1987

The year **1987** (MCMLXXXVII) is the fourth year of the Transformers brand.

*For further information, see: Transformers timeline*

Contents
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* 1 Events
	+ 1.1 Non-Fiction
		- 1.1.1 Births
	+ 1.2 Fiction
		- 1.2.1 *Knights of Unicron*
		- 1.2.2 *Bumblebee*
* 2 Media
	+ 2.1 Television
	+ 2.2 Music
		- 2.2.1 Albums
		- 2.2.2 Singles
* 3 Print
	+ 3.1 Comics
		- 3.1.1 Comic Bom Bom
		- 3.1.2 Marvel Comics
		- 3.1.3 Marvel UK
		- 3.1.4 TV Magazine
			* 3.1.4.1 Manga
			* 3.1.4.2 Story Pages
	+ 3.2 Books
		- 3.2.1 Ladybird Books (UK)
		- 3.2.2 Corgi Books The Transformers Adventure Game Books (UK)
* 4 Games
	+ 4.1 Console
* 5 Collections
	+ 5.1 Home Video
		- 5.1.1 Family Home Entertainment
		- 5.1.2 Hill Crane (Japan)
		- 5.1.3 Polyband (Germany)
		- 5.1.4 St. Michael Video Library (UK)
		- 5.1.5 Tempo Video (UK)
		- 5.1.6 V.I.P. Video Gems (UK)
	+ 5.2 Comics
		- 5.2.1 Marvel UK Collected Comics
* 6 Merchandise
* 7 Toys
	+ 7.1 U.S.
		- 7.1.1 Autobots
			* 7.1.1.1 S.T.A.R.S.
		- 7.1.2 Decepticons
	+ 7.2 Japan
		- 7.2.1 Cybertrons
		- 7.2.2 Destrons
		- 7.2.3 Others
	+ 7.3 Europe
		- 7.3.1 Autobots
		- 7.3.2 Decepticons

* February 5 — Darren Criss
* March 27 — Jun Okubo
* April 18 — Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
* April 28 — Ximena Marchant
* June 19 — Miguel Angel Leal
* June 22 — Jerrod Carmichael
* July 17 — Thibaut Delmotte
* August 13 — Till Völger

#### *Knights of Unicron*

Megatron spends the entire year engaging in Battle of the Band concerts with various other acts. His growing legion of fans emulate this tactic with tribute bands throughout Cybertron. *Behind the Music* pack-in booklet

#### *Bumblebee*

B-127 is sent to Earth by Optimus Prime to establish a new base for the Autobots. After crash-landing and losing his voice box and memories in a battle with Blitzwing, B-127 is found by Charlie Watson, who rechristens him "Bumblebee". With Charlie's help, Bumblebee regains his memories and prevents Shatter and Dropkick from launching a Decepticon invasion of the planet. Bumblebee later reunites with Optimus as more Autobots land on Earth. Bumblebee

## Media

### Television

* *The Transformers* Season 3: episodes 29 & 30
* *The Transformers* Season 4
* *Transformers: The Headmasters* episodes 1–24

### Music

#### Albums

* *Transformers: The Headmasters — Hit Song Collection*

#### Singles

* "The Headmasters"/"Kimi wa Transformer"

## Print

### Comics

#### Marvel Comics

* *The Transformers* (issues 28–39, ongoing)

#### Marvel UK

* *The Transformers* (issues 95–146, ongoing)
* Transformers Annual 1987

#### TV Magazine

##### Manga

* *The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers* (issues 2–5, 5 issues)
* *The Great Transformer War* (issues 1–3, 3 issues)
* *The Headmasters* (issues 1–5, 8 issues)
* *Great Decisive Battle of Planet Beast!*

##### Story Pages

* *Transformers 2010* (parts 2–7, 7 parts)
* *The Headmasters* (parts ?)

### Books

#### Ladybird Books (UK)

* *Autobots Strike Oil*
* *Decepticons at the Pole*

#### Corgi Books The Transformers Adventure Game Books (UK)

* 5) *Swamp of the Scorpion*
* 6) *Desert of Danger*

## Games

### Console

* *The Headmasters* (Famicom Disk System)

## Collections

### Home Video

#### Family Home Entertainment

**VHS**

* *The Transformers: The Movie*
* *The Transformers* — The Return of Optimus Prime

#### Hill Crane (Japan)

**VHS & LaserDisc**

* *The Transformers: The Movie*

#### Polyband (Germany)

**VHS**

* *Transformers* — Die Rückkehr von Optimus Prime (Erster Teil)
* *Transformers* — Die Rückkehr von Optimus Prime (Zweiter Teil)
* *Transformers* — Die Wiedergeburt (Erster Teil)
* *Transformers* — Die Wiedergeburt (Zweiter Teil)
* *Transformers* — Die Wiedergeburt (Dritter Teil)
* *Transformers* — Der Alptraum-Planet

#### St. Michael Video Library (UK)

**VHS**

* *Transformers* — Starscream's Ghost / The Nightmare Planet / The Ghost in the Machine

#### Tempo Video (UK)

**VHS**

* *The Transformers* — Heavy Metal Wars / The Girl Who Loved Powerglide

#### V.I.P. Video Gems (UK)

**VHS**

* *The Transformers: The Movie*

### Comics

#### Marvel UK Collected Comics

* Volume 5
* Volume 6
* Volume 7

## Toys

### U.S.

All 1986 combiner teams were again available in 1987. The individual combiners and the Throttlebots were available with or without a decoy figure.

#### Autobots

Metroplex, Rodimus Prime, Wreck-Gar, Ultra Magnus, Sky Lynx, and the Rewind/Steeljaw and Ramhorn/Eject mini-cassette two-packs were all re-released. Optimus Prime, Wheeljack, Mirage, Sunstreaker, Cosmos, Warpath and "Cliffjumper" were available via mail order.

* Afterburner
* Blurr
* Brainstorm
* Chase
* Chromedome
* Computron (giftset)
* Crosshairs
* Doublecross
* Fastlane & Cloudraker
* Fortress Maximus
* Freeway
* Goldbug
* Grotusque
* Hardhead
* Highbrow
* Hot Rod
* Kup
* Lightspeed
* Nosecone
* Pointblank
* Punch-Counterpunch
* Repugnus
* Rollbar
* Scattershot
* Searchlight
* Strafe
* Sureshot
* Wideload

##### S.T.A.R.S.

* March 31 — The Omnibots become unavailable via mail-order. In the S.T.A.R.S. flyer "You Have Been Chosen.," it is explained that they are leaving Earth to fight a war in another universe on that day.

#### Decepticons

Galvatron, Trypticon, The Predacons, Gnaw, and the Frenzy/Ratbat mini-cassette two-pack were all re-released. Megatron, Reflector, and Thundercracker were available via mail order.

* Apeface
* Battletrap
* Blot
* Cyclonus
* Cutthroat
* Flywheels
* Hun-Gurrr
* Mindwipe
* Misfire
* Overkill
* Pounce & Wingspan
* Rippersnapper
* Scorponok
* Scourge
* Skullcruncher
* Sinnertwin
* Sixshot
* Slugfest
* Slugslinger
* Snapdragon
* Triggerhappy
* Weirdwolf

### Japan

#### Cybertrons

* Afterburner
* Artfire
* Blanker
* Brainstorm
* Chase
* Chromedome
* Computicon (giftset)
* Crosshairs
* Dile
* Doublecross
* Fastlane & Cloudraker
* Fortress Maximus
* Getsuei
* Goldback
* Graphy
* Grotess
* Hardhead
* Highbrow
* Hot Rod
* Kaen
* Kirk
* Lightspeed
* Lione
* Loafer
* Noise
* Nosecone
* Raiden (giftset)
* Rollbar
* Rodney
* Runway
* Scattershot
* Looklight
* Seizan
* Shouki
* Shuffler
* Spacepunch/Counterpunch
* Steeljaw
* Stepper
* Strafe
* Suiken
* Sureshot
* Toraizer
* Twincast
* Wideload
* Yukikaze
* Zaur

#### Destrons

* Abominus (giftset)
* Apeface
* Battletrap
* Butto
* Buzzsaw
* Cyclonus
* Cutthroat
* Flywheel
* Hun-Gruu
* Wipe
* Misfire
* Overkill
* Pounce & Wingspan
* Rippersnapper
* MegaZarak
* Scourge
* Skull
* Sinnertwin
* Sixshot
* Slugfest
* Slugslinger
* Snapdragon
* Soundblaster
* Triggerhappy
* Weirdwolf

#### Others

* Beastformers
* Beastformer Battle Bases
* Beastformer Battle Chariots

### Europe

These are toys which have been confirmed as being released in at least one country in Europe in 1987. For more details regarding releases in specific European countries, see The Transformers (European toyline).

#### Autobots

* Afterburner
* Brainstorm
* Chase
* Chromedome
* Computron (giftset)
* Doublecross
* Fastlane & Cloudraker
* Freeway
* Goldbug
* Grotusque
* Hardhead
* Highbrow
* Lightspeed
* Nosecone
* Rollbar
* Scattershot
* Searchlight
* Strafe
* Wideload

#### Decepticons

* Abominus (giftset)
* Apeface
* Battletrap
* Blot
* Cutthroat
* Flywheels
* Galvatron
* Hun-Gurrr
* Pounce & Wingspan
* Rippersnapper
* Sinnertwin
* Sixshot
* Snapdragon

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