This was last updated on 28 August 2007, and is intended as an introduction to "Transformers" as a whole.
Transformers are, ultimately, a line of children's toys that was started in 1984 by the massive US toy manufacturer Hasbro (though calling Hasbro a toy company is like calling Microsoft a spreadsheet software company). But the reason for the toy line's longevity is due to Hasbro's brilliant marketing of the brand.
To properly talk about Transformers, we have to go back in time in the United States some 30-odd years. At that time, television had been around for about 30 years, largely unchanged...
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