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
Transformers technology natural energon on the planet. Similarly, in "", The Dinobots assumed dinosaur forms with organic shells to protect themselves from energon radiation. Techno-Organic Hybrids are transformers who possess or have obtained organic halves (having been infused with an organic being's DNA) and can be considered a fusion of both technological & organic lifeforms at cellular level. Transformers of this type are featured prominently in the "Beast Wars" era and even more so in "Beast Machines" (with their existence and techno-organic nature being an important plot element). Their outward appearance often varies from slightly robotic, completely organic, or a combination of