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===Generation 1=== | ===Generation 1=== | ||
====1991==== | ====1991==== | ||
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%" | |||
'''Action Master figures''' | |width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Action Master figures'''</u> | ||
{{ | <ul class="iconlist"> | ||
{{Bp-d1|[[Bombshell (G1)#ActionMaster|Bombshell]] with [[Needler (G1)#Toys|Needler]]}} | |||
{{Bp-d1|[[Charger#Toys|Charger]] with [[Fire Beast#Toys|Fire Beast]]}} | |||
{{Bp-a1|[[Powerflash#Toys|Powerflash]] with [[Road Rocket (G1)#Toyss|Road Rocket]]}} | |||
{{Bp-a1|[[Sideswipe (G1)/toys#ActionMaster|Sideswipe]] with [[Vanguard#Toys|Vanguard]]}} | |||
{{Bp-d1|[[Take-Off#Toys|Take-Off]] with [[Screech (Action Master)#Toys|Screech]]}} | |||
{{Bp-a1|[[Tracks (G1)/toys#ActionMaster|Tracks]] with [[Basher#Toys|Basher]]}} | |||
}} | | | ||
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Exo-Suit Action Masters'''</u> | |||
<ul class="iconlist"> | |||
{{Bp-a1|[[Circuit (G1)#Toys|Circuit]]}} | |||
{{Bp-d1|[[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#ActionMaster|Thundercracker]]}} | |||
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|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Motorized Exo-Suit Action Masters'''</u> | |||
<ul class="iconlist"> | |||
{{Bp-a1|[[Rumbler (G1)#Toys|Rumbler]]}} | |||
{{Bp-d1|[[Slicer (G1)#Toys|Slicer]]}} | |||
| | |||
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Action Master Elites'''</u> | |||
<ul class="iconlist"> | |||
{{Bp-d1|[[Double Punch#Toys|Double Punch]]}} | |||
{{Bp-a1|[[Omega Supreme (G1)#omegaspreem|Omega Spreem]]}} | |||
{{Bp-d1|[[Turbo Master#Toys|Turbo Master]]}} | |||
{{Bp-a1|[[Windmill (G1)#Toys|Windmill]]}} | |||
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|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:G1-toy OmegaSpreem.jpg|thumb|upright=1.33|Action Master Elite [[Omega Supreme (G1)#omegaspreem|Omega Spreem]]]] | |||
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====1992==== | ====1992==== | ||
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%" | |||
'''Turbomasters''' | |width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Turbomasters'''</u> | ||
{{ | <ul class="iconlist"> | ||
{{Bp-a1|[[Boss (G1)#Toys|Boss]] / [[Mach Road#Toys|Mach Road]]}} | |||
{{Bp-a1|[[Flash (G1)#Toys|Flash]] / [[Spin Road#Toys|Spin Road]]}} | |||
{{Bp-a1|[[Hurricane#Toys|Hurricane]] / [[Checker Road#Toys|Checker Road]]}} | |||
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|width="20%" valign="top"|<br> | |||
<ul class="iconlist"> | |||
{{Bp-a1|[[Rotorstorm (G1)#Toys|Rotorstorm]]}} | |||
{{Bp-a1|[[Scorch (G1)#Toys|Scorch]] / [[Fire Road#Toys|Fire Road]]}} | |||
{{Bp-a1|[[Thunder Clash#Toys|Thunder Clash]]}} | |||
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|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Predators'''</u> | |||
<ul class="iconlist"> | |||
{{Bp-d1|[[Falcon (G1)#Toys|Falcon]] / [[Shadow Jet#Toys|Shadow Jet]]}} | |||
{{Bp-d1|[[Skydive (Predator)#Toys|Skydive]] / [[Dark Jet#Toys|Dark Jet]]}} | |||
{{Bp-d1|[[Skyquake (G1)#Toys|Skyquake]]}} | |||
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|width="20%" valign="top"|<br> | |||
<ul class="iconlist"> | |||
{{Bp-d1|[[Snare#Toys|Snare]] / [[Flare Jet#Toys|Flare Jet]]}} | |||
{{Bp-d1|[[Stalker (G1)#Toys|Stalker]]}} | |||
{{Bp-d1|[[Talon (G1)#Toys|Talon]] / [[Moon Jet#Toys|Moon Jet]]}} | |||
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|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:G1Thunder clash toy.jpg|upright=1.33|thumb|Turbomaster [[Thunder Clash#Toys|Thunder Clash]]]] | |||
|} | |||
====1993==== | ====1993==== | ||
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%" | |||
''' | |width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Axelerators'''</u> | ||
{{ | <ul class="iconlist"> | ||
{{Bp-a1|[[Rapido#Toys|Rapido]]}} | |||
{{Bp-a1|[[Skram (G2)#Toys|Skram]]}} | |||
}} | {{Bp-a1|[[Turbofire#Toys|Turbofire]]}} | ||
{{Bp-a1|[[Windbreaker#Toys|Windbreaker]]}} | |||
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{{ | |width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Skyscorchers'''</u> | ||
<ul class="iconlist"> | |||
{{Bp-d1|[[Afterburner (G2)#Toys|Afterburner]]}} | |||
{{Bp-d1|[[Eagle Eye (G2)#Toys|Eagle Eye]]}} | |||
{{Bp-d1|[[Terradive (G2)#Toys|Terradive]]}} | |||
}} | {{Bp-d1|[[Windrazor (G2)#Toys|Windrazor]]}} | ||
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'''Skyscorchers''' | |width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Aquaspeeders'''</u> | ||
{{ | <ul class="iconlist"> | ||
{{Bp-a1|[[Aquafend#Toys|Aquafend]]}} | |||
{{Bp-a1|[[Deluge (G1)#Toys|Deluge]]}} | |||
{{Bp-a1|[[Jetstorm (G1)#Toys|Jetstorm]]}} | |||
{{Bp-a1|[[Speedstream#Toys|Speedstream]]}} | |||
}} | | | ||
'''Aquaspeeders''' | |width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Stormtroopers'''</u> | ||
{{ | <ul class="iconlist"> | ||
{{Bp-d1|[[Aquablast#Toys|Aquablast]]}} | |||
{{Bp-d1|[[Drench (G1)#Toys|Drench]]}} | |||
{{Bp-d1|[[Hydradread#Toys|Hydradread]]}} | |||
{{Bp-d1|[[Rage (G1)#Toys|Rage]]}} | |||
}} | | | ||
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:G2-toy Clench.jpg|thumb|upright=1.33|Obliterator [[Clench (G1)#Toys|Clench]]]] | |||
'''Stormtroopers''' | |- | ||
[[File: | |width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Lightformers'''</u> | ||
{{ | <ul class="iconlist"> | ||
{{Bp-a1|[[Deftwing#Toys|Deftwing]]}} | |||
{{Bp-a1|[[Ironfist (G1)#Toys|Ironfist]]}} | |||
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|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Trakkons'''</u> | |||
<ul class="iconlist"> | |||
{{Bp-d1|[[Calcar#Toys|Calcar]]}} | |||
{{Bp-d1|[[Fearswoop (G1)#Toys|Fearswoop]]}} | |||
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|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Obliterators'''</u> | |||
<ul class="iconlist"> | |||
{{Bp-d1|[[Clench (G1)#Toys|Clench]]}} | |||
{{Bp-a1|[[Pyro (G1)#Toys|Pyro]]}} | |||
|} | |||
===Generation 2=== | ===Generation 2=== | ||
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%" | |||
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Cyberjets'''</u><ref>*[https://www.soundwavesoblivion.com/techspecs/interviewgenerations2022.html Interview] with [[Shuhei Umezu]] for ''[[Transformers Generations 2022]]'' translated at Soundwave's Oblivion</ref> | |||
<ul class="iconlist"> | |||
{{Bp-a1d1|[[Hooligan (G2)#Toys|Hooligan]] / [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Jetfire]]}} | |||
{{ | {{Bp-a1d1|[[Skyjack (G2)#Toys|Skyjack]] / [[Strafe (G1)#Generation 2|Generation 1 Strafe]] / [[Strafe (G2)#G-2|''G-2'' Strafe]]}} | ||
{{Bp-a1d1|[[Space Case (G2)#Toys|Space Case]] / [[Air Raid (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Air Raid]] / [[Aero Raid#G-2|Aero Raid]]}} | |||
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|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''ATB'''</u> | |||
<ul class="iconlist"> | |||
{{Bp-d1|[[Smokescreen (G2)#Toys|Smokescreen]]}} | |||
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|width="20%" valign="top"| | |||
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|width="20%" valign="top"| | |||
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|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:G2SmokescreenToy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.33|[[Smokescreen (G2)#Toys|Smokescreen]] (the design he is most proud of)]] | |||
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===Beast Wars=== | ===Beast Wars=== | ||
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%" | |||
{{ | |width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Deluxes'''</u> | ||
<ul class="iconlist"> | |||
{{Bp-m1|[[Cheetor (BW)/toys#Beast Wars|Cheetor]]}} | |||
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}} | |width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Megas'''</u> | ||
<ul class="iconlist"> | |||
{{Bp-p1|[[Inferno (BW)#Beast Wars|Inferno]]}} | |||
{{bp-m1|[[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#TM1|Transmetal Optimus Primal]]}} | |||
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|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''And...'''</u> | |||
<ul class="iconlist"> | |||
{{Bp-m1p1|"every one of your favorite original ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' figures" according to [[Evan Brooks]] [https://www.instagram.com/p/CcBnZE2uDPK/]}} | |||
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|width="20%" valign="top"| | |||
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|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:BW-toy CheetorV1.jpg|thumb|upright=1.33|Deluxe [[Cheetor (BW)/toys#Beast Wars|Cheetor]]]] | |||
|} | |||
===Cybertron=== | |||
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%" | |||
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Deluxe Class'''</u> | |||
<ul class="iconlist"> | |||
{{bp-a1d1|[[Sideways (Armada)#Cybertron|Sideways]]}} | |||
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|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Leader Class'''</u> | |||
<ul class="iconlist"> | |||
{{Bp-a1|[[Metroplex (Cybertron)#Toys|Metroplex]]<ref>''[[Transformers Generations 2022]]'' designer interviews</ref>}} | |||
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|width="20%" valign="top"| | |||
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|width="20%" valign="top"| | |||
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|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:SidewaysCybertron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.33|[[Sideways (Armada)#Cybertron|Sideways]] (the other design he's most proud of)]] | |||
|} | |||
===Classics (2006)=== | ===Classics (2006)=== | ||
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%" | |||
{{ | |width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Deluxe Class'''</u> | ||
<ul class="iconlist"> | |||
{{bp-a1|[[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Classics|Grimlock]]<br>(with [[Eric Siebenaler]])}} | |||
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} | |width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Voyager Class'''</u> | ||
<ul class="iconlist"> | |||
{{bp-d1|[[Megatron (G1)/toys#Classics|Megatron]]<br>(with Eric Siebenaler)}} | |||
{{bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Classics|Optimus Prime]]<br>(with [[Don Figueroa]], Eric Siebenaler and [[Alex Kubalsky]])}} | |||
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|width="20%" valign="top"| | |||
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|width="20%" valign="top"| | |||
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|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:ClassicsPrime Voyager.jpg|thumb|upright=1.33|Voyager Class [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Classics|Optimus Prime]]]] | |||
|} | |||
===Universe (2008)=== | ===Universe (2008)=== | ||
{ | {| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%" | ||
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Deluxe Class'''</u> | |||
<ul class="iconlist"> | |||
{{bp-m1|[[Cheetor (BW)/toys#Universe (2008)|Cheetor]]<br>(with [[Bill Rawley]])}} | |||
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|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Ultra Class'''</u> | |||
<ul class="iconlist"> | |||
{{bp-a1|[[Powerglide (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|Powerglide]]<br>(with Bill Rawley)}} | |||
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|width="20%" valign="top"| | |||
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|} | |||
{{-}} | {{-}} | ||
===Revenge of the Fallen=== | ===Revenge of the Fallen=== | ||
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%" | |||
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Combiner Class'''</u> | |||
<ul class="iconlist"> | |||
{{Bp-d1|[[Devastator (ROTF)#Supreme Combiner Class|Constructicon Devastator]] (initial concept by [[Shogo Hasui]])}} | |||
|} | |||
{{-}} | |||
===Dark of the Moon=== | ===Dark of the Moon=== | ||
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%" | |||
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''MechTech Deluxes'''</u> | |||
<ul class="iconlist"> | |||
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Deluxe Class toys 4|Bumblebee]]}} | |||
|} | |||
{{-}} | {{-}} | ||
===Generations=== | ===Generations=== | ||
====War for Cybertron: Kingdom==== | ====War for Cybertron: Kingdom==== | ||
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%" | |||
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Titan Class'''</u> | |||
<ul class="iconlist"> | |||
{{Bp-a1|[[Ark (G1)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Autobot Ark]]<ref>Transformers panel at [[Hasbro Pulse Fan Fest 2021]]</ref>}} | |||
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|width="20%" valign="top"| | |||
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|width="20%" valign="top"| | |||
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{{-}} | |||
====Studio Series==== | ====Studio Series==== | ||
{{ | {| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%" | ||
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Deluxe Class'''</u> | |||
<ul class="iconlist"> | |||
}} | {{Bp-a1|86-02 [[Kup (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Kup]] (''The Transformers: The Movie'')}} | ||
=====Studio Series | {{Bp-a1|86-03 [[Blurr (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Blurr]] (''The Transformers: The Movie'')}} | ||
{{ | {{Bp-a1|82 [[Ratchet (Movie)/toys#SS82|Autobot Ratchet]] (''Bumblebee'')<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/Cbs_Zgnu6YA/ ''Bumblebee'' Ratchet design notes] on [[Sam Smith]]'s Instagram</ref>}} | ||
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|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Leader Class'''</u> | |||
{{Bp-d1|91 [[The Fallen/toys#Studio Series|The Fallen]] (''Revenge of the Fallen'')<ref name = "August22">[[August 16]], [[2022]]'s [https://youtu.be/mxRrhLJ1KH0 Hasbro Pulse Transformers Fanstream] on YouTube, with [[Ben MacCrae]], [[Delaney Norris]], [[Sam Smith]], [[Evan Brooks]], [[Isabella Weiss]], and [[Mark Maher]].</ref>}} | |||
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|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:TF-Studio-Series-Leader-ROTF-The-Fallen.jpg|thumb|upright=1.33|[[The Fallen/toys#Studio Series|The Fallen]]]] | |||
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{{-}} | |||
====Legacy / Legacy: Evolution==== | |||
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%" | |||
|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Deluxe Class'''</u> | |||
<ul class="iconlist"> | |||
{{bp-d1|[[Axlegrease#Legacy|Axlegrease]]}} | |||
{{bp-a1|[[Crashbar#Legacy|Crashbar]]}} | |||
{{bp-d1|[[Dead End (G1)#Legacy|Dead End]]}} | |||
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|width="20%" valign="top"|<br> | |||
{{bp-d1|[[Drag Strip (G1)#Legacy|Decepticon Drag Strip]]}} | |||
{{bp-a1|[[Scraphook#Legacy|Scraphook]]}} | |||
{{bp-d1|[[Wildrider (G1)#Legacy|Decepticon Wild Rider]]}} | |||
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|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Leader Class'''</u> | |||
{{Bp-p1|[[Megatron (BW)/toys#Legacy|Transmetal II Megatron]]<ref name = "August22"/>}} | |||
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|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Commander Class'''</u> | |||
{{Bp-d1|[[Motormaster (G1)#Legacy|Decepticon Motormaster]] / [[Menasor (G1)#Legacy|Menasor]]}} | |||
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|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:TF-Legacy-Combiner-Menasor.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|[[Menasor (G1)#Legacy|Menasor]]]] | |||
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|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Others'''</u> | |||
{{bp-a1|"A Hero is Born" 2-Pack<br>([[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generations toys#HasbroPulse|Orion Pax]] and [[Alpha Trion (G1)#Legacy| Alpha Trion]] w/ [[Vector Sigma#Legacy|Vector Sigma]])}} | |||
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{{creatorstub|credits from [[Hasbro Pulse]] livestreams, virtual conventions, Hasbro designer social media (mostly Instagram), etc etc etc}} | |||
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==Hasbro Pulse livestream appearances== | ==Hasbro Pulse livestream appearances== | ||
Revision as of 07:11, 1 May 2023

Takio Ejima (江島 多規男 Ejima Takio) (born June 6, 1964) is a designer at TakaraTomy. His first product at Takara was Crazybird from the "Flower Rock" series, and after joining the Overseas Transformers Product team in the Boys Enterprise department, he single-handedly created the all European Transformers during the period when the American Transformers line ended, until the advent of Beast Wars. After the Beast Wars Metals (the Japanese release of the Transmetals Beast Wars figures), he moved to the Girls Toy Department, but came back to Transformers during the Energon line. According to fellow designer Takashi Kunihiro, Ejima is "The man who created the most transforming robot toys in the world".
Ejima is credited with coming up with the idea of the extensive use of ball joints seen towards the end of the Generation 2 toyline as a means of making toys more durable, thus complying with more rigorous safety standards. His idea opened up possibilities of robot toys with extensive articulation.
Known design projects
Generation 1
1991
Action Master figures
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Exo-Suit Action Masters | Motorized Exo-Suit Action Masters | Action Master Elites | ![]() |
1992
| Turbomasters | Predators |
1993
| Axelerators | Skyscorchers | Aquaspeeders | Stormtroopers | ![]() | ||||
| Lightformers | Trakkons | Obliterators |
Generation 2
| Cyberjets[1] | ATB | ![]() |
Beast Wars
| Deluxes | Megas | And...
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Cybertron
| Deluxe Class | Leader Class | ![]() |
Classics (2006)
Deluxe Class
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Voyager Class
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Universe (2008)
Deluxe Class
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Ultra Class
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Revenge of the Fallen
Combiner Class
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Dark of the Moon
| MechTech Deluxes |
Generations
War for Cybertron: Kingdom
| Titan Class |
Studio Series
Deluxe Class
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Leader Class
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Legacy / Legacy: Evolution
| Deluxe Class | Leader Class
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Commander Class
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| Others
(Orion Pax and Alpha Trion w/ Vector Sigma) |
Hasbro Pulse livestream appearances
- April 12, 2022's Fan First Tuesday | BACK-TO-BACK Transformers & Power Rangers Livestream, with Isabella Weiss, Rachel Fleming, and Mark Maher.
Notes
- Fellow TakaraTomy designer Shogo Hasui was assigned to do the large Combiner Class Constructicon Devastator toy, and had completed some early sketches, but Ejima subsequently took over due to scheduling conflicts.
References
- ↑ *Interview with Shuhei Umezu for Transformers Generations 2022 translated at Soundwave's Oblivion
- ↑ Transformers Generations 2022 designer interviews
- ↑ Transformers panel at Hasbro Pulse Fan Fest 2021
- ↑ Bumblebee Ratchet design notes on Sam Smith's Instagram
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 August 16, 2022's Hasbro Pulse Transformers Fanstream on YouTube, with Ben MacCrae, Delaney Norris, Sam Smith, Evan Brooks, Isabella Weiss, and Mark Maher.










