Animorphs: Transformers

A group of transformers, including six human animal, one Tri Rex, and the Visser Three/Inferno Creature

In 1999, Hasbro released a small toyline based on the popular Animorphs book series by K. A. Applegate. The line was released under the Transformers brand name, though the two franchises have no relation to each other, story-wise. Animorphs toys were stocked on shelves alongside Beast Wars Transmetal 2 toys, and their presence may explain why the Transmetal 2 series was so small (only 17 toys).

Basic Information

Brand: Hasbro Ages: 5 and up
Retail Price: $9.99

Deluxe

(Each Deluxe toy came packed with a small Yeerk figure in either orange, purple, or red translucent plastic.)

• Ax (human/panther)
• Cassie (human/wolf)
• Jake (human/tiger)
• Jake (human/bear)
• Marco (human/gorilla)
• Marco (human/beetle)
• Rachel (human/lion)
• Tobias (human/hawk)

Mega

• Ax ("Andalite"/scorpion)
• Visser Three ("Andalite"/"inferno creature")
• Tobias (human/hawk)

Ultra

• Visser Three ("Andalite"/"Hork-Bajir"/"inferno creature")

Super: Tri-Rex (combiner)

• Cassie (human/Tyrannosaurus rex tail)
• Jake (human/Tyrannosaurus rex head)
• Marco (human/Tyrannosaurus rex body)

No US release

• Jake (human/stingray)
• Taxxon ("Taxxon"/"Alien")

Released in the US

Released Only in Europe

On Card - Deluxe Transformers

Front

Deluxe: Human Ax/ Panther

Deluxe:Jake/Grizzly Bear

Deluxe:Jake/Stingray (english)

Deluxe:Taxxon/Alien

Deluxe:Jake /Tiger

Deluxe:Marco/Gorilla

Deluxe: Rachel/ Lion

Deluxe: Tobias/Hawk

Deluxe: Cassie/ Wolf

Deluxe:Marco/Beetle

Back

Human Ax/Panther

Marco/Beetle

In Box: Mega, Ultra, and Super Transformers

Mega:Visser Three/Inferno Creature

Mega: Tobias/Hawk

Mega: Ax/Scorpion

Mega:Visser Three/Inferno Creature

Mega: Tobias/Hawk

Mega: Ax/Scorpion

Super: Tri-Rex (Jake, Cassie, Marco)

Ultra:Visser Three/Hork-Bajir/Inferno Creature

Ultra:Visser Three/Inferno Beast/Hork-Bajir back

International

Deluxe: Jake/Stingray

Advertising

The Animorphs transformers were released in both 1999 and 2000, and were advertised:

• in the back pages of the books themselves
• in promotional postcards
• in TV commercials
• booths the 1999 and 2000 International toy fairs in New York
• in toy stores with the Make the Change contest
• in Tomart's Action Figure Digest Magazine

Ad for the Cassie/Wolf and Jake/Bear transformers, from the pages of book 28

Ad from the pages of book 36, for the Tobias/Hawk, Marco/Beetle, and Visser Three/Hork-Bajir transformers

Transformers advertised on the back of a promotional postacard given out around the time books 26 and 27 were released.

Transformers description and stock images from the 1999 Pre-Toy Fair catalog

Transformers description and stock images from the 1999 Toy Fair catalog.

Screenshot of the official site at scholastic.com/animorphs advertising the three Mega transformers: Ax/Scorpion, Tobias/Hawk, and Visser Three/Inferno Creature, on October 9, 1999

scholastic.com/animorphs web site advertising the Tri-Rex transformer, which combined three transformers to make a giant Tyrannosaurus Rex.

Animorphs Transformers featured in Toyfare Magazine, May 1999

Animorphs transformers and Beast Wars transformers at the 1999 toy fair featured in Tomart's Action Figure Digest #63

Commercials

Animorphs Toy Commercial 1999

External Links

• Japanese site with many pictures of the transformers
• [1]
• [2]
• Transformers Wiki
• TFU.info
• Animorphs Transformers on toymania