Besides coming up with names and backstories he would write some interesting tech-spec biographies that would end up being printed on the packaging that would sell the Transformers toys. Most of today's Transformers weren't around for their origins any more than today's humans were around for ours. The once-simple tales of Autobots and Decepticons battling on Earth have expanded into a multiverse that stretches back to the beginning of time and forward beyond the end of Optimus Prime and Megatron. Prime only realizes his mistake after the source of Cybertronian life is gone and the planet slowly begins dying. Although initially a separate and competing franchise started in 1983, Tonka's GoBots became the intellectual property of Hasbro after their buyout of Tonka in 1991. It doesn't matter where in the multiverse you land: Unicroniscoming. [14] The TV series would also differ wildly from the origins Budiansky had created for the Dinobots,[15][16] the Decepticon turned Autobot Jetfire[17] (known as Skyfire on TV[18]), the Constructicons (who combine to form Devastator),[19][20] and Omega Supreme. Hasbro, either too lazy to come up with something or just seeing the huge potential licensed the car-robot toyline along with the micro man line from Takara. It also traumatized the living shit out of a lot of kids. It incorporates all the elements of technology, machines, cars, planes, action and a cool back story to create something that is a definitive part of the 80s. The Transformers franchise is returning to its animated roots with Transformers: One, and now we know who'll be lending their voice to the film.. The film hits theaters on June 9. It begins in nearly every reality, across every Cybertron, somewhere between nine and four million years ago when Megatron and his Decepticons declare war on the Autobots. Adam Patyk, Brad Mick(w),Joe Ng, James Raiz, Edwin Garcia, Forest Lee(w),Dan Khanna(p). The AllSpark which had been lost is rediscovered in"Transformers," kicking off an uneven series that's slated to release its seventh film, "Rise of the Beasts," in 2022. Transformers is a media franchise produced by American toy company Hasbro and Japanese toy company Takara Tomy. Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime, the leader of the Autobots. Figures feature deco inspired by their universe with an updated Generations design. So far four novels have been published: Transformers: Exodus,[87][88] Transformers: Exiles,[89][90] Transformers: Retribution,[91][92] and Transformers: The Covenant of Primus. We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. The end of all this is that the Autobots attack Unicron, Hot Rod attacks Galvatron and then obtains the matrix which transforms/re-brands him as Rodimus Prime the way that Optimus said would happen in their darkest hour. Out of these 28 toys, eleven of the Autobots would transform into cars, six into mini cars and one into a semi-tractor trailer.