Reinforcements from Cybertron!

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"Reinforcements from Cybertron!"
Publisher	Hasbro
Cover date	1984

"Reinforcements from Cybertron!" is the first of a series of mail-order flyers included with Generation 1 toys, advertising special Transformers that were only available through mail-order. A small amount of story content helps sell the characters.

Synopsis

Robot against Robot. Dog against Vampire. Me against the Music.

Early in the Transformers' war on Earth, the Autobots find the tide of battle turning against them. In desperation, they send a message to Cybertron for help, not knowing if anyone is even left on Cybertron to hear it. Thankfully, their cry is heard, and they soon receive a "shipment" containing the Powerdashers, Omnibots, and Time Warriors. Optimus Prime gloats to a nearby junior officer that he knew their plea would be fruitful.

A watch cleverly disguised as an Autobot!

The Powerdashers root the Decepticons out from their hiding places, but these new Autobots are "constantly evolving", their appearances altering unpredictably. The Omnibots are more stable, taking on inconspicuous automotive alt-modes and patrolling the highways. They can use their hidden missile systems to fight Decepticons even while still in vehicle mode. The Time Warriors, while referred to as "Autobots", seem more like tools than Transformers. They are simply timepieces used by Autobot agents (possibly humans) on covert missions in Decepticon territory.

Featured characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Notes

• The use of the second person in the Time Warrior description implies that the reader is being brought into the story as a human agent using the Autobot wristwatch. This literary technique is more overtly utilized in later, S.T.A.R.S.-related pack-in flyers. However, the second-person perspective is used in more disturbingly fourth-wall-breaking ways in the other descriptions: A Powerdasher "races across your floor." An Omnibot transforms when you "pull back the trunk, swing open the doors, [and] pull out the wheels."
• The toys available for order are the Powerdashers, Omnibots, and Time Warriors.