Transformers: Alternity

This article is about the franchise. For the species of Transformer, see Alternity.

Transformers: Alternity (トランスフォーマー オルタニティ) is a toyline started by TakaraTomy in 2009. It is the successor to the Binaltech toyline. It features licensed vehicle alternate modes in its toys, as well as a mixture of plastic and die-cast metal. Toys are scaled down from their previous Binaltech/Alternators proportions, now being 1:32 scale rather than 1:24, and roughly equivalent in size to the mainline "deluxe" size class.

Fiction

Like Binaltech, Alternity's continuity is established by pack-in fiction.

• "From Here to Alternity" (text story)
• "To Mega Therion" (text story)
• "Arch-Nemesis!" (comic)
• "To Die Game!" (comic)
• "The World Is Flat!" (text story)
• "Ace of Swords" (text story)
• "Foreshadows" (text story)
• "Hunt for the Planicrons" (text story)
• "Nissan GT-R / Ultra Magnus (Brilliant Pearl White)" (comic)
• "Alternation" (text story)

Toys

Regular retail

Wave 1 (2-26-2009) Convoy - Vibrant Red Convoy - Ultimate Metal Silver		Wave 2 (6-27-2009) Convoy - Super Black Megatron - Blade Silver Megatron - Premium LeMans Blue		Wave 3 (10-01-2009) Megatron - Diamond Black		Wave 4 (11-28-2009) Bumble - Champion Yellow Cliff - Supreme Red Pearl		Two colors of Convoy
Wave 5 (5-29-2010) Skywarp - Witch Purple Pearl Starscream - White Pearl		Wave 6 (10-23-2010) Thundercracker - Sonic Blue		Wave 7 (12-06-2011) Dai Atras[sic] - Aurora Flare Blue Pearl Gold Bug - Throttle Gold

Exclusives

e-HOBBY Ultla Magnus[sic] - Brilliant White Pearl

Toy Hobby Market Galvatron - Galvanize Purple Banzai-Tron - Crystalo Black

Notes

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• To pitch the Alternity line, Hironori Kobayashi enlisted the help of Hirofumi Ichikawa, who produced a concept image of an Alternity Meister. A large amount of the design was put to use on Alternity Convoy once the line was approved.
• While it's unknown whether it's a product of coincidence or a deliberate reference by Ichikawa, the term "Alternity" (plural "Alternaties") was used by fan (later pro) writer James Roberts in his unofficial 2001 novel Eugenesis to refer to parallel realities.