You've got the touch! You've got the power! 1984 was a radical pop culture year in the heart of the 80's, but one toy line demanded the hotness of Cabbage Patch dolls and Pound Puppies take a back seat and clear plenty of Toys 'R' Us shelf space as Transformers hit the US market and forever changed just how awesome action figures could be.

The intergalactic battle between Optimus Prime's Autobots and Megatron's Decepticons crash-landed with an iconic "transforming" sound effect in our televisions, toy boxes, comic book racks, and more, quickly becoming one of the most successful children's properties of the decade, and enduring in countless globe-spanning iterations in the decades beyond. Join us as we transform into space and time to rediscover the lasers and chrome that filled our TV sets and hearts. Autobots, roll out!

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-- Can I Borrow Your Notes? -- 

• The Entire Transformers Timeline Explained // Looper
• The History of Transformers: Generation 1 // Secret Galaxy
• Transformers G1 Collection // Transformerland
• Hasbro's Hubris: The Story of the Failed The Transformers: The Movie (1986) // Secret Galaxy
• 10 Things You Didn't Know About Transformers 2007 // Minty Comedic Arts
• Hasbro's Crowdfunded Unicron Transformer Is over Two Feet Tall // fanbyte
• Adam Savage Reacts to Auto-Transforming Optimus Prime!

• The Most Ridiculous Transformers Rip-Offs That Actually Happened // Looper

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• Theme song by Greg Reed, with vocals by Chad Bumford
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