
Although it is fairly uncommon, there are a few Transformers toys that depict characters that were first seen in some
other part of the Transformers franchise.
Drift was one such example, having been created for the IDW comics. Spike, the Headmaster partner of the original
Fortress Maximus, clearly homages a prominent character from the original cartoon, and is perhaps the earliest example of this trend. Arguably the first toy created for a previously-
comics-only character is Jhiaxus.