2017
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The year 2017 (MMXVII) is the 34th year since the Transformers brand began.
- For further information, see: Transformers timeline
Events
[edit]Fiction
[edit]Beast Wars: Uprising
[edit]The human colony planet New Earth is attacked, prompting the Earth Defense Command to declare human space off-limits to all Transformers. Micro-Aggressions
Non-fiction
[edit]Conventions
[edit]- B.O.T.S. 2017: June 18
- Cybertrome 2017: May 6 & 7
- Cybfest NW 2017: August 19
- C.O.N.S. 2017: October 8
- Dairycon 2017: April 1
- Pete's Robot Convention 2017: June 23–24
- RetCon 2017: April 29
- TFcon 2017: July 14–16
- TFcon USA 2017: September 29–October 1
- TFNation 2017: August 11–13
Exhibitions
[edit]Deaths
[edit]- ???? — Ulrich Frank, Nobuhiro Komatsu
- January 13 — Dick Gautier
- January 15 — Shooter
- March 25 — Dave Hunt
- April 26 — Andreas von der Meden
- June 14 — Liu Xirui
- June 17 — Marisa Marco
- June 22 — Hartmut Neugebauer
- July 8 — Bob Lewis
- July 9 — Wally Burr
- July 20 — Linkin Park singer, Chester Bennington
- July 24 — Keisuke Yamakawa
- July 28 — Byeong-gwan Kim
- August 22 — Mario Milita
- September 3 — Alex Androski
- September 8 — Toshihiko Nakajima
- September 10 — Len Wein
- September 17 — Carlos Íñigo
- October 26 — Manfred Erdmann
- October 30 — Fábio Vilalonga
- November 6 — Daniele Demma
- November 7 — Paulo Celestino
- November 9 — Patrick Béthune
- November 16 — Hiromi Tsuru
- November 27 — Bernd Simon
- December 16 — Michael Lucke
- December 27 — Serge Bourrier
Comics
[edit]Fun Publications
[edit]Hasbro
[edit]IDW
[edit]- Optimus Prime #2–14 (ongoing)
- G.I. Joe #2–9 (ongoing, but rebranded after First Strike to Scarlett's Strike Force)
- Lost Light #2–12 (ongoing)
- Till All Are One #7–12 (ongoing, but cancelled after issue #12) + an Annual
- Revolutionaries #1–8 (8 issues)
- Transformers vs. G.I. Joe: The Movie Adaptation (one-shot)
- Revolution: Aw Yeah! #1–3 (3 issues)
- Micronauts: Wrath of Karza #1–5 (5 issues)
- Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook #1–3 (3 issues)
- The Transformers: Salvation (one-shot)
- Rom vs. Transformers: Shining Armor #1–5 (5 issues)
- First Strike #1–6 (6 issues)
- G.I. Joe: First Strike (one-shot)
- Optimus Prime: First Strike (one-shot)
- M.A.S.K.: First Strike (one-shot)
- Transformers: First Strike (one-shot)
- Scarlett's Strike Force #1 (3 issues)
Young Gangan
[edit]- Transformers × Dialect Girl: My Toys #1-3 (3 issues)
Collections
[edit]Comics
[edit]Hachette Partworks
[edit]- Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection
- Volume 36: Stormbringer
- Volume 16: The Primal Scream
- Volume 18: Edge of Extinction
- Volume 29: The War Within
- Volume 37: Escalation
- Volume 08: Wanted: Galvatron — Dead or Alive
- Volume 39: Hearts of Steel
- Volume 10: Trial by Fire
- Volume 21: Regeneration One
- Volume 31: The Iron Fist
- Volume 50: Heart of Darkness
- Volume 59: Dark Cybertron, Part 1
- Volume 01: Power Play
- Volume 26: War and Peace
- Volume 35: Primacy
- Volume 64: Windblade
- Volume 19: Perchance to Dream
- Volume 40: Maximum Dinobots
- Volume 22: Natural Selection
- Volume 46: Things Fall Apart
- Volume 07: The Harder They Die
- Volume 33: Megatron: Origin
- Volume 14: Space Pirates
- Volume 43: All Hail Megatron, Part 1
- Volume 52: The Death of Optimus Prime
- Volume 44: All Hail Megatron, Part 2
IDW
[edit]- Titans Return TPB
- Revolution TPB
- Revolution: Heroes TPB
- Revolution: Transformers TPB
- The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 5 Hardcover
- The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 6 Hardcover
- The Transformers: Autocracy Trilogy Hardcover (and in December, the paperback edition)
- The Transformers: Rise of the Autobots
- Revolution Hardcover
Transformers: Robots In Disguise Animated: More Than Meets the Eye TPB**cancelled**The Transformers: Most Epic Battles TPB**cancelled**- Optimus Prime Vol. 1 TPB
- Till All Are One Vol. 2 TPB
- G.I. Joe Vol. 1 TPB
- G.I. Joe Vol. 2 TPB
- Revolutionaries Vol. 1: Crisis Intervention TPB
- Revolutionaries Vol. 2: Power and Glory TPB
- Hasbro: Aw Yeah Hardcover
- Lost Light Vol. 1 TPB
- Transformers: The Complete All Hail Megatron TPB (Paperback edition of the 2011 HC)
- Micronauts: Wrath of Karza TPB
- Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook TPB
- Transformers Drift: Origins & Empires TPB
- Transformers vs. G.I. Joe Quintessential Collection Hardcover
- The Transformers: For All Mankind
- The Transformers: International Incident
- The Transformers: Revenge of the Decepticons
Media
[edit]Movies (theatrical)
[edit]Television
[edit]- Robots in Disguise Season 3
- Transformers: Titans Return episodes 1–8
Video
[edit]- Transformers: Prime: Ultimate Rivals
- Transformers: Rescue Bots: Protect and Explore
- Transformers: Rescue Bots: Rescue Family
Video games
[edit]- Transformers: Forged to Fight
- Transformers Rescue Bots: Disaster Dash - Hero Run
- All Transformers games published by Activision are pulled from digital storefronts due to loss of license.
Music
[edit]Toys
[edit]Hasbro
[edit]5 inch figures ("Bravo" assortment)
[edit]| Wave 1 |
Titan Masters
[edit]| Wave 4 | Wave 5 |
Legends
[edit]| Wave 4 | Wave 5 |
Deluxe
[edit]| Wave 4 | Wave 5 | Wave 6 |
Voyager
[edit]| Wave 4 | Wave 5 |
Leader
[edit]| Wave 4 | Wave 5 |
Titan
[edit]
Exclusives
[edit]- Store exclusives
BigBadToyStore
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Toys"R"Us
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Walgreens | Initially at Hasbrotoyshop.com: |
- Convention exclusives
Primitive Skateboarding (San Diego Comic-Con 2017/Hasbro Toy Shop)
Prime Masters
[edit]- Wave 1
- Liege Maximo (w/ Skullgrin Decoy Armor)
- Micronus (w/ Cloudburst Decoy Armor)
- Vector Prime (w/ Metalhawk Decoy Armor)
Legends Class
[edit]| Wave 1 | Wave 2 |
Deluxe
[edit]- Wave 1
Voyager
[edit]- Wave 1
Leader
[edit]- Wave 1
- Evolution Rodimus Prime (w/ Hot Rod)
- Evolution Optimus Prime (w/ Orion Pax)
Turbo Changers
[edit]Tiny Turbo Changers
[edit]Series 1
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Series 2
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1-Step Turbo Changers
[edit]| Wave 1 | Wave 2 | Wave 3 | Mega 1-Step Turbo Changer |
Knight Armor Turbo Changers
[edit]| Wave 1 | Wave 2 |
Premier Edition
[edit]Deluxe Class
[edit]| Wave 1 | Wave 2 | Wave 3
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Wave 4 | |||||
| Wave 5 |
Deluxe Hot Rod was only available as a general retail release in Premier Edition packaging in China and the Philippines.
Voyager Class
[edit]| Wave 1 | Wave 2 | Wave 3 |
Leader Class
[edit]| Wave 1 | Wave 2
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AllSpark Tech
[edit]This line introduces the AllSpark Cube gimmick, which lights up and plays sounds when the Transformer is moved. The cube is included in Starter Sets, but works with all toys in the line.
AllSpark Tech figures
[edit]| Wave 1 | Wave 2 |
AllSpark Tech Starter Packs
[edit]| Wave 1 | Wave 2 |
Other
[edit]Legion Class
[edit]| Wave 1 | Wave 2 | Wave 3 |
Titan Changers
[edit]| Wave 1 | Wave 2 |
RC Autobot Sqweeks
[edit]
Exclusives
[edit]Tiny Turbo Changer 3-Pack
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1-Step Turbo Changer Mega Pack | Masks |
| Legion Class 2-Packs | Deluxe Class | Reveal The Shield Voyager Class | 5-Bot Combiner
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Deluxe Class 2-Pack | Supreme Class |
| Legion Class | Legion Class 2-Packs | 1-Step Turbo Changer 2-Pack | Deluxe Class | Flip & Change |
Valvoline
San Diego Comic-Con 2017 / Hasbro Toy Shop
- Voyager Class Optimus Prime with Western Star tire piece
Tsim Sha Tsui (Hong Kong) Toys"R"Us
- Battle Damaged Deluxe Barricade
- Battle Damaged Deluxe Bumblebee
- Battle Damaged Voyager Optimus Prime
- Metallic Optimus Prime Voice Changer Helmet
Taiwan Toys"R"Us
- Deluxe Battle Damage Bumblebee
- Battle Damage Voyager Optimus Prime
- Metallic Optimus Prime Voice Changer Helmet
with purchase of The Last Knight on Blu-Ray in Japan
Rescan Series
[edit]| Wave 14 | Wave 15
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Wave 16
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Wave 17
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Wave 13 contained no new figures.
Large figures
[edit]- Knight Watch Bumblebee (with Freezer Burn and Wingblaze)
Epic figures
[edit]Rescue Packs
[edit]- Bumblebee Rock Rescue Team (withHunter, Talon, Cody Burns)
- Arctic Rescue Boulder (with Graham Burns and Windchill)
Minicons
[edit]Flip Racers
[edit]Single figures
[edit]| Wave 1 | Wave 2 |
Launchers
[edit]Three Packs
[edit]- Griffin Rock Construction Team (Salvage, Boulder the Construction-Bot, and Mortar)
- Griffin Rock Racing Team (Sideswipe, Chase the Police-Bot, Blurr)
- Griffin Rock Stunt Team (Boulder the Construction-Bot, Heatwave the Fire-Bot, Quickshadow)
Playsets
[edit]
Legion
[edit]| Wave 11 | Wave 12 | Wave 13 |
Warriors
[edit]| Wave 10 | Wave 11
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Wave 12 |
Activator Combiners
[edit]- Great Byte with Sideswipe
- Hi-Test with Optimus Prime
- Laserbeak with Soundwave
One-Step Changers
[edit]Wave 9
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Wave 10 | Wave 11
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Wave 12 |
Three-Step Changers / Hyperchange Heroes
[edit]| Wave 10 | Wave 11 | Wave 12 |
Crash Combiners
[edit]| Wave 1 | Wave 2 | Wave 3
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Team Combiners
[edit]| Wave 1 | Wave 2
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Activator Combiners
[edit]| Wave 1 | Wave 2 | Wave 3 |
Series 5.0
[edit]- 1: Fractyl (with Scorponok)
- 2: Lifeline (with Quickslinger)
- 3: Double Pretender Optimus Prime (with Hi-Q)
- 4: Double Pretender Megatron (with Spacewarp)
- 5: Toxitron
- 6: Counterpunch
- 7: Starscream (Shattered Glass)
San Diego Comic-Con International 2017
[edit]
- Optimus Prime Converting Power Bank
- Titans Return Arcee w/ Leinad & Ultra Magnus Titan Masters
- "2017 Magic: The Gathering HasCon Collection" 3-card promo set w/ "Grimlock Dinobot Leader"/"Grimlock, Ferocious King" reversible card
- San Diego Comic-Con Primitive Skateboarding Optimus Prime w/ Shreddicus Maximus Titan Master
- San Diego Comic-Con The Last Knight Optimus Prime with tire chunk
- San Diego Comic-Con Revolution Set w/ Jetfire, Matt Trakker of M.A.S.K., Action Man, Visionaries' Leoric, Roadblock of G.I. Joe, Rom & a Dire Wraith, and 9 Micronauts mini-figurines
TakaraTomy
[edit]Wave 17 (January 28)
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Wave 18 (February 25)
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Wave 19 (May 27)
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Wave 20 (August 26)
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Wave 21 (September 30)
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Wave 22 (October 28) | Wave 23 (November 25)
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Wave 24 (December 30)
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Exclusives
[edit]e-HOBBY
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Tokyo Toy Show
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Transformers Fes2017 (February 19)
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TakaraTomy Mall
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- MP-10K Convoy (BAPE BLACKCAMO ver.)
- MP-34 Cheetus (Beast Wars)
- MP-35 Grapple
- MP-36 Megatron
- MP-37 Artfire
- MP-38 Convoy (Beast Wars) Densetsu no Sōshireikan Ver.
- MP-11ND Dirge
- MPM-3 Bumblebee
- MPM-4 Optimus Prime
- MP-12+ Lambor (Anime ver.)
- MP-39 Sunstreaker
- MP-15/16E Stripes, Nightstalker, Wingthing & Enemy
- MB-01 Optimus Prime
- MB-02 Bumblebee
- MB-03 Megatron
- MB-04 Shockwave
- MB-05 Ironhide
- MB-06 Ratchet
- MB-07 Soundwave
- MB-08 Starscream
- MB-09 Dino Ride Grimlock & Optimus Prime
- MB-10 Dino Ride Strafe & Bumblebee
- MB-11 Movie 10th Anniversary Optimus Prime
Toys in italics are exclusive to the TakaraTomy line.
| Wave 1 (April 29) | Wave 2 (July 15) | Wave 3 (August 5) | Wave 4 (September 16) | Wave 5 (October 28) |
| TLK-EX |
Japanese The Last Knight Blu-Ray Promo
[edit]- Clear Voyager The Last Knight Optimus Prime (with purchase of The Last Knight on Blu-Ray, including collections)
Exclusives
[edit]| Omni7 | Toys"R"Us |