Transformers: Generations (toyline)

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

Transformers: Generations is a line of figures launched in 2010. Like the earlier 2006 Classics and 2008 Universe lines, along with much of the 2010 Transformers line, it aims to recreate older Transformers characters as new toys and celebrate the history of the brand. Unlike Universe, there are no series or other indications on the toys' packaging regarding which continuity the characters hail from. This seems to follow Hasbro's recent trend of leaving as much of that kind of information as possible up to the imagination of the purchaser.

The range includes designs from the video game War for Cybertron with the ambiguous prefix "Cybertronian". However, the toys for the sequel, Fall of Cybertron, lacked this prefix.

Early releases advertised for The Hub.

Toys

General retail

Legends Class

2012 Wave 1

Series 01

• #001 Ravage & Decepticon Rumble
• #002 Decepticon Frenzy & Ratbat

2012 Wave 2

• Sunder & Autobot Rewind
• Ramhorn & Eject

Deluxe Class

Wave 1

RETRIBUTION!

• Cybertronian Bumblebee
• Cybertronian Optimus Prime
• Autobot Drift
• Thrust (redeco of Gentei! Gentei! Thrust)

Toys R Us and online retailers like Entertainment Earth and BigBadToyStore received special cases containing only Cybertronian Optimus Prime and Cybertronian Bumblebee as a promotional tie in for the release of the War for Cybertron video game before the general release of the Generations toyline.

Wave 2

I'm just a miner.

• Cybertronian Megatron
• Darkmount

Wave 3

• Cybertronian Soundwave
• Red Alert (retool of Universe (2008) Sideswipe)

Wave 4

• Blurr (retool/redeco of Drift)
• Dirge (redeco of Gentei! Gentei! Dirge)

Wave 5

And that's when Hasbro ran out of movie-era Decepticons.

• Cliffjumper (retool/redeco of Cybertronian Bumblebee)
• Skullgrin (retool/redeco of Darkmount)
• Thunderwing

Wave 6

• Scourge
• Sergeant Kup

Wave 7

That's it, we're done!

• Thundercracker (redeco of Classics Starscream)
• Wheeljack (retool/redeco of Transformers: Reveal the Shield Tracks)

Wave 8

• Warpath

Wave 9

• Junkheap (retool/redeco of Transformers 2010: Wreck-Gar)
• Sky Shadow (retool/redeco of Thunderwing)

2012 Wave 1

Generations requires constant infusion of video games to survive.

Series 01

• #001 Optimus Prime
• #002 Autobot Jazz
• #003 Shockwave

2012 Wave 2

Series 01

• #004 Onslaught
• #005 Swindle
• #006 Vortex
• #007 Decepticon Brawl
• #008 Blast Off

2012 Wave 3

• #009 Kickback
• #010 Starscream
• #011 Sideswipe (retool/redeco of Jazz)
• #012 Ultra Magnus (retool/redeco of Optimus Prime)
• #013 Air Raid (retool/redeco of Shockwave)

Future Waves (2013)

• Impactor (retool/redeco of Onslaught)
• Roadbuster (retool/redeco of Swindle)
• Whirl (retool/redeco of Vortex)
• Twintwist (retool/redeco of Brawl)
• Topspin (retool/redeco of Blast Off)

Voyager Class

2012 Wave 1

Series 01

This time, I brought backup!

• #001 Soundwave with Laserbeak
• #002 Soundblaster with Buzzsaw

2012 Wave 2

• #003 Grimlock
• #004 Autobot Blaster with Steeljaw

Convention exclusives

San Diego Comic-Con

• Decepticon Bruticus, who is composed of:

• Swindle
• Vortex
• Decepticon Brawl
• Onslaught
• Blast Off

Asian retail exclusives

The following toys introduced the first non-Deluxe toys in the line. They were originally released only in China and other Hasbro Asia markets. However, ToysЯUs picked up most of these toys as part of a massive group of Transformers exclusives for US and Canadian market releases, just in time for the 2012 holiday shopping season.

Legends Class

Legends Class Bluestreak, the first toy of the G1 character in over a decade not named "Silverstreak".

• Bluestreak (redeco/retool of Chronicle Streak with a rifle.)
• Hoist (redeco/retool of Reveal the Shield Trailcutter with a blaster.)
• Motorbreath (redeco/retool of Reveal the Shield Optimus Prime with a sword.)
• Thundercracker (redeco/retool of Reveal the Shield Starscream with two blasters.)

Scout Class

• Sandstorm (redeco of Revenge of the Fallen Dune Runner)
• Laserbeak (redeco of Revenge of the Fallen Skystalker)
• Dead End (redeco of Revenge of the Fallen Brakedown)
• Decepticon Brawl (redeco of Transformers: Hunt for the Decepticons Breacher)

Deluxe Class

Asian market exclusive packaging for Cliffjumper, Springer, Swerve and Wheelie (top) and North American market ToysЯUs exclusive packaging (bottom).

• Cliffjumper (redeco/retool of Prime: First Edition Cliffjumper)
• Autobot Springer (redeco/retool of Hunt for the Decepticons Tomahawk)
• Swerve (redeco/retool of Generations Sergeant Kup)
• Wheelie (redeco/retool of Reveal the Shield Special Ops Jazz)

Voyager Class

Voyager Class "Protectobot Hot Spot", not named "Hot Zone" unlike previous toys.

• Powerdive (redeco/retool of Hunt for the Decepticons Highbrow)
• Protectobot Hot Spot (redeco/retool of Universe (2008) Inferno)
• Megatron (redeco/retool of Revenge of the Fallen Bludgeon)

Leader Class

• Ironhide (redeco of Dark of the Moon Ironhide)
• Starscream (redeco of Hunt for the Decepticons Starscream)

Other

• "Ultimate Gift Set" contains:
  • Combat Hero Optimus Prime (redeco of Reveal the Shield Deluxe Class Optimus Prime)
  • Autobot Jazz (redeco of Deluxe class Reveal the Shield Special Ops Jazz)
  • Thundercracker (Legends Class)
  • Motorbreath (Legends Class)

The Ultimate Gift Set was also made available as an online retailer exclusive in the United States.

Canceled toys

• Brawn (redeco/retool of First Edition Bulkhead)

Notes

I don't belong here, bitches!

• Clicking "War for Cybertron Toys" on Hasbro's War For Cybertron webpage brings up the whole "Generations" toyline. Looking for War for Cybertron toys? Here you go.
• Since the toys in the Generations toyline were initially all Deluxe-sized, the Difficulty Level bar on the front packaging (which indicates how hard it is to convert a toy from mode to mode) now denotes each individual toy's challenge level (Cybertronian Bumblebee, for example, is a Level 4, while Thrust is a Level 2).
• The plastic-coated wire twist-ties, which were normally used to secure a toy in its packaging in past toylines, have been replaced with rattan tie-downs. The paper-based tie-downs are also used in the 2010 Transformers toy line and subsequent toy lines moving forward.
• The 2010 Transformers toy line, particularly the Reveal the Shield subline imprint, contains several toys with a design aesthetic similar to the Generations line. This led to confusion when fan expectations were contradicted by official Hasbro announcements. Subsequently, Hasbro released Wheeljack, a retool of Reveal the Shield Turbo Tracks, and Junkheap, a retool of Reveal the Shield Wreck-Gar, under the Generations banner, later followed by Generation 2-inspired redecos of Reveal the Shield Optimus Prime and Special Ops Jazz released as part of the "Ultimate Gift Set" and the Asian market/Toys"R"Us exclusive Wheelie redeco/retool of Special Ops Jazz, all of them also in Generations packaging, thus further strengthening the ties between the two lines.
• Most of the Generations toys (along with several from the 2010 Transformers toy line) were released by TakaraTomy in their Transformers United toyline. The toys representing characters who appeared in the video game War for Cybertron (which is part of the Aligned continuity family) were released as their Generation 1 counterparts in Japan.