It's time we celebrate the 20 year anniversary of the Pretenders!  Wait.  Why isn't anybody cheering?  Okay, so Pretenders, revolutionary as they are (then and now) are generally not considered among the all-time best ideas of the Transformers toy line.  But for a lot of reasons it makes sense to take a closer look at these oft forgotten characters of the Generation 1 series.  Why you ask?

Well, all signs indicate the possibility that the very likable Sari character of Transformers Animated may, in fact, be a Pretender! (No spoilers here! She may just have a bionic arm!?)  Rumor has it there may be a pretender in Revenge of the Fallen, AND if that isn't enough, the first of Decepticon Pretender to get the complete character page treatment actually appeared (~sort of~) in Transformers Animated;  20 years after the toy's initial release!

Need more info?  Check out the all new character page for BOMB-BURST, now available in the 1988 Transformers Section!

Oh, and by the way the Pretender Landmine page has also been revamped with updated code to include gallery and jump box functionality.

... You guessed it, more to come! ...