
At first glance, the
Titans Return line is a revisitation of the Headmasters concept, first introduced in 1987. Robots with detachable heads, with the heads themselves transforming into little robots. Also like the Headmasters of old,
Titans Return's transforming head partners were compatible with every
other toy with the same feature in the line. But while the
Titans Return line did indeed feature new toys for each of the classic 1987 Headmasters characters (except for Scorponok, [
grumble, grumble...]), they went
way beyond those characters, making many classic characters "Headmasters" (although they called them "Titan Masters," now) for the first time.