I'm inclined to agree that, for all intents and purposes, the Australian release of Transformers was practically in 1985. It's similar to how Skids is widely considered to be a 1985 toy, even though the toy was technically released in December 1984 in very few places. And really, as Transformers being locally distributed by Milton Bradley happened in 1985, I would say that trumps independent imports in late '84. So yeah, I'd be inclined to agree that, practically speaking, Transformers were released here in 1985.