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The original Transformers toys had their origins in Japan in the form of two separate toylines, Microman and Diaclone, which were both product lines of Japanese toymaker Takara. All of the first wave of toys released in the U.S. in 1984 (as well as most of the 1985 toyline) came from molds from one of these original two toylines. The rest of the 1985 line came from other toylines from other asian toy manufacturers.

All of the Autobot cars, the Decepticon Jets, and the original Optimus Prime toy (as well as Ultra Magnus) came from a toy line released in 1980 called Diaclone. These toys were well-made 1:60 scale models of actual real-world vehicles (with some die-cast metal parts) that were supposed to change into 'mecha' robots that were piloted by smaller beings, which explains why all the Diaclone toys have cockpits or seats where little people would sit. The original versions of these toys actually came with these little pilots.

The 1984-85 Transformers characters who change scale when they transform were not from Diaclone, but were originally part of a 1983 spin-off of the original Microman toyline, called Micro Change. The Microman line began way back in 1974. The Microman line originally revolved around a miniature humanoid cyborg race who built the Micro Change robots to fight along side them against their enemies, the insect-like Acroyears. This concept was used to create all sorts of robots which changed into 1:1 scale objects, such as locks, wrist watches, pistols, and walkmen. The walkman toy, along with the first wave of tapes, would be later released as Soundwave and his cassettes. The Walther P-38 pistol toy was just one of three Micro Change pistol toys called Gun Robo, which also included a Browning and a Magnum 44. Only the Walther P-38 U.N.C.L.E. (the version with all the scopes and attachments) was released as part of the Transformers toy line, as the Decepticon leader Megatron.

NOTE: The Microman line started in 1974, which is why Megatron and Soundwave have 1974 dates stamped onto them, though their actual molds came from around 1983, making them newer than the Diaclone toys. Many Transformers "experts" are incorrect in their asssumption that Megatron and Soundwave are the oldest of the Transformers molds.

The 1:1 scale rifles and walkman would have been pretty big compared to the small Micromen themselves. This explains why the Megatron and Soundwave robot modes would be forces to be reckoned with... (Most people do not understand why a giant robot would want to shrink to the size of a gun or a tape player, but this origin of the toyline explains what the toymakers were thinking back in 1983.) The Diaclone line was actually an offshoot of the Microman line, shrunken down. The small pilots in Diaclone are actually supposed to be small 1-inch Micromen cyborgs, hence their silver heads.

Other figures from the 1:1 scale of Micro Change toys that became Transformers were Perceptor, Reflector, and Blaster. The small Minibot Autobots (Bumblebee, Cliffjumper, et cetera) were molds that came from another branch of the Microman toyline called MiniCAR-Robo, which were disguised as Choro-Q cars, also known as Penny Racers. These "super-deformed" (squished) vehicles were obviously not meant to be realistic depictions of their real-world vehicle counterparts.