2017

The year 2017 (MMXVII) is the 34th year since the Transformers brand began.

For further information, see: Transformers timeline

Events

Fiction

Beast Wars: Uprising

The human colony planet New Earth is attacked, prompting the Earth Defense Command to declare human space off-limits to all Transformers. Micro-Aggressions

Non-fiction

Conventions

• HasCon 2017: September 8–10

• B.O.T.S. 2017: June 18
• Cybertrome 2017: May 6 & 7
• Cybfest NW 2017: August 19
• C.O.N.S. 2017: October 8
• Dairycon 2017: April 1
• Pete's Robot Convention 2017: June 23–24
• RetCon 2017: April 29
• TFcon 2017: July 14–16
• TFcon USA 2017: September 29–October 1
• TFNation 2017: August 11–13

Exhibitions

Deaths

• ???? — Ulrich Frank
• January 13 — Dick Gautier
• January 15 — Shooter
• March 25 — Dave Hunt
• June 14 — Liu Xirui
• June 17 — Marisa Marco
• June 22 — Hartmut Neugebauer
• July 8 — Bob Lewis
• July 9 — Wally Burr
• July 20 — Linkin Park singer, Chester Bennington
• July 24 — Keisuke Yamakawa
• July 28 — Byeong-gwan Kim
• August 22 — Mario Milita
• September 3 — Alex Androski
• September 8 — Toshihiko Nakajima
• September 10 — Len Wein
• September 17 — Carlos Íñigo
• October 26 — Manfred Erdmann
• October 30 — Fábio Vilalonga
• November 6 — Daniele Demma
• November 9 — Patrick Béthune
• November 16 — Hiromi Tsuru
• November 27 — Bernd Simon
• December 27 — Serge Bourrier

Print

Comics

Fun Publications

• "Epilogue Two"

Hasbro

• "When Worlds Collide"

IDW

• Optimus Prime #2–14 (ongoing)
• G.I. Joe #2–9 (ongoing, but rebranded after First Strike to Scarlett's Strike Force)
• Lost Light #2–12 (ongoing)
• Till All Are One #7–12 (ongoing, but cancelled after issue #12) + an Annual
• Revolutionaries #1–8 (8 issues)
• Transformers vs. G.I. Joe: The Movie Adaptation (one-shot)
• Revolution: Aw Yeah! #1–3 (3 issues)
• Micronauts: Wrath of Karza #1–5 (5 issues)
• Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook #1–3 (3 issues)
• The Transformers: Salvation (one-shot)
• Rom vs. Transformers: Shining Armor #1–5 (5 issues)
• First Strike #1–6 (6 issues)
  • G.I. Joe: First Strike (one-shot)
  • Optimus Prime: First Strike (one-shot)
  • M.A.S.K.: First Strike (one-shot)
  • Transformers: First Strike (one-shot)
• Scarlett's Strike Force #1 (3 issues)

Young Gangan

• Transformers × Dialect Girl: My Toys #1-3 (3 issues)

Collections

Comics

Hachette Partworks

• Transformers: The Definitive G1 Collection
  • Volume 36: Stormbringer
  • Volume 16: The Primal Scream
  • Volume 18: Edge of Extinction
  • Volume 29: The War Within
  • Volume 37: Escalation
  • Volume 08: Wanted: Galvatron — Dead or Alive
  • Volume 39: Hearts of Steel
  • Volume 10: Trial by Fire
  • Volume 21: Regeneration One
  • Volume 31: The Iron Fist
  • Volume 50: Heart of Darkness
  • Volume 59: Dark Cybertron, Part 1
  • Volume 01: Power Play
  • Volume 26: War and Peace
  • Volume 35: Primacy
  • Volume 64: Windblade
  • Volume 19: Perchance to Dream
  • Volume 40: Maximum Dinobots
  • Volume 22: Natural Selection
  • Volume 46: Things Fall Apart
  • Volume 07: The Harder They Die
  • Volume 33: Megatron: Origin
  • Volume 14: Space Pirates
  • Volume 43: All Hail Megatron, Part 1
  • Volume 52: The Death of Optimus Prime
  • Volume 44: All Hail Megatron, Part 2

IDW

• Titans Return TPB
• Revolution TPB
• Revolution: Heroes TPB
• Revolution: Transformers TPB
• The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 5 Hardcover
• The IDW Collection Phase Two: Volume 6 Hardcover
• The Transformers: Autocracy Trilogy Hardcover (and in December, the paperback edition)
• The Transformers: Rise of the Autobots
• Revolution Hardcover
• Transformers: Robots In Disguise Animated: More Than Meets the Eye TPB **cancelled**
• The Transformers: Most Epic Battles TPB **cancelled**
• Optimus Prime Vol. 1 TPB
• Till All Are One Vol. 2 TPB
• G.I. Joe Vol. 1 TPB
• G.I. Joe Vol. 2 TPB
• Revolutionaries Vol. 1: Crisis Intervention TPB
• Revolutionaries Vol. 2: Power and Glory TPB
• Hasbro: Aw Yeah Hardcover
• Lost Light Vol. 1 TPB
• Transformers: The Complete All Hail Megatron TPB (Paperback edition of the 2011 HC)
• Micronauts: Wrath of Karza TPB
• Hasbro Heroes Sourcebook TPB
• Transformers Drift: Origins & Empires TPB
• Transformers vs. G.I. Joe Quintessential Collection Hardcover

Villagebooks

• The Transformers: For All Mankind
• The Transformers: International Incident
• The Transformers: Revenge of the Decepticons

Media

Movies (theatrical)

• Transformers: The Last Knight

Television

• Robots in Disguise Season 3
• Transformers: Titans Return episodes 1–8

Video

Shout! Factory

• Transformers: Prime: Ultimate Rivals
• Transformers: Rescue Bots: Protect and Explore
• Transformers: Rescue Bots: Rescue Family

Video games

• Transformers: Forged to Fight
• Transformers Rescue Bots: Disaster Dash - Hero Run
• All Transformers games published by Activision are pulled from digital storefronts due to loss of license.

Music

• The Last Knight (Music From the Motion Picture)

Toys

Hasbro

Authentics

5 inch figures ("Bravo" assortment)

Generations

Alt-Modes

• Autobot Hound
• Bluestreak
• Silver Optimus Prime
• Sideswipe

Titans Return

Titan Masters

Legends

Deluxe

Voyager

Leader

Titan

• Trypticon

Exclusives

Store exclusives

Convention exclusives

HasCon 2017

• Leinad & Arcee
• Ultra Magnus

Primitive Skateboarding (San Diego Comic-Con 2017/Hasbro Toy Shop)

• Shreddicus Maximus & Primitive Skateboarding Optimus Prime

Power of the Primes

Prime Masters

Wave 1

• Liege Maximo (w/ Skullgrin Decoy Armor)
• Micronus (w/ Cloudburst Decoy Armor)
• Vector Prime (w/ Metalhawk Decoy Armor)

Legends Class

Deluxe

Wave 1

• Autobot Jazz
• Dinobot Slug
• Dinobot Swoop
• Dreadwind

Voyager

Wave 1

• Dinobot Grimlock
• Starscream

Leader

Wave 1

• Evolution Rodimus Prime (w/ Hot Rod)
• Evolution Optimus Prime (w/ Orion Pax)

Masterpiece

• MP-10 Optimus Prime
• MPM-3 Bumblebee
• MPM-4 Optimus Prime

Last Knight, The

Turbo Changers

Tiny Turbo Changers

1-Step Turbo Changers

Knight Armor Turbo Changers

Premier Edition

Deluxe Class

Voyager Class

Leader Class

AllSpark Tech

This line introduces the AllSpark Cube gimmick, which lights up and plays sounds when the Transformer is moved. The cube is included in Starter Sets, but works with all toys in the line.

AllSpark Tech figures

AllSpark Tech Starter Packs

Other

Legion Class

Titan Changers

RC Autobot Sqweeks

Exclusives

Target

Toys"R"Us

Walmart

Valvoline

San Diego Comic-Con 2017 / Hasbro Toy Shop

• Voyager Class Optimus Prime with Western Star tire piece

Tsim Sha Tsui (Hong Kong) Toys"R"Us

• Battle Damaged Deluxe Barricade
• Battle Damaged Deluxe Bumblebee
• Battle Damaged Voyager Optimus Prime
• Metallic Optimus Prime Voice Changer Helmet

Taiwan Toys"R"Us

• Deluxe Battle Damage Bumblebee
• Battle Damage Voyager Optimus Prime
• Metallic Optimus Prime Voice Changer Helmet

with purchase of The Last Knight on Blu-Ray in Japan

• Clear Voyager The Last Knight Optimus Prime

Rescue Bots

Rescan Series

Large figures

• Knight Watch Bumblebee (with Freezer Burn and Wingblaze)

Epic figures

• Quickshadow

Rescue Packs

• Bumblebee Rock Rescue Team (withHunter, Talon, Cody Burns)
• Arctic Rescue Boulder (with Graham Burns and Windchill)

Minicons

• Sequoia
• Silverback the Gorilla-Bot

Flip Racers

Single figures

Launchers

• Airport Blast Off Blades
• Bumblebee Quick Launch Garage

Three Packs

• Griffin Rock Construction Team (Salvage, Boulder the Construction-Bot, and Mortar)
• Griffin Rock Racing Team (Sideswipe, Chase the Police-Bot, Blurr)
• Griffin Rock Stunt Team (Boulder the Construction-Bot, Heatwave the Fire-Bot, Quickshadow)

Playsets

• Chomp & Chase Raceway (w/ MorBot)
• Optimus Prime Race Track Trailer (w/ Bumblebee & Blurr)

Robots in Disguise

Legion

Warriors

Activator Combiners

• Great Byte with Sideswipe
• Hi-Test with Optimus Prime
• Laserbeak with Soundwave

One-Step Changers

Three-Step Changers / Hyperchange Heroes

Crash Combiners

Team Combiners

Activator Combiners

Transformers Figure Subscription Service

Series 5.0

• 1: Fractyl (with Scorponok)
• 2: Lifeline (with Quickslinger)
• 3: Double Pretender Optimus Prime (with Hi-Q)
• 4: Double Pretender Megatron (with Spacewarp)
• 5: Toxitron
• 6: Counterpunch
• 7: Starscream (Shattered Glass)

San Diego Comic-Con International 2017

• Optimus Prime & Shreddicus Maximus
• Optimus Prime redeco of The Last Knight Optimus Prime

HasCon 2017

• Optimus Prime Converting Power Bank
• Titans Return Arcee w/ Leinad & Ultra Magnus Titan Masters
• "2017 Magic: The Gathering HasCon Collection" 3-card promo set w/ "Grimlock Dinobot Leader"/"Grimlock, Ferocious King" reversible card
• San Diego Comic-Con Primitive Skateboarding Optimus Prime w/ Shreddicus Maximus Titan Master
• San Diego Comic-Con The Last Knight Optimus Prime with tire chunk
• San Diego Comic-Con Revolution Set w/ Jetfire, Matt Trakker of M.A.S.K., Action Man, Visionaries' Leoric, Roadblock of G.I. Joe, Rom & a Dire Wraith, and 9 Micronauts mini-figurines

TakaraTomy

Legends

Exclusives

Unite Warriors

• UW-EX Megatronia
• UW-EX Baldigus

Masterpiece

• MP-10K Convoy (BAPE BLACKCAMO ver.)
• MP-34 Cheetus (Beast Wars)
• MP-35 Grapple
• MP-36 Megatron
• MP-37 Artfire
• MP-38 Convoy (Beast Wars) Densetsu no Sōshireikan Ver.
• MP-11ND Dirge
• MPM-3 Bumblebee
• MPM-4 Optimus Prime
• MP-12+ Lambor (Anime ver.)
• MP-39 Sunstreaker
• MP-15/16E Stripes, Nightstalker, Wingthing & Enemy

Movie The Best

• MB-01 Optimus Prime
• MB-02 Bumblebee
• MB-03 Megatron
• MB-04 Shockwave
• MB-05 Ironhide
• MB-06 Ratchet
• MB-07 Soundwave
• MB-08 Starscream
• MB-09 Dino Ride Grimlock & Optimus Prime
• MB-10 Dino Ride Strafe & Bumblebee
• MB-11 Movie 10th Anniversary Optimus Prime

Transformers Last Knight Series

Japanese The Last Knight Blu-Ray Promo

• Clear Voyager The Last Knight Optimus Prime (with purchase of The Last Knight on Blu-Ray, including collections)

Exclusives