1. From what year to what year did the original series of Transformers (Generation 1) run for? 1984-1987

2. Which company created the background mythos for the Transformers? Marvel

3. What was the name of the company who produced the original Transformers cartoon? Sunbow

4. In which year did Hasbro and Takara start creating original moulds for Transformers? 1986

5. Which part of 1986’s The Transformers: The Movie created controversy? Optimus Prime's Death and Who is Cyclonus?

6. In which year was the US cartoon series cancelled? 1987

7. Why were Micromasters created? So Transformers could use less Energon.

8. How many episodes of 1990’s Transformers Zone were created? 1

9. What was the name of the attempted Transformers franchise revitalisation in 1993? Why didn’t this revitalisation succeed? G2 and because it was full of lazy repaints.


10. How did Beast Wars succeed in revitalising the Transformers franchise where the previous attempt had failed? By doing something new: using CGI and organic beast modes.

11. What was one key difference in the way that stories were written for Beast Wars? They were aimed at people who were kids during the original cartoon aswell as aiming them at kids at the time.

12. What were some differences between the Japanese and Western Beast Wars series? That the Japanese spin-off series didn't use the same CGI as the Western show.

13. Outline the differences between the Transformers series released by Hasbro and Takara in 2000. Car Robots was part of the Japanese G1 Continuity but RiD was a seperate series released in 2001 after Takara's 2000 release. Also Japan called Beast Machines Beast Wars Return.

14. Name at least 3 Transformers lines which are designed for mature collectors.
Masterpiece, Alternators, Classics

15. Name the 3 Transformers series that makes up the Unicron Trilogy. Armada, Energon, Cybertron

16. How do the stories in IDW’s Transformers comics differ from those from most other publishers? They all relate to one story arc(?).

17. Name any 1 line of “Crossover” Transformer.
Star Wars Transformers
18. What was the main appeal of the “Classics” line? Modern updates of classical characters in a cheaper format to the early Masterpiece figures.


19. In what year did Takara merge with another company? What was that company? Tomy and ummm 2007?

20. When did the live action Transformers movie franchise begin? 2007

21. Name at least 3 successors to the Classics line. Reveal the Shield, Combiner Wars, Thrilling Thirty.

22. Name the 2 Transformers video games which also had accompanying toys.
War for/Fall of Cybertron
23. Which Transformers series was affected by the 2011 earthquake & tsunami?
Transformers Prime (?)
24. Name any Transformers series that is aimed at pre-schoolers. Rescue Bots.

25. The Hello Kitty Transformer was released as part of which Transformers series? Q-Transformers (?)

26. Name any Transformers series which debuted in 2015. Robots in Disguise.

27. Name any upcoming Transformers product in 2016 & 2017. Titan Class Trypticon, Masterpiece Hot Rodimus, Deluxe Class Hardhead