Following the end of Beast Machines in 2001, Hasbro needed a filler line until the next series which they were co-producing with Takara was ready for release. Enter – Car Robots. The Japanese toy line had been a flop in Japan, but there were enough new toys in it for Hasbro to bring over to maintain a market pressence for the Transformers brand until the next series was ready for launch. Fortunately, the line was a massive hit, and Hasbro found themselves utilising unused toys from past lines and repainting others to make up more waves of product to meet demand.
Spychangers[ ] Crosswise (repaint of Generation 2Go-Bot Bumblebee, sold with W.A.R.S.)
[ ] Daytonus (sold with Side Burn)
[ ] Hot Shot (repaint of Generation 2 Go-Bot Megatron, sold with R.E.V.)
[ ] Ironhide (repaint of Generation 2 Go-Bot Ironhide, sold with Mirage)
[ ] Mirage (repaint of Generation 2 Go-Bot Mirage, sold with Ironhide)
[ ] Optimus Prime
[ ] Prowl 2 (sold with Side Swipe)
[ ] R.E.V. (repaint of Generation 2 Go-Bot Optimus Prime, sold with Hot Shot)
[ ] Scourge (sold with X-Brawn)
[ ] Side Burn (sold with Daytonus)
[ ] Side Swipe (sold with Prowl 2)
[ ] Ultra Magnus
[ ] W.A.R.S. (repaint of Generation 2 Go-Bot Soundwave, sold with Crosswise)
[ ] X-Brawn (sold with Scourge)
[ ] Armorhide (Repaint of Generation 1Brawl. Combines with Rollbar, Movor, Ro-Tor and Mega Octane to form Ruination)
[ ] Movor (Repaint of Generation 1Blast Off. Combines with Armorhide, Rollbar, Ro-Tor and Mega Octane to form Ruination)
[ ] Obsidian (Repaint of Beast Machines Obsidian)
[ ] Rollbar (Repaint of Generation 1Swindle. Combines with Armorhide, Movor, Ro-Tor and Mega Octane to form Ruination)
[ ] Ro-Tor (Repaint of Generation 1Vortex. Combines with Armorhide, Movor, Rollbar and Mega Octane to form Ruination)
[ ] Grimlock (combines with Heavy Load, Hightower and Wedge to form Landfill)
[ ] Heavy Load (combines with Grimlock, Hightower and Wedge to form Landfill)
[ ] Hightower (combines with Grimlock, Heavy Load and Wedge to form Landfill)
[ ] Prowl
[ ] Prowl (Supermode, repaint of Prowl)
[ ] Side Burn
[ ] Side Burn (Supermode, repaint of Side Burn)
[ ] Skid-Z vs. Wind Sheer (repaints of Machine Wars Mirage and Megatron respectively)
[ ] Storm Jet (repaint of Beast Machines Jetstorm)
[ ] Tow-Line vs. Skyfire (repaints of Machine Wars Hoist and Skywarp respectively)
[ ] Wedge (combines with Grimlock, Heavy Load and Hightower to form Landfill)
[ ] X-Brawn
[ ] X-Brawn (Supermode, repaint of X-Brawn)
[ ] Bruticus
[ ] Mega-Octane (repaint of Generation 1 Onslaught, combines with Ro-tor, Armorhide, Movor and Rollbar to form Ruination)
[ ] Midnight Express (combined with Railspike and Rapid Run to form Rail Racer)
[ ] Nightcruz, Mirage GT & Scavenger (repaints of Beast Machines Spy Streak, Mirage and Scavenger respectively)
[ ] Railspike (combined with Rapid Run and Midnight Express to form Rail Racer)
[ ] Rapid Run (combined with Railspike and Midnight Express to form Rail Racer)
[ ] Dark Scream, Gas Skunk & Slapper (repaints of Beast Wars Transmetal II Nightglider, Stinkbomb and Spittor respectively)
[ ] Sky-Byte (repaint of Beast Wars Transmetal II Cybershark)
[ ] Galvatron (repaint of Megatron)
[ ] Megatron
[ ] Optimus Prime (combines with Ultra Magnus to form Omega Prime)
[ ] Ultra Magnus (combines with Optimus Prime to form Omega Prime)
[ ] R.E.V.
[ ] Hot Shot
[ ] Crosswise
[ ] Mirage
[ ] Ironhide
[ ] W.A.R.S.
[ ] Side Swipe
[ ] Prowl 2
[ ] “Urban Camo” Ruination (Walmart Exclusive, repaint of Ruination)
[ ] Air Attack Optimus Primal (TRU Exclusive)
[ ] Cryotek (Target Exclusive, repaint of Beast Wars Transmetal II Megatron)
[ ] Destructicon Bludgeon (KB Toys Exclusive, repaint of Generation 2 Combat Hero Megatron)
[ ] Destructicon Scourge (KB Toys Exclusive, repaint of Generation 2 Combat Hero Optimus Prime)
[ ] Dreadwind & Smokejumper (Target Exclusive, repaint of Generation 2 Dreawing and Smokescreen)
[ ] Jhiaxus (KB Toys Exclusive)
[ ] Landfill (Walmart Exclusive, repaint of Landfill)
[ ] Megabolt (KB Toys Exclusive)
[ ] Megatron Megabolt (KB Toys Exclusive)
[ ] Scourge (TRU Exclusive, repaint of Generation 2 Laser Rod Optimus Prime)
[ ] Sideways vs. Axer (Walmart Exclusive, repaint of Generation 2 Road Rocket and Road Pig respectively)
[ ] Crosswise (KB Toys and Target Exclusive)
[ ] Hot Shot (KB Toys and Target Exclusive)
[ ] Ironhide (KB Toys and Target Exclusive)
[ ] Mirage (KB Toys and Target Exclusive)
[ ] R.E.V. (KB Toys and Target Exclusive)
[ ] W.A.R.S. (KB Toys and Target Exclusive)
[ ] Crosswise (KB Toys Exclusive)
[ ] Hot Shot (KB Toys Exclusive)
[ ] Ironhide (KB Toys Exclusive)
[ ] Mirage (KB Toys Exclusive)
[ ] R.E.V. (KB Toys Exclusive)
[ ] W.A.R.S. (KB Toys Exclusive)