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==Merchandise== | ==Merchandise== | ||
===Cards=== | |||
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%" | {| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%" | ||
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Wave 1''' ([[January 25]], [[2022]])</u> | |width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Wave 1''' ([[January 25]], [[2022]])</u> | ||
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{{Bp-a1d1|[[Metroplex (G1)#Transformers Character Card|Metroflex]] and [[Trypticon (G1)#Transformers Character Card|Dinosaurer]] Set}} | {{Bp-a1d1|[[Metroplex (G1)#Transformers Character Card|Metroflex]] and [[Trypticon (G1)#Transformers Character Card|Dinosaurer]] Set}} | ||
{{Bp-d1|[[Carnivac (G1)#Transformers Character Card|Carnivac]] and [[Starscream (G1)/merchandise#TCC Pretender|Starscream]] Set}} | {{Bp-d1|[[Carnivac (G1)#Transformers Character Card|Carnivac]] and [[Starscream (G1)/merchandise#TCC Pretender|Starscream]] Set}} | ||
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|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Wave 6''' ([[February 6]], [[2023]])</u> | |width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Wave 6''' ([[February 6]], [[2023]])</u> | ||
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{{Bp-a1d1|[[Roadbuster (Cloud)#Transformers Character Card|Roadbuster]] and [[Hellwarp#Transformers Character Card|Hellwarp]]<ref name ="SetNoMore"/>}} | {{Bp-a1d1|[[Roadbuster (Cloud)#Transformers Character Card|Roadbuster]] and [[Hellwarp#Transformers Character Card|Hellwarp]]<ref name ="SetNoMore"/>}} | ||
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|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Wave 16''' ([[January]], [[2026]])</u> | |width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Wave 16''' ([[January]], [[2026]])</u> | ||
<ul class="iconlist"> | <ul class="iconlist"> | ||
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{{Bp-a1d1|[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/merchandise#Transformers Character Card|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (WFC)/toys#Transformers Character Card|Megatron]]}} | {{Bp-a1d1|[[Optimus Prime (WFC)/merchandise#Transformers Character Card|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (WFC)/toys#Transformers Character Card|Megatron]]}} | ||
{{Bp-a1d1|[[Nightbeat (G1)#Transformers Character Card|Nightbeat]] and [[Fangry#Transformers Character Card|Fangry]]}} | {{Bp-a1d1|[[Nightbeat (G1)#Transformers Character Card|Nightbeat]] and [[Fangry#Transformers Character Card|Fangry]]}} | ||
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|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Wave 17''' ([[March]], [[2026]])</u> | |width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Wave 17''' ([[March]], [[2026]])</u> | ||
<ul class="iconlist"> | <ul class="iconlist"> | ||
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{{comingsoontoy|Wave 16 & 17}} | {{comingsoontoy|Wave 16 & 17}} | ||
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===Card Binders=== | |||
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|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Wave 1''' ([[February]], [[2022]])</u> | |||
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{{Bp-a1d1|Transformers Card Binder<br>(with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise#TCC Black|Convoy Black Version]]<br>and [[Megatron (G1)/merchandise#TCC Black|Megatron Black Version]])}} | |||
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|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Wave 2''' ([[September]], [[2025]])</u> | |||
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{{Bp-a1d1|Transformers Card Binder<ref>A new design distinct from the 2022 binder.</ref><br>(with [[Ginrai (human)#Transformers Character Card|Fire Guts God Ginrai]] and [[Sunstorm (G1)#Transformers Character Card|Sunstorm]])}} | |||
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*[http://www.e-hobby.co.jp/html/page71.html ''Transformers Character Card''] at the e-HOBBY website | *[http://www.e-hobby.co.jp/html/page71.html ''Transformers Character Card''] at the e-HOBBY website | ||
[[Category:e-HOBBY]] | [[Category:e-HOBBY]] | ||
[[Category:Transformers Character Card]] | [[Category:Transformers Character Card| ]] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:58, 15 March 2026
When longtime TakaraTomy partner e-HOBBY returned to the Transformers brand sans action figures in 2022, the crown jewel of its extensive line of ancillary Transformers merchandise was Transformers Character Card (トランスフォーマーキャラクターカード), a series of trading cards providing bios and tech specs for characters from across the brand. The series unsurprisingly leans towards characters from e-HOBBY's own exclusive Transformers fiction, with additional focus placed on Generation 1 characters never before seen in Japanese markets such as the Action Masters and late-wave Pretenders. While these bios are largely summaries of existing fiction, they occasionally provide supplemental story tidbits in the interests of fleshing out more obscure characters.
Merchandise
[edit]Cards
[edit]
Card Binders
[edit]Wave 1 (February, 2022)
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Wave 2 (September, 2025)
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Notes
[edit]- About half the real estate of each character profile is allotted to schematics strongly reminiscent of Generation 1 Power Plans, though they are not referred to as such.
- While we cannot definitely credit each card's art, there seem to be patterns: Shin Sasaki does the Precursor World-related characters; Hayato Sakamoto does most of the well-known Generation 1 characters; and Makoto Wakabayashi does Cloud characters. Other identified artists include Hidetsugu Yoshioka and Shōji Imaki.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Beginning partway through Wave 14, e-HOBBY began dropping the word "set" from its listings for whatever reason.
- ↑ A new design distinct from the 2022 binder.
- ↑ "e-HOBBYさんにて販売中のトランスフォーマーキャラクターカードのデフォルメイラストに参加させてもらっています。 現在第4弾まで販売中です。現在第5弾予約中！よろしくお願いします。 絵柄はわかりやすいので誰が何を描いてるかはバレバレですね"—Shin Sasaki, Twitter, 2022/10/09
References
[edit]- Complete archive of Transformers Character Card bios
- Transformers Character Card at the e-HOBBY website
