2006
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The year 2006 (MMVI) is the twenty-third year of the Transformers brand. It is also the 20th anniversary of The Transformers: The Movie. On Cybertron, it is referred to as the year 1 AU.
- For further information, see: Transformers timeline
Events
Non-fiction
Deaths
- January 18 — Norm McCabe
- January 30 — Seth Fisher
- March 19 — Brad Case
- May 4 — Masahiro Kawasaki
- June 19 — Pascal Renwick
- July 14 — Tom Frame
- October 31 — Daoiz Cabezudo
Conventions
Media
Television
- Transformers: Cybertron episodes 27–52
Comics
- G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers: The Art of War (issues #1–5, 5 issues)
- The Gathering (issues #1–4, 4 issues)
- Generations (issue #1–10, 12 issues)
- Hearts of Steel (issues #1–4, 4 issues)
- Infiltration (issues #1–6, 7 issues including an issue #0)
- Escalation (issues #1–2, 6 issues)
- Transformers: Spotlight (irregular 1-shots)
- Stormbringer (issues #1–4, 4 issues)
- Transformers Cover Gallery Volume 1
- Transformers: The Animated Movie (issues #1–3, 4 issues)
- Transformers Timelines Vol.2 #1
- Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club (issues #7–12, ongoing)
- Beast Wars Reborn (illustrated text stories)
Books
- TBD
Games
- TBD
Collections
Merchandise
- TBD
Toys
Hasbro
- TBD
BotCon Exclusives
- Convention Box Set ($249, bagged $129) — This set of five toys was only available to those who registered for either the 'Primus Package' or the non-attendee 'Iacon Package.' The set also included a badge, the Convention Comic, and five redecoed Planet X Cyber Planet Keys made to look like the Golden Disk.
- Axalon Rattrap — An orange, silver, bronze and black redeco of Cybertron Ransack.
- Axalon Rhinox — A green, brown, gold, and black redeco of Cybertron Landmine.
- Axalon Cheetor — A yellow and teal retool of Clocker with cheetah-print seat covers and a new head sculpt.
- Darksyde Dinobot — A grey, black, brown, and blue redeco of Armada Hoist.
- Axalon Optimus Primal — A black, white, red, and blue retool of Cybertron Crumplezone with a new head sculpt.
- Attendee-Only Bonus Toy — Unit 2/(Tigatron), a white and teal version of the Cheetor exclusive toy with tiger-stripe seat covers, was provided as a bonus to those who picked up their 'Primus Package' box set in person.
- Convention Souvenir 2-Packs — Two sets of two bagged toys, limited to 500 of each set.
- Darksyde Megatron and Darksyde Waspinator — A purple and black retool of Cybertron Defense Red Alert with a new head and a green and yellow redeco of Machine Wars Skywarp/Thundercracker.
- Laserbeak and Buzzsaw — Red and orange redecos of Energon Divebomb with clear-purple energon weapons.
Comicon International 2006
- TBD
Takara
- THS-02 G1 Convoy
- THS-02B G1 Convoy Black Version
- Convoy X Melissa (Takara's counterpart of Alternators Optimus Prime)
- Hot Rodimus X Syaosyao (retool of Alternators Mirage)
- Autorooper X Atari (retool of the Alternators Meister/Shockblast mold)
- Kiss Players Figure Collection Atari X Autorooper (a reverse of the standard Kiss Players format, featuring a larger PVC figure of Atari, and a Smallest Transforming Transformers-style version of the Autorooper model)
