Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 (toyline)

This article is about the Japanese toyline from the real-world year of 1986. For the Transformers toyline from the real-world year of 2010, see Transformers (2010 toyline).

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Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 is the title given to the 1986 Transformers line in Japan. It was a simultaneous Japanese release of Hasbro's own 1986 product line, and was the first instance of what would become Takara's standard method of operation—the annual rebranding of the franchise with a new sub-title. It accompanied the fictional shift of the animated series from the present day to the 21st century, but while the original American version of the series took place over 2005/06, the Japanese version advanced the setting to 2010, hence the line's new name.

Overview

Like the previous year's line, 2010 consists of most of the new Hasbro products for 1986, with some of 1985's toys thrown in, more or less unchanged from the Hasbro versions. (The only dropouts were the non-Takara-mold Sky Lynx and, bizarrely, the Battlechargers Runamuck and Runabout.) And since most of the new toys lacked the missile launchers of the previous line's, there's not even that difference. It is currently unknown if toys with metal/plastic part variants in Hasbro markets saw similar mid-run changes in Japan.

Last year's two big exceptions, Astrotrain and Megatron, changed for their 1986 re-releases. Astrotrain was changed to match the Hasbro version. Megatron —this year only available as part of a "Good Bye Megatron" multi-toy set— remained unchromed gray plastic, but got the red trim and scope/arm-cannon accessory to make him more animation-accurate... while still not coming with the silencer and scope. (He also kept the bullet-launching mechanism and sword accessory from before).

The big focus of this year's line was a subline dubbed "Scramble City", the term given to the new combiners released this year, as well as the compatible Metroflex (Metroplex) and Dinosaurer (Trypticon) toys. This was even given a new OVA (Original Video Animation) released on VHS, featuring all-new animation mixed with re-cut footage from other episodes.

One important change to the packaging this year is that the toys' ID numbers are now split by faction, with "C-XX" (Cybertron) and "D-XX" (Destron) numbers on every box. This would continue though all subsequent lines up until the end of "Generation 1", and the numbers themselves did not re-set from line to line, they just kept getting bigger. Lines after "Generation 1" would still number the toys, but the C/D distinction would sometimes be dropped, and the numbers would frequently re-set when a new line was not a direct sequel to something else.

Toyline

Retail releases

This list is only the new-this-year items, minus the carryovers from 1985.

Minibots Hubcap Outback Pipes Tailgate Werve Wheelie		Cassettbots/Cassettrons Amhorn Eject Ratbat Rewind Steeljaw		Airbots Air Rider Firebolt Silverbolt Skydive Sling Superion (giftset)		Stuntrons Breakdown Dead End Drag Stripe Motormaster Wildrider Menasor (giftset)
Protectobots Graze First Aid Groove Hot Spot Streetwise Guardian (giftset)		Combatrons Blast Off Brawl Onslaught Swindle Vorter Bruticus (giftset)		Triple Changers Broadside Octone Sandstorm Sprang		Animatron Dimebomb Headstrong Rampage Razorclaw Tantrum Predaking (giftset) Gnaw
Cybertrons Blurr Chear Hot Rodimus Rodimus Convoy Ultra Magnus Wreck-Gar		Destrons Cyclonus Galvatron Scourge		Cities Metroflex (w/ Scamper, Six-Gun, Slammer) Dinosaurer (w/h Brunt, Full-Tilt)