In 1984 the American toy company Hasbro and the Japanese toy company Takara Tomy teamed up on a new toy line. The premise of the new toy line was to have toys that could transform between two forms—one would be a humanoid robot and the other would be (at least initially) a motor vehicle of some kind. In addition to the toy line, a comic book series and a Saturday morning cartoon series were commissioned from Marvel Studios. The new franchise, Transformers, was a smash hit and had a profound influence on the lives of millions of children worldwide.
The first generation of Transformers was released in several waves from 1984 through 1990. In successive generations, some of the transformers were redesigned. The most drastic redesign came in 2007 with the release of the live-action film, Transformers. Given that the design of a transformer is mutable, I have not put much effort in staying true to a particular appearance.
This set depicts the decepticons released in 1989.
Monsters
Icepick
Bristleback
Wildfly
Scowl
Slog
Birdbrain
Monstructor
Small Pretenders
Octopunch
Stranglehold
Bludgeon
Mega Pretender
Thunderwing
Ultra Pretender
Roadblock
Micromaster Patrols
Nightflight
Storm Cloud
Whisper
Tailwind
Detour
Blackjack
Hyperdrive
Road Hugger
Micromaster Transports
Flattop
Roughstuff
Micromaster Stations
Greasepit
Airwave
Micromaster Base
Skyhopper
Micromaster Jet Command Center
Skystalker
These illustrations were drawn using Stable Diffusion 2.1.
