Japanese, European, and Worldwide TF Variations

Variations can mean FOUR different things here:

1)tfs in these countries are recolors/remolds of tfs traditionally considered 'American', either just before or just after their release in the states(example: Metrotitan, Black Zarak, SoundBlaster).

2)tfs in foriegn countries are variations WITHIN their own country. That is, you would find a transformer exclusive to another country that had variations(example: Actionmaster Bombshell).

3)tfs in foriegn countries are variations within OTHER countries. Like #2 above, but different in that the toys never made it to American shores, but did make it to some other foriegn country(example RoadCeaser, Overlord).

4)tfs in these countries(usually japan) are actually part of a pre(or post)-transformer line of robots(microman, diaclone, brave, etc)(note: Please see the Diaclone/Pre-Tf section of this site for details on pre-tfs, and the Brave page for post-tf molds).

For the complete text-listing of transformer toys released worldwide, I recommend reading Rob Jung's Toy List.
For help in translating foriegn transformer webpages and text, I recommend using these translator resourses.
For a crash-course in understanding the japanese-language as it relates to tfs, go here.

Japanese and European variants.
This is the big one. You'll find 90% of it here.

Canadian Variants
A small, but growing list will be found here...

Italian Transformers!
Let's hear it for Gig, purveyors of regular and diaclone in their country!

Finland, Germany, and Denmark Variants!
Leave it to Finland to account for the existence of Black Tracks...

French Transformers!
Don't even get me started on this foolishness...

Mexican Variants!
See what was changed in your favorite tfs from Mexico.

Brazil, Argentina, and Peru Transformers!
See your favorite Minibots in a rainbow of colors!

Korean Variants!
New packages? Brave? Double-size Prime? Real or fake? You decide!

Chinese Transformers!
Less than meets the eye....

Greek Variants!
Like Brazil and Argentina, Greece saw their own unique Minibots...

Australia and New Zealand Transformers
From down under to down on top, some of the variants were shared...

Transformers in Turkey
No, not the gobble-gobble kind....

Foreign Transformers that We Never Got
They don't have variants(yet...it's a very small list),but we thought you'd like to see what the USA missed out on. Pics!

Lunchtime Specials
Interesting items that never were....or were they?

The Worldwide Giftset Listing
For your reading pleasure. From diaclone/microman giftsets, to italian, greek, and more!!

And again, for variations on the tfs before they became tfs, please see the Diaclone/Pre-Tf section of this site.