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 on July 1, 2011, the release was brought forward to June 29, 2011. It was announced in November 2010 that unlike "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen", no scenes in the film were shot with IMAX cameras. "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" had grossed $352.3 million in North America, and $771.4 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $1.123 billion. It is the 20th-highest-grossing film of all time, as well as the second-highest-grossing 2011 film, the highest-grossing film of the "Transformers" series, the second-highest-grossing film by Paramount (behind "Titanic"), the fourth highest-grossing third instalment of a series (behind "",