Shellformer

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This article is about toys that have lots of kibble. For toys from a long time ago that still haven't been sold, see Shelfwarmer.

</td></tr></tbody></table> [[Image:|right|150px|thumb|The robot is the prize inside. No refunds.]] A shellformer is a fandom term for a <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Toy" title="Toy">Transformer toy</a> that transforms by "unpeeling" pieces of one form to reveal the other form inside. Literally, one mode (almost always the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Alternate_mode" title="Alternate mode">alternate mode</a>) is a "shell" that closes completely (or close enough) around the robot parts. This term is often used derisively.

<div style="border: 2px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); margin: 0pt auto 0.2em; padding: 2px; width: 90%; background-color: rgb(239, 239, 239); text-align: left;">Note: DON'T confuse the shellformers with the <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Pretenders" class="mw-redirect" title="Pretenders">Pretenders</a>.</div>

<a name="Notable_shellformers"></a><h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Shellformer&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Notable shellformers">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline"> Notable shellformers </span></h2> [[Image:|right|150px|thumb|The weather is too hot, so I take off my woolly fur coat.]]

• <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Big_Convoy" title="Big Convoy">Big Convoy</a>
• <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Break" title="Break">Break</a>
• <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Side_Burn_%28RID%29" title="Side Burn (RID)">Robots in Disguise Side Burn</a>
• <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Thunderblast_%28Decepticon%29" title="Thunderblast (Decepticon)">Cybertron Thunderblast</a>
• <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Megatron_%28G1%29_toys" title="Megatron (G1) toys">Classics Megatron</a>
• <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Scourge_%28G1%29" title="Scourge (G1)">Generation 1 Scourge</a>
• <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Bumblebee_%28Movie%29_toys" title="Bumblebee (Movie) toys">Trans-Scanning Bumblebee</a>
• <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Wreck-Gar_%28Animated%29" title="Wreck-Gar (Animated)">Animated Wreck-Gar</a>

<a name="See_also"></a><h2><span class="editsection">[<a href="http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Shellformer&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a>]</span> <span class="mw-headline"> See also </span></h2>

• <a href="http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Kibble" title="Kibble">Kibble</a>