The planet-devouring Unicron was released as one of the adorable two-inch Robot Heroes toys. At the time, Unicron only had one look that I was aware of -- That of…

The mirror universe of Shattered Glass is one where everything is backwards -- The Autobots are evil, the Decepticons are heroic, and Rodimus leads the Seekers! You can tell he's…

Before there was The Transformers, there was Diaclone! The toy that would become Shrapnel was originally known as Waruder Kuwagatrer, and converted into a robotic stag beetle. E-Hobby released versions…

Shockwave is unique amongst Transformers characters, because, unlike most of his shape-changing robotic bretheren, he didn't start life as a toy licensed from Takara. He was initially Astro Magnum, a…

As part of Takara's Diaclone line, this guy was known as Powered Convoy. I've talked about Powered Convoy, right? I swear I've mentioned Powered Convoy once or twice. Come on,…

Before Hasbro licensed all the toys from Takara, many of the vehicular characters were originally toys from the toy line Diaclone, and Mirage was no exception. Both Mirage's original Diaclone…

I've gone into some of the origin of Megatron's original toy before, but the brief version is that the toy that would become Megatron was originally the twelfth figure in…

So here's a weird one. The Transformers top rivals for converting robots in the 1980s were Tonka's Go-Bots. In the early 1990s, Tonka was failing as a business, and Hasbro…

Ah, more fun with the adorable Robot Heroes toy line. Here's some history before we get into this: Soundblaster is obviously a black repaint of Soundwave. Soundwave was a modified…

Thundercracker's model sheet. This is what he looked like in the 1984 cartoon. Thundercracker was one of the first Transformers toys released in 1984. He was a blue-and-silver redeco of…

I’ve already discussed Sunstorm at length before, so I don’t really feel the need to do that again. But the 2-inch PVC Robot Heroes toy line was fun, so I…

Before there was Transformers, Japanese toy company Takara created a line of toys called DIACLONE, with the toy molds that Hasbro would eventually license and turn into Transformers in the…