Transformers Milk Caramel

Transformers Milk Caramel (トランスフォーマー ミルク キャラメル), later known simply as Transformers Caramel, was one of the earliest Transformers candy toy lines produced by Kabaya, if not the earliest. Running from 1985 to 1988, the figures offered in this series were small, solid-color soft rubber models, known in Japan as keshigomu. As the name of the series suggests, they came with chocolate-covered caramel candies.

The similarity of the Caramel figurines to the later keshigomu that would be released by Hasbro as part of their "Decoy" promotion has led Western fans to refer to them as "Decoys" as well, obfuscating their different origins somewhat.

Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers

Figures in the first year of the Caramel line were about the same height as the latter Decoys, but were generally thinner/flatter with less sculpted detail, with some characters (particularly the Mini-Vehicles) being based more on their toys than on their character models. The first series of figures were available in white, blue, sky blue, yellow, green and orange, whilst the figures from the second series were available in red, yellow and blue, a trio of colors that would become the standard for many subsequent Transformers keshigomu figurines.

Series 1:

• Convoy (v1)
• Bumble
• Cliff
• Condor
• Gong
• Jaugar
• Reflector
• Soundwave
• Starscream

Series 2:

• Convoy (v2)
• Convoy (v3)
• Frenzy
• Hound
• Lambor
• Laserwave
• Megatron
• Meister
• Prowl

Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010

This year's line of figures were cast in various colors of glow-in-the-dark rubber; each figure was available in red, yellow, blue and green.

• Rodimus Convoy
• Blurr
• Cher
• Cyclonus
• Galvatron
• Predaking
• Scourge
• Dinosaurer
• Wreck-Gar

The Headmasters

This year's Caramel figures each had a base moulded onto their feet that was actually a rubber stamp sculpted in the image of the character's face, with their name below it. The figures were available in red, blue and yellow.

Information on this particular series is sparse; we can't swear that this listing is complete, but we think it is, given how it breaks up into groups of nine like all the previous waves. Triggerhappy does seem a bit conspicuous by his absence, though.

Series 1:

• Abominus
• Brainstorm
• Chromedome
• Computicon
• Hardhead
• Highbrow
• Wipe
• Skull
• Weirdwolf

Series 2:

• Blanker
• Crosshairs
• Fortress Maximus
• MegaZarak
• Misfire
• Raiden
• Sixshot
• Slugslinger
• Sureshot

Super-God Masterforce

The final collection of Caramel figures took things in a different direction. Each Caramel box now contained two figures, smaller than previous figures (now standing about half the height of a regular Decoy) and still attached to their rubber sprue, depicting the character in question in both robot and alternate mode (for the six-changing Sixknight, his drill tank mode was used). The exception to this was King Poseidon, whose limbs and torso were available in two separate sets (at three pieces to a set), and had to be combined to complete the figure. This year's figures were available in red, yellow and blue, so you ran the risk of a multi-colored King Poseidon!

1. King Poseidon 1 (Turtler, Gulf and Kraken)
2. King Poseidon 2 (Overbite, Lobclaw and Tentakil)
3. Super Ginrai
4. Sixknight
5. Buster
6. Hydra

Notes

• In total there are 213 Transformers Caramel keshigomu to collect. 81 from the Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers line, 36 from the Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 line, 54 from The Headmasters and 42 Super-God Masterforce. Easy.