1987
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The year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) is the fourth year of the Transformers brand.
- For further information, see: Transformers timeline
Events
Non-Fiction
- Licensee Disguise Incorporated is founded.
- Licensee Trends International is founded.
- January 31 — The Prizes in Disguise contest ends.
- August — Game developer ISCO is founded.
Births
???? — Samuel Harjanne
- February 5 — Darren Criss
- March 27 — Jun Okubo
- April 18 — Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
- April 28 — Ximena Marchant
- June 19 — Miguel Angel Leal
- June 22 — Jerrod Carmichael
- July 17 — Thibaut Delmotte
- August 13 — Till Völger
- October 28 — Rob Gavagan
- December 8 — Mike Fédée
Fiction
Knights of Unicron
Megatron spends the entire year engaging in Battle of the Band concerts with various other acts. His growing legion of fans emulate this tactic with tribute bands throughout Cybertron. Behind the Music pack-in booklet
Bumblebee
B-127 is sent to Earth by Optimus Prime to establish a new base for the Autobots. After crash-landing and losing his voice box and memories in a battle with Blitzwing, B-127 is found by Charlie Watson, who rechristens him "Bumblebee". With Charlie's help, Bumblebee regains his memories and prevents Shatter and Dropkick from launching a Decepticon invasion of the planet. Bumblebee later reunites with Optimus as more Autobots land on Earth. Bumblebee
Media
Television
- The Transformers Season 3: episodes 29 & 30
- The Transformers Season 4
- Transformers: The Headmasters episodes 1–24
Music
Albums
Singles
Comics
Comic Bom Bom
Marvel Comics
- The Transformers (issues 28–39, ongoing)
Marvel UK
- The Transformers (issues 95–146, ongoing)
- Transformers Annual 1987
TV Magazine
Manga
- The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers (issues 2–5, 5 issues)
- The Great Transformer War (issues 1–3, 3 issues)
- The Headmasters (issues 1–5, 8 issues)
- The Decisive Battle of Planet Beast!
Story Pages
- Transformers 2010 (parts 2–7, 7 parts)
- The Headmasters (parts ?)
Books
Ladybird Books (UK)
Games
Console
Collections
Home Video
VHS
- The Transformers: The Movie
- The Transformers — The Return of Optimus Prime
Hill Crane (Japan)
VHS & LaserDisc
- The Transformers: The Movie
Polyband (Germany)
VHS
- Transformers — Die Rückkehr von Optimus Prime (Erster Teil)
- Transformers — Die Rückkehr von Optimus Prime (Zweiter Teil)
- Transformers — Die Wiedergeburt (Erster Teil)
- Transformers — Die Wiedergeburt (Zweiter Teil)
- Transformers — Die Wiedergeburt (Dritter Teil)
- Transformers — Der Alptraum-Planet
VHS
- Transformers — Starscream's Ghost / The Nightmare Planet / The Ghost in the Machine
Tempo Video (UK)
VHS
- The Transformers — Heavy Metal Wars / The Girl Who Loved Powerglide
V.I.P. Video Gems (UK)
VHS
Comics
Marvel UK Collected Comics
- Volume 5
- Volume 6
- Volume 7
Merchandise
- TBD
Toys
U.S.
All 1986 combiner teams were again available in 1987. The individual combiners and the Throttlebots were available with or without a decoy figure.
Autobots
Metroplex, Rodimus Prime, Wreck-Gar, Ultra Magnus, Sky Lynx, and the Rewind/Steeljaw and Ramhorn/Eject mini-cassette two-packs were all re-released. Optimus Prime, Wheeljack, Mirage, Sunstreaker, Cosmos, Warpath and "Cliffjumper" were available via mail order.
S.T.A.R.S.
- March 31 — The Omnibots become unavailable via mail-order. In the S.T.A.R.S. flyer "You Have Been Chosen.," it is explained that they are leaving Earth to fight a war in another universe on that day.
Decepticons
Galvatron, Trypticon, The Predacons, Gnaw, and the Frenzy/Ratbat mini-cassette two-pack were all re-released. Megatron, Reflector, and Thundercracker were available via mail order.
Japan
Cybertrons
- Afterburner
- Artfire
- Blanker
- Brainstorm
- Chase
- Chromedome
- Computicon (giftset)
- Crosshairs
- Dile
- Doublecross
- Fastlane & Cloudraker
- Fortress Maximus
- Getsuei
- Goldback
- Graphy
- Grotess
- Hardhead
- Highbrow
- Hot Rod
- Kaen
- Kirk
- Lightspeed
- Lione
- Loafer
- Noise
- Nosecone
- Raiden (giftset)
- Rollbar
- Rodney
- Runway
- Scattershot
- Looklight
- Seizan
- Shouki
- Shuffler
- Spacepunch/Counterpunch
- Steeljaw
- Stepper
- Strafe
- Suiken
- Sureshot
- Toraizer
- Twincast
- Wideload
- Yukikaze
- Zaur
Destrons
Others
- Beastformers
- Beastformer Battle Bases
- Beastformer Battle Chariots
- First Transformers
Europe
These are toys which have been confirmed as being released in at least one country in Europe in 1987. For more details regarding releases in specific European countries, see The Transformers (European toyline).
