Transformers: Bravemasters

New Transformers: Bravemasters (新トランスプフォーマー ブレイブプマスターズ) was an unrealised proposal for an e-HOBBY exclusive toyline. Revealed by Hayato Sakamoto at BotCon 2015 (alongside Prime: Shattered Glass and Part One), the line was cancelled during the concept phase and replaced by Transformers Cloud.

Bravemasters was intended to have a broad appeal: its simple story was to be ideal for Transformers newcomers, its previously-unexplored time period in the Japanese Generation 1 continuity would be for the veterans, and its aesthetic would appeal to fans of the Brave franchise.

Fiction

Bravemasters' accompanying fiction would be set in 2014, after the Transformers have all left Earth at the conclusion of The Headmasters, but before the events of Super-God Masterforce. A new Decepticon army, led by Master Hell (a tentative name), attacks the planet. A lone Autobot named Brave, left behind as a carnival automaton in Japan, joins forces with a sick human boy, and together they become the first line of defence for his new home. Ask Vector Prime would later namecheck the concept of a Bravemaster — whatever that is.

Toys

Extrapolating from concept artwork, the Bravemasters toyline may have included the following:

Autobots Brave, a red and blue redeco of Transformers (2010) Scout Breacher A yellow redeco of Transformers Deluxe Swindle A white and blue redeco of Transformers (2010) Voyager Sea Spray A green and yellow redeco of Dark of the Moon Voyager Skyhammer A pink redeco of Revenge of the Fallen Scout Knock Out

Decepticons Master Hell, a fiery orange redeco of Revenge of the Fallen Voyager Mindwipe A lavender redeco of Transformers (2010) Deluxe Tomahawk A purple redeco of Revenge of the Fallen Scout Skystalker A seemingly-unchanged Transformers (2010) Deluxe Hailstorm A seemingly-unchanged Transformers (2010) Deluxe Terradive A seemingly-unchanged, but now Decepticon-allied, Transformers (2010) Voyager Highbrow

Earlier concept art for Bravemasters had the Swindle and Sea Spray redecoes in blue and maroon respectively.

Given that the other two conceptual lines, along with the eventual Transformers Cloud, each featured a lineup of eight characters, it is entirely possible that the latter three Decepticons were merely repurposed from their retail toys, and were not due for release in Bravemasters.