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Top Trumps is a type of card game produced by Winning Moves UK Ltd. Each pack consists of a number of cards (usually 30) with a series of statistics on each. Players get a randomised set of cards, and the active player reads one of the stats from their top card. The player with the highest value for that stat on their top card wins, and collects all of the top cards for that round. The player who manages to collect all the cards wins the match.

Given the similarities between this game and the Transformers' own Tech Specs, it's only natural that the franchise lends itself to being adapted to this concept.

Transformers (2007)

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A pack of Top Trumps was released in 2007 to tie in with Transformers. Each card has six statistics (Power, Height (m), Disguise, Heart, Courage and Mission), a brief description of the character or object, and an image of the subject.

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  • Blackout has the least power of all the Decepticons.
  • Ron and Judy Witwicky are both braver than Optimus Prime and Megatron.
  • In fact, Megatron has the lowest courage score in the game, and is therefore more cowardly than Glen Whitman.
  • Miles is more powerful than Sam and Mikaela.
  • The picture used for Donnelly is not Zack Ward.
  • Frenzy's alternate mode is a tape deck instead of a CD player.
  • For whatever reasons, both models used for Scorponok are missing his head.
  • The RAND Corporation uses a shot of Maggie and her team of analysts at the Pentagon.
  • Additional "Super Top Trumps" cards were available separately in the UK and Germany, available when buying toys from certain stores, or with magazines:

Revenge of the Fallen

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A second pack was released in 2009, to tie in with Revenge of the Fallen. This pack included special markings on the back of selected cards which, combined with a webcam and a 3D software downloadable from the Top Trumps website, allowed you to "interact" with a 3D Optimus Prime in the form of a four question game. This time around, the six statistics given are Height (ft), Firepower, Disguise, Speed, Bravery and Intelligence.

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Cards marked with * have 3D markings.

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  • The Autobots having separate cards for their vehicle and robot modes leads to some oddities, such as Ironhide actually being one point faster in robot mode, and Optimus Prime's intelligence going up one point when he turns into a truck.
  • Wheelie is shown in his toy truck mode, unlike the other Decepticons who are all in robot mode.
  • In general, the height for returning characters is consistent with the first set, though in feet rather than metres.
  • The AllSpark shard is 3 feet tall. It's also smarter than Sam and Mikaela.
  • Megatron's description refers to him being frozen in ice and not dead.
  • N.E.S.T stands for Non-biological Extraterrestrial Species Treaty, as in The Last Prime.
  • For some bizzare reason, Sideswipe is listed as a Decepticon, suggesting that somewhere in development he got mixed up with SideWAYS

Transformers: Prime

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A third pack was released in October 2012, this time focusing on Transformers: Prime rather than the movies, Winning Moves having eschewed releasing a pack for Dark of the Moon. Each card has five stats—Intelligence, Rank, Strength, Speed and Fireblast. Unlike the movie packs, it avoids sticking to strictly on-screen characters and uses a number of toy-only characters and even a couple from Transformers: Fall of Cybertron.

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  • Knock Out's card erroneously has an Autobot symbol, unintentionally foreshadowing his change of hearts at the end of Predacons Rising.
  • Thundertron lacks a faction insignia altogether.
  • Pictures are a mix of promotional images from the show, toy package art, and Fall of Cybertron images for Swindle and Vortex.
  • The kids have intelligence stats of 8 and 9, making, for instance, Miko 3 points smarter than Bulkhead.
  • The Energon Driller also has an intelligence of 8.

Transformers Annual 2015

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The Transformers Annual 2015 came with six exclusive Age of Extinction Top Trumps cards. The five statistics listed are Size, Strength, Terror, Speed and Disguise.

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  • The description on Bumblebee's card misspells his name "Bumblee".
  • Lockdown is listed as a Decepticon bounty hunter.
  • Grimlock has a disguise stat of 1. Giant metal dinosaur is not a good disguise.

30 Blasts from the Past!

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Released in 2015, this pack celebrated 30 years of Transformers by featuring characters from the first couple of years of Generation 1. The cards feature reproductions of the original box art, and the five statistics included are Size, Speed, Power, Disguise and the enigmatic "Top Trumps Rating".

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  • Cosmos has the highest size stat at 6, making him bigger than Devastator. Cosmos also has the highest power stat possible at 50, making him equal to both Optimus and Devastator.
  • The disguise stat ranges from 1 (Cosmos and Grimlock) to 20 (Ransack, Ironhide, Barrage and... Devastator?!)
  • Seaspray and Skywarp only get a Top Trumps Rating of 2, while Optimus and Grimlock get the maximum rating of 15.
  • Grapple's bio notes that he turns into a "construction site roadhauler".
  • Shockwave's bio notes that he is an Action Master partnered with Fistfight.
  • Topspin's bio calls out his membership in the Wreckers.
  • Despite all three having identical bodies, Skywarp has a lower Size stat than both Starscream and Thundercracker.

Super Trunfo Transformers

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Super Trunfo is the Brazilian equivalent of Top Trumps produced by Grow. This version of the game traditionally comes with 32 cards and features a numbering system that marks them with a letter from A to D and a number from 1 to 8, giving each card a unique combination from 1A to 8D. One card is also marked as the "Super Trunfo", meaning it automatically wins against every other card—regardless of the stats—except for the ones marked with the letter A, to whom it always loses. The Transformers edition was released in 2022 with Strength, Skill, Firepower and Transformation as the stats.

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  • Most of the artwork used for the cards are taken from various Generations-branded toylines, most notably Combiner Wars, with others coming from the Legends mobile game. The packaging and cover card, on the other hand, use evergreen images of Optimus Prime and Bumblebee.
  • Due to how the rules work, Megatron always beats robot-mode Optimus Prime, and also beats vehicle-mode Optimus in three out of the four stats. That's not a good look for the Autobots.
  • Blurr has the best stats at both skill and transformation, and robot-mode Ironhide is the best card at firepower.
  • Brawl has the highest strength while Ravage has the lowest.
  • Nightstick appears as part of Cyclonus' artwork.
  • So Bonecrusher randomly gets to have two cards but Starscream of all people is completely absent from the game? Whose idea was this?

See also

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