I am new to collecting & new to these forums How many major lines are there to TF? So far I have on my list: Revoltech Masterpiece Alternators/Binaltech R.I.D. Cybertron/Galaxy Force G1 Animated Movie Classics Any other major one I am missing?
American: G1 G2 Beast Wars Beast Machines RID Armada Energon Cybertron Classics Movie Animated Japanese: G1 Zone Victory Masterforce G2 Beast Wars Beast wars 2 Beast Wars Neo Beast Wars Metals Car Robots Micron Legend Superlink Galaxy Force TFC Beast Wars Returns Movie Henkei I probably missed a few, there...
Generation One Victory (Japanese) Masterforce (Japanese) Battlestars (Japanese) Zone (Japanese) Generation Two Beast Wars Beast Wars II (Japanese) Beast Wars Neo (Japanese) Beast Wars Metals (Japanese) Beast Machines/Beast Wars Returns Robots In Disguise/Car Robots Armada/Micron Legend Energon/Superlink Cybertron/Galaxy Force Universe Classics/Henkei Movie Animated Alternators/Binaltech Masterpiece Revoltech (sort of, since the line covers lots of different toy/cartoon lines) I'm sure I've missed something.
EDIT: Oops, redundant info.... nevermind. I would check out the Resources link at the top of this site, though... you'll find a lot of info there about the various lines.
Yup for best can tell it looks to be chronological .... Oh and you can put ENCORE in there as well its the same as TFC (G1 Reissues).
Lets not forget all the eHobby stuffs! Collector gold, lol Not so major: Transformers Jr's Music Label Sports Label Kiss Play (kinda alt bt) Star Wars Transformers Marvel Transformers
These can be considered separate lines or a mix Universe Unvierse 2008 Classics 2.0 (part of Universe 2008)
The main ones are: Generation 1 (US/ Japan) the orginals Generation 2: Somewhat infamous for neon colors, though we did get some articulation Beast Wars: To some fans, the greatest TF line of the 90's, it improved on the ball joint of G2 in every one and led to some unique and popular characters Beast Machines: Controversial, I can get into a whole flame war over it RID: or Car Robots Armada/ Energon/ Cybertron: Unicron Trilogy, had a Unicron in some form through all 3 lines, introduced mini-cons Classics: Return of the G1 characters to bridge gap between Cybertron and Movie line Movie: The line for movie characters and characters designed with movie style Animated: New line for current cartoon Universe: or Classics 2.0
Well, I wouldn't really call Revoltech a major TF toy line. More like a giant robot in general line. There is only 5 TF's in the line of around 40-50 (I think, not to current on my revoltech releases)
No one's mentioned Machine Wars yet. It was a small line and a KB exclusive, but it was a full-fledged toy line. There's also the Animorphs and the Go-Bot kiddy lines.
