Cadbury's The Transformers Card Game (1986)

Cadbury's The Transformers Card Game (1986)

Promotional Game by Waddingtons Games Ltd for Cadbury's

I don't recall how I came to own the Cadbury's TF Card Game. I was a chocolate eater at the time, so it may have been a token collect thing, or it may have been another jumble sale purchase. The memory of it is lost to time.

The packaging is a simple cardboard wallet inside which are housed 30 playable cards. The wallet measures approx 90 x 120 mm. The cards are approx 57 x 87 mm.

In addition to 2 instruction cards (see below), there are 7 unique card designs: 4 Autobot + 3 Decepticon (also below). Each of the 7 designs are reproduced 4 times for a total of 30 cards. The objective is to obtain all 4 cards of any one design, so there being more 'Heroic' than 'Evil' characters doesn't affect gameplay at all.

The rules are explained on cards pictured below, so I won't waste time going over them here. Characters featured are [Autobots] Ultra Magnus; Bumblebee; Hot Spot; Hot Rod; and [Decepticons] Galvatron; Runamuck; Cyclonus.

Instruction Cards:

Autobot Character Cards:

Decepticon Character Cards:

The final image above is on the reverse of all cards. It's a logo associated with Cadbury's (now known simply as Cadbury), depicting the 'glass and a half of milk' slogan that the company used. It's in their trademark purple colour. My scanner has made it look more blue than it really is.

The only other thing worth noting is the licensing info on the back flap of the card wallet:

Designed by W.F.M., Bath, England.

Waddingtons Games Ltd., Castle Gate, Oulton, Leeds LS26 8HG.

© Hasbro Inc. 1986.