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Animated

The Transformers Animated toyline merges the more expressive design style of the cartoon with extremely poseable robot forms (to a degree which seemed pleasantly surprising even to Hasbro). Unlike the franchises immediately before it, there is no overarching, line-wide gimmick (such as Mini-Cons or Cyber Planet Keys). Rather, transforming is the gimmick, and the toys have other special features unique and appropriate to the character (such as triple-changing or interchangeable tools). While the designs originated with Hasbro and the Cartoon Network team, TakaraTomy stepped up to the plate to engineer the toys. The line debuted on July 1, 2007, at Hasbro's Future Products panel at BotCon.

Hasbro, citing the strength of the movie toyline, postponed the official release of the Animated toyline to June 22, 2008 in the US. However, some toys began showing up at retailers in the Cincinnati area to coincide with BotCon, followed by wider releases in Canada in May and the U.S. shortly thereafter.

Hasbro Animated toyline

General retail

Deluxe Class

Wave 1 Bumblebee Lockdown Cybertron Mode Optimus Prime Prowl		Wave 2 Blackarachnia Autobot Ratchet		Wave 3 Autobot Jazz Oil Slick Snarl Soundwave		Wave 4 Elite Guard Bumblebee Sentinel Prime Swoop		File:Bumblebee anim toy.jpg Deluxe Bumblebee
Wave 5 Blurr Blazing Lockdown Swindle		Wave 6 Samurai Prowl Waspinator		Wave 7 Freeway Jazz Electrostatic Soundwave		Canceled Vortex Blurr Hot Shot Toxic Oil Slick Mercenary Swindle Fugitive Waspinator		File:Bumblebee anim toy.jpg Deluxe Bumblebee

Voyager Class

Wave 1 Bulkhead Cybertron Mode Megatron Starscream		Wave 2 Optimus Prime		Wave 3 Grimlock Lugnut		Wave 4 Blitzwing		File:Lugnut animated toy.JPG Voyager Lugnut
Wave 5 Shockwave Skywarp		Wave 6 Atomic Lugnut Wreck-Gar		Canceled (TakTom release) Blackout Hydrodrive Bumblebee Wingblade Optimus Prime		Totally canceled Mudbuster Bulkhead Goldfire Grimlock Marauder Megatron Thundercracker		File:Lugnut animated toy.JPG Voyager Lugnut

Leader Class

Wave 1

Bulkhead (w/ Headmaster)
Megatron

Wave 2

Ultra Magnus

Wave 3

Shadow Blade Megatron

Wave 4

Roadbuster Ultra Magnus

Supreme Class

Wave 1

Roll-Out Command Optimus Prime

Entertainment Packs

Wave 1

Optimus Prime vs. Megatron: The Battle Begins

Wave 2

Jetstorm and Jetfire

Jetstorm & Jetfire (and combined mode Safeguard)

Activators

The Activators toys are chunkier, simpler, Scout-class-sized toys with one-touch, spring-loaded autotransformations.

Wave 1 Bulkhead Bumblebee Starscream		Wave 2 Lockdown Optimus Prime Autobot Ratchet		Wave 3 Patrol Bumblebee Thundercracker		Wave 4 Megatron Grimlock Bandit Lockdown		File:Activatorsstarscream.jpg Activators Starscream
Wave 5 Cliffjumper Dirge		Wave 6 Fireblast Grimlock Soundwave		Wave 7 Armor Up Optimus Prime Battlefield Bumblebee		Canceled Electromagnetic Soundwave		File:Activatorsstarscream.jpg Activators Starscream

Bumper Battlers

An expansion on the "Cyber Slammers" subline from the 2007 live-action movie toyline, Bumper Battlers feature "bump-and-transform" action. Hitting the front bumper causes the toy to change into robot mode, and pressing the toy's sigil activates sound effects and speech gimmicks.

Wave 1 Bumblebee Optimus Prime Autobot Ratchet		Wave 2 Autobot Jazz Bulkhead		Wave 3 Sting Racer Bumblebee Nightwatch Optimus Prime		Wave 4 Lockdown Soundwave		Bumper Battler Nightwatch Optimus Prime
Wave 5 (non-US) Workzone Bulkhead Stealth Ninja Jazz		Canceled Autobot Ratchet (redeco)						Bumper Battler Nightwatch Optimus Prime

Power Bots

Giant chunk non-transforming action figures with electronic gimmickry.

Wave 1

Cyber Speed Bumblebee

Wave 2

Street Patrol Bumblebee

Exclusives

Target/Zellers

Stealth Lockdown
(w/ Bumblebee & Optimus Prime)
Rescue Ratchet
(w/ Starscream & Prowl)
Sunstorm vs Autobot Ratchet
Shockwave vs Bumblebee

ToysЯUs

Arcee
Ironhide
Cybertron Mode Ratchet
Rodimus Minor
Bulkhead "Super Value"
(w/ Bumblebee)
Megatron "Super Value"
(w/ Starscream)
Autobot Ratchet / Bumblebee
(UK & German stores only)

Walmart

"The Revenge of Blackarachnia"
(Cybertron Optimus Prime vs Blackarachnia)
"Battle in Space"
(Prowl vs Megatron)

McDonald's Happy Meal toys

North America/Europe

Latin America

TakaraTomy Animated toyline

Beginning in 2010, TakaraTomy's release of the Animated toy line consists of most of the same toys released in Western markets by Hasbro. Early waves gave the toys extremely shiny metallic paintjobs that actually made them less screen-accurate (and not necessarily more intricate paintjobs at that), but later waves eventually dropped that in favor of the usual assortment of small paint operation changes.

Standard retail

Wave 1 (3-27-2010) Blackarachnia Bumblebee Cliffjumper Dirge Ironhide Lockdown Megatron	Optimus Prime Prowl Ratchet Starscream SET A Optimus Prime vs Megatron SET B Bumblebee vs Starscream SET C Ratchet vs Lockdown	Wave 2 (4-24-2010) Arcee Blitzwing Decepticon Lugnut Decepticon Shockwave Soundwave SET D Ironhide vs Soundwave SET E Prowl vs Blitzwing	Wave 3 (5-22-2010) Blackout Grimlock Snarl Autobot Swoop
Wave 4 (6-19-2010) Jetfire Jetstorm Skywarp Soundblaster Thundercracker SET G Safeguard	Wave 5 (7-10-2010) Megatron	Wave 6 (7-24-2010) Blurr Elite Guard Bumblebee Jazz Sentinel Ultra Magnus Wreck-Gar	Wave 7 (8-28-2010) Samurai Prowl Rodimus Sunstorm Swindle Waspinator
Wave 8 (9-18-2010) Jetpack Bumblebee Wingblade Optimus Prime Ratchet Cybertron Mode	Wave 9 (10-2-2010) Armorhide Ironhide Light & Sound Oil Slick Optimus Prime Light & Sound Shockwave Original Ver.	Wave 10 (11-20-2010) Blazing Lockdown Soundwave Electrostatic

EZ Collection

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Exclusives

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Post-Animated releases

Even after the original Animated toyline ended, several toys of Animated characters old and new were released in other Transformers lines.

Hasbro releases

Transformers (2007)

"The Legacy of Bumblebee"
(Classics Bumblebee, "Premium" movie Bumblebee, Animated Bumblebee)

Universe (2008)

Hasbro via Fun Publications

Transformers Collectors' Club

Cheetor

BotCon 2011

"The Stunti-Con-Job" box set
(Breakdown, Dead End, Drag Strip, The Motor Master, Wildrider)

Figure Subscription Service

Jackpot

References

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 The '''''Transformers Animated''''' toyline merges the more expressive design style of the [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|cartoon]] with extremely poseable robot forms (to a degree which seemed pleasantly surprising even to [[Hasbro]]). Unlike the [[franchise]]s immediately before it, there is no overarching, line-wide [[gimmick]] (such as [[Mini-Con]]s or [[Cyber Planet Key]]s). Rather, transforming ''is'' the gimmick, and the toys have other special features unique and appropriate to the character (such as [[Blitzwing (Animated)|triple-changing]] or [[Ratchet (Animated)|interchangeable tools]]). While the designs originated with Hasbro and the [[Cartoon Network]] team, [[TakaraTomy]] stepped up to the plate to engineer the toys. The line debuted on July 1, 2007, at Hasbro's Future Products panel at [[BotCon 2007|BotCon]].
-Hasbro, citing the strength of the [[Movie (toyline)|movie toyline]], [[Ruined FOREVER|postponed]] the official release of the ''Animated'' toyline to June 22, 2008 in the US. However, some toys began showing up at retailers in the Cincinnati area to coincide with [[BotCon 2008|BotCon]], followed by wider releases in Canada in May and the U.S. shortly thereafter.
+Hasbro, citing the strength of the [[Movie (toyline)|movie toyline]], postponed the official release of the ''Animated'' toyline to [[June 22]], 2008 in the US. However, some toys began showing up at retailers in the Cincinnati area to coincide with [[BotCon 2008|BotCon]], followed by wider releases in Canada in May and the U.S. shortly thereafter.
 ==Hasbro ''Animated'' toyline==
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+{{-}}
 ===Exclusives===
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+{{-}}
 ===McDonald's Happy Meal toys===
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 Poland / Bulgaria (Optimus Prime Bumblebee Megatron Starscream) New molds or repaints of US/EU? -->
-==Post-''Animated'' releases==
-Even after the original ''Animated'' toyline ended, several toys of ''Animated'' characters old and new were released in other ''Transformers'' lines.
-;Hasbro releases
-{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
-|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''[[Movie (toyline)|''Transformers'' (2007)]]'''</u>
-* "The Legacy of Bumblebee"<br>([[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Transformers (2007)|''Classics'' Bumblebee]], "[[Premium Series|Premium]]" [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Premium|movie Bumblebee]], [[Bumblebee (Animated)#Deluxe Class|''Animated'' Bumblebee]])
-|
-|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|''Universe'' (2008)]]'''</u>
-* [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]
-* [[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys|Optimus Prime]]
-* [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]]
-* [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]]
-|
-|width="20%" valign="top"|
-|
-|width="20%" valign="top"|
-|
-|width="20%" valign="top"|
-|}
-{{-}}
-;Hasbro via [[Fun Publications]]
-{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
-|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''[[Transformers Collectors' Club]]'''</u>
-*[[Cheetor (Animated)#Toys|Cheetor]]
-|
-|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''[[BotCon 2011]]'''</u>
-*"The Stunti-Con-Job" box set<br>([[Breakdown (Animated)#Toys|Breakdown]], [[Dead End (Animated)#Toys|Dead End]], [[Drag Strip (Animated)#Toys|Drag Strip]], [[The Motor Master#Toys|The Motor Master]], [[Wildrider (Animated)#Toys|Wildrider]])
-|
-|width="20%" valign="top"|<br>
-*[[Sideswipe (Animated)#Toys|Sideswipe]] & [[Toxitron (Animated)#Toys|Toxitron]] 2-pack
-*[[Autotrooper (Animated)#Toys|Autotroopers]] 3-pack
-*[[Ironfist (Animated)#Toys|Fisitron]]
-*[[Minerva (Animated)#Toys|Minerva]]
-|
-|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Figure Subscription Service'''</u>
-*[[Jackpot (Animated)#Toys|Jackpot]]
-|
-|width="20%" valign="top"|
-|}
 {{-}}
+==TakaraTomy ''Animated'' toyline==
-==TakaraTomy releases==
+Beginning in 2010, [[TakaraTomy]]'s release of the ''Animated'' toy line consists of most of the same toys released in Western markets by [[Hasbro]]. Early waves gave the toys extremely shiny metallic paintjobs that actually made them ''less'' screen-accurate (and not necessarily more intricate paintjobs at that), but later waves eventually dropped that in favor of the usual assortment of small paint operation changes.
-Beginning in 2010, [[TakaraTomy]]'s release of the ''Animated'' toy line consists of most of the same toys released in Western markets by [[Hasbro]]. Early waves gave the toys extremely shiny metallic paintjobs (and not necessarily more intricate ones at that), but later waves eventually dropped that in favor of the usual assortment of small paint operation changes.
 ===Standard retail===
 {| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
-|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1''' ([[March 27]], 2010)
+|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Wave 1''' ([[March 27|3-27]]-[[2010]])</u>
 * [[Blackarachnia (Animated)#Toys|Blackarachnia]]
 * [[Bumblebee (Animated)#Deluxe Class|Bumblebee]]
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 * SET C [[Ratchet (Animated)#Deluxe Class|Ratchet]] vs [[Lockdown (Animated)#Deluxe Class|Lockdown]]
 |
-|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2''' ([[April 24]], 2010)
+|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Wave 2''' ([[April 24|4-24]]-2010)</u>
 * [[Arcee (Animated)#Toys|Arcee]]
 * [[Blitzwing (Animated)#Toys|Blitzwing]]
@@ Line 350: / Line 308: @@
 * SET E [[Prowl (Animated)#Deluxe Class|Prowl]] vs [[Blitzwing (Animated)#Toys|Blitzwing]]
 |
-|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3''' ([[May 22]], 2010)
+|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Wave 3''' ([[May 22|5-22]]-2010)</u>
 * [[Blackout (Animated)#Toys|Blackout]]
 * [[Grimlock (Animated)#Voyager Class|Grimlock]]
@@ Line 358: / Line 316: @@
 |width="20%" valign="top"|
 |-
-|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 4''' ([[June 19]], 2010)
+|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Wave 4''' ([[June 19|6-19]]-2010)</u>
 * [[Jetfire (Animated)#Toys|Jetfire]]
 * [[Jetstorm (Animated)#Toys|Jetstorm]]
@@ Line 366: / Line 324: @@
 * SET G [[Safeguard (Animated)#Toys|Safeguard]]
 |
-|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 5''' ([[July 10]], 2010)
+|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Wave 5''' ([[July 10|7-10]]-2010)</u>
 * [[Megatron (Animated)#Leader Class|Megatron]]
 |
-|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 6''' ([[July 24]], 2010)
+|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Wave 6''' ([[July 24|7-24]]-2010)</u>
 * [[Blurr (Animated)#Toys|Blurr]]
 * [[Bumblebee (Animated)#EliteGuard|Elite Guard Bumblebee]]
@@ Line 377: / Line 335: @@
 * [[Wreck-Gar (Animated)#Toys|Wreck-Gar]]
 |
-|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 7''' ([[August 28]], 2010)
+|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Wave 7''' ([[August 28|8-28]]-2010)</u>
 * [[Prowl (Animated)#Samurai|Samurai Prowl]]
 * [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)#Toys|Rodimus]]
@@ Line 386: / Line 344: @@
 |width="20%" valign="top"|
 |-
-|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 8''' ([[September 18]], 2010)
+|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Wave 8''' ([[September 18|9-18]]-2010)</u>
 * [[Bumblebee (Animated)#Hydrodrive|Jetpack Bumblebee]]
 * [[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys#Wingblade|Wingblade Optimus Prime]]
 * [[Ratchet (Animated)#Cybertron|Ratchet Cybertron Mode]]
 |
-|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 9''' ([[October 2]], 2010)
+|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Wave 9''' ([[October 2|10-2]]-2010)</u>
 * [[Ironhide (Animated)#Toys|Armorhide]]
 * [[Bulkhead (Animated)#Leader Class|Ironhide Light & Sound]]
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 * [[Shockwave (Animated)#TakTomPurple|Shockwave Original Ver.]]
 |
-|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 10''' ([[November 20]], 2010)
+|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Wave 10''' ([[November 20|11-20]]-2010)</u>
 * [[Lockdown (Animated)#Blazing|Blazing Lockdown]]
 * [[Soundwave (Animated)#Electrostatic|Soundwave Electrostatic]]
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 {{-}}
-==Criticisms==
+==Post-''Animated'' releases==
-Since the first wave of ''Animated'' toys were released, there have been multiple complaints of [[quality control|poor quality]] [[paint operation|paint application]]s, sloppy paint applications, and very greasy ball and hinge joints. There are also complaints over certain breakage issues, such as Lockdown's wrists, and toy functionality being limited by support struts added [[For safety reasons|to prevent breakage]], such as with Voyager Megatron's cannon and Bumblebee's stingers being unable to position properly.
+Even after the original ''Animated'' toyline ended, several toys of ''Animated'' characters old and new were released in other ''Transformers'' lines.
-Most of these issues can be fixed with relative ease.<ref>[http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=47309 Animated Fixes on AllSpark.com]</ref>
+;Hasbro releases
+{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
+|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''[[Movie (toyline)|''Transformers'' (2007)]]'''</u>
+* "The Legacy of Bumblebee"<br>([[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Transformers (2007)|''Classics'' Bumblebee]], "[[Premium Series|Premium]]" [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Premium|movie Bumblebee]], [[Bumblebee (Animated)#Deluxe Class|''Animated'' Bumblebee]])
+|
+|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|''Universe'' (2008)]]'''</u>
+* [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]
+* [[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys|Optimus Prime]]
+* [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]]
+* [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]]
+|
+|width="20%" valign="top"|
+|
+|width="20%" valign="top"|
+|
+|width="20%" valign="top"|
+|}
-Also, Takara's releases tend to correct the QC problems but not the molding errors.
+{{-}}
+;Hasbro via [[Fun Publications]]
+{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
+|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''[[Transformers Collectors' Club]]'''</u>
+*[[Cheetor (Animated)#Toys|Cheetor]]
+|
+|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''[[BotCon 2011]]'''</u>
+*"The Stunti-Con-Job" box set<br>([[Breakdown (Animated)#Toys|Breakdown]], [[Dead End (Animated)#Toys|Dead End]], [[Drag Strip (Animated)#Toys|Drag Strip]], [[The Motor Master#Toys|The Motor Master]], [[Wildrider (Animated)#Toys|Wildrider]])
+|
+|width="20%" valign="top"|<br>
+*[[Sideswipe (Animated)#Toys|Sideswipe]] & [[Toxitron (Animated)#Toys|Toxitron]] 2-pack
+*[[Autotrooper (Animated)#Toys|Autotroopers]] 3-pack
+*[[Ironfist (Animated)#Toys|Fisitron]]
+*[[Minerva (Animated)#Toys|Minerva]]
+|
+|width="20%" valign="top"|<u>'''Figure Subscription Service'''</u>
+*[[Jackpot (Animated)#Toys|Jackpot]]
+|
+|width="20%" valign="top"|
+|}
+{{-}}
 ==References==
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Transformers Animated (toyline): Difference between revisions

Revision as of 08:07, 11 November 2016

Contents

Hasbro Animated toyline

General retail

Deluxe Class

Voyager Class

Leader Class

Supreme Class

Entertainment Packs

Activators

Bumper Battlers

Power Bots

Exclusives

McDonald's Happy Meal toys

TakaraTomy Animated toyline

Standard retail

EZ Collection

Exclusives

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References

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