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Debuting in 2019, Generations Selects is a series of exclusive figures sold mainly through online retailers, intersecting multiple thematic sublines of Generations. The line consists of special edition redecoes and retools of Generations figures, packaged in brown cardboard mailer boxes broadly similar to the late TFCC Figure Subscription Service.

As with other Transformers lines from 2018 onward, Hasbro and TakaraTomy attempt to make Generations Selects equally available to fans in each other's primary market. U.S. and Canadian fans (except in Québec) can purchase Takara Selects figures from Hasbro Pulse while Japanese fans can purchase some Hasbro Selects figures from TakaraTomy Mall.

Toys

Hasbro

Hasbro announced the Generations Selects branding in late 2018, with Ricochet and Red Swoop as the nominal debut figures for the line (but with Siege Combat Megatron actually being the first to see release). Packaged in robot mode, Hasbro's Selects figures have no price markup compared to regular retail figures. Hasbro Pulse debuts Generations Selects figures for the U.S. and Canadian markets while fans in Hasbro's other markets must resort to various physical or online retailers, with the only exclusive being Decepticon Red Wing to the Target website (though he was eventually rereleased to other online retailers in 2020).

Power of the Primes

The nominal beginning of Generations Selects, the Power of the Primes tie-ins were explicitly labelled as such by their instructions and came in brown boxes featuring a Halo of Primus motif.

Before Selects, Hasbro had experimented with the concept of "special edition" toys in other parts of the Prime Wars Trilogy (see below).

War for Cybertron Trilogy

The War for Cybertron Trilogy saw Selects transition to a new standard packaging design featuring a prominent graffiti–styled Autobot (usually) insignia and the word "WAR" in Cybertronian language. Toys that tied into the War for Cybertron: Siege chapter of the trilogy were clearly labelled and marked as such, but categorisation of the Selects toys from 2020 onwards became pretty much based on vibes, with year of release and the design elements of each toy's instruction booklet being the main deciding factors.

Siege

WFC-GS01 Combat Megatron
WFC-GS02 Decepticon Red Wing
WFC-GS03 Galactic Man Shockwave
WFC-GS04 Powerdasher Cromar
WFC-GS05 Autobot Lancer
WFC-GS06 Smokescreen
WFC-GS07 Nightbird
WFC-GS08 Powerdasher Zetar
WFC-GS09 Hot Shot

Contemporary to Earthrise

WFC-GS10 Soundwave Spy Patrol 3rd Unit^{[A 1]}
(Decepticon Wingthing, Decepticon Frenzy, Decepticon Skar & Autobot/Decepticon Knok)

WFC-GS11 Decepticon Exhaust

WFC-GS12 Greasepit

WFC-GS13 Hubcap

WFC-GS14 Megatron
(Generation 2 deco)

WFC-GS15 Hot House^{[A 2]}

WFC-GS16 Bug Bite

WFC-GS17 Shattered Glass Optimus Prime & Shattered Glass Ratchet

WFC-GS18 Autobot Tigertrack

WFC-GS19 Rotorstorm

WFC-GS20 Cordon & Autobot Spin-Out

WFC-GS21 Decepticon Sandstorm

WFC-GS22 Black Roritchi

Contemporary to Kingdom

WFC-GS23 Deep Cover^{[A 3]}

WFC-GS24 Ramjet^{[A 3]}
(Generation 2 deco)

WFC-GS25 Transmutate

WFC-GS26 Artfire & Nightstick

WFC-GS27 Galvatron

WFC-K39 Tricranius Beast Power^{[A 4]}

Behold, Galvatron! Unicron Companion Pack^{[A 5]}

Related releases

The mailer box-style package evidently appealed to Hasbro, and saw use with several of its online retailer exclusives. For ease of reference, these Generations Selects-style releases are listed below. Despite common fan misconception stemming from the use of these boxes, none of these toys below are Selects products.

Earthrise exclusives

Alternate Universe Optimus Prime
WFC-E33 Deluxe Centurion Drone
(Weaponizer, w/ Megatron, Optimus Prime, Refraktor, Roller, Shockwave and Soundwave)

Galactic Odyssey Collection

Encounter 1: Paradron Medics

Ratchet

Lifeline

Encounter 2: Micron Micromasters

Fireguard & Roadburner

Decepticon Runner & Motorhead

Stingracer & Windstorm

Encounter 3: Biosfera Autobot Clones

Fastlane

Cloudraker

Encounter 4: Dominus Criminal Pursuit

Barricade

Punch-Counterpunch

Encounter 5: Botropolis Rescue Mission

Overair

Ironworks

Fuzer & Autobot Blast Master

Missile Master & Moonrock

TakaraTomy import

TT-GS12 Soundblaster^{[A 6]}

Notes

↑ The Spy Patrol 3rd Unit was presented at Toy Fair 2020 with the Earthrise logo.
↑ Hot House, unlike the rest of his contemporaries, actually made use of the Earthrise logo on his instructions.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Deep Cover and Ramjet, despite being released during Kingdom, made use of Earthrise design elements in their instruction booklets.
↑ Despite an ID number placing the set firmly in War for Cybertron: Kingdom, Tricranius Beast Power also features the Selects logo on the packaging's label.
↑ Like Tricranius, the Behold, Galvatron! Unicron Companion Pack also features the Selects logo on the packaging's label, despite otherwise being sold as a War for Cybertron Trilogy standalone.
↑ Soundblaster was one of Hasbro Pulse's U.S. imports of TakaraTomy products (see below). A regular (albeit exclusive) Siege release in Japan, the Hasbro Pulse Soundblaster simply added an outer packaging sleeve with Selects branding. In both markets, its release occurred contemporarily to Kingdom.

Legacy

For Selects tie-ins to the Legacy lines, the packaging was given a new look, keeping the brown card box, monochrome black printing, and seal sticker, but now giving each release a unique schematic line-art illustration of the toy within, in a similar style to Takara's previous Selects packaging (see below).

Legacy

Legacy: Evolution

Magnificus

Guardian Robot & Lunar-Tread

Antagony

Legacy: United

Autobots Stand United 5-Pack
(Autobot Jazz, Sunstreaker, Trailbreaker, Wheeljack, Autobot Hound)

Go-Bot Guardians 3-Pack
(Go-Bot Pathfinder, Go-Bot Treds, Go-Bot Smallfoot)

Age of the Primes

Age of the Primes-branded Selects toys ditched the classy, monochrome-printed, label-sealed cardboard boxes in favor of a new style featuring line-art illustrations of the toy within overlaid with spraypaint-like splashes of color, with additional design elements unifying Generations Selects' look with Age of the Primes and the similarly-redesigned Studio Series.

Trypticon
(with Full-Tilt and Necro)
G2 Universe Dinobot Snarl / G2 Universe Dinobot Slug
G2 Dinobot Swoop / G2 Dinobot Sludge
Monstructor
(Icepick, Birdbrain, Bristleback, Scowl, Slog, Wildfly)

This item is currently scheduled for release, but is not yet available at mass retail.

Monstructor

TakaraTomy

TakaraTomy's Generation Selects [sic] figures succeed the niche of the previous 2014 to 2019 Legends and Unite Warriors series, featuring uniquely extensive retooling and higher-budget paint operations for accuracy to each character's era of origin in the Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity. Additionally, the Japanese version of Generations Selects features a heavy emphasis on combiner teams, a feature noticeably absent from the War for Cybertron Trilogy toyline. Due to the Transformers market in Japan being smaller and shrinking, Takara's turnout of Selects figures is smaller compared to Legends and Unite Warriors. As with those lines, Takara's figures are packaged in alternate mode.

As per brand unification, Hasbro Pulse releases the TakaraTomy-made figures with no changes save for a black packaging sleeve labeled in English. This initiative also rolled in TakaraTomy's version of Soundblaster, which was released as part of Siege in Japan.

Around November 2025, TakaraTomy moved the Generations Selects line to the "Product Archive" section of its website, alongside other retired lines. The subsequent Hasbro Selects release, Trypticon, was numbered and solicited as part of TakaraTomy's Age of the Primes line. However, TakaraTomy would eventually revive the Selects concept with the New Legends line in 2026; continuing the trend of Japan-exclusive, fanservicey redecoes.

Toys in bold text were TakaraTomy initiated before being imported to the U.S. by Hasbro Pulse. The remaining toys are identical to their worldwide releases.

2019 September 7^[1]

2019 September 28

Smokescreen
Star Convoy

2020 January 25

Seacons Gulf
Seacons Turtler

2020 February 29

Seacons Lobclow [sic]
Seacons Kraken

2020 March 28

Seacons Overbite
Seacons Tentakil

2020 September 26

TT-GS09 Super Megatron

2020 October 31

TT-GS10 Godneptune [sic]

Coelagon

Halfshell

Skyulle

Sea Phantom

Terrormander

2021 February 27

TT-GS11 Volcanicus

Grimlock

Slag

Sludge

Snarl

Swoop

2021 April 17

TT-GS12 Abominus

Butto

Cutthroat

Hun-Gurrr

Sinnertwin

Rippersnapper

2021 December 29

Ramjet

2022 March 26

2022 June 25

Lift Ticket

2023 May 27

Magnificus

2024 January 27

GADEP & Lunar-Tread

2024 February 24

Antagony

2025 January

Autobots Stand United 5-Pack

As with Hasbro and its War for Cybertron Trilogy adjacent releases, TakaraTomy also used the Selects packaging style with other collector products, including the Beast Wars Again and Dramatic Capture Series lines.

ID numbers

At the beginning of the series' release, TakaraTomy declined the usual trend of assigning ID numbers to their Selects releases. By contrast, Hasbro Pulse labels each Takara Selects release as distinct from Hasbro Selects figures on their product listings.

However, in Transformers Generations 2021, TakaraTomy gave Super Megatron the ID number TT-GS09 and assigned other numbers to subsequent items in order, thus making TakaraTomy's ID numbers different from Hasbro Pulse's. As for the numbers between TT-GS01 and TT-GS08, TakaraTomy does not specify which items correspond to each number.

The Hasbro Pulse releases of the Seacons also assigned them alternate identities as the Seacons.

TakaraTomy ID	TakaraTomy name	Hasbro Pulse ID	Hasbro name
—	Star Convoy	TT-GS01	Star Convoy
—	Seacons Turtler	TT-GS03	Turtler (Snaptrap)
—	Seacons Gulf	TT-GS04	Gulf (Skalor)
—	Seacons Kraken	TT-GS02	Kraken (Seawing)
—	Seacons Lobclow [sic]	TT-GS06	Lobclaw (Nautilator)
—	Seacons Overbite	TT-GS07	Overbite
—	Seacons Tentakil	TT-GS08	Tentakil
TT-GS09	Super Megatron	TT-GS09	Super Megatron
TT-GS10	Godneptune [sic]	TT-GS10	God Neptune
TT-GS11	Volcanicus	TT-GS11	Volcanicus
SG-EX (Siege)	Soundblaster	TT-GS12	Soundblaster
TT-GS12	Abominus	TT-GS05	Abominus

Notes

Shortly before the inception of Generations Selects, Hasbro seems to have tested the concept of "special edition" Deluxe Class figures in boxed packaging with Titans Return Arcee and Grotusque, followed up by Prime Wars Trilogy Blast Off, Repugnus, and Punch-Counterpunch.
Strangely, store listings for 2022 indicated that not only would Clampdown receive his Legacy figure but also a Generations Selects figure.^[2] How this would have worked out is unknown, as no such Generations Selects figure ever manifested and Clampdown is not known for variant color schemes. It is worth noting, though, that in the previous year, Clampdown's brother Deep Cover received both a classically-styled Generations Selects figure as well as an arbitrary-deco War for Cybertron Trilogy figure at Walmart.
A leaked listing from 2023 suggests that 2024's Legacy: United Windsweeper was meant to release much earlier as a Generations Selects figure alongside Antagony as an add-on for Legacy: Evolution.^[3] For whatever reason, this plan didn't materialize, and the figure released a year later as an Amazon-exclusive Legacy: United figure.

Foreign names

Japanese: Generation Selects (ジェネレーションセレクト Jenerēshon Serekuto)^[4]
Mandarin: Biànxíng Jīngāng Shìdài Jīngxuǎn Xìliè (變形金剛世代精選系列/变形金刚世代精选系列 "Transformers Generations Selects Series"), Biànxíng Jīngāng Shìdài Xìliè Jīngxuǎn (變形金剛世代系列精選, "Transformers Generations Series Selects")

References

↑ Tweet by TakaraTomy's official account
↑ https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/leaked-2022-ss-and-evolution-wave-composition.1220748/
↑ https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/medix-confirmed-as-walgreens-exclusive-and-2023-selects-toys-will-include-antagony-and-windsweeper/47526/
↑ TakaraTomy does not use this Japanese spelling very often, instead straight-up inserting the untranslated all-caps English phrase "GENERATION SELECTS" into Japanese text.

External links

Generations Selects at the TakaraTomy website

[1] The Spy Patrol 3rd Unit was presented at Toy Fair 2020 with the Earthrise logo.

[2] Hot House, unlike the rest of his contemporaries, actually made use of the Earthrise logo on his instructions.

[Ramjet-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Deep Cover and Ramjet, despite being released during Kingdom, made use of Earthrise design elements in their instruction booklets.

[4] Despite an ID number placing the set firmly in War for Cybertron: Kingdom, Tricranius Beast Power also features the Selects logo on the packaging's label.

[5] Like Tricranius, the Behold, Galvatron! Unicron Companion Pack also features the Selects logo on the packaging's label, despite otherwise being sold as a War for Cybertron Trilogy standalone.

[6] Soundblaster was one of Hasbro Pulse's U.S. imports of TakaraTomy products (see below). A regular (albeit exclusive) Siege release in Japan, the Hasbro Pulse Soundblaster simply added an outer packaging sleeve with Selects branding. In both markets, its release occurred contemporarily to Kingdom.

[TTzetaandNightbird-7] Tweet by TakaraTomy's official account

[8] ttps://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/leaked-2022-ss-and-evolution-wave-composition.1220748/

[9] ttps://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/medix-confirmed-as-walgreens-exclusive-and-2023-selects-toys-will-include-antagony-and-windsweeper/47526/

[10] TakaraTomy does not use this Japanese spelling very often, instead straight-up inserting the untranslated all-caps English phrase "GENERATION SELECTS" into Japanese text.

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+[[File:TF-Generations-Selects-Decepticon-Exhaust-Box.jpg|thumb|upright=2.1|Deluxe Class Exhaust]]
 Debuting in [[2019]], '''''Generations Selects''''' is a series of exclusive figures sold mainly through online retailers, intersecting multiple thematic sublines of ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]''. The line consists of special edition redecoes and retools of ''Generations'' figures, packaged in brown cardboard mailer boxes broadly similar to the late [[Transformers Collectors' Club|TFCC]] [[Transformers Figure Subscription Service|Figure Subscription Service]].
 As with other ''Transformers'' lines from [[2018]] onward, Hasbro and TakaraTomy attempt to make ''Generations Selects'' equally available to fans in each other's primary market. U.S. and Canadian fans (except in Québec) can purchase Takara ''Selects'' figures from [[Hasbro Pulse]] while Japanese fans can purchase some Hasbro ''Selects'' figures from [[TakaraTomy Mall]].
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 ==Toys==
 ===Hasbro===
-Hasbro announced the ''Generations Selects'' branding in late 2018, with Ricochet and Red Swoop as the nominal debut figures for the line. However, the first figure to reach fans wound up being Combat Megatron, who was made available for order concurrently with New York [[Toy Fair 2019]]. Packaged in robot mode, Hasbro's ''Selects'' figures have no price markup compared to regular retail figures. [[Hasbro Pulse]] debuts ''Generations Selects'' figures for the U.S. and Canadian markets while fans in Hasbro's other markets must resort to various physical or online retailers, with the only exclusive being [[Red Wing#Generations|Decepticon Red Wing]] to the [[Target]] website (though he was eventually rereleased to other online retailers in 2020). Thus far, Hasbro ''Selects'' figures have been limited to straight redecoes, sometimes with "pretooled" alternate heads and accessories.
+Hasbro announced the ''Generations Selects'' branding in late 2018, with Ricochet and Red Swoop as the nominal debut figures for the line (but with ''Siege'' Combat Megatron actually being the first to see release). Packaged in robot mode, Hasbro's ''Selects'' figures have no price markup compared to regular retail figures. [[Hasbro Pulse]] debuts ''Generations Selects'' figures for the U.S. and Canadian markets while fans in Hasbro's other markets must resort to various physical or online retailers, with the only exclusive being [[Red Wing (G1)#Generations|Decepticon Red Wing]] to the [[Target]] website (though he was eventually rereleased to other online retailers in 2020).
-Following Ricochet and Red Swoop, who featured a [[Halo of Primus]] design on their packaging and were explicitly labeled as ''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' by their instructions, the line transitioned to a new standard packaging design featuring the ''[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' logo. [[2019]]'s releases were labeled as belonging to the ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'' portion of the trilogy by their instruction booklets, while in [[2020]], instruction sheets used the ''[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Earthrise]]'' installment's graphic design elements, but not the logo itself (except [[Hot House (facility)#Generations|Hot House]], for reasons unclear). The Spy Patrol set was also [[:File:ToyFair2020-HasbroSlideShow11.jpg|labeled]] as part of ''Earthrise'' during the [[Toy Fair 2020]] presentation. [[Deep Cover#Generations|Deep Cover]] and [[Ramjet (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Ramjet]] were released during ''Kingdom'' and feature the new-for-2021 cardboard packaging tray, but retain the ''Earthrise'' instructions graphics.
+====''Power of the Primes''====
+[[File:Selects-Deluxe-Red-Swoop.jpg|thumb|upright=1|Dinobot Red Swoop]]
+The nominal beginning of ''Generations Selects'', the ''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' tie-ins were explicitly labelled as such by their instructions and came in brown boxes featuring a [[Halo of Primus]] motif.
-For ''Legacy'', the line's packaging was given a brand-new look, keeping the brown cardboard but now giving each release a unique box design, with schematic line-art of the toy in a similar style to Takara's previous ''Selects'' packaging (see [[#TakaraTomy|below]]).
+<ul class="iconlist">
+{{Bp-a1|[[Ricochet (Headmasters)#Generations Selects|Ricochet]]}}
+{{Bp-a1|[[Swoop (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Dinobot Red Swoop]]}}
+</ul>
-{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
+Before ''Selects'', Hasbro had experimented with the concept of "special edition" toys in other parts of the ''[[Prime Wars Trilogy]]'' ([[#Notes|see below]]).
-|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]</u>
+{{-}}
+====''War for Cybertron Trilogy''====
+The ''[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' saw ''Selects'' transition to a new standard packaging design featuring a prominent graffiti–styled Autobot (usually) insignia and the word "WAR" in [[Cybertronian language]].  Toys that tied into the ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege]]'' chapter of the trilogy were clearly labelled and marked as such, but categorisation of the ''Selects'' toys from [[2020]] onwards became pretty much based on vibes, with year of release and the design elements of each toy's instruction booklet being the main deciding factors.
+{| width="100%"
+|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'''''</u>
 <ul class="iconlist">
-{{Bp-a1|[[Ricochet (Headmasters)#Generations Selects|Ricochet]]}}
-{{Bp-a1|[[Swoop (G1)/toys#POTPGS|Dinobot Red Swoop]]}}
-|
-|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]</u>
 {{Bp-d2|WFC-GS01 [[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys#GS01|Combat Megatron]]}}
-{{Bp-d1|WFC-GS02 [[Red Wing#Toys|Decepticon Red Wing]]}}
+{{Bp-d1|WFC-GS02 [[Red Wing (G1)#Toys|Decepticon Red Wing]]}}
 {{Bp-d1|WFC-GS03 [[Shockwave (G1)/toys#GS03|Galactic Man Shockwave]]}}
 {{Bp-a1|WFC-GS04 [[Cromar#Generations Selects|Powerdasher Cromar]]}}
-|
-|width="20%" valign="top"|<br>
 {{Bp-a1|WFC-GS05 [[Lancer#Toys|Autobot Lancer]]}}
 {{Bp-a1|WFC-GS06 [[Smokescreen (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Smokescreen]]}}
 {{Bp-d1|WFC-GS07 [[Nightbird (G1)#Generations Selects|Nightbird]]}}
-|
-|width="20%" valign="top"|<br>
 {{Bp-a1|WFC-GS08 [[Zetar (G1)#Generations Selects|Powerdasher Zetar]]}}
 {{Bp-a1|WFC-GS09 [[Hot Shot (G1)#Generations Selects|Hot Shot]]}}
-{{Bp-merc|TT-GS12 [[Soundblaster (G1)#War for Cybertron: Siege|Soundblaster]] (TakaraTomy import)}}
 |
-|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=3|[[File:GS-toy RedWing.jpg|thumb|250px|Voyager Class Red Wing]][[File:TF-Generations-Selects-Black-Zarak.jpg|thumb|250px|Titan Class Black Zarak]]
+|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Contemporary to ''[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Earthrise]]'''''</u>
-|-
+{{Bp-a1d1|WFC-GS10 Soundwave Spy Patrol 3rd Unit<ref group="A">The Spy Patrol 3rd Unit was presented at [[Toy Fair 2020]] with [[:File:ToyFair2020-HasbroSlideShow11.jpg|the ''Earthrise'' logo]].</ref><br>([[Wingthing (G1)#Generations Selects|Decepticon Wingthing]], [[Frenzy (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Decepticon Frenzy]], [[Skar (G1)#Generations Selects|Decepticon Skar]] & [[Knok#Generations Selects|Autobot/Decepticon Knok]])}}
-|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''''[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Earthrise]]''</u>
-{{Bp-a1d1|WFC-GS10 Soundwave Spy Patrol 3rd Unit ([[Wingthing (G1)#Generations Selects|Decepticon Wingthing]], [[Frenzy (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Decepticon Frenzy]], [[Skar (G1)#Generations Selects|Decepticon Skar]] & [[Knok#Generations Selects|Autobot/Decepticon Knok]])}}
 {{Bp-merc|WFC-GS11 [[Exhaust#Generations Selects|Decepticon Exhaust]]}}
 {{Bp-d1|WFC-GS12 [[Greasepit (facility)#Generations Selects|Greasepit]]}}
+{{Bp-a1|WFC-GS13 [[Hubcap (G1)#Generations Selects|Hubcap]]}}
+{{Bp-d2|WFC-GS14 [[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys#GS14|Megatron]]<br>(''Generation 2'' deco)}}
+{{Bp-a1|WFC-GS15 [[Hot House (facility)#Generations Selects|Hot House]]<ref group="A">Hot House, unlike the rest of his contemporaries, actually made use of the ''Earthrise'' logo on his instructions.</ref>}}
 |
 |width="20%" valign="top"|<br>
-{{Bp-a1|WFC-GS13 [[Hubcap (G1)#Generations Selects|Hubcap]]}}
-{{Bp-d2|WFC-GS14 [[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys#GS14|Megatron]] (''Generation 2'')}}
-{{Bp-a1|WFC-GS15 [[Hot House (facility)#Generations Selects|Hot House]]}}
 {{Bp-merc|WFC-GS16 [[Bug Bite (G1)#Generations Selects|Bug Bite]]}}
-|
-|width="20%" valign="top"|<br>
 {{bp-sa|WFC-GS17 [[Optimus Prime (SG)#Generations Selects|Shattered Glass Optimus Prime]] & [[Ratchet (SG)#Generations Selects|Shattered Glass Ratchet]]}}
 {{Bp-a1|WFC-GS18 [[Tigertrack#Generations Selects|Autobot Tigertrack]]}}
 {{Bp-a1|WFC-GS19 [[Rotorstorm (G1)#Generations Selects|Rotorstorm]]}}
-{{Bp-a1|WFC-GS20 [[Cordon#Generations Selects|Cordon]] & [[Spin-Out (G1)#Generations Selects|Autobot Spin-Out]]}}
+{{Bp-a1|WFC-GS20 [[Cordon (G1)#Generations Selects|Cordon]] & [[Spin-Out (G1)#Generations Selects|Autobot Spin-Out]]}}
-|
-|width="20%" valign="top"|<br>
 {{Bp-d2|WFC-GS21 [[Sandstorm (G2)#Generations Selects|Decepticon Sandstorm]]}}
 {{Bp-d1|WFC-GS22 [[Black Roritchi#Generations Selects|Black Roritchi]]}}
-{{Bp-a1|WFC-GS23 [[Deep Cover#Generations Selects|Deep Cover]]}}
+|
-{{Bp-d2|WFC-GS24 [[Ramjet (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Ramjet]] (''Generation 2'')}}
+|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Contemporary to ''[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Kingdom]]'''''</u>
-|-
+{{Bp-a1|WFC-GS23 [[Deep Cover#Generations Selects|Deep Cover]]<ref group="A" name=Ramjet>Deep Cover and Ramjet, despite being released during ''Kingdom'', made use of ''Earthrise'' design elements in their instruction booklets.</ref>}}
-|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''''[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Kingdom]]''</u>
+{{Bp-d2|WFC-GS24 [[Ramjet (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Ramjet]]<ref group="A" name=Ramjet/><br>(''Generation 2'' deco)}}
 {{Bp-m1|WFC-GS25 [[Transmutate (BW)#Generations Selects|Transmutate]]}}
 {{Bp-a1|WFC-GS26 [[Artfire#Generations Selects|Artfire]] & [[Nightstick (Headmasters)#Generations Selects|Nightstick]]}}
 {{Bp-d1|WFC-GS27 [[Galvatron (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Galvatron]]}}
+{{Bp-m1|WFC-K39 [[Tricranius#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Tricranius Beast Power]]<ref group="A">Despite an ID number placing the set firmly in ''War for Cybertron: Kingdom'', Tricranius Beast Power also features the ''Selects'' logo on the packaging's label.</ref>}}
+{{bp-d1|[[Galvatron (G1)/toys#BeholdGalvatron|Behold, Galvatron! Unicron Companion Pack]]<ref group="A">Like Tricranius, the Behold, Galvatron! Unicron Companion Pack also features the ''Selects'' logo on the packaging's label, despite otherwise being sold as a ''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' standalone.</ref>}}
+|
+|width="20%" valign="top" |[[File:Selects-Voyager-CombatMegatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1|Combat Megatron]][[File:Generations select Transmutate.jpg|thumb|upright=1|Transmutate]]
+|}
+;Related releases
+The mailer box-style package evidently appealed to Hasbro, and saw use with several of its online retailer exclusives.  For ease of reference, these ''Generations Selects''-style releases are listed below.  Despite common fan misconception stemming from the use of these boxes, <u>none of these toys below are ''Selects'' products.</u>
+{|width="100%"
+|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''''Earthrise'' exclusives'''</u>
+<ul class="iconlist">
+{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#AUOP|Alternate Universe Optimus Prime]]}}
+{{bp-a1d1|WFC-E33 [[Centurion droid#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Deluxe Centurion Drone]]<br>(Weaponizer, w/ [[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys#E33|Megatron]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Optimus Prime]], [[Reflector (G1)#E33|Refraktor]], [[Roller (G1)#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Roller]], [[Shockwave (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Shockwave]] and [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Soundwave]])}}
 |
+|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''''Galactic Odyssey Collection'''''</u>
+{{Bp-a1|Encounter 1: [[Paradron]] Medics}}
+:{{Bp-a1|[[Ratchet (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Ratchet]]}}
+:{{Bp-a1|[[Lifeline (G1)#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Lifeline]]}}
+{{Bp-a1d1|Encounter 2: [[Micro]]n Micromasters}}
+:{{Bp-a1|[[Fireguard#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Fireguard]] & [[Roadburner#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Roadburner]]}}
+:{{Bp-d1|[[Barricade (G1)#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Decepticon Runner]] & [[Motorhead (G1)#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Motorhead]]}}
+:{{Bp-a1d1|[[Stingracer#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Stingracer]] & [[Windstorm#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Windstorm]]}}
+|
+|width="20%" valign="top"|<br>
+{{Bp-a1|Encounter 3: [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Biosfera]] Autobot Clones}}
+:{{Bp-a1|[[Fastlane#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Fastlane]]}}
+:{{Bp-a1|[[Cloudraker (G1)#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Cloudraker]]}}
+{{Bp-a1d1|Encounter 4: [[Master (planet)|Dominus]] Criminal Pursuit}}
+:{{Bp-d1|[[Barricade (IDW)#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Barricade]]}}
+:{{Bp-a1|[[Punch (G1)#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Punch-Counterpunch]]}}
+|
+|width="20%" valign="top"|<br>
+{{Bp-a1|Encounter 5: [[Botropolis]] Rescue Mission}}
+:{{Bp-a1|[[Overair (facility)#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Overair]]}}
+:{{Bp-a1|[[Ironworks (facility)#Botropolis|Ironworks]]}}
+:{{Bp-a1|[[Phaser (G1)#Botropolis|Fuzer]] & [[Blast Master#Botropolis|Autobot Blast Master]]}}
+:{{Bp-a1|[[Missile Master#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Missile Master]] & [[Moonrock#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Moonrock]]}}
+|
+|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''TakaraTomy import'''</u>
+{{Bp-merc|TT-GS12 [[Soundblaster (G1)#War for Cybertron: Siege|Soundblaster]]<ref group="A">Soundblaster was one of Hasbro Pulse's U.S. imports of TakaraTomy products ([[#TakaraTomy|see below]]).  A regular (albeit exclusive) ''Siege'' release in Japan, the Hasbro Pulse Soundblaster simply added an outer packaging sleeve with ''Selects'' branding.  In both markets, its release occurred contemporarily to ''Kingdom''.</ref>}}
+|}
+;Notes
+<references group="A" />
+====''Legacy''====
+For ''Selects'' tie-ins to the ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy]]'' lines, the packaging was given a new look, keeping the brown card box, monochrome black printing, and seal sticker, but now giving each release a unique schematic line-art illustration of the toy within, in a similar style to Takara's previous ''Selects'' packaging (see [[#TakaraTomy|below]]).
+{|width="100%"
 |width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy]]''</u>
-{{Bp-d1|[[Scorponok (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Black Zarak]]}}
+<ul class="iconlist">
+{{Bp-d1|[[Scorponok (G1)#Generations Selects|Black Zarak]]}}
 {{Bp-a1|[[Lift-Ticket (Diaclone)#Generations Selects|Lift-Ticket]]}}
 {{Bp-a1|[[DK-2 Guard]]}}
+{{Bp-d1| [[Cyclonus (G1)/toys#SelectsTargetmaster|Cyclonus]] & [[Nightstick (G1)#Generations Selects|Nightstick]]}}
+{{Bp-a1|[[DK-3 Breaker#Generations Selects|DK-3 Breaker]]}}
 |
-|width="20%" valign="top"|<br>
+|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''''[[Transformers: Legacy#Legacy: Evolution|Legacy: Evolution]]''</u>
-{{Bp-d1|[[Cyclonus (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Cyclonus]] & [[Nightstick (G1)#Generations Selects|Nightstick]]}}
-{{Bp-a1|[[Breaker (G1)|DK-3 Breaker]]}}
 {{Bp-d1|[[Magnificus (G1)#Generations Selects|Magnificus]]}}
+{{Bp-a1|[[Guardian robot#Generations Selects|Guardian Robot]] & [[Lunar-Tread#Generations Selects|Lunar-Tread]]}}
+{{Bp-p1|[[Antagony (BW)#Generations Selects|Antagony]]}}
+|
+|width="40%" valign="top"|<u>'''''[[Transformers: Legacy#United|Legacy: United]]''</u>
+{{Bp-a1|Autobots Stand United 5-Pack<br>([[Jazz (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Autobot Jazz]], [[Sunstreaker (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Sunstreaker]], [[Trailbreaker (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Trailbreaker]], [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Wheeljack]], [[Hound (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Autobot Hound]])}}
+{{Bp-a1d1|Go-Bot Guardians 3-Pack<br>([[Path Finder#Generations Selects|Go-Bot Pathfinder]], [[Treds#Generations Selects|Go-Bot Treds]], [[Small Foot#Generations Selects|Go-Bot Smallfoot]])}}
+|
+|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=3|[[File:TF-Generations-Selects-Black-Zarak.jpg|thumb|upright=1|Black Zarak]]
+|}
+====''Age of the Primes''====
+[[File:Selects Trypticon.jpg|thumb|upright=1|Trypticon]]
+''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes|Age of the Primes]]''-branded ''Selects'' toys ditched the classy, monochrome-printed, label-sealed cardboard boxes in favor of a new style featuring line-art illustrations of the toy within overlaid with spraypaint-like splashes of color, with additional design elements unifying ''Generations Selects''{{'}} look with ''Age of the Primes'' and the similarly-redesigned ''[[Studio Series]]''.
+<ul class="iconlist">
+{{Bp-d1|[[Trypticon (G1)#Generations Selects|Trypticon]]<br>(with [[Full-Tilt (G1)#Generations Selects|Full-Tilt]] and [[Wipe-Out#Generations Selects|Necro]])}}
+{{Bp-a1|[[Snarl (G1)#Age of the Primes|G2 Universe Dinobot Snarl]] / [[Slag (G1)/toys#Age of the Primes|G2 Universe Dinobot Slug]]}}
+{{Bp-a1|[[Swoop (G1)/toys#Age of the Primes|G2 Dinobot Swoop]] / [[Sludge (G1)#Age of the Primes|G2 Dinobot Sludge]]}}
+{{Bp-d1|[[Monstructor (G1)#Age of the Primes|Monstructor]]<br>([[Icepick (G1)#Age of the Primes|Icepick]], [[Birdbrain#Age of the Primes|Birdbrain]], [[Bristleback#Age of the Primes|Bristleback]], [[Scowl (G1)#Age of the Primes|Scowl]], [[Slog (G1)#Age of the Primes|Slog]], [[Wildfly#Age of the Primes|Wildfly]])}}
 </ul>
-|}
+{{-}}
+{{comingsoontoy|Monstructor}}
 ===TakaraTomy===
@@ Line 83: / Line 146: @@
 TakaraTomy's '''''Generation Selects''''' {{sic}} figures succeed the niche of the previous [[2014]] to [[2019]] ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' and ''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' series, featuring uniquely extensive retooling and higher-budget paint operations for accuracy to each character's era of origin in the [[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]. Additionally, the Japanese version of ''Generations Selects'' features a heavy emphasis on [[combiner]] teams, a feature noticeably absent from the ''[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (franchise)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' toyline. Due to the ''Transformers'' market in Japan being smaller and shrinking, Takara's turnout of ''Selects'' figures is smaller compared to ''Legends'' and ''Unite Warriors''. As with those lines, Takara's figures are packaged in alternate mode.
-As per brand unification, [[Hasbro Pulse]] releases the TakaraTomy-made figures with no changes save for a black packaging sleeve labeled in English. Soundblaster's ''Selects'' branding is unique to Hasbro Pulse's release, with the original TakaraTomy release being part of ''Siege''.
+As per brand unification, [[Hasbro Pulse]] releases the TakaraTomy-made figures with no changes save for a black packaging sleeve labeled in English. This initiative also rolled in TakaraTomy's version of Soundblaster, which was released as part of ''Siege'' in Japan.
+Around November 2025, TakaraTomy moved the ''Generations Selects'' line to the "Product Archive" section of its website, alongside other retired lines.  The subsequent Hasbro ''Selects'' release, Trypticon, was numbered and solicited as part of TakaraTomy's [[Transformers: Age of the Primes#Age of the Primes (TakaraTomy)|''Age of the Primes'' line]]. However, TakaraTomy would eventually revive the ''Selects'' concept with the ''[[Transformers New Legends|New Legends]]'' line in 2026; continuing the trend of Japan-exclusive, fanservicey redecoes.
+{{-}}
+{{Note|Toys in '''bold text''' were TakaraTomy initiated before being imported to the U.S. by Hasbro Pulse.  The remaining toys are identical to their worldwide releases.}}
+{| width="100%"
+|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>[[2019]] [[September 7]]</u><ref name=TTzetaandNightbird>[https://twitter.com/takaratomytoys/status/1164900347501899776 Tweet by TakaraTomy's official account]</ref>
+<ul class="iconlist">
+{{Bp-d1|[[Nightbird (G1)#Generations Selects|Nightbird]]}}
+{{Bp-a1|[[Zetar (G1)#Generations|Powerdasher Zeta]]}}
+</ul>
+|
+|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>2019 [[September 28]]</u>
+<ul class="iconlist">
+{{Bp-a1|[[Smokescreen (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Smokescreen]]}}
+{{Bp-a1|'''[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#Generations Selects|Star Convoy]]'''}}
+</ul>
+|
+|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>[[2020]] [[January 25]]</u>
+<ul class="iconlist">
+{{Bp-d1|'''[[Gulf#Generations Selects|Seacons Gulf]]'''}}
+{{Bp-d1|'''[[Turtler#Generations Selects|Seacons Turtler]]'''}}
+</ul>
+|
+|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>2020 [[February 29]]</u>
+<ul class="iconlist">
+{{Bp-d1|'''[[Lobclaw#Generations Selects|Seacons Lobclow]]''' {{sic}}}}
+{{Bp-d1|'''[[Kraken#Generations Selects|Seacons Kraken]]'''}}
+</ul>
+|
+|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=6|[[File:TF-Generations-Selects-Star-Convoy.jpg|thumb|upright=1|Star Convoy]][[File:TF-Selects-Super-Megatron.jpg|upright=1|thumb|Super Megatron]][[File:TF-Generations-Selects-God-Neptune.jpg|thumb|upright=1|God Neptune]]
+|-
+|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>2020 [[March 28]]</u>
+<ul class="iconlist">
+{{Bp-d1|'''[[Overbite (Masterforce)#Generations Selects|Seacons Overbite]]'''}}
+{{Bp-d1|'''[[Tentakil (Masterforce)#Generations Selects|Seacons Tentakil]]'''}}
+</ul>
+<u>2020 [[September 26]]</u>
+<ul class="iconlist">
+{{Bp-d1|TT-GS09 '''[[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys#SuperMegatron|Super Megatron]]'''}}
+</ul>
+|
+|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>2020 [[October 31]]</u>
+<ul class="iconlist">
+{{Bp-p1|TT-GS10 '''[[God Neptune#Generations Selects|Godneptune]]''' {{sic}}}}
+:{{Bp-p1|'''[[Coelagon#Generations Selects|Coelagon]]'''}}
+:{{Bp-p1|'''[[Halfshell#Generations Selects|Halfshell]]'''}}
+:{{Bp-p1|'''[[Scylla (BW)#Generations Selects|Skyulle]]'''}}
+:{{Bp-p1|'''[[Sea Phantom#Generations Selects|Sea Phantom]]'''}}
+:{{Bp-p1|'''[[Terrormander#Generations Selects|Terrormander]]'''}}
+</ul>
+|
+|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>[[2021]] [[February 27]]</u>
+<ul class="iconlist">
+{{Bp-a1|TT-GS11 '''[[Volcanicus (POTP)#Generations Selects|Volcanicus]]'''}}
+:{{Bp-a1|'''[[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Grimlock]]'''}}
+:{{Bp-a1|'''[[Slag (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Slag]]'''}}
+:{{Bp-a1|'''[[Sludge (G1)#Generations Selects|Sludge]]'''}}
+:{{Bp-a1|'''[[Snarl (G1)#Generations Selects|Snarl]]'''}}
+:{{Bp-a1|'''[[Swoop (G1)/toys#GSgiftset|Swoop]]'''}}
+</ul>
+|
+|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>2021 [[April 17]]</u>
+<ul class="iconlist">
+{{Bp-d1|TT-GS12 '''[[Abominus (G1)#Generations Selects|Abominus]]'''}}
+:{{Bp-d1|'''[[Blot (G1)#Generations Selects|Butto]]'''}}
+:{{Bp-d1|'''[[Cutthroat (G1)#Generations Selects|Cutthroat]]'''}}
+:{{Bp-d1|'''[[Hun-Gurrr (G1)#Generations Selects|Hun-Gurrr]]'''}}
+:{{Bp-d1|'''[[Sinnertwin (G1)#Generations Selects|Sinnertwin]]'''}}
+:{{Bp-d1|'''[[Rippersnapper (G1)#Generations Selects|Rippersnapper]]'''}}
+</ul>
+|-
+|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>2021 [[December 29]]</u>
+<ul class="iconlist">
+{{Bp-d2|[[Ramjet (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Ramjet]]}}
+</ul>
-At the beginning of the series release, TakaraTomy declined the usual trend of assigning ID numbers to their ''Selects'' releases. By contrast, Hasbro Pulse labels each Takara ''Selects'' release distinctly from Hasbro ''Selects'' figures on their pre-order page.
+<u>[[2022]] [[March 26]]</u>
+<ul class="iconlist">
+{{Bp-a1|[[Artfire#Generations Selects|Artfire]] & [[Nightstick (Headmasters)#Generations Selects|Nightstick]]}}
+{{Bp-d1|[[Scorponok (G1)#Generations Selects|Black Zarak]]}}
+{{Bp-d1|[[Galvatron (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Galvatron]]}}
+</ul>
+|
+|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>2022 [[June 25]]</u>
+<ul class="iconlist">
+{{Bp-a1|[[Lift-Ticket (Diaclone)#Generations Selects|Lift Ticket]]}}
+</ul>
-However, in ''Transformers Generations 2021'', TakaraTomy gives Super Megatron the ID number TT-GS09 and assigns other numbers to subsequent items in order, and it make Takaratomy's ID number is different from Hasbro Pulse's.
+<u>[[2023]] [[May 27]]</u>
+<ul class="iconlist">
+{{Bp-d1|[[Magnificus (G1)#Generations Selects|Magnificus]]}}
+</ul>
+|
+|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>[[2024]] [[January 27]]</u>
+<ul class="iconlist">
+{{Bp-a1|[[Guardian robot#Generations Selects|GADEP]] & [[Lunar-Tread#Generations Selects|Lunar-Tread]]}}
+</ul>
+<u>[[2024]] [[February 24]]</u>
+<ul class="iconlist">
+{{Bp-p1|[[Antagony (BW)#Generations Selects|Antagony]]}}
+</ul>
+|
+|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>[[2025]] January</u>
+<ul class="iconlist">
+{{Bp-a1|Autobots Stand United 5-Pack}}
+:{{Bp-a1|[[Hound (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Autobot Hound]]}}
+:{{Bp-a1|[[Jazz (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Autobot Jazz]]}}
+:{{Bp-a1|[[Sunstreaker (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Sunstreaker]]}}
+:{{Bp-a1|[[Trailbreaker (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Trailbreaker]]}}
+:{{Bp-a1|[[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Wheeljack]]}}
+</ul>
+|-
+|}
+As with Hasbro and its ''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' adjacent releases, TakaraTomy also used the ''Selects'' packaging style with other collector products, including the ''[[Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers Again|Beast Wars Again]]'' and ''[[Dramatic Capture Series]]'' lines.
+====ID numbers====
+At the beginning of the series' release, TakaraTomy declined the usual trend of assigning ID numbers to their ''Selects'' releases. By contrast, Hasbro Pulse labels each Takara ''Selects'' release as distinct from Hasbro ''Selects'' figures on their product listings.
+However, in ''[[Transformers Generations 2021]]'', TakaraTomy gave Super Megatron the ID number TT-GS09 and assigned other numbers to subsequent items in order, thus making TakaraTomy's ID numbers different from Hasbro Pulse's.
 As for the numbers between TT-GS01 and TT-GS08, TakaraTomy does not specify which items correspond to each number.
+The Hasbro Pulse releases of the [[Seacon (Masterforce)|Seacons]] also [[Repurposing|assigned them alternate identities]] as the [[Seacon (G1)|Seacons]].
 <ul>
 {| class="wikitable sortable"
 |-
-! Release Date !! TakaraTomy's ID !! Hasbro Pulse's ID !! Item
+! TakaraTomy ID
-|rowspan=10|[[File:TF-Generations-Selects-Star-Convoy.jpg|250px]]<br><center>Leader Class Star Convoy</center>
+! class="unsortable" |TakaraTomy name
+! Hasbro Pulse ID
+! class="unsortable" |Hasbro name
 |-
-| [[September 7]], 2019<ref name=TTzetarandNightbrid>[https://twitter.com/takaratomytoys/status/1164900347501899776 Tweet by TakaraTomy's official account]</ref> || - || - || {{Bp-a1|[[Zetar (G1)#Generations|Powerdasher Zeta]]}}
+| —
+|{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#Generations Selects|Star Convoy]]}}
+| TT-GS01
+|{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#Generations Selects|Star Convoy]]}}
 |-
-| [[September 7]], 2019<ref name=TTzetarandNightbrid /> || - || - || {{Bp-d1|[[Nightbird (G1)#Generations Selects|Nightbird]]}}
+| —
+|{{Bp-d1|[[Turtler#Generations Selects|Seacons Turtler]]}}
+| TT-GS03
+|{{Bp-d1|[[Snaptrap (G1)#Generations Selects|Turtler (Snaptrap)]]}}
 |-
-| [[September 28]], 2019 || - || TT-GS01 || {{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#Generations Selects|Star Convoy]]}}
+| —
+|{{Bp-d1|[[Gulf#Generations Selects|Seacons Gulf]]}}
+| TT-GS04
+|{{Bp-d1|[[Skalor#Generations Selects|Gulf (Skalor)]]}}
 |-
-| [[September 28]], 2019 || -  ||  - || {{Bp-a1|[[Smokescreen (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Smokescreen]]}}
+| —
+|{{Bp-d1|[[Kraken#Generations Selects|Seacons Kraken]]}}
+| TT-GS02
+|{{Bp-d1|[[Seawing (G1)#Generations Selects|Kraken (Seawing)]]}}
 |-
-| [[January 25]], 2020 || - || TT-GS03 || {{Bp-d1|[[Turtler#Generations Selects|Seacons Turtler]]}}
+| —
+|{{Bp-d1|[[Lobclaw#Generations Selects|Seacons Lobclow]] {{sic}}}}
+| TT-GS06
+|{{Bp-d1|[[Nautilator#Generations Selects|Lobclaw (Nautilator)]]}}
 |-
-| [[January 25]], 2020 || - || TT-GS04 || {{Bp-d1|[[Gulf#Generations Selects|Seacons Gulf]]}}
+| —
+|{{Bp-d1|[[Overbite (Masterforce)#Generations Selects|Seacons Overbite]]}}
+| TT-GS07
+|{{Bp-d1|[[Overbite (G1)#Generations Selects|Overbite]]}}
 |-
-| [[February 29]], 2020 || - || TT-GS02 || {{Bp-d1|[[Kraken#Generations Selects|Seacons Kraken]]}}
+| —
+|{{Bp-d1|[[Tentakil (Masterforce)#Generations Selects|Seacons Tentakil]]}}
+| TT-GS08
+|{{Bp-d1|[[Tentakil (G1)#Generations Selects|Tentakil]]}}
 |-
-| [[February 29]], 2020 || - || TT-GS06 || {{Bp-d1|[[Lobclaw#Generations Selects|Seacons Lobclow]] {{sic}}}}
+| TT-GS09
+|{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys#SuperMegatron|Super Megatron]]}}
+| TT-GS09
+|{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys#SuperMegatron|Super Megatron]]}}
 |-
-| [[March 28]], 2020 || - || TT-GS07 || {{Bp-d1|[[Overbite (Masterforce)#Generations Selects|Seacons Overbite]]}}
+| TT-GS10
+|{{Bp-p1|[[God Neptune#Generations Selects|Godneptune]] {{sic}}}}
+| TT-GS10
+|{{Bp-p1|[[God Neptune#Generations Selects|God Neptune]]}}
 |-
-| [[March 28]], 2020 || - || TT-GS08 || {{Bp-d1|[[Tentakil (Masterforce)#Generations Selects|Seacons Tentakil]]}}
+| TT-GS11
-|rowspan=10|[[File:TF-Generations-Selects-God-Neptune.jpg|250px]]<br><center>God Neptune</center>
+|{{Bp-a1|[[Volcanicus (POTP)#Generations Selects|Volcanicus]]}}
+| TT-GS11
+|{{Bp-a1|[[Volcanicus (POTP)#Generations Selects|Volcanicus]]}}
 |-
-| [[September 26]], 2020 || TT-GS09 || TT-GS09 || {{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (G1)/Generations toys#SuperMegatron|Super Megatron]]}}
+| SG-EX (''Siege'')
+|{{Bp-merc|[[Soundblaster (G1)#War for Cybertron: Siege|Soundblaster]]}}
+| TT-GS12
+|{{Bp-merc|[[Soundblaster (G1)#War for Cybertron: Siege|Soundblaster]]}}
 |-
-| [[October 31]], 2020 || TT-GS10 || TT-GS10 || {{Bp-p1|[[God Neptune#Generations Selects|God Neptune]] ([[Coelagon#Generations Selects|Coelagon]], [[Halfshell#Generations Selects|Halfshell]], [[Scylla#Generations Selects|Skyulle]], [[Sea Phantom#Generations Selects|Sea Phantom]], [[Terrormander#Generations Selects|Terrormander]])}}
+| TT-GS12
-|-
+|{{Bp-d1|[[Abominus (G1)#Generations Selects|Abominus]]}}
-| [[February 27]], [[2021]] || TT-GS11 || TT-GS11 || {{Bp-a1|[[Volcanicus (POTP)#Generations Selects|Volcanicus]] ([[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Grimlock]], [[Sludge (G1)#Generations Selects|Sludge]], [[Slag (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Slag]], [[Snarl (G1)#Generations Selects|Snarl]], [[Swoop (G1)/toys#GSgiftset|Swoop]])}}
+| TT-GS05
-|-
+|{{Bp-d1|[[Abominus (G1)#Generations Selects|Abominus]]}}
-| [[April 17]], 2021 || TT-GS12 || TT-GS05 || {{Bp-d1|[[Abominus (G1)#Generations Selects|Abominus]] ([[Sinnertwin (G1)#Generations Selects|Sinnertwin]], [[Blot (G1)#Generations Selects|Butto]], [[Rippersnapper (G1)#Generations Selects|Rippersnapper]], [[Cutthroat (G1)#Generations Selects|Cutthroat]], [[Hun-Gurrr (G1)#Generations Selects|Hun-Gurrr]])}}
-|-
-| [[December 29]], 2021 || - || - || {{Bp-d2|[[Ramjet (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Ramjet]]}}
-|-
-| [[March 26]], 2022 || - || - || {{Bp-d1|[[Scorponok (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Black Zarak]]}}
-|-
-| [[March 26]], 2022 || - || - || {{Bp-a1|[[Artfire#Generations Selects|Artfire]] & [[Nightstick (Headmasters)#Generations Selects|Nightstick]]}}
-|-
-| [[March 26]], 2022 || - || - || {{Bp-d1|[[Galvatron (G1)/toys#Generations Selects|Galvatron]]}}
-|-
-| [[June 25]], 2022 || - || - || {{Bp-a1|[[Lift-Ticket (Diaclone)#Generations Selects|Lift Ticket]]}}
 |}</ul>
-{{--}}
 ==Notes==
-*Shortly before the inception of ''Generations Selects'', Hasbro seems to have tested the concept of "special edition" Deluxe Class figures in boxed packaging with ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' [[Arcee (G1)/toys#Titans Return|Arcee]] and [[Grotusque#Generations|Grotusque]], followed up by ''[[Prime Wars Trilogy]]'' [[Blast Off (G1)/toys#PWTSE|Blast Off]], [[Repugnus (G1)#PWTSE|Repugnus]], and [[Punch (G1)#Power of the Primes|Punch-Counterpunch]].
+* Shortly before the inception of ''Generations Selects'', Hasbro seems to have tested the concept of "special edition" Deluxe Class figures in boxed packaging with ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' [[Arcee (G1)/toys#Titans Return|Arcee]] and [[Grotusque#Generations|Grotusque]], followed up by ''[[Prime Wars Trilogy]]'' [[Blast Off (G1)#PWTSE|Blast Off]], [[Repugnus (G1)#PWTSE|Repugnus]], and [[Punch (G1)#Power of the Primes|Punch-Counterpunch]].
+* Strangely, store listings for [[2022]] indicated that not only would [[Clampdown (G1)#Legacy|Clampdown]] receive his ''Legacy'' figure but also a ''Generations Selects'' figure.<ref>https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/leaked-2022-ss-and-evolution-wave-composition.1220748/</ref> How this would have worked out is unknown, as no such ''Generations Selects'' figure ever manifested and Clampdown is not known for variant color schemes. It is worth noting, though, that in the previous year, Clampdown's brother [[Deep Cover#Generations Selects|Deep Cover]] received both a classically-styled ''Generations Selects'' figure as well as an arbitrary-deco ''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' figure at Walmart.
+* A leaked listing from [[2023]] suggests that 2024's ''Legacy: United'' [[Windsweeper#Legacy|Windsweeper]] was meant to release much earlier as a ''Generations Selects'' figure alongside [[Antagony (BW)#Generations Selects|Antagony]] as an add-on for ''Legacy: Evolution''.<ref>https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/medix-confirmed-as-walgreens-exclusive-and-2023-selects-toys-will-include-antagony-and-windsweeper/47526/</ref> For whatever reason, this plan didn't materialize, and the figure released a year later as an Amazon-exclusive ''Legacy: United'' figure.
 ===Foreign names===
 *''Japanese:'' '''''Generation Selects''''' (ジェネレーションセレクト ''Jenerēshon Serekuto'')<ref>TakaraTomy does not use this Japanese spelling very often, instead straight-up inserting the untranslated all-caps English phrase "GENERATION SELECTS" into Japanese text.</ref>
-*''Mandarin'': '''''Biànxíng Jīngāng Shìdài Jīngxuǎn Xìliè''''' (變形金剛世代精選系列, "Transformers Generations Selects Series"), '''''Biànxíng Jīngāng Shìdài Xìliè Jīngxuǎn''''' (變形金剛世代系列精選, "Transformers Generations Series Selects")
+*''Mandarin'': '''''Biànxíng Jīngāng Shìdài Jīngxuǎn Xìliè''''' (變形金剛世代精選系列/变形金刚世代精选系列 "Transformers Generations Selects Series"), '''''Biànxíng Jīngāng Shìdài Xìliè Jīngxuǎn''''' (變形金剛世代系列精選, "Transformers Generations Series Selects")
 ==References==
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+==External links==
+*[https://tf.takaratomy.co.jp/products/tf_gs ''Generations Selects''] at the TakaraTomy website
+[[Category:Beast Wars toylines]]
+[[Category:Exclusive toylines]]
+[[Category:Generation 1 toylines]]
 [[Category:Generations Selects| ]]
 [[Category:Generations toylines]]