(Note: Stein's article referencing this material can be found here.)

Posted by: "Jeff" jmstein@gmail.com trefpig
    Date: Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:08 am ((PDT))

And here are some links if people care :P  I will probably put the 
links into the final article so it doesn't look like I'm talking out 
my ass.

Webpage in Japanese stating the Aerialbots released in Japan are 
chinese:
http://stores.ebay.com/senuseret72

Picture of the Chinese Optimus he had:
highendtfs.com/images/idguide/P1100969.jpg

Original Article by me with info/pics regarding the Hasbro-friendly 
company releasing Chinese TFs in Korea (toward the bottom):
http://www.allspark.com/content/view/1743/37/


Articles documenting Hasbro releasing old toys and/or Transformers in 
China around 1990:

1) Encyclopedia-style article on Hasbro stating that they increased 
their activity in overseas in the late-1980's/early 1990's, 
particularly in Asia.  They also make reference to them rereleasing 
old toys that failed in the USA--could be a reference to reissued TFs 
and GI Joes in China, but they didn't fail in the USA, so who knows.
http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Hasbro-Inc-Company-History.html

2) First-hand account: 
http://web.archive.org/web/20050103075505/www.tfpulp.com/edit/chinesehist/chinesehist.html

3) Article looking back on peoples' reactions to Transformers being 
released in China in 1989:
http://www.danwei.org/tv/fighting_transformer_fever.php

A lot of that is repeated from the old article I wrote so if I'm 
sounding like a broken record, I apologize :P