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Generation 1

• Carerra (Mini Vehicle, 1985)

A redeco of the Mini Vehicle Cliffjumper, Carerra transforms into a "penny-racer"-proportioned Porsche 924 Turbo. He was released only in Brazil by Estrela, and was available in two different color schemes: blue or white. He also has a new "Optimus" faction sigil decal in robot mode.

All of the "Optimus/Malignus" Mini Vehicle releases are considered fairly rare, and go for a fairly high price on the secondary market, particularly the secondary color schemes. However, Carerra appears to be the least in-demand, as both colorations were also available in other releases: blue Cliffjumpers were found in various European markets, while Antex released their own white Carerra.

This mold was also retooled to make Hubcap and Tap-Out.

Brazil, where to start with Brazil. Between playing beach soccer, Estrela sold Transformers throughout Brazil. Many repaints of the mini-cars were sold and in fact, mini-cars were almost the only officially licensed Hasbro Transformers to be sold there(unless you want to count the jumpstarters). The Transformers you see below are only a sample of the different colors available. The Bumblejumper mold was sold in Brazil as an actual character, with his own card-art. There were four versions of each mold, with Huffer not being licensed:

Bumblebee(Volks): Series 1: (silver; red)/Series 2 (Optimus: orange; red)
Cliffjumper(Carrera): Series 1: (gold; red)/Series 2 (Optimus: blue; white)
Bumblejumper(Sedan): Series 1: (white; blue)/Series 2 (Optimus: green; yellow)
Brawn(Jipe): Series 1: (tan/creme; green/orange)/Series 2 (Malignus: black/purple/yellow; blue/gray)
Gears(Pick-Up): Series 1: (2-tone orange; blue/red)/Series 2 (Malignus: green/purple; dark red/red)
Windcharger(Camero): Series 1: (white/grey; red/grey)/Series 2 (Malignus: blue/yellow; dark blue/pink)

These above toys were sold in two different series, the second being called Optimus x Malignus, which were basically the goodies and the baddies :-) They got their own unique faction stickers. In-addition, the stickers on the back of the cars(bumblebee, cliffjumper) also saw a unique design - pic.
It is interesting to note how popular the color Blue is for Cliffjumper :-) From the blue Brazilian one here, to the Mexican one(and the microchange one)...pic. But what I've noticed is that a lot of people are on the lookout for Gears for their collections. Not sure why, but there are sure plenty of color variants for him between here and Argentina ;-)

There are mold variants; in-addition to copyright changes, a number of the minis have mold-injection point changes. Of particular interest is the windcharger mold, which in the later series has a filled-in chest cavity(compared to the gap on a regular windy): pic

For more information on Brazilian tfs, please see the Brazil and Argentina page.