1988

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

For further information, see: Transformers timeline

Events

Births

January

• January 2 — Satomi Akesaka
• January 12 — Nozomi Furuki
• January 27 — Austin Lin
• January 28 — Alexandra Krosney

February

• February 14 — Gaby Ugarte
• February 16 — Steven Caple Jr.

April

• April 13 — Liu Beichen
• April 17 — Rodrigo Contreras
• April 22 — Deven Mack
• April 30 — Kamil Dominiak

May

• May 20 — Chen Qian
• May 21 — Alex Androski

June

• June 19 — Kosuke Okamoto
• June 28 — Yui Kondō

July

• July 7 — István Fábián
• July 12 — Jessica Monceau
• July 13 — Chris Sheffield

August

• August 10 — Luis Leonardo Suárez
• August 15 — Miguel Ángel Ruiz
• August 18 — Giannis Milonogiannis

September

• September 27 — Douglas Silva
• September 28 — Caio César
• September 29 — Kate Leth

October

• October 2 — Ivan Zaytsev
• October 3 — Arturo Castañeda
• October 12 — Priscilla Tramontano, João Cappelli
• October 24 — Miyuki Satō

November

• November 1 — Osvaldo Trejo Rodríguez
• November 2 — Bence Berkes
• November 11 — Mikako Komatsu
• November 20 — Karim El Kammouchi
• November 30 — Flavia Vinzens

December

• December 24 — Abigail Klein

Unknown

• ??? — Nico Sablik, Alice Bauer

Deaths

• October 20 — Marcos Miranda

Fiction

Shattered Glass

World War III occurs. One particularly cataclysmic attack results in the complete destruction of California and the formation of Arizona Bay. Eye in the Sky

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

Media

Television

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

Music

Albums

• Super-God Masterforce Hit Song Collection

Singles

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

Print

Comics

Marvel Comics

• The Transformers (issues 40–51, ongoing)

Marvel UK

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

TV Magazine

Manga

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

Story Pages

• Super-God Masterforce (parts ???)

Books

Ladybird Books (UK)

• Autobot Hostage
• Decepticons Underground

Collections

Home Video

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

Comics

Marvel UK Collected Comics

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

Merchandise

• TBD

Toys

U.S.

Autobots

Decepticons

Notes

1. ↑ Micromaster Patrol Assortment 1 began shipping in late 1988, and sported packaging that looked drastically different from the "proper" 1989 Micromaster output. Instead of the redesigned silver packaging with the all-new "Transformers" logo, they came on cards that pretty much still resembled the packaging style that had been used up to that point, and sported a unique "Micro Transformers" logo.

Japan

Cybertrons

Destrons

Robot Point mail order items

Role-play items

• Godmaster Brace—Ginrai
• Headmaster Brace—Goshooter

Europe

UK, France, the Netherlands, and Belgium

Autobots

Decepticons

Italy

Autobots

Decepticons