On this day in 1984, the first episode of Sunbow's Transformers cartoon aired, introducing the world to one of the greatest and most enduring cartoons of the 1980s!

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Transformers Kiss Players: Cool toys, but please, skip the fiction.

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Originally released in 1991-92, the Micromaster Combiners were teams of six Micromasters who could combine into one larger robot!

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Reissues of old Transformers toys in the early 2000s were cool, but these redecos that came out around the same time were even cooler!

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The "Super Collection Figure" (SCF) series were two inch tall PVC figures depicting characters from the various eras of Transformers history.

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Happy 40th birthday, Transformers! On this day in 1984, Marvel's Transformers #1 arrived in comic book stores everywhere, kicking off the franchise we know and love!

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The Aquaspeeders and Stormtroopers - robots who spray water at each other and have colour-change "battle damage".

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Released as a part of Transformers Generation 2, these Autobot cars and Decepticon jets are an awesome throwback to the original 1984 Transformers lineup.

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The Lightformers and Trakkons: cool toys with a "laser fire" gimmick.

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The Obliterators, Clench & Pyro

Their gimmick? Missiles, and lots of them!

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1992 Transformers Predators: Another very cool "back to basics" assortment. I'm hopeful that Hasbro will revisit these guys with full articulation one day.

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After years of assorted gimmicks, the Turbomasters were a return to form: they transform and they have missile launchers. Nothing more - no crazy gimmicks or anything like that. It's refreshing!

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As Transformers began to wane in Japan, Takara decided to bring back Optimus Prime (Convoy) as a Micromaster-compatible playset.

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Transformers remained popular internationally in 1991, leading to some Takara toys (including Masterforce Overlord!) being imported to fill out the line.

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Introducing 1991's Action Master Elites, Action Masters that transform!

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The final assortment of Action Master Transformers, only sold in a few international markets in 1991.

Arguably these are the best Action Master toys, too.

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In the early 1990s, Transformers continued to be popular overseas, leading to the first reissues of the original toys.

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1990: Japan does what Hasbro should have with Micromasters: make bases that turn into big robots!

(Brave series version of Dai Atlas shown)

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Dear Hasbro, can we get new versions of a few more of these guys please?

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Action Master Megatron brings back Transformers' original villain in a gigantic tank that can only be described as something Megatron would certainly drive.

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