Transformers: Classics

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

When the live-action Transformers film was pushed back from November 2006 to July 2007, Hasbro needed to create a filler line to bridge the newly created gap in their product offerings. That bridge was a revisitation of the original Generation 1 characters, dubbed Classics.

Later, Mini-Cons which were originally meant for the end of the Cybertron line and Generation 1-inspired Legends redecoes were also added to expand the line further.

Although no original animation or full-length comic fiction is planned for the line, the Fun Publications Official Transformers Fan Club Magazine comic will be utilizing the Classics in their 2007 story-arc and setting them in a continuation of the old Generation 1 Marvel Comics universe (A version of this universe that includes everything up until the end of the original Marvel run, but excludes the events of the Generation 2 book that followed, taking things in a new direction instead.)

Toyline

Legends

• Bumblebee
• Fireflight
• Jetfire
• Leo Prime
• Menasor
• Perceptor
• Trypticon
• Autobot Whirl

Mini-Cons

• Clear Skies Team
• Demolition Team
• Dinobots
• Dirt Digger Team
• Night Rescue Team
• Predator Attack Team

Deluxes

• Astrotrain
• Bumblebee
• Cliffjumper
• Grimlock
• Mirage
• Ramjet
• Rodimus
• Starscream

Voyagers

• Jetfire
• Megatron
• Optimus Prime

Box sets

• Optimus Prime vs Megatron: The Ultimate Battle (versus 2-pack w/DVD)
• Ultra Magnus vs Skywarp: Battle for Autobot City (versus 2-pack, Target exclusive)
• Constructicon Devastator (Wal-Mart exclusive giftset)

Miscellaneous

• Optimus Prime (20th Anniversary redeco with talking base)
• Soundwave with Laserbeak and Battle Ravage (Generation 1 reissue; Uses the Soundblaster version of the mold, which had a remolded door that can hold two cassettes.)

What counts as Classics?

The Classics toyline is a little tricky to define because some of the items which one would think belong to it -- the Magnus/Skywarp two-pack for instance which redecoes two Classics figures -- do not actually say "Classic" anywhere on their packaging. Even the toys that are definitely "real" Classics toys only have the word on one panel of their packaging as a prefix to their size class ("Classic Deluxe" or "Classic Voyager").

For simplicity, MediaWiki is considering all toys that come in the Classics-style packaging to be Classics toys, even if they do not self-identify as such. Those toys include:

• Prime vs. Megatron Ultimate Battle set
• Magnus vs. Skywarp Battle for Autobot City set
• 20th Anniversary Prime redeco
• Mini-Cons (the Mini-Con sets have been referred to as Classics toys on Hasbro's website, but not on the packaging)
  
  
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