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Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers is the ostentatious title given to Takara's version of the original Transformers franchise (retroactively known as "Generation 1") and its accompanying toy line in Japan. Launched in 1985, one year after the franchise had been launched in Hasbro markets, the various aspects of FSRLTF combined Hasbro's 1984 and 1985 products into one large line, and subsequently continued under that title from 1985 all the way up until 1990, with occasional sub-line or gimmick titles given to certain teams or groups of toys. The first (sub)line that not only consistently featured its title on all of that years' toys' packaging, but also presented said title on equal footing with the main "Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers" title, was 1991's Return of Convoy.

1985

Overview

The first year's toyline consisted of most of the toys released by Hasbro in 1984 and 1985, most of them without any deco changes. The only significant difference in most of the toys is that the Japanese versions' missile launchers are still fully functional, due to differing safety standards for projectiles.

There are two items with big changes from their US releases. Astrotrain was released in a more NASA-accurate white-and-black deco, but would change to his Hasbro colors for his re-release the following year. Megatron's deco was from a different version of the Micro Change toy: matte grey plastic and blue trim, no scope/stock/silencer parts, and an additional silver-chrome sword accessory. On top of that, the original bullet-firing mechanism was kept intact as well.

Even among those toys without big changes, there were some big differences in how the toys were sold. The "Cassettrons" were sold individually (and came with a clear-plastic tape case) rather than in two-packs. Reflector, a mail-away item in Hasbro's line (not available until 1986!) was a standard retail release in Japan, while several retail toys in the US were relegated to mail-away status in Japan. And there was the "VSZ" set, a multi-pack that was the only way to get Skids, Sunstreaker, and Buzzsaw (who was replaced by Rumble as Soundwave's pack-in partner).

In the end, several toys were simply never released at all in the original line. While most of these toys are obvious omissions like the non-Takara sculpts (Jetfire, Omega Supreme, the Deluxe Vehicles, and the Deluxe Insecticons), this list also bizarrely includes Ironhide and Gears, both of whom were pretty dang prominent in the cartoon which was brought over to Japan, including the Gears-focused episode. Even more surprisingly, Takara did release "Laserwave" (aka Shockwave), a sculpt that had not originated with the company, having licensed the figure from ToyCo just like Hasbro had.

Because toy retail in Japan operates under different premises than in the United States, Takara was not bound to distributing the figures as part of price point-specific assortments like Hasbro did. Instead, each figure shipped by itself. Like its predecessor lines Diaclone andMicro Change, Takara assigned each figure its own ID number; however, because this was Takara's first Transformers toy line, they hadn't completely worked out the system yet, which is why the first year's figures used one single continuous numbering system that alternated between "Cybertron" (Autobot) and "Destron" (Decepticon) characters.

Toys

Retail releases

Cybertrons 01 Convoy 02 Hound 03 Wheeljack 04 Lambor 05 Alert 06 Meister 07 Ligier 08 Streak 09 Prowl 10 Inferno 11 Bumble 12 Charger 13 Cliff 14 Drag 15 Gong 25 Trailbreaker

Dinobots 26 Grimlock 27 Sludge 28 Slag 29 Snarl 30 Swoop 38 Broadcast 39 Perceptor 44 Tracks 45 Smokescreen 46 Hoist 37 Grapple

Destrons 16 Megatron 17 Soundwave (w/ Rumble) 18 Frenzy 19 Jaguar 20 Condor 21 Reflector (Spectro, Spyglass, Viewfinder) 22 Starscream 23 Thundercracker 24 Skywarp

Buildrons 31 Long Haul 32 Scrapper 33 Gren 34 Mixmaster 35 Scavenger 36 Bonecrusher 37 Devastor (giftset) Insectrons 40 Kickback 41 Bombshell 42 Sharpnel Triple Changers 43 Blitzwing 48 Astrotrain 49 Laserwave

VS sets VSX Convoy vs Megatron VSY Grimlock vs Soundwave (w/ Frenzy) Takara Megatron

Robot Point mail order items

• Warpath
• Adams
• Autoceptor
• Dirge

1986-1987 (Scramble City and Transformers 2010)

Overview

Hey baby I hear the blues a-callin', tossed salad and scramble city!

Takara's 1986 offerings consisted of most of the new Hasbro products for 1986, with some stragglers from 1985 thrown in, more or less unchanged from the Hasbro versions. (The only dropouts were the non-Takara-sculpt Sky Lynx and, bizarrely, the Battlechargers Runamuck and Runabout.) And since most of the new toys lacked the missile launchers included with the previous year's figures, there's not even that difference. It is currently unknown if toys with metal/plastic part variants in Hasbro markets saw similar mid-run changes in Japan.

A considerable portion of the 1986 Takara figures featured an additional "Scramble City" logo on their packaging in addition to the main "Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers" title, meant to accompany OVA of the same name. The figures released under this branding included not only the year's Combiner "Special Teams" (Airbots, Protectobots, Stuntrons and Combatrons), but also Metroflex (Metroplex), his opponent Dinosaurer (Trypticon) and the two "City Commanders" Ultra Magnus and Galvatron. While Ultra Magnus was a redeco of a figure from Takara's Diaclone line, and Galvatron a new toy created for Hasbro's The Transformers: The Movie animated feature film whose Japanese released was delayed by several years, the Combiner teams and Metroflex were originally designed for an aborted 1985 Diaclone line named Jizai Gattai ("Free-Combination"), which was shelved when Transformers proved successful in America and Takara elected to import it instead. Dinosaurer, meanwhile, was a new toy designed to interact with the Combiner teams in the same fashion as Metroflex.

The remaining figures released by Takara in 1986 accompanied the Japanese version of the Transformers cartoon's third season, released in Japan as Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010, although the toys themselves did not feature the "2010" branding. Also included among the Japanese 1986 releases were the remaining figures created for The Transformers: The Movie.

Last year's two big exceptions, Astrotrain and Megatron, changed for their 1986 re-releases. Astrotrain was changed to match the Hasbro version. Megatron —this year only available as part of a "Good Bye Megatron" multi-toy set— remained unchromed gray plastic, but got the red trim and scope/arm-cannon accessory to make him more animation-accurate… while still not coming with the silencer and scope. (He also kept the bullet-launching mechanism and sword accessory from before).

One important change to the packaging this year is that the toys' ID numbers were now split by faction, with "C-XX" (Cybertron) and "D-XX" (Destron) numbers on every box, with the numbering picking up after the last 1985 release, 49 Laserwave. This would continue though all subsequent lines up until the end of "Generation 1", and the numbers themselves did not re-set from line to line, they just kept getting bigger. Lines after "Generation 1" would still number the toys, but the C/D distinction would sometimes be dropped, and the numbers would frequently re-set when a new line was not a direct sequel to something else.

Toys

Retail releases

Cybertrons Airbots (Scramble City) C-50 Silverbolt C-51 Skydive C-52 Firebolt C-53 Sling C-54 Air Rider C-55 Superion (giftset) Minibots C-56 Bumble (re-release of 1985's 11 Bumble) C-57 Hubcap C-58 Werve C-59 Outback C-60 Pipes C-61 Tailgate C-62 Powerglide C-63 Beachcomber C-64 Seaspray C-80 Wheelie Cassettbots C-65 Steeljaw C-66 Amhorn C-67 Rewind C-68 Eject

City Commander (Scramble City) C-69 Ultra Magnus Cybertron City (Scramble City) C-70 Metroflex (w/ Scamper, Six-Gun, Slammer) Protectobots (Scramble City) C-71 Hot Spot C-72 Graze C-73 Streetwise C-74 Groove C-75 First Aid C-76 Guardian (giftset) C-77 Rodimus Convoy C-78 Hot Rodimus C-79 Blurr C-81 Wreck-Gar C-82 Chear Triple Changers C-83 Sandstorm C-84 Sprang C-85 Broadside

Destrons Stuntrons (Scramble City) D-50 Motormaster D-51 Breakdown D-52 Drag Stripe D-53 Wildrider D-54 Dead End D-55 Menasor (giftset) Jetron D-56 Ramjet D-57 Thrust D-70 Cyclonus D-71 Scourge Cassettrons D-58 Frenzy (re-release of 1985's 18 Frenzy) D-59 Jaguar (re-release of 1985's 19 Jaguar) D-60 Condor (re-release of 1985's 20 Condor) D-61 Ratbat

Fortress Staff (Scramble City) D-62 Galvatron Destron City (Scramble City) D-63 Dinosaurer (w/h Brunt, Full-Tilt) Combatrons (Scramble City) D-64 Onslaught D-65 Blast Off D-66 Vorter D-67 Brawl D-68 Swindle D-69 Bruticus (giftset) Triple Changers D-72 Octone Animatrons D-73 Razorclaw D-74 Rampage D-75 Dimebomb D-76 Tantrum D-77 Headstrong D-78 Predaking (giftset)

VS sets VSZ Sunstreaker & Skids vs Buzzsaw VSZ set, the only way to get Sunstreaker, Skids and Buzzsaw in Japan. "Good Bye" sets Good Bye Convoy (Alert, Ligier & Convoy) Good Bye Megatron (Starscream & Megatron)

Robot Point mail order items

• Camshaft
• Downshift
• Overdrive
• Ratchet

Notes

1987/1988 (The Headmasters)

Overview

Not quite a fully-fledged toy line of its own.

Takara's new releases for 1987 started out simply as a continuation of the previous year's line-upl, with the two new Combiner teams, the Techbots and the Terrortrons, even featuring the "Scramble City" sub-branding again. Following that came figures that were ostensibly intended to accompany the first Japanese-original Transformers anime, The Headmasters, although only the toys that were actually Headmasters featured an additional "The Headmasters" sub-branding on their packaging, while the Targetmaster figures featured a toy-only "Targetmaster" logo instead, with the primary branding for the toys still remaining as "Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers". Because of this, it's difficult to pinpoint a specific cut-off point for the new "line".

Targetmaster Stepper

The toys themselves were still largely just the same toys released by Hasbro in the West that year with little to no alteration. However, there were a number of toys exclusive Japan, most of which today command large sums on the secondary market due to rarity (or at least perceived rarity in the West). Most of the prior year's product was still available through 1987.

The 1987 Transformers toyline also included the Beastformers subline, which Hasbro marketed in the West as the completely separate property Battle Beasts. Notably, Gnaw, a figure released by Hasbro in 1986, was initially only available in Japan as a promotional item as part of a Beastformer giveaway before being made available as a mail order item during the following year, shipping in U.S. Hasbro packaging.

Both the Cybertrons and the Destrons feature several notable gaps in their ongoing ID numbering, some (but not all) of which were retroactively filled up years later with Takara reissues of the Targetmaster versions of the 1986 Autobots that had previously only been released in that form by Hasbro.

Toys

Retail releases

Cybertrons Techbots (Scramble City) C-86 Scattershot C-87 Nosecone C-88 Strafe C-89 Lightspeed C-90 Afterburner C-91 Computicon (giftset) Throttlebots C-92 Wideload C-93 Looklight C-94 Chase C-95 Rollbar C-96 Runway C-97 Goldback Firebots C-99 Grotes C-100 Doublecross Headmaster Autobots (The Headmasters) C-101 Chromedome C-102 Hardhead C-103 Highbrow) C-104 Brainstorm) Targetmaster Autobots (Targetmaster) C-105 Sureshot (w/ Spoil) C-106 Blanker (w/ Peaceman) C-107 Crosshairs (w/ Pointech) C-108 Artfire (w/ Nightstick) C-109 Stepper (w/ Nebulon)

Doublespy C-111 Doublespy Clonebots C-112 Fastlane & Cloudraker Fortress Maximus (The Headmasters) C-114 Fortress Maximus (w/ Fortress, Cerebros & Cog) Cassettbots C-116 Twincast (w/ C-65 Steeljaw) C-117 Eject (re-release of 1986's C-68 Eject) C-118 Rewind (re-release of 1986's C-67 Rewind) C-119 Amhorn (re-release of 1986's C-66 Amhorn) C-120 Steeljaw (re-release of 1986's C-65 Steeljaw) C-121 Graphy C-122 Noise C-123 Dile C-124 Saur Trainbots C-125 Shouki C-126 Getsuei C-127 Yukikaze C-128 Suiken C-129 Seizan C-130 Kaen C-131 Raiden (giftset)

Cybertron Master Warriors (The Headmasters) Kirk Lione Loafer Rodney Shuffler Toraizer Headmaster Warrior Lione File:G1toy twincast.jpg Twincast

Destrons Terrortrons (Scramble City) D-79 Hun-Gurrr D-80 Rippersnapper D-81 Sinnertwin D-82 Cutthroat D-83 Blot D-84 Abominus (giftset) Headmaster Crazytrons (The Headmasters) D-85 Skull) D-86 Weirdwolf) D-87 Wipe) Targetmaster Jetrons (Targetmaster) D-88 Triggerharpy (w/ Blowpipe) D-89 Misfire (w/ Aimless) D-90 Slugslinger (w/ Caliburst) Megazarak (The Headmasters) D-93 MegaZarak (w/ Scorponok & Fasttrack) Clonetrons D-94 Pounce & Wingspan

Doubletrons D-96 Battletrap D-97 Flywheel Six Changer D-98 Sixshot Headmaster Horrortrons (The Headmasters) D-99 Apeface D-100 Snapdragon Cassettrons D-101 Soundblaster (w/ D-106 Buzzsaw) D-102 Rumble /re-release of Rumble previously available with 1985's 17 Soundwave) D-103 Frenzy (re-release of 1985's 18 Frenzy) D-104 Jaguar (re-release of 1985's 19 Jaguar) D-105 Condor (re-release of 1985's 20 Condor) D-106 Buzzsaw (re-release of Buzzsaw previously available with 1986's VSZ set) D-107 Ratbat (re-release of 1986's D-61 Ratbat) D-108 Slugfest D-109 Overkill

Limited releases

• Sharkticon
• Kirk (white)
• Lione (white)
• Loafer (white)
• Rodney (white)
• Shuffler (white)
• Toraizer (white)

Robot Point mail order items

• 40 Kickback
• 41 Bombshell
• 42 Sharpnel

Beastformers

Though Beastformers would eventually split off into its own tangentially-connected toyline, the initial set of twenty-eight toys was sold under the Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers banner in similarly-designed boxes, complete with Autobot/Decepticon rubsigns.

1 White Leo 2 Big Serow 3 Golder 4 Flykick 5 Killer Fish 6 Snakebomb 7 Drillfrog

8 Elephan 9 Graysharp 10 Grayox 11 Battle Bear 12 Devilbat 13 Bonga 14 Wildthunder

15 Alligatron 16 Beafox 17 Black Turtle 18 Yellow Giraffe 19 Hedgehog 20 Badshark 21 Bowdog

22 Rabbit Kid 23 Bluehorse 24 Giader 25 Violethorn 26 Bombsheep 27 Deaspider 28 Crabhit

A Transformers-branded Beastformer in packaging.

1988/1989 (Super-God Masterforce)

Overview

Later Masterforce-era Takara toy catalog, depicting the Cybertrons.

Later Masterforce-era Takara toy catalog, depicting the Destrons.

Beginning in 1988, Takara released the toys intended to accompany the successor to the Headmasters anime, Super-God Masterforce. This was also the year during which Takara began to change the direction of its Transformers line significantly away from Hasbro's.

Most of the sculpts used in Masterforce were released in Hasbro's line, but a great many Hasbro toys from this year were skipped altogether in Japan, including over half of the Pretenders. And many of the toys the two line did share had significant color differences, although it was a bit scattershot as to who got changed and who didn't. The Powermaster Optimus Prime toy was retooled to make new hero-team leader Super Ginrai toy, and a handful of new sculpts were released, including the gargantuan Overlord. Takara even took one last dip in the Micro Change well for a pseudo-role-play Transformer, alongside redeco/retoolings of the prior year's most massive toys.

Virtually all of the toys were also characterized very differently from Hasbro's story even if the toys themselves remained unchanged, so even though the toys are identical, well, the characters are pretty much completely incompatible.

Almost none of the toys (with the exception of the "Godmaster Brace" and "Headmaster Brace" role-play items) featured the actual "Masterforce" branding on their packaging; instead, the Godmasters, Takara's version of the Powermasters, featured a toy-only "Godmaster" sub-branding in addition to the main "Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers" title, similar to the previous year's Targetmasters; likewise, the Pretenders had their own "Pretenders" logo, while the Headmaster Juniors as well as both Grand Maximus and BlackZarak featured the same "The Headmasters" branding as the previous year's figures. Surprisingly, the Seacons featured their own team-specific "Seacons" logo, instead of yet another use of the "Scramble City" logo as one would expect based on precedent. Toy releases continued into 1989, by which time they began to overlap with the toys tying into that year's anime, with the Crossformers Black Shadow and Blue Bacchus (with their own "Crossformer" logo on the packaging) being released in the middle of the Masterforce based Destrons.

The ID numbers for the figures made a huge leap, skipping several numbers in the two-digit region from C-131 Raiden to C-201 Metalhawk (another Japanese-only figure) for the Cybertrons, and from D-109 Overkill to D-201 Blood for the Destrons, so that both sides were on equal footing again. Lander, despite being assigned his own ID number (C-200), was actually only available via mail order. After only a few Pretender figures with numbers in the 200 region, the ID numbers jumped up again to C-301 Goshooter and D-301 Wilder, and subsequently remained in the 300 region.

Toys

Retail releases

Cybertrons Pretenders C-201 Metalhawk C-202 Phoenix C-203 Diver Headmaster Junior Autobots (The Headmasters) C-301 Goshooter C-302 Cab C-303 Minerva Godmaster Autobots (Godmaster) C-304 Lightfoot C-305 Ranger C-306 Road King

Godmaster C-307 Super Ginrai C-308 Doubleclouder C-309 Godbomber C-310 God Ginrai (giftset) The Headmasters C-311 Grand Maximus (w/ Grand, Gran & Cog/Onomisu/Koka) Sixknight C-312 Sixknight Sparkdash C-313 Hardspark C-314 Hotspark C-315 Wildspark

Masterforce Warriors Aquastar Bullet Zetca Browning

Destrons Pretenders D-201 Blood D-202 Dauros D-203 Gilmer Headmaster Junior Monsters (The Headmasters) D-301 Wilder D-302 Bullhorn D-303 Cancer Godmaster Jetrons (Godmaster) D-304 Hydra D-305 Buster D-306 Darkwings (giftset) Godmaster D-307 Overlord (w/ Mega & Giga)

Browning D-308 Browning Crossformers D-309 Black Shadow D-310 Blue Bacchus The Headmasters D-311 BlackZarak (w/ Black Rorichi) Seacons D-312 Turtler D-313 Overbite D-314 Kraken D-315 Lobclaw D-316 Gulf D-317 Tentakil D-318 King Poseidon (giftset) Sparkdash D-319 Guzzle D-320 Sizzle D-321 Javil

Robot Point mail order items

Overlord

C-200 Lander

Goshooter Siren (Siren deco)

Minerva Night Beat (Nightbeat deco)

Ranger Joy Ride (Joyride deco)

Buster Dreadwind (Dreadwind deco)

Hydra Darkwing (Darkwing deco)

Repugnus

Squawkbox (Squawktalk & Beastbox)

Role-play items

Role-play Master-Braces.

Godmaster Brace—Ginrai

Headmaster Brace—Goshooter

Notes

1989/1990 (Victory)

Overview

"One of these things is not like the others."

1989 saw Takara release the toys intended to promote the Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory cartoon.

The 1989 line-up was a major departure from previous year's offerings insofar as it was almost wholly different from the Hasbro product released that same year (which was heavy on the Micromasters and Pretenders). Where previously, Takara had used most of the same molds as Hasbro's concurrent lines —with some color changes and the occasional additional new Japanese-exclusive figure— the majority of 1989's toys were all-new sculpts designed wholly by Takara for their own market. The rest were significant retoolings of Hasbro figures in entirely new colors. Most of these toys, including the retools, never saw release in Hasbro's markets, and the few that did only came well after their Takara releases (and with significant changes to boot). The only toy in the series that is identical to a Hasbro release was available only via mail-order, not sold in stores.

The 1989 line-up also had a heavy focus on combiner teams, every one of which was available both as individual releases and as a gift set.

Like previous year's offerings, the "Victory" branding was nowhere to be found on the toys' packaging, which instead still featured the standard Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers title that had been in use since 1985. The Brainmasters had their own toy-only "Brainmaster" logo similar to the previous years' Targetmasters, Pretenders, Godmasters and Seacons.

Because of their uniqueness, the Victory-based figures are very popular in the West for older fans and collectors, commanding a lot of money on the secondary market.

Toys

Retail releases

Cybertrons Multiforce C-316 Wingwaver C-317 Dashtacker C-318 Machtackle C-319 Landcross (giftset) Brainmasters C-320 Blacker C-321 Laster C-322 Braver C-323 Road Caesar (giftset) C-324 Star Saber

Other C-325 Greatshot C-326 Galaxy Shuttle C-327 Victory Leo C-328 Victory Saber (giftset)

Destrons Dinoforce D-322 Goryu D-323 Gairyu D-324 Kakuryu D-325 Doryu D-326 Yokuryu D-327 Rairyu D-328 Dinoking (giftset)

Breastforce D-329 Leozack (w/ Lionbreast) D-330 Guyhawk (w/ Hawkbreast) D-331 Hellbat (w/ Kōmoribreast) D-332 Jallguar (w/ Jaguarbreast) D-333 Killbison (w/ Bisonbreast) D-334 Drillhorn (w/ Hornbreast) D-335 Liokaiser (giftset) D-336 Deszaras (w/ Eaglebreast & Tigerbreast)

Sets Hero Set (Bumble, Meister, Grimlock & Starscream) Liokaiser, the Breastforce combiner

1990 (Zone)

Overview

File:Roadfire toy.jpg

Roadfire

1990 marked the downturn of Takara's original Transformers. The theme for this year was Transformers Zone, but rather than a fully-fledged anime series, the line's advertising media was slashed to minimum, getting only a single-episode VHS tape for animation and a single installment of manga, leaving story pages in TV Magazine to push the toys to kids.

The overwhelming majority of the year's line-up is made up of the "Micro Transformers", most of which had been released by Hasbro as "Micromasters" the previous year, and only a comparative handful with any notable differences from the Hasbro releases. On top of that, all but one team were sold as Autobots, presumably in a "kids buy more good guys" move to boost sales. (Japanese "boys toy" line are historically very light on the villain toys, if they have any at all. Transformers was a real outlier there, and potentially a major reason it was so popular early on.)

The headliners this year were the three Powered Masters (not to be confused with Powermasters): larger toys that transform from robot to space-vehicle-things to bases that can attach to the Micro Transformer bases using the same ramps. Each Powered Master has a battery- or spring-powered gimmick meant to push/launch the smaller Micros. They could also combine into Big Powered, a gigantic jet-tank-thing. They are opposed by Metrotitan, a Metroplex redeco and the only other Decepticon in the line.

Like the previous years' offerings, the toys were still branded as part of "Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers", with no actual "Zone" logo on the packaging, with the sole exception being the C-350 "Original Video Anime" set, which included a VHS tape containing the Transformers: Zone OVA. The toys did, however, all feature additional "Micro Transformers" logos, with the Powered Masters featuring a "Micro Transformers Powered Masters" variant.

While the Micro Transformers are largely ignored by fans, the four larger pieces command large sums on the secondary market today, especially Powered Master Roadfire.

Toys

Retail releases

Cybertrons Rocket Base (Micro Transformers) C-330 Rocket base (w/ Rescue Patrol Team & Rocket Base Leader Moonradar) Micro Transformers C-331 Rescue Patrol Team (Pīpō, Boater, Holi, Fire) C-332 Battle Patrol Team (Gunlift, Sunrunner, Sidetrack, Powerbomb) C-333 Super Car Patrol Team (Black Heat, Ginham, Deadhour, Road Hugger) C-334 Race Car Patrol Team (Wheelrun, Spinchange, Glorean, Roadhandler) C-335 Off Road Patrol Team (Footdemo, Freed, Nutshell, Flak) C-336 Jet Patrol Team (Whisper, Windrim, Star Cloud, Nightflight) C-351 Build Patrol Team (Crumble, Takedown, Groundpounder, Neutro) C-352 Sky Patrol Team (Breeze Master, Sky High, Tread Bolt, Eagle Eye)

Deluxe (Micro Transformers) C-337 Roadjet C-338 Missile Bull C-339 Cragun C-340 Skywave Stations (Micro Transformers) C-341 Gasoline Base (w/ Glasspit) C-342 Airport Base (w/ Overair) C-343 Fire Base (w/ Hot House) C-344 Build Base (w/ Ironworks) Bases (Micro Transformers) C-345 Landshaker (w/ Gunrunner) C-346 Sky Hyper (w/ Deadwheeler) Micro Transformers Powered Masters C-347 Sonic Bomber (w/ Sonic) C-348 Dai Atlas (w/ Speeder) C-349 Roadfire (w/ Drillbuster) C-353 Big Powered (giftset)

Original Video Anime (Transformers: Zone) C-350 Original Video Anime (Transformers: Zone OVA w/ Rabbicrater) Trainbots C-354 Shouki (re-release of 1987's C-125 Shouki) C-355 Getsuei (re-release of 1987's C-126 Getsuei) C-356 Yukikaze (re-release of 1987's C-127 Yukikaze) C-357 Suiken (re-release of 1987's C-128 Suiken) C-358 Seizan (re-release of 1987's C-129 Seizan) C-360 Kaen (re-release of 1987's C-130 Kaen

Destrons Metrotitan (Micro Transformers) D-340 Metrotitan (w/ Metrobomb, Metrodash, Metroshot, Metrotank) Micro Transformers D-341 Race Track Patrol Team (Ground Hog, Roller Force, Barricade, Motorstar) Rabbicrater, available only in a set with the Transformers: Zone OVA.

Robot Point mail order items

• Interstellar shuttle pilot

Notes

Post-series releases

Overview

You can get this cheap unless you're really into packaging variants.

Beginning in the early 2000s, Takara began to release new toys based on their version of Generation 1 with increasing frequency. This was initially limited to reissues of toys from the 1980s, but eventually grew to encompass new toys that represented "upgraded" versions of the G1 characters, eventually expanding to include characters from the Headmasters, Masterforce and Victory eras.

The sheer number of "new" toys of these characters released over the last 30 (and counting) years is insane, so we're not going to list them here, but rather point you to this list of post-"G1" "G1" toylines. Instead, the following list is going to be limited to toys specifically branded as part of Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers, which primarily included reissues, although there is one particular toy we need to point out in specific.

In 2006, Takara released the Cybertron Primus toy in Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers packaging, complete with a "00" ID number, rather than in Galaxy Force, their version of Cybertron. This toy even has the Hasbro release's Cyber Key Code on the Key, which the Japanese version of the line lacked. They would later redeco the toy into "Creator Primus" in 2010.

The Transformers Encore reissue line also features the Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers logo on its packaging, but for the sake of simplicty, we have put all toys in Encore packaging on its own separate page. Likewise, the Collector's Edition branded toys use the Fight! logo on their bio cards, and sometimes also on their packaging.

Toys

Retail releases

2000 01 Convoy (reissue) C-69 Ultra Magnus (Scramble City, reissue) C-78 Hot Rodimus (reissue)

2001 16-S Megatron (reissue) 22 Starscream (reissue) C-310 God Ginrai (reissue) C-77 Rodimus Convoy (reissue)

2002 01 New Year Special Convoy (reissue) D-98 Sixshot (reissue)

2004 D-78 Predaking (reissue)

2005 D-62-S Galvatron (Scramble City, "reissue") 2006 00 Primus

Exclusives

2000 01 Convoy Black Version (JAFCON 2000) 01 Convoy Gold Version (lucky draw prize) 2001 C-69 Shining Magnus (Scramble City, 20th Century Toy Museum) C-69 Ultra Magnus Yokokuhen Version (Scramble City, Toy Festival 2001) C-78B Black Rodimus (Toy Festival 2001) C-78C Crystal Rodimus (Toy Festival 2001) 16-S Megatron Black Version (e-HOBBY) 22 Starscream Secret Version (Transformers Generations lucky draw prize) C-307X Nucleon Quest Super Convoy (Toys"R"Us Japan)

2002 D-98 Sixshot Stealth Mode (Hyper Hobby Magazine lucky draw prize) D-98 Sixshot Shadow Mode (Figure Ō magazine lucky draw prize) Black Tracks (Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Comics lucky draw prize) C-310E Fire Guts God Ginrai (e-HOBBY) 2003 90 Tigertrack (Figure Ō magazine mail order item)

2004 C-77 Primus (Transformers Generations Deluxe lucky draw prize) VSX Convoy vs Megatron (Smallest Transforming Transformers, Dengeki Hobby Magazine freebie) 2005 D-62-S Galvatron (Scramble City, e-HOBBY)

2006 C-78 Hot Rodimus (Smallest Transforming Transformers, Toys"R"Us Japan promotional campaign freebie) 2007 C-56 Bumble (Smallest Transforming Transformers, Toys"R"Us Japan promotional campaign freebie) 2009 Skids & Screech Quantum Operative Ver. (Transformers Generations 2009 vol. 3 mail order item)

2011 01 Convoy Reissue BAPE Ver. (A Bathing Ape) 2012 01 Convoy Reissue BAPE Ver. BLACK (A Bathing Ape) 2013 01 Convoy Reissue BAPE VERSION RED CAMO (A Bathing Ape)