2006

«	2006	»

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

Deaths

• January 18 — Norm McCabe
• January 30 — Seth Fisher
• March 19 — Brad Case
• May 4 — Masahiro Kawasaki
• June 19 — Pascal Renwick
• July 14 — Tom Frame
• October 31 — Daoiz Cabezudo

Conventions

• BotCon 2006

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

• TBD

Toys

Hasbro

• TBD

BotCon Exclusives

• Convention Box Set ($249, bagged $129) — This set of five toys was only available to those who registered for either the 'Primus Package' or the non-attendee 'Iacon Package.' The set also included a badge, the Convention Comic, and five redecoed Planet X Cyber Planet Keys made to look like the Golden Disk.

• Axalon Rattrap — An orange, silver, bronze and black redeco of Cybertron Ransack.
• Axalon Rhinox — A green, brown, gold, and black redeco of Cybertron Landmine.
• Axalon Cheetor — A yellow and teal retool of Clocker with cheetah-print seat covers and a new head sculpt.
• Darksyde Dinobot — A grey, black, brown, and blue redeco of Armada Hoist.
• Axalon Optimus Primal — A black, white, red, and blue retool of Cybertron Crumplezone with a new head sculpt.

• Attendee-Only Bonus Toy — Unit 2/(Tigatron), a white and teal version of the Cheetor exclusive toy with tiger-stripe seat covers, was provided as a bonus to those who picked up their 'Primus Package' box set in person.
• Convention Souvenir 2-Packs — Two sets of two bagged toys, limited to 500 of each set.

• Darksyde Megatron and Darksyde Waspinator — A purple and black retool of Cybertron Defense Red Alert with a new head and a green and yellow redeco of Machine Wars Skywarp/Thundercracker.
• Laserbeak and Buzzsaw — Red and orange redecos of Energon Divebomb with clear-purple energon weapons.

Comicon International 2006

• TBD

Takara

Hybrid Style

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

Kiss Players

• Convoy X Melissa (Takara's counterpart of Alternators Optimus Prime)
• Hot Rodimus X Syaosyao (retool of Alternators Mirage)
• Autorooper X Atari (retool of the Alternators Meister/Shockblast mold)
• 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)

Beast Wars Reborn

• Optimus Primal
• Megatron