Transformers: Age of Extinction (toyline)

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The Transformers: Age of Extinction toyline coincides with the fourth film in Michael Bay's live-action film series.

Unlike the toy lines of the previous three films, this line is divided into two distinct series:

• "Robots in Disguise", a series of simpler, more gimmicky toys aimed towards younger children. Included in this series are the non-transforming Titan Heroes figures. In Japan, these were sold under the main "Lost Age Series" label.
• An Age of Extinction-specific version of Generations, featuring more complex and movie-accurate toys aimed towards older children and adult collectors. In Japan, toys from this line were sold under the "Movie Advanced Series" subtitle.

Toys

Robots in Disguise

One-Step Changers

One-Step Changers are smaller figures which, as the name suggests, can be transformed either direction in one step, more or less. Exactly how the transformation is accomplished varies from figure, ranging from Activator-style spring loading to Automorph-type gearing/levering.

Wave 1 Autobot Drift Grimlock Optimus Prime		Wave 1.5 Lockdown		Wave 2 Bumblebee Crosshairs Autobot Hound Dinobot Slash		Wave 3 Decepticon Stinger
Wave 4 Autobot Drift (helicopter) Galvatron High Octane Bumblebee Dinobot Slug Steeljaw		Wave 5 Dinobot Strafe Megatron Prowl Rollbar		Mega One-Step Bumblebee		Electronic Stomp & Chomp Grimlock

Power Battlers

Spiritual successors to the Fast Action Battlers, Power Attackers are Deluxe-sized figures with basic transformations and a 'battling' action feature in robot mode. They are also commonly referred to as "Power Attackers", presumably an older working name that got changed very late in the game so it appears just as frequently as the final name.

Wave 1 Bumblebee Crosshairs Autobot Hound Dinobot Strafe		Wave 2 Autobot Drift Dinobot Scorn		Wave 2.5 Optimus Prime		Wave 3 Dinobot Slug Dinobot Snarl Galvatron Grimlock Lockdown
Wave 4 High Octane Bumblebee Junkheap Vehicon

Dino Sparkers

Dino Sparkers each include non-transforming static figures of a Dinobot and a rider. The Dinobot is cast in translucent plastic, and features a pull-back-and-go motor with a sparking gimmick, a gimmick not seen in the line since 1988.

Wave 1

Optimus Prime with Grimlock

Bumblebee with Dinobot Strafe

Autobot Drift with Dinobot Slug

Reports from Toy Fair 2014 suggested the existence of a fourth Dino Sparkers toy featuring Lockdown, corroborated by a previously leaked listing for a 'Lockdown & Wolf' toy. Ultimately, this product was never officially revealed or solicited.

Flip & Change/Smash & Change

This assortment of larger figures focuses, like One-Step Changers, on simple transformations. All but the first wave's Optimus Prime use a form of autotransformation that has one flip the figure over itself.

Wave 1 Grimlock Optimus Prime

Wave 2 Bumblebee Lockdown

Wave 3 Drift

Titan Heroes & Guardians

Like previous toys under the 'Titan' branding, Titan Heroes are 12-inch tall, non-transforming action figures with a basic five points of articulation. The Titan Guardian assortment is basically the same thing, but with a larger 16-inch height.

Titan Heroes Wave 1 Bumblebee Autobot Drift Optimus Prime

Titan Heroes Wave 2 Lockdown

Titan Guardians Grimlock Optimus Prime

Generations (Series M4)

With Hasbro's renewed focus on simpler toys for children, the "traditional" Deluxe, Voyager and Leader Class assortments were explicitly split off under the Generations banner, receiving a much reduced focus in marketing and even being entirely store exclusive in the United Kingdom and Germany (Deluxe and Voyager at Toys"R"Us, and Leader at Argos and Rossmann drug stores, respectively).

Standard Retail

Deluxe Class

Wave 1 High Octane Bumblebee Crosshairs Scorn Dinobot Slug

Wave 2 Autobot Drift Dinobot Slash Strafe

Wave 2.5 Lockdown

Wave 3 Bumblebee Hot Shot Dinobot Snarl

Voyager Class

Wave 1 Grimlock Evasion Mode Optimus Prime

Wave 2 Galvatron Autobot Hound

Wave 3 Autobot Drift Slog

Leader Class

Wave 1

• Grimlock
• Optimus Prime

Exclusives

Amazon.com

• First Edition Optimus Prime

First Edition Optimus Prime was also available as a general retail release in Singapore and Australia.

• Slog (G1 redeco/Sludge)

Target

Two different Silver Knight Optimus Prime toys, both of them exclusive to Target stores in the United States.

Target's exclusives all focus around the "Silver Knight Optimus Prime" theme. Many of these figures and sets were also released as Target exclusives in Canada and Australia, as Tesco exclusives in the United Kingdom and as shared exclusives between Real and Galeria Kaufhof (both owned by the same parent company) in Germany.

• Silver Knight Optimus Prime & Grimlock (Dark of the Moon Deluxe Class and Generations Voyager Class redecoes)
• Silver Knight Optimus Prime (redeco of Smash & Change Optimus Prime)
• Silver Knight Optimus Prime (redeco of Titan Hero Optimus Prime)
• Silver Knight Optimus Prime (redeco of First Edition Optimus Prime)
• "Transformers: Age of Extinction Collection" One-Step Changer six-pack, contains:
  • Silver Knight Optimus Prime
  • Autobot Drift
  • Lockdown
  • Grimlock
  • Dinobot Slug
  • Bumblebee

Toys"R"Us

Most of these figures were available as Toys"R"Us exclusives not only in the United States, but also in Hasbro's Asian markets, Canada, Australia and Europe.

Evolution 2-Packs

• Grimlock (Voyager Class and Mega Class two-pack, includes a redeco of Energon Grimlock as Generation 1 Grimlock)
• Dinobot Slug (Deluxe Class and Mini-Con two-pack, includes an unchanged Dark of the Moon Triceradon as... G1 Dinobot Slug?)
• Strafe (Deluxe Class and Mini-Con two-pack, includes an unchanged Dark of the Moon Rav as... G1 Technobot Strafe? Dinobot Swoop? augh headache)
• Bumblebee (Deluxe Class and Legends Class two-pack, includes a redeco of Generations Thrilling 30 Bumblebee as Generation 1 Bumblebee)
• Optimus Prime (Voyager Class two-pack, includes a redeco of Classics Optimus Prime as Generation 1 Optimus Prime and a redeco/retool of Age of Extinction Evasion Mode Optimus Prime)

Walmart

At least in concept, all toy representations of Stinger are exclusive to Walmart in the US. Most of these figures and multi-packs were also available as Asda exclusives in the United Kingdom and at Müller drug stores (in One-Step Stinger's case even at general retail) in Germany.

• Decepticon Stinger (One-Step Changer)

One-Step Changer Stinger is Walmart-exclusive in theory only – see above for details.

• Bumblebee vs. Decepticon Stinger with Strafe (Dark of the Moon Cyberverse Legion Bumblebee and Transformers: Prime Cyberverse Legion Knock Out redecoes with unchanged Age of Extinction Deluxe Class Strafe)
• Mega 1-Step Bumblebee with "Bonus Value!" Decepticon Stinger (unchanged Mega 1-Step Bumblebee with unchanged single-pack Legion Class Stinger, a Black Friday special)

Legion Class

• Bumblebee (Revenge of the Fallen Legends Class Bumblebee redeco)
• Grimlock (Transformers: Prime Cyberverse Legion Rippersnapper redeco)
• Optimus Prime (Revenge of the Fallen Legends Class Optimus Prime redeco)
• Decepticon Stinger (Transformers: Prime Cyberverse Legion Knock Out redeco)

A leaked listing suggests that Hasbro initially intended to release new-sculpt Legion versions of the aforementioned characters as well as "Duke" (Autobot Hound) and "Max" (Lockdown), who never got Legion figures, but at one point it was apparently decided to cancel the new figures and instead release redecoes of older figures as the Age of Extinction characters instead.

Legion Class and Scout Class

• Optimus Prime & Grimlock (Revenge of the Fallen Legends Class Optimus Prime and Energon Cruellock redecoes)
• Decepticon Stinger & Dinobot Slug (Revenge of the Fallen Legends Class Sideways and Beast Wars Neo Guiledart redecoes)
• Bumblebee & Dinobot Strafe (Revenge of the Fallen Legends Class Bumblebee and Beast Wars Terrorsaur redecoes)

Costco

• Bumblebee (Redeco of DOTM Bumblebee Leader Class)

Leader Class Bumblebee was also available as a general retail release in Singapore and Australia, as a Smyths exclusive in the United Kingdom, as a shared exclusive between Costco and Canadian Tire stores in Canada and as a Rossmann exclusive in Germany.

Kohl's

• Flip & Change/Smash & Change Optimus Prime & Grimlock two-pack

K-Mart

• Electronic Optimus Prime & Grimlock Titans; non-transformable 12" figures with button-activated sound effects and voice clips.

Movie Advanced Series (TakaraTomy)

For further information, see: Movie Advanced Series

Notes

• The Power Battlers toys themselves are not identified by that name on their packaging; however, the name "Power Battlers" is referenced (with a ™ trademark claim) on the back of Stomp & Chomp Grimlock's packaging. It also appeared on the placards at BotCon 2014 and San Diego Comic-Con 2014. Hasbro's public website, on the other hand, used the name "Power Attacker" for the individual toys' listings, as did the Hasbro Toy Shop website, which shares its database with Hasbro's main website. The name "Power Battlers" only appeared on the Hasbro website once, as part of a press release, and on the Hasbro Toy Shop website as the name of the category for the toys in question. Other online retailers were a mixed bag; for example, BigBadToyStore had the toys listed as "Power Battlers" but then used official product description blurbs that referred to them as "Power Attackers", whereas Amazon did the exact opposite. Meanwhile, Entertainment Earth exclusively used the name "Power Battlers", whereas major US-based retailers such as Toys"R"Us (including its UK subsidiary), Walmart, Target and Kmart exclusively used the name "Power Attacker". Other UK retailers were also a mixed bag: Asda, Very, Smyths, the UK subsidiary of Amazon and various smaller online retailers used "Power Battler", whereas Argos used "Power Attackers". Furthermore, German retailers identified them as "Deluxe Attackers" across the board. So basically, it's the same problem that previously affected the "Legends of Cybertron" aka "Cybertron All Stars" aka "Cybertron Micro Series" figures and the "Construct-Bots" aka "Construct-A-Bots".
• All of the Age of Extinction Generations Deluxe, Voyager, and Leader class figures feature at least one small hexagonal port on the back of their torso or pelvis. While its function is not explicitly mentioned in either the instructions or packaging materials for the toy, it has been deduced that the purpose of these ports is to make the figure compatible with Bandai/Tamashii "flight stands". Considering that the stand design is owned by another company, it's likely that this feature went unmentioned simply to avoid trademark conflicts.
• Various toys released concurrently with the Age of Extinction figures were available in packaging based on the general Age of Extinction design template, but lacking the Age of Extinction logo. See Transformers (2014 toyline) for more details.