Transformers Classics

To fill in the roughly 8-month gap between the end of the Transformers: Cybertron toyline and the beginning of the Live Action movie toyline, Hasbro released a filler line called Transformers Classics, the basic premise of which was to give the most popular Generation One characters new, improved toys with today's technology implemented in the toys. The most widely-released deluxe and Voyager class sizes reflect the premise of Classics the best, but the short line also served as a catch-all for other products Hasbro released at the same time as well. Some of the other products released in the Classics line that weren't actually brand-new, "updated G1" molds included repaints of Energon and Legends of Cybertron molds as homages to G1 characters, as well as releases of Minicon teams that were held over from the end of Cybertron and released in the Classics line as full-fledged, albeit tiny, Autobots and Decepticons.
The only storyline for the Classics line whatsoever was a stint in the Transformers Collectors' Club exclusive comic-- no official story was on the toy boxes or anywhere else. Also of note is that the subtitle "Classics" was rather hard to find on many of the toys, and the subtitle actually didn't exist at all on many of the catch-all toys that were included in the line as well. The reason for this, Hasbro explained, was that some parents and kids might mistake the "Classic" tag to mean that they were old toy reissues.
 

Autobots
Autobot Whirl
Bumblebee (Deluxe)
Bumblebee (Legend)
Clear Skies Team (Nightscream, Steel Wind, and Thunderwing)
Cliffjumper
Dinobot Team (Knockdown, Swoop, and Terrorsaur)
Fireflight
Grimlock
Jetfire (Voyager)
Jetfire (Legend)
Leo Prime
Mirage
Night Rescue Team (Divebomb, Firebot, and Strongarm)
Optimus Prime (Voyager)
Optimus Prime (Ultimate Battle)
Perceptor
Rodimus
Ultra Magnus [Target Exclusive]
 

Decepticons
Astrotrain
Constructicon Devastator Giftset [Wal-Mart Exclusive]
Demolition Team (Broadside, Sledge, and Wideload)
Dirt Digger Team (Dirt Rocket, Grindor, and Oil Slick)
Megatron (Voyager)
Megatron (Ultimate Battle)
Menasor
Predator Attack Team (Dreadwing, Overbite, and Snarl)
Ramjet
Skywarp [Target Exclusive]
Starscream
Starscream (Masterpiece) [Wal-Mart Exclusive]*
Trypticon
 

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