Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)

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Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (変形!ヘンケイ!トランスフォーマー, "Transform! Transform! Transformers") is the name of the Japanese version of the Classics toyline (and part of the 2008 Universe toyline). Like the Beast Wars Returns toyline before it, this line features several redecoes of existing figures to make them look more like the original character models than their American counterparts. For example, Megatron is silver and black instead of gray, purple and neon green, Starscream and Grimlock are colored closer to their show models, Convoy/Optimus Prime and Bumble/Bumblebee have less white paint, and Astrotrain has a more show-inspired deco of dark gray and purple instead of white and violet. In addition to these tweaks, every toy has various areas cast in vacuum metalized plastic, very likely as an homage to the common use of chromed weapons and parts in the early waves of the G1 toyline it emulates. In one further difference from the Hasbro version of this line, the Henkei! Henkei! toys came with a mini-manga. The line ran from 2008–2009 and was succeeded by the Transformers United line.

Toys

Regular retail

Henkei Megatron

Wave 1 (March 13, 2008)

  • C-01 Convoy (Classics Voyager Optimus Prime)
  • C-02 Bumble (Classics Deluxe Bumblebee)
  • C-03 Grimlock (Classics Deluxe Grimlock)
  • C-04 Ligier (Classics Deluxe Mirage)
  • D-01 Megatron (Classics Voyager Megatron)
  • D-02 Starscream (Classics Deluxe Starscream)

Wave 2 (April 24, 2008)

Wave 3 (June 26, 2008)

Wave 4 (July 17, 2008)

  • C-06 Skyfire (Classics Voyager Jetfire)
  • D-04 Ramjet (Classics Deluxe Ramjet)

Wave 5 (September 19, 2008)

  • C-07 Sunstreaker (Universe Deluxe Sunstreaker)
  • C-08 Prowl (Universe Deluxe Prowl)
Henkei Lambor

Wave 6 (October 23, 2008)

Wave 7 (November 20, 2008)

Wave 8 (December 27, 2008)

Wave 9 (January 22, 2009)

  • D-07 Cyclonus (Universe Deluxe Cyclonus)
Henkei Ratchet

Wave 10 (February 26, 2009)

Wave 11 (March 12, 2009)

Wave 12 (March 26, 2009)

Wave 13 (April 25, 2009)

USA Editions

Despite being called "USA Edition", the figures under this category are not quite the same as their American counterparts, enjoying different plastic colors or paint operations intended to be more accurate to their cartoon appearances. Because they are "USA Edition" toys presented in Hasbro's 2008 Universe packaging, the figures in this category do not have the vacuum metalized plastic seen on the Henkei! Henkei! toys. They were released October 2, 2008.

Exclusives

Micron Sling

Gentei! Gentei!

Gentei! Gentei! Transformers (限定!ゲンテイ!トランスフォーマー, "Exclusive! Exclusive! Transformers") refers to toys that saw limited release, while being a pun on Henkei! Henkei! at the same time.

Gentei Thundercracker
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