Transformers Legends

For years many of the Transformers toys from Takara (Tomy) included small trading card sized tech specs (bio cards), but with Combiner Wars and then Titans Return, the tables were swapped and the Hasbro toys were the ones that came packaged with cards.

Takara Tomy's version of Titans Return, Legends, while missing actual cards the instruction sheets at least mimmick the look of a card. Even though these aren't cards, I'm going to give Legends its on section here in the Database...because I can! Plus the artwork is just too nice not to share.

I have imported nearly every Legends release, though I still haven't opened them all. I will be updating this section as I go along. I hope you enjoy the ride!

Botcon 2016 Flash Sentry

The (now defunct) Official Transformers Collector's Club offered Golden Ticket packages to attendees and one of the perks was an exclusive toy. Limited to just 110 pieces, this translucent purple "Reflector" toy, based on the Legends Shockwave mold, is something that I didn't know existed until Benson from BWTF.com send me this scan for the Database.

Sonic Drive-In: Wacky Packs featuring Transformers the Last Knight

The summer is full of blockbuster movies...and then there is what seems the semi-annual live action Transformers movie. With large summer movies comes licensing and promotions. Sonic Drive-In restaurants in the US were offering foil sticker packs in their Wacky Pack kids meals. The packs came in 8 different varietys and each pack contained 6 stickers.

I don't know how many stickers are in the set, but it appears most of the characters have one silver foil sticker and several white background stickers. I'm not a fan of the live action movies or the designs of the characters...but I figured some people may get a kick out of these.

Thanks goes out to lmb3.net for all of the images.

Transformers Kirakira Trading Cards

Japan, September 2010 saw the release of a set of Transformers Animated Kirakira trading cards. I remember HLJ having boxes of 20 packs for around $35 USD. Being the card collector that I am, I sprung for a box. I did a video of the box of cards on my toy blog several years ago, but I don't think I ever scanned the cards. 

I was lucky enough to be able to put one set together out of my box. At only 30 cards it's a small set, but it's beautiful. First off the card stock is really nice. I'm not sure of the thickness point, but its not a cheap cardboard. The cards have a glossy UV finish to them and each one has a light holofoil star look. Of course the scan didn't capture this, but believe me when I say these cards are so much good looking in hand.

Time isn't something that I have a lot of, so I scanned the cards in the 9 pocket pages I had them in. Perhaps if there is enough interest I'll redo the cards and scan them individually. For now however, enjoy! Keep in mind that the back of the cards are reversed in their order. For a larger image, click on any of the photos.

This last set of cards were promos of sorts or inserts that were randomly packaged. The cards were made for two different Sega Transformers games, Animated: The Chase and Animated: The Shooting. Of course these games were only released in Japan. I've seen other cards using this design elsewhere, but I haven't been able to acquire any to date. Some of these cards could be purchased at the arcade machine itself, while others were packaged with specially marked toys and other items.