Transformers
More Than Meets The Eye!
The Transformers toyline was developed by Hasbro after they met up with Takara representatives at the 1983 Tokyo Toy Show and proposed to combine and re-brand Takara's Diaclone and Micro Change toylines into the Transformers for release in the United States. Thus began a long and successful collaboration between Takara and Hasbro on toy development for the Transformers line, a collaboration which has grown increasingly close. Nevertheless, the actual manufacture of virtually all the transforming toys continues to be controlled by Takara, producing the toys for Hasbro to market and sell internationally, while Takara sells them in the Japanese market. (Wikipedia)
Toys from the 2008 Animated Transformers series which aired on Cartoon Network.
The Transformers "Classic" line.
Transformers Titanium Series
Toys from the 2007 Dreamworks Transformers Movie
"With the All Spark gone, we cannot return life to our planet. And Fate has yielded its reward: a new world to call home. We live among its people- hiding in plain sight, but watching over them in secret. I have witnessed their capacity for courage, and though we are worlds apart, like us, there’s more to them than meets the eye. I am Optimus Prime, and I send this message to all Autobots taking refuge among the stars: We are here, we are waiting."
--epilogue from “Transformers” (2007)
With those words, a beacon was sent, alerting the cosmos to our presence in a way we never imagined. Some Autobots responded, but more Decepticons- learning of the death of Megatron- came to seek revenge, to take the throne of their faction for themselves, or simply to see that their leader was truly gone and wonder what would happen next. Two years after the All Spark Cube was destroyed, the Autobots have sought asylum in the United States, and they work closely with its government to form N.E.S.T. (Non-biological Extraterrestrial Species Treaty) to cooperate in tracking down arrant Decepticons hiding on Earth and keep the human race unawares amidst growing conspiracies. But with increasing alien activity across the world, it is suspected that the Autobots themselves may be encouraging Decepticons to come to Earth by their very presence here, and the relationship is beginning to become strained. Meanwhile, Sam Witwicky has gone to college, but on his first day he begins uncontrollably spouting gibberish like his great-grandfather over a hundred years earlier. It is discovered that he now retains, deep in his mind, the full knowledge of the destroyed All Spark Cube! Learning of this, the Decepticons steal the last shard of the All Spark, and rebuild Megatron. Teleporting himself to another dimension, Megatron consults with his master- an ancient and evil traitor known as The Fallen, who is the leader of all Decepticons. The Fallen plans to harvest Earth’s Sun for Energon at the cost of destroying the planet as he would have thousands of years ago were he not driven off by the Dynasty of Primes- the original leaders of Cybertron. But to do this, The Fallen must recover the long-lost Matrix of Leadership from the secret Tomb of the Primes- which Sam now holds the only key to finding- to activate the Solar Harvester. And the last surviving descendant of the Dynasty- Optimus Prime- is the only one who can stop The Fallen now…
(film summary by EVA_Unit_4A)
The Classics line continued under the banner or Universe, do not mistake with the original Universe line of Transformers redecos.
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The penultimate Transformers challenge.
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The Deluxe Class Cyclonus is a fantastic update to the G! character.
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When you gotta get your boys in to the combat zone, call Stratosphere.
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Changes from awesome jet to adorable robot and back.
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Takara's near exact recreation of their lukewarm Rodimus Prime still warms my cold, cold heart.
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The original G1 Blurr first appeared in the original transformers movie. He's been represented in several different toy lines since then, but next to the original, this is my favorite. All it needs is metal.
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On his own, Hound is a good enough toy, but Ravage makes him a must buy.
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This kind of toy belongs on your shelf. I keep mine in vehicle mode. The children lust after it, and I hit them away with sticks and I shout "away children, this is not for you!"
It's that cool.
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"While I function, Earth is under my protection."
Video review included!
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"Cybertron is cool, but Earth rules."
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"You ain't heard nothin' yet!"
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Oil Slick is pretty freakin' awesome by any standard. A must have, even if you don't collect Transformers.
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"Where are Decepticons? Me Grimlock getting hungry!"
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The features of this figure still are far from being my favorite in the movie’s line-up, but what drew me to it was the excellent paint detailing which brought it closer to his movie appearance than the original did.
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"Crush the Autobots!"
Video review included!
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