2006

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The year 2006 (MMVI) is the twenty-third year of the Transformers brand. It is also the 20th anniversary of The Transformers: The Movie. On Cybertron, it is referred to as the year 1 AU.

For further information, see: Transformers timeline

Events

Non-fiction

Births

• May 21 — Álvaro Salarich
• May 22 — Shooter and Hottie

Deaths

• January 10 — Dennis Marks
• January 18 — Norm McCabe
• January 30 — Seth Fisher
• February 6 — Kōji Totani
• March 17 — Bob Papenbrook
• March 19 — Brad Case
• May 4 — Masahiro Kawasaki
• June 19 — Pascal Renwick
• July 14 — Tom Frame
• August 6 — Hirotaka Suzuoki
• October 31 — Daoiz Cabezudo
• December 25 — James Brown

Conventions

• BotCon 2006: September 28–October 1

• OzToyCon 2006: September 23
• Auto Assembly 2006: June 3
• Cybcon 2006: September 2
• Dairycon 2006: April 8
• Iacon One 2006: July 7 and 8
• TransformersCon 2006: April 28 and 29

Fiction

• The events of The Transformers Season 3 take place.
• In the final battle of the Transformers' War, Megatron hurls the AllSpark through a SpaceBridge as Optimus Prime destroys it. With no way for the Transformers to return to Cybertron, the war is declared over. Warzone

Media

Television

• Transformers: Cybertron episodes 27–52

Print

Comics

Devil's Due Press

• G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers: The Art of War (issues #1–5, 5 issues)

IDW Publishing

• The Gathering (issues #1–4, 4 issues)
• Generations (issue #1–10, 12 issues)
• Hearts of Steel (issues #1–4, 4 issues)
• Infiltration (issues #1–6, 7 issues including an issue #0)
• Escalation (issues #1–2, 6 issues)
• Transformers: Spotlight (irregular 1-shots)
  • "Spotlight: Shockwave"
  • "Spotlight: Nightbeat"
  • "Spotlight: Hot Rod"
  • "Spotlight: Sixshot"
• Stormbringer (issues #1–4, 4 issues)
• The Transformers: Infiltration Cover Gallery
• Transformers: The Animated Movie (issues #1–3, 4 issues)

Fun Publications

• Transformers Timelines Vol.2 #1
• Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club (issues #7–12, ongoing)

Figure Ō

• Beast Wars Reborn (illustrated text stories)

Books

• TBD

Games

• Activision obtains the license to produce ‘’Transformers’’ video games.

Collections

Video

Madman Entertainment (AUS)

DVD

• Beast Wars: Transformers — Season 1
• Beast Wars: Transformers — Season 2
• Beast Wars: Transformers — Season 3
• The Best of The Transformers

Metrodome (UK)

DVD

• The Takara Collection Vol 2 — Transformers: Super-God Masterforce
• The Takara Collection Vol 3 — Transformers: Victory
• Transformers — The Complete Generation One Collection

Rhino Entertainment

DVD

• Beast Machines: Transformers — The Complete Series
• Transformers: Armada — Season One: Part Two

Sony BMG

DVD

• The Transformers: The Movie 20th Anniversary Special Edition

Victor Entertainment (Japan)

DVD

• Transformers: Galaxy Force — Vol. 08
• Transformers: Galaxy Force — Vol. 09
• Transformers: Galaxy Force — Vol. 10
• Transformers: Galaxy Force — Vol. 11
• Transformers: Galaxy Force — Vol. 12
• Transformers: Galaxy Force — Vol. 13

Comics

Destination Entertainment

• Transformers/G.I. Joe Volume 1 TPB Pocket edition
• Transformers: Energon Volume 2 TPB Pocket edition

Devil's Due Press

• G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers: The Art of War TPB

IDW Publishing

• The Gathering TPB
• Generations Volume 1 TPB
• Hearts of Steel TPB
• Infiltration TPB and Manga edition
• Transformers: Generation 1 vol. 1: Prime Directive TPB (Dreamwave re-print)
• Transformers: Generation 1 vol. 2: War and Peace TPB (Dreamwave re-print)

Titan Books

UK

• Transformers: Perchance to Dream
• Transformers: Way of the Warrior (re-offered)
• Transformers: Aspects of Evil (re-offered)

Merchandise

Titanium Series

Wave 1 Beast Wars Megatron War Within Optimus Prime Unicron		Wave 2 Autobot Jazz Side Swipe Starscream		Wave 3 Optimus Primal Autobot Starship Ark Unicron Trilogy Megatron		Wave 4 Optimus Prime Bumblebee Smokescreen
Wave 5 Scorponok Grimlock Predaking		Wave 6 Rodimus Thundercracker		Wave 7 Galvatron Optimus Prime

Toys

Hasbro

Universe

Exclusives

KB Toys MicroMaster Series IV Air Raid Fireflight Ro-Tor Skydive Silverbolt Storm Jet

Target Overbite with Repugnus Long Haul & Hightower Bonecrusher & Scavenger

Rebranded releases

Spy Changers

Wave 2 Autobot Camshaft Hoist Mirage

Basics

Wave 2 Cruellock Energon Saber (Scattor, Skyboom, Wreckage) Signal Flare Terradive Treadshot Wideload

Alternators

Assortment 2 (2005-2006)

Wave 2 19 Jeep Wrangler—Rollbar 20 Subaru Impreza WRX—Ricochet

Wave 3 21 Dodge Ram SRT-10—Optimus Prime

Wave 4 7 Mazda RX-8—Meister (re-release) 22 Ford GT—Mirage

Wave 5 23 Acura RSX—Autobot Camshaft

Exclusives

San Diego Comic-Con / Hasbro Toy Shop 24 Dodge Ram SRT-10—Nemesis Prime

Cybertron

Mini-Con Class

Wave 2 (Lunar Assault Team vs. Exploration Team) Kobushi vs. Landslide Payload vs. Ascentor Scattorbrain vs. Monocle

Wave 3 (Sky Terror Team vs. Council of Sages) Ramjet vs. Scythe Sunstorm vs. Checkpoint Thrust vs. Anti-Blaze

Wave 4 (Deep Space Team vs. Street Action Team) Scrap Iron vs. Grindor Blastcharge vs. High Wire Backblast vs. Sureshock

Legends of Cybertron

Wave 3 Galvatron Red Alert Soundwave Vector Prime

Wave 4 Hot Shot (red) Optimus Prime (red/black) Sunstorm Thundercracker

Scout Class

Wave 5 Swerve Swindle		Wave 6 Lugnutz Scrapmetal (red)		Wave 7 Repugnus Shortround		Wave 8 Giant Planet Mini-Con Team (Longarm, Deepdive, Overcast) Ransack GTS
Wave 9 Brakedown GTS Scrapmetal (yellow)		Wave 10 Hightail Shadow Recon Mini-Con Team (Jolt, Six-Speed, Reverb)

Deluxe Class

Wave 5 Cybertron Defense Hot Shot Downshift		Wave 6 Excellion Override GTS		Wave 7 Cannonball Skywarp		Wave 8 Demolishor Optimus Prime Unicron
Wave 9 Megatron Optimus Prime Smokescreen

Voyager Class

Wave 6 Nemesis Breaker

Wave 7 Quickmix (w/ Stripmine)

Wave 8 Galaxy Force Vector Prime (w/ Safeguard)

Ultra Class

Wave 4 Sky Shadow Wing Saber

Wave 5 Menasor (w/ Heavy Load)

Wave 6 Cryo Scourge

Leader Class

Wave 3 Metroplex (w/ Drill Bit)

Wave 4 Galaxy Force Optimus Prime

Supreme Class

Wave 2 Cybertron Primus (w/ Unicron head)

Wave 3 Cybertron Primus

Exclusives

Costco Optimus Prime & Wing Saber

Toys"R"Us Landmine, Snarl & Dirt Boss

Target Evac w/ Bonus Mini-Cons (Razorclaw & Steamhammer) Mudflap w/ Bonus Mini-Cons (Shockwave & Tankor) Leobreaker w/ Bonus Mini-Cons (Sky Lynx & Thunderblast)

Walmart Dirt Boss w/ Downshift Hot Shot w/ Mirage Landmine w/ Dirt Boss Override w/ Mirage Red Alert w/ Dirt Boss Thundercracker w/ Downshift Cybertron Primus w/ Mini-Cons (Strongarm, Offshoot, Knockdown, Nightscream)

Star Wars Transformers

Wave 2

• Anakin Skywalker / Jedi Starfighter 'Eta-2'
• Boba Fett / Slave I
• Darth Maul / Sith Infiltrator

Wave 3

• Clone Pilot / ARC-170 Starfighter
• Emperor Palpatine / Imperial Shuttle
• Jango Fett / Slave I

Wave 4

• Clone Pilot / ARC-170 Starfighter (redeco)
• Darth Vader / Sith Starfighter 'Eta-2'

Other toys

• Han Solo and Chewbacca / Millennium Falcon
  

Masterpiece

• 20th Anniversary Optimus Prime DVD edition

Transformers: Beast Wars 10th Anniversary

Wave 1 and 2 toys come with a DVD of a relevant episode of the Beast Wars cartoon, as well as one piece of the Transformers franchise's first “build-a-figure”: Trans-Mutate

Wave 1 Cheetor with "Equal Measures" Rhinox with "The Spark Waspinator with "Possession"

Wave 2 Dinobot with "Code of Hero" Rattrap with "A Better Mousetrap" Predacon Tarantulus [sic] with "Spider's Game"

Wave 3 toys included a mini-comic of the then-recent IDW comic The Gathering #1, and instead of a piece of Trans-Mutate, each included a miniature model of their faction's respective spaceship.

Wave 3 Megatron with Predacon Ship and The Gathering #1 Optimus Primal with Axalon and The Gathering #1

Exclusive

This set paired together the two Ultra Class retools of Primal and Megatron from Beast Wars Reborn, making them available in Western markets for the first time. It also includedd an episode on DVD.

Toys"R"Us Optimus Primal vs Megatron with "Possession"

Transformers: Classics

Classic Legends

Wave 1 Fireflight Leo Prime Perceptor Trypticon

Mini-Cons

Wave 1 Demolition Team (Broadside, Sledge, Wideload) Dinobots (Knockdown, Swoop, Terrorsaur) Night Rescue Team (Divebomb, Firebot, Strongarm)

Classic Deluxe

Wave 1 Astrotrain Bumblebee Rodimus Starscream

Wave 2 Grimlock Mirage

Classic Voyager

Wave 1 Megatron Optimus Prime

Wave 2 Jetfire

Miscellaneous

Optimus Prime vs Megatron: The Ultimate Battle

Optimus Prime (20th Anniversary "DVD Edition")

Titanium Series

Wave 1 Megatron Optimus Prime

Wave 2 Jetfire Thundercracker

Wave 3 Optimal Optimus Scourge

Wave 4 Rodimus Prime Soundwave with Laserbeak

BotCon 2006 Exclusives

Convention Box Set

• Axalon Rattrap
• Axalon Rhinox
• Axalon Cheetor
• Darksyde Dinobot
• Axalon Optimus Primal

Attendee-Only Bonus Toy

• Unit 2/(Tigatron)

Convention Souvenir 2-Packs

• Darksyde Megatron and Darksyde Waspinator
• Laserbeak and Buzzsaw

Customization Class

• Universe Rumble
• Universe Inferno

San Diego Comic-Con International 2006

• Nemesis Prime

TakaraTomy

The Transformers Collection

• 21 Broadcast (with Steeljaw)

The Transformers: Collector's Edition

• C-116 Twincast and Flip Sides

Masterpiece

• MP-3 Starscream
• MP-4 Convoy Perfect Edition

Hybrid Style

• THS-02 G1 Convoy
• THS-02B G1 Convoy Black Version

Galaxy Force

Exclusives

Store exclusives

Toy's Dream Project Soundblaster (w/ Hell Buzzsaw)

Media exclusives

Galaxy Force DVDs GX-03 Noisemaze Mass Production Type Version

USA Editions

Store exclusives

e-HOBBY Blendar Moledive Primus (w/ Unicron head)

Toy's Dream Project Armada Convoy

Beast Wars Reborn

• Convoy vs. Megatron

Kiss Players

• Convoy X Melissa
• Hot Rodimus X Syaosyao
• Autorooper X Atari
• Kiss Players Figure Collection Atari X Autorooper (a reverse of the standard Kiss Players format, featuring a larger PVC figure of Atari, and a Smallest Transforming Transformers-style version of the Autorooper model)