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{{Main|Generations Selects Special Comic}}
{{Main|Generations Selects Special Comic}}
TakaraTomy published a webcomic called ''Generations Selects Special Comic'' to promote their contributions to the toyline,  hosted in the [[TakaraTomy Mall]] listings for the toys themselves.
TakaraTomy published a webcomic called ''Generations Selects Special Comic'' to promote their contributions to the toyline,  hosted in the [[TakaraTomy Mall]] listings for the toys themselves.
This strip showcased the adventures of a time lost [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] in the [[Precursor World|mysterious world]] of an organization known as the "[[Primus Vanguard]]" in a plot that would eventually snowball into the grand finale of TakaraTomy's 2010s pack-in fiction both [[Transformers Legends (comic)|retail]] and [[Spin Off|exclusive]].
This strip showcased the adventures of a time lost [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] in the [[Precursor World|mysterious world]] of an organization known as the "[[Primus Vanguard]]" in a plot that would eventually snowball into the grand finale of TakaraTomy's 2010s pack-in fiction both [[Transformers Legends (comic)|retail]] and [[Precursor World (franchise)|exclusive]].


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Revision as of 15:05, 25 January 2022

Japanese G1 continuity
Generations Selects
Hasbro
TakaraTomy

Generations Selects is a branding introduced by Hasbro and TakaraTomy in 2019 in the era of brand unification for higher-end exclusive figures, following the end of Fun Publications' and e-HOBBY's respective tenures producing adult-oriented Transformers figures.

Toys

Generations Selects largely follows on from the precedent set by Fun Publications' Timelines toyline; featuring redecoes and retools of pre-existing War for Cybertron Trilogy and occasionally Prime Wars Trilogy molds, typically representing lesser-known Transformers characters. TakaraTomy's portion of the toyline, meanwhile, follows on from the precedent set by their various "EX" exclusives, with high-budget retools reshelling large portions of the original toys (Power of the Primes Moonracer into Generations Selects Tentakil replaced about 90% of the original mold, for example) and a particularly heavy focus on combiners, reusing the base molds from Power of the Primes several times over to create a sort of loose sequel to Unite Warriors.

Fiction

TakaraTomy published a webcomic called Generations Selects Special Comic to promote their contributions to the toyline, hosted in the TakaraTomy Mall listings for the toys themselves. This strip showcased the adventures of a time lost Optimus Prime and Galvatron in the mysterious world of an organization known as the "Primus Vanguard" in a plot that would eventually snowball into the grand finale of TakaraTomy's 2010s pack-in fiction both retail and exclusive.