Transformers

1984 to Present

♦︎ Comprised of several series of transformable action figure robots

♦︎ Company: Hasbro & Takara Tomy

♦︎ Created from toy molds

♦︎ 2 Main factions, the Autobots and Deceptions

“More than Meets the Eye”

Transformers introduced the concept of mecha as well as transformable toys. The cartoon depicted the struggle between Deceptions and Autobots on Cybertron, something that caught the love of people in the 1980s.