The Rise of the Robots: The History of the Transformers

The Rise of the Robots: The History òf the TRAISFORMIERS THE HISTORY OF TRANSFORMERS The Transformers toy line had its beginnings in 1983 when Hasbro representatives attended the Tokyo Toy Fare to find something promising that could'be imported to the North American market Takara, a Japanese toy company, at the time, was showcasing the Diaclone and Micro Change series These series of toys consisted of robots that transformed and the rights were bought out by Hasbro to release under a single brand to avoid confusion with other similar toy lines Thus, the Transformers were born TRANSFORMERS THMEL INE 1984 The 21 toys in the original set include Optimus Prime, Megatron, Bumblebee, Jazz and Starscream Also known as the "Generation: 1" era Hasbro +TAKARA PRE-1984 Hasbro releases a 2nd series Hasbro secures the rights to many changing/converting 1985 Jof Transformers toys, highlighted robot brands in Japan and creates the umbrella name The Transformers to unite them Takara being it's lead partner in the development of new Transformers products by the introduction of Dinobots and Constructicons "Transformers: The Movle 1986 ) was released in theaters Optimus Prime is revived with a new Transformers figure from Hasbro, featuring "Powermaster technology wherein a smaller robot is used to nlock a special feature on the larger, more deluxe figure 1988 1987 Fortress Maximus, the largest Transformers figure measuring a whopping Bumblebee, Jazz, Grimlock 1989 Jand Starscream are brought 2 feet in height /back into the toy line Transformers Action Masters are released by Hasbro 2 FT 1990 Hasbro introduces 1992 ) "Transformers: Generation 2, along with the television animated series, which featured all-new CGI graphics TRANS FORMERS The first BotCon, a Transformers fan. convention, is held in July in Fort WaynE, Indiana The animated series 1995 )titled Transformers: Beast Wars debuts and is an instant hit BEAST WARS BOTCON 1994 TRANSFORNMERS Hasbro releases the Transformers Beast Wars toy line 1996 ) Autobots and Decepticons are replaced by Maximals and Predacons, robots that turn into animals and insects The Transformers: Robots in Disguise series debuts, and the toy line returns to the classic concept of robots that change into cars, trucks, and other vehicles Introduced Blackarachnia, the first female Transformers figure 2001 BEAST SMACHINES 1999 The Transformers Armada animated series debuts along with the Armada toy line, featuring Minicons The Transformers Beast Wars TRANSFORMERS 2002 animated series evoles, introducing new characters and taking on the name Transformers Beast Machines Transformers celebrates its 2004 20th anniversary Hasbro introduces the first-ever Transformers Unicron toy based, 2003 on one of the most evil Transformers characters ever TRANSFORMERS Hasbro announCes that together with DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures, they will ( 2004 bring the Transformers saga to the big screen 2007 July 3,2007 - The Transformers movie is releaSed in theaters grossing $709,709,78O worldwide RATEFORMERS 2010 TRANEFORMIERS, Brd film Transformers: Dark of the Moon 2009 is released grossing REVENGE THE ALLEN $,/23,794079 end film Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is released grossing $836,303,693 worldwide 2014 Upcoming 4th film Transformers: Age of Extinction will be released INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT TRANSFORMERS MOVIES AUTO BOT "TOTALBOTS". stands for 14 ROBOTS IN THE 1ST MOVIE 46 ROBOTS IN THE 2ND AUTOnomous ROBOTIC Organism BS IN THE BRD MOVIE Director Michael Bay destroyed a total of Most of the cars had their The US. Department of Defense provided authentic military uniforms for the actors while cars filming the Transformers movie engines and transmissions removed to make them easier to flip around 532 Devastator is as tall as a 10 STORY BUILDING and has more than 10 TIMES the number of individual parts found in an average car TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON (2011) is the first movie in Transformers Film Franchise which is shot in 3D TVStore RESOURCES: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformers_(film_serles) http://www.toplessrobot.com/2009/06/transformers_fun_facts.php http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/transformers_timeline_1984_present/ https://sites.google.com/a/depauw.edu/transformers-movie/fun-facts http://www.wtfdlary.com/2013/02/tech nology-behind-transformers-movies.html http://www.tiptoptens.com/2011/07/06/10-transformers-dark-of-the-moon-facts/ Online.com www.tvstoreonline.com #tvstoreonline