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The Transformers: Generation One Commemorative Series

2015-03-17T12:55:53Z

Bmking16: /* Series VIII */

[[File:Commemorativeseriesdirge.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Dirge is playing air guitar. No, really.]]
'''''The Transformers: Generation One Commemorative Series''''' was a line of [[Toys"R"Us]] [[exclusive]] reissues of early Transformers toys. Series I and II were released in traditional window box packaging. Series III and beyond were available in "book box" packaging which vaguely mirrored the style of Takara's contemporary ''[[The Transformers Collection]]'' reissue series.

The Commemorative Series line, in its initial release, lasted from 2002 to 2004, but there have been extra figures added since then. [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], an already produced but unreleased toy, was eventually released as a [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] exclusive in 2005. [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave]] was released in 2007 as an un-numbered figure in packaging that mirrored the style of the ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' line. In 2009, two new "Commemorative Edition" reissues were released as part of the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' line, both as Toys"R"Us exclusives again.

In addition, several of the figures previously released in the United States were later also made available in other international markets after the line had been ended in the United States, usually in slightly altered packaging lacking the "Commemorative Series" moniker.

==Commemorative Series==
===United States market===
====Series I====
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Rodimus Major]]
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Ultra Magnus]]
====Series II====
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Powermaster Optimus Prime]] with [[Apex Bomber|Apex Armor]]
*[[Starscream (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Starscream]]
====Series III====
*[[Jazz (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Autobot Jazz]]
*[[Bluestreak (G1)#Commemorative Series|Silverstreak]]
*[[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Thundercracker]]
====Series IV====
*[[Prowl (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Prowl]]
*[[Red Alert (G1)#Commemorative Series|Red Alert]]
*[[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Skywarp]]
====Series V====
*[[Hoist (G1)#Commemorative Series|Hoist]][[File:Sideswipebox.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Hey, I paid too much!]]
*[[Inferno (G1)#Commemorative Series|Inferno]]
*[[Tracks (G1)#Commemorative Series|Autobot Tracks]]
====Series VI====
*[[Grapple (G1)#Commemorative Series|Autobot Grapple]]
*[[Smokescreen (G1)#Commemorative Series|Smokescreen]]
====Series VII====
*[[Dirge (G1)#Commemorative Series|Dirge]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Rodimus Prime]]
====Series VIII====
*[[Skids (G1)#Commemorative Series|Autobot Skids]]
*[[Sideswipe (G1)#Commemorative Series|Side Swipe]]
{{note|Though intended to be released together with Skids at [[Toys"R"Us]] stores, Side Swipe wasn't officially released in the United States until more than a year later, and then only at [[KB Toys]] stores and outlets at half the original price.}}
[[File:Ricochetreissuebox.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Ricochet is shocked to learn he's a choking hazard.]]

{{note|Side Swipe was actually released at some [[Toys"R"Us]] stores in December of 2005.}}
[[File:SideswipeReceipt.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Sideswipe's 2005 TRU Receipt]]

====Series IX====
*[[Ricochet (Headmasters)#Commemorative Series|Ricochet]] with [[Targetmaster]] partner [[Nightstick (Ricochet)|Nightstick]]
*[[Astrotrain (G1)#Commemorative Series|Astrotrain]]
{{note|Though intended to be released together with Ricochet at [[Toys"R"Us]] stores, the Hasbro version Astrotrain wasn't released until more than a year later, and then only exclusive to the [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] online store.}}
{{-}}
===International releases and re-releases===
====Canada====
In Canada, (almost) all of the figures listed above were released around the same time they came out in the United States, sometimes even predating the US release. Unusually for Canadian releases, they were ''not'' sold in [[multilingual packaging|trilingual packaging]], but in the same English-only packaging also used for the United States market releases.

Side Swipe ''was'' released as a [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive together with Skids around the same time he was also supposed to show up in the United States.

Astrotrain was never officially made available in Canada.

====Australia====
Just like in Canada, all the figures listed above were also released in Australia, also close to their respective United States release dates. The packaging was also identical to the packaging used for the US releases.

Side Swipe was released as a [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive half a year later than in Canada.

Astrotrain was released in Australia as a [[Kmart]] exclusive (for a deep discount price). Despite being an exclusive, he could also be found clogging up shelves in smaller, privately owned toy shops.

====United Kingdom====
The Commemorative Series figures were also released as Toys"R"Us exclusives in the United Kingdom, but (unusually) not anywhere else in Europe.
=====Series I, II and III=====
The Series I, II and III figures were sold in standard [[multilingual packaging]] (with texts in English, French, Dutch, German, Italian and Spanish, including translations of the name "Commemorative Series") around the same time they were released in other markets:
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Rodimus Major]]
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Ultra Magnus]]
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Powermaster Optimus Prime]] with [[Apex Bomber|Apex Armor]]
*[[Starscream (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Starscream]]
*[[Jazz (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Autobot Jazz]]

=====Later figures=====
[[File:Commemorative Inferno US UK.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Changing the packaging design for an English-only UK release. Hasbro UK, you are weird.]]
In 2006, long after even Sideswipe and Astrotrain had been made available in the United States, Hasbro UK released several figures that hadn't been available in the United Kingdom before. Unusually, these figures now came in English-only packaging, but lacked the US packaging's "Commemorative Series" labels, the "choking hazard" [[for safety reasons|safety warning]] labels and all [[trademark]] ™ and ® markings:
*[[Prowl (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Prowl]]
*[[Red Alert (G1)#Commemorative Series|Red Alert]]
*[[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Skywarp]]
*[[Inferno (G1)#Commemorative Series|Inferno]]
*[[Tracks (G1)#Commemorative Series|Autobot Tracks]]
{{-}}

====Asian Hasbro markets re-releases====
[[File:Commemorative Astrotrain 2005 2012.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Let's complicate things further. Why not?]]
Several Commemorative Series figures were also re-released in Hasbro's Asian markets in 2012, in slightly altered English-only packaging that, for the most part, also lacked the "Commemorative Series" labels, featured different age recommendations for some figures (5+ instead of 8+), some altered fonts, text sizes and colors for the "choking hazard" safety warning labels, and occasionally sported updated [[trademark]] ™ and ® markings (most notable in the case of Ultra Magnus; Astrotrain's name was changed to "Decepticon Astrotrain"), as well as modern cardboard ties instead of the pre-2010 twist ties.
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Commemoratve Series|Optimus Prime]]
{{Note|Optimus Prime was actually a re-release of the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|25th Anniversary reissue]] of the figure, with [[tampograph]]ed [[insignia]]s instead of stickers, in a variation of the older Commemorative Series packaging.}}
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Ultra Magnus]]
*[[Astrotrain (G1)#Commemorative Series|Decepticon Astrotrain]]
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Powermaster Optimus Prime]] with [[Apex Bomber|Apex Armor]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Rodimus Prime]]
*[[Sideswipe (G1)#Commemorative Series|Side Swipe]]
{{Note|Unlike the first four figures on the list, the packaging for Rodimus Prime and Side Swipe retained the ''Commemorative Series'' labels including their respective numbers. The only differences are the updated Hasbro logos, black "choking hazard" safety warning labels (the original release of Side Swipe had sported a red label, whereas Rodimus Prime hadn't sported such a label at all) and the size of the "+" after the age recommendation. Oddly, Side Swipe's name was ''not'' changed to "Sideswipe", which Hasbro had started using again in 2008.}}
Also among this production run for the Hasbro's Asian markets was a re-release of Soundwave (see below).

==Related releases==
===[[Transformers: Classics|Classics (2006)]]===
*[[Soundwave (G1)/toys#Classics|Soundwave]] with [[Ravage (G1)/toys#Classics|Ravage]] and [[Laserbeak (G1)#Classics|Laserbeak]] (Commemorative Edition)
{{note|"Commemorative Edition" Soundwave was a [[Toys"R"Us]] [[exclusive]] released in early 2007, available in packaging based on the template for the ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' line. He was also available as a Toys"R"Us exclusive in the United Kingdom around the same time, in unaltered United States packaging, and was later re-released in Hasbro's Asian markets in 2012, in slightly altered packaging.}}

===[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe (2008)]]===
* [[Insecticon (G1)#Universe (2008)|Insecticons]] three-pack (Commemorative Edition), contains:
** [[Kickback (G1)#Universe (2008)|Kickback]]
** [[Shrapnel (G1)#Universe (2008)|Sharpshot]]
** [[Bombshell (G1)#Universe (2008)|Hardshell]]
* [[Perceptor (G1)#Universe (2008)|Perceptor]] (Commemorative Edition)
* [[Blaster (G1)#Hasbroreissue|Autobot Blaster]]
** [[Eject (G1)#Universe (2008)|Eject]]
** [[Ramhorn (G1)#Universe (2008)|Ramhorn]]
** [[Steeljaw (G1)#Universe (2008)|Steeljaw]]

==Notes==
[[File:CommemorativeSeriesIIIStock.jpg|upright=2.0|thumb|What could have been.]]
*The original [[packaging]] for the Series III figures Thundercracker, Silverstreak and Autobot Jazz declares all three figures "adult collectables". This can be seen in official [[stock photography|stock photos]] for the toys that depicts [[prototype#Packaging prototypes|sample packaging]], but is actually still present on the final packaging—it's simply covered with stickers containing choking hazard safety warnings, in addition to stickers containing "Ages 5+" recommendations.
*Series IX Ricochet was originally listed under the placeholder name "[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]" in Canadian and Australian Toys"R"Us computers. What's worse, the public Canadian Toys"R"Us website even illustrated their listing with a non-official photo of the ''Generation 1'' Sunstreaker toy lifted straight off a [http://www.ggaub.com/tf/toy.html fan's website], complete with watermark. Ultimately, however, the listings for "Sunstreaker" transformed into listings for Ricochet, leading to some confusion among fans.
*Had the original Commemorative Series line not been canceled by Toys"R"Us, it would have continued with several figures that were found as listings in Canadian and Australian Toys"R"Us computers. One of these [[unreleased toy#Commemorative Series|unreleased reissues]] even made it to the prototype stage:
**[[Ramjet (G1)#Commemorative Series|Ramjet]] (prototype in Starscream's colors surfaced)
**[[Trailbreaker (G1)#Other attempts|Trailbreaker]] (probably not under that name, though)
**[[Ironhide (G1)/toys|Ironhide]]
**[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]]
{{-}}
===Foreign names===
*''French:'' '''Premiere Generation'''/'''Commémoratif de la Série'''
*''Dutch:'' '''Eerste Generatie'''/'''Klassiekers Serie'''
*''German:'' '''Erste Generation'''/'''Klassik-Serie'''
*''Italian:'' '''Generation One'''/'''Serie Classica'''
*''Spanish:'' '''Generación Uno'''/'''Series Commemorativas'''

==External links==
*[http://www.tfarchive.com/toys/checklists/hasbro_takara_reissues.php#comser TFarchive's reissue toys checklist]

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[[Category:Generation 1 toylines]]

The Transformers: Generation One Commemorative Series

2015-03-17T12:54:56Z

Bmking16: /* Series VIII */

[[File:Commemorativeseriesdirge.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Dirge is playing air guitar. No, really.]]
'''''The Transformers: Generation One Commemorative Series''''' was a line of [[Toys"R"Us]] [[exclusive]] reissues of early Transformers toys. Series I and II were released in traditional window box packaging. Series III and beyond were available in "book box" packaging which vaguely mirrored the style of Takara's contemporary ''[[The Transformers Collection]]'' reissue series.

The Commemorative Series line, in its initial release, lasted from 2002 to 2004, but there have been extra figures added since then. [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], an already produced but unreleased toy, was eventually released as a [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] exclusive in 2005. [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave]] was released in 2007 as an un-numbered figure in packaging that mirrored the style of the ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' line. In 2009, two new "Commemorative Edition" reissues were released as part of the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' line, both as Toys"R"Us exclusives again.

In addition, several of the figures previously released in the United States were later also made available in other international markets after the line had been ended in the United States, usually in slightly altered packaging lacking the "Commemorative Series" moniker.

==Commemorative Series==
===United States market===
====Series I====
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Rodimus Major]]
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Ultra Magnus]]
====Series II====
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Powermaster Optimus Prime]] with [[Apex Bomber|Apex Armor]]
*[[Starscream (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Starscream]]
====Series III====
*[[Jazz (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Autobot Jazz]]
*[[Bluestreak (G1)#Commemorative Series|Silverstreak]]
*[[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Thundercracker]]
====Series IV====
*[[Prowl (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Prowl]]
*[[Red Alert (G1)#Commemorative Series|Red Alert]]
*[[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Skywarp]]
====Series V====
*[[Hoist (G1)#Commemorative Series|Hoist]][[File:Sideswipebox.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Hey, I paid too much!]]
*[[Inferno (G1)#Commemorative Series|Inferno]]
*[[Tracks (G1)#Commemorative Series|Autobot Tracks]]
====Series VI====
*[[Grapple (G1)#Commemorative Series|Autobot Grapple]]
*[[Smokescreen (G1)#Commemorative Series|Smokescreen]]
====Series VII====
*[[Dirge (G1)#Commemorative Series|Dirge]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Rodimus Prime]]
====Series VIII====
*[[Skids (G1)#Commemorative Series|Autobot Skids]]
*[[Sideswipe (G1)#Commemorative Series|Side Swipe]]
{{note|Though intended to be released together with Skids at [[Toys"R"Us]] stores, Side Swipe wasn't officially released in the United States until more than a year later, and then only at [[KB Toys]] stores and outlets at half the original price.}}
[[File:Ricochetreissuebox.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Ricochet is shocked to learn he's a choking hazard.]]

{{note|Side Swipe was actually released at some [[Toys"R"Us]] stores in December of 2005.}}
[[File:SideswipeReceipt.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb]]

====Series IX====
*[[Ricochet (Headmasters)#Commemorative Series|Ricochet]] with [[Targetmaster]] partner [[Nightstick (Ricochet)|Nightstick]]
*[[Astrotrain (G1)#Commemorative Series|Astrotrain]]
{{note|Though intended to be released together with Ricochet at [[Toys"R"Us]] stores, the Hasbro version Astrotrain wasn't released until more than a year later, and then only exclusive to the [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] online store.}}
{{-}}
===International releases and re-releases===
====Canada====
In Canada, (almost) all of the figures listed above were released around the same time they came out in the United States, sometimes even predating the US release. Unusually for Canadian releases, they were ''not'' sold in [[multilingual packaging|trilingual packaging]], but in the same English-only packaging also used for the United States market releases.

Side Swipe ''was'' released as a [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive together with Skids around the same time he was also supposed to show up in the United States.

Astrotrain was never officially made available in Canada.

====Australia====
Just like in Canada, all the figures listed above were also released in Australia, also close to their respective United States release dates. The packaging was also identical to the packaging used for the US releases.

Side Swipe was released as a [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive half a year later than in Canada.

Astrotrain was released in Australia as a [[Kmart]] exclusive (for a deep discount price). Despite being an exclusive, he could also be found clogging up shelves in smaller, privately owned toy shops.

====United Kingdom====
The Commemorative Series figures were also released as Toys"R"Us exclusives in the United Kingdom, but (unusually) not anywhere else in Europe.
=====Series I, II and III=====
The Series I, II and III figures were sold in standard [[multilingual packaging]] (with texts in English, French, Dutch, German, Italian and Spanish, including translations of the name "Commemorative Series") around the same time they were released in other markets:
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Rodimus Major]]
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Ultra Magnus]]
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Powermaster Optimus Prime]] with [[Apex Bomber|Apex Armor]]
*[[Starscream (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Starscream]]
*[[Jazz (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Autobot Jazz]]

=====Later figures=====
[[File:Commemorative Inferno US UK.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Changing the packaging design for an English-only UK release. Hasbro UK, you are weird.]]
In 2006, long after even Sideswipe and Astrotrain had been made available in the United States, Hasbro UK released several figures that hadn't been available in the United Kingdom before. Unusually, these figures now came in English-only packaging, but lacked the US packaging's "Commemorative Series" labels, the "choking hazard" [[for safety reasons|safety warning]] labels and all [[trademark]] ™ and ® markings:
*[[Prowl (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Prowl]]
*[[Red Alert (G1)#Commemorative Series|Red Alert]]
*[[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Skywarp]]
*[[Inferno (G1)#Commemorative Series|Inferno]]
*[[Tracks (G1)#Commemorative Series|Autobot Tracks]]
{{-}}

====Asian Hasbro markets re-releases====
[[File:Commemorative Astrotrain 2005 2012.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Let's complicate things further. Why not?]]
Several Commemorative Series figures were also re-released in Hasbro's Asian markets in 2012, in slightly altered English-only packaging that, for the most part, also lacked the "Commemorative Series" labels, featured different age recommendations for some figures (5+ instead of 8+), some altered fonts, text sizes and colors for the "choking hazard" safety warning labels, and occasionally sported updated [[trademark]] ™ and ® markings (most notable in the case of Ultra Magnus; Astrotrain's name was changed to "Decepticon Astrotrain"), as well as modern cardboard ties instead of the pre-2010 twist ties.
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Commemoratve Series|Optimus Prime]]
{{Note|Optimus Prime was actually a re-release of the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|25th Anniversary reissue]] of the figure, with [[tampograph]]ed [[insignia]]s instead of stickers, in a variation of the older Commemorative Series packaging.}}
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Ultra Magnus]]
*[[Astrotrain (G1)#Commemorative Series|Decepticon Astrotrain]]
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Powermaster Optimus Prime]] with [[Apex Bomber|Apex Armor]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Rodimus Prime]]
*[[Sideswipe (G1)#Commemorative Series|Side Swipe]]
{{Note|Unlike the first four figures on the list, the packaging for Rodimus Prime and Side Swipe retained the ''Commemorative Series'' labels including their respective numbers. The only differences are the updated Hasbro logos, black "choking hazard" safety warning labels (the original release of Side Swipe had sported a red label, whereas Rodimus Prime hadn't sported such a label at all) and the size of the "+" after the age recommendation. Oddly, Side Swipe's name was ''not'' changed to "Sideswipe", which Hasbro had started using again in 2008.}}
Also among this production run for the Hasbro's Asian markets was a re-release of Soundwave (see below).

==Related releases==
===[[Transformers: Classics|Classics (2006)]]===
*[[Soundwave (G1)/toys#Classics|Soundwave]] with [[Ravage (G1)/toys#Classics|Ravage]] and [[Laserbeak (G1)#Classics|Laserbeak]] (Commemorative Edition)
{{note|"Commemorative Edition" Soundwave was a [[Toys"R"Us]] [[exclusive]] released in early 2007, available in packaging based on the template for the ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' line. He was also available as a Toys"R"Us exclusive in the United Kingdom around the same time, in unaltered United States packaging, and was later re-released in Hasbro's Asian markets in 2012, in slightly altered packaging.}}

===[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe (2008)]]===
* [[Insecticon (G1)#Universe (2008)|Insecticons]] three-pack (Commemorative Edition), contains:
** [[Kickback (G1)#Universe (2008)|Kickback]]
** [[Shrapnel (G1)#Universe (2008)|Sharpshot]]
** [[Bombshell (G1)#Universe (2008)|Hardshell]]
* [[Perceptor (G1)#Universe (2008)|Perceptor]] (Commemorative Edition)
* [[Blaster (G1)#Hasbroreissue|Autobot Blaster]]
** [[Eject (G1)#Universe (2008)|Eject]]
** [[Ramhorn (G1)#Universe (2008)|Ramhorn]]
** [[Steeljaw (G1)#Universe (2008)|Steeljaw]]

==Notes==
[[File:CommemorativeSeriesIIIStock.jpg|upright=2.0|thumb|What could have been.]]
*The original [[packaging]] for the Series III figures Thundercracker, Silverstreak and Autobot Jazz declares all three figures "adult collectables". This can be seen in official [[stock photography|stock photos]] for the toys that depicts [[prototype#Packaging prototypes|sample packaging]], but is actually still present on the final packaging—it's simply covered with stickers containing choking hazard safety warnings, in addition to stickers containing "Ages 5+" recommendations.
*Series IX Ricochet was originally listed under the placeholder name "[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]" in Canadian and Australian Toys"R"Us computers. What's worse, the public Canadian Toys"R"Us website even illustrated their listing with a non-official photo of the ''Generation 1'' Sunstreaker toy lifted straight off a [http://www.ggaub.com/tf/toy.html fan's website], complete with watermark. Ultimately, however, the listings for "Sunstreaker" transformed into listings for Ricochet, leading to some confusion among fans.
*Had the original Commemorative Series line not been canceled by Toys"R"Us, it would have continued with several figures that were found as listings in Canadian and Australian Toys"R"Us computers. One of these [[unreleased toy#Commemorative Series|unreleased reissues]] even made it to the prototype stage:
**[[Ramjet (G1)#Commemorative Series|Ramjet]] (prototype in Starscream's colors surfaced)
**[[Trailbreaker (G1)#Other attempts|Trailbreaker]] (probably not under that name, though)
**[[Ironhide (G1)/toys|Ironhide]]
**[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]]
{{-}}
===Foreign names===
*''French:'' '''Premiere Generation'''/'''Commémoratif de la Série'''
*''Dutch:'' '''Eerste Generatie'''/'''Klassiekers Serie'''
*''German:'' '''Erste Generation'''/'''Klassik-Serie'''
*''Italian:'' '''Generation One'''/'''Serie Classica'''
*''Spanish:'' '''Generación Uno'''/'''Series Commemorativas'''

==External links==
*[http://www.tfarchive.com/toys/checklists/hasbro_takara_reissues.php#comser TFarchive's reissue toys checklist]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Generation One Commemorative Series}}
[[Category:Generation 1 toylines]]

The Transformers: Generation One Commemorative Series

2015-03-17T12:52:30Z

Bmking16: /* Series VIII */

[[File:Commemorativeseriesdirge.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Dirge is playing air guitar. No, really.]]
'''''The Transformers: Generation One Commemorative Series''''' was a line of [[Toys"R"Us]] [[exclusive]] reissues of early Transformers toys. Series I and II were released in traditional window box packaging. Series III and beyond were available in "book box" packaging which vaguely mirrored the style of Takara's contemporary ''[[The Transformers Collection]]'' reissue series.

The Commemorative Series line, in its initial release, lasted from 2002 to 2004, but there have been extra figures added since then. [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], an already produced but unreleased toy, was eventually released as a [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] exclusive in 2005. [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave]] was released in 2007 as an un-numbered figure in packaging that mirrored the style of the ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' line. In 2009, two new "Commemorative Edition" reissues were released as part of the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' line, both as Toys"R"Us exclusives again.

In addition, several of the figures previously released in the United States were later also made available in other international markets after the line had been ended in the United States, usually in slightly altered packaging lacking the "Commemorative Series" moniker.

==Commemorative Series==
===United States market===
====Series I====
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Rodimus Major]]
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Ultra Magnus]]
====Series II====
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Powermaster Optimus Prime]] with [[Apex Bomber|Apex Armor]]
*[[Starscream (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Starscream]]
====Series III====
*[[Jazz (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Autobot Jazz]]
*[[Bluestreak (G1)#Commemorative Series|Silverstreak]]
*[[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Thundercracker]]
====Series IV====
*[[Prowl (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Prowl]]
*[[Red Alert (G1)#Commemorative Series|Red Alert]]
*[[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Skywarp]]
====Series V====
*[[Hoist (G1)#Commemorative Series|Hoist]][[File:Sideswipebox.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Hey, I paid too much!]]
*[[Inferno (G1)#Commemorative Series|Inferno]]
*[[Tracks (G1)#Commemorative Series|Autobot Tracks]]
====Series VI====
*[[Grapple (G1)#Commemorative Series|Autobot Grapple]]
*[[Smokescreen (G1)#Commemorative Series|Smokescreen]]
====Series VII====
*[[Dirge (G1)#Commemorative Series|Dirge]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Rodimus Prime]]
====Series VIII====
*[[Skids (G1)#Commemorative Series|Autobot Skids]]
*[[Sideswipe (G1)#Commemorative Series|Side Swipe]]
{{note|Though intended to be released together with Skids at [[Toys"R"Us]] stores, Side Swipe wasn't officially released in the United States until more than a year later, and then only at [[KB Toys]] stores and outlets at half the original price.}}
[[File:Ricochetreissuebox.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Ricochet is shocked to learn he's a choking hazard.]]

{{note|Side Swipe was actually released at some [[Toys"R"Us]] stores in December of 2005.}}
[[File:SideswipeReciept.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb]]

====Series IX====
*[[Ricochet (Headmasters)#Commemorative Series|Ricochet]] with [[Targetmaster]] partner [[Nightstick (Ricochet)|Nightstick]]
*[[Astrotrain (G1)#Commemorative Series|Astrotrain]]
{{note|Though intended to be released together with Ricochet at [[Toys"R"Us]] stores, the Hasbro version Astrotrain wasn't released until more than a year later, and then only exclusive to the [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] online store.}}
{{-}}
===International releases and re-releases===
====Canada====
In Canada, (almost) all of the figures listed above were released around the same time they came out in the United States, sometimes even predating the US release. Unusually for Canadian releases, they were ''not'' sold in [[multilingual packaging|trilingual packaging]], but in the same English-only packaging also used for the United States market releases.

Side Swipe ''was'' released as a [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive together with Skids around the same time he was also supposed to show up in the United States.

Astrotrain was never officially made available in Canada.

====Australia====
Just like in Canada, all the figures listed above were also released in Australia, also close to their respective United States release dates. The packaging was also identical to the packaging used for the US releases.

Side Swipe was released as a [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive half a year later than in Canada.

Astrotrain was released in Australia as a [[Kmart]] exclusive (for a deep discount price). Despite being an exclusive, he could also be found clogging up shelves in smaller, privately owned toy shops.

====United Kingdom====
The Commemorative Series figures were also released as Toys"R"Us exclusives in the United Kingdom, but (unusually) not anywhere else in Europe.
=====Series I, II and III=====
The Series I, II and III figures were sold in standard [[multilingual packaging]] (with texts in English, French, Dutch, German, Italian and Spanish, including translations of the name "Commemorative Series") around the same time they were released in other markets:
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Rodimus Major]]
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Ultra Magnus]]
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Powermaster Optimus Prime]] with [[Apex Bomber|Apex Armor]]
*[[Starscream (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Starscream]]
*[[Jazz (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Autobot Jazz]]

=====Later figures=====
[[File:Commemorative Inferno US UK.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Changing the packaging design for an English-only UK release. Hasbro UK, you are weird.]]
In 2006, long after even Sideswipe and Astrotrain had been made available in the United States, Hasbro UK released several figures that hadn't been available in the United Kingdom before. Unusually, these figures now came in English-only packaging, but lacked the US packaging's "Commemorative Series" labels, the "choking hazard" [[for safety reasons|safety warning]] labels and all [[trademark]] ™ and ® markings:
*[[Prowl (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Prowl]]
*[[Red Alert (G1)#Commemorative Series|Red Alert]]
*[[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Skywarp]]
*[[Inferno (G1)#Commemorative Series|Inferno]]
*[[Tracks (G1)#Commemorative Series|Autobot Tracks]]
{{-}}

====Asian Hasbro markets re-releases====
[[File:Commemorative Astrotrain 2005 2012.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Let's complicate things further. Why not?]]
Several Commemorative Series figures were also re-released in Hasbro's Asian markets in 2012, in slightly altered English-only packaging that, for the most part, also lacked the "Commemorative Series" labels, featured different age recommendations for some figures (5+ instead of 8+), some altered fonts, text sizes and colors for the "choking hazard" safety warning labels, and occasionally sported updated [[trademark]] ™ and ® markings (most notable in the case of Ultra Magnus; Astrotrain's name was changed to "Decepticon Astrotrain"), as well as modern cardboard ties instead of the pre-2010 twist ties.
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Commemoratve Series|Optimus Prime]]
{{Note|Optimus Prime was actually a re-release of the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|25th Anniversary reissue]] of the figure, with [[tampograph]]ed [[insignia]]s instead of stickers, in a variation of the older Commemorative Series packaging.}}
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Ultra Magnus]]
*[[Astrotrain (G1)#Commemorative Series|Decepticon Astrotrain]]
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Powermaster Optimus Prime]] with [[Apex Bomber|Apex Armor]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Rodimus Prime]]
*[[Sideswipe (G1)#Commemorative Series|Side Swipe]]
{{Note|Unlike the first four figures on the list, the packaging for Rodimus Prime and Side Swipe retained the ''Commemorative Series'' labels including their respective numbers. The only differences are the updated Hasbro logos, black "choking hazard" safety warning labels (the original release of Side Swipe had sported a red label, whereas Rodimus Prime hadn't sported such a label at all) and the size of the "+" after the age recommendation. Oddly, Side Swipe's name was ''not'' changed to "Sideswipe", which Hasbro had started using again in 2008.}}
Also among this production run for the Hasbro's Asian markets was a re-release of Soundwave (see below).

==Related releases==
===[[Transformers: Classics|Classics (2006)]]===
*[[Soundwave (G1)/toys#Classics|Soundwave]] with [[Ravage (G1)/toys#Classics|Ravage]] and [[Laserbeak (G1)#Classics|Laserbeak]] (Commemorative Edition)
{{note|"Commemorative Edition" Soundwave was a [[Toys"R"Us]] [[exclusive]] released in early 2007, available in packaging based on the template for the ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' line. He was also available as a Toys"R"Us exclusive in the United Kingdom around the same time, in unaltered United States packaging, and was later re-released in Hasbro's Asian markets in 2012, in slightly altered packaging.}}

===[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe (2008)]]===
* [[Insecticon (G1)#Universe (2008)|Insecticons]] three-pack (Commemorative Edition), contains:
** [[Kickback (G1)#Universe (2008)|Kickback]]
** [[Shrapnel (G1)#Universe (2008)|Sharpshot]]
** [[Bombshell (G1)#Universe (2008)|Hardshell]]
* [[Perceptor (G1)#Universe (2008)|Perceptor]] (Commemorative Edition)
* [[Blaster (G1)#Hasbroreissue|Autobot Blaster]]
** [[Eject (G1)#Universe (2008)|Eject]]
** [[Ramhorn (G1)#Universe (2008)|Ramhorn]]
** [[Steeljaw (G1)#Universe (2008)|Steeljaw]]

==Notes==
[[File:CommemorativeSeriesIIIStock.jpg|upright=2.0|thumb|What could have been.]]
*The original [[packaging]] for the Series III figures Thundercracker, Silverstreak and Autobot Jazz declares all three figures "adult collectables". This can be seen in official [[stock photography|stock photos]] for the toys that depicts [[prototype#Packaging prototypes|sample packaging]], but is actually still present on the final packaging—it's simply covered with stickers containing choking hazard safety warnings, in addition to stickers containing "Ages 5+" recommendations.
*Series IX Ricochet was originally listed under the placeholder name "[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]" in Canadian and Australian Toys"R"Us computers. What's worse, the public Canadian Toys"R"Us website even illustrated their listing with a non-official photo of the ''Generation 1'' Sunstreaker toy lifted straight off a [http://www.ggaub.com/tf/toy.html fan's website], complete with watermark. Ultimately, however, the listings for "Sunstreaker" transformed into listings for Ricochet, leading to some confusion among fans.
*Had the original Commemorative Series line not been canceled by Toys"R"Us, it would have continued with several figures that were found as listings in Canadian and Australian Toys"R"Us computers. One of these [[unreleased toy#Commemorative Series|unreleased reissues]] even made it to the prototype stage:
**[[Ramjet (G1)#Commemorative Series|Ramjet]] (prototype in Starscream's colors surfaced)
**[[Trailbreaker (G1)#Other attempts|Trailbreaker]] (probably not under that name, though)
**[[Ironhide (G1)/toys|Ironhide]]
**[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]]
{{-}}
===Foreign names===
*''French:'' '''Premiere Generation'''/'''Commémoratif de la Série'''
*''Dutch:'' '''Eerste Generatie'''/'''Klassiekers Serie'''
*''German:'' '''Erste Generation'''/'''Klassik-Serie'''
*''Italian:'' '''Generation One'''/'''Serie Classica'''
*''Spanish:'' '''Generación Uno'''/'''Series Commemorativas'''

==External links==
*[http://www.tfarchive.com/toys/checklists/hasbro_takara_reissues.php#comser TFarchive's reissue toys checklist]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Generation One Commemorative Series}}
[[Category:Generation 1 toylines]]

The Transformers: Generation One Commemorative Series

2015-03-17T12:50:34Z

Bmking16: /* Series VIII */

[[File:Commemorativeseriesdirge.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Dirge is playing air guitar. No, really.]]
'''''The Transformers: Generation One Commemorative Series''''' was a line of [[Toys"R"Us]] [[exclusive]] reissues of early Transformers toys. Series I and II were released in traditional window box packaging. Series III and beyond were available in "book box" packaging which vaguely mirrored the style of Takara's contemporary ''[[The Transformers Collection]]'' reissue series.

The Commemorative Series line, in its initial release, lasted from 2002 to 2004, but there have been extra figures added since then. [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], an already produced but unreleased toy, was eventually released as a [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] exclusive in 2005. [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave]] was released in 2007 as an un-numbered figure in packaging that mirrored the style of the ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' line. In 2009, two new "Commemorative Edition" reissues were released as part of the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' line, both as Toys"R"Us exclusives again.

In addition, several of the figures previously released in the United States were later also made available in other international markets after the line had been ended in the United States, usually in slightly altered packaging lacking the "Commemorative Series" moniker.

==Commemorative Series==
===United States market===
====Series I====
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Rodimus Major]]
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Ultra Magnus]]
====Series II====
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Powermaster Optimus Prime]] with [[Apex Bomber|Apex Armor]]
*[[Starscream (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Starscream]]
====Series III====
*[[Jazz (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Autobot Jazz]]
*[[Bluestreak (G1)#Commemorative Series|Silverstreak]]
*[[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Thundercracker]]
====Series IV====
*[[Prowl (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Prowl]]
*[[Red Alert (G1)#Commemorative Series|Red Alert]]
*[[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Skywarp]]
====Series V====
*[[Hoist (G1)#Commemorative Series|Hoist]][[File:Sideswipebox.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Hey, I paid too much!]]
*[[Inferno (G1)#Commemorative Series|Inferno]]
*[[Tracks (G1)#Commemorative Series|Autobot Tracks]]
====Series VI====
*[[Grapple (G1)#Commemorative Series|Autobot Grapple]]
*[[Smokescreen (G1)#Commemorative Series|Smokescreen]]
====Series VII====
*[[Dirge (G1)#Commemorative Series|Dirge]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Rodimus Prime]]
====Series VIII====
*[[Skids (G1)#Commemorative Series|Autobot Skids]]
*[[Sideswipe (G1)#Commemorative Series|Side Swipe]]
{{note|Though intended to be released together with Skids at [[Toys"R"Us]] stores, Side Swipe wasn't officially released in the United States until more than a year later, and then only at [[KB Toys]] stores and outlets at half the original price.}}
[[File:Ricochetreissuebox.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Ricochet is shocked to learn he's a choking hazard.]]

{{note|Side Swipe was actually released at some [[Toys"R"Us]] stores in December of 2005.}}
[[File:Example.jpg]]

====Series IX====
*[[Ricochet (Headmasters)#Commemorative Series|Ricochet]] with [[Targetmaster]] partner [[Nightstick (Ricochet)|Nightstick]]
*[[Astrotrain (G1)#Commemorative Series|Astrotrain]]
{{note|Though intended to be released together with Ricochet at [[Toys"R"Us]] stores, the Hasbro version Astrotrain wasn't released until more than a year later, and then only exclusive to the [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] online store.}}
{{-}}
===International releases and re-releases===
====Canada====
In Canada, (almost) all of the figures listed above were released around the same time they came out in the United States, sometimes even predating the US release. Unusually for Canadian releases, they were ''not'' sold in [[multilingual packaging|trilingual packaging]], but in the same English-only packaging also used for the United States market releases.

Side Swipe ''was'' released as a [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive together with Skids around the same time he was also supposed to show up in the United States.

Astrotrain was never officially made available in Canada.

====Australia====
Just like in Canada, all the figures listed above were also released in Australia, also close to their respective United States release dates. The packaging was also identical to the packaging used for the US releases.

Side Swipe was released as a [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive half a year later than in Canada.

Astrotrain was released in Australia as a [[Kmart]] exclusive (for a deep discount price). Despite being an exclusive, he could also be found clogging up shelves in smaller, privately owned toy shops.

====United Kingdom====
The Commemorative Series figures were also released as Toys"R"Us exclusives in the United Kingdom, but (unusually) not anywhere else in Europe.
=====Series I, II and III=====
The Series I, II and III figures were sold in standard [[multilingual packaging]] (with texts in English, French, Dutch, German, Italian and Spanish, including translations of the name "Commemorative Series") around the same time they were released in other markets:
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Rodimus Major]]
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Ultra Magnus]]
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Powermaster Optimus Prime]] with [[Apex Bomber|Apex Armor]]
*[[Starscream (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Starscream]]
*[[Jazz (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Autobot Jazz]]

=====Later figures=====
[[File:Commemorative Inferno US UK.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Changing the packaging design for an English-only UK release. Hasbro UK, you are weird.]]
In 2006, long after even Sideswipe and Astrotrain had been made available in the United States, Hasbro UK released several figures that hadn't been available in the United Kingdom before. Unusually, these figures now came in English-only packaging, but lacked the US packaging's "Commemorative Series" labels, the "choking hazard" [[for safety reasons|safety warning]] labels and all [[trademark]] ™ and ® markings:
*[[Prowl (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Prowl]]
*[[Red Alert (G1)#Commemorative Series|Red Alert]]
*[[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Skywarp]]
*[[Inferno (G1)#Commemorative Series|Inferno]]
*[[Tracks (G1)#Commemorative Series|Autobot Tracks]]
{{-}}

====Asian Hasbro markets re-releases====
[[File:Commemorative Astrotrain 2005 2012.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Let's complicate things further. Why not?]]
Several Commemorative Series figures were also re-released in Hasbro's Asian markets in 2012, in slightly altered English-only packaging that, for the most part, also lacked the "Commemorative Series" labels, featured different age recommendations for some figures (5+ instead of 8+), some altered fonts, text sizes and colors for the "choking hazard" safety warning labels, and occasionally sported updated [[trademark]] ™ and ® markings (most notable in the case of Ultra Magnus; Astrotrain's name was changed to "Decepticon Astrotrain"), as well as modern cardboard ties instead of the pre-2010 twist ties.
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Commemoratve Series|Optimus Prime]]
{{Note|Optimus Prime was actually a re-release of the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|25th Anniversary reissue]] of the figure, with [[tampograph]]ed [[insignia]]s instead of stickers, in a variation of the older Commemorative Series packaging.}}
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Ultra Magnus]]
*[[Astrotrain (G1)#Commemorative Series|Decepticon Astrotrain]]
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Powermaster Optimus Prime]] with [[Apex Bomber|Apex Armor]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Rodimus Prime]]
*[[Sideswipe (G1)#Commemorative Series|Side Swipe]]
{{Note|Unlike the first four figures on the list, the packaging for Rodimus Prime and Side Swipe retained the ''Commemorative Series'' labels including their respective numbers. The only differences are the updated Hasbro logos, black "choking hazard" safety warning labels (the original release of Side Swipe had sported a red label, whereas Rodimus Prime hadn't sported such a label at all) and the size of the "+" after the age recommendation. Oddly, Side Swipe's name was ''not'' changed to "Sideswipe", which Hasbro had started using again in 2008.}}
Also among this production run for the Hasbro's Asian markets was a re-release of Soundwave (see below).

==Related releases==
===[[Transformers: Classics|Classics (2006)]]===
*[[Soundwave (G1)/toys#Classics|Soundwave]] with [[Ravage (G1)/toys#Classics|Ravage]] and [[Laserbeak (G1)#Classics|Laserbeak]] (Commemorative Edition)
{{note|"Commemorative Edition" Soundwave was a [[Toys"R"Us]] [[exclusive]] released in early 2007, available in packaging based on the template for the ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' line. He was also available as a Toys"R"Us exclusive in the United Kingdom around the same time, in unaltered United States packaging, and was later re-released in Hasbro's Asian markets in 2012, in slightly altered packaging.}}

===[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe (2008)]]===
* [[Insecticon (G1)#Universe (2008)|Insecticons]] three-pack (Commemorative Edition), contains:
** [[Kickback (G1)#Universe (2008)|Kickback]]
** [[Shrapnel (G1)#Universe (2008)|Sharpshot]]
** [[Bombshell (G1)#Universe (2008)|Hardshell]]
* [[Perceptor (G1)#Universe (2008)|Perceptor]] (Commemorative Edition)
* [[Blaster (G1)#Hasbroreissue|Autobot Blaster]]
** [[Eject (G1)#Universe (2008)|Eject]]
** [[Ramhorn (G1)#Universe (2008)|Ramhorn]]
** [[Steeljaw (G1)#Universe (2008)|Steeljaw]]

==Notes==
[[File:CommemorativeSeriesIIIStock.jpg|upright=2.0|thumb|What could have been.]]
*The original [[packaging]] for the Series III figures Thundercracker, Silverstreak and Autobot Jazz declares all three figures "adult collectables". This can be seen in official [[stock photography|stock photos]] for the toys that depicts [[prototype#Packaging prototypes|sample packaging]], but is actually still present on the final packaging—it's simply covered with stickers containing choking hazard safety warnings, in addition to stickers containing "Ages 5+" recommendations.
*Series IX Ricochet was originally listed under the placeholder name "[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]" in Canadian and Australian Toys"R"Us computers. What's worse, the public Canadian Toys"R"Us website even illustrated their listing with a non-official photo of the ''Generation 1'' Sunstreaker toy lifted straight off a [http://www.ggaub.com/tf/toy.html fan's website], complete with watermark. Ultimately, however, the listings for "Sunstreaker" transformed into listings for Ricochet, leading to some confusion among fans.
*Had the original Commemorative Series line not been canceled by Toys"R"Us, it would have continued with several figures that were found as listings in Canadian and Australian Toys"R"Us computers. One of these [[unreleased toy#Commemorative Series|unreleased reissues]] even made it to the prototype stage:
**[[Ramjet (G1)#Commemorative Series|Ramjet]] (prototype in Starscream's colors surfaced)
**[[Trailbreaker (G1)#Other attempts|Trailbreaker]] (probably not under that name, though)
**[[Ironhide (G1)/toys|Ironhide]]
**[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]]
{{-}}
===Foreign names===
*''French:'' '''Premiere Generation'''/'''Commémoratif de la Série'''
*''Dutch:'' '''Eerste Generatie'''/'''Klassiekers Serie'''
*''German:'' '''Erste Generation'''/'''Klassik-Serie'''
*''Italian:'' '''Generation One'''/'''Serie Classica'''
*''Spanish:'' '''Generación Uno'''/'''Series Commemorativas'''

==External links==
*[http://www.tfarchive.com/toys/checklists/hasbro_takara_reissues.php#comser TFarchive's reissue toys checklist]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Generation One Commemorative Series}}
[[Category:Generation 1 toylines]]

The Transformers: Generation One Commemorative Series

2015-03-17T12:49:57Z

Bmking16: /* Series VIII */

[[File:Commemorativeseriesdirge.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Dirge is playing air guitar. No, really.]]
'''''The Transformers: Generation One Commemorative Series''''' was a line of [[Toys"R"Us]] [[exclusive]] reissues of early Transformers toys. Series I and II were released in traditional window box packaging. Series III and beyond were available in "book box" packaging which vaguely mirrored the style of Takara's contemporary ''[[The Transformers Collection]]'' reissue series.

The Commemorative Series line, in its initial release, lasted from 2002 to 2004, but there have been extra figures added since then. [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], an already produced but unreleased toy, was eventually released as a [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] exclusive in 2005. [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave]] was released in 2007 as an un-numbered figure in packaging that mirrored the style of the ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' line. In 2009, two new "Commemorative Edition" reissues were released as part of the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' line, both as Toys"R"Us exclusives again.

In addition, several of the figures previously released in the United States were later also made available in other international markets after the line had been ended in the United States, usually in slightly altered packaging lacking the "Commemorative Series" moniker.

==Commemorative Series==
===United States market===
====Series I====
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Rodimus Major]]
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Ultra Magnus]]
====Series II====
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Powermaster Optimus Prime]] with [[Apex Bomber|Apex Armor]]
*[[Starscream (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Starscream]]
====Series III====
*[[Jazz (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Autobot Jazz]]
*[[Bluestreak (G1)#Commemorative Series|Silverstreak]]
*[[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Thundercracker]]
====Series IV====
*[[Prowl (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Prowl]]
*[[Red Alert (G1)#Commemorative Series|Red Alert]]
*[[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Skywarp]]
====Series V====
*[[Hoist (G1)#Commemorative Series|Hoist]][[File:Sideswipebox.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Hey, I paid too much!]]
*[[Inferno (G1)#Commemorative Series|Inferno]]
*[[Tracks (G1)#Commemorative Series|Autobot Tracks]]
====Series VI====
*[[Grapple (G1)#Commemorative Series|Autobot Grapple]]
*[[Smokescreen (G1)#Commemorative Series|Smokescreen]]
====Series VII====
*[[Dirge (G1)#Commemorative Series|Dirge]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Rodimus Prime]]
====Series VIII====
*[[Skids (G1)#Commemorative Series|Autobot Skids]]
*[[Sideswipe (G1)#Commemorative Series|Side Swipe]]
{{note|Though intended to be released together with Skids at [[Toys"R"Us]] stores, Side Swipe wasn't officially released in the United States until more than a year later, and then only at [[KB Toys]] stores and outlets at half the original price.}}
[[File:Ricochetreissuebox.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Ricochet is shocked to learn he's a choking hazard.]]

{{note|Side Swipe was actually released at some [[Toys"R"Us]] stores in December of 2005.}}

====Series IX====
*[[Ricochet (Headmasters)#Commemorative Series|Ricochet]] with [[Targetmaster]] partner [[Nightstick (Ricochet)|Nightstick]]
*[[Astrotrain (G1)#Commemorative Series|Astrotrain]]
{{note|Though intended to be released together with Ricochet at [[Toys"R"Us]] stores, the Hasbro version Astrotrain wasn't released until more than a year later, and then only exclusive to the [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] online store.}}
{{-}}
===International releases and re-releases===
====Canada====
In Canada, (almost) all of the figures listed above were released around the same time they came out in the United States, sometimes even predating the US release. Unusually for Canadian releases, they were ''not'' sold in [[multilingual packaging|trilingual packaging]], but in the same English-only packaging also used for the United States market releases.

Side Swipe ''was'' released as a [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive together with Skids around the same time he was also supposed to show up in the United States.

Astrotrain was never officially made available in Canada.

====Australia====
Just like in Canada, all the figures listed above were also released in Australia, also close to their respective United States release dates. The packaging was also identical to the packaging used for the US releases.

Side Swipe was released as a [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive half a year later than in Canada.

Astrotrain was released in Australia as a [[Kmart]] exclusive (for a deep discount price). Despite being an exclusive, he could also be found clogging up shelves in smaller, privately owned toy shops.

====United Kingdom====
The Commemorative Series figures were also released as Toys"R"Us exclusives in the United Kingdom, but (unusually) not anywhere else in Europe.
=====Series I, II and III=====
The Series I, II and III figures were sold in standard [[multilingual packaging]] (with texts in English, French, Dutch, German, Italian and Spanish, including translations of the name "Commemorative Series") around the same time they were released in other markets:
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Rodimus Major]]
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Ultra Magnus]]
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Powermaster Optimus Prime]] with [[Apex Bomber|Apex Armor]]
*[[Starscream (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Starscream]]
*[[Jazz (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Autobot Jazz]]

=====Later figures=====
[[File:Commemorative Inferno US UK.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Changing the packaging design for an English-only UK release. Hasbro UK, you are weird.]]
In 2006, long after even Sideswipe and Astrotrain had been made available in the United States, Hasbro UK released several figures that hadn't been available in the United Kingdom before. Unusually, these figures now came in English-only packaging, but lacked the US packaging's "Commemorative Series" labels, the "choking hazard" [[for safety reasons|safety warning]] labels and all [[trademark]] ™ and ® markings:
*[[Prowl (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Prowl]]
*[[Red Alert (G1)#Commemorative Series|Red Alert]]
*[[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Skywarp]]
*[[Inferno (G1)#Commemorative Series|Inferno]]
*[[Tracks (G1)#Commemorative Series|Autobot Tracks]]
{{-}}

====Asian Hasbro markets re-releases====
[[File:Commemorative Astrotrain 2005 2012.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Let's complicate things further. Why not?]]
Several Commemorative Series figures were also re-released in Hasbro's Asian markets in 2012, in slightly altered English-only packaging that, for the most part, also lacked the "Commemorative Series" labels, featured different age recommendations for some figures (5+ instead of 8+), some altered fonts, text sizes and colors for the "choking hazard" safety warning labels, and occasionally sported updated [[trademark]] ™ and ® markings (most notable in the case of Ultra Magnus; Astrotrain's name was changed to "Decepticon Astrotrain"), as well as modern cardboard ties instead of the pre-2010 twist ties.
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Commemoratve Series|Optimus Prime]]
{{Note|Optimus Prime was actually a re-release of the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|25th Anniversary reissue]] of the figure, with [[tampograph]]ed [[insignia]]s instead of stickers, in a variation of the older Commemorative Series packaging.}}
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Ultra Magnus]]
*[[Astrotrain (G1)#Commemorative Series|Decepticon Astrotrain]]
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Powermaster Optimus Prime]] with [[Apex Bomber|Apex Armor]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Rodimus Prime]]
*[[Sideswipe (G1)#Commemorative Series|Side Swipe]]
{{Note|Unlike the first four figures on the list, the packaging for Rodimus Prime and Side Swipe retained the ''Commemorative Series'' labels including their respective numbers. The only differences are the updated Hasbro logos, black "choking hazard" safety warning labels (the original release of Side Swipe had sported a red label, whereas Rodimus Prime hadn't sported such a label at all) and the size of the "+" after the age recommendation. Oddly, Side Swipe's name was ''not'' changed to "Sideswipe", which Hasbro had started using again in 2008.}}
Also among this production run for the Hasbro's Asian markets was a re-release of Soundwave (see below).

==Related releases==
===[[Transformers: Classics|Classics (2006)]]===
*[[Soundwave (G1)/toys#Classics|Soundwave]] with [[Ravage (G1)/toys#Classics|Ravage]] and [[Laserbeak (G1)#Classics|Laserbeak]] (Commemorative Edition)
{{note|"Commemorative Edition" Soundwave was a [[Toys"R"Us]] [[exclusive]] released in early 2007, available in packaging based on the template for the ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' line. He was also available as a Toys"R"Us exclusive in the United Kingdom around the same time, in unaltered United States packaging, and was later re-released in Hasbro's Asian markets in 2012, in slightly altered packaging.}}

===[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe (2008)]]===
* [[Insecticon (G1)#Universe (2008)|Insecticons]] three-pack (Commemorative Edition), contains:
** [[Kickback (G1)#Universe (2008)|Kickback]]
** [[Shrapnel (G1)#Universe (2008)|Sharpshot]]
** [[Bombshell (G1)#Universe (2008)|Hardshell]]
* [[Perceptor (G1)#Universe (2008)|Perceptor]] (Commemorative Edition)
* [[Blaster (G1)#Hasbroreissue|Autobot Blaster]]
** [[Eject (G1)#Universe (2008)|Eject]]
** [[Ramhorn (G1)#Universe (2008)|Ramhorn]]
** [[Steeljaw (G1)#Universe (2008)|Steeljaw]]

==Notes==
[[File:CommemorativeSeriesIIIStock.jpg|upright=2.0|thumb|What could have been.]]
*The original [[packaging]] for the Series III figures Thundercracker, Silverstreak and Autobot Jazz declares all three figures "adult collectables". This can be seen in official [[stock photography|stock photos]] for the toys that depicts [[prototype#Packaging prototypes|sample packaging]], but is actually still present on the final packaging—it's simply covered with stickers containing choking hazard safety warnings, in addition to stickers containing "Ages 5+" recommendations.
*Series IX Ricochet was originally listed under the placeholder name "[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]" in Canadian and Australian Toys"R"Us computers. What's worse, the public Canadian Toys"R"Us website even illustrated their listing with a non-official photo of the ''Generation 1'' Sunstreaker toy lifted straight off a [http://www.ggaub.com/tf/toy.html fan's website], complete with watermark. Ultimately, however, the listings for "Sunstreaker" transformed into listings for Ricochet, leading to some confusion among fans.
*Had the original Commemorative Series line not been canceled by Toys"R"Us, it would have continued with several figures that were found as listings in Canadian and Australian Toys"R"Us computers. One of these [[unreleased toy#Commemorative Series|unreleased reissues]] even made it to the prototype stage:
**[[Ramjet (G1)#Commemorative Series|Ramjet]] (prototype in Starscream's colors surfaced)
**[[Trailbreaker (G1)#Other attempts|Trailbreaker]] (probably not under that name, though)
**[[Ironhide (G1)/toys|Ironhide]]
**[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]]
{{-}}
===Foreign names===
*''French:'' '''Premiere Generation'''/'''Commémoratif de la Série'''
*''Dutch:'' '''Eerste Generatie'''/'''Klassiekers Serie'''
*''German:'' '''Erste Generation'''/'''Klassik-Serie'''
*''Italian:'' '''Generation One'''/'''Serie Classica'''
*''Spanish:'' '''Generación Uno'''/'''Series Commemorativas'''

==External links==
*[http://www.tfarchive.com/toys/checklists/hasbro_takara_reissues.php#comser TFarchive's reissue toys checklist]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Generation One Commemorative Series}}
[[Category:Generation 1 toylines]]

The Transformers: Generation One Commemorative Series

2015-03-17T12:49:12Z

Bmking16: /* Series VIII */

[[File:Commemorativeseriesdirge.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Dirge is playing air guitar. No, really.]]
'''''The Transformers: Generation One Commemorative Series''''' was a line of [[Toys"R"Us]] [[exclusive]] reissues of early Transformers toys. Series I and II were released in traditional window box packaging. Series III and beyond were available in "book box" packaging which vaguely mirrored the style of Takara's contemporary ''[[The Transformers Collection]]'' reissue series.

The Commemorative Series line, in its initial release, lasted from 2002 to 2004, but there have been extra figures added since then. [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], an already produced but unreleased toy, was eventually released as a [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] exclusive in 2005. [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave]] was released in 2007 as an un-numbered figure in packaging that mirrored the style of the ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' line. In 2009, two new "Commemorative Edition" reissues were released as part of the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' line, both as Toys"R"Us exclusives again.

In addition, several of the figures previously released in the United States were later also made available in other international markets after the line had been ended in the United States, usually in slightly altered packaging lacking the "Commemorative Series" moniker.

==Commemorative Series==
===United States market===
====Series I====
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Rodimus Major]]
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Ultra Magnus]]
====Series II====
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Powermaster Optimus Prime]] with [[Apex Bomber|Apex Armor]]
*[[Starscream (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Starscream]]
====Series III====
*[[Jazz (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Autobot Jazz]]
*[[Bluestreak (G1)#Commemorative Series|Silverstreak]]
*[[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Thundercracker]]
====Series IV====
*[[Prowl (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Prowl]]
*[[Red Alert (G1)#Commemorative Series|Red Alert]]
*[[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Skywarp]]
====Series V====
*[[Hoist (G1)#Commemorative Series|Hoist]][[File:Sideswipebox.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Hey, I paid too much!]]
*[[Inferno (G1)#Commemorative Series|Inferno]]
*[[Tracks (G1)#Commemorative Series|Autobot Tracks]]
====Series VI====
*[[Grapple (G1)#Commemorative Series|Autobot Grapple]]
*[[Smokescreen (G1)#Commemorative Series|Smokescreen]]
====Series VII====
*[[Dirge (G1)#Commemorative Series|Dirge]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Rodimus Prime]]
====Series VIII====
*[[Skids (G1)#Commemorative Series|Autobot Skids]]
*[[Sideswipe (G1)#Commemorative Series|Side Swipe]]
{{note|Though intended to be released together with Skids at [[Toys"R"Us]] stores, Side Swipe wasn't officially released in the United States until more than a year later, and then only at [[KB Toys]] stores and outlets at half the original price.}}
[[File:Ricochetreissuebox.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Ricochet is shocked to learn he's a choking hazard.]]

{{note|Side Swipe was actually released at some [[Toys"R"Us]] stores in December of 2005.}}
[[File:Sidewipe_Receipt_05.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb]]

====Series IX====
*[[Ricochet (Headmasters)#Commemorative Series|Ricochet]] with [[Targetmaster]] partner [[Nightstick (Ricochet)|Nightstick]]
*[[Astrotrain (G1)#Commemorative Series|Astrotrain]]
{{note|Though intended to be released together with Ricochet at [[Toys"R"Us]] stores, the Hasbro version Astrotrain wasn't released until more than a year later, and then only exclusive to the [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] online store.}}
{{-}}
===International releases and re-releases===
====Canada====
In Canada, (almost) all of the figures listed above were released around the same time they came out in the United States, sometimes even predating the US release. Unusually for Canadian releases, they were ''not'' sold in [[multilingual packaging|trilingual packaging]], but in the same English-only packaging also used for the United States market releases.

Side Swipe ''was'' released as a [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive together with Skids around the same time he was also supposed to show up in the United States.

Astrotrain was never officially made available in Canada.

====Australia====
Just like in Canada, all the figures listed above were also released in Australia, also close to their respective United States release dates. The packaging was also identical to the packaging used for the US releases.

Side Swipe was released as a [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive half a year later than in Canada.

Astrotrain was released in Australia as a [[Kmart]] exclusive (for a deep discount price). Despite being an exclusive, he could also be found clogging up shelves in smaller, privately owned toy shops.

====United Kingdom====
The Commemorative Series figures were also released as Toys"R"Us exclusives in the United Kingdom, but (unusually) not anywhere else in Europe.
=====Series I, II and III=====
The Series I, II and III figures were sold in standard [[multilingual packaging]] (with texts in English, French, Dutch, German, Italian and Spanish, including translations of the name "Commemorative Series") around the same time they were released in other markets:
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Rodimus Major]]
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Ultra Magnus]]
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Powermaster Optimus Prime]] with [[Apex Bomber|Apex Armor]]
*[[Starscream (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Starscream]]
*[[Jazz (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Autobot Jazz]]

=====Later figures=====
[[File:Commemorative Inferno US UK.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Changing the packaging design for an English-only UK release. Hasbro UK, you are weird.]]
In 2006, long after even Sideswipe and Astrotrain had been made available in the United States, Hasbro UK released several figures that hadn't been available in the United Kingdom before. Unusually, these figures now came in English-only packaging, but lacked the US packaging's "Commemorative Series" labels, the "choking hazard" [[for safety reasons|safety warning]] labels and all [[trademark]] ™ and ® markings:
*[[Prowl (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Prowl]]
*[[Red Alert (G1)#Commemorative Series|Red Alert]]
*[[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Skywarp]]
*[[Inferno (G1)#Commemorative Series|Inferno]]
*[[Tracks (G1)#Commemorative Series|Autobot Tracks]]
{{-}}

====Asian Hasbro markets re-releases====
[[File:Commemorative Astrotrain 2005 2012.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Let's complicate things further. Why not?]]
Several Commemorative Series figures were also re-released in Hasbro's Asian markets in 2012, in slightly altered English-only packaging that, for the most part, also lacked the "Commemorative Series" labels, featured different age recommendations for some figures (5+ instead of 8+), some altered fonts, text sizes and colors for the "choking hazard" safety warning labels, and occasionally sported updated [[trademark]] ™ and ® markings (most notable in the case of Ultra Magnus; Astrotrain's name was changed to "Decepticon Astrotrain"), as well as modern cardboard ties instead of the pre-2010 twist ties.
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Commemoratve Series|Optimus Prime]]
{{Note|Optimus Prime was actually a re-release of the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|25th Anniversary reissue]] of the figure, with [[tampograph]]ed [[insignia]]s instead of stickers, in a variation of the older Commemorative Series packaging.}}
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Ultra Magnus]]
*[[Astrotrain (G1)#Commemorative Series|Decepticon Astrotrain]]
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Powermaster Optimus Prime]] with [[Apex Bomber|Apex Armor]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Rodimus Prime]]
*[[Sideswipe (G1)#Commemorative Series|Side Swipe]]
{{Note|Unlike the first four figures on the list, the packaging for Rodimus Prime and Side Swipe retained the ''Commemorative Series'' labels including their respective numbers. The only differences are the updated Hasbro logos, black "choking hazard" safety warning labels (the original release of Side Swipe had sported a red label, whereas Rodimus Prime hadn't sported such a label at all) and the size of the "+" after the age recommendation. Oddly, Side Swipe's name was ''not'' changed to "Sideswipe", which Hasbro had started using again in 2008.}}
Also among this production run for the Hasbro's Asian markets was a re-release of Soundwave (see below).

==Related releases==
===[[Transformers: Classics|Classics (2006)]]===
*[[Soundwave (G1)/toys#Classics|Soundwave]] with [[Ravage (G1)/toys#Classics|Ravage]] and [[Laserbeak (G1)#Classics|Laserbeak]] (Commemorative Edition)
{{note|"Commemorative Edition" Soundwave was a [[Toys"R"Us]] [[exclusive]] released in early 2007, available in packaging based on the template for the ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' line. He was also available as a Toys"R"Us exclusive in the United Kingdom around the same time, in unaltered United States packaging, and was later re-released in Hasbro's Asian markets in 2012, in slightly altered packaging.}}

===[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe (2008)]]===
* [[Insecticon (G1)#Universe (2008)|Insecticons]] three-pack (Commemorative Edition), contains:
** [[Kickback (G1)#Universe (2008)|Kickback]]
** [[Shrapnel (G1)#Universe (2008)|Sharpshot]]
** [[Bombshell (G1)#Universe (2008)|Hardshell]]
* [[Perceptor (G1)#Universe (2008)|Perceptor]] (Commemorative Edition)
* [[Blaster (G1)#Hasbroreissue|Autobot Blaster]]
** [[Eject (G1)#Universe (2008)|Eject]]
** [[Ramhorn (G1)#Universe (2008)|Ramhorn]]
** [[Steeljaw (G1)#Universe (2008)|Steeljaw]]

==Notes==
[[File:CommemorativeSeriesIIIStock.jpg|upright=2.0|thumb|What could have been.]]
*The original [[packaging]] for the Series III figures Thundercracker, Silverstreak and Autobot Jazz declares all three figures "adult collectables". This can be seen in official [[stock photography|stock photos]] for the toys that depicts [[prototype#Packaging prototypes|sample packaging]], but is actually still present on the final packaging—it's simply covered with stickers containing choking hazard safety warnings, in addition to stickers containing "Ages 5+" recommendations.
*Series IX Ricochet was originally listed under the placeholder name "[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]" in Canadian and Australian Toys"R"Us computers. What's worse, the public Canadian Toys"R"Us website even illustrated their listing with a non-official photo of the ''Generation 1'' Sunstreaker toy lifted straight off a [http://www.ggaub.com/tf/toy.html fan's website], complete with watermark. Ultimately, however, the listings for "Sunstreaker" transformed into listings for Ricochet, leading to some confusion among fans.
*Had the original Commemorative Series line not been canceled by Toys"R"Us, it would have continued with several figures that were found as listings in Canadian and Australian Toys"R"Us computers. One of these [[unreleased toy#Commemorative Series|unreleased reissues]] even made it to the prototype stage:
**[[Ramjet (G1)#Commemorative Series|Ramjet]] (prototype in Starscream's colors surfaced)
**[[Trailbreaker (G1)#Other attempts|Trailbreaker]] (probably not under that name, though)
**[[Ironhide (G1)/toys|Ironhide]]
**[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]]
{{-}}
===Foreign names===
*''French:'' '''Premiere Generation'''/'''Commémoratif de la Série'''
*''Dutch:'' '''Eerste Generatie'''/'''Klassiekers Serie'''
*''German:'' '''Erste Generation'''/'''Klassik-Serie'''
*''Italian:'' '''Generation One'''/'''Serie Classica'''
*''Spanish:'' '''Generación Uno'''/'''Series Commemorativas'''

==External links==
*[http://www.tfarchive.com/toys/checklists/hasbro_takara_reissues.php#comser TFarchive's reissue toys checklist]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Generation One Commemorative Series}}
[[Category:Generation 1 toylines]]

The Transformers: Generation One Commemorative Series

2015-03-17T12:46:06Z

Bmking16: /* Series VIII */

[[File:Commemorativeseriesdirge.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Dirge is playing air guitar. No, really.]]
'''''The Transformers: Generation One Commemorative Series''''' was a line of [[Toys"R"Us]] [[exclusive]] reissues of early Transformers toys. Series I and II were released in traditional window box packaging. Series III and beyond were available in "book box" packaging which vaguely mirrored the style of Takara's contemporary ''[[The Transformers Collection]]'' reissue series.

The Commemorative Series line, in its initial release, lasted from 2002 to 2004, but there have been extra figures added since then. [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], an already produced but unreleased toy, was eventually released as a [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] exclusive in 2005. [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave]] was released in 2007 as an un-numbered figure in packaging that mirrored the style of the ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' line. In 2009, two new "Commemorative Edition" reissues were released as part of the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' line, both as Toys"R"Us exclusives again.

In addition, several of the figures previously released in the United States were later also made available in other international markets after the line had been ended in the United States, usually in slightly altered packaging lacking the "Commemorative Series" moniker.

==Commemorative Series==
===United States market===
====Series I====
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Rodimus Major]]
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Ultra Magnus]]
====Series II====
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Powermaster Optimus Prime]] with [[Apex Bomber|Apex Armor]]
*[[Starscream (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Starscream]]
====Series III====
*[[Jazz (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Autobot Jazz]]
*[[Bluestreak (G1)#Commemorative Series|Silverstreak]]
*[[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Thundercracker]]
====Series IV====
*[[Prowl (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Prowl]]
*[[Red Alert (G1)#Commemorative Series|Red Alert]]
*[[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Skywarp]]
====Series V====
*[[Hoist (G1)#Commemorative Series|Hoist]][[File:Sideswipebox.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Hey, I paid too much!]]
*[[Inferno (G1)#Commemorative Series|Inferno]]
*[[Tracks (G1)#Commemorative Series|Autobot Tracks]]
====Series VI====
*[[Grapple (G1)#Commemorative Series|Autobot Grapple]]
*[[Smokescreen (G1)#Commemorative Series|Smokescreen]]
====Series VII====
*[[Dirge (G1)#Commemorative Series|Dirge]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Rodimus Prime]]
====Series VIII====
*[[Skids (G1)#Commemorative Series|Autobot Skids]]
*[[Sideswipe (G1)#Commemorative Series|Side Swipe]]
{{note|Though intended to be released together with Skids at [[Toys"R"Us]] stores, Side Swipe wasn't officially released in the United States until more than a year later, and then only at [[KB Toys]] stores and outlets at half the original price.}}
[[File:Ricochetreissuebox.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Ricochet is shocked to learn he's a choking hazard.]]

{{note|Side Swipe was actually released at some [[Toys"R"Us]] stores in December of 2005.}}
[[File:Example.jpg]]

====Series IX====
*[[Ricochet (Headmasters)#Commemorative Series|Ricochet]] with [[Targetmaster]] partner [[Nightstick (Ricochet)|Nightstick]]
*[[Astrotrain (G1)#Commemorative Series|Astrotrain]]
{{note|Though intended to be released together with Ricochet at [[Toys"R"Us]] stores, the Hasbro version Astrotrain wasn't released until more than a year later, and then only exclusive to the [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] online store.}}
{{-}}
===International releases and re-releases===
====Canada====
In Canada, (almost) all of the figures listed above were released around the same time they came out in the United States, sometimes even predating the US release. Unusually for Canadian releases, they were ''not'' sold in [[multilingual packaging|trilingual packaging]], but in the same English-only packaging also used for the United States market releases.

Side Swipe ''was'' released as a [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive together with Skids around the same time he was also supposed to show up in the United States.

Astrotrain was never officially made available in Canada.

====Australia====
Just like in Canada, all the figures listed above were also released in Australia, also close to their respective United States release dates. The packaging was also identical to the packaging used for the US releases.

Side Swipe was released as a [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive half a year later than in Canada.

Astrotrain was released in Australia as a [[Kmart]] exclusive (for a deep discount price). Despite being an exclusive, he could also be found clogging up shelves in smaller, privately owned toy shops.

====United Kingdom====
The Commemorative Series figures were also released as Toys"R"Us exclusives in the United Kingdom, but (unusually) not anywhere else in Europe.
=====Series I, II and III=====
The Series I, II and III figures were sold in standard [[multilingual packaging]] (with texts in English, French, Dutch, German, Italian and Spanish, including translations of the name "Commemorative Series") around the same time they were released in other markets:
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Rodimus Major]]
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Ultra Magnus]]
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Powermaster Optimus Prime]] with [[Apex Bomber|Apex Armor]]
*[[Starscream (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Starscream]]
*[[Jazz (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Autobot Jazz]]

=====Later figures=====
[[File:Commemorative Inferno US UK.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Changing the packaging design for an English-only UK release. Hasbro UK, you are weird.]]
In 2006, long after even Sideswipe and Astrotrain had been made available in the United States, Hasbro UK released several figures that hadn't been available in the United Kingdom before. Unusually, these figures now came in English-only packaging, but lacked the US packaging's "Commemorative Series" labels, the "choking hazard" [[for safety reasons|safety warning]] labels and all [[trademark]] ™ and ® markings:
*[[Prowl (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Prowl]]
*[[Red Alert (G1)#Commemorative Series|Red Alert]]
*[[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Skywarp]]
*[[Inferno (G1)#Commemorative Series|Inferno]]
*[[Tracks (G1)#Commemorative Series|Autobot Tracks]]
{{-}}

====Asian Hasbro markets re-releases====
[[File:Commemorative Astrotrain 2005 2012.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Let's complicate things further. Why not?]]
Several Commemorative Series figures were also re-released in Hasbro's Asian markets in 2012, in slightly altered English-only packaging that, for the most part, also lacked the "Commemorative Series" labels, featured different age recommendations for some figures (5+ instead of 8+), some altered fonts, text sizes and colors for the "choking hazard" safety warning labels, and occasionally sported updated [[trademark]] ™ and ® markings (most notable in the case of Ultra Magnus; Astrotrain's name was changed to "Decepticon Astrotrain"), as well as modern cardboard ties instead of the pre-2010 twist ties.
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Commemoratve Series|Optimus Prime]]
{{Note|Optimus Prime was actually a re-release of the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|25th Anniversary reissue]] of the figure, with [[tampograph]]ed [[insignia]]s instead of stickers, in a variation of the older Commemorative Series packaging.}}
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Ultra Magnus]]
*[[Astrotrain (G1)#Commemorative Series|Decepticon Astrotrain]]
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Powermaster Optimus Prime]] with [[Apex Bomber|Apex Armor]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Rodimus Prime]]
*[[Sideswipe (G1)#Commemorative Series|Side Swipe]]
{{Note|Unlike the first four figures on the list, the packaging for Rodimus Prime and Side Swipe retained the ''Commemorative Series'' labels including their respective numbers. The only differences are the updated Hasbro logos, black "choking hazard" safety warning labels (the original release of Side Swipe had sported a red label, whereas Rodimus Prime hadn't sported such a label at all) and the size of the "+" after the age recommendation. Oddly, Side Swipe's name was ''not'' changed to "Sideswipe", which Hasbro had started using again in 2008.}}
Also among this production run for the Hasbro's Asian markets was a re-release of Soundwave (see below).

==Related releases==
===[[Transformers: Classics|Classics (2006)]]===
*[[Soundwave (G1)/toys#Classics|Soundwave]] with [[Ravage (G1)/toys#Classics|Ravage]] and [[Laserbeak (G1)#Classics|Laserbeak]] (Commemorative Edition)
{{note|"Commemorative Edition" Soundwave was a [[Toys"R"Us]] [[exclusive]] released in early 2007, available in packaging based on the template for the ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' line. He was also available as a Toys"R"Us exclusive in the United Kingdom around the same time, in unaltered United States packaging, and was later re-released in Hasbro's Asian markets in 2012, in slightly altered packaging.}}

===[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe (2008)]]===
* [[Insecticon (G1)#Universe (2008)|Insecticons]] three-pack (Commemorative Edition), contains:
** [[Kickback (G1)#Universe (2008)|Kickback]]
** [[Shrapnel (G1)#Universe (2008)|Sharpshot]]
** [[Bombshell (G1)#Universe (2008)|Hardshell]]
* [[Perceptor (G1)#Universe (2008)|Perceptor]] (Commemorative Edition)
* [[Blaster (G1)#Hasbroreissue|Autobot Blaster]]
** [[Eject (G1)#Universe (2008)|Eject]]
** [[Ramhorn (G1)#Universe (2008)|Ramhorn]]
** [[Steeljaw (G1)#Universe (2008)|Steeljaw]]

==Notes==
[[File:CommemorativeSeriesIIIStock.jpg|upright=2.0|thumb|What could have been.]]
*The original [[packaging]] for the Series III figures Thundercracker, Silverstreak and Autobot Jazz declares all three figures "adult collectables". This can be seen in official [[stock photography|stock photos]] for the toys that depicts [[prototype#Packaging prototypes|sample packaging]], but is actually still present on the final packaging—it's simply covered with stickers containing choking hazard safety warnings, in addition to stickers containing "Ages 5+" recommendations.
*Series IX Ricochet was originally listed under the placeholder name "[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]" in Canadian and Australian Toys"R"Us computers. What's worse, the public Canadian Toys"R"Us website even illustrated their listing with a non-official photo of the ''Generation 1'' Sunstreaker toy lifted straight off a [http://www.ggaub.com/tf/toy.html fan's website], complete with watermark. Ultimately, however, the listings for "Sunstreaker" transformed into listings for Ricochet, leading to some confusion among fans.
*Had the original Commemorative Series line not been canceled by Toys"R"Us, it would have continued with several figures that were found as listings in Canadian and Australian Toys"R"Us computers. One of these [[unreleased toy#Commemorative Series|unreleased reissues]] even made it to the prototype stage:
**[[Ramjet (G1)#Commemorative Series|Ramjet]] (prototype in Starscream's colors surfaced)
**[[Trailbreaker (G1)#Other attempts|Trailbreaker]] (probably not under that name, though)
**[[Ironhide (G1)/toys|Ironhide]]
**[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]]
{{-}}
===Foreign names===
*''French:'' '''Premiere Generation'''/'''Commémoratif de la Série'''
*''Dutch:'' '''Eerste Generatie'''/'''Klassiekers Serie'''
*''German:'' '''Erste Generation'''/'''Klassik-Serie'''
*''Italian:'' '''Generation One'''/'''Serie Classica'''
*''Spanish:'' '''Generación Uno'''/'''Series Commemorativas'''

==External links==
*[http://www.tfarchive.com/toys/checklists/hasbro_takara_reissues.php#comser TFarchive's reissue toys checklist]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Generation One Commemorative Series}}
[[Category:Generation 1 toylines]]

The Transformers: Generation One Commemorative Series

2015-03-17T12:45:41Z

Bmking16: /* Series VIII */

[[File:Commemorativeseriesdirge.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Dirge is playing air guitar. No, really.]]
'''''The Transformers: Generation One Commemorative Series''''' was a line of [[Toys"R"Us]] [[exclusive]] reissues of early Transformers toys. Series I and II were released in traditional window box packaging. Series III and beyond were available in "book box" packaging which vaguely mirrored the style of Takara's contemporary ''[[The Transformers Collection]]'' reissue series.

The Commemorative Series line, in its initial release, lasted from 2002 to 2004, but there have been extra figures added since then. [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], an already produced but unreleased toy, was eventually released as a [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] exclusive in 2005. [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave]] was released in 2007 as an un-numbered figure in packaging that mirrored the style of the ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' line. In 2009, two new "Commemorative Edition" reissues were released as part of the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' line, both as Toys"R"Us exclusives again.

In addition, several of the figures previously released in the United States were later also made available in other international markets after the line had been ended in the United States, usually in slightly altered packaging lacking the "Commemorative Series" moniker.

==Commemorative Series==
===United States market===
====Series I====
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Rodimus Major]]
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Ultra Magnus]]
====Series II====
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Powermaster Optimus Prime]] with [[Apex Bomber|Apex Armor]]
*[[Starscream (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Starscream]]
====Series III====
*[[Jazz (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Autobot Jazz]]
*[[Bluestreak (G1)#Commemorative Series|Silverstreak]]
*[[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Thundercracker]]
====Series IV====
*[[Prowl (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Prowl]]
*[[Red Alert (G1)#Commemorative Series|Red Alert]]
*[[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Skywarp]]
====Series V====
*[[Hoist (G1)#Commemorative Series|Hoist]][[File:Sideswipebox.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Hey, I paid too much!]]
*[[Inferno (G1)#Commemorative Series|Inferno]]
*[[Tracks (G1)#Commemorative Series|Autobot Tracks]]
====Series VI====
*[[Grapple (G1)#Commemorative Series|Autobot Grapple]]
*[[Smokescreen (G1)#Commemorative Series|Smokescreen]]
====Series VII====
*[[Dirge (G1)#Commemorative Series|Dirge]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Rodimus Prime]]
====Series VIII====
*[[Skids (G1)#Commemorative Series|Autobot Skids]]
*[[Sideswipe (G1)#Commemorative Series|Side Swipe]]
{{note|Though intended to be released together with Skids at [[Toys"R"Us]] stores, Side Swipe wasn't officially released in the United States until more than a year later, and then only at [[KB Toys]] stores and outlets at half the original price.}}
[[File:Ricochetreissuebox.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Ricochet is shocked to learn he's a choking hazard.]]

{{note|Side Swipe was actually released at some [[Toys"R"Us]] stores in December of 2005.}}

====Series IX====
*[[Ricochet (Headmasters)#Commemorative Series|Ricochet]] with [[Targetmaster]] partner [[Nightstick (Ricochet)|Nightstick]]
*[[Astrotrain (G1)#Commemorative Series|Astrotrain]]
{{note|Though intended to be released together with Ricochet at [[Toys"R"Us]] stores, the Hasbro version Astrotrain wasn't released until more than a year later, and then only exclusive to the [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] online store.}}
{{-}}
===International releases and re-releases===
====Canada====
In Canada, (almost) all of the figures listed above were released around the same time they came out in the United States, sometimes even predating the US release. Unusually for Canadian releases, they were ''not'' sold in [[multilingual packaging|trilingual packaging]], but in the same English-only packaging also used for the United States market releases.

Side Swipe ''was'' released as a [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive together with Skids around the same time he was also supposed to show up in the United States.

Astrotrain was never officially made available in Canada.

====Australia====
Just like in Canada, all the figures listed above were also released in Australia, also close to their respective United States release dates. The packaging was also identical to the packaging used for the US releases.

Side Swipe was released as a [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive half a year later than in Canada.

Astrotrain was released in Australia as a [[Kmart]] exclusive (for a deep discount price). Despite being an exclusive, he could also be found clogging up shelves in smaller, privately owned toy shops.

====United Kingdom====
The Commemorative Series figures were also released as Toys"R"Us exclusives in the United Kingdom, but (unusually) not anywhere else in Europe.
=====Series I, II and III=====
The Series I, II and III figures were sold in standard [[multilingual packaging]] (with texts in English, French, Dutch, German, Italian and Spanish, including translations of the name "Commemorative Series") around the same time they were released in other markets:
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Rodimus Major]]
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Ultra Magnus]]
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Powermaster Optimus Prime]] with [[Apex Bomber|Apex Armor]]
*[[Starscream (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Starscream]]
*[[Jazz (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Autobot Jazz]]

=====Later figures=====
[[File:Commemorative Inferno US UK.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Changing the packaging design for an English-only UK release. Hasbro UK, you are weird.]]
In 2006, long after even Sideswipe and Astrotrain had been made available in the United States, Hasbro UK released several figures that hadn't been available in the United Kingdom before. Unusually, these figures now came in English-only packaging, but lacked the US packaging's "Commemorative Series" labels, the "choking hazard" [[for safety reasons|safety warning]] labels and all [[trademark]] ™ and ® markings:
*[[Prowl (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Prowl]]
*[[Red Alert (G1)#Commemorative Series|Red Alert]]
*[[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Skywarp]]
*[[Inferno (G1)#Commemorative Series|Inferno]]
*[[Tracks (G1)#Commemorative Series|Autobot Tracks]]
{{-}}

====Asian Hasbro markets re-releases====
[[File:Commemorative Astrotrain 2005 2012.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Let's complicate things further. Why not?]]
Several Commemorative Series figures were also re-released in Hasbro's Asian markets in 2012, in slightly altered English-only packaging that, for the most part, also lacked the "Commemorative Series" labels, featured different age recommendations for some figures (5+ instead of 8+), some altered fonts, text sizes and colors for the "choking hazard" safety warning labels, and occasionally sported updated [[trademark]] ™ and ® markings (most notable in the case of Ultra Magnus; Astrotrain's name was changed to "Decepticon Astrotrain"), as well as modern cardboard ties instead of the pre-2010 twist ties.
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Commemoratve Series|Optimus Prime]]
{{Note|Optimus Prime was actually a re-release of the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|25th Anniversary reissue]] of the figure, with [[tampograph]]ed [[insignia]]s instead of stickers, in a variation of the older Commemorative Series packaging.}}
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Ultra Magnus]]
*[[Astrotrain (G1)#Commemorative Series|Decepticon Astrotrain]]
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Powermaster Optimus Prime]] with [[Apex Bomber|Apex Armor]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Rodimus Prime]]
*[[Sideswipe (G1)#Commemorative Series|Side Swipe]]
{{Note|Unlike the first four figures on the list, the packaging for Rodimus Prime and Side Swipe retained the ''Commemorative Series'' labels including their respective numbers. The only differences are the updated Hasbro logos, black "choking hazard" safety warning labels (the original release of Side Swipe had sported a red label, whereas Rodimus Prime hadn't sported such a label at all) and the size of the "+" after the age recommendation. Oddly, Side Swipe's name was ''not'' changed to "Sideswipe", which Hasbro had started using again in 2008.}}
Also among this production run for the Hasbro's Asian markets was a re-release of Soundwave (see below).

==Related releases==
===[[Transformers: Classics|Classics (2006)]]===
*[[Soundwave (G1)/toys#Classics|Soundwave]] with [[Ravage (G1)/toys#Classics|Ravage]] and [[Laserbeak (G1)#Classics|Laserbeak]] (Commemorative Edition)
{{note|"Commemorative Edition" Soundwave was a [[Toys"R"Us]] [[exclusive]] released in early 2007, available in packaging based on the template for the ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' line. He was also available as a Toys"R"Us exclusive in the United Kingdom around the same time, in unaltered United States packaging, and was later re-released in Hasbro's Asian markets in 2012, in slightly altered packaging.}}

===[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe (2008)]]===
* [[Insecticon (G1)#Universe (2008)|Insecticons]] three-pack (Commemorative Edition), contains:
** [[Kickback (G1)#Universe (2008)|Kickback]]
** [[Shrapnel (G1)#Universe (2008)|Sharpshot]]
** [[Bombshell (G1)#Universe (2008)|Hardshell]]
* [[Perceptor (G1)#Universe (2008)|Perceptor]] (Commemorative Edition)
* [[Blaster (G1)#Hasbroreissue|Autobot Blaster]]
** [[Eject (G1)#Universe (2008)|Eject]]
** [[Ramhorn (G1)#Universe (2008)|Ramhorn]]
** [[Steeljaw (G1)#Universe (2008)|Steeljaw]]

==Notes==
[[File:CommemorativeSeriesIIIStock.jpg|upright=2.0|thumb|What could have been.]]
*The original [[packaging]] for the Series III figures Thundercracker, Silverstreak and Autobot Jazz declares all three figures "adult collectables". This can be seen in official [[stock photography|stock photos]] for the toys that depicts [[prototype#Packaging prototypes|sample packaging]], but is actually still present on the final packaging—it's simply covered with stickers containing choking hazard safety warnings, in addition to stickers containing "Ages 5+" recommendations.
*Series IX Ricochet was originally listed under the placeholder name "[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]" in Canadian and Australian Toys"R"Us computers. What's worse, the public Canadian Toys"R"Us website even illustrated their listing with a non-official photo of the ''Generation 1'' Sunstreaker toy lifted straight off a [http://www.ggaub.com/tf/toy.html fan's website], complete with watermark. Ultimately, however, the listings for "Sunstreaker" transformed into listings for Ricochet, leading to some confusion among fans.
*Had the original Commemorative Series line not been canceled by Toys"R"Us, it would have continued with several figures that were found as listings in Canadian and Australian Toys"R"Us computers. One of these [[unreleased toy#Commemorative Series|unreleased reissues]] even made it to the prototype stage:
**[[Ramjet (G1)#Commemorative Series|Ramjet]] (prototype in Starscream's colors surfaced)
**[[Trailbreaker (G1)#Other attempts|Trailbreaker]] (probably not under that name, though)
**[[Ironhide (G1)/toys|Ironhide]]
**[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]]
{{-}}
===Foreign names===
*''French:'' '''Premiere Generation'''/'''Commémoratif de la Série'''
*''Dutch:'' '''Eerste Generatie'''/'''Klassiekers Serie'''
*''German:'' '''Erste Generation'''/'''Klassik-Serie'''
*''Italian:'' '''Generation One'''/'''Serie Classica'''
*''Spanish:'' '''Generación Uno'''/'''Series Commemorativas'''

==External links==
*[http://www.tfarchive.com/toys/checklists/hasbro_takara_reissues.php#comser TFarchive's reissue toys checklist]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Generation One Commemorative Series}}
[[Category:Generation 1 toylines]]

The Transformers: Generation One Commemorative Series

2015-03-17T12:43:19Z

Bmking16: /* Series VIII */

[[File:Commemorativeseriesdirge.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Dirge is playing air guitar. No, really.]]
'''''The Transformers: Generation One Commemorative Series''''' was a line of [[Toys"R"Us]] [[exclusive]] reissues of early Transformers toys. Series I and II were released in traditional window box packaging. Series III and beyond were available in "book box" packaging which vaguely mirrored the style of Takara's contemporary ''[[The Transformers Collection]]'' reissue series.

The Commemorative Series line, in its initial release, lasted from 2002 to 2004, but there have been extra figures added since then. [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], an already produced but unreleased toy, was eventually released as a [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] exclusive in 2005. [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave]] was released in 2007 as an un-numbered figure in packaging that mirrored the style of the ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' line. In 2009, two new "Commemorative Edition" reissues were released as part of the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' line, both as Toys"R"Us exclusives again.

In addition, several of the figures previously released in the United States were later also made available in other international markets after the line had been ended in the United States, usually in slightly altered packaging lacking the "Commemorative Series" moniker.

==Commemorative Series==
===United States market===
====Series I====
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Rodimus Major]]
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Ultra Magnus]]
====Series II====
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Powermaster Optimus Prime]] with [[Apex Bomber|Apex Armor]]
*[[Starscream (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Starscream]]
====Series III====
*[[Jazz (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Autobot Jazz]]
*[[Bluestreak (G1)#Commemorative Series|Silverstreak]]
*[[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Thundercracker]]
====Series IV====
*[[Prowl (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Prowl]]
*[[Red Alert (G1)#Commemorative Series|Red Alert]]
*[[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Skywarp]]
====Series V====
*[[Hoist (G1)#Commemorative Series|Hoist]][[File:Sideswipebox.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Hey, I paid too much!]]
*[[Inferno (G1)#Commemorative Series|Inferno]]
*[[Tracks (G1)#Commemorative Series|Autobot Tracks]]
====Series VI====
*[[Grapple (G1)#Commemorative Series|Autobot Grapple]]
*[[Smokescreen (G1)#Commemorative Series|Smokescreen]]
====Series VII====
*[[Dirge (G1)#Commemorative Series|Dirge]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Rodimus Prime]]
====Series VIII====
*[[Skids (G1)#Commemorative Series|Autobot Skids]]
*[[Sideswipe (G1)#Commemorative Series|Side Swipe]]
{{note|Though intended to be released together with Skids at [[Toys"R"Us]] stores, Side Swipe wasn't officially released in the United States until more than a year later, and then only at [[KB Toys]] stores and outlets at half the original price.}}
[[File:Ricochetreissuebox.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Ricochet is shocked to learn he's a choking hazard.]]

{{note|Side Swipe was actually release at some [[Toys"R"Us]] stores in December of 2005.}}

====Series IX====
*[[Ricochet (Headmasters)#Commemorative Series|Ricochet]] with [[Targetmaster]] partner [[Nightstick (Ricochet)|Nightstick]]
*[[Astrotrain (G1)#Commemorative Series|Astrotrain]]
{{note|Though intended to be released together with Ricochet at [[Toys"R"Us]] stores, the Hasbro version Astrotrain wasn't released until more than a year later, and then only exclusive to the [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] online store.}}
{{-}}
===International releases and re-releases===
====Canada====
In Canada, (almost) all of the figures listed above were released around the same time they came out in the United States, sometimes even predating the US release. Unusually for Canadian releases, they were ''not'' sold in [[multilingual packaging|trilingual packaging]], but in the same English-only packaging also used for the United States market releases.

Side Swipe ''was'' released as a [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive together with Skids around the same time he was also supposed to show up in the United States.

Astrotrain was never officially made available in Canada.

====Australia====
Just like in Canada, all the figures listed above were also released in Australia, also close to their respective United States release dates. The packaging was also identical to the packaging used for the US releases.

Side Swipe was released as a [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive half a year later than in Canada.

Astrotrain was released in Australia as a [[Kmart]] exclusive (for a deep discount price). Despite being an exclusive, he could also be found clogging up shelves in smaller, privately owned toy shops.

====United Kingdom====
The Commemorative Series figures were also released as Toys"R"Us exclusives in the United Kingdom, but (unusually) not anywhere else in Europe.
=====Series I, II and III=====
The Series I, II and III figures were sold in standard [[multilingual packaging]] (with texts in English, French, Dutch, German, Italian and Spanish, including translations of the name "Commemorative Series") around the same time they were released in other markets:
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Rodimus Major]]
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Ultra Magnus]]
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Powermaster Optimus Prime]] with [[Apex Bomber|Apex Armor]]
*[[Starscream (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Starscream]]
*[[Jazz (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Autobot Jazz]]

=====Later figures=====
[[File:Commemorative Inferno US UK.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Changing the packaging design for an English-only UK release. Hasbro UK, you are weird.]]
In 2006, long after even Sideswipe and Astrotrain had been made available in the United States, Hasbro UK released several figures that hadn't been available in the United Kingdom before. Unusually, these figures now came in English-only packaging, but lacked the US packaging's "Commemorative Series" labels, the "choking hazard" [[for safety reasons|safety warning]] labels and all [[trademark]] ™ and ® markings:
*[[Prowl (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Prowl]]
*[[Red Alert (G1)#Commemorative Series|Red Alert]]
*[[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Skywarp]]
*[[Inferno (G1)#Commemorative Series|Inferno]]
*[[Tracks (G1)#Commemorative Series|Autobot Tracks]]
{{-}}

====Asian Hasbro markets re-releases====
[[File:Commemorative Astrotrain 2005 2012.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Let's complicate things further. Why not?]]
Several Commemorative Series figures were also re-released in Hasbro's Asian markets in 2012, in slightly altered English-only packaging that, for the most part, also lacked the "Commemorative Series" labels, featured different age recommendations for some figures (5+ instead of 8+), some altered fonts, text sizes and colors for the "choking hazard" safety warning labels, and occasionally sported updated [[trademark]] ™ and ® markings (most notable in the case of Ultra Magnus; Astrotrain's name was changed to "Decepticon Astrotrain"), as well as modern cardboard ties instead of the pre-2010 twist ties.
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Commemoratve Series|Optimus Prime]]
{{Note|Optimus Prime was actually a re-release of the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|25th Anniversary reissue]] of the figure, with [[tampograph]]ed [[insignia]]s instead of stickers, in a variation of the older Commemorative Series packaging.}}
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Ultra Magnus]]
*[[Astrotrain (G1)#Commemorative Series|Decepticon Astrotrain]]
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Powermaster Optimus Prime]] with [[Apex Bomber|Apex Armor]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Commemorative Series|Rodimus Prime]]
*[[Sideswipe (G1)#Commemorative Series|Side Swipe]]
{{Note|Unlike the first four figures on the list, the packaging for Rodimus Prime and Side Swipe retained the ''Commemorative Series'' labels including their respective numbers. The only differences are the updated Hasbro logos, black "choking hazard" safety warning labels (the original release of Side Swipe had sported a red label, whereas Rodimus Prime hadn't sported such a label at all) and the size of the "+" after the age recommendation. Oddly, Side Swipe's name was ''not'' changed to "Sideswipe", which Hasbro had started using again in 2008.}}
Also among this production run for the Hasbro's Asian markets was a re-release of Soundwave (see below).

==Related releases==
===[[Transformers: Classics|Classics (2006)]]===
*[[Soundwave (G1)/toys#Classics|Soundwave]] with [[Ravage (G1)/toys#Classics|Ravage]] and [[Laserbeak (G1)#Classics|Laserbeak]] (Commemorative Edition)
{{note|"Commemorative Edition" Soundwave was a [[Toys"R"Us]] [[exclusive]] released in early 2007, available in packaging based on the template for the ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' line. He was also available as a Toys"R"Us exclusive in the United Kingdom around the same time, in unaltered United States packaging, and was later re-released in Hasbro's Asian markets in 2012, in slightly altered packaging.}}

===[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe (2008)]]===
* [[Insecticon (G1)#Universe (2008)|Insecticons]] three-pack (Commemorative Edition), contains:
** [[Kickback (G1)#Universe (2008)|Kickback]]
** [[Shrapnel (G1)#Universe (2008)|Sharpshot]]
** [[Bombshell (G1)#Universe (2008)|Hardshell]]
* [[Perceptor (G1)#Universe (2008)|Perceptor]] (Commemorative Edition)
* [[Blaster (G1)#Hasbroreissue|Autobot Blaster]]
** [[Eject (G1)#Universe (2008)|Eject]]
** [[Ramhorn (G1)#Universe (2008)|Ramhorn]]
** [[Steeljaw (G1)#Universe (2008)|Steeljaw]]

==Notes==
[[File:CommemorativeSeriesIIIStock.jpg|upright=2.0|thumb|What could have been.]]
*The original [[packaging]] for the Series III figures Thundercracker, Silverstreak and Autobot Jazz declares all three figures "adult collectables". This can be seen in official [[stock photography|stock photos]] for the toys that depicts [[prototype#Packaging prototypes|sample packaging]], but is actually still present on the final packaging—it's simply covered with stickers containing choking hazard safety warnings, in addition to stickers containing "Ages 5+" recommendations.
*Series IX Ricochet was originally listed under the placeholder name "[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]" in Canadian and Australian Toys"R"Us computers. What's worse, the public Canadian Toys"R"Us website even illustrated their listing with a non-official photo of the ''Generation 1'' Sunstreaker toy lifted straight off a [http://www.ggaub.com/tf/toy.html fan's website], complete with watermark. Ultimately, however, the listings for "Sunstreaker" transformed into listings for Ricochet, leading to some confusion among fans.
*Had the original Commemorative Series line not been canceled by Toys"R"Us, it would have continued with several figures that were found as listings in Canadian and Australian Toys"R"Us computers. One of these [[unreleased toy#Commemorative Series|unreleased reissues]] even made it to the prototype stage:
**[[Ramjet (G1)#Commemorative Series|Ramjet]] (prototype in Starscream's colors surfaced)
**[[Trailbreaker (G1)#Other attempts|Trailbreaker]] (probably not under that name, though)
**[[Ironhide (G1)/toys|Ironhide]]
**[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]]
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===Foreign names===
*''French:'' '''Premiere Generation'''/'''Commémoratif de la Série'''
*''Dutch:'' '''Eerste Generatie'''/'''Klassiekers Serie'''
*''German:'' '''Erste Generation'''/'''Klassik-Serie'''
*''Italian:'' '''Generation One'''/'''Serie Classica'''
*''Spanish:'' '''Generación Uno'''/'''Series Commemorativas'''

==External links==
*[http://www.tfarchive.com/toys/checklists/hasbro_takara_reissues.php#comser TFarchive's reissue toys checklist]

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