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Another video from the archives, this time the intro video to the long dead Takara website for the shortlived Robotmasters toyline.
Argos have created a listing for the Bumblebee Greatest Hit Cassette Pack which comes with Soundwave & Doombox along with the "Music FX" Bumblebee. You can view the listing on the Argos website
Hasbro Inc have released some official stock images of their upcoming Transformers: Power of the Primes Punch/Counterpunch and Repugnus figures which we have mirrored below.
During an interview with The Full Force podcast Mark Weber, ex-Manager of Global Brand Development for G.I. Joe and Transformers at Hasbro, touched on some of his concepts for the Transformers brand (6hr 19min), including "Generation Three", as well as the interview process with Hasbro (6hr 10min).
The first line he worked on was BotShots and that they wanted to do multi-packs. Their pitch was "Volcano Battle Autobots" and he thought that if you were doing groups of five robots then you should just do combiner teams even if they can't combine, because the characters were already established within the mythos and would mean more to both the average fan and to the die-hard collectors. The first toy set he did was the Stunticon BotShot pack.
Combiner Wars came out of the story pitch idea with IDW where they wanted to get all of the combiners together to have a big fight.
When he first pitched the toy idea he said "Looked it's worked before where you take a larger robot and you add the limbs and if you make the connectors universal then you can reuse the tooling a million times down the road in different combinations and the voyager center should support the deluxe size arms and legs and if you throw in the legends class, the little tiny guys, and make that another part of it ... it was a way to link three different price builds."
When asked by Chris, the host, as to how excited were the people he was pitching it to Mark talked about how he had all of the original combiners with him and would take them with him to show them how it worked. He said that it was something that worked before and that they hadn't really done it well ever since. They were a little lukewarm as they had done Powercore combiners recently, but that they had ignored so many of the things that made it cool, that the new pitch got them excited. He also put forward having a new concept a year and he had a couple of different ones that he wanted to use. Combiner Wars as his favourite and it was going to be the second one. He felt that because it was strong that it needed to come out first as he was so sure that it was going to be a big deal. The retailers liked it so well that it was extended by 6 months. They pitched it to retailers that it would be a trilogy of Combiners Wars, Titans Wars (later changed to Titans Return due to legal) and then Power of the Primes as the finale. For him, he just wanted to get out Combiner Wars.
The one thing that he regrets was not being able to launch a fully branded G3 (Generation Three) with all new stuff, all new characters and all new styles which he was dying to get there but he didn't end up going in that direction. He said that G2 was such a big deal for Transformers he doesn't understand why they haven't just done G3.
The basic concept that he wanted to have was that the Ark 2.0, a different Autobot ship comes to Earth chasing Decepticons, maybe not crashing, so that instead of being the pursued they were the hunters. All he wanted was an anti-hero for the Autobots sort of along the lines of Grimlock but not in the aggressive dinobot nature, but someone that Optimus could argue with and that you could take the side of. So that you can have a hero-vs-hero line, like Marvel Civil War, so that you could be on either side of the argument but be fully passionate about it. He hadn't fully fleshed out the character any more than that but he wanted them to be new, he didn't want it to be Grimlock's crew, Springer and the Wreckers, he wanted it to be a brand new guy that fans could rally around or dislike because he was so anti-Optimus.
He wanted new styles such as a large snowplow that would become a shield or something. His big pitch was to have a black and grey Decepticon that would probably be a lieutenant rather than the leader, but he would turn into a hearse and would have been called Tombstone, which was passed as being ok by the legal team. He knew it was campy but it would be a bigger vehicle and would give them some bulk. It's where the name of the G.I.Joe figure came from as he loved the name.
He thinks it would have been big and a lot of the designers that he worked with are still there, even though many of the Transformers staff has been turned over. He holds out hope that some of the ideas may still see the light of day.
He thinks that going Generation 3 would be a natural fit for the next line. He doesn't know where they are going next but he thinks that new characters are desperately needed for lines such as Transformers and G.I.Joe rather than trying to reboot the characters that have not been redone recently.
You can listen to the podcast by following the link at the start of this post. Whilst the full 9 hour podcast covers Transformers including unreleased figures shown by us here at Transformers At The Moon, the interview section starts at 6 hours and 10 minutes.
Via Loopaza Mega Store On Facebook we have a release schedule for upcoming Takara Tomy Movie The Best & Legends figures. The "Movie The Best" includes reissues of popular molds from previous lines with new decos whilst the "Legends" series is the Japanese equivalent to Hasbro’s Generations Titans Return line.
We have recieved a list of some of the upcoming 2017 Transformers releases for the UK. Some of the informastion included release dates (months), where as others just stated a 2017 release. The list includes the fan choice winner Trypticon!
Again, these are all currently due for release within the UK.
Due January 2017
No Release Month Stated
Some of the figures with no release dates against them mirror the listings of the January releases. We are unsure why.
April 2017
This list confirms some details which have been previously been announced, as well as including other items which have not. The list also confirms that the Genertions Trypticon figure will indeed see a UK release and there there is an RC (Radio Controlled)? Earth planned as part of the Last Knight toys.
With the UK Toy Fair just around the corner more information may be available soon.
Thanks to TFND on Facebook we have new images of Titans Returns Wave 4 Krok, Quake and Topspin which you can view below.
TFNation have made their thirty second transmission announcing that not one but two Third Party Transformers companies will be attending their show in person. Fansproject, the team behind the amazing Masterpiece Dinobot inspired Dibot line and Maketoys, the company that created the huge Pandinus figure.
RollOutRollCall have posted a new status over on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/RollOutRoll...type=3&theater) announcing a giveaway competition on Friday 8th July in association with A1Toys, Hasbro Inc and SDCC where 2 lucky winners will win BOTH SDCC 2016 Transformers exclusives.
According to the announcement the winners will receive their items after the 24th July.
Be in with a chance to WIN the SDCC 2016 Hasbro Transformers Exclusives at Roll Out Roll Call, The UK Transformers, G.I. Joe & Action Force Show.
A special bonus treat on Friday 8th of July for TWO General Weekend, Energon, International Hero and Crossover Ticket attendees. An amazing Prize Draw, courtesy of A1 Toys. Each winner will receive two of the SDCC 2016 Hasbro Transformers Exclusives. Prizes will be dispatched after 24th of July (within UK, International shipping will cost extra). YOU MUST HAVE REGISTERED AND BE PRESENT TO WIN ON THE FRIDAY AT 10.15pm
If you have not booked your room yet, OR need to amend your booking to stay Friday night at The Radisson Blu Edwardian, a limited number of hotel reservations are available shortly at substantial discounts for Roll Out Roll Call attendees.
Early reservation booking is encouraged to avoid disappointment.
£68.00 per room single occupancy (reduced from £180.00)
£78.00 per room double occupancy (reduced from £200.00)
£88.00 per room triple occupancy (reduced from £220.00)
£5.00 per 24 hour parking (reduced from £15.00)
Head to: http://www.radissonblu-edwardian.com/allthecoolstuff to book now.
TFNation have posted their latest anouncement which states that TFC Toys will be showcasing new and existing product at the 2016 show which takes place in Birmingham, England. TFC Toys are behind the incredible Hades combiner, based on the Transformers Victory Leo Kaiser / Brestforce figures. We own all four which have been released so far, and they are in must have. Their latest figure, Poseidon, also looks spot on as a giant Seacon combiner.
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#TFNation is proud to announce that TFC TOYS will be providing their first UK product display at TFNation 2016.
Founded in 2008, many feel that TFC Toys started the Combiner Wars with their immensely popular Hercules figure, a giant six robot/construction vehicle gestalt combiner based on Devastator. The release of Hercules would shape the world of Third Party #Transformers for years to come, seeing TFC Toys and various other companies produce a multitude of combining robots. Many have speculated that it was the popularity of these Third Party figures which inspired Hasbro into creating the Combiner Wars line. TFC Toys followed up Hercules with Ares (Predacons), Uranos (Aerialbots) and Prometheus (Protectobots).
Their current combiner, Hades (Breastforce), has been touted as the best Third Party combiner figure made so far. If you haven’t made up your mind on Hades TFC Toys will be providing a finished sample as part of their display. Following Hades their latest announced figures, Poseidon, are based on the Seacons: a six robot combiner-Targetmaster group which not only features "Scramble City limbs" (interchangeable) but also each figure has their original triple-changing gimmick. TFC Toys will be displaying currently available figures, future releases in the form of prototypes and hard-copies, and also their latest designs and concepts for future figures.
TFNation is extremely excited to welcome TFC Toys to TFNation 2016 and are humbled that they have chosen to showcase their incredible line up to European fans at our show.
Remember to stay tuned to all our social media channels for more exiting announcements for TFNation 2016.
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Hasbro and Xiaomi, a large electronic comany in China, have teamed up to create this Xiaomi Mi Pad 2 which transforms to Decepticon Soundwave.
“Xiaomi and Hasbro are collaborating for the first time crowdfunding a kickass robot model named Soundwave in China. Instead of a vehicle transforming into a robot, this time, it’s Mi Pad 2 that gets the Transformers treatment. How cool is that?
R&D worked really hard to ensure that the color, details and feel are exactly the same as Mi Pad 2. They were challenged at turning such a slim 7mm tablet into a 3D robot, but they managed to do so with a 30-step folding assembly.”
Weibo user Starscream and AC Toys user Toys2016 have provided In-Hand Images and a Pictorial Review of the toy.
Xiomi Soundwave even comes with a transforming minion, Ratbat, and a transforming weapon and a shield which certainly adds a good value for the price tag of $20
A little late but the Facebook page Planet Iacon have posted some scans from from the latest issues of Japanese Hobby Magazines which include some new upcoming products from Takara Tomy.
Next up is the new Transformers Titans Return figures. The images include Fortress Maximus, with Master Sword, as well as Legends figures LG21 through LG30.
A little late but the Facebook page Planet Iacon have posted some scans from from the latest issues of Japanese Hobby Magazines which include some new upcoming products from Takara Tomy.
Next up is the new Transformers Unite Warriors Computron figure.
A little late but the Facebook page Planet Iacon have posted some scans from from the latest issues of Japanese Hobby Magazines which include some new upcoming products from Takara Tomy.
First up are the new Transformers Adventure figures including the new Micron interactive figures like Power Surge Optimus, new Decepticon Scorponok, Warrior Windblade and more - check them out after the jump.
Reports are coming in that Wave 2 of the 2016 Transformers Combiner Wars figures have now been released within the Phillipines. The wave includes Sky Lynx,Smokescreen, Wheeljack, Hound and Trailbreaker.
Credit to TFW2005.com for the news.