For such a diverse Mythology as Transformers has, there is a serious Dearth of one body type in the fiction. Fembots.
The Transformers Episode "the Search for Alpha Trion" introduced a resistance group of female autobots, (
although it appears Cybertronians do not require sexual dimorphism to reproduce). These were Elita-One, Chromia, Firestar, Moonracer, Flareup, Greenlight and Lancer. No toys, and they were never seen again on the series, but Transformers the movie introduced Arcee, who would be the most famous female autobot and the most recognizable for many series to follow. for all the others... see
here:
Underrepresented in fiction, they are even less represented as toys, probably due to two factors:
- Engineering and appearance in both modes
- Boys don't buy girl toys(tho this is not really true)
Actually, I am going to expand upon that second point from experience- when the kenner 12" star wars line came out, I had Han, Luke, Threepio, Artoo, Chewie, and wanted, nay begged for Leia. My parents felt that would be weird, so they talked me into Boba Fett instead- I never ended up with Leia, from that line. not saying it's universal, but maybe not uncommon either.
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| Tango wants me to get to the pics, and stop fooling around |
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| Because he worked hard on helping me |
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