Unreleased toy

For every Transformer that makes it to store shelves, there are always some that fall by the way. Lines get canceled, retailers back off on exclusives, designs go over budget, focus groups pass on a concept, or maybe they just weren't cool enough. Regardless of the whys and wherefores, this article aims to document the unreleased toys that never quite saw retail.

Note that this list will likely never be "complete," as for every concept design that makes it into collectors' hands, a countless number wind up in the garbage can.

(Quick! Get to the landfill outside Providence and START DIGGING.)

Notable examples

Generation 1

Concept art

Yup, they wanted to make me, but oh well.

• A Headmaster version of Arcee, based on a repainted Chromedome.

• New Rodimus

• Skywarp/Megatron Triplechanger.

• Megatron/Galvatron Triplechanger.

• Big Bang

Prototypes

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Unicron wanted a toy, but his bargaining posture was highly dubious.

• Two Unicron prototypes were created during G1, neither saw full release.

• Diaclone Triplechanger - His design was later used for Dropshot.

• Double Pretenders

Generation "1.5"

"Hi, I'm the Bonecrusher-Bonecrusher fuzor!"

(This section is about the line between the US G1 and G2.)

Concept art

• Buffalo Dump

• Hyperdrive

Generation 2

Prototypes

• General Optimus Prime and Sgt. Hound

• Greasepit

• Block Town series

• Some Go-Bots

• G.I. Joe Transformer

• A version of Starscream in jungle colors. Whether this figure would have actually been Starscream or not is unknown.

• A version of Ramjet in desert colors. Whether this figure would have actually been Ramjet or not is unknown.

• A repaint of G2 Hero Megatron in a gray and black camouflage.

• Megatron ATB with Starscream

• Flipchanger Megatron

Packaged Samples

• Laser Cycle Jazz

• Laser Cycle Soundwave

• All of the Stunticons except Motormaster and Breakdown, who was released as a BotCon exclusive.

• All of the Protectobots except Hot Spot. However, samples of G2 Hot Spot and Motormaster have occasionally shown up on eBay.

Beast Wars

Concept art

• Albitron and Swoop. These figures were advertised as convention exclusives by Men in Black Productions, but never materialized.

Prototypes

• Beast Wars Neo Unicron)

Beast Machines

Concept art

Prototypes

• Megatron

Transtech

Concept art

• Megatron, we don't know which one he was supposed to be.
• Grimlock? - Draxhall Jump's Website shows concept art for a character that looks a lot like him.
• Depth Charge
• Shockwave
• Silverbolt
• Soundwave
• Blackarachnia
• Nightscream
• Immorticon

Prtototypes

• Optimus Prime
• Cheetor
• Starscream

Robots In Disguise

Concepts

Prototypes

• Hasbros RID Fortress Maximus Jet - It was still released in Japan by Takara.

Armada

Concepts

Prototypes

• Space Mini-con team repaint - Although samples of this were found on ebay.

Alternators/Binaltech

Concepts

• VW New Beetle Bumblebee
• VW New Beetle Cliffjumper
• Honda S2000 Blackwidow

Prototypes

• Porsche Jazz
• Scion Ironhide
• Subaru Impreza WRC Mini Smokescreen

Attacktix

Prototypes

• Uh... the entire second wave, pretty much.

Energon

Concepts

Prototypes

• Target Exclusive Energon Megatron/WST Soundwave twopack.

Titanium Series

Prototypes

• Arcee
• War Within Bumblebee
• War Within Cliffjumper (unsurprisingly, a Bumblebee redeco.)
• Cosmos
• Shockwave

See also

• Gallery - more images of the unreleased toys

From Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki, a Wikia wiki.