Transformers: Generations (Japan)

The name or term "Generations" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Generations (disambiguation).

Transformers: Generations (トランスフォーマー ジェネレーションズ Toransufōmā Jenerēshonzu) is a TakaraTomy toyline that was sold from 2012 to 2014. Unlike its Hasbro counterpart, which it shares visual elements with, it only sold product from the Fall of Cybertron and Thrilling 30 range of toys, being preceded by Transformers United (which sold product from the first phase of Hasbro Generations).

Similarly to United, Japanese Generations figures were given "premium" paint jobs, being coated in shiny paint and featuring numerous additional paint details. Unlike United, which characterized all of its toys as versions of the traditional Generation 1 characters, the Fall of Cybertron characters were given profiles that more closely matched their "Aligned" characterization, although whether TakaraTomy considered Fall of Cybertron a thing wholly separate from Generation 1 isn't clear.

Japanese Generations was succeeded by Legends (which sold versions of Hasbro's Generations product from halfway of Thrilling 30 to Titans Return) and Unite Warriors (which included counterparts of combining toys from Combiner Wars).

Fiction

Generations received some fiction to support its product, mostly for the big-ticket Metroplex and exclusives sold through the Generations book series.

• "Metrowars"
• "Starscream's New Power"
• "Metrowars 2"
• "Badlands"
• "Train Wars"
• "Train Wars: Shouki & Daniel Chapter"
• "Train Wars 2"
• "Train Wars: Goshooter & Shūta Gō Chapter"

Toys

Wave 1 (Dec. 28, 2012) TG01 Optimus Prime TG02 Autobot Jazz		Wave 2 (Jan. 26, 2013) TG03 Decepticon Blast Off TG04 Decepticon Vortex TG05 Brawl TG06 Swindle TG07 Onslaught		Wave 3 (Feb. 23, 2013) TG08 Kickback TG09 Starscream TG10 Sideswipe TG11 Ultra Magnus TG12 Air Raid		Wave 4 (Mar. 23, 2013) TG13 Soundwave (w/ Laserbeak) TG14 Soundblaster (w/ Buzzsaw)		Deluxe Ratbat, Japanese-line exclusive
Wave 5 (Apr. 27, 2013) TG15 Autobot Datadisc Set (Eject, Ramhorn, Rewind, Sundor) TG16 Decepticon Datadisc Set (Frenzy, Ratbat, Ravage, Rumble)		Wave 6 (May 25, 2013) TG17 Blaster (w/ Steeljaw) TG18 Skywarp		Wave 7 (June 29, 2013) TG19 Grimlock TG20 Ratbat		Wave 8 (Aug. 31, 2013) TG21 Springer TG22 Blitzwing
Wave 9 (Sep. 28, 2013) TG23 Metroplex (w/ Scamper) TG24 Optimus Prime & Bumblebee (w/ Blazemaster & Roller)		Wave 10 (Oct. 26, 2013) TG25 Orion Pax VS Megatronus		Wave 11 (Nov. 30, 2013) TG26 Bumblebee Goldbug TG27 Trailbreaker & Hoist		Wave 12 (Dec. 28, 2013) TG28 Megatron & Starscream (w/ Chop Shop & Waspinator) TG29 Sandstorm		Orion Pax VS Megatronus set
Wave 13 (Feb. 22, 2014) TG30 Waspinator TG31 Rhinox		Wave 14 (Mar. 23, 2014) TG32 Mini-Con Assault Team TG33 Armada Starscream		Exclusives Magnificus (e-HOBBY) Fireblast Grimlock (BicCamera, Kojima) Thundercracker (Edition, Yodobashi Camera, Yamada Denki, Best Denki) Shouki (w/ Daniel; Generations 2014 Vol. 1) Goshooter (w/ Go Shuta; Generations 2014 Vol. 2)