As we all know, Transformers conceived a huge and exciting worldview story based on existing G1 toys, thus writing a legendary page in the history of world toy marketing.

As we all know, Transformers conceived a huge and exciting worldview story based on existing G1 toys, thus writing a legendary page in the history of world toy marketing. During the period when there was animation playback (both American and Japanese versions), most of the toy characters of the season were made available in the animation. But there are always exceptions in everything, and the characters' toys and animations are not synchronized, and there are even some missing. In this article, we will take a look at the alternative characters in the process of matching G1 toy characters and animations.

characters who appear in the animation but do not have G1 toys

As we said at the beginning, Transformers are animations that have toys first and then made. But in the creation of animation screenwriters, they are still allowed to burst into inspiration and create some new characters. Some of these characters also left a deep impression on the audience. The more typical ones are:

Titanium Master

Titanium Master has made great contributions

As a key sage figure in the Autobots and even the entire Transformers tribe, Titanium Master has played a key role in many historical moments. When he was young, he led everyone to overthrow the oppressive rule of the Five-faced Monsters. During the war, he rescued Orion, brought Optimus Prime to the Autobots, and at the end of his life he also created the Flying Taibo, making the entire history timeline complete. Such a legend is not a product in the G1 toy sequence. It was not until the 21st century that third parties and officials began to make the toy image of Titanium Master.

5mist plays an important role in the animation to promote the plot

The Transformers Creator who has begun to emerge in the movie, his status is not unimportant. But maybe because they wouldn't deform, Hasbro was too lazy to even make an unmovable ornament. Therefore, the five-faced monster has also become one of the gaps filled by third parties in the 21st century.

Alsie

Alsie is a beautiful scenery in the play

The real supporting actress appeared in the big movie, and is also the first permanent female guest. She also has no place in the product sequence of Transformers that year.

It is not easy to restore the goddess style

Maybe with the design level of that year, I am afraid that the goddess design will be ugly. Fortunately, there are many toy versions of Goddess Alsi, which can reproduce the style of her animation back then.

Universal Emperor

Universal Emperor

As the important focus of contradictions connecting the past and the future in the animation movie, the status of the Emperor of the Stars is very important,

Universal Emperor Design

It is said that there were also corresponding toy designs, but the G1 toy was not released in the end. It was not until recent years that the huge toy image of his great toy that ultimately restored his charm back then appeared.

Owl/Spike/Fat Baby

Assassin Owl

Robot Spike

Fat Baby

The reason why these three are put together is that they are all robot works independently produced by humans. They have independent drama descriptions in the animations of that year, but they also do not have the function of deformation, so they should be temporary creations by the screenwriter. It is not surprising that they did not enter the G1 toy sequence.

The loser

G1There are many kinds of toys, and the characters displayed to global audiences through animation (both American and Japanese versions are counted) are only part of it. A large part of the unselected refer to characters who only appeared in American comics from 1988 to 1990 but not in Japanese animations. Due to the many characters, I will only focus on the toy characters who did not get a chance to appear in the animation before 1987.

Lu Ba/Swirl/Up-spin/Double Diamond

Lu Ba

Swirl

Up-spin

Up-spin

Dou Ba HD

HD 4 These four people were all members of the Thunder Rescue Team in the later comics, but in 1985 when the toys were released, they were only mentioned in the British version of the comics. Both Luba and Swivel Blade come from the Japanese special installment of the military toy series and belong to outsiders. None of these four people got the chance to appear in the animation. It is worth mentioning that

This toy was a treasure of Chinese children.

or above. The domestic enlarged version of toys became the pioneering work of domestic Transformers toys before the introduction of G1 animation.

Advanced machine insect

Advanced machine insect

Brightly colored advanced machine insects, with novel designs and rich accessories, their playability is above the three machine insects such as bombs. Perhaps in order to balance the strength of both good and evil, these four bugs did not get the chance to appear in the animation. Just imagine, a mere three-person machine insect has already messed up the battle situation. If these four members with stronger set skills are added, I'm afraid that the Decepticons and Autobots will face a serious crisis.

Omnidirectional King Kong and Power Pioneer

As a toy promotion method, Hasbro introduced the policy of cumulatively replacing toys with point cards on toy packaging.

Omnidirectional King Kong

Power Pioneer

The representative of this is Omnidirectional King Kong andPower Pioneer. Since it is a product that is replaced, it seems understandable that there is no role in the animation.

character with toys and animation images

character beautified in animation

G1 Iron styling alternative

G1 ambulance is also similar to styling

G1 ambulance is also similar to styling

G1 ambulance is also similar to styling

characters are relatively alternative because of their toy settings.

Iron

Ambulance

Ambulance

If it is not beautified and produced, it cannot be released in the animation. The more famous ones are Iron tandem and ambulance .

involves copyright and has to be replaced in the animation

The image of the sky fire in the animation

G1 The image of the sky fire in the animation

Because it involves the intellectual property rights of the toy image, Hasbro had to reset the image of the character in the animation. The more famous one is the Tianhuo event (the specific introduction can be found in the author’s previous special article). In the animation, he had to abandon the classic look of the toy's original VF-1.

Animation color matching is very different from toys

Some characters have a big difference in color matching with G1 toys in animation. However, this problem is not difficult for the official. They took advantage of this color difference and then launched the so-called repainted version of the animation version, which undoubtedly gave them another chance to make money.

Shocking animation image

Train animation image

Camera Three brothers animation image

The more typical characters are

G1 Shocking toys are different in color and animation

G1 Big train toys are different in color and animation

Camera Three Brothers Toys are different in shape and animation

Shocking toys, big train and camera three brothers.

replica version Jingpotian uses animation color matching

CE version Big train uses animation color matching

Jingpotian and Big Train both launched a replica version of animation color after G1 was released, which makes up for this regret.

The above is a list of characters with differences in G1 toys and animation images. If you can find that there are similar differences, you are welcome to add them.