1988

The year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) is the fifth year of the Transformers brand.


 * For further information, see: Transformers timeline

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 * 1 Events
 * 1.1 Births
 * 1.1.1 January
 * 1.1.2 April
 * 1.1.3 June
 * 1.1.4 July
 * 1.1.5 August
 * 1.1.6 September
 * 1.1.7 October
 * 1.1.8 November
 * 1.1.9 Unknown
 * 1.2 Fiction
 * 1.2.1 Knights of Unicron
 * 2 Media
 * 2.1 Television
 * 2.2 Music
 * 2.2.1 Albums
 * 2.2.2 Singles
 * 3 Print
 * 3.1 Comics
 * 3.1.1 Marvel Comics
 * 3.1.2 Marvel UK
 * 3.1.3 TV Magazine
 * 3.1.3.1 Manga
 * 3.1.3.2 Story Pages
 * 3.2 Books
 * 3.2.1 Ladybird Books (UK)
 * 4 Collections
 * 4.1 Home Video
 * 4.1.1 Entertainment UK
 * 4.1.2 Polyband (Germany)
 * 4.1.3 St. Michael Video Library (UK)
 * 4.1.4 Tempo Video (UK)
 * 4.1.5 V.I.P. Video Gems (UK)
 * 4.2 Comics
 * 4.2.1 Marvel UK Collected Comics
 * 5 Merchandise
 * 6 Toys
 * 6.1 U.S.
 * 6.1.1 Autobots
 * 6.1.2 Decepticons
 * 6.2 Japan
 * 6.2.1 Cybertrons
 * 6.2.2 Destrons
 * 6.2.3 Roleplay
 * 6.3 Europe
 * 6.3.1 Autobots
 * 6.3.2 Decepticons
 * }

January

 * January 27 — Austin Lin
 * January 28 — Alexandra Krosney

April

 * April 17 — Rodrigo Contreras
 * April 30 — Kamil Dominiak

June

 * June 28 — Yui Kondō

July

 * July 13 — Chris Sheffield

August

 * August 10 — Luis Leonardo Suárez
 * August 18 — Giannis Milonogiannis

September

 * September 29 — Kate Leth

October

 * October 24 — Miyuki Satō

November

 * November 11 — Mikako Komatsu

Unknown

 * ??? — Nico Sablik

Knights of Unicron
Megatron announces that he will no longer record studio albums, preferring to focus on his extensive live performance schedule. Behind the Music pack-in booklet

Television

 * The Transformers Season 5: episodes ?
 * Transformers: The Headmasters episodes 25–38
 * Super-God Masterforce episodes 1–34

Albums

 * Super-God Masterforce Hit Song Collection

Singles

 * "Chōjin Masterforce no Theme"/"Moero! Transformer"

Marvel Comics

 * The Transformers (issues 40–51, ongoing)

Marvel UK

 * The Transformers (issues 147–198, ongoing)
 * Transformers Annual 1989

Manga

 * The Headmasters (issues 6–8, 8 issues)
 * Super-God Masterforce (issues 1–10, 12 issues)

Story Pages

 * Super-God Masterforce (parts ???)

Ladybird Books (UK)

 * Autobot Hostage
 * Decepticons Underground

Entertainment UK
VHS


 * Transformers — 1: The Revenge of Bruticus / 2: Dinobot Island (Parts 1 and 2)

Polyband (Germany)
VHS


 * Transformers — Die Rückkehr von Optimus Prime (Erster Teil)
 * Transformers — Die Rückkehr von Optimus Prime (Zweiter Teil)
 * Transformers — Die Wiedergeburt (Erster Teil)
 * Transformers — Die Wiedergeburt (Zweiter Teil)
 * Transformers — Die Wiedergeburt (Dritter Teil)
 * Transformers — Der Alptraum-Planet

St. Michael Video Library (UK)
VHS


 * Transformers — Starscream's Ghost / The Nightmare Planet / The Ghost in the Machine

Tempo Video (UK)
VHS


 * The Transformers — Heavy Metal Wars / The Girl Who Loved Powerglide

V.I.P. Video Gems (UK)
VHS


 * The Transformers: The Movie

Marvel UK Collected Comics

 * 8 — Spring Special 1988
 * 9 — Summer Special 1988
 * 10 — Holiday Special 1988
 * 11 — Winter Special 1988

Merchandise

 * TBD

Autobots
Crosshairs, Pointblank, Sureshot, the 1987 Headmaster Autobots (including Fortress Maximus), the Autobot Clones, Punch~Counterpunch, the Monsterbots, the Technobots and the Rewind/Steeljaw and Ramhorn/Eject mini-cassette two-packs were all re-released. Ratchet, Wheeljack, Mirage, Sunstreaker, Cosmos, Warpath and "Cliffjumper" were available via mail order.


 * Backstreet
 * Catilla
 * Chainclaw
 * Cloudburst
 * Dogfight
 * Fizzle
 * Getaway
 * Grand Slam
 * Groundbreaker
 * Gunrunner
 * Guzzle
 * Hosehead
 * Joyride
 * Landfill
 * Landmine
 * Nightbeat
 * Optimus Prime (Powermaster)
 * Override
 * Quickmix
 * Quickswitch
 * Raindance
 * Scoop
 * Siren
 * Sizzle
 * Sky High
 * Slapdash
 * Splashdown
 * Waverider

Decepticons
Triggerhappy, Slugslinger, Misfire, the 1987 Decepticon Headmasters (including Scorponok and the Horrorcons), the Decepticon Clones, the Terrorcons, Sixshot and the Overkill/Slugfest mini-cassette two-pack were all re-released. Megatron, Reflector, and Thundercracker were again available via mail order.


 * Beastbox
 * Bomb-Burst
 * Bugly
 * Carnivac
 * Cindersaur
 * Crankcase
 * Darkwing
 * Doubledealer
 * Dreadwind
 * Fangry
 * Finback
 * Flamefeather
 * Horri-Bull
 * Iguanus
 * Nautilator
 * Needlenose
 * Overbite
 * Piranacon (giftset, no Nautilator)
 * Quake
 * Roadgrabber
 * Ruckus
 * Seawing
 * Skullgrin
 * Skalor
 * Snaptrap
 * Snarler
 * Squawktalk
 * Squeezeplay
 * Sparkstalker
 * Spinister
 * Submarauder
 * Tentakil
 * Windsweeper

Cybertrons

 * Aquastar
 * Bullet
 * Cab
 * Diver
 * Doubleclouder
 * Super Ginrai
 * God Ginrai (giftset)
 * Godbomber
 * Grand Maximus
 * Hardspark
 * Hotspark
 * Joyride
 * Lander
 * Lightfoot
 * Metalhawk
 * Minerva
 * Nightbeat
 * Phoenix
 * Ranger
 * Repugg
 * Road King
 * Goshooter
 * Siren
 * Sixknight
 * Slamdance
 * Wildspark
 * Zetca

Destrons

 * Blood
 * Browning
 * Bullhorn
 * Buster
 * Cancer
 * Darkwings (giftset)
 * Dauros
 * Gilmer
 * Gulf
 * Guzzle
 * Hydra
 * Javil
 * King Poseidon (giftset)
 * Kraken
 * Lobclaw
 * Overbite
 * Overlord
 * BlackZarak
 * Sizzle
 * Squawkbox
 * Tentakil
 * Turtler
 * Wilder

Roleplay

 * Godmaster Brace
 * Headmaster Brace

Europe
These are toys which have been confirmed as being released in at least one country in Europe in 1988. For more details regarding releases in specific European countries, see The Transformers (European toyline).

Autobots

 * Backstreet
 * Catilla
 * Chainclaw
 * Cloudburst
 * Dogfight
 * Fizzle
 * Getaway
 * Gunrunner
 * Guzzle
 * Joyride
 * Landfill
 * Optimus Prime (Powermaster)
 * Override
 * Quickmix
 * Scoop
 * Sizzle
 * Slapdash
 * Waverider

Decepticons

 * Carnivac
 * Cindersaur
 * Crankcase
 * Darkwing
 * Dreadwind
 * Flamefeather
 * Nautilator
 * Needlenose
 * Overbite
 * Quake
 * Roadgrabber
 * Ruckus
 * Seawing
 * Skullgrin
 * Skalor
 * Snaptrap
 * Snarler
 * Sparkstalker
 * Spinister
 * Submarauder
 * Tentakil
 * Windsweeper

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