1987

«	1987	»

The year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) is the fourth year of the Transformers brand.

For further information, see: Transformers timeline

Events

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• Hasbro moves the license to produce full-length animated series that promote their toylines away from Sunbow Productions to DiC Entertainment. All Sunbow-administered series are to conclude at the end of their existing contracts, including The Transformers with its 3-part finale The Rebirth.
• 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

• February 5 — Darren Criss
• March 8 — Tobe Nwigwe
• 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
• July 24 — Michael Jones
• August 13 — Till Völger
• September 16 — Dan Frausto
• October 28 — Rob Gavagan
• December 8 — Mike Fédée
• December 13 — Jacopo Calatroni
• December 22 — Samuel Harjanne

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

• Transformers: The Headmasters — Hit Song Collection

Singles

• "The Headmasters"/"Kimi wa Transformer"

Print

Comics

Comic Bom Bom

• Transformers (Mystery of Convoy)

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)

• Autobots Strike Oil
• Decepticons at the Pole

Corgi Books The Transformers Adventure Game Books (UK)

• 5) Swamp of the Scorpion
• 6) Desert of Danger

Games

Console

• The Headmasters (Famicom Disk System)

Collections

Home Video

Family Home Entertainment

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

St. Michael Video Library (UK)

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

• The Transformers: The Movie

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.

Throttlebots Chase Freeway Goldbug Rollbar Searchlight Wideload		Technobots Afterburner Lightspeed Nosecone Scattershot Strafe Computron (giftset)		Clones Fastlane / Cloudraker		Double Spy Punch-Counterpunch
Monsterbots Doublecross Grotusque Repugnus		Headmasters Brainstorm (w/ Arcana) Chromedome (w/ Stylor) Hardhead (w/ Duros) Highbrow (w/ Gort)		Targetmasters Blurr (w/ Haywire) Crosshairs (w/ Pinpointer) Hot Rod (w/ Firebolt) Kup (w/ Recoil) Pointblank (w/ Peacemaker) Sureshot (w/ Spoilsport)		Headmaster Bases Fortress Maximus (w/ Cerebros, Spike, Cog)

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.

Terrorcons Blot Cutthroat Hun-Gurrr Rippersnapper Sinnertwin		Mini-Cassettes Slugfest / Overkill		Duocons Battletrap Flywheels		Clones Pounce / Wingspan
Headmasters Mindwipe (w/ Vorath) Skullcruncher (w/ Grax) Weirdwolf (w/ Monzo)		Headmaster Horrorcons Apeface (w/ Spasma) Snapdragon (w/ Krunk)		Targetmasters Cyclonus (w/ Nightstick) Misfire (w/ Aimless) Scourge (w/ Fracas) Slugslinger (w/ Caliburst) Triggerhappy (w/ Blowpipe)		Decepticon Six Changer Sixshot
Headmaster Bases Scorponok (w/ Zarak & Fasttrack)

Mail-aways and promos

• "Start Your Own Decoy Collection" (Decoys packed in with carded figures)
• "Rodimus Prime remembers the Transformers greatest battle on Earth."

Japan

Cybertrons

Techbots (Scramble City) C-86 Scattershot C-87 Nosecone C-88 Strafe C-89 Lightspeed C-90 Afterburner C-91 Computicon (giftset)		Throttlebots C-92 Wideload C-93 Looklight C-94 Chase C-95 Rollbar C-96 Runway C-97 Goldback		Firebots C-99 Grotes C-100 Doublecross		Headmaster Autobots (The Headmasters) C-101 Chromedome C-102 Hardhead C-103 Highbrow C-104 Brainstorm
Targetmaster Autobots (Targetmaster) C-105 Sureshot (w/ Spoil) C-106 Blanker (w/ Peaceman) C-107 Crosshairs (w/ Pointech) C-108 Artfire (w/ Nightstick) C-109 Stepper (w/ Nebulon) C-113 Cher (w/ Recoil)		Doublespy C-111 Doublespy		Clonebots C-112 Fastlane & Cloudraker		Fortress Maximus (The Headmasters) C-114 Fortress Maximus (w/ Cog)
Cassettbots C-116 Twincast (w/ C-65 Steeljaw) C-117 Eject (re-release) C-118 Rewind (re-release) C-119 Amhorn (re-release) C-120 Steeljaw (re-release) C-121 Graphy C-122 Noise C-123 Dile C-124 Zaur		Trainbots C-125 Shouki C-126 Getsuei C-127 Yukikaze C-128 Suiken C-129 Seizan C-130 Kaen C-131 Raiden (giftset)		Cybertron Master Warriors (The Headmasters) Kirk Lione Loafer Rodney Shuffler Toraizer		Limited Releases Kirk (white) Lione (white) Loafer (white) Rodney (white) Shuffler (white) Toraizer (white)

Destrons

Terrortrons (Scramble City) D-79 Hun-Gurrr D-80 Rippersnapper D-81 Sinnertwin D-82 Cutthroat D-83 Blot D-84 Abominus (giftset)		Headmaster Crazytrons (The Headmasters) D-85 Skull D-86 Weirdwolf D-87 Wipe		Targetmaster Jetrons (Targetmaster) D-88 Triggerharpy (w/ Blowpipe) D-89 Misfire (w/ Aimless) D-90 Slugslinger (w/ Caliburst)		Megazarak (The Headmasters) D-93 MegaZarak (w/ Fasttrack)
Clonetrons D-94 Pounce & Wingspan		Doubletrons D-96 Battletrap D-97 Flywheel		Six Changer D-98 Sixshot		Headmaster Horrortrons (The Headmasters) D-99 Apeface D-100 Snapdragon
Cassettrons D-101 Soundblaster (w/ D-106 Buzzsaw) D-102 Rumble (re-release) D-103 Frenzy (re-release) D-104 Jaguar (re-release) D-105 Condor (re-release) D-106 Buzzsaw (re-release) D-107 Ratbat (re-release) D-108 Slugfest D-109 Overkill		Limited Releases Sharkticon

Robot Point mail order items

C-98 Repug 40 Kickback

41 Bombshell 42 Sharpnel

Beastformers

1 White Leo 2 Big Serow 3 Golder 4 Flykick 5 Killer Fish 6 Snakebomb 7 Drillfrog

8 Elephan 9 Graysharp 10 Grayox 11 Battle Bear 12 Devilbat 13 Bonga 14 Wildthunder

15 Alligatron 16 Beafox 17 Black Turtle 18 Yellow Giraffe 19 Hedgehog 20 Badshark 21 Bowdog

22 Rabbit Kid 23 Bluehorse 24 Giader 25 Violethorn 26 Bombsheep 27 Deaspider 28 Crabhit

Notes

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).

Autobots

Technobots Afterburner Lightspeed Nosecone Scattershot Strafe Computron (giftset)		Racerbots (Throttlebots) Rollerbot (Wideload) Saterbot (Freeway) Scoutbot (Chase) Strobobot (Searchlight) Trollbot (Rollbar) Wagenbot (Goldbug)		Duoform (Clones) Booster/Gemini (Fastlane/Cloudraker)		Monsterbots Drekbot (Doublecross) Tigerbot (Grotusque)
Autobot Headmasters Brainstorm Chromedome Hardhead Highbrow		Autobot Targetmasters Blurr Crosshairs Hot Rod Kup Pointblank Sureshot		Autobot Leader Rodimus Prime		Autobot City Commander Ultra Magnus
Autobot Space Shuttle Sky Lynx

Decepticons

Terrorbots (Terrorcons) Battlebot (Rippersnapper) Bifronbot (Sinnertwin) Crudelbot (Cutthroat) Grifobot (Hun-Gurrr) Spectrobot (Blot) Tundertron (Abominus giftset)		Duocons Battletrap Flywheels		Duoform (Clones) Roboclon/Rapax (Pounce/Wingspan)		Decepticon Headmasters Apeface Mindwipe Scorponok Skullcruncher Snapdragon Weirdwolf
Decepticon Targetmasters Cyclonus Misfire Scourge Slugslinger Triggerhappy		Decepticon City Commander Galvatron		Decepticon City Trypticon		Sixchanger Iperbot Sei Azioni (Sixshot)