Generation 1 reissues

Many of the original Generation 1 Transformers toys have been reissued several times.

• Classics - A Hasbro European-market line of old-toy re-releases from 1990 and 1991.

• Collector's Edition - A 2001 Takara line-up of reissues made available as store and convention exclusives, mostly sold as sets, later supplemented with redecos of the Transformers Collection line (below).

• Transformers Collection - The 2003-2006 Takara series of "bookbox"-style reissues.
  • This is also the line mainly associated with redecos of reissued toys made available through the Takara-affiliated e-HOBBY online store as part of the "Collector's Edition" line, though e-HOBBY have also carried redecos of toys from other lines, reissues and otherwise.

• Commemorative Series - The 2002-2005 Hasbro US-market, originally Toys"R"Us exclusive series of reissued toys that was similar to the Transformers Collection releases. Some tail-end releases were made available through other venues after Toys"R"Us had decided to discontinue the line.

• Transformers Encore - The 2007-2009 TakaraTomy series of classic-style reissues. Includes some figures never before re-released (and some never been released by Takara at all), such as Omega Supreme, Metroplex and Sky Lynx.

• A few assorted toys have also been reissued by Hasbro as store or convention exclusives as part of their 2006-2007 Classics and 2008-2009 Universe lines.