New DOTM official Toy pics & info

[griffin]

New DOTM product listings (http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/new-transformers-dotm-product-listings/21219/) show two interesting Combo sets coming soon. A cross-generation theme, with Gen1 & Movie leaders packed together. Will probably be similar to the Optimus 2-pack a couple years ago that had Classics 2-pack Optimus with FAB Optimus in 'Leader for the Ages'.

Walmart & TRU exclusive figures (http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-toys--products-30/dark-of-the-moon-wal-mart-and-tru-exclusive-deluxe-figures-171872/). Including a (Tran)scanning series for TRU, which I think look amazing in vehicle mode - the way they are half coloured, half transparent. Robot mode suffers though. The Walmart ones are just odd redecos.

Cyberverse Mechtech & Roleplay figures (http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-toys--products-30/dotm-cyberverse-mech-tech-and-role-play-transformers-items-171874/).

Speed Stars & Stealth Force figures (http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-toys--products-30/new-transformers-speed-stars-and-stealth-force-images-171875/). These things just never stop.

Ultimate Optimus Prime (http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-toys--products-30/official-images-of-ultimate-optimus-prime-171876/).

[FFN]

There's a bunch of obscure logos and references on the Walmart vehicles that Hasbro's deco artists probably got from the wiki via google (because Hasbro sure as hell probably doesn't remember things like the Beast Machines Maximal logo).


Of interest is that blue racing deco for Sideswipe - a month or so back it appeared on iGear's website with a claim it was limited to 1000 pieces, making people think it was for BotCon or something. Now we know it will be a $10, relatively easy-to-find retail toy at Walmart.

Man, iGear. Hopefully nobody paid iGear their $100 asking price for it.

[Sky Shadow]

There's a bunch of obscure logos and references on the Walmart vehicles that Hasbro's deco artists probably got from the wiki via google (because Hasbro sure as hell probably doesn't remember things like the Beast Machines Maximal logo).

What? How is the Beast Machines Maximal logo obscure and how the heck does Hasbro using logos that they themselves invented and used before there even was a wiki mean they got them "from the wiki"? That's like putting two and two together to get one hundred and seventy-three.

[FFN]

I talked to somebody (not whomever did these, however) and it seemed plausible. But granted, I should have mentioned something obscure like the pre-history Autobot symbol on Bumblebee.

Either way, whomever did this went above and beyond the call of duty in terms of cross-continuity references.