Transformers: Generations (toyline)

The name or term "Generations" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Generations (disambiguation).

Transformers: Generations is a line of figures launched in 2010. Like the earlier 2006 Classics and 2008 Universe lines, along with much of the 2010 Transformers line, it aims to recreate older Transformers characters as new toys and celebrate the history of the brand. Unlike Universe, there are no series or other indications on the toys' packaging regarding which continuity the characters hail from. This seems to follow Hasbro's recent trend of leaving as much of that kind of information as possible up to the imagination of the purchaser.

The range includes designs from the video game War for Cybertron with the ambiguous prefix "Cybertronian". However, the toys for the sequel, Fall of Cybertron, lacked this prefix.

Early releases advertised for The Hub.

Toys

General retail

Deluxe Class

Wave 1

RETRIBUTION!

• Cybertronian Bumblebee
• Cybertronian Optimus Prime
• Autobot Drift
• Thrust (redeco of Gentei! Gentei! Thrust)

Toys R Us and online retailers like Entertainment Earth and BigBadToyStore received special cases containing only Cybertronian Optimus Prime and Cybertronian Bumblebee as a promotional tie in for the release of the War for Cybertron video game before the general release of the Generations toyline.

Wave 2

I'm just a miner.

• Cybertronian Megatron
• Darkmount

Wave 3

• Cybertronian Soundwave
• Red Alert (retool of Universe Sideswipe)

Wave 4

• Blurr (retool/redeco of Drift)
• Dirge (redeco of Gentei! Gentei! Dirge)

Wave 5

And that's when Hasbro ran out of movie-era Decepticons.

• Cliffjumper (retool/redeco of Cybertronian Bumblebee)
• Skullgrin (retool/redeco of Darkmount)
• Thunderwing

Wave 6

• Scourge
• Sergeant Kup

Wave 7

That's it, we're done!

• Thundercracker (redeco of Classics Starscream)
• Wheeljack (retool of 2010 Transformers Tracks)

Wave 8

• Warpath

Wave 9

• Junkheap
• Sky Shadow (retool of Thunderwing)

2012 Wave 1

Series 01

Generations requires constant infusion of video games to survive.

• #001 Optimus Prime
• #002 Autobot Jazz
• #003 Shockwave

2012 Wave 2

Series 01

• #004 Onslaught
• #005 Swindle
• #006 Vortex
• #007 Decepticon Brawl
• #008 Blast Off

2013 Wave 1

• Starscream
• Insecticon Kickback
• Sideswipe (retool of Jazz)
• Ultra Magnus (retool of Optimus Prime)
• Air Raid (retool of Shockwave)

Future Waves (2013)

• Impactor (retool of Onslaught)
• Roadbuster (retool of Swindle)
• Whirl (retool of Vortex)
• Twintwist (retool of Brawl)
• Topspin (retool of Blast Off)

Voyager Class

Future Waves (2012)

• Soundwave with Laserbeak
• Soundblaster with Buzzsaw
• Autobot Blaster with Steeljaw
• Grimlock

Convention exclusives

San Diego Comic-Con

• Decepticon Bruticus, who is comprised of:

• Swindle
• Vortex
• Decepticon Brawl
• Onslaught
• Blast Off

Asian retail exclusives

The following toys introduced the first non-Deluxe toys in the line. They were originally released only in China and other Hasbro Asia markets. However, ToysЯUs picked up most of these toys as part of a massive group of Transformers exclusives for US and Canadian market releases, just in time for the 2012 holiday shopping season.

Legends Class toys

• Bluestreak (redeco/retool of Reveal the Shield Prowl with a rifle.)
• Hoist (redeco/retool of Reveal the Shield Trailcutter with a blaster.)
• Motorbreath (redeco/retool of Reveal the Shield Optimus Prime with a sword.)
• Thundercracker (redeco/retool of Reveal the Shield Starscream with a blaster.)

Scout Class toys

• Sandstorm (redeco of Revenge of the Fallen Dune Runner)
• Laserbeak (redeco of Revenge of the Fallen Skystalker)
• Dead End (redeco of Revenge of the Fallen Brakedown)
• Decepticon Brawl (redeco of Hunt for the Decepticons Breacher)

Deluxe

• Autobot Springer (redeco/retool of Hunt for the Decepticons Tomahawk)
• Cliffjumper (redeco/retool of Prime First Edition Cliffjumper)
• Wheelie (redeco/retool of Reveal the Shield Special Ops Jazz)
• Swerve (redeco/retool of Generations Sergeant Kup)

Voyager

• Brawn (redeco/retool of Prime First Edition Bulkhead)

Brawn is the only toy in this group not scheduled to be released by ToysЯUs in the United States.

• Powerdive (redeco/retool of Hunt for the Decepticons Highbrow)
• Protectobot Hot Spot (redeco/retool of Universe Inferno)
• Megatron (redeco/retool of Revenge of the Fallen Bludgeon)

Notes

I don't belong here, bitches!

• Clicking "War for Cybertron Toys" on Hasbro's War For Cybertron webpage brings up the whole "Generations" toyline. Looking for War for Cybertron toys? Here you go.
• Since the toys in the Generations toyline were initially all Deluxe-sized, the Difficulty Level bar on the front packaging (which indicates how hard it is to convert a toy from mode to mode) now denotes each individual toy's challenge level (Cybertronian Bumblebee, for example, is a Level 4, while Thrust is a Level 2).
• The plastic-coated wire twist-ties, which were normally used to secure a toy in its packaging in past toylines, have been replaced with rattan tie-downs. The paper-based tie-downs are also used in the 2010 Transformers toy line and subsequent toy lines moving forward.
• The 2010 Transformers toy line, particularly the Reveal the Shield subline imprint, contains several toys with a design aesthetic similar to the Generations line. This led to confusion when fan expectations were contradicted by official Hasbro announcements. In fact, Generations Wheeljack is a retool of Reveal the Shield Turbo Tracks, and Generations Junkheap is a retool of Reveal the Shield Wreck-Gar.
• Most of the Generations toys (along with several from the 2010 Transformers toy line), were released by TakaraTomy in their Transformers United toyline. The toys representing characters who appeared Transformers: War for Cybertron (which is part of the Aligned continuity family), were released as their Generation 1 counterparts.