Pretenders (Transformers) Pretenders (Transformers) Pretenders is a subline within the Transformers toy line, introduced in 1988. The concept behind the toy was that the Transformers were capable of disguising their robotic forms through the use of synthetic organic outer shells. While the Autobots' outer shells all resemble human beings clad in armor, the Decepticons' shells are all in the form of monstrous animalistic creatures. The robot figure is contained entirely within the shell, invisible to the outsider observer. After the shell splits apart to release it, the shell can be recombined for a second figure. Although the first set of Pretenders was
Transformers: Dark of the Moon blow your mind." Unlike the two previous "Transformers" installments, which were based solely on the script writers' endemic story, "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" was based on a novel called "", written by Alan Dean Foster. The novel is a prequel to the 2007 film "Transformers". It follows the same story structure as "Dark of the Moon", being set in 1969, the year of Apollo 11. The story structure differs slightly, though, because the novel was written merely as prequel to the first film. Due to the critically panned "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen", Bay decided to remove the characters