Transformers: Alternators

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Alternators are a line of Transformers that transform into fully-licensed, 1:24-scale accurate representations of real cars from automobile manufacturers around the globe.

In Japan, the line is known as Binaltech, with the primary difference being that Binaltech figures are essentially a collector-oriented version of Alternators, featuring fully painted car bodies and die-cast metal parts, in comparison to Alternators, which are entirely plastic and generally have unpainted car bodies in order to keep costs down. Additionally, various Binaltech figures had repainted variants that Hasbro did not release and Binaltechs cost twice or thrice as much as a standard Alternator figure. Also unlike Alternators, Binaltech has its own storyline, taking place during the 'lost years' between the G1 cartoon's second season and The Transformers: The Movie. The story heralds the return of the Cosmic Rust virus, which infects both Autobots and Decepticons alike, and forces them to team up with various name-brand car companies to create new bodies for the infected, which would be immune to the plague. A sub-plot of the story involves Ravage's Beast Wars incarnation returning in another attempt to change history, and the Autobots' attempts to stop him and reverse the damage.


(Note: Since Alternators do not come out in waves so much as in groups of one-three roughly every season, they'll simply be listed in order of release without differentiation as to when that release happened.)

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