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can anyone help? I have been collecting the voyager series, but since this line is not very active at the moment i was thinking about picking up another line. i went searching at various online store and i am super lost as to what everthing is! There is PE-01, DA-01, C-05, CA-03, CV-15, DD-01, etc....What the hell does all this mean? is there a place that lists what the abbreviations stand for and which universe they pertain to? Understand basics like DOTM and RoTF and MP, but that's about it.

PE is Perfect Effect, 3rd party company

FP is Fansproject, 3rd party comany

DA is DotM from Takara, Autobots

DD is DotM from Takara, Decepticons

C- is cybertron, the japanese name for an Autobot, and is used for all lines, Beast Wars, Armada, Henkei(classics) etc.

D- is destron, japanese name for decepticon and is used for all lines, Beast Wars, Armada, Henkei(classics) etc.

CA is Causality, Fansproject's own Classics type universe

UN is united, the Japan version of Generations/RTS

Hope that helps.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=transformer+PE-01

etc.

These abbreviations are all designation numbers, common for toys released in Eastern Asia, especially Japan. Each Japanese line has one or more designating letters followed by a two digit number

As for the meaning, here's the list of the ones used by TakaraTomy:

G1, G2, Beast Wars, Robots in Disguise, Henkei
C = Cybertron (Autobot or Maximal)
D = Destron (Decepticon or BW Predacon)
TF = Transformer (used in Operation Combination)
TRF = Transformer (used in Generation 2)
X = Third Faction (in BW it was also used for combiner teams and Diver)
S = Special

Armada
MC = Micron Legend Cybertron
MD = Micron Legend Destron
MM = Micron Legend Microns (Mini-cons)
MX = Micron Legend Unicron faction

Energon
SC = Superlink Cybertron
SD = Superlink Destron
EX = Exclusive

Cybertron
GC = Galaxy Force Cybertron
GD = Galaxy Force Destron
GX = Galaxy Force X
EX = Exclusive

Movie
MA = Movie Autobot
MD = Movie Decepticon

Revenge of the Fallen
RA = Revenge Autobot
RD = Revenge Decepticon
EZ = EZ Collection (Legends)
AA = Autobot Alliance (for the HftD line)

Dark of the Moon
DA = Darkside Moon Autobot
DD = Darkside Moon Decepticon
CV = Cyberverse

Misc.
TFC = Transformers Collection (G1 reissues)
TM = Telemocha (BW reissues)
BWR = Beast Wars Reborn (retooled Primal and Megatron)
BR = Beast Wars Returns (Beast Machines)
TA = Transformers Animated
UN = United (for Generations and RtS)
MP = Masterpiece
BT = Binaltech
A = Alternity

Wow... you guys are amazing! Thanks for the info, really helps ME with my purchases too!