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
The Transformers: Generations on the Dinobots. The Transformers: Generations The Transformers: Generations is a comic book title, published by IDW Publishing. The series was launched in March 2006 and conceived to be a nine-issue miniseries, but has since become an ongoing title. The series consists of republished editions of the original Marvel Transformers comics, but featuring new cover art by various artists. The series finished at issue 12. However, IDW have continued to reprint older material, including Dreamwave's "" comic in their "Transformers Magazine", as well as condensed reprints of the Marvel UK tale "". IDW continues to reprint Marvel UK material, beginning