|Megatron/D-16]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Race & Blast 2-Pack'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (One)#Race&Blast|Megatron/D-16]] & [[Whirlwing|Decepticon Whirlwing]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Iacon Race 3-Pack'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1d1|[[Megatron (One)#IaconRace|Megatron/D-16]], [[Optimus Prime (One)#IaconRace|Optimus Prime/Orion Pax]], & [[Mirage (One)#One|Autobot Mirage]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Mega Changer 4-pack'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1d1|[[Bumblebee (One)#Mega4pk|Bumblebee/B-127]], [[Optimus Prime (One)#Mega4pk|Optimus Prime/Orion Pax]], [[Megatron (One)#Mega4pk|Megatron/D-16]], & [[Starscream (One)#Mega4pk|Starscream]]}}
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:TF-One-Race-Changers-2pk-Optimus-Prime-Orion-Pax-vs-Megatron-D-16.jpg|thumb|Race Changers 2-pack]]
|}

==''Generations''==
===''Studio Series''===
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Continuing the pattern established by ''[[Transformers: Bumblebee (toyline)|Bumblebee]]'', the collector-focused toys in the ''Transformers One'' line were produced under the umbrella of the evergreen ''[[Studio Series]]'' collector toyline. All toys branded as ''Transformers One'' tie-ins are listed below. Notably, ''One'' characters have been scaled to fit within the Deluxe Class to make them more affordable.<ref>[[April 25]], [[2024]]'s [https://youtu.be/s06YE02e844?t=1181 Hasbro Pulse Transformers Fanstream | April 2024] on YouTube, with [[Ben MacCrae]], [[Evan Brooks]], and [[Mark Maher]].</ref>

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==Notes==
===Foreign names===

==References==
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Retractable string gimmick

2026-01-24T04:41:46Z

AphoticGoblin:

[[File:Evac-planetmap1a.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Y'know what we do t' horse rustlers round these parts?]]

The '''retractable string gimmick''' involves a string that is wound up inside of a toy. The string can be pulled out manually, then it can be retracted with either a spring mechanism or gears. Retractable strings are used to simulate such things as winches and [[grappling hook]]s.

==Fiction==
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==Toys==
===''Beast Wars''===
* Transmetal 2 [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]

===''The Transformers''===
* [[Arcee_(G1)/toys#BotCon2001|Arcee]]

===''Armada''===
* [[Cliffjumper (Armada)|Cliffjumper]]
* [[Ransack (Armada)|Ransack]]
* [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]]

===''Energon''===
* [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]]
* [[Landquake (Energon)|Landquake]]

===''Super Link''===
* [[Torque (Energon)|Torque]]

===''Cybertron''===
* [[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]]
* [[Payload (Cybertron)|Payload]]

===''Universe'' (2008)===
* [[Blades (G1)|Blades]]
* [[Springer (G1)|Springer]]

===''Animated''===
* [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]]

===''Timelines''===
* [[Landshark (G1)|Landshark]]
* [[Megatron (SG)|Galvatron]]

===''Revenge of the Fallen''===
* Human Alliance and Fast Action Battlers [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]]

===''Legacy''===
* Sandstorm

[[Category:Gimmicks]]
[[Category:Toys]]

Depth Charge (disambiguation)

2025-11-04T10:44:38Z

AphoticGoblin:

The name '''Depth Charge''' / '''Depthcharge''' has been applied to multiple ''Transformers'' characters.

==Major Depth Charges==
<center><gallery widths="150px" heights="200px">
File:BWDepthChargeCGIModel.jpg|[[Depth Charge (BW)|''Beast Wars'' Depth Charge]]
</gallery></center>

==Full list of Depth Charges==
{{disamb|y=[[1998]]|[[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]], the [[Maximal]] from ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2008]]|[[Depth Charge (TransTech)|Depth Charge]], the [[Transcendent Technomorph]] from ''[[Transformers: TransTech|TransTech]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2009]]|[[Depthcharge (ROTF)|Depthcharge]], the [[Autobot]] from ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2011]]|[[Depth Charge (Animated)|Depth Charge]], the Autobot from ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=[[2016]]|[[Depthcharge (BWU)|Depthcharge]], the [[Autobot]] from ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]''.}}

'''Depth Charge''' should not be confused with:
* [[Decepticharge]], a [[Decepticon]] [[Transformers: Alternators|Alternator]] from the Generation 1 continuity.

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Prime (rank)

2025-07-17T10:18:52Z

AphoticGoblin: fix typo

{{disambig3|Prime}}
{{quote|We are Primus. We are Prima. We are Prime Nova. We are Sentinel Prime. We are Optimus Prime.}}
[[File:Primes IDW.JPG|300px|upright=1.1|thumb|[[To sell toys|Get on it, Hasbro!]]]]

'''Prime''' is a rank of highest distinction in many ''[[Transformers brand|Transformers]]'' continuities. Typically, it is used as the identification for the leader of the [[Autobot]]s, something that is bestowed only on those that carry the [[Matrix of Leadership]] within them. It is [[Retcon|retroactively]] derived from [[Primus]], the creator of the Transformers.

With the retcon that Primus is one singular entity that exists (and '''must''' exist) threaded through ([[Transformers Animated (franchise)|almost]]) all ''Transformer'' continuities, the term Prime is likewise given one singular origin. It was, first of all, the designation granted by Primus to many of the [[Thirteen|Thirteen original Transformers]] created, by his own hand, at the dawn of the physical universe to crew his planetary form.

In universes where the Transformers speak Japanese, the equivalent rank is '''[[Convoy (rank)|Convoy]]'''.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 continuity family===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
"Prime" did not initially seem to hold any significance as a title or rank.
*Optimus Prime's Marvel Comics ''[[The Transformers Universe (Marvel)|Transformers Universe]]'' profile describes his "Optimus" module as his humanoid robot component and his "Prime" module as his small cart-shaped component that is also known as [[Roller (G1)|Roller]].
*The Decepticons did not know who held the Creation Matrix until [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] calculated with 99.7% certainty that it was Optimus Prime.{{storylink|The New Order}}
*In a flashback to events early in the war, "Optimus Prime" was simply a [[Lieutenant Commander]]. {{storylink|The Flames of Boltax!}}

Nevertheless, "Prime" eventually developed into a title of sorts. A direct lineage of Creation Matrix bearers was established, each of whom took on a derivation of the name of their god Primus. They were [[Prima]], [[Prime Nova]], [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]], and [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]]. However, following the lead of the animated movie, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] briefly bore the Matrix without taking the title of "Prime" in the UK's future continuity.<ref>In [[Target: 2006]] part 7, the time-traveling [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] called the 1986 version of Ultra Magnus "Ultra Magnus" even though he mistook him for the future Ultra Magnus who was the current bearer of the Matrix.</ref>

====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
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The evidence for "Prime" being a rank here is weaker than elsewhere, but the case can still be made. Though many Matrix-Bearers are seen, and all are by definition Autobot Leaders, only four are ever named; 2 Primes, 2 not: [[Alpha Trion]], Optimus Prime, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]], and Rodimus Prime. Without knowing any other names it is hard to make a concrete case here for "Prime" being a title given only to Matrix-Bearers.

It is of note though that if it were, then "Prime" in this continuity would be a military/political title (since it is the "Matrix of Leadership"), rather than the religious title of the Marvel Comics.

''"Prime" is a title/rank similar in use to Marvel Comics. There is a nearly complete lineage of Matrix of Leadership bearers taking the rank. They are: [[Primon]], [[Prima]], [[Prime Nova]], [[Guardian Prime]], [[Zeta Prime (G1)#The Transformers cartoon|Zeta Prime]], [[Sentinel Prime (G1)#Generation 1 cartoon|Sentinel Prime]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]], and [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]].'' {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

{{note|Not all Convoys are Primes (and vice-versa). If you can lead [[Antroid]]s to a picnic, you're a Convoy in Japan.}}

====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
Though there was no evidence of a Prime ruling [[Maximal]] society, they frequently used the term in their society with phrases such as "Who died and made you Prime?" and the sarcastic utterance of "That's just ''Prime''". {{storylink|Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars}}

====Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity====
This continuity also establishes Prime as designating the leader of the Autobots, but there is some muddled information. The Prime carried within him the Matrix of Leadership, but it appears that the Matrix doesn't contain the wisdom of past leaders, as that was held on a [[Golden Disk (council)|separate datatrak]]. Also, the Prime did not appoint his successor. A new Prime was chosen by the [[Council of Ancients]], supposedly through divine authority.

It's unknown what powers the Prime shared with the Council of Ancients, but the Primes themselves had several powers. In addition to being commander-in-chief of the Autobot Army, the Prime also had the authority to order a planet wide evacuation. Autobots gave oaths of loyalty to the Prime, and were expected to risk their lives for the Prime's safety (whether the Prime wanted them to or not). {{storylink|The War Within issue 1|The War Within #1}}

There are five known Primes in [[Dreamwave Generation One continuity]], listed in ''More than Meets the Eye'' #8. These are [[Primon|Alpha Prime]], Guardian Prime, Sentinel Prime, Optimus Prime and Rodimus Prime. The list does not specify chronology, and Rodimus Prime never appeared in any actual Dreamwave issues.

====2005 IDW continuity====
[[File:Heavy-TheThirteen.jpg|thumb|left|300px]]

Following the [[God War]] and the subsequent departure of the mythological [[Knights of Cybertron]], the next generation of Cybertronians reverted to a state of barbarism, carving up the planet into a series of smaller kingdoms and villages. From these scattered regions arose the lineage of the Primes—powerful, charismatic Cybertronians that climbed the ranks to become respected leaders. {{storylink|Origin Myths}} {{storylink|The Crucible}} It was into this state of affairs that the Decepticon scientist [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]] arrived, hurled backwards in time from the distant future. Recognizing the political state of Cybertron from his studies into the planet's ancient history, Shockwave sought to guide history along the preordained course that he ''knew'' it must take, all as part of a much grander scheme to ensure the perpetual dominion of the Cybertronian race by building up, and subsequently burning down, every Cybertronian creed and faction. To this end, Shockwave first slew and then impersonated [[Onyx Prime]], adopting his identity and recruiting [[The Fallen|Megatronus]] to unify the planet through conquest, {{storylink|The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|The First Who Was Named}} slaying those Primes, such as [[Septimus Prime]], who history did not record and thus could not survive into the present day. {{storylink|Origin Myths}}

When Megatronus marched on the [[Crystal City]], "Onyx Prime," pretending to be one of Megatronus's victims, rallied the defenders of Crystal City to fight back, and eventually was able to ratify a truce between Megatronus's [[Darklands|Darklander]]s and the forces of the Crystal City—laying the foundations for the second unification of the planet under the benevolent guidance of the [[Thirteen]]. {{storylink|Origin Myths}} {{storylink|The Falling, Interlude: The First Who Was Named|The First Who Was Named}} Before long, however, the Primes became spoiled and debauched, believing themselves to be innately superior to other Cybertronians. {{storylink|Origin Myths}} Soon, they came to believe that only a Prime could kill another Prime, a sentiment that spread to their followers. {{storylink|The Crucible}}

Encouraged by "Onyx Prime," the Thirteen began their first attempts at interplanetary colonization by invading the world of [[Antilla]]; the conflict ended in a stalemate after an [[Antillan]] scientist created a [[Talisman (G1)|doomsday weapon]] that destroyed all life on the planet, warping it into a [[Unicron/Generation 1|harbringer of death]]. In the wake of this disaster, Onyx manipulated events so that Megatronus and [[Liege Maximo]] would spark the [[First Cybertronian Civil War]], which saw the death of [[Solus Prime]] and the imprisonment of Liege Maximo. {{storylink|Heavy}} The war raged between the tribes for a period and ultimately saw the reign of the Thirteen collapse after [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]] disproved the myth of a Prime's immortality by slaughtering [[Nexus Prime]]. The truth revealed, all the remaining Primes save [[Alpha Trion]] fled Cybertron afterwards. {{storylink|The Crucible}} With Alpha's blessing, [[Nova Prime|Nova Major]] and Galvatron ended the war, and Nova then took on the title, intending to unite Cybertron under a single Prime. {{storylink|The Crucible}}

Supposedly, at least some members of the Thirteen left Cybertron aboard the [[Titan (group)|Titans]], gigantic living ships that carried [[Spark]]-producing [[hot spot (phenomenon)|hot spot]]s. {{storylink|A 'Bot and Her City}} According to legend, thirteen Titans left Cybertron and colonized distant worlds with Transformer life in an attempt to produce a utopic [[Pax Cybertronia]]. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 1: Aphelion|Aphelion}} Left to their own devices and cut off from the string of injustices committed by Nova and his successors, the isolated colonies developed religions that deified the Thirteen and their lineage as living gods. {{storylink|The Sum and Its Parts}} {{storylink|Primeless, Part 2}}

[[File:AllGoodThings-NovaPrimeAndFriends.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]

Nova Prime presided over an era in which the populace believed the Cybertronian race's destiny was in the stars, and commissioned the first [[Ark (G1)|''Ark'' spacecraft]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Optimus Prime}} The people of Cybertron believed the ''Ark'' was for exploration, but Nova's true goal was aggressive expansionism at the cost of other civilizations. Despite being a Matrix bearer (the exact circumstances of how he acquired the Matrix are unknown) {{storylink|Remain in Light 3 of 5: The Divided Self|The Divided Self}}, he was referred to by [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] as a "false Prime" most likely due to his behaviour betraying the ideals of Primus. {{storylink|Primus: All Good Things}} Nova was thought lost after he disappeared into the [[Benzuli Expanse]] while aboard the ''Ark''. {{storylink|Spotlight: Galvatron}}

Nova was succeeded by [[Nominus Prime]], who rose to become the leader of a corrupt Cybertron where the ruling elite oppressed the lower citizens whose roles in life were determined by the bodies they were built in. His rule ended when a group within the [[Senate]] conspired against him in order to take the power of the Matrix for themselves, {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 2}} only to find that his Matrix was a fake. They quickly had Nominus killed, covered it up and publicly announced that their head of security [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel]], part of the conspiracy, was showing signs of Matrix affinity. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc|Post Hoc}} Unbeknownst to the Senate, "Sentinel" was a false identity constructed by the tiny [[Titan Master]] [[Infinitus]], who had served [[Nexus Prime]] in ages past and sought to rebuild his master's brutal hegemony where the strong ruled the weak. {{storylink|White Heat}}

Thus Sentinel became Sentinel Prime, who during the [[Clampdown (event)|Clampdown]] served as the head of the Security Services, the chief law enforcement and military body on Cybertron. However, he stressed that he was ultimately subservient to the will of the Senate who enacted the laws he enforced. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3|Megatron Origin #3}} His tenure was a short one, as he was defeated by [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] during the first [[Decepticon]] uprising, {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 4|Megatron Origin #4}} reduced to Infinitus once more, he secretly abandoned his old body and worked to rebuild a new form for himself. {{storylink|Last Light (issue)|Last Light}}

[[File:DanceAmongTheShadows-zetaprime.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]

[[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta Prime]] rose to power shortly after the deaths of Sentinel and the old Senate, and on the surface looked to be a change in pace from their corrupt regime. Together with his officer [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Orion Pax]] he created the Autobots to stand against the Decepticon threat. {{storylink|Omega's Conundrum}} In truth he wasn't much better than his predecessors, reinstating the [[Institute]] {{storylink|Remembrance Day}} and growing increasingly ruthless in his methods of fighting the Decepticons, no matter what the New Senate had to say or what the common Cybertronian had to go through. {{storylink|Parasites}} He was destroyed by Megatron after Orion Pax turned against him. {{storylink|Overthrown}}

Shortly after Zeta's death, Orion Pax happened upon the real Matrix, which called out to him and transformed him into Optimus Prime, the first Prime in ages to be chosen by the Matrix. {{storylink|Transformation (issue)|Transformation}} After Cybertron was rendered uninhabitable, Optimus Prime was the apparent highest ranking Autobot, directing the galaxy-spanning conflict to deny the Decepticons conquest of additional planets. In this task, he occasionally sought the guidance of the ancient Autobot and weapon of last resort Omega Supreme. {{storylink|Spotlight: Optimus Prime}} While he was a fair and wise leader, the lineage of corrupt and militant Primes that preceded him had already tarnished the title of Prime in the eyes of [[NAIL|neutral Cybertronians]]. {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt (IDW)|Dinobot Hunt}} With the loss of the Matrix in battle with a creature called the [[D-Void]] and the realization that the neutrals saw him as a warmonger and not a leader, Optimus Prime abandoned his title and went back to being Orion Pax once the war was over. {{storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}} A battle with Nova Prime and encouragement from [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Rodimus]] eventually made him realize the actions of his lineage didn't define him, causing him to regain his confidence and begin calling himself Optimus Prime again. {{storylink|Finis Temporis: Dark Cybertron Chapter 9|Finis Temporis}}

Hot Rod called himself "Rodimus Prime" for a while, a name coined by [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] in an attempt to appeal to the Autobot's ego. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 3: "Seasons in Flight"|Seasons in Flight}} He used it until Swindle revealed he had been playing Rodimus while he finished [[Menasor (G1)|a pet project.]] {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 5: "Earthworks"|Earthworks}} Later, Rodimus actually found and bonded with the Matrix {{storylink|Space Opera Part 1: The Stars My Destination|The Stars My Destination}}, but humbled by his previous humiliation, he swore off the Prime name, simply calling himself "Rodimus", and returned the Matrix to Optimus. {{storylink|Space Opera—Final Tableaux: Orphans of the Helix|Orphans of the Helix}}

He still called himself "Rodimus Prime" occasionally when he wanted to sound important, though. {{storylink|Little Victories}}

[[File:TheSumAndItsParts-OptimusMatrix.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]

When Cybertron finally recontacted its former colonies, Optimus Prime travelled to [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]], where his status as a Matrix bearer prompted bowing when he met the [[Forgefire Parliament]]. {{storylink|The Sum and Its Parts}} The [[Council of Worlds]] soon took shape and Prime discovered, much to his displeasure, that almost all of the various colonies saw him in much the same way. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 1: Aphelion|Aphelion}} Unsure of his place in this rapidly changing postwar world, Prime began leaning on the faith of the colonists' belief in his infallibility as he used his newfound clout to make several controversial decisions, including the annexation of [[Earth]] into Cybertron's new government. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 1: Once Upon a Time on Earth|Once Upon a Time on Earth}}

During this time, Optimus and his forces briefly contended with the reborn Sentinel Prime. Claiming to be the herald of [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Onyx Prime]]'s return, he eventually travelled to [[Moonbase One|Luna 1]] to raise an undead army of Titans to wipe Cybertron clean. {{storylink|The Last Autobot}}

Optimus' terrestrial peacekeeping force was soon joined by a team of [[Colonist Soldiers|young recruits]] from different colony worlds, who were fanatically devoted to the Prime and began wearing [[mouthplate]]s in order to better emulate Optimus Prime. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 1: To Walk Among the Chosen|To Walk Among the Chosen}}

However, it soon became clear that the ugly legacy of the Primes was not so easily buried; when "Onyx Prime" returned to Cybertron and was subsequently unmasked as a time-travelling Shockwave, the full scope of his machinations and [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]'s assault on the galaxy prompted Optimus to wonder if the title of Prime had ever truly meant ''anything''. {{storylink|A Sunrise Dark}} When the Autobots and their allies battled Unicron in Earth's orbit, Optimus finally relinquished the title of Prime for good. Therefore, the last Prime died with the spirit of [[Unicron's creator]] in a final act of atonement. {{storylink|Ceremony}} {{storylink|Post}}
{{--}}

====Precursor World====
In [[Precursor World|the universe]] preceding the [[G1 World]], "Prime" ({{ruby|元帥|プライム}}) was the equivalent word for "Marshal". Two leaders in the [[Primus Vanguard]], [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Red]] and [[Go Prime|Black]], held this title, which ranked them above the [[Convoy (rank)|Convoys]] (meaning "Commander") that made up the rest of the leaders. In particular, their respective orders were composed entirely of Convoys or Convoy-adjacent beings. {{storylink|God Neptune comic 1}}

====2019 IDW continuity====
The [[Thirteen]] Primes walked on Cybertron before their age came to a close. When they faded into legend, the [[Artifacts of the Primes]] followed, save the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. Continuing to seek out the prophesied [[Thirteenth Prime]], the Matrix bestowed the rank of Prime onto anyone who carried it, though these people were but stewards until it found the Thirteenth. {{storylink|War World: Prime|Prime}}

====''Last Bot Standing''====
During the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] ascended to become "Rodimus Prime" but later shed the title to become simply "Rodimus". When he later introduced himself to [[Steeljaw (IDW)|Steeljaw]]'s pack, he attempted to use his status as a former Prime to help them remember him only to learn that the group, despite somewhat remembering Optimus Prime, had forgotten the title's significance. {{storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 2|Last Bot Standing #2}}

===Unicron Trilogy===
Prime is indeed a title given to leaders and Matrix-bearers here, as evidenced by both [[Vector Prime]] and [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]], but no other Primes are ever named. In ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Galaxy Force]]'', [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] (Nitro Convoy), [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] (Flame Convoy), [[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]] (Live Convoy), and [[Metroplex (Cybertron)|Metroplex]] (Megalo Convoy) all hold the title of Convoy as leaders of their respective planets, but this scheme does not carry over into the western translation, and so the Prime appellation does not apply. Likewise, in ''Super Link'', the Japanese version of ''[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'', [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]] is known as "Rodimus Convoy", hearkening back to the name of [[Hot Rod (G1)|his G1 predecessor]]. But again, this does not follow through in Hasbro's materials.

Interestingly, Vector Prime is not known as Vector Convoy in Japan, but Vector Prime, while Optimus maintains the traditional Convoy title as Galaxy Convoy.

===Live-action film series===
{{main|Dynasty of Primes}}

====Movies====
[[The Fallen]], his siblings who fought him in 17,000 B.C., [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] were considered Primes. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}} {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

The Fallen claimed that he could only be defeated by a fellow Prime. During the battle in [[Egypt]], Optimus Prime, after being resurrected by [[Sam Witwicky]] with the Matrix of Leadership, would use the weapons and engines of a deceased [[Jetfire (Movie)|Jetfire]] to defeat The Fallen. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}} A few years later, Optimus would execute the treacherous Sentinel Prime in [[Chicago]], after Sentinel betrayed the Autobots in an attempt to enslave humanity and rebuild Cybertron. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

[[Quintessa (TLK)|Quintessa]] claimed to be "the Prime of life" when introducing herself to Optimus. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}

====''Ghosts of Yesterday''====
The title of Prime was bestowed upon the civilian and spiritual leader of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], who would act as steward of the [[AllSpark]] and co-ruler of Cybertron with the [[Lord High Protector]].
Optimus Prime held this title before, during, and after the war for the AllSpark as leader of the [[Autobot]]s. {{storylink|Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday|Ghosts of Yesterday}}

====''The Quest for the AllSpark''====
Optimus and Megatron were twin brothers of the Prime dynasty. {{storylink|The Quest for the AllSpark}}

====''Transformers Autobots/Decepticons''====
Megatron "took the spark" of his and Optimus's [[Relatives|father]], implying that “Prime” was a surname. {{storylink|Transformers Autobots/Decepticons|Autobots/Decepticons}}

===''Animated'' continuity family===
The title of Prime referred to commanding officers in Autobot society. Though of a higher rank than "[[Minor]]", {{storylink|Autoboot Camp}} Primes were ultimately subordinate to the "[[Magnus (rank)|Magnus]]", the [[Supreme Commander]] of the Autobots. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out}} Across all of Autobot society, all Primes were considered equal, one being able to disregard the order of another who was of higher societal status. {{storylink|The Elite Guard}}

When [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus]] was drummed out of the [[Autobot Academy]], [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] was able to have Optimus promoted to Prime. {{storylink|Endgame, Part I}} [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel]] eventually ascended to the Prime rank following graduation. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out}} [[Shockwave (Animated)|Longarm]] was likewise promoted to Prime, presumably when he became the head of [[Cybertron Intelligence]]. {{storylink|Autoboot Camp}}

===Fun Publications comics===
[[File:Clubcombinercarving.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|A component of the Prime of Rarified Energon looks at a portrait of his complete self...]]
It is revealed that the first [[Thirteen|Thirteen original Transformers]] created by Primus to crew his planetary form were all designated Primes. In addition to this designation, each was given a specific task or role in sustaining the multiverse.

[[Vector Prime]] was granted guardianship of space-time. The Prime who would become [[The Fallen]] was charged to oversee the force of entropy. [[Nexus Prime|Another of these Primes]] was made the guardian of [[Rarified Energon]]. Logos Prime and Prima's specific functions are still unknown.

These Primes are [[Multiversal singularity|multiversal singularities]] with only one version of each existing across all realities before [[Nexus Prime]] enacted the [[Shroud]] and ended multiversal singularities. {{storylink|Out of the One, Many}}
{{-}}

===''Shattered Glass''===
The title of Prime is not an honorary rank but the title of the diabolical leader of the Autobots. [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]] stands as the current Prime. For now. [[Rodimus (SG)|Rodimus]], [[Ultra Magnus (SG)|Ultra Magnus]] or [[Thunderclash (SG)|Thunderclash]] may very well usurp the title and position in the future.

===Aligned continuity family===
====Aligned novels====
Following the War of the [[Thirteen|Original Thirteen Primes]], the [[Covenant of Primus]] decreed there would only be one Prime ruling Cybertron at a time. It was technically [[Primus]]'s right to appoint the Prime and bestow them the Matrix, but gradually his children became ignorant of his presence. It almost seems [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Sentinel Prime]] was the only Prime between the Age of the Primes and [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]], as he fought off the [[Quintesson]]s, established the [[Golden Age]] and tried to combat its decline by establishing the [[Functionism|caste system]], to [[Alpha Trion]]'s displeasure. Sentinel was unworthy of the Matrix, and the [[Core]] said it was only after his death that Optimus could receive it for being a Prime was not a status Trion or the High Council could grant. The civil war began and continues as [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] and [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] both sought to be a Prime and bear the Matrix. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

====''War for Cybertron'' video game====
The [[Autobot High Council]] existed to choose the Primes, having seen many fall to their greed and pride. When [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Zeta Prime]] died, the High Council declared Optimus as "Optimus Prime". {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}

====''Prime'' cartoon====
The [[Artifacts of the Primes]] would only activate to a the touch of a Prime as [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] discovered when he failed to activate the [[Forge of Solus Prime]]. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 2}}

When the [[Decepticon]]s later discovered the [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]], they found that only a Prime could remove it from the mountain it was embedded in. Despite attempting to airlift the mountain away, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] managed to claim the Star Saber. {{storylink|Legacy (episode)|Legacy}} To match the sword's power, Megatron traveled to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] with [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] to visit a tomb known to hold the remains of a [[Liege Maximo|Prime]]. He severed the arm of the Prime and attached it to his own body to gain control of the Forge of Solus Prime. With the Forge, he crafted the [[Dark Star Saber]]. {{storylink|Alpha/Omega}}

As he prepared to sacrifice himself to restore the [[AllSpark]] to the [[core]] of Cybertron, Optimus Prime told his team members that, although they may not technically be Primes, he believed that they had each demonstrated the worth of a Prime in the recent conflict against [[Unicron#Aligned continuity family|Unicron]]. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}

====2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon====
The Thirteen Primes had a personal mystic plane of existence known as the [[Realm of the Primes]]. After becoming one with the AllSpark, Optimus Prime trained here in preparation for a coming threat to both Earth and Cybertron. {{storylink|Out of Focus}}

When the threat, the return of [[The Fallen|Megatronus]], came, [[Micronus Prime|Micronus]] took Optimus to consult the other Primes on their next course of action. Though the other Primes thought that Optimus's training was not complete, Optimus convinced them to give him their power and send him to Earth to deal with Megatronus immediately. {{storylink|Battlegrounds, Part 1}}

===''Cyberverse'' cartoon===
The first Primes were the Thirteen. {{storylink|Dweller In The Depths (Cyberverse)|Dweller In The Depths}} Following the Thirteen, the rank of Prime was denoted by carrying the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. When a Prime passed, their spirit persisted within the Matrix for their successors to consult. {{storylink|The Other One}}

During the [[Expansion|Age of Expansion]], [[Thunderhowl (Cyberverse)|Thunderhowl]] served [[Onyx Prime]] {{storylink|The Perfect Decepticon}} who commanded his warrior to destroy [[Crystal City]]. {{storylink|Thunderhowl (episode)|Thunderhowl}}

In the opening stages of the [[Great War (Cyberverse)|Great War]], [[Alpha Trion]] bequeathed the Matrix to his protege Optimus, turning him into [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|Megatron Is My Hero}}

===''One'' film===
The original Primes were the [[Thirteen]] before they were betrayed by their chief advisor [[Sentinel Prime (One)|Sentinel]] in the war against the [[Quintesson]]s. Despite the Matrix of Leadership rejecting him, Sentinel crowed himself as "Sentinel Prime" and ruled Cybertron as a puppet king for the Quintessons. After discovering this deception, the miner Orion Pax was deemed worthy of the Matrix and reformatted into [[Optimus Prime (One)|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|Transformers One (film)|One}}

==Notes==
*In the UK Marvel Comics continuity story "[[Space Pirates!]]", Rodimus Prime lost control of the Creation Matrix and immediately reverted to "Hot Rod", apparently losing the rank of Prime along with the Matrix. Optimus Prime, on the other hand, continued to be known as "Prime" during the long stretch of time when the Creation Matrix was lost.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Prime''' (プライム ''Puraimu'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Fővezér''' ("Supreme Commander"), '''Prime'''

==References==
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==See also==
*[[Autobot commander (disambiguation)|Autobot Commander]]
*[[Supreme Commander]]
*[[Convoy (rank)|Convoy]]
*[[Magnus (rank)|Magnus]]

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Energon bloodline

2025-06-17T10:03:09Z

AphoticGoblin: spelling fix

Through their '''Energon bloodline''', a [[Transformer]] is descended from one of the [[Thirteen]].

==Fiction==
===Aligned continuity family===
In the [[Age of Primes|distant prehistory]] of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], when the original Thirteen Primes concluded that their time as stewards of the planet had come to an end, they united their knowledge and power to ignite the [[Well of All Sparks]], the fount of life from which the Transformer race would be born. Each of the Thirteen submitted their "patterns" to the Well—the blueprints of their very being—and thus, each new lifeform that emerged from the Well was shaped in accordance with the archetype that one or more of the Primes represented, both in mind and in body. The individual natures and personalities of each of the Thirteen were reflected in the 'bots that followed them; for instance, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] was born of the line of [[The Fallen|Megatronus]], a passionate and resentful outsider, while all those descended from [[Solus Prime]] shared her specific data processing architecture (necessary to operate her [[Creation Lathe]]), a distinction that became the basis for the Cybertronian model of gender division. Additionally, the unique physical attributes of certain Primes also spawned whole sub-classes of Transformer life: [[Onyx Prime]]'s descendants had [[beast mode]]s, [[Micronus Prime]]'s were [[Mini-Con]]s, [[Nexus Prime]]'s patterns gave Transformers the potential to be [[combiner]]s, and [[Amalgamous Prime]]'s gave [[Shifter|some]] the potential for greater-than-average [[transformation]] abilities. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}

===''Age of the Primes'' promotional material===
Every Transformer could be traced back to one of the original Thirteen. Known lineages include:

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{{Bp-pr1|'''[[Prima|Prima Prime]]'''}}
:*[[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]]<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://www.instagram.com/p/DDYFD0uxHq_/|name=Mark Maher|site=Instagram|year=2024|month=12|day=09|quote=Armada Red Alert is a descendant of Prima Prime, his energon bloodline is tied to the god.}}</ref>
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{{Bp-pr2|'''[[Vector Prime]]'''}}
</ul>
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{{Bp-pr3|'''[[Alpha Trion]]'''}}
:*[[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]]<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjmcMC9nNoA|quote=[Slingshot] actually does have a bloodline back to Alpha Trion.|name=Mark Maher|title=<nowiki>Transformers Age of the Primes Reveal | Dive into the Legacy of the Thirteen Primes | Hasbro Pulse</nowiki>|site=YouTube|year=2024|month=12|day=10}}</ref>
:*[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://www.hasbropulse.com/product/transformers-age-of-the-primes-leader-class-g2-universe-grimlock/G04875X00|quote=[Grimlock] is a descendent of Alpha Trion, one of The Thirteen Primes|name=Hasbro Pulse|title=Transformers Age of the Primes Leader Class G2 Universe Grimlock}}</ref>
</ul>
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{{Bp-pr4|'''[[Solus Prime]]'''}}
:*[[Crasher (G1)|Crasher]]<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://www.instagram.com/p/DGyXBaZJj1C/|quote=A descendant of Solus Prime, Crasher|name=Transformers|site=Instagram|year=2025|month=03|day=04}}</ref>
</ul>
|}

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{{Bp-pr5|'''[[Micronus Prime]]'''}}
:*[[Wasp]]inator<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://www.hasbropulse.com/product/transformers-age-of-the-primes-deluxe-class-fugitive-waspinator/G10255X00|quote=Fugitive Waspinator is a descendent of The Thirteen Micronus Prime|name=Hasbro Pulse|title=Transformers Age of the Primes Deluxe Class Fugitive Waspinator}}</ref>
</ul>
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{{Bp-pr6|'''[[Maccadam|Alchemist Prime]]'''}}
</ul>
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{{Bp-pr7|'''[[Nexus Prime]]'''}}
:*[[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]]<ref>{{citesocial|month=01|day=02|year=2025|link=https://www.instagram.com/p/DEWErYCMsk8/|name=Mark Maher|site=Instagram|quote=Silverbolt, a heroic Autobot that’s a descendant of the great god Nexus Prime}}</ref>
</ul>
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{{Bp-pr8|'''[[Onyx Prime]]'''}}
:*[[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]]<ref>{{citesocial|month=02|day=09|year=2025|link=https://www.instagram.com/p/DF38_aSsm0S/|name=Mark Maher|site=Instagram|quote=Onyx Prime is Sky-Bytes!}}</ref>
</ul>
|}

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{{Bp-pr9|'''[[Amalgamous Prime]]'''}}
:*[[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]]<ref>{{citesocial|month=02|day=16|year=2025|link=https://www.instagram.com/p/DGJl76CxeTm/|name=Mark Maher|site=Instagram|quote=[Air Raid] is the descendant of Amalgamous Prime}}</ref>
:*[[Excellion (Cybertron)|Excellion]]<ref>{{Citesocial|link=https://www.walmart.com/ip/TRA-GEN-CAPSULE-DLX/14860009110|quote=Excellion is a descendent of one of The Thirteen Primes: Amalgamous Prime.|name=Walmart.com|title=Transformers Age of the Primes Deluxe Class Transformers: Cybertron Excellion 5.5” Action Figure, 8+, Only At Walmart|month=03|day=06|year=2025}}</ref>
</ul>
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{{Bp-pr10|'''[[Quintus Prime]]'''}}
:*[[Flatline (G1)|Flatline]]<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://www.hasbropulse.com/product/transformers-age-of-the-primes-voyager-class-flatline/G10215X00|quote=Flatline is descended from Quintus Prime, the strategic Prime|name=Hasbro Pulse|title=Transformers Age of the Primes Voyager Class Flatline}}</ref>
</ul>
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{{Bp-pr11|'''[[Liege Maximo|Liege Maximo Prime]]'''}}
:*[[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]]<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://www.walmart.com/ip/TRA-GEN-CAPSULE-DLX/15039121029|quote=Sideways is a descendent of The Thirteen Liege Maximo Prime|name=Walmart.com|title=Transformers Age of the Primes Deluxe Class Transformers: Cybertron Sideways 5.5” Action Figure, 8+, Only At Walmart|month=03|day=06|year=2025}}</ref>
:*[[Venom (G1)|Venin]]<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://www.hasbropulse.com/product/transformers-age-of-the-primes-venin/G10305X00|quote=Venin is the leader of the Insecticons, descended from Liege Maximo Prime|name=Hasbro Pulse|title=Transformers Age of the Primes Venin}}</ref>
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-pr12|'''[[The Fallen|Megatronus]]'''}}
:*[[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]]<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://www.instagram.com/p/DGyXBaZJj1C/|quote=Combaticon Vortex – A descendant of The Thirteen Megatronus Prime|name=Transformers|site=Instagram|year=2025|month=03|day=04}}</ref>
</ul>
|}

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{{Bp-pr13|'''[[Thirteenth Prime|Star Optimus Prime]]'''}}
:*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]]<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Star Optimus Prime, ya get it?|month=02|day=09|year=2025|link=https://www.instagram.com/p/DF3rvqOp9d8/|name=Mark Maher|site=Instagram}}</ref>
</ul>
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|width="60%" valign="top"|
|}

==Notes==
*The concept of alignment to one of the Thirteen originates in the abandoned "polarity" idea featured in the [[Binder of Revelation]], although that was a more complex system, owing to an individual having two polarities instead of one bloodline.
*Energon bloodlines are a thinly sketched gimmick of the ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes|Age of the Primes]]'' toyline representing an effort to tie the non-[[Prime (rank)|Prime]] toys into the line's central Thirteen motif in a manner analogous to the "[[Prime Master/Combinations|Prime Master power]]" profile cards of [[2018]]'s ''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]''. The lateral packaging art, for Deluxe, Voyager, and Leader toys, is supposed to indicate which Prime the character is related to, though the art always shows ''three'' Primes.
*Assignment of ''Age of the Primes'' characters seems to be either based on a characteristic (being [[Nexus Prime|a combiner]], [[Liege Maximo|a deceiver]], etc.) or a reference to previous work ([[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] being a mentor figure to Heatwave in ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Rescue Bots]]'').

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

[[Category:Age of the Primes]]
[[Category:Transformer culture]]

Energon bloodline

2025-06-17T09:53:54Z

AphoticGoblin: Fixed spelling error

Through their '''Energon bloodline''', a [[Transformer]] is descended from one of the [[Thirteen]].

==Fiction==
===Aligned continuity family===
In the [[Age of Primes|distant prehistory]] of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], when the original Thirteen Primes concluded that their time as stewards of the planet had come to an end, they united their knowledge and power to ignite the [[Well of All Sparks]], the fount of life from which the Transformer race would be born. Each of the Thirteen submitted their "patterns" to the Well—the blueprints of their very being—and thus, each new lifeform that emerged from the Well was shaped in accordance with the archetype that one or more of the Primes represented, both in mind and in body. The individual natures and personalities of each of the Thirteen were reflected in the 'bots that followed them; for instance, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] was born of the line of [[The Fallen|Megatronus]], a passionate and resentful outsider, while all those descended from [[Solus Prime]] shared her specific data processing architecture (necessary to operate her [[Creation Lathe]]), a distinction that became the basis for the Cybertronian model of gender division. Additionally, the unique physical attributes of certain Primes also spawned whole sub-classes of Transformer life: [[Onyx Prime]]'s descendants had [[beast mode]]s, [[Micronus Prime]]'s were [[Mini-Con]]s, [[Nexus Prime]]'s patterns gave Transformers the potential to be [[combiner]]s, and [[Amalgamous Prime]]'s gave [[Shifter|some]] the potential for greater-than-average [[transformation]] abilities. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}

===''Age of the Primes'' promotional material===
Every Transformer could be traced back to one of the original Thirteen. Known lineages include:

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-pr1|'''[[Prima|Prima Prime]]'''}}
:*[[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]]<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://www.instagram.com/p/DDYFD0uxHq_/|name=Mark Maher|site=Instagram|year=2024|month=12|day=09|quote=Armada Red Alert is a descendent of Prima Prime, his energon bloodline is tied to the god.}}</ref>
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-pr2|'''[[Vector Prime]]'''}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-pr3|'''[[Alpha Trion]]'''}}
:*[[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]]<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjmcMC9nNoA|quote=[Slingshot] actually does have a bloodline back to Alpha Trion.|name=Mark Maher|title=<nowiki>Transformers Age of the Primes Reveal | Dive into the Legacy of the Thirteen Primes | Hasbro Pulse</nowiki>|site=YouTube|year=2024|month=12|day=10}}</ref>
:*[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://www.hasbropulse.com/product/transformers-age-of-the-primes-leader-class-g2-universe-grimlock/G04875X00|quote=[Grimlock] is a descendent of Alpha Trion, one of The Thirteen Primes|name=Hasbro Pulse|title=Transformers Age of the Primes Leader Class G2 Universe Grimlock}}</ref>
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-pr4|'''[[Solus Prime]]'''}}
:*[[Crasher (G1)|Crasher]]<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://www.instagram.com/p/DGyXBaZJj1C/|quote=A descendant of Solus Prime, Crasher|name=Transformers|site=Instagram|year=2025|month=03|day=04}}</ref>
</ul>
|}

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-pr5|'''[[Micronus Prime]]'''}}
:*[[Wasp]]inator<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://www.hasbropulse.com/product/transformers-age-of-the-primes-deluxe-class-fugitive-waspinator/G10255X00|quote=Fugitive Waspinator is a descendent of The Thirteen Micronus Prime|name=Hasbro Pulse|title=Transformers Age of the Primes Deluxe Class Fugitive Waspinator}}</ref>
</ul>
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|width="20%" valign="top"|<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-pr6|'''[[Maccadam|Alchemist Prime]]'''}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-pr7|'''[[Nexus Prime]]'''}}
:*[[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]]<ref>{{citesocial|month=01|day=02|year=2025|link=https://www.instagram.com/p/DEWErYCMsk8/|name=Mark Maher|site=Instagram|quote=Silverbolt, a heroic Autobot that’s a descendant of the great god Nexus Prime}}</ref>
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-pr8|'''[[Onyx Prime]]'''}}
:*[[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]]<ref>{{citesocial|month=02|day=09|year=2025|link=https://www.instagram.com/p/DF38_aSsm0S/|name=Mark Maher|site=Instagram|quote=Onyx Prime is Sky-Bytes!}}</ref>
</ul>
|}

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-pr9|'''[[Amalgamous Prime]]'''}}
:*[[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]]<ref>{{citesocial|month=02|day=16|year=2025|link=https://www.instagram.com/p/DGJl76CxeTm/|name=Mark Maher|site=Instagram|quote=[Air Raid] is the descendant of Amalgamous Prime}}</ref>
:*[[Excellion (Cybertron)|Excellion]]<ref>{{Citesocial|link=https://www.walmart.com/ip/TRA-GEN-CAPSULE-DLX/14860009110|quote=Excellion is a descendent of one of The Thirteen Primes: Amalgamous Prime.|name=Walmart.com|title=Transformers Age of the Primes Deluxe Class Transformers: Cybertron Excellion 5.5” Action Figure, 8+, Only At Walmart|month=03|day=06|year=2025}}</ref>
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-pr10|'''[[Quintus Prime]]'''}}
:*[[Flatline (G1)|Flatline]]<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://www.hasbropulse.com/product/transformers-age-of-the-primes-voyager-class-flatline/G10215X00|quote=Flatline is descended from Quintus Prime, the strategic Prime|name=Hasbro Pulse|title=Transformers Age of the Primes Voyager Class Flatline}}</ref>
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-pr11|'''[[Liege Maximo|Liege Maximo Prime]]'''}}
:*[[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]]<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://www.walmart.com/ip/TRA-GEN-CAPSULE-DLX/15039121029|quote=Sideways is a descendent of The Thirteen Liege Maximo Prime|name=Walmart.com|title=Transformers Age of the Primes Deluxe Class Transformers: Cybertron Sideways 5.5” Action Figure, 8+, Only At Walmart|month=03|day=06|year=2025}}</ref>
:*[[Venom (G1)|Venin]]<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://www.hasbropulse.com/product/transformers-age-of-the-primes-venin/G10305X00|quote=Venin is the leader of the Insecticons, descended from Liege Maximo Prime|name=Hasbro Pulse|title=Transformers Age of the Primes Venin}}</ref>
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-pr12|'''[[The Fallen|Megatronus]]'''}}
:*[[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]]<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://www.instagram.com/p/DGyXBaZJj1C/|quote=Combaticon Vortex – A descendant of The Thirteen Megatronus Prime|name=Transformers|site=Instagram|year=2025|month=03|day=04}}</ref>
</ul>
|}

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-pr13|'''[[Thirteenth Prime|Star Optimus Prime]]'''}}
:*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]]<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Star Optimus Prime, ya get it?|month=02|day=09|year=2025|link=https://www.instagram.com/p/DF3rvqOp9d8/|name=Mark Maher|site=Instagram}}</ref>
</ul>
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|width="60%" valign="top"|
|}

==Notes==
*The concept of alignment to one of the Thirteen originates in the abandoned "polarity" idea featured in the [[Binder of Revelation]], although that was a more complex system, owing to an individual having two polarities instead of one bloodline.
*Energon bloodlines are a thinly sketched gimmick of the ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes|Age of the Primes]]'' toyline representing an effort to tie the non-[[Prime (rank)|Prime]] toys into the line's central Thirteen motif in a manner analogous to the "[[Prime Master/Combinations|Prime Master power]]" profile cards of [[2018]]'s ''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]''. The lateral packaging art, for Deluxe, Voyager, and Leader toys, is supposed to indicate which Prime the character is related to, though the art always shows ''three'' Primes.
*Assignment of ''Age of the Primes'' characters seems to be either based on a characteristic (being [[Nexus Prime|a combiner]], [[Liege Maximo|a deceiver]], etc.) or a reference to previous work ([[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] being a mentor figure to Heatwave in ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Rescue Bots]]'').

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

[[Category:Age of the Primes]]
[[Category:Transformer culture]]

Hearts of Steel

2025-02-14T06:40:28Z

AphoticGoblin:

[[File:HOS TPB.jpg|thumb|Bumblebee attempts to be a [[Planetary engine|Really Useful Engine]].]]

'''''Hearts of Steel''''' is a comic miniseries published by [[IDW Publishing]] in 2006. It was the first and only story in IDW's ''[[The Transformers: Evolutions]]'' series. It is set in an alternate [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity]] in which the Transformers' first contact with humanity is in the late 19th century, rather than the 20th.

The series is written by [[Chuck Dixon]]. [[Ted McKeever]] was originally announced as artist (and produced the piece which eventually became the [[:File:Evolutions hearts1 mckeever.jpg|wraparound cover of issue 1]]), but for unknown reasons, [[Guido Guidi]] took over the job, designing the characters' new 19th century forms and drawing three of the four issues of the series (with #3 drawn by [[Antonio Vasquez]] and [[Luis Czerniawski]]).

Five years after the original mini-series, the creative team returned to the universe with a two-issue tie-in to IDW's ''[[Infestation 2]]'' event. In 2014, the series was brought into the modern day as part of the ''[[The X-Files: Conspiracy: The Transformers|X-Files: Conspiracy]]'' crossover. In 2017, a version of the story was folded into the [[2005 IDW continuity]] via the ''[[Revolutionaries]]'' series.

{{chapters|title=''The Transformers: Evolutions Hearts of Steel'' issues:|next=Infestation 2|content=
*[[Hearts of Steel issue 1|#1]]
*[[Hearts of Steel issue 2|#2]]
*[[Hearts of Steel issue 3|#3]]
*[[Hearts of Steel issue 4|#4]]
}}

==Overview==
The story opens with the Transformers engaged in a battle on Ice Age [[Earth]], and having adopted bizarre animal alternate forms as a result. When the climate cools, both sides retreat underground and enter a period of stasis, not awakening until the 19th Century. Soon both sides are making alliances with humans and utilizing the technology of the age to continue their war, with the [[Decepticon]]s attempting to reach an electrical generating station in [[New York City]] to fuel their war machine. [[John Henry]] and [[Mark Twain]], along with other historical figures, play prominent roles in the book.

===Timeframe===
It is not possible to pin down exactly when this story takes place, due to some contradictory information that doesn't match up to real life. The Civil War is not mentioned, so it is most likely after 1865. Mark Twain lived in San Francisco from 1864 to 1866, and he appears to live there in this story. However, he claims in issue #4, to have ''one'' daughter, which would place the story between 1872 (the birth of Susy Clemens) and 1874 (the birth of Clara Clemens). The finale of the story involves a race to New York, where it is noted [[Thomas Edison]] has completed his first electrical generating facility; this must be {{w|Pearl Street Station}}, which was not operational in real life until 1882. The sequel, ''[[Infestation 2]]'', was explicitly set in 1888, and returning human characters did not appear to have aged as many as twenty years.

The ''[[Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook]]'' (see [[Hearts of Steel#Continuity|"Continuity"]], below) would go on to posit that the events of the miniseries took place 150 years before the present day. Assuming that the present day refers to the year [[2017]], the book's date of publication, this would place the events of ''Hearts of Steel'' sometime around the year [[1867]] — while this estimate doesn't really line up with any of the aforementioned events, it ''was'' [[citogenesis|used on this very wiki]] as an arbitrary placeholder date for many years.

==="Ice Age Wars"===
The first few pages of this story show that the Transformers came to Earth immediately prior to an (unspecified) ice age, and fought a war there and then using dinosaurs, giant insects, and (possibly) other beast-forms as [[alternate mode]]s, before going into hibernation until the 19th Century. Many of the main characters wear these distinctive spiky bodies for the first half of the story, before taking on vehicle-based forms. Where necessary in this wiki, this prelude to ''Hearts of Steel'' is referred to using the (unofficial) term "[[Ice Age Wars]]".

===Alternate modes===
[[File:Hearts of Steel 1ri.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and his [[alternate mode]] of an ironclad ship. [[Toy]] please, [[Hasbro]]?]]
In this story, most of the Transformers take the form of 19th-century locomotives and railway cars, rather than 20th-century automobiles, airplanes, and the like. Some notable exceptions are [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], who becomes an ironclad ship, [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], who transforms into a blimp, and the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]], who become biplanes (which is {{w|First flying machine|a bit of an anachronism}}). [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] only appears in slumber and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] does not appear at all, though concept drawings for both of them are included in the trade paperback.

[[File:Megatronconceptbodies-HOStpb.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Concept designs of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] were produced, but ultimately went unused. <s>{{SITENAME}} will give its firstborn to whoever makes a [[toy]] of the one on the left.</s> [[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys#Generations Comic Edition|My child is gone.]]]]
The Transformers portrayed in the story seem to adopt not only the appearance of Earth's machines, but its technology level as well. Locomotive-form Bumblebee is fueled by coal, Scourge flies using a real gasbag, and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] is sufficiently vulnerable that a gas explosion is enough to incapacitate him. This is not unprecedented; a similar phenomenon is hinted at in Dreamwave's ''G.I. Joe'' crossover, while in some original G1 stories, the Transformers coveted supplies of gasoline. Still, whether this is an actual story point or merely a stylistic choice is not clear.

{{--}}

===Continuity===
[[File:Revolutionaries5 talisman wipes axalon memories.jpg|thumb|left|250px|[[John Barber]] is having way too much fun.]]
Originally, ''Hearts of Steel'' was conceived as the first installment in ''[[The Transformers: Evolutions|Evolutions]]'', an ongoing series of {{w|Elseworlds}}-style tales that would re-imagine the Transformers in different time periods and settings. For a variety of reasons, ''Evolutions'' fell through, leaving ''Hearts of Steel'' as a small, strange continuity separate from IDW's [[2005 IDW continuity|ongoing "Generation 1" universe]]. As a result of this isolation, it hosted several crossover events—notably 2014's [[Infestation 2]] and 2015's X-Files one-shot—that would have otherwise undermined the narrative direction of the main ongoing universe. In 2015, [[Ask Vector Prime]] feature gave the ''Hearts of Steel'' universe its customary [[universal stream]] [[Primax 706.05 Gamma|designation]], seemingly confirming it as an entirely separate world from any of IDW's other ''Transformers'' faire.

In 2016, IDW announced the formation of the [[Hasbro Universe]], which aimed to amalgamate several disparate Hasbro properties together into a single shared continuity. Piggybacking off the back of the ''[[Revolution]]'' maxi-series came ''[[Revolutionaries]]'', which told a story involving, among other things, ancient Transformer activity on Earth - including cameos of the ''Hearts of Steel'' characters. This caused no small amount of head-scratching and confusion among fans, and was the subject of vigorous speculation for several months before [[Strange Visitors|issue 5]] of ''Revolutionaries'' revealed the reason why. In this sequence of events, the characters who would become the ''Hearts of Steel'' Transformers were, in fact, amnesiac [[Maximal]] explorers; they had been brainwashed by [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]] into believing that they ''were'' the Autobots and Decepticons and fighting the "Ice Age Wars," which were revealed to be a series of wargames Shockwave orchestrated and studied for his own strategic benefit. ''Revolutionaries'' #5 revealed what had happened to the lost Maximals between the events of ''Infestation 2 #2'' and the modern day,<ref>Author [[John Barber]] ignored ''X-Files'' when incorporating ''Hearts of Steel'' into the main IDW Universe.</ref> introducing "''Hearts of Steel'' Bumblebee"—in reality a 'bot named [[Centurion (IDW)|Centurion]]—as a supporting character.

In doing this, however, IDW did not strictly [[retcon]] out the original events of ''Hearts of Steel'', but created essentially two versions of the exact same tale, each occurring in distinct universes. As a result, the comic is something of a Schrödinger's comic—it can be read as a "what-if" tale about the "real" Autobots and Decepticons waking up in the wrong century, ''or'' a story about brainwashed Maximals re-enacting the Great War on Earth, with no major discrepancies between the two.

Only a few months later, ''Hearts of Steel'' would get a second shout-out in the IDW continuity in the pages of ''Wrath of Karza'', where a series of time disruptions caused the "real" Optimus Prime to briefly adopt his steam engine body while battling [[Baron Karza]].

==Collections==
* '''''Hearts of Steel''''' TPB ([[December 27]], [[2006]]) ISBN 1600100554 / ISBN 978-1600100550
:*Includes concept art and all covers for each issue.

* '''''Hearts of Steel''''' (2012 Edition) TPB ([[February 1]], [[2012]]) ISBN 1613771703 / ISBN 978-1613771709
:*New cover art
* '''''[[Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection]]: Volume 39: Hearts of Steel''''' ([[April 5]], [[2017]])
:*Hardcover collection of ''Hearts of Steel'' and ''Spotlights'' for "[[Spotlight: Galvatron|Galvatron]]", "[[Spotlight: Optimus Prime|Optimus Prime]]" and "[[Spotlight: Mirage|Mirage]]".

===Covers===
<gallery>
File:HOS TPB.jpg|'''''Hearts of Steel''''' TPB; art by [[Guido Guidi]].
File:HeartsofSteel-TPBCover.jpeg|2012 Re-release; art by Guidi and [[Joana Lafuente]]
File:DefinitiveG1Collection v39.jpg|'''''Definitive G1 Collection: Volume 39'''''; art by ??? (Bumblebee) and Guido Guidi (retro)
</gallery>

===International Printings===

====Spain====
'''''Evolution: Hearts of Steel''''' was translated and released in Spain by [[NORMA Editorial]].
*ISBN 978-84-9847-912-6

====China====
'''''Transformers: Hearts of Steel''''' was translated and released in China by [[DMAN]] in August, 2017.
*ISBN 978-75-3195-357-9

{{comicstub}}

==Toys==
[[File:Comic Edition HOS packaging.jpeg|thumb|right|upright=1.66|]]
Nearly twenty years after the original comic book, the ''Hearts of Steel'' designs finally made the leap into toy form as part of the ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#Comic Edition|Generations Comic Edition]]'' exclusive subline.

<ul class="iconlist">
:{{Bp-a1d1|[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#HOS|Timelines Optimus Prime]] / [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Generations Comic Edition|Timelines Starscream]]}}
:{{Bp-a1d1|[[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Generations Comic Edition|Timelines Bumblebee]] / [[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys#Generations Comic Edition|Timelines Megatron]]}}
</ul>
{{-}}

==Notes==
<references/>

[[Category:Generation 1 comic series]]
[[Category:Hearts of Steel issues| ]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) comic series]]

Toys"R"Us

2024-11-16T07:51:39Z

AphoticGoblin: Changed 'is' to 'was'

{{faction|TRU}}
[[File:OnlyAtToysRUsLogo.jpg|right|upright=2|thumb|Toys weЯe Us.]]
[[File:TFAdv-toy GeoffreyPrime.jpg|upright=2|thumb|Geoffrey Prime, too precious for this world.]]

From bikes to trains to video games, '''Toys"R"Us''' (stylistically '''ToysЯUs''' in the logo) was a toy retailer chain, originally based in the [[United States of America|United States]] but with branches in many other countries. According to various sources, it accounted for anywhere from 15 to 20% of major toymakers' sales. Those days are pretty much over in the US market, although their reginal branches still have a major presence some European and Asian countries.

Over the years, they carried many [[exclusive]] ''Transformers'' [[toy]]s, in addition to regular mass retail releases. Many of those exclusives have been carried not only by US retailers, but also by international Toys"R"Us branches.

[[Japan]] also has its own branch of Toys"R"Us (トイザらス ''Toizarasu''), which has its own exclusive toys from [[TakaraTomy]], independent of the toys [[Hasbro]] provided Western Toys"R"Us stores with (well... ''mostly''. We'll explain when we get there).

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==History==
Originally founded by Charles P. Lazarus as Children's Supermart in 1948, the store later changed its focus entirely to toys. By 1957, Lazarus came up with the tagline "Toys"R"Us", eventually operating several additional stores under the Children's Supermart brand. Nine years later, the company was acquired by Interstate Department Stores, Inc., who already owned the toy store chain Children's Bargain Town USA, which featured the original version of Geoffrey the Giraffe as its mascot. Following the bankruptcy of Interstate Department Stores in 1974, Lazarus himself took control of the bankrupt corporation and rebranded the merged Children's Bargain Town USA/Children's Supermart company into "Toys"R"Us", which subsequently grew into the biggest toy store chain in the United States, eventually expanding into other markets around the globe to the point where the company was considered a prime example of a "category killer".<ref name="abandoned">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNSPl4YsQQ8 "Abandoned - Toys R Us"] by Youtube channel Bright Sun Films.</ref>

After many decades of success, Toys"R"Us failed to realize the growing importance of the internet during the 1990s, and as a result added its own online store very late in the game. Following a disastrous 1999 holiday shopping season, during which the company fell behind on shipping online customer orders, it struck a ten-year deal with [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]], who would subsequently act as Toys"R"Us's online presence. Following a brief period of financial success that exceeded Amazon's expectations, the partnership was prematurely ended by Toys"R"Us after Amazon had allowed competing merchants to begin selling toys through the website, and following a lawsuit, Amazon paid Toys"R"Us $51 million in settlements. In 2006, Toys"R"Us reopened an independent website, but by that time, the damage had already been done.<ref name="amazon">Alison Griswold: [https://qz.com/1080389/a-dot-com-era-deal-with-amazon-marked-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-toys-r-us/ "A dot-com era deal with Amazon marked the beginning of the end for Toys R Us"], Quartz, published September 2017.</ref>

In 2005, Toys"R"Us was bought out by venture capitalist firms including Bain Capital, and as a result, the chain was saddled with a ''massive'' debt when the cost of paying back the loan used to buy the chain was then dumped onto it, with interest. Despite rebounding sales-wise and making a profit above its nominal operating expenses, the sheer size of the debt was too much, and Toys"R"Us eventually declared bankruptcy on [[September 18]], [[2017]], leading to their planned liquidation, resulting in all stores in the United States to be closed by [[June 29]], [[2018]]. And in the middle of all these tumultuous times, the original Toys"R"Us founder Charles Lazarus, who had parted ways with the company in 1994, died on March 24, 2018, at age 94.

Operations in other markets were also affected, though not all cases ended in all-out job losses: The United Kingdom division entered administration in February 2018, with the last remaining stores being closed on [[April 24]] of the same year; the Australian division entered administration in May 2018, with the last remaining stores expected to close in July. The divisions in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, which were still profitable, were taken over by Irish family-owned toy giant Smyths in April 2018, who rebranded all stores in those three countries into "Smyths" in 2019.

Meanwhile, other regional branches have survived: for instance, Toys"R"Us declared bankruptcy in Portugal and Spain by March 2018, but was eventually purchased by the Green Swan group and it still continues to soldier on using the same branding. The Canadian division, which was also still profitable by that point, was bought out by Fairfax Financial Holdings in April 2018 (with the takeover completed in May), and similarly, they've continued operations under the original branding. Most notably, operations in Asia have also continued as usual since.

Meanwhile, the original Toys"R"Us brand in the United States is now owned by Tru Kids. They've returned to retail in 2022, opening up a few dozen stores in the US, but as of now, their presence is still only a modest fraction of what it once was.

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
[[File:AHM1 NYCToyCompanies1.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
A Toys"R"Us store was in [[Times Square]]. {{Storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 1|All Hail Megatron #1}}

===Commercial appearances===
At a Toys"R"Us store in a [[Quadwal]] stream where toys are sentient, Snackin' Sara the {{w|Baby Alive}} toy informed an [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Robots in Disguise|unboxed Optimus Prime toy]] about the store's Price Match guarantee, wherein if Optimus was found at a lower price at another retailer, Toys"R"Us would match their prices. The Optimus toy was confused as to the existence of another one of himself and was advised by Sara to look to his left. When he did so, both he and his doppelganger were distraught at their existence, a panic which soon spread to his entire shelf, fully populated by Optimi. {{storylink|Commercial#2015_2|Toys"R"Us Commercial}}

==Hasbro market Toys"R"Us exclusives==
===Robots in Disguise (2001)===
[[File:RID-toy Scourge Ultra.jpg|upright=1.33|thumb|Scourge, major baddie and major pain to obtain in the US.]]
Toys"R"Us's first exclusives were for the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' toyline]], and they snagged a pair of absolute doozies: a major villain character from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 cartoon)|''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon]], and a huge toy that had been canceled the year prior that fans thought would never see the light of day.

{| style="margin-left:1em;"
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Super Class'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Scourge (RID)#Toys|Scourge]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Supreme Class'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m1|[[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#Robots in Disguise (2001)|Air Attack Optimus Primal]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Ultra Class''' (UK only)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Dreadwind (RID)#Toys|Dreadwind]] & [[Smokejumper#Toys|Smokejumper]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|
|}

{{-}}
===Commemorative Series===
[[File:G1-toy SkywarpCommSeries.jpg|upright=1.33|thumb|Skywarp, with "safe" firing missiles.]]
[[File:G1-toy RicochetCommSeries.jpg|upright=1.33|thumb|Ricochet, former holy grail]]
"Enhanced" re-releases of classic [[The Transformers (toyline)|"Generation 1"]] toys, the entire ''[[The Transformers: Generation One Commemorative Series|Commemorative Series]]'' toyline was originally intended to be exclusively available from Toys"R"Us stores. However, two toys from the later series were ultimately made available through other venues, at least for the United States market, particularly "closeout" chains, sold at a massive discount.

The "Commemorative Series" branding would pop up again in later lines; we're listing those items both here and under their respective lines so you don't have to go searching for them.

{| style="margin-left:1em;"
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Series I'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Rodimus Major]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Ultra Magnus]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Series II'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#ApexArmorPrime|Powermaster Optimus Prime]] with [[Apex Bomber#Toys|Apex Armor]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Starscream (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Starscream]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Series III'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Jazz (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Autobot Jazz]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Bluestreak (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Silverstreak]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Thundercracker]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Series IV'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Prowl (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Prowl]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Red Alert (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Red Alert]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Skywarp]]}}
</ul>
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|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Series V'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Hoist (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Hoist]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Inferno (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Inferno]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Tracks (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Autobot Tracks]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Series VI'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Grapple (G1)#Commemorative Series|Autobot Grapple]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Smokescreen (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Smokescreen]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Series VII'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Dirge (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Dirge]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Rodimus Prime]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Series VIII'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Skids (G1)#Commemorative Series|Autobot Skids]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Side Swipe]]}}
</ul>
|-
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Series IX'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Ricochet (Headmasters)#Commemorative Series|Ricochet]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Classics'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Soundwave (G1)/toys#Classics|Soundwave]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Universe (2008)'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Insecticon (G1)#Universe (2008)|Insecticons]] ([[Bombshell (G1)#Universe (2008)|Hardshell]], [[Kickback (G1)#Universe (2008)|Kickback]], [[Shrapnel (G1)#Universe (2008)|Sharpshot]])}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Perceptor (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|Perceptor]]}}
|}
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===Unicron Trilogy (Armada / Energon / Cybertron)===
====Armada====
[[File:Arm-toy CyclonusPX TRUBonus.jpg|upright=1.33|thumb|Powerlix Cyclonus with bonus Iceberg]]
The chain's ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' offerings were not particularly special, but they ''were'' a great bargain: standard-issue "Super-Con" toys with a bonus pack-in [[Mini-Con]] from one of the normal retail three-packs, but sold at a cost ''below'' a Super-Con on its own!

{| style="margin-left:1em;"
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Bonus Packs'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Blurr (Armada)#Toys|Blurr]] with [[Incinerator (Armada)#Toys|Incinerator]] (plus either [[Buzzsaw (Armada)#Toys|Buzzsaw]], [[Drill Bit (Armada)#Toys|Drill Bit]], or [[Dualor (Armada)#Toys|Dualor]])}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Cyclonus (Armada)#Powerlinx|Powerlinx Cyclonus]] with [[Crumplezone (Armada)#Powerlinx|Crumplezone]] (plus either [[Dune Runner (Armada)#Toys|Dune Runner]], [[Iceberg#Toys|Iceberg]], or [[Ransack (Armada)#Toys|Ransack]])}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys#ArDxPx|Powerlinx Hot Shot]] with [[Jolt (Armada)#Powerlinx|Jolt]] (plus either Dune Runner, Iceberg, or Ransack)}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1d1|[[Sideways (Armada)#Toys|Sideways]] with [[Crosswise (Armada)#Toys|Crosswise]] and [[Rook (Armada)#Toys|Rook]] (plus either Buzzsaw, Drill Bit, or Dualor)}}
|}

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====Energon====
[[File:Energontoy prime vs megatron.jpg|upright=1.33|thumb|Optimus Prime / Megatron]]
For ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'', once again the bulk of their exclusives were just repackaged ''Armada'' toys, and even then, two of them, the Road Wrecker/Night Attack Team and Race/Space Team packs, were also available at [[Walmart]] stores. However, there was the big draw of an Optimus Prime & Megatron two-pack using molds that had previously been exclusive to the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] ''Super Link'' version of the line!

{| style="margin-left:1em;"
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Mini-Con Team 2-packs'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-mc|[[Adventure Mini-Con Team]] & [[Sea Mini-Con Team]]
*[[Dune Runner (Armada)#Toys|Dune Runner]]
*[[Iceberg#Toys|Iceberg]]
*[[Ransack (Armada)#Toys|Ransack]]
*[[Oceanglide#Toys|Oceanglide]]
*[[Stormcloud (Armada)#Toys|Stormcloud]]
*[[Waterlog (Armada)#Toys|Waterlog]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-mc|[[Race Mini-Con Team]] & [[Space Mini-Con Team]]
*[[Dirt Boss (Armada)#Toys|Dirt Boss]]
*[[Downshift (Armada)#Toys|Downshift]]
*[[Mirage (Armada)#Toys|Mirage]]
*[[Astroscope#Toys|Astroscope]]
*[[Payload (Armada)#Toys|Payload]]
*[[Sky Blast (Armada)#Toys|Sky Blast]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-mc|[[Destruction Mini-Con Team|Road Wrecker Mini-Con Team]] & [[Night Attack Mini-Con Team]]
*[[Buzzsaw (Armada)#Toys|Buzzsaw]]
*[[Drill Bit (Armada)#Toys|Drill Bit]]
*[[Dualor (Armada)#Toys|Dualor]]
*[[Broadside (Armada)#Toys|Broadside]]
*[[Fetch#Toys|Fetch]]
*[[Scattor (Armada)#Toys|Scattor]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Leader 2-pack'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1d1|[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#OprimusMegsTRU|Powerlinx Optimus Prime]] / [[Megatron (Armada)/toys#TRUvsOptimus|Megatron]]}}
|}
{{Note|Despite the names on the packaging, the "Race Team" are in their "Road Wrecker Team" colors, and the "Road Wrecker Team" are in their original "Destruction Team" colors.}}

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====Cybertron====
[[File:Cybertrontoy vprime vs sscream.jpg|upright=1.33|thumb|Starscream vs. Vector Prime]]
''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' content was light, being mostly "Value Packs" which were just fully-packaged normal Deluxes sold at less than the total cost of the toys bought individually. And the two-pack versions of that were another "exclusive" shared with [[Walmart]]. However, there was one truly exclusive multi-pack that provided Western fans with access to a mold previously available only by importing it from Japan, and in unique colors to boot.

{| style="margin-left:1em;"
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Deluxe Value Packs'''
<ul class="iconlist">
(Could contain any two of the following toys)
{{Bp-d1|[[Dirt Boss (Cybertron)#Toys|Dirt Boss]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys#Cybertron|Hot Shot]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Override (Cybertron)#Toys|Override]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Red Alert (Armada)#Cybertron|Red Alert]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Sideways (Armada)#Cybertron|Sideways]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Snarl (Cybertron)#Toys|Snarl]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''"Super Value!" Deluxe 3-packs'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1d1|[[Landmine (Energon)#multipack|Landmine]] / [[Snarl (Cybertron)#Cybertron|Snarl]] / [[Dirt Boss (Cybertron)#multipack|Dirt Boss]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Sideways (Armada)#Cybertron|Sideways]] / [[Brimstone (Cybertron)#Multipack|Brimstone]] / [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)#Multipack|Thunderblast]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Voyager Multi-packs'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1d1|[[Starscream (Armada)/toys#VsVector|Starscream]] vs. [[Vector Prime#Cybertron|Vector Prime]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|
|}
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===Go-Bots===
Yes, Toys"R"Us even got some exclusives for the [[Playskool]] ''[[Transformers: Go-Bots (toyline)|Go-Bots]]'' line, done up in shiny chrome. Delightful!

{| style="margin-left:1em;"
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Basics'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-rhgb|[[Aero-Bot#TRU|Aero-Bot]]}}
{{Bp-rhgb|[[Speed-Bot#TRU|Speed-Bot]]}}
|}
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===Universe (2003)===
The ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 franchise)|Universe]]'' offerings were limited to a single multi-pack, but it was a sizable one!

<ul class="iconlist">
:{{Bp-d1|[[Ramjet (Universe)#Toys|Ramjet]] with [[Thunderclash (Armada)#Universe (2003)|Thunderclash]], [[Gunbarrel (Armada)#Universe (2003)|Gunbarrel]], [[Terradive (Armada)#Universe (2003)|Terradive]], and [[Thunderwing (Armada)#Universe (2003)|Thunderwing]]}}
</ul>

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===Alternators===
The chain had an "exclusive" ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]]'' "Mega Alternators" assortment... which ultimately turned out to be merely shrinkwrapped combos of regular-retail single ''Alternators'' releases. The most common combinations were [[Smokescreen (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Smokescreen]]/[[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#Alternators|Side Swipe]] and Smokescreen/[[Bluestreak (G1)/toys#Alternators|Silverstreak]], but Smokescreen/[[Windcharger (G1)#Alternators|Windcharger]], Smokescreen/[[Hound (G1)/toys#Alternators|Autobot Hound]], and even Smokescreen/Smokescreen(!) combos have been found as well.

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===Titanium Series===
[[File:TitaniumWarWithin Grimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.33|Grimlock, ''War Within'' style]]
''[[Titanium Series]]'' was Hasbro's short-lived line of mostly-[[die-cast]]-metal toys for various brands, with small "Robot Masters" mini figurines and 6-inch "Cybertron Heroes" fully-transformable toys. Most of the Toys"R"Us exclusives fall under the ''[[War Within (franchise)|War Within]]'' comic styling... despite that series having ended (prematurely) years prior. And the comic license having changed hands since then to boot.

{| style="margin-left:1em;"
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Robot Master 2-packs'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise#tit2pack|Optimus Prime]] & [[Bumblebee (G1)/merchandise#Ti2pack|Bumblebee]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Cybertron Heroes'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Titanium Series|Grimlock]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Prowl (G1)/toys#Titanium Series|Prowl]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Cybertron Heroes 2-packs'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1d1|[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#WarWithin2pack|War Within Optimus Prime]] / [[Megatron (G1)/toys#WarWithin2pack|War Within Megatron]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|
|}

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===Beast Wars 10th Anniversary===
For the ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars 10th Anniversary|Beast Wars 10th Anniversary]]'' line, Toys"R"Us got a repackaging of the Japanese "[[Beast Wars Reborn]]" set, featuring extensively-redecoed re-releases of the Ultra-class Optimus Primal and Megatron molds.

<ul class="iconlist">
:{{Bp-m1p1|[[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#BWXVSMegatron|Optimus Primal]] vs [[Megatron (BW)/toys#BWXVSPrimal|Megatron]]}}
</ul>

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===Classics===
While the focal point of ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' was modern-mold reinventions of classic characters, there were a few exceptions. ''Classics'' Soundwave was a reissue of the original toy, originally slated for the ''[[The Transformers: Generation One Commemorative Series|Commemorative Series]]'' line (above).

<ul class="iconlist">
:{{Bp-d1|[[Soundwave (G1)/toys#Classics|Soundwave]]}}
</ul>

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===Masterpiece===
[[File:TRU Masterpiece Acid Storm.jpg|upright=1.33|thumb|Acid Storm]]
The big, expensive, complex ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' toys were an instant hit with collectors, and of course Toys"R"Us got in several exclusives. However, in many non-US Hasbro markets, ''all'' of the Hasbro-release ''Masterpiece'' toys were Toys"R"Us exclusives, so we won't be listing ''all'' of those here.

As some of these were sold as part of the [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|2010 ''Transformers'' toyline]], we'll list them in those lines' sections as well. It just kinda makes sense to have them all gathered up here too.

{| style="margin-left:1em;"
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Transformers (2010)'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Grimlock (G1)/toys#MPHasbro|Masterpiece Grimlock]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#HasbroMasterpiece|Masterpiece Rodimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Transformers (2010)|Masterpiece Thundercracker]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Platinum Edition'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#Platinum Edition|Year of the Horse Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Soundwave (G1)/toys#Platinum Edition|Soundwave Year Of The Goat Edition]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Masterpiece'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Acid Storm (G1)#Masterpiece|Acid Storm]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Grimlock (G1)/toys#2014MP|Masterpiece Grimlock]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#mp10hasbro|Masterpiece Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#Masterpiece|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Prowl (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Prowl]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"| 
{{Bp-d1|[[Soundwave (G1)/toys#HasbroMasterpiece|Soundwave]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Starscream (G1)/toys#HasbroMP|Starscream]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Starscream (G1)/toys#MP3G|Starscream Ghost Version]] (Australia only)}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Sunstorm (G1)#HasbroMP|Sunstorm]]}}
|-
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Masterpiece Movie Series'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#MasterpieceMPM3|Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Masterpiece Movie Series|Optimus Prime]]}}
|}
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===Live-action movie toylines===
With the absolute explosion of ''Transformers'' popularity due to the [[live-action film series]], naturally a vast number of exclusives for said series were made, with Toys"R"Us getting quite a lot.

====Transformers (2007)====
[[Image:Movie Inferno toy.jpg|upright=1.33|thumb|Inferno w/ Longarm]]
For the [[Transformers (2007 toyline)|2007 ''Transformers'' toyline]], most of the exclusives were redecoed "[[Unicron Trilogy continuity family|Unicron Trilogy]]" molds used to quickly boost the amount of "new" product in the wake of the first film's staggering success, as well as a pair of multi-packs of normal-retail-release toys.

{| style="margin-left:1em;"
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Voyager Class'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Inferno (Movie)#Toys|Inferno]] (w/ [[Longarm (Movie Mini-Con)|Longarm]])}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Mudflap (Movie)#Toys|Mudflap]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Ultra Class'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Jetstorm (Movie)#Toys|Jetstorm]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Wingblade#Toys|Wingblade]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Multi-packs'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|Decepticon Desert Attack (Voyager [[Blackout (Movie)#Voyager Class toys|Blackout]] & Deluxe [[Scorponok (Movie)#Deluxe Class toys|Scorponok]])}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"| 
{{Bp-a1d1|Battle for the Allspark (Legends-class [[Barricade (Movie)/toys#Legends Class toys|Barricade]], [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Legends Class toys|Bumblebee]], [[Jazz (Movie)#Legends Class toys|Autobot Jazz]], [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#Legends Class toys|Megatron]], [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Legends Class toys|Optimus Prime]], [[Starscream (Movie)/toys#Legends Class toys|Starscream]])}}
|}
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====Revenge of the Fallen====
[[File:ROTF-toy GreenMixmaster.jpg|upright=1.33|thumb|"Back Road Brawl" Mixmaster]]
''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> exclusives were entirely focused on multipacks, with a fair amount of new decoes and characters.

{| style="margin-left:1em;"
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Titanium Series'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1d1|[[Cliffjumper (Movie)#Titanium Series|Cliffjumper]] / [[Dead End (ROTF)#Titanium Series|Dead End]]}}
{{Bp-a1d1|[[Ironhide (Movie)/toys#Titanium Series 2|Offroad Ironhide]] / [[Brawl (Movie)#ROTFTitanium|Deep Desert Brawl]]}}
{{Bp-a1d1|[[Ratchet (Movie)/toys#ROTFTitanium|Rescue Ratchet]] / [[Blackout (Movie)#Titanium Series 2|Blackout]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Multi-packs'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1d1|Back Road Brawl ([[Hoist (Movie)#Toys|Hoist]] & [[Mixmaster (ROTF)#BackRoadBrawl|Mixmaster]])}}
{{Bp-d1|Gathering at the Nemesis ([[The Fallen/toys#GatheringNemesis|The Fallen]], [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#GatheringNemesis|Megatron]], [[Soundwave (ROTF)#GatheringNemesis|Soundwave]])}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1d1|Master of [[Metallikato]] ([[Whirl (ROTF)#Toys|Autobot Whirl]] & [[Bludgeon (ROTF)#Toys|Decepticon Bludgeon]])}}
{{Bp-a1d1|Shanghai Showdown [[Demolishor (ROTF)#TRUset|Demolishor]], [[Skids (ROTF)#ShanghaiShowdown|Skids]] & [[Mudflap (ROTF)#ShanghaiShowdown|Mudflap]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1d1|[[Wheelie (ROTF)#Deluxe2Pack|Autobot Wheelie]] / [[Sideways (ROTF)#Deluxe2Pack|Decepticon Sideways]] (UK & Germany only)}}
|}
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====Transformers (2010)====
[[File:TF2010toy-RampageAmongtheRuinsStock.jpg|upright=1.33|thumb|Rampage Among the Ruins]]
The [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|2010 ''Transformers'' toyline]] was ''largely'' an extension of ''Revenge of the Fallen'' product, but some "Generation 1"-based stuff made its way into the line towards the back end. In the case of Toys"R"Us exclusives, this was in the form of a trio of ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' toys.

{| style="margin-left:1em;"
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Multipacks'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Devastator (ROTF)#Transformers (2010)|Constructicon Devastator]] ([[Hightower (ROTF)#Transformers (2010)|Hightower]], [[Long Haul (ROTF)#TRUDevastatorGreen|Long Haul]], [[Mixmaster (ROTF)#Transformers (2010)|Mixmaster]], [[Rampage (ROTF)#LegendsDevGreen|Rampage]], [[Scavenger (ROTF)#Transformers (2010)|Scavenger]], [[Scrapper (ROTF)#Transformers (2010)|Scrapper]])}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1d1|Rampage Among The Ruins ([[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#RampageAmongTheRuins|Bumblebee]], [[Rampage (ROTF)#RampageAmongTheRuins|Rampage]], [[Ravage (ROTF)#RampageAmongTheRuins|Ravage]])}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Masterpiece'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Grimlock (G1)/toys#MPHasbro|Masterpiece Grimlock]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#HasbroMasterpiece|Masterpiece Rodimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Transformers (2010)|Masterpiece Thundercracker]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|
|}
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====Dark of the Moon====
[[File:DOTM Deluxe Scan Ironhide toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.33|Scan Series Ironhide]]
The exclusives for ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' were given the branding "'''Mission Earth'''". Many of the toys also had "Scan Series" decos, where the toys were cast in clear plastics then extensively painted, but only on the ''front halves'' of their vehicle modes, making them look like they're in mid-[[reformatting]].

{| style="margin-left:1em;"
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Scan Series Deluxes'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#ScanSeries|Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Ironhide (Movie)/toys#Deluxe Class toys|Ironhide]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Ratchet (Movie)/toys#ScanSeries|Autobot Ratchet]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Sideswipe (Movie)/toys#ScanSeries|Sideswipe]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Leader class'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Ironhide (Movie)/toys#Generations|Ironhide]] (Canada only)}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Starscream (Movie)/toys#Generations|Starscream]] (Canada only)}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Multi-packs'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1d1|Bumblebee / Starscream ([[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#BeeStarscream|Cybertronian Bumblebee]], [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#BeeStarscream|Bumblebee]], [[Starscream (Movie)/toys#BeeStarscream|Starscream]], [[Starscream (Movie)/toys#BeeStarscream|Cybertronian Starscream]])}}
{{Bp-a1d1|Cybertronian Warriors Pack ([[Barricade (Movie)/toys#CybertronianWarriors|Barricade]], [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#CybertronianWarriors|Bumblebee]], [[Crankcase (DOTM)#CybertronianWarriors|Crankcase]], [[Ironhide (Movie)/toys#CybertronianWarriors|Ironhide]], [[Mobile Battle Bunker#CybertronianWarriors|Mobile Battle Bunker]])}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1d1|Streetside Bot Brawl ([[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#StreetsideBotBrawl|Bumblebee]], [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#StreetsideBotBrawl|Optimus Prime]], [[Shockwave (Movie)#StreetsideBotBrawl|Shockwave]])}}
|}
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====Age of Extinction====
[[File:Evolution2PackAOEOptimus.jpg|upright=1.33|thumb|"Evolution" Optimus Prime]]
For ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (toyline)|Age of Extinction]]'', the exclusives were all part of the "Evolution" theme, packing a toy of the movie character with a toy of their "G1" inspiration... in theory. There's a bit of jank going on with a couple of them.

Also at this point, the ''[[Kre-O]]'' line had ''functionally'', if not ''officially'', become a Toys"R"Us exclusive in the US, with the nigh-entirety of the 2014 lineup taken up by ''Age of Extinction''-themed sets, plus an explicitly-TRU-only DVD/[[Kreon]] combo pack.

{| style="margin-left:1em;"
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Deluxe Evolution 2-packs'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|Bumblebee ([[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#TRUEvolution|''AOE'' Bumblebee]] & [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Age of Extinction|G1 Bumblebee]])}}
{{Bp-a1|Dinobot Slug ([[Slug (AOE)#TRUEvolution|''AOE'' Slug]] & [[Slag (G1)/toys#Age of Extinction|G1 Slug]])}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"| 
{{Bp-a1|Strafe ([[Strafe (AOE)#TRUEvolution|''AOE'' Strafe]] & [[Swoop (G1)/toys#Age of Extinction|G1 "Strafe"]])}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Voyager Evolution 2-packs'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|Grimlock ([[Grimlock (AOE)#TRUEvolution|''AOE'' Grimlock]] & [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Age of Extinction|G1 Grimlock]])}}
{{bp-a1|Optimus Prime ([[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#AOEEvolution|''AOE'' Optimus Prime]] & [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#Age of Extinction|G1 Optimus Prime]])}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''DVD / Blu-Ray'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1d1|Transformers Kre-O + Movie Gift Set (w/ [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#MovieGiftSet|Optimus Prime]] & [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#MovieGiftSet|Galvatron]] Kreons)}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}
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====The Last Knight====
[[File:Deluxe-Skullitron.jpg|upright=1.33|thumb|Skullitron]]
Exclusives for ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (toyline)|The Last Knight]]'' were given the "'''Mission to Cybertron'''" branding, plus a few had the added "Premiere Edition" marking to denote more elaborate paint jobs.

{| style="margin-left:1em;"
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Legion 2-packs'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1d1|[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#MtCTRU2pack|Bumblebee]] & [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#MtCTRU2Pack|Megatron]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#MtCTRU2pack|Optimus Prime]] & [[Grimlock (AOE)#MtCTRU2pack|Grimlock]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Premier Edition'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (Movie)/toys#Premier Edition|Megatron]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#TLKRevealTheShieldVoyager|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Skullitron#Toys|Skullitron]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Multi-packs'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Infernocus#Toys|Infernocus]] ([[Glug]], [[Gorge]], [[Rupture]], [[Skulk]], [[Thrash (TLK)|Thrash]], plus [[Quintessa (TLK)#Toys|Quintessa]])}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Premier Edition|Optimus Prime]] / [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Premier Edition|Cybertron Optimus Prime]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Cybertron'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Cybertron (planet)#The Last Knight|Cybertron]]}}
|}
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====Studio Series====
[[File:StudioSeries-09-Voyager-Thundercracker.jpg|upright=1.33|thumb|Good luck.]]
The very last Toys"R"Us exclusive (in the US at least), this figure in the then-new ''[[Studio Series]]'' was the first "off-screen" figure in the line, and was kind of hard to find in the US thanks to the chain being liquidated right about the time the toy was released.

{| style="margin-left:1em;"
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Voyager Class'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Thundercracker (Movie)#Studio Series|Thundercracker]]}}
|}
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===Animated===
[[File:Animated Rodimus Minor toy.jpg|upright=1.33|thumb|Rodimus Minor]]
For ''[[Transformers Animated (toyline)|Transformers Animated]]'', Toys"R"Us scored several toys that had been slated for regular retail release, but budgets kept them out of the main line. Considering ''who'' some of these characters were, this led to something of a rush to grab them.

{| style="margin-left:1em;"
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Deluxes wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Arcee (Animated)#Toys|Arcee]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Ratchet (Animated)#Cybertron|Cybertron Mode Ratchet]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Deluxes wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Ironhide (Animated)#Toys|Cybertron Mode Ironhide]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Rodimus Prime (Animated)#Toys|Rodimus Minor]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Deluxe 2-packs'''
{{Bp-a1|[[Ratchet (Animated)#Toys|Autobot Ratchet]] & [[Bumblebee (Animated)/toys#Deluxe Class|Bumblebee]] (UK & Germany only)}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Leader "Super Value" packs'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bulkhead (Animated)#Leader|Bulkhead]] (with [[Activators]] [[Bumblebee (Animated)/toys#Activators|Bumblebee]])}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (Animated)#Leader Class|Megatron]] (with Activators [[Starscream (Animated)#Activators|Starscream]])}}
|}
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===Universe (2008)===
[[File:UniverseDarkwindToy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.33|Darkwind]]
The [[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|2008 ''Universe'']] offerings were mainly some pretty big-ticket items, with a few more vintage toy molds thrown in the mix.

{| style="margin-left:1em;"
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Ultra Class'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Countdown (G1)#Universe (2008)|Autobot Countdown]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Darkwing (G1)#Universe (2008)|Darkwind]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Supreme Class'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Unicron/toys#Universe (2008)|Unicron]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Commemorative Edition'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Insecticon (G1)#Universe (2008)|Insecticons]] ([[Bombshell (G1)#Universe (2008)|Hardshell]], [[Kickback (G1)#Universe (2008)|Kickback]], [[Shrapnel (G1)#Universe (2008)|Sharpshot]])}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Perceptor (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|Perceptor]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Voyager Deluxe Comic 2-packs''' (Australia only)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1d1|Autobot Ambush ([[Dirge (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|Dirge]], [[Roadbuster (G1)#Universe (2008)|Autobot Roadbuster]])}}
{{Bp-a1d1|Standoff Beneath the Streets ([[Ratbat (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|Ratbat]], [[Springer (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|Springer]])}}
|}
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===Kre-O===
[[File:Kre-O Autobot Assault Devastator set.jpg|upright=1.33|thumb|Autobot Assault Devastator set: the buildable Ironhide, Gunner and yellow Devastator Kreons are exclusive to the Toys"R"Us version of the set.]]
Hasbro's second attempt at a [[LEGO]]-like building-brick-based toyline, there are only a couple of explicitly Toys"R"Us-exclusive ''[[Kre-O]]'' items in the line. However, by 2014, by the time the ''Transformers'' part of the line pivoted entirely to ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (franchise)|Age of Extinction]]'' (and the reveal of the ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' and ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' sets), the entire ''Kre-O'' line became ''functionally'' a TRU exclusive in the US, as most other retailers had dropped it.

{| style="margin-left:1em;"
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''"Autobot Assault Devastator"''' set
<ul class="iconlist">
Buildable figures:
{{Bp-d1|[[Drill Bit (Kre-O)|Drill Bit]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Hightower (ROTF)#Kre-O|Hightower]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Ironhide (G1)/toys#TRUDevastator|Ironhide]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Scavenger (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Scavenger]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Scrapper (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Scrapper]]}}
(The four Decepticons can be rebuilt into [[Devastator (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Devastator]])
|
|width="25%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
Kreons:
{{Bp-d1|[[Devastator (G1)/toys#YellowDevastator|Devastator]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Ironhide (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Ironhide]]}}
* [[Foreman]]
* three [[Construction Worker]]s
* [[Gunner]]
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Promotional polybag kits'''
{{Bp-a1|Dinobot Ride ([[Grimlock (AOE)#DinobotRide|Grimlock]] w/ [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#DinobotRide|Optimus Prime]] mini-Kreon)}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Elite|Elite Optimus Prime]] (''Canadian TRUs only'')}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Promotional Kreons'''
{{Bp-d1|[[Devastator (G1)/toys#OrangeDevastator|Constructicon Devastator]]}}
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|width="25%" valign="top"|'''DVD / Blu-Ray'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1d1|Transformers Kre-O + Movie Gift Set (w/ exclusive [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#MovieGiftSet|Optimus Prime]] & [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#MovieGiftSet|Galvatron]] Kreons)}}
|}
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==="Aligned" toylines (Prime / Robots in Disguise)===
====Prime: Beast Hunters====
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1p2|[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Predaking|Optimus Prime]] vs [[Predaking (Prime)#Optimus|Predaking]]}}
</ul>
{{Note|Thus far, this two-pack has been found at Toys"R"Us stores in Portugal, the United Kingdom, Germany and France; in Germany, it was explicitly advertised as a Toys"R"Us exclusive. Since the only known official [[stock photography|stock photos]] have shown this two-pack in [[multilingual packaging|multilingual]] European packaging, it's very likely that this has always been intended as a European market exclusive; however, it has also been found at general retail in Brazil.}}

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====Robots in Disguise (2015)====
[[File:RID2015-Warrior-Class-Megatronus-CotT.jpg|250px|thumb|Warrior Megatronus]]
For 2015's ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'', Toys"R"Us was the home of the "'''Clash of the Transformers'''" series, a pretty sizable [[subline imprint]] of exclusives; a mix of [[redeco]]s, [[retool]]s and even some wholly-new molds. The line-up was released in Australia, Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and Germany, though Warrior Class Megatronus was only released in the US, and the "Decepticon Island Showdown" set was not released in Europe at all.

{| style="margin-left:1em;"
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Legion 2-packs'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1d1|[[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#LegionClash|Bumblebee]] vs [[Underbite#LegionClash|Underbite]]}}
{{Bp-a1d1|[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#LegionClash|Optimus Prime]] vs [[The Fallen/toys#LegionClash|Megatronus]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Warrior Class Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#ClashWarrior|Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#ClashWarrior|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Sideswipe (RID)#ClashWarrior|Sideswipe]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Warrior Class Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[The Fallen/toys#WarriorClash|Megatronus]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Warrior Class Wave 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#ClashPowerSurge|Power Surge Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Starscream (WFC)/toys#Robots in Disguise (2015)|Starscream]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Paralon (RID)#Toys|Paralon]]}}
|-
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Three-Step Changers'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#3StepClash|Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#3StepClash|Optimus Prime]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Mega Five-Step'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[The Fallen/toys#5step|Megatronus]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Power Heroes'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Starscream (WFC)/toys#PowerHeroes|Power Surge Starscream]] & Mini-Con [[Lancelon#PowerHeroes|Lancelon]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Multi-packs'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1d1|"Decepticon Island Showdown" ([[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#DecepticonIslandShowdown|Bumblebee]], [[Steeljaw (RID)#DecepticonIslandShowdown|Steeljaw]], [[Stasis pod#Robots in Disguise (2015)|stasis pod]] accessory)}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|
|}
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===Titans Return===
[[File:TitansReturntoy-Nautica.jpg|thumb|upright=1.33|Parsec & Nautica, the only Nautica toy so far. Good luck!]]
With the emphasis on [[Titan Master]]s (aka [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]]s) in ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'', naturally these sets are loaded to the gills with tiny head-bots. Of particular note is the Arcee set, which was originally a [[HasCon 2017]] exclusive.

{| style="margin-left:1em;"
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Multi-packs'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1d1|Chaos on Velocitron ([[Fastlane#Generations|Fastclash]], [[Parsec]] & [[Nautica (G1)#Toys|Autobot Nautica]], [[Refractor]] & [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#ChaosOnVelocitron|Laser Prime]], [[Dynamus]] & [[Quickswitch#Generations|Quickswitch]], Titan Master [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Titans Return|Rodimus Prime]])}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Online orders'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Daniel Witwicky (G1)#HasCon|Leinad]] & [[Arcee (G1)/toys#Titans Return|Arcee]] / [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#HasCon|Ultra Magnus]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|
|}
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===Buzzworthy Bumblebee (Canada)===
While the ''[[Buzzworthy Bumblebee]]'' line is exclusive to ''[[Target]]'' stores in the US, Canada does not have Targets, so all of those toys go to Toys"R"Us... and seemingly at quite a markup. We're honestly not about to list the entire line here, sorry.

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==Takara market Toys"R"Us exclusives==
As its own entity, Toys"R"Us Japan had its own considerably different run of exclusives. Of particular note are the "[[USA Edition]]s" (unchanged [[Hasbro]]-market product in nigh-unchanged Hasbro retail packaging), and the many, many, ''many'' "[[campaign item]]" promotional giveaways, typically [[Mini-Con]]s and comparably-sized toys, given as freebies with a qualifying purchase on certain dates (be it a specific toy, or just a certain yen-value of toys total)

===Beast Wars series===
====Beast Wars====
[[File:Beast Wars-Black Lio Convoy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.33|Black Lio Convoy]]
Takara's ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars (Japanese toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' product was very light on the exclusives. In fact, most of them are actually straight-up imports of Hasbro-packaged [[Transmetal 2]] toys released during the ''Beast Wars Metals'' portion of the line.

{| style="margin-left:1em;"
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Beast Wars'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m1|[[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#Clear|Special Convoy Skeleton Type]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Beast Wars II'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m1|[[Black Lio Convoy#Toys|Black Lio Convoy]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Beast Wars Metals''' (Hasbro imports)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-p1|[[Iguanus (BW)#TM2|Iguanus]]}}
{{Bp-m1|[[Jawbreaker (BW)#Toys|Jawbreaker]]}}
{{Bp-m1|[[Optimus Minor#Toys|Optimus Minor]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m1|[[Prowl (TM2)#Toys|Prowl]]}}
{{Bp-p1|[[Scourge (BW)#Toys|Scourge]]}}
|}
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====Beast Wars Returns====
[[File:BM-toy ThrustBWR.jpg|upright=1.33|thumb|Vehicon Thrust]]
Released many years after the "Beast" series had run its course in Japan, 2004's ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (toyline)#Takara Beast Wars Returns toyline|Beast Wars Returns]]'' was an entirely Toys"R"Us exclusive line, featuring ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Machines]]'' molds extensively redecoed into (usually) much more show-accurate appearances. It also included a single "[[USA Edition]]" import, a practice that had seen a lot of use in the prior few years.

{| style="margin-left:1em;"
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|BR-01 [[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#Beast Wars Returns|Convoy]]}}
{{Bp-m2|BR-02 [[Cheetor (BW)/toys#Beast Machines|Cheetus]]}}
{{Bp-m2|BR-03 [[Rattrap (BW)/toys#Beast Wars Returns|Rattle]]}}
{{Bp-m2|BR-04 [[Blackarachnia (BW)/toys#Beast Wars Returns|Blackwidow]]}}
{{Bp-vh|BR-05 [[Megatron (BW)/toys#Beast Wars Returns|Megatron]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-vh|BR-06 [[Tankor (BM)#Beast Wars Returns|Vehicon Tankor]]}}
{{Bp-vh|BR-07 [[Jetstorm (BM)#Beast Wars Returns|Vehicon Jetstorm]]}}
{{Bp-vh|BR-08 [[Thrust (BM)#Beast Wars Returns|Vehicon Thrust]]}}
{{Bp-m2|BR-09 [[Nightscream (BM)#Beast Wars Returns|Nightscream]]}}
{{Bp-m2|BR-10 [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)#Beast Wars Returns|Silverbolt]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m2|BR-11 [[Noble (BM)#Beast Wars Returns|Noble Savage]]}}
{{Bp-vh|BR-12 [[Megatron (BW)/toys#MegaheadMegatron|Megahead Megatron]]}}
{{Bp-vh|BR-13 [[Strika (BM)#Beast Wars Returns|Vehicon Strika]]}}
{{Bp-vh|BR-14 [[Obsidian (BM)#Beast Wars Returns|Vehicon Obsidian]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''USA Edition'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-m1|[[Primal Prime#Toys|Primal Prime]]}}
|}
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===Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers===
As Takara took its first steps into reissuing old ''Transformers'' molds in the early 2000s, Toys"R"Us got one of the first exclusive redecoes of said reissues.

:{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#NucleonQuest|Nucleon Quest Super Convoy]]}}

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===Car Robots (Robots in Disguise)===
The overwhelming bulk of exclusives for 2000's ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|Car Robots]]'' was actually released ''after'' the line had properly ended, with a glut of USA Edition toys from Hasbro's 2001 ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)#Hasbro Robots in Disguise toyline|Robots in Disguise]]'' version of the line.

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Multi-packs'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Omega Prime#SpecialClear|God Fire Convoy Special Clear Version]] ([[Optimus Prime (RID)#GodFireClear|Fire Convoy]], [[Ultra Magnus (RID)#GodFireClear|God Magnus]], [[Matrix Blade|Super God Sword]])}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''USA Editions'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|Cybertron 3-Piece Set ([[Mirage (RID)#MirageGT|Mirage GT]], [[Nightcruz (RID)#Toys|Nightcruz]], [[Scavenger (RID)#Toys|Scavenger]])}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Bludgeon (RID 2001)#Toys|Destructicon Bludgeon]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
{{Bp-d1|[[Dreadwind (RID)#Toys|Dreadwind]] & [[Smokejumper#Toys|Smokejumper]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (RID)#Megabolt|Megatron Megabolt]]}}
{{Bp-m1|[[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#Robots in Disguise (2001)|Air Attack Optimus Primal]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
{{Bp-d1|[[Scourge (RID)#Destructicon|Destructicon Scourge]]}}
{{Bp-a1d1|[[Sideways (RID)#Toys|Sideways]] vs. [[Axer (G1)#Robots in Disguise (2001)|Axer]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Storm Jet (RID)#Toys|Storm Jet]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}
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===Unicron Trilogy toylines===
All right, ''here'' we go. The number of exclusives takes a big jump here.

====Legends of the Microns (Armada)====
[[File:Arm-toy WreckageUltimate.jpg|thumb|upright=1.33|Shot Ultimate Edition]]
With the arrival of the tiny [[Mini-Con]] toys in 2003's ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)#Takara Legends of the Microns toyline|Legends of the Microns]]'', Takara launched into a ''ton'' of store promotional giveaways across multiple chains, and the era of large numbers of unique exclusives began (plus even more USA Editions).

{| style="margin-left:1em;"
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Promotional Microns'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-mc|[[Bonecrusher (Armada)#NightAttack|Bomb Night Attack Edition]]}}
{{Bp-mc|[[Bonecrusher (Armada)#Ultimate|Bomb Ultimate Edition]]}}
{{Bp-mc|[[Knock Out (Armada)#NightAttack|Crack Night Attack Edition]]}}
{{Bp-mc|[[Knock Out (Armada)#Ultimate|Crack Ultimate Edition]]}}
{{Bp-mc|[[Wreckage (Armada)#NightAttack|Shot Night Attack Edition]]}}
{{Bp-mc|[[Wreckage (Armada)#Ultimate|Shot Ultimate Edition]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Multi-packs'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|Magna Convoy DX Set ([[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#MagnaConvoyDX|Final Battle Convoy Super Mode]], [[Sparkplug (Armada)#MagnaConvoyDX|Corona Prime]], [[Overload (Armada)#MagnaConvoy|Ultra Magnus Special Clear Version]], [[Rollout (Armada)#MagnaDX|Magnus]], [[Sureshock (Armada)#Exdimensions|Arcee]], [[Grindor (Armada)#Exdimensions|Bank]], [[High Wire (Armada)#Exdimensions|Wheelie]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''USA Editions'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Airazor (Armada)#Toys|Airazor]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Skywarp (Armada)#Toys|Skywarp]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''USA Editions''' (online only)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Cheetor (Armada)#Toys|Cheetor]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Predacon (Armada)#Toys|Predacon]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Jetfire (Armada)#Powerlinx|Powerlinx Jetfire]]}}
|}
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====Superlink (Energon)====
[[File:En-toy Throttle.jpg|thumb|upright=1.33|Throttle]]
With Mini-Cons taking a bit of a back seat in ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Superlink]]'', Takara added exclusive [[Energon weapon]]s promotional campaigns, on top of the usual multi-packs and USA Editions.

{| style="margin-left:1em;"
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Promotional Energon weapons'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-mc|[[Energon weapon#Gallery|Energy Axe Aquamarine Edition]]}}
{{Bp-mc|[[Energon weapon#Gallery|Energy Spear Lightning Yellow Edition]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Promotional Microns'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-mc|[[Accel]]}}
{{Bp-mc|[[Throttle (Energon)|Throttle]]}}
{{Bp-mc|[[Screw (Energon)|Screw]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Multi-packs'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|EX-01 [[Constructicon Maximus#Toys|Buildron]] ([[Bonecrusher (Energon)#Toys|Bonecrusher]], [[Wideload (Energon)#Toys|Glen]], [[Duststorm (Energon)#Toys|Long Haul]], [[Steamhammer (Energon)#Toys|Scavenger]], [[Sledge (Energon)#Toys|Scrapper]])}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''USA Editions'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (Armada)/toys#Energon|Galvatron]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Slugslinger (Energon)#Toys|Stormjet]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Tow-Line (Energon)#Toys|Tow-Line]]}}
|}
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====Galaxy Force (Cybertron)====
[[File:Cyb-toy Cobybot.jpg|thumb|upright=1.33|Coby's Exclusive Rumble (aka "Cobybot")]]
The ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)#Takara Galaxy Force toyline|Galaxy Force]]'' exclusives pretty much followed the usual pattern. But boy, that big box set is ''pretty''.

{| style="margin-left:1em;"
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Promotional Items'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Ransack (Cybertron)#Police|Gasket Police Type]]}}
{{Bp-mc|Mystery [[Cyber Key|Force Chip]]}}
{{Bp-mc|[[Hydroplane#Toys|Platinum Element]]}}
{{Bp-mc|[[Solar Flare#Toys|Platinum Factor]]}}
{{Bp-mc|[[Rockslide#Toys|Platinum Material]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Voyager class'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|EX-01 [[Nemesis Breaker#Toys|Dark Ligerjack]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Multi-packs'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|EX-02 Sonic Convoy ([[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#SonicConvoy|Galaxy Convoy Clear Version]], [[Wing Saber (Energon)#SonicConvoySet|Sonic Bomber Fire Version]], [[Cobybot#Toys|Coby's Exclusive Rumble]])}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''USA Editions'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Starscream (Armada)/toys#Supreme|Starscream]]}}
|}
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===Smallest Transforming Transformers===
[[File:Wstf hot rod.jpg|upright=1.33|thumb|Hot Rodimus, TRU packaging version]]
Exactly what they say on the box, ''[[Smallest Transforming Transformers]]'' are/were the smallest ''Transformers'' toys to actually transform. Both of these were promotional items given away with the purchase of other toys.

{| style="margin-left:1em;"
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Hybrid Style promotion'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Smallest Transforming Transformers|Hot Rodimus]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Transformers (2007) promotion'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Smallest Transforming Transformers|Bumble]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|
|}
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===Live-action movie toylines===
While the [[live-action film series]] resulted in a massive boom of exclusives in Hasbro markets, Takara's exclusive output was ''quite'' a bit smaller in scope.

====Transformers (2007)====
The only Toys"R"Us exclusive for the first movie wasn't even terribly "exclusive", as it was just a repackaging of the Hasbro Leader-Class Brawl, and an unchanged re-issuing of a previous regular-retail item.

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Leader Class'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Brawl (Movie)#Leader Class toys|Electronic Brawl]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Promotional EZ Collection'''
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Legends Class toys|Bumblebee]] (Ikebukuro store only)}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Promotional item'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Smallest Transforming Transformers|Bumble]] (''Smallest Transforming Transformers'')}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|
|}
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====Revenge (Revenge of the Fallen)====
[[File:G1-toy MightyDozer.jpg|thumb|upright=1.33|Mighty Dozer]]
''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge]]'' exclusive product was positively restrained compared to the Hasbro output, with the big items being toys released at normal retail in Hasbro markets (and one a notorious [[shelfwarmer]] at that).

It is important to note that the two promotional Microns come with instructions that are simply labeled as generic "''Transformers''" product. But they were only given away with the purchase of ''Revenge'' product, so we're listing them here. This will be a bit of a theme going forward with many promotional Microns over the next few years, across multiple lines.

{| style="margin-left:1em;"
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Deluxes'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Barricade (Movie)/toys#Deluxe Class toys 2|Interrogator Barricade]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Scorponok (Movie)#Stalker|Stalk Scorponok]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Promotional EZ Collection'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Demolishor (ROTF)#Legends Class|Demolishor Shanghai Attack]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Rampage (ROTF)#DesertAttackJTRU|Decepticon Rampage Desert Combat]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Promotional Microns'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-mc|[[Guardian Sky]]}}
{{Bp-mc|[[Mighty Dozer]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|
|}
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====Darkside Moon (Dark of the Moon)====
[[File:EZCollectionDarksideOptimusPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.33|Darkside Optimus Prime]]
Again, ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)#Darkside Moon (TakaraTomy)|Darkside Moon]]'' product was light, with the big draw actually being a model kit with an extra piece. Whee!

{| style="margin-left:1em;"
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Promotional EZ Collection'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Darkside Optimus Prime (DOTM)#Toys|Darkside Optimus Prime]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Promotional items'''
<ul class="iconlist">
* [[Tritanium]] Heat Blade Claw (Gold Crankcase [[MechTech]] weapon)
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Dual Model Kit'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/merchandise#Dual Model Kit|Optimus Prime]] (w/ "Battle Hook" exclusive to TRU orders)}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|
|}
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====Lost Age (Age of Extinction)====
[[File:Lost Age TRU JP rusty Optimus Prime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.33|Rusty Ver. Optimus Prime]]
''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (toyline)#TakaraTomy toylines|Lost Age]]'' toys was heavy on the promotional Microns, though again they were not directly branded as such.

{| style="margin-left:1em;"
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Deluxe Class'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Rollbar (AOE)#TakTom|Rollbar]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Sideswipe (Movie)/toys#MovieAdvancedEX|Sideswipe]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Voyager Class'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#RustyEvasion|Rusty Ver. Optimus Prime]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Leader Class'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#BlackKnightLeader|Black Knight Optimus Prime]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Promotional Microns'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Astrotrain (DOTM)#Toys|Astrotrain]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Carnivac (AOE)|Carnivac]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Ivan]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Roller (G1)#Transformers (2014)|Silver Roller]]}}
|-
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Promotional items'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Prime Axe]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Sword of Judgment#Lost Age Series|Temenos Sword]]}}
|}
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====The Last Knight====
[[File:Movie-The-Best-MB-EX-Arm-Cannon-Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.33|Arm Gun Bumblebee]]
The exclusives line-up for Takara's ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (toyline)#TakaraTomy toylines|The Last Knight]]'' was more or less the same as in the Hasbro markets, as the two companies were in the process of a "brand unification" that would see the two release much the same product in both markets.

{| style="margin-left:1em;"
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Deluxe Class'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|MB-EX [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#ArmGunBB|Arm Gun Bumblebee]] (''[[Transformers Movie The Best|Movie The Best]]'' series)}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (Movie)/toys#TLKDeluxe|Stealth Megatron]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Skullitron#Toys|Skullitron]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Voyager Class'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#TLK-Voyager|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (Movie)/toys#TLKVoyager|Megatron]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Multi-packs'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Infernocus#Toys|Infernocus]] ([[Glug]], [[Gorge]], [[Rupture]], [[Skulk]], [[Thrash (TLK)|Thrash]], plus [[Quintessa (TLK)#Toys|Quintessa]])}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Cybertron'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Cybertron (planet)#TLK-Cybertron|Cybertron]]}}
|}
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====Studio Series====
As with the Hasbro line, ''[[Studio Series]]'' marked the end of Takara's run of Toys"R"Us exclusives, even though the chain still operates to this day in Japan.

:{{Bp-a1|Autobot Drift with [[Mini Dinobot#Generations|Baby Dinobots]] ([[Drift (AOE)#Studio Series|Autobot Drift]], [[Sharp-T#Toys|Dinobot Sharp-T]], [[Pterry#Toys|Dinobot Pterry]], [['Tops#Toys|Dinobot 'Tops]])}}

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===Henkei! Henkei!===
[[File:Henkei-toy Skyglide.jpg|upright=1.33|thumb|Skyglide]]
Takara's take on the ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' toyline, ''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)|Henkei! Henkei!]]'' only resulted in a single promotional [[Mini-Con|Micron]].

{| style="margin-left:1em;"
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Promotional Microns'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Skyglide]]}}
|}
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===Animated===
[[File:AnimatedLegendsSkywarpClearPurple.jpg|upright=1.33|thumb|Skywarp Clear Purple Ver.]]
{| style="margin-left:1em;"
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Promotional EZ Collection'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys#LegendsClearRed|Optimus Prime Clear Red Ver.]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Skywarp (Animated)#ClearEZCollection|Skywarp Clear Purple Ver.]]}}
|}
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===United===
[[File:United-toy Caliburst.jpg|upright=1.33|thumb|Caliburst]]
The spiritual follow-up to ''Henkei!'', ''[[Transformers United|United]]'' went with new versions of old characters... on molds pretty wildly not meant for those characters in the case of these two Microns.

{| style="margin-left:1em;"
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Promotional Microns'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Caliburst (G1)#United|Caliburst]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Recoil (G1)#United 2|Recoil]]}}
|}
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===Aligned series (Prime / Adventure)===
====Prime====
[[File:Prime-toy B2PureEnergon.jpg|upright=1.33|thumb|Pure Energon B.B.]]
Takara went absolutely ''nuts'' with the promotional [[Arms Micron]]s during ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#Takara Prime toyline|Prime]]''. The initial batches were fully-assembled and painted redecoes of past weapon-bots, but as the line kicked into gear, they shifted to the unassembled, on-sprue "model kit" style Microns that came with Takara's ''Prime'' toys. Speaking of, their big in-store exclusive even came with three extra exclusive Arms Micron kits!

{| style="margin-left:1em;"
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Voyager + Microns'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#BattleShield|Battle Shield Optimus]] (w/ [[O.P.#Gray|O.P. A]], [[Jaze#Toys|Jaze G]], [[Pral#Toys|Pral G]], [[Sise#Toys|Sise G]])}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Promotional Arms Microns'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Firebolt (G1)#Preorder|Autobot Firebolt]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Peacemaker|Autobot Peaceman]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Pinpointer (G1)|Autobot Pinpointer]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Vector Oracle]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Promotional Arms Micron kits'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[B.B. (Prime)#PureEnergon|Pure Energon B.B.]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[C.L.#Shadow|Shadow C.L.]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[O.P.#PureEnergon|Pure Energon O.P.]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[R.A.#ShiningR|Shining R.A. R]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Zamu#Hellflame|Hellflame Zamu]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Contest prizes'''
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#DarkGuard|Dark Guard Optimus Prime]]}}
|}
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====Go!====
[[File:Go-toy Ex.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.33|Ex, the one Arms Micron available ''only'' at TRU.]]
For the Takara-only ''[[Triple Combination: Transformers Go! (toyline)|Transformers Go!]]'' series, Toys"R"Us got an exclusive redeco of the main new Autobot of the series, as well as a promotional Arms Micron meant to go with ''Go!''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> new version of Autobot leader [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Exprime|Optimus Exprime]], plus a few promo Microns shared with a whole bunch of other stores.

{| style="margin-left:1em;"

|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Swordbots'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Kenzan#Kuromusha|Kenzan Kuromusha ver.]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Promotional Microns'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Ex]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Gan]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"| 
{{Bp-a1|[[Jin (Go!)|Jin]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Zan]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"| 
|}
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====Adventure (Robots in Disguise 2015)====
[[File:RID15-toy ToysRUsPrime.jpg|upright=1.33|thumb|Toys"R"Us Prime]]
Exclusives for ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)#TakaraTomy Adventure toyline|Adventure]]'' ran the gamut of small molds. Some were originally Arms Micron kits, but this time came already-assembled.

{| style="margin-left:1em;"
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Battle Pack Class'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Toys"R"Us Prime#Toys|Geoffrey Prime]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Promotional EZ Collection'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#ClearLegion|Bumblebee Clear Ver.]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#RIDClear|Optimus Prime Clear Ver.]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Toys"R"Us Prime#Toys|Toys"R"Us Prime]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Promotional Microns'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Burn]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Divebomb (RID)#Toys|Divebomb]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Ink]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Velocirazor]]}}
|
|width="25%" valign="top"|
|}
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===Q-Transformers===
[[File:QTransformers Clear Bumblebee.jpg|upright=1.33|thumb|Clear Bumblebee]]

{| style="margin-left:1em;"
|width="25%" valign="top"|'''Promotional Q-Transformers'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#QTclear|Clear Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Starscream (G1)/toys#QTClear|Clear Starscream]]}}
|}

==Notes==
*Toys"R"Us was also supposed to carry a [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] done up as a ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]]'' [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] homage that would have been released as a ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' toy named [[Astrotrain (Cybertron)|Spacewarp]], together with redecos of the ''Armada'' [[Space Mini-Con Team]]. Ultimately, however, Toys"R"Us backed out of the deal, and Spacewarp was never released. While the Space Team redecos remain unreleased to this very day ([[TakaraTomy|Takara]] claims that the [[mold]]s have become unusable), the planned Spacewarp deco was later used as the basis for the [[Transformers Collectors' Club|Collectors' Club]] exclusive [[Astrotrain (Cybertron)|Astrotrain]] redeco of ''Armada'' Jetfire, with a new head sculpt.
*Despite the closing of the US branch, multiple Toys"R"Us branches are still often used by Hasbro worldwide for distributing figures that are otherwise exclusive to some specific US retailers:
**As of 2019, the Canadian Toys"R"Us branch has picked up the rights to the US [[Target]] exclusives, beginning with the ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege]]'' toyline.
**In the early 2020s, the Iberian (Portugal & Spain) Toys"R"Us branch also released a few toys from the [[War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline)#Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy .282020-2022.29|Netflix-labelled ''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' exclusives]].
**The 2024 [[Walmart]] exclusive ''[[Transformers One (toyline)|Transformers One]]'' figures were released internationally across a few branches like Hong Kong, Singapore, and the aforementioned Iberian stores.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.toysrus.com/ Official Toys"R"Us USA website]
*[http://www.toysrus.co.jp/ Official Toys"R"Us Japan website]

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