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==Notes==
==Notes==

Revision as of 02:13, 11 February 2023

The name or term "Legacy" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Legacy (disambiguation).
Generations franchise
« Legacy »
We did it. We put the "s" in Generations.

Transformers: Legacy (aka Transformers Generations: Legacy)[1] is a subline imprint of the Generations toyline, and the successor to the War for Cybertron Trilogy.

First revealed in late 2021 at Hasbro Pulse Con 2021, Legacy commemorates the approaching 40th anniversary of the Transformers brand by featuring new toys of characters from across the Transformers multiverse. The toys are largely in the scale and style of those from the War for Cybertron Trilogy, including numerous 3 mm posts and 5 mm ports from the C.O.M.B.A.T. System. Non-"Generation 1" characters are updated with a Generations aesthetic to fit with the rest of the toyline, most evident with the toys based on Prime. The toyline also sees the return of combiners from Hasbro for the first time since Power of the Primes, starting with the Stunticons in 2022.

The storytelling of Legacy follows characters brought together from across the multiverse as their universes collide.[2] As such, non-"Generation 1" characters are given prefixes associated with their series of origin, such as "Cybertron Universe". Replacing the package bios of old is a QR code on the back of each box, or for Core Class figures, on the instructions, which leads to the character's bio on the Transformers website. Certain characters have also been given these prefixes to denote specific iterations, such as "Comic Universe" Impactor.

Similar to its predecessor, the toyline features re-releases from previous lines, even all the way back to Siege, though Legacy elects to remove the battle damage paint applications from these toys where applicable.

Toys

Year 1 (2022)

The first year of Legacy focuses on characters that can "harness the power of Energon" as each toy includes an "Energon-infused weapon":[2] an often translucent accessory that the figure can wield in multiple ways and combine with others, not too dissimilar to the 2003 Energon series. In keeping with this theme, the first wave of Core Class includes weapons specifically designed to combine into a large sword, but is subsequently dropped in later waves. Moreover, toys that do not utilize clear plastic in any part of their construction do not have these "energon infused" weapons, but some product descriptions do claim that the weapons are.[3] The random nature of the weapons can be chalked up to the weapons being designed before the roster was finalized. Emiliano Santalucia was responsible for the concept art.[4]

Core Class
Wave 1 Wave 2 Wave 3
Core Class Iguanus
Deluxe Class
Wave 1 Wave 2 Wave 3
Deluxe Class Tarantulas
Voyager Class
Wave 1 Wave 2 Wave 3
Voyager Class Prime Universe Bulkhead
Leader Class
Wave 1 Wave 2 Wave 3
Leader Class Laser Optimus Prime


Commander Class
2022
Commander Class Decepticon Motormaster
Titan Class
2022
Titan Class Cybertron Universe Metroplex

Evolution (2023)
Announced in fall 2022 at that year's Pulse Con, the second year of Legacy introduced the imprint "Evolution", retiring the Energon-infused weapons in favor of a series of integrated weapons referred to collectively as "Evo-Fusion." Supporting this is a continuation of the "Weaponizer" concept with a new tribe of modular Junkions that can mix and match body parts and accessories to create your own robot and vehicle modes, or armor and weaponry for other bots. Following Menasor, this subline's combiner is Volcanicus, uniquely amongst six Dinobots in the smaller Core Class.

Evolution also puts greater focus on Armada characters to commemorate the series' 20th anniversary. The line also notably features the first mainline Animated toys since the show’s cancellation in 2009. 2023 also marks the 15th anniversary of the Animated cartoon, but we doubt this was intentional.

Core Class
Wave 4 Wave 5
Core Class Dinobot Slug
Deluxe Class
Wave 4 Wave 5
Deluxe Class Scraphook
  1. ↑ Solicited as part of Evolution, Breakdown was released in standard year one Legacy packaging to match the rest of the Stunticons. His instructions alternatively came in either flavor.


Voyager Class
Wave 4 Wave 5 Wave ???
Voyager Class Comic Universe Tarn
Leader Class
Wave 4 Wave 5
Leader Class Prime Universe Skyquake
"In the Pipeline"

These toys have been revealed by Hasbro as upcoming Legacy Evolution product, but only as far as "we're making a toy of this character". Actual details about the toys, namely size class and what wave they're in, has not yet been verified.

Size Class / Wave TBD


Or you could pick... WHAT'S IN THE BOX.
Or you could pick... WHAT'S IN THE BOX.

This item is currently scheduled for release, but is not yet available at mass retail.

Wave 5 Deluxes

Exclusives

Store exclusives

Please note that the exclusivity listed for toys below applies to the United States. The Buzzworthy Bumblebee line is exclusive to Target (in the U.S.). Following on the Kingdom Golden Disk Collection, the Wreck N' Rule Collection focuses on the Wreckers and their new Fossilizer recruits throughout the multiverse. Much like its predecessor, the toys are exclusive to Amazon (in the U.S.) and were revealed daily over the course of a week from May 9 to May 13, 2022. Each entry features an in-depth bio, package art that is part of a large battle scene over a statue of Xaaron, and a piece of a large cardboard display.

Also, most of Legacy's exclusives were available through Hasbro Pulse as well, but in much smaller numbers than their "main" outlets.

HasLab Walmart Target Hasbro Pulse
HasLab Autobot Star Saber
Buzzworthy Bumblebee
Wreck N' Rule Collection Walgreens
Or you could pick... WHAT'S IN THE BOX.
Or you could pick... WHAT'S IN THE BOX.

This item is currently scheduled for release, but is not yet available at mass retail.

Deathsaurus, Origin Autobot Jazz
Velocitron Speedia 500 Collection

Replacing the Netflix-branded War for Cybertron Trilogy subline, the Velocitron Speedia 500 Collection focuses on characters featured in the namesake planet and race. The first assortment was revealed on the June 23 Fanstream, and the toys are exclusive to Walmart in the US and the Farmers department store in New Zealand. A second assortment of Deluxe Class toys was revealed in early October, without prior announcement.[5]

Deluxe Class Wave 1 Voyager Class Wave 1 Leader Class Wave 1
Velocitron Speedia 500 Collection Cybertron Universe Override
Deluxe Class Wave 2 Voyager Class Wave 2 Leader Class Wave 2
Reinforcements from Cybertron may not be forthcoming.
Reinforcements from Cybertron may not be forthcoming.

No promises.
This item is not on a release schedule, but Hasbro, TakaraTomy, or any other of the companies are examining options for its availability.

Autobot Hot Rod


Generations Selects

Continuing on from Kingdom, the special edition Generations Selects line offers redecoes catering to fans, sold through online retailers in the US and Canada. Funnily enough, Black Zarak and Lift-Ticket were shipped before the general retail Legacy lineup arrived on store shelves, as was Magnificus for Legacy: Evolution.

Legacy (Shared exclusives) Legacy: Evolution (Shared exclusives)
  • Magnificus
    		•
    Generations Selects Deluxe Class Lift-Ticket

    Legacy (TakaraTomy)

    TakaraTomy's Transformers Legacy (トランスフォーマーレガシー Toransufōmā Regashī) toyline features no notable differences from Hasbro's edition of the toyline at the time of writing, with the exception of ID numbers for each released figure (sadly, Hasbro's Legacy toyline ditches the number system seen in the previous War for Cybertron Trilogy toyline) and the omission of all Core class and package refresh figures. Beginning with Wave 9 (corresponding to Hasbro's Evolution imprint), TakaraTomy's bios began making reference to the characters' arrival in "Legacy World," presumably the same enigmatic location featured extensively throughout Hasbro promotional images and stock photography.

    Comic

    TakaraTomy's iteration of the Legacy franchise is accompanied by a series of (very) short comics on their website by brand veteran Hayato Sakamoto, thus far uncharacteristically continuity-light for a TakaraTomy outing as befitting Legacy's grab-bag approach:

    Transformers Legacy

    Velocitron Speedia 500: 1 | 2

    General retail

    Wave 1 (July 30, 2022) Wave 2 (August 27, 2022) Wave 3 (September 24, 2022) Wave 4 (October 29, 2022)
    Wave 5 (November 26, 2022) Wave 6 (December 24, 2022) Wave 7 (January 28, 2023) Wave 8 (February 25, 2023)
    Wave 9 (March 25, 2023) Wave 10 (May 2023)
    Or you could pick... WHAT'S IN THE BOX.
    Or you could pick... WHAT'S IN THE BOX.

    This item is currently scheduled for release, but is not yet available at mass retail.

    Wave 8 and beyond

    Exclusives

    TakaraTomy Mall


    Or you could pick... WHAT'S IN THE BOX.
    Or you could pick... WHAT'S IN THE BOX.

    This item is currently scheduled for release, but is not yet available at mass retail.

    TL EX-05-TL EX-08

    Notes

    • Prior to the toyline's reveal in October 2021, much of its roster was found through internal online listings from retailers such as Target.
    • Some toy listings featured "Evolution" as part of the toyline's name in its first year,[6] far before the Evolution branding was officially introduced.
    • Much like 2022's Studio Series lineup, Leader Class toys feature window-less packaging, which allows for expanded artwork. The others largely utilize the same minimized window and plastic tray-less boxes from the previous line, War for Cybertron: Kingdom, though with many hard-to-stack (but cool!) angles for the sides and no plastic window.
      • The lack of a plastic window in the packaging has led to several drawbacks, most prominently the lack of support offered by the plastic window makes the packaging more susceptible to stress-based wear-and-tear, as well as tampering with the figures inside such as pushing Voyager Bulkhead's head into his chest cavity, making it appear as though the figure is missing his head.
    • A Legacy animated series, conceptualized as a sequel to the War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon, was in the discussion stage at one point, but Netflix passed on the pitch,[7] as it didn't fit with Netflix's mandates at the time. Hasbro chose not to shop it to other platforms or services, as they wanted to maintain their good relationship with the streaming giant.[8] The show was intended to be much lighter in tone than War For Cybertron, and would have been set centuries after the events of Kingdom.[9]
    • The universes currently featured in the Legacy toyline are the "Diaclone Universe", "Comic Universe", "Victory Universe", "G2 Universe", "Robots in Disguise 2000 Universe", "Armada Universe", "Cybertron Universe", and "Prime Universe". The QR-accessed bios on Hasbro's website add "G1" and "Beast Wars" origin universes into the mix, though these names do not appear on the toys' boxes. Strangely, the Diaclone-adjacent items in the Generations Selects and Buzzworthy Bumblebee lineups are not given the "Diaclone Universe" label.
    • In titling universes, Legacy splits the difference in terms of release years, leaning towards their Japanese release in particular. This is why the "Robots in Disguise 2000 Universe" isn't "Robots in Disguise 2001 Universe", as the Japanese release Car Robots did release in 2000. Likewise, 2003 is considered the anniversary year for Armada, despite it arriving in some countries in late 2002.
    • Due to the polarizing reception to the G1-fied redesigns of Prime characters, Hasbro is currently finding a better balance between preserving the original designs whilst updating them for the current aesthetic for Animated updates,[10] and has not ruled out on Studio Series for more accurate redos of Prime characters.[11]
    • The original listings included a lot of entries titled "Energon Monster". As per Hasbro designer Mark Maher's Instagram post, these Fossilizer / Weaponizer style Core and Deluxe toys were dropped eventually, and last minute the Pretenders were approved to fill in these empty slots. Hence the different size classes between Skullgrin, Bomb-Burst and Iguanus. [12]

    References

    1. ↑ The official in-house title of the toyline is "Transformers Generations: Legacy", which is often used in online product descriptions given to retailers. The name used for the line's logo, however; is just "Transformers: Legacy".
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Pre-reveal of Legacy on the Transformers Facebook: "Celebrating an almost 40-year legacy of Transformers, universes collide as fan-favorite characters are brought together from across the multiverse, updated with Generations styling. You can harness the power of Energon, with all-new Energon-infused weapon accessories that come with figures across the line."
    3. ↑ Tarantula's product description says that he comes with a crossbow and an sic accessory, but Armada Starscream's product description claims that he comes with an energon sword despite both swords being casted in solid plastic.
    4. ↑ Then you will actually see the concept art Emiliano Santalucia drew up even before we had the rollout of characters planned for the year. I think this will provide great insight for all yall as alot of the planning for weapon combinations was to obviously utilize our 5mm peg across all scales but this was all sold in before character selects were figured out. -Mark Maher on Legacy Energon weapons, 2022/6/21
    5. ↑ Transformers Velocitron Speedia 500 Deluxe G2 Shadowstrip & Crasher Out In New Zealand – First In-Hand Images at TFW2005
    6. ↑ BigBadToyStore listing : "Transformers Generations Legacy Evolution Voyager Wave 1 Set of 2 Figures" (outdated, "Evolution" has since been removed)
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    10. ↑ "Q: For Legacy Animated stuff, would they be in the original style or more G1-ified like the TFP toys? A: The latter, however they have heard the stylization feedback about the TFP figures, so they are working on trying to find a better balance regarding G1-ification."—TFW2005 asking Hasbro about Animated updates in Legacy
    11. ↑ "Q: Could we also see more accurate versions of them and the TFP characters in Studio Series though? A: Entirely possible, they’re talking about expanding Studio Series beyond movies."—TFW2005 asking Hasbro about more accurate redos of Prime characters
    12. ↑ Mark Maher - Instagram[1]
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