Transformers (toy line) Transformers (toy line) The is a line of toys produced by the American toy company Hasbro and Japanese company Takara (now known as Takara Tomy). It spawned the "Transformers" media franchise. The premise behind the Transformers toyline is that an individual toy's parts can be shifted about to change it from a vehicle, a device, or an animal, to a robot action figure and back again. The taglines "More Than Meets The Eye" and "Robots In Disguise" reflect this ability. The Transformers toy-line is typically divided into two main factions: the heroic Autobots and their opponents, the evil Decepticons (traditionally
Smokescreen (Transformers) Smokescreen (Transformers) Smokescreen is the name of several different fictional characters in the Transformers robot superhero franchise. Smokescreen is one of the second year Autobot Cars in the Transformers series. His toy was remolded from Prowl and Bluestreak, itself originating from an earlier Japanese line named Diaclone. Smokescreen's vehicle mode was based on an actual existing car—a 1979 Nissan Fairlady Z race car in the Electramotive team livery. Team founder Don Devendorf's car was accurately recreated, except that his number 83 was changed to a 38. Smokescreen's bio originally indicated that while he appeared calm and easy-going, he was in