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DNY59/istockphotoThe 1980s were a golden era for toys, with action figures like He-Man and the Transformers capturing the hearts of kids (and some adults, too) across the globe. But what many don ...
The Armada toy was the first new-mould Starscream figure since 1990, and it clung to tradition with a jet alternate mode and a robot form featuring many callbacks to the original Starscream figure, such as shoulder-wings, air intakes on the shoulders, a cockpit in the chest, and a head-sculpt designed to look like the original animated ...
The Autroopers appeared in Transformers: Animated in 2009 with an official toyline released in Botcon in 2011. [85] The colors of white and blue used for Glit would inspire the Shattered Glass incarnation of Ravage. [86] A new toy figure of Sundor would be released under the Transformers Generations: The Fall of Cybertron line in 2012. [87]
The cartoon's popularity prompted the huge demand for Ninja Turtles action figures in 1988, as toy stores had difficulty keeping them in stock. At the height of the franchise's popularity in 1990, a successful live-action film was released and over 100 million toys were sold.
Transformers Animated: The Game is the first game based on the series. Released for the Nintendo DS platform in October 2008 by Activision. Two arcade games, Transformers Animated: The Chase and Transformers Animated: The Shooting were released in Japan by Sega. Both games took advantage of the cards included in the Japanese releases of the toy ...
The GoBot toy line was based on figures produced by Popy of Japan (the now-defunct character division of Bandai), named Machine Robo. [2] In another similarity to Transformers, Tonka decided to make the figures sentient robots, rather than human-piloted mecha as they had been in Japan, and divided them into two factions – the good Guardians and evil Renegades (although early figures were ...
The Transformers toyline and animated series were inspired by the Japanese toyline, Microman (a far-eastern descendant of the 12-inch G.I. Joe action figure series) by Takara. [8] In 1980, the Microman spin-off, Diaclone , was released, featuring inch-tall humanoid figures able to sit in the drivers' seats of scale model vehicles, which could ...
The Attacktix Battle Figure Game was a collectable action figure game produced by Hasbro, released 2005 through 2006 and featuring characters from the Star Wars, Transformers, and Marvel Comics franchises. Many of the action figures are sold in starter sets in quantities of five or in quantities of three in a booster pack.