1996

«	1996	»

The year 1996 (MCMXCVI) is the thirteenth year of the Transformers brand.

For further information, see: Transformers timeline

Events

Non-Fiction

• Chuck Gammage Animation founded
• Moose Mountain Toymakers founded
• Volcano Entertainment founded

Conventions

• BotCon 1996

Births

• June 23 — Akira Takaki
• December 8 — Alan García
• December 11 — Hailee Steinfeld

Deaths

• February 26 — Georges Atlas
• April 30 — Michael Tomack
• December 27 — Garcia Neto

Media

Television

• Beast Wars Season 1 episodes 1–17

Print

Comics

Comic Bom Bom (Japan)

• Transformers: G-2 (part 6, 6 parts)

Hasbro

• Optimus Primal vs Megatron!

Collections

Home Video

Alliance Atlantis (CAN)

VHS

• Beast Wars — A Feature Length Beasties Adventure
• Robots-Bêtes — Une Adventure Cybernetique

Malofilm (CAN)

VHS

• The Transformers — The Ultimate Doom
• Transformers — L'Ultime Piège

Takara (Japan)

Laserdisc

• Transformers: The Headmasters Set

Toys

Hasbro

Maximals

• Armordillo
• Cheetor (blue eyes)
• Cheetor (red eyes)
• Dinobot
• Optimus Primal (bat)
• Optimus Primal (gorilla)
• Panther
• Polar Claw
• Rattrap
• Razorbeast
• Rhino
• Rhinox
• Tigatron
• Under-3
• Wolfang

Predacons

• Beetle
• Blackarachnia
• Buzz Saw
• Iguanus
• Insecticon
• Manta Ray
• Megatron (crocodile)
• Megatron (Tyrannosaurus rex)
• Scorponok
• Snapper
• Tarantulas
• Terrorsaur
• Waspinator

Convention Exclusives

BotCon 1996

• Onyx Primal
• Onyx Primal (Dealer exclusive)