Transformers: Alternity

This article is about the franchise. For the species of Transformer, see Alternity.

Transformers: Alternity (トランスフォーマー オルタニティ) is a TakaraTomy toyline that ran from 2009 to 2012. It is the successor to the Binaltech toyline. It features licensed vehicle alternate modes in its toys, as well as a mixture of plastic and die-cast metal. Toys are scaled down from their previous Binaltech/Alternators proportions, now being 1:32 scale rather than 1:24, and roughly equivalent in size to the mainline "deluxe" size class.

Fiction

Like Binaltech, Alternity's continuity is established by pack-in fiction.

«	Transformers: Alternity
Alternity prose: "From Here to Alternity" "To Mega Therion" "The World Is Flat!" "Ace of Swords" "Foreshadows" "Hunt for the Planicrons" "Alternation" Alternity comics: "Arch-Nemesis!" "To Die Game!" e-HOBBY fiction: "Nissan GT-R / Ultra Magnus (Brilliant Pearl White)"

Toys

Regular retail

Wave 1 (2-26-2009) A-01 Convoy - Vibrant Red A-01 Convoy - Ultimate Metal Silver		Wave 2 (6-27-2009) A-01 Convoy - Super Black A-02 Megatron - Blade Silver A-02 Megatron - Premium LeMans Blue		Wave 3 (10-01-2009) A-02 Megatron - Diamond Black		Wave 4 (11-28-2009) A-03 Bumble - Champion Yellow A-03 Cliff - Supreme Red Pearl		Two colors of Convoy
Wave 5 (5-29-2010) A-04 Skywarp - Witch Purple Pearl A-04 Starscream - White Pearl		Wave 6 (10-23-2010) A-04 Thundercracker - Sonic Blue		Wave 7 (12-06-2011) A-01D Dai Atras [sic] - Aurora Flare Blue Pearl A-03G Gold Bug - Throttle Gold

Exclusives

e-HOBBY A-01U Ultla Magnus [sic] - Brilliant White Pearl

Toy Hobby Market A-02G Galvatron - Galvanize Purple A-04B Banzai-Tron - Crystalo Black

Notes

I AM ALL JAZZES. WHAT IS CRACKING, SMALL FELLOWS?

• To pitch the Alternity line, Hironori Kobayashi enlisted the help of Hirofumi Ichikawa, who produced a concept image of an Alternity Meister. A large amount of the design was put to use on Alternity Convoy once the line was approved.
• While it's unknown whether it's a product of coincidence or a deliberate reference by Ichikawa, the term "Alternity" (plural "Alternaties") was used by fan (later pro) writer James Roberts in his unofficial 2001 novel Eugenesis to refer to parallel realities.