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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