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Estrela is a popularBrazilian toy manufacturer, being first founded in São Paulo in 1937 and remaining active until today.

They are best known internationally forholding the license to produce and market multipleHasbro toylines during the 1980s likeG.I. Joe (under the localized name ofComandos em Ação, i.e., "Commandos in Action"),My Little Pony (under the localized name ofMeu Querido Pônei, i.e., "My Dear Pony") and, of course,The Transformers (under the localized name of, uh, "Transformers"). Although much of theTransformers mainline was ignored by Estrela, their aforementioned freedom to manufacture their own toys during this time resulted in multiple variants of existing molds — and even some entirely unique ones! — that remained exclusive to the Brazilian market.

Estrela also distributed mostTransformers toylines in the country up untilCybertron, being later replaced by Hasbro's own Brazilian subsidiary starting from 2007. The fallout was a long and complicated legal dispute between the two companies regarding royalties for the Hasbro-derived toylines that Estrela was still manufacturing domestically, lasting all the way up until its settlement in 2021.

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vThis Day in History: May 18

• 1897 —Dracula, by authorBram Stoker, is published.
• 1934 —Nikola Simić (Serbian voice ofMegatron) is born.
• 1945 —Márcio Seixas (Portuguese voice ofArmadaThrust) is born.
• 1952 — WriterDiane Duane is born.
• 1952 —Ryūzaburō Ōtomo (Japanese voice ofGalvatron inAge of Extinction and alsoGalvatron inWar For Cybertron Trilogy) is born.
• 1953 — ArtistAlan Kupperberg is born.
• 1954 —Ekkehardt Belle (German voice ofSideways andUnicron) is born.
• 1964 —Ken Narita (Japanese voice ofHound,Sureshot,Triggerhappy and numerous others) is born.
• 1967 —Bob Stephenson (Xbox Guy inTransformers) is born.
• 1973 — ActorNessym Guetat (French voice ofBumblebee in theWar for Cybertron videogame and theJPL Engineer) is born.
• 1981 —Age of Extinction actorZou Shiming is born.
• 1981 —Andrzej Hausner (Polish voice ofParalon) is born.
• 1997 — Color designer forThe Transformers,Phyllis Craig, passes away due to complications involving a brain tumor.
• 2005 —Super Link—Volume 013 is released on DVD in Japan byInterchannel.
• 2007 — TheTransformers Collectors' Club members-only site releases online bios for theMini-ConsKickback,Repeater,Rock Krusher,Saw Boss andStarcatcher.
• 2009 — TheLinkin Park single "New Divide" is released byReprise Records.
• 2011 —IDW Publishing is busy, releasingTransformers: Foundation#4,The Transformers#19 and the TPBs ofFoundation andTransformers: Rising Storm and theTransformers Movie Slipcase Collection Vol 1 and 2.
• 2016 — TheRobots in Disguise episode "Graduation Exercises" premieres inItaly.
• 2022 —Transformers#43 is released byIDW Publishing.
• 2022 —Mobile Legends: Bang Bang posts a new cinematic trailer announcing a secondTransformers collaboration.
• 2024 — Second day of the Til All Are One: Transformers 40th Anniversary Reunion Screening in theatres.

vSchedule

• May 21 —Void Rivals Deluxe Edition Book 1 HC is released byImage Comics andSkybound Entertainment.
• May 23 —Transformers One is released onParamount+ inJapan.
• May 28 —G.I. Joe#7,Void Rivals#19,The TransformersCompendiumVolume 1 TPB, andVoid Rivals Volume 3: The Key to Vector Theta TPB are released byImage Comics andSkybound Entertainment.
• May 31 —TakaraTomy releasesSynergenex Transformers ×GodzillaOptimus Prime Type MFS-3 Kiryu andMegatron Type Godzilla.
• Jun 4 —G.I. Joe Volume 1: The Cobra Strikes! TPB is released byImage Comics andSkybound Entertainment.
• Jun 6 —Transformers One is released onNetflix.
• Jun 11 —Transformers#21 andCodename: G.I. Joe Deluxe Edition Book 1 HC are released byImage Comics andSkybound Entertainment.
• Jun 18 —G.I. Joe#8 is released byImage Comics andSkybound Entertainment.
• Jun 25 —Void Rivals#20 is released byImage Comics andSkybound Entertainment.
• Jun 28 —TakaraTomy releasesAge of the Primes AOTP-01Aerialbot Silverbolt, AOTP-02The Thirteen Solus Prime, AOTP-03Fugitive Waspinator,MPG-14Godbomber and MPG-14SGod Ginrai.
• Jul 9 —Transformers#22 andTransformers: Worst Bot Ever:Meet Ballpoint! are released byImage Comics andSkybound Entertainment.
• Jul 16 —G.I. Joe#9 is released byImage Comics andSkybound Entertainment.
• Jul 23 —Void Rivals#21 andTransformers: Worst Bot Ever:Meet Ballpoint! (digital) are released byImage Comics andSkybound Entertainment.
• Jul 26 —TakaraTomy releasesAge of the Primes AOTP-04Air Raid, AOTP-05Slingshot, AOTP-06Megatronus the Fallen, AOTP-07Prima Prime,Studio Series TS-01Bumblebee, TS-02Sentinel Prime, TS-03Optimus Prime, TS-04Optimus Prime (Devastation), TS-05Bonecrusher, TS-06Scrapper and TS GE-01Ironhide.
• Aug 13 —Transformers#23 is released byImage Comics andSkybound Entertainment.
• Aug 20 —G.I. Joe#10 andVoid Rivals#22 are released byImage Comics andSkybound Entertainment.
• Aug 30 —TakaraTomy releasesAge of the Primes AOTP-08Red Alert (Armada Universe), AOTP-09Grimlock (G2 Universe) &Wheelie and AOTP-10Star Optimus Prime.
• Sep 27 —TakaraTomy releasesMPG-15Cybertron Rattle,Age of the Primes AOTP-11Alchemist Prime, AOTP-12Rescue Bots Heatwave and AOTP-13Decepticon Trypticon.
• Oct 8 —Codename: G.I. Joe Deluxe Edition Book 2 HC is released byImage Comics andSkybound Entertainment.
• Oct 22 —The TransformersCompendiumVolume 2 TPB is released byImage Comics andSkybound Entertainment.
• Nov 19 —G.I. Joe Volume 2: Bludd's Revenge TPB is released byImage Comics andSkybound Entertainment.
• Nov 26 —Transformers Volume 4: Conquer and Control TPB is released byImage Comics andSkybound Entertainment.
• Dec 10 —Void Rivals Volume 4: First Chosen TPB is released byImage Comics andSkybound Entertainment.

vHoly Grails

Do you have any of these rare items?

• Information on theTransformers presentation at Vancouver's Expo '86
• Optimus vs.Malignus cardart
• Kiss Players radio drama episodes #38-51
• Photos of theHot Rod Go-Cart prize from the 1986 "Decipher the Decepticon" contest
• JapaneseTransformers Telephone audio adventures
• The art for "The Love Bug"
• Theclip shows added inFight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers
• The identity of theunknown Generation 1 animation studios
• Whoever made "Invasion Galactica"
• Recordings or summaries of thePrimeval Dawn II motion comic, screened at Wizard World Chicago in July 2002 and never again

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