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
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Brand: Hasbro
Ages: 5 and up
Retail Price: $9.99
DeluxeEdit
(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)
MegaEdit
- Ax ("Andalite"/scorpion)
- Visser Three ("Andalite"/"inferno creature")
- Tobias (human/hawk)
UltraEdit
- Visser Three ("Andalite"/"Hork-Bajir"/"inferno creature")
Super: Tri-Rex (combiner)Edit
- Cassie (human/Tyrannosaurus rex tail)
- Jake (human/Tyrannosaurus rex head)
- Marco (human/Tyrannosaurus rex body)
No US releaseEdit
Released in the USEdit
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Released Only in EuropeEdit
On Card - Deluxe TransformersEdit
FrontEdit
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
BackEdit
Human Ax/Panther
Marco/Beetle
In Box: Mega, Ultra, and Super TransformersEdit
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
InternationalEdit
Deluxe: Jake/Stingray
AdvertisingEdit
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
- both 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 [1]
scholastic.com/animorphs web site advertising the Tri-Rex transformer, which combined three transformers to make a giant Tyrannosaurus Rex. [2]
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
Animorphs Toy Commercial 1999
External LinksEdit
- Japanese site with many pictures of the transformers
- [1]
- [2]
- Transformers Wiki
- TFU.info
- Animorphs Transformers on toymania
ReferencesEdit
| Merchandise | ||
|---|---|---|
| Calendars | Animorphs 1999 Calendar | Animorphs 2000 Calendar | Animorphs Student Planner | |
| Video Games | List of Animorphs games | Animorphs (GBC Game) | Animorphs: Know the Secret | Animorphs: Shattered Reality | |
| Games/Puzzles | The Invasion Game (Board Game) | Customizable Card Game | Animorphs Jigsaw Puzzles | Animorphs Travel Game | |
| Toys | Animorphs Fast Food Merchandise | Animorphs: Transformers | Animorphs Kites | |
| Book Clubs | Animorphs Alliance | Animorphs Sanctuary | Scholastic Book Orders | |
| Meet the Stars of Animorphs | Nickelodeon Magazine | Disney Adventures Magazine | Sci-Fi Teen Magazine | Italian Animorphs Books | ||
| School Supplies | Animorphs School Folders | Antioch Animorphs Products | Animorphs Promotional Items | Animorphs Posters | |
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