Transformers Toy Rumours (must note a source)

[griffin]

Another Collaborative Crossover found?
Apparently someone on TFW found it on the Walmart computers (https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/04/30/brand-new-hasbro-transformers-initiative-discovered-project-jam-432767)... a "Transformers: Project Jam" listing, at a price of us$70 (the XMen crossover was us$65 and Commander Class pricing is rrp of us$80... so somewhere between those).

I think it would have to be something that was cancelled, or significantly delayed, as the product number is really old for something thatdoesn't appear to have been released yet.
It is E8546, which should have seen it being released September-October 2020, as it follows the product code of two other Project toys...

E8544 - Maverick (Project Cruise) - out September 2020.
E8545 - Gigawatt (Project Future) - out October 2020.

If it is still coming, any guesses as to what "Jam" could be related to, remembering that each Project name is related to the alt-mode of the toy.


Meanwhile, someone else has come across another Transformers product with a codename (https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/05/01/rumor-transformers-generations-selects-deluxe-alabama-new-listing-432787) (the US state name of Alabama), but it isn't a new product.

Hasbro are needing to use codenames for their release of TakaraTomy "exclusive" toys, to prevent/limit leaks before TakaraTomy officially reveal the name or product first, because it is their product, and most of the leaks are of Hasbro products by people finding them early on supplier listings or store computers.

Products and release schedules by Hasbro are planned a year or two in advance for their customers (retailers)... way before TakaraTomy are ready to reveal their "non-Hasbro" items... so with all of the leaks we've been seeing lately on the (Hasbro) US Transformers side, the only way to be sure that TakaraTomy Transformers don't get leaked before they get to reveal the items themselves officially, is to have Hasbro use codenames with the product numbers, and very few people (even within Hasbro) know the true identities of the toys until they are officially revealed.

Currently, the codenames include US states, cities and candy.
(the "Project" figures have codenames as well, but those are Hasbro toys and the codenames are actually related to each toy)

These are some examples that should be safe to mention (so that I don't get into any trouble), as they have already been released or are on the Hasbro Pulse website...
Georgia - F0473 - TT-GS05 Abominus
North Dakota - F2269 - TT-GS11 Volcanicus
Alabama - F4537 - TT-GS12 Soundblaster (their version of the Netflix toy)
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Hershey - F0472 - MP53 Autobot Skids
Starburst - F0475 - MP52 Starscream

Notice a pattern with the codenames?
Locations are for the JP GEN Selects toys, candy are for JP MP toys.

(I'm not going to risk listing any others before they are known, so don't ask ... this is just an fyi, for those wondering what the codenames are for, and don't obsess too much about them).

[dirge]

Hershey - F0472 - MP53 Autobot Skids

Notice a pattern with the codenames?
Locations are for the JP GEN Selects toys, candy are for JP MP toys.


And, just because life is messy, Hershey is actually a location (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hershey,_Pennsylvania) as well. Ya can't win, sometimes.

[Handsprime]

And, just because life is messy, Hershey is actually a location (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hershey,_Pennsylvania) as well. Ya can't win, sometimes.
Apparently the town is named after the candy, or more specifically the founder Mr. Hershey himself.
It's as if there was a town called Cadbury, or Nestle, or Coca-Cola.

[dirge]

Apparently the town is named after the candy, or more specifically the founder Mr. Hershey himself.
It's as if there was a town called Cadbury, or Nestle, or Coca-Cola.

Oh, I know. I'm just laughing at the fact it fits both patterns.

[Autocon]

Project Jam: Space Jam movie remake. UFO transforms to alien robot mecha suit.

[Krayt]

Hang on.... everyone is wondering what Alabama is going to be.... but you listed it as Soundblaster???.....

[DELTAprime]

The American company called Target has some new listings according to the US news sites. Including what is likely to be a Target US exclusive (sigh) WFC K Road Rage.


Transformers Kingdom Deluxe Road Rage
MSRP: $22.99
DPCI: 087-16-2679
Transformers Buzzworthy Bumblebee Generations Deluxe Origins Bumblebee
MSRP: $22.99
DPCI: 087-16-3816
Transformers Buzzworthy Bumblebee Movie Power Charge Bumblebee
MSRP: $49.99
DPCI: 087-16-5566
Transformers Optimus Prime (line Unknown)
MSRP: $49.99
DPCI: 087-16-9854
Transformers Megatron (line Unknown)
MSRP $49.99
DPCI: 087-16-4899
Transformers Action Figure AST (new unknown AST)
MSRP: $39.99
DPCI: 087-16-6604


https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/05/01/new-target-dcpi-numbers-for-upcoming-exclusives-kingdom-road-rage-and-more-432807

[griffin]

Oh, I know. I'm just laughing at the fact it fits both patterns.

That may be true, but the cities so far used as codenames are major/well-known American cities... so the overlap of Hershey (or any other candy item also on the list that might also be a town name) is messy on its own, but as part of the two toy lists makes sense.

[griffin]

The American company called Target has some new listings according to the US news sites. Including what is likely to be a Target US exclusive (sigh) WFC K Road Rage.

https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/05/01/new-target-dcpi-numbers-for-upcoming-exclusives-kingdom-road-rage-and-more-432807

The Roadrage toy wasn't on our Australian release listing back in January, but could have changed since then... but being a US Target exclusive, the odds aren't good, as we rarely get US Target exclusives here.

That Origin Bumblebee item... since it is part of Buzzworthy Bumblebee at a Deluxe price, I wonder if it would be the Netflix Bumblebee toy.
The Power Charge Bumblebee would be that one from 2018 Bumblebee Movie Toyline (same US price) that had that wheel in the chest that you turn to power up the electronics. This thing was a bit of a shelf-warmer back in 2018, so I wouldn't care if it this release doesn't come here, and am surprised that they want to give it another shot at selling it.

[SharkyMcShark]

Couple of new listings on TFW2005 now, for Studio Series
(https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/05/02/new-transformers-studio-series-listings-for-2022-432832)
Deluxe
BB Movie Wheeljack
BB Movie Brawn
BB Movie Ratchet
86 Perceptor

Voyager
BB Movie Soundwave
86 Junkyard (apparently a retool of Wreck Gar?)

Leader
86 Starscream with Coronation Set


I'm most intrigued by the Starscream set. I'm assuming that it's the WFCE Voyager Figure, seeing as that's quite G1 accurate. I'm wondering what they're going to pack in to justify the leader price point. Give that its literally double the price I can't see it being just shoulder pads, cape and crown. Maybe the little podium he was standing on too?

Not holding out much hope for the BB Movie deluxe class Cybertronian figs. I've found a lot of the SS deluxe class car figures to be underwhelming. Robot curls into ball and hides under a cape of vehicle parts. Yawn.

[DELTAprime]

I'm really looking forward to Junkheap and the Wreckgar he's undoubtedly based on.

I'm going to be curious to see if that's a new Perceptor or a re-release of the one from a couple of years ago.

[griffin]

If it's the titans return Perceptor, it needs to be reworked to remove the headmasters gimmick.
And I think if it is the combiner wars Wreck Gar mould, the combiner gimmick will bug me, but might need to keep it so that the junkions look similar.
And if it is Earthrise Voyager Starscream, knowing Hasbro it will just be a padded out leader box with cape, crown and shoulder pads.
I'd like to see a set of 6 trumpets included too... ;)

[Tha_Phantom]

Considering SS86 Blurr, Hot Rod, Kup, Scourge and Jazz were not Titans Return/POTP reissues, I see no reason to believe anything else will be.

[Bidoofdude]

I’d say it’s basically guaranteed that Wreck Gar and Perceptor are new moulds. Glad I didn’t end up getting Legends Perceptor after all. A new mould deluxe Gnaw has been rumoured since day one so there’s that to look forward to.

The rumour for Starscream is that he is at the leader pricepoint, with retooling to accomodate the coronation gear. Supposedly it basically mangles his alt mode because of the bigger shoulder vents.

[DELTAprime]

I'd like to see a set of 6 trumpets included too... ;)

Oh god. Don't give them any ideas. The last thing my wallet needs is new Constructicons.

[Tha_Phantom]

Supposedly it basically mangles his alt mode because of the bigger shoulder vents.

Thank goodness. I was worried there wouldn't be something for people to complain about.

[griffin]

Studio Series Slag still hasn't been officially revealed yet, but one of the usual leakers has managed to get one and shown it off (screenshots can be seen here (https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/05/06/transformers-studio-series-86-leader-class-slag-in-hand-images-432981)).

It should mean that Hasbro will officially reveal it fairly soon, as leaked toys or images can often be missing something or be mis-transformed, generating negativity that could have been avoided if it wasn't leaked first.

[JJJ]

Yeah, but the official pictures are often no better; in fact they are notorious for it. Even knowing the process that they use, it still blows my mind that they really cannot be arsed to make the tiny effort required to show off their product properly.

And I find that there's just no way to avoid that negativity anyway; even with the perfect pics, someone will find fault. It's what fans do, after all - nobody hates like a fan hates.

[Sinnertwin]

I’d say it’s basically guaranteed that Wreck Gar and Perceptor are new moulds. Glad I didn’t end up getting Legends Perceptor after all. A new mould deluxe Gnaw has been rumoured since day one so there’s that to look forward to.

The rumour for Starscream is that he is at the leader pricepoint, with retooling to accomodate the coronation gear. Supposedly it basically mangles his alt mode because of the bigger shoulder vents.

I dont get how it would mangle his alt mode? You'd assume that they'd work the crown, shoulder pauldrons & cape around the existing figure, not the other way around

[Bidoofdude]

I dont get how it would mangle his alt mode? You'd assume that they'd work the crown, shoulder pauldrons & cape around the existing figure, not the other way around

I haven’t seen the figure but I expect the shoulder intakes are enlarged like in the movie.

[Sinnertwin]

I haven’t seen the figure but I expect the shoulder intakes are enlarged like in the movie.

It's really only that one scene where you can tell that another animator/s worked on it (he's quite detailed & disproportionate), but if they're using it as a base, then the alt mode will indeed look a but silly, unless they can find a way to shorten the intakes. Anyhoo, let's wait and see.

[DELTAprime]

Another week, another leak. SS 86 Wreckgar.

https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/05/17/transformers-studio-series-86-wreck-gar-first-look-433496

[griffin]

A very vague tease from an unknown source (https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/05/17/possible-teaser-image-of-studio-series-leader-class-grindor-ravage-433499), of what is being claimed to be Studio Series Mv2 Grindor (redeco Blackout), and the Ravage figurine that is supposed to come with it.

[Sinnertwin]

A very vague tease from an unknown source (https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/05/17/possible-teaser-image-of-studio-series-leader-class-grindor-ravage-433499), of what is being claimed to be Studio Series Mv2 Grindor (redeco Blackout), and the Ravage figurine that is supposed to come with it.

I had a chuckle at that
What can I say? It's a great looking fist and forearm

[reillyd]

Pictures on tfw2005 of Generations Select Artfire, including box. Its? either a real elaborate hoax / custom, or we?re finally getting Artfire based off Earthrise Inferno

[Sinnertwin]

Pictures on tfw2005 of Generations Select Artfire, including box. Its? either a real elaborate hoax / custom, or we?re finally getting Artfire based off Earthrise Inferno

I love it. So glad I locked my order down with Amazon

[DELTAprime]

Pictures on tfw2005 of Generations Select Artfire, including box. Its? either a real elaborate hoax / custom, or we?re finally getting Artfire based off Earthrise Inferno

It's not a hoax, he has been available to order on Amazon AU for a while now.

[griffin]

Some more possible upcoming toys (https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/05/19/new-transformers-r-e-d-kingdom-san-diego-comic-con-set-ean-codes-433651), found from an unknown source....
(the "Red" toys are the R.E.D. non-converting toys)




Tra Gen Red G1 Shockwave
EAN: 5010993975006
Tra Gen Red G1 Galvatron
EAN: 5010993974979
Tra Gen Red Prime Optimus Prime
EAN: 5010993978427
Tra Gen Red Prime Megatron
EAN: 5010993978410
Tra Gen SDCC 1
EAN: 5010993863358
Tra Gen WFC Kingdom voyager Blaster
EAN: 5010993974993
Tra Gen Studio series voyager 86 Hot Rod variant
EAN: 5010993940110


Tra Gen Studio series LDR 86 Starscream Cape is EAN: 5010993950430
Tra Gen Studio series Voyager TF6 Soundwave is EAN: 5010993940103.

[DELTAprime]

Some more possible upcoming toys (https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/05/19/new-transformers-r-e-d-kingdom-san-diego-comic-con-set-ean-codes-433651), found from an unknown source....
(the "Red" toys are the R.E.D. non-converting toys)

I still really want a local retailer to stock the RED figures. I know it was reported last year that Big W wanted to stock them, but that deal seemingly fell apart.

[G1Optimal]

Apparantly theres a hasbro pulse friday fan fest tommorow morning at 1 am in australia i think (may 21 2021 11am us time)

[griffin]

Apparantly theres a hasbro pulse friday fan fest tommorow morning at 1 am in australia i think (may 21 2021 11am us time)

I totally forgot about this... I spent most of the last two days in bed incapacitated by allergies and antihistamines. :(
I'll go check out the news and post up something... a day and a half late.

[griffin]

This news posting is claiming that (https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/05/20/official-product-descriptions-for-upcoming-studio-series-slug-gnaw-grindor-and-jolt-433661), SS-73 will be LDR ROTF Grindor with Ravage and SS-75 will DLX ROTF Jolt (we already knew that SS-74 will be DLX ROTF Bumblebee with Sam, as it was "re"released early in the Buzzworthy Bumblebee toyline).

[DELTAprime]

It looks like there might be more stock of WFC E Dirge and Ramjet hitting the online stores soon.

My Dirge and Ramjet are still stuck in Japan because of the state of emergency, so I might just buy another set and then sell the other one when it eventually shows up.

https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/previously-exclusive-box-sets-found-in-independent-canadian-online-stores/45956/

[reillyd]

It looks like there might be more stock of WFC E Dirge and Ramjet hitting the online stores soon.

https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/previously-exclusive-box-sets-found-in-independent-canadian-online-stores/45956/

If only they?d do the same with Earthrise Thrust!

[JJJ]

But which online stores? Within Australia, or only overseas?

[G1Optimal]

I totally forgot about this... I spent most of the last two days in bed incapacitated by allergies and antihistamines. :(
I'll go check out the news and post up something... a day and a half late.

I hope you are feeling better

all it was
ss86 leader slug, deluxe sharkticon and voyager wreck gar
shattered glass starscream
4k release of the 86 animated movie for the 35th anniversary by shout factory

[griffin]

But which online stores? Within Australia, or only overseas?

In the link he posted up, it is a Canadian online store... that I haven't heard of before, so maybe they have secured some stock from Asia (or the recently released Japanese edition). They certainly sold out fast enough, so I doubt they had many units.

They also have listed the Alternate Universe "dead" Optimus for the same month of release, which was also released in Japan at the same time as the Conehead 2-pack... so my money is on them having someone in Japan securing a few, and then shipping them surface-mail to Canada to save money perhaps? At least, that's one possible explanation, but seeing what they sell for on ebay (us$300+), I'm not sure why that online store didn't jack up the price a bit... or just privately list them on ebay for a couple hundred dollars each, which would still sell fast.

I was actually surprised that we didn't see more stock end up in Asian countries when it was released in Japan (they get the same stock at the same time)... but for now, I think we can only hope that Hasbro do another run, as one of the live stream videos had the host(s) surprised that the Coneheads were so short-supplied (many Americans had their Amazon orders cancelled).

[JJJ]

I was actually surprised that we didn't see more stock end up in Asian countries when it was released in Japan (they get the same stock at the same time)... but for now, I think we can only hope that Hasbro do another run, as one of the live stream videos had the host(s) surprised that the Coneheads were so short-supplied (many Americans had their Amazon orders cancelled).

But this isn't the first time that a Hasbro talking head has expressed surprise at the idea of people not being able to obtain the Coneheads. There seems to be some sort of disconnect between Hasbro's staff and Hasbro's production practices. The one I recall from a few months ago seemed entirely baffled by the concept. This is the primary reason I've despaired of there being a new production run.

[griffin]

Once Tracks was officially revealed, it was expected that there would be redecos, and Roadrage is the most likely one we'd see first.... and a photo has been leaked of a red Tracks (https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/06/02/possible-first-look-at-kingdom-deluxe-road-rage-434614).

[G1Optimal]

Studio Series grindor and ravage in package has been leaked
https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/06/04/transformers-studio-series-ss-73-grindor-ravage-in-package-images-434714

[reillyd]

Allspark (https://www.allspark.com/2021/06/cyberverse-ultra-class-sludge-revealed/) has Dinobots Unite Sludge. He looks kinda cool.

[griffin]

A toy that hasn't been officially revealed yet by Hasbro is claimed to be in the Kingdom toyline (if it is going beyond 3 waves), is Deluxe Waspinato (https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/06/11/transformers-kingdom-deluxe-waspinator-in-hand-images-435313)r (screenshots from one of the usual leakers, comparing it to the Japanese version of the Generations Waspinator toy from around 2015).


Studio Series grindor and ravage in package has been leaked
https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/06/04/transformers-studio-series-ss-73-grindor-ravage-in-package-images-434714

Maybe the one from ebay in that earlier news posting... some in-hand photos (https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/06/11/studio-series-ss-76-leader-class-grindor-ravage-in-hand-images-435371), comparing it to Blackout in robot mode.

[griffin]

Meanwhile, the first of the many expected redecos of Studio Series Starscream from the Bumblebee movie, is said to be Thrust (https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/06/16/studio-series-thrust-possibly-revealed-435610)... a green redeco, which was in the Movie, but has the colours of the Armada Thrust toy.

[Autocon]

Must say the older waspinator looks so good. These newer beastwars seem a lil cartoony rather than real life representations in terms of colour palette.

[griffin]

In the tradition of Optimus Prime trucks featuring other brands on the side (Pepsi (3 times), 7-11, Ghostbusters, BAPE, NGE... to be honest, I thought there were more), the next themed Optimus Prime toy could be Amazon branded.

According to this news post (https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/06/28/transformers-collaborative-transformers-amazon-prime-mash-up-official-description-436399), the recently rumoured "Amazon Optimus" is not an Amazon exclusive Optimus (like some toys have "Target" in the product name because it is a Target exclusive), but could be an Optimus Prime with an Amazon branded trailer.


There has always been more to Transformers robots – but now fans can experience how these larger-than-life characters unite with other characters, teams and people who also have this special quality thanks to the Transformers Collaborative. There’s a lot more to Prime – a truckload more. Two worlds collide in this Transformers Amazon Prime Mash-Up Pack. A special delivery from Optimus Prime! The leader of the Autobots adopts a new mode and presents himself as the iconic Amazon Prime Truck. He believes that every sentient being (with a Prime Account) has a right to fast delivery. The figure can be transformed into a licensed Volvo Amazon Prime Truck in 37 steps and impresses with decor and details that are inspired by an Amazon Prime truck. It even includes 2 small Amazon Prime boxes that can be stored in the trailer. Ready to protect his shipments from all threats, Optimus Prime brings his ion blaster and a matrix of leadership that can be inserted into the character’s chest. Transformers and all related characters are trademarks of Hasbro. The VOLVO trademarks (word and device), other related trademarks, if applicable, and the Volvo designs are licensed by the AB Volvo Group.

THE POWER OF TRANSFORMATION: There’s more in Prime – a whole truckload more
TRANSFORMERS-AMAZON PRIME MASH-UP: All sentient beings have a right to fast
delivery. Here you can be sure that Optimus Prime will arrive on time (unless you are a Decepticon)
INSPIRED BY AN AMAZON PRIME TRUCK: The Optimus Prime figure can be transformed into a licensed Volvo truck in 37 steps and impresses with a decor and details that are inspired by an Amazon Prime truck
THIS OPTIMUS PRIME TOY COMES WITH GREAT ACCESSORIES: Contains an ion blaster, a matrix of leadership that fits in the chest and 2 small Amazon Prime packages that can be stored in the trailer

PACKAGING IN THE AMAZON LOOK: The packaging is inspired by the Amazon Prime packages and shows the iconic black and blue Amazon Prime adhesive strips as details

[Seraphim Prime]

The leader of the Autobots adopts a new mode and presents himself as the iconic Amazon Prime Truck. He believes that every sentient being (with a Prime Account) has a right to fast delivery. The figure can be transformed into a licensed Volvo Amazon Prime Truck in 37 steps and impresses with decor and details that are inspired by an Amazon Prime truck. It even includes 2 small Amazon Prime boxes that can be stored in the trailer. Ready to protect his shipments from all threats, Optimus Prime brings his ion blaster and a matrix of leadership that can be inserted into the character’s chest

Two things
1 - Sounds like an Earthrise remould - keep the basic architecture of Earthrise and give the vehicle a Volvo cab (with features like Ion blaster and chest Matrix)
2 - I hate the degradation of Prime's motto for capitalism - all sentient beings means all sentient beings - not just those with enough dollars for increased benefits. And fast delivery is not a right.

[DELTAprime]

1 - Sounds like an Earthrise remould - keep the basic architecture of Earthrise and give the vehicle a Volvo cab (with features like Ion blaster and chest Matrix)

With Amazon's main market being America I would expect the Volvo to be a Volvo VNL, which is a long nose truck sold in America. The Volvo Globetrotter that we get here is a cab over engine design, but it's non-existent in America. I'm thinking he will be a remould of a movie Optimus because of that.

But whichever Volvo he is based on I'll be buying him as I often drive a Volvo in both American Truck Sim and Euro Truck Sim 2.

[Dkaris]

Amazon prime?

"Decent working conditions are not the right of all sentient beings."

[griffin]

One rumoured Kingdom toy is Slammer (one of the junior partners to Metroplex), and this is said to be its product description (no source credited though (https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/06/30/product-description-for-kingdom-deluxe-slammer-436551))...


The addition of the Maximals and Predacons is really revolutionary. They engage in an epic battle with the Autobots and Decepticons that will change their fate forever. This Autobot Slammer figure can be separated into 8 weapons that other figures can equip (each sold separately, subject to availability). This G1 inspired Autobot Slammer figure can be transformed into a tank in 20 steps and comes with a blaster. The figure’s tank turret can be separated to form a larger blaster. The figure can be transformed into a tower compatible with the 2013 Metroplex figure (sold separately, subject to availability). This figure invites fans to expand their Deluxe Metroplex drone collection (WFC-S22 Autobot Six-Gun is sold separately, subject to availability). Contains a card with a gold disc that provides information about the possible fate of a key character. More Kingdom figures can be collected to reveal all 3 alternate fates of each character. (Each sold separately. Subject to availability.) Transformers and all related characters are trademarks of Hasbro.
Warning notices
Suitable for ages 8 and up Warning: Danger of suffocation – Not suitable for children under 3 years as it contains small parts.
Features & details
DISCOVER KINGDOM: The addition of the Maximals and Predacons is truly revolutionary. They engage in an epic battle with the Autobots and Decepticons that will change their fate forever

ARMING THE FIGURES: This Autobot Slammer figure can be separated into 8 weapons that other figures can equip (each sold separately, subject to availability)
G1-INSPIRED MODE AND ACCESSORIES: This G1-inspired figure can be transformed into a tank in 20 steps and includes a blaster. The tank turret can be separated to form a larger blaster
ADD TO THE DELUXE METROPLEX DRONE COLLECTION: Fans can add this figure along with WFC-S22 Autobot Six-Gun to their deluxe class Metroplex Drones Collection (sold separately, subject to availability)
CARDS WITH A GOLD DISC PROVIDE
INFORMATION ABOUT POSSIBLE FATE: Contains a card with a gold disk that provides information about the possible fate of a key character. More Kingdom figures can be collected



If this toy is real, it completes the set for the 2013 Metroplex toy, as it was originally released with Scamper, and Sixgun was released in Siege in 2019.

[JJJ]

Think it might be real. Apart from the listings, we now have wave 4 (https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/first-look-at-kingdom-wave-4-art.1216346/) art that includes Slammer. Ooh, and Pipes :)

[Seraphim Prime]

What's most surprising is that it is a full fledged Weaponizer rather than a Warpath repaint as most people were speculating.

[High_Q]

TFW2005 reports (https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/07/21/possible-first-look-at-transformers-masterpiece-mp-55-nightbird-437816) that an online store is listing MP-55 as G1 Nightbird, with a photo of what looks like a retool of MP-51 Arcee.

Except for the backpack in robot mode, it looks like the animation model. It doesn't seem to include nutchucks, though.

[griffin]

Takaratomy reworked the GEN/Legends Arcee into a really good Nightbird, so this doesn't surprise me if it is.true... I just didn't think about it being so obvious... at least, a better choice than a green redeco as a Paradron Medic.

[Tha_Phantom]

Facebook page Transformers Prototypes (https://www.facebook.com/TransformersPrototypes) has shared images of a supposed Masterpiece Cliffjumper prototype.
From what I can see, the yellow and black parts are reused from MP-45, as is much of the transformation. Not surprising really.

https://i.ibb.co/jDfcM3V/224872206-372896857738692-786202245374097667-n.jpg (https://ibb.co/ZxXn8cH)https://i.ibb.co/XpqhFxB/224409424-372896874405357-190253936160892853-n.jpg (https://ibb.co/q9vtmYG)

[High_Q]

It doesn't seem to include nutchucks, though.

Lol. I didn't notice my typo until now.

So, MP Cliffjumper, if legit, is very welcome. I liked the MP-45 mold, and didn't mind the backpack as it was no worse than MP-21's.

If this MP CJ is official, i am disappointed that Bee's clown shoes wasn't redesigned, though.

[Tha_Phantom]

A digibash of the supposed MP Cliffjumper prototype done by ElusoryMonk.
It also just occurred to me that if this is indeed a legitimate project Takara is working on, then we could also see a Masterpiece Hubcap.

https://i.ibb.co/C1P998L/224594529-557951062235548-528578317610905054-n.png (https://ibb.co/8KYxxsk)

Edit: Another digibash by Cheebs.
https://i.ibb.co/Svxvn5y/226265616-374270677601310-5761847389327981847-n.jpg (https://ibb.co/LpPptYR)

[griffin]

What could be the fourth wave of RED toys (https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/07/31/r-e-d-transformers-prime-dark-energon-megatron-and-g1-cliffjumper-ean-numbers-438445) - Gen1 Cliffjumper and (TFPrime?) Dark Energon Megatron.

[Flukey]

Possible new listings of upcoming SS86 and Next Gen lines, https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/08/11/new-transformers-legacy-evolution-figure-listings-found-leader-dragon-megatron-soundwave-energon-monster-438997

SS86 Ratchet would be great since he was impossible to obtain in the Earthrise line..But the low price tag scares me as if its a core class?

Seeing dragstrip there gives me hope of a team of G1 stunticons/(Menasor Combiner?) , as I did hear of a commander class Motormaster (via TF Slag podcast) coming in the next line, though rumour only...

Blaster - Happydays

Didnt think SS did core class so interesting to see the scale of Wheelie and laserbeak to the current line, as the Wheelie with Shockwave scaled well despite not being able to transform, Likewise the unpainted Laserbeak with Soundwave

[High_Q]

Possible new listings of upcoming SS86 and Next Gen lines, https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/08/11/new-transformers-legacy-evolution-figure-listings-found-leader-dragon-megatron-soundwave-energon-monster-438997 ...

I want the Skids to be G1 and not IDW, but don't mind whether it's the Sunbow alt mode or the Honda.

[1AZRAEL1]

Lord I hope that Inferno is the ant. My favourite BW character

[Tranceblade]

Seems more likely that Inferno is a repack for Legacy

[1AZRAEL1]

There's been rumours of a new ant Inferno for a while. But if it's just another Inferno we've just had, I wouldn't be surprised

[Paulbot]

Possible new listings of upcoming SS86 and Next Gen lines, https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/08/11/new-transformers-legacy-evolution-figure-listings-found-leader-dragon-megatron-soundwave-energon-monster-438997

SS86 Ratchet would be great since he was impossible to obtain in the Earthrise line..But the low price tag scares me as if its a core class?

Seeing dragstrip there gives me hope of a team of G1 stunticons/(Menasor Combiner?) , as I did hear of a commander class Motormaster (via TF Slag podcast) coming in the next line, though rumour only...



Core class SS86 Ratchet doesn't make a lot of sense... Core clase SS86 Ratbat however (next to SE86 Rumble listing) makes more sense. Autocorrect error?

Rumours are that a whole set of Stunticons is coming. Spoilers Menasor was an easter egg (https://www.polygon.com/animation-cartoons/22599690/transformers-kingdom-easter-eggs-beast-wars-war-for-cybertron) the vision/flashes in the Kingdom cartoon which helps that rumour.

[Other]

A Ratbat autocorrect makes some sense. Alternatively perhaps Hasbro wants to release more core class figures of Legacy characters and is splitting them between SS and the current CHUG line when possible, such as was the case with Kingdom Cyclonus and SS86 Scourge, in order to get stores to accept more product and to get more unusual style of characters(the tapes or RoTF Wheelie) trojan horsed on to shelves at the same time. Stores might not buy all 4-5 waves of core class figures from one subline but they might pick up 2-3 waves from two different successful sublines

[griffin]

The list from that TFW link, said to be either Legacy or Evolutions...


• Leader Dragon Megatron ($49.99)
• Armada Starscream ($29.99)
• Soundwave ($9.99)
• Energon Monster ($9.99)
• Bulkhead ($29.99)
• Tarantulas ($22.99)
• Skids ($22.99)
• Dragstrip ($22.99)
• SS86 Ratchet ($8.49) (Ratbat?)
• SS86 Rumble ($8.49)
• Kickback ($22.99)
• Studio Series TF3 Laserbeak ($8.49)
• Studio Series TF7 Wheelie ($8.49)
• Blaster ($29.99)
• Ravage ($8.49)
• Inferno ($29.99)
• Arcee ($22.99)

[High_Q]

Photos of the altmode (https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/08/14/possible-masterpiece-cliffjumper-prototype-vehicle-mode-images-439415#images) of the rumoured official MP Cliffjumper from a few weeks ago. Alt-mode looks nicely animation accurate. If licensed, it'll pave the way for an MP Jazz.

[JJJ]

Photos of the altmode (https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/08/14/possible-masterpiece-cliffjumper-prototype-vehicle-mode-images-439415#images) of the rumoured official MP Cliffjumper from a few weeks ago. Alt-mode looks nicely animation accurate. If licensed, it'll pave the way for an MP Jazz.

Why would it be licenced? It's the squashed-balloon cartoon version, not a real car.

[High_Q]

Why would it be licenced? It's the squashed-balloon cartoon version, not a real car.

Super-deformed MP-45 Bumblebee was licensed even though the altmode does not sport a VW logo, as were the Q-Transformers (https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Q-Transformers) line from a few years back. It makes the items more expensive but maybe Takara worries about IP infringement, and also perhaps putting the car logo on the toy packaging increases sales.

[griffin]

Some more store listings (https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/08/14/more-transformers-listings-discovered-core-skywarp-iguanus-legacy-studio-series-shockwave-439400) of what could be from next year's toyline...


• Iguanus ($9.99)
• Shockwave ($8.49)
• Shockwave ($9.99)
• Skywarp ($9.99)
• Energon Monster ($22.99)
• Jhaxus (Jhiaxus) ($29.99)
• Wild Rider ($22.99)

[JJJ]

Iguanus is ... intriguing.

That's the core class price point, so this'll be something tiny with relatively poor articulation. But why revive that character as a core class toy?

Pretenders were a stupid concept; even as a kid I could spot it. And it wasn't just the implementation that was limited by the technology of the day. But apparently lots of people have a soft spot for them.

Is there a plan to revive the pretender toys? Perhaps as a core class toy inside a toy of a larger class? If so, would it just be a shell, or would it be a fully transforming toy on its own? Perhaps if the core robot is sold separately, this is being done as a mix-and-match thing, much like the idea of being able to swap the titan-masters and prime-masters around (did anyone actually do that?).

As stupid as I think the 80s idea was, Hasbro these days does seem to know how to make toys that are playable and appeal to people. I really don't see the attraction of the fossilisers, but hey, look at them sell :)

[JJJ]

Oh, okay, one of the leakers who works somewhere within Hasbro has confirmed that the core class toy is it, the entirety of pretender Iguanus. The robot will look like the old shell, and the alt-mode will look like the old vehicle mode. Really not sure how that'll work at core class size.

Heh. Oddly enough, now I'm a little disappointed that they didn't take the two-part option. Would at least have been interesting to see...

[DELTAprime]

Time to throw out my POTP Pretenders. Also, Wildrider is a concern. Are they doing another full Menasor?

[JJJ]

Also, Wildrider is a concern. Are they doing another full Menasor?

Yes, we've known about new Stunticons for something over 6 months now. Well, as much as we can know given our sources are leakers. Anyway, Motormaster is next year's commander class toy (because of the unique cars-on-a-frame nature of Menasor), and the rest of the team will be deluxes. This much appears to be certain at this point. The rest of the rumour is that there will be one combiner team per year, scattered throughout the waves.

[JJJ]

And now apparently (https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/listings-for-legacy-deluxe-pointblank-elita-1-and-crankcase.1218890/) Crankcase and Pointblank.

Also in that thread, a flat out statement (https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/listings-for-legacy-deluxe-pointblank-elita-1-and-crankcase.1218890/page-2#post-19448236) that the next titan will be Cybertron Metroplex. From a leaker, so take as you will.

So with the several retail listing threads, there's not much left to reveal in next year's line...

[Zommael]

Core:
Soundwave probably a re-release of Kingdom
Optimus Prime could be a re-release of Kingdom or could be based on Prime OP
Skywarp probably a recolour of Kingdom Soundwave
Shockwave probably G1, to finish off the "main four" Decepticons in Core Class
Iguanus Beast Wars?
Energon Monster no idea, probably part of the theme for the next line

Deluxe:
Breakdown
Deadend
Wildrider
Dragstrip
These four must all be G1 to accompany the Commander Class

Skids G1
Energon Monster see above
Kickback G1 Insecticon
Crankcase G1
Elita 1 ?
Pointblank G1
Tarantulas BW
Arcee Prime

Voyager:
Soundwave Prime
Blaster G1, unless it's somehow a retool of Soundwave
Jhiaxus G1, but probably a retool of Armada Starscream
Bulkhead Prime
Armada Starscream
BW Inferno

Leader:
Dragon Megatron
Galvatron Kingdom re-release
Laser Optimus Prime
Blitzwing G1 but I hope they give it Animated's face changing gimmick

Commander:
Motormaster G1

[Flukey]

Also in that thread, a flat out statement (https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/listings-for-legacy-deluxe-pointblank-elita-1-and-crankcase.1218890/page-2#post-19448236) that the next titan will be Cybertron Metroplex. From a leaker, so take as you will.

.

Maybe this is why we are getting a Slammer as it did seem like a real random selection in the current line... and we already have six gun.

Wonder if a new scamper will come with it or if it might be a single release?

[reillyd]

And now apparently (https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/listings-for-legacy-deluxe-pointblank-elita-1-and-crankcase.1218890/) Crankcase and Pointblank.

Also in that thread, a flat out statement (https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/listings-for-legacy-deluxe-pointblank-elita-1-and-crankcase.1218890/page-2#post-19448236) that the next titan will be Cybertron Metroplex. From a leaker, so take as you will.


Haven't we already had a Metroplex Titan? Because I clearly remember buying one before Fortress Maximum, and it was from the War for Cybertron game, right?

[Gehirn]

Haven't we already had a Metroplex Titan? Because I clearly remember buying one before Fortress Maximum, and it was from the War for Cybertron game, right?

From Transformers Cybertron the tv show.

[JJJ]

Haven't we already had a Metroplex Titan? Because I clearly remember buying one before Fortress Maximum, and it was from the War for Cybertron game, right?

Unicron Trilogy Metroplex (https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Metroplex_(Cybertron)), not quite as titanic as standard Metroplex :)

[JJJ]

Iguanus Beast Wars?

No, confirmed to be a modern version of the 1980s pretender toy. The robot mode looks like the old shell, the alt-mode looks like the old inner bike. No inner robot mode, as there isn't an inner anything.

[Tranceblade]

Energon Monster could be some G1 homogenised version of an Energon series Terrorcon

[Flukey]

Further Target listing and what looks to be TF7 SS rise of the beast names but could be sporting code-names?..https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/08/21/new-target-transformers-listings-discovered-rise-of-the-beasts-legacy-studio-series-439747

Deadend popping up would mean another G1 stunticon for the menasor combiner..plus a new Blitzwing which I would assume would be G1 and to be in scale with the current line

[griffin]

Further Target listing and what looks to be TF7 SS rise of the beast names but could be sporting code-names?..https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/08/21/new-target-transformers-listings-discovered-rise-of-the-beasts-legacy-studio-series-439747

Deadend popping up would mean another G1 stunticon for the menasor combiner..plus a new Blitzwing which I would assume would be G1 and to be in scale with the current line

list...


• Transformers Alpha ($15.99, ROTB)
• George Transformers ($9.99, ROTB)
• George Transformers ($21.99, ROTB)
• Spike Transformers ($8.49, Studio Series)
• Safari Transformers ($10.99, ROTB)
• Blitzwing Transformers ($49.99, Legacy)
• Journey Transformers ($10.99, ROTB)
• Orion Transformers ($10.99, ROTB)
• Orion Transformers ($15.99, ROTB)
• Cyclops Transformers ($21.99, ROTB)
• Pluto Transformers ($10.99, ROTB)
• Megatron Transformers ($9.99, Legacy)
• Transformers Barcelona ($15.99, ROTB)
• Cyclops Transformers ($31.49, ROTB)
• George Transformers ($31.49, ROTB)
• Oscar Transformers ($21.99, ROTB)
• Hotrod Transformers ($9.99, Legacy)
• Warrior Transformers ($10.99, ROTB)
• Mv7 Deluxe Outlaw ($22.99, ROTB)
• Alpha Transformers ($9.99, ROTB)
• Deadend ($22.99, Legacy)
• Warrior ($31.49, ROTB)
• Mv7 Deluxe Pluto ($22.99, ROTB)
• Mv7 Deluxe George ($22.99, ROTB)
• Mv7 Deluxe Barcelona ($22.99, ROTB)
• Mv7 Deluxe Titan ($22.99, ROTB)
• Mv7 Role Play Blaster Alpha ($20.99, ROTB)
• 2pk Transformers Bb Mv7 Energon ($26.99, ROTB)

[Golden Phoenix]

I know it's not gonna happen but I'd love it if George was the actual name of the figure and it's just random Autobot.
"I'm Optimus Prime, this is Bumblebee, Hot Rod, Ratchet, and.....*sigh*....George"

[Gehirn]

Probably a Curious George X Optimas Primal collaboration. 100%

[Tranceblade]

They made me a Target exclusive Jerry, it's Red Card only Jerry, I don't like that! They're scalping me, Jerry! Scalpin me!

[philby]

The world's are colliding!

[Krayt]

Just seen a pic on FB... showing what is probably the "Galvatron Unicron" listing we had on Amazon...

Purple "Grid lined" Galvy
Normal accessories
3 mini Ships - Quint, Junk, Galvatrons
And a heap of mini bot slugs

[Tha_Phantom]

Just seen a pic on FB... showing what is probably the "Galvatron Unicron" listing we had on Amazon...

Purple "Grid lined" Galvy
Normal accessories
3 mini Ships - Quint, Junk, Galvatrons
And a heap of mini bot slugs

I think they missed the mark on this one.
RED was a much better execution of the reformatting concept.

https://i.ibb.co/CnJnJ5g/239448324-826047914965565-7361395130399904876-n.jpg (https://ibb.co/GVsVsvy)https://i.ibb.co/v3nZTyv/RED-figures07.jpg (https://ibb.co/zXvGB9H)

[DELTAprime]

Amazon cancelled my preorder for Unicron Galvatron. After seeing him I really need to find an alternative place to order him if for no other reason than to complete my Unicron.

[Krayt]

Amazon cancelled my preorder for Unicron Galvatron. After seeing him I really need to find an alternative place to order him if for no other reason than to complete my Unicron.

They cancelled for being an early/bad listing. It should come back

[Seraphim Prime]

I think they missed the mark on this one.
RED was a much better execution of the reformatting concept.

Agreed. I was ready to give this a miss, but I want the damn plastic spaceships!

I had a quick look a clip of the reformatting online - the outline detail is somewhat consistent with what happened for Scourge and Cyclonus, but not for Galvatron, who was horizontal lines and interior mechanics

[DELTAprime]

They cancelled for being an early/bad listing. It should come back

Yeah. I hope that was all it was. But there is the chance they oversold. They said they could not source it, which is generic and could really mean anything.

[griffin]

Finally more micro-figures and ships for the Unicron stand that has been waiting almost 6 months to have something fill all those extra slots.
A shame that they are all grey... I wonder if these are still pre-production and will have some colour on the final figures.

The lines on Galvatron are wrong, as people have noted, as the reformatting lines in the Movie were parallel horizontal lines, which highlighted Galvatron being a rounded figure compared to the blocky Megatron.
Again, I hope that this is just a pre-production figure that isn't how it will actually be released.

Meanwhile, the "Puffer & Ranger" leaked listing on Amazon... this could be Puffer (https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/08/26/possible-first-look-at-kingdom-deluxe-puffer-pipes-redeco-439986), who was likely to be a Pipes coloured Huffer, to homage the actual Gen1 toy that was sold as Pipes in Mexico and Europe (https://www.tf-1.com/articles/mini/puffer_template.html).
(Ranger is therefore likely to be a homage to Road Ranger, which is the black/orange redeco of Huffer (https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Road_Ranger), and if true, it would make it a 2-pack of the same mould, similar to Cordon/Spinout 2-pack last year)

[griffin]

People are claiming that this robot mode picture (https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/08/30/possible-first-look-at-transformers-kingdom-deluxe-slammer-440268) is Slammer from wave 4 or 5.

It's hard to tell because Slammer never had a robot mode... like Roller, who ended up getting one during Combiner Wars.

[1AZRAEL1]

Could be legit, looks like it could make a tank.

Another note, didn't know of the other roller. Damn, that looks like an expensive figure to chase down.

[griffin]

The Road Ranger and Puffer 2-pack was leaked about 6 months ago, and an image has surfaced of what the two toys might look like (https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/09/11/possible-first-look-at-transformers-deluxe-road-ranger-puffer-440876), or is a very good custom job.

[griffin]

In-hand images of what could be Puffer (https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/09/14/transformers-deluxe-puffer-in-hand-images-441010) and Road Ranger (https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/09/14/transformers-deluxe-road-rage-in-hand-images-440995).

[1AZRAEL1]

Look good. Can never say no to more minibots

[Golden Phoenix]

Look good. Can never say no to more minibots

The first step is admitting you have a problem

[1AZRAEL1]

The first step is admitting you have a problem

The only problem I have is waiting ;)

[DELTAprime]

There are a bunch of 2022 case breakdowns and Gen Select rumours making the rounds today.

https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/preliminary-wave-assortments-for-2022-legacy-line-with-motormaster-cybertron-metroplex-and-more/46317/

https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/transformers-generations-selects-toys-to-be-released-in-2022/46318/

[Tha_Phantom]

Annoying that the Stunticons are being split up to one per wave. Still, I'm glad that they're being given a second go as the CW Menasor was terrible (mostly thanks to the torso).

[Flukey]

Plus possible studio series releases, https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/preliminary-wave-assortments-for-2022-studio-series-line-with-the-fallen-aoe-galvatron-sludge-and-more/46316/

I dont get the 86 Arcee. we already have ER + Kingdom, and wouldn't think the 86 model would be any different...

[JJJ]

Plus possible studio series releases, https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/preliminary-wave-assortments-for-2022-studio-series-line-with-the-fallen-aoe-galvatron-sludge-and-more/46316/

I dont get the 86 Arcee. we already have ER + Kingdom, and wouldn't think the 86 model would be any different...

We can hope, but then it wouldn't be SS86 any more. Very puzzling, unless someone's cracked the mystery of not making a shelf-former.

But then I'm completely confounded by the concept of a core-class SS86 Ratchet.

[Handsprime]

Unless it's a redeco or a repack (I don't know why), I honestly can't see them doing a new Arcee toy in the Studio Series toyline, considering that the 86 SS toys belong with the WFC toys.

[Paulbot]

It's still listing a 86 Ratchet and not a 86 Ratbat. Weird.

An 86 Arcee after an Earthrise Arcee and a Kingdom Arcee? I mean come on! Maybe it's meant to be a BB/TF6 Arcee except that's in a previous wave. Weird again.

With the Generations line, I'm assuming Energon Monster is a Prime Terrorcon - maybe a pre-tool of a Prime Cliffjumper?

[DELTAprime]

Hasbro must be making up for decades of not making a G1 Arcee toy.

[Paulbot]

Seibertron.com is leaking revealing basically everything from 2022 on their homepage right now.

It's a leak as big as at the POTP one if all true.

[DELTAprime]

^ Walgreens Minerva. I wonder if that means we will also get a Nightbeat?

[MayzaPrime]

MPM Blackout... wow wasn't expecting that...

[griffin]

There has been an American leaking the bulk of the toy listings from the last two years, many months in advance.... I'm amazed Hasbro America hasn't tried tracking down the person and dealing with them. If I had publicly posted up future toys that I've been told in the same way, I'd never be talked to by Hasbro Australia ever again.
Oh, wait... I have that now, so I should have been publicly posting up secret info to earn it. :p

[MayzaPrime]

There has been an American leaking the bulk of the toy listings from the last two years, many months in advance.... I'm amazed Hasbro America hasn't tried tracking down the person and dealing with them. If I had publicly posted up future toys that I've been told in the same way, I'd never be talked to by Hasbro Australia ever again.
Oh, wait... I have that now, so I should have been publicly posting up secret info to earn it. :p

Lesson learnt :D

[SharkyMcShark]

https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/09/23/possible-first-look-at-transformers-beast-wars-vintage-scorponok-reissue-441636

Im more likely to get this than the WFCK version tbh

[Paulbot]

The silhouette for pack 2 is Wheeljack... or should I say Slicer?

Well revisiting this from the rumours thread based on early Amazon.com.au listings now we know for sure there's four releases...



F2813 - Hasbro Transformers Generations War for Cybertron: K Golden Deluxe Terrorsaur Action Figur (https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B08YK6YYPW) - $38.96

F2820 - Hasbro Transformers Generations War for Cybertron: K Golden Deluxe Ranger Puffer Action Figur (https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B08YK51RKT) - $77.23

F2882 Hasbro Transformers Generations War for Cybertron: K Golden Deluxe Jackpot Action Figur - $58 (https://www.amazon.com.au/Hasbro-Transformers-Generations-War-Cybertron/dp/B08YJD8FLS)

F2817 Hasbro Transformers Generations War for Cybertron: K Golden Voy Tigatron Action Figur - $39 (https://www.amazon.com.au/Hasbro-Transformers-Generations-War-Cybertron/dp/B08YJN1HWM)



Speculation ahead

Would suggest only Puffer & Road Ranger are a two pack. The box shapes suggest similarly.

A Wheeljack silhouette for a could be a red-herring but maybe it is Wheeljack as Jackpot? If the pricing suggested a two-pack I would have said an Earthrise Wheeljack as Slicer and SS86 Jazz as Jackpot two pack - but the pricing I think more likely a robot with a weapons pack (maybe the Pteranodon Battlemaster as a new version of Sights?!)

Maybe this second Amazon.com.au listing (too cheap for a Voyager) Tigatron is actually a Wheeljack with green stripes? An alternative universe, Voyaging Tigatron who is not a Maximal but a racecar?

Makes me a little doubtful Terrorsaur is the Airazor remold we think it is too but we'll see...

[Tranceblade]

Yeah, good thought.

Just realised that Slicer basically has more chance of happening as SG Wheeljack instead

Though I think I remember reading that tigatron might be the pre-release photograph version with orange on him

[1AZRAEL1]

Slicer would be a welcome figure for me to grab. Wouldn't be surprised considering the love for the actionmasters are getting atm

[griffin]

From the Amazon America page (https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-TRA-Golden-Ranger-Puffer/dp/B08TQQVPL2/), this image is misleading...

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/news/2021/092806.jpg

as it makes it look like the 3rd pack is smaller than 2 and 4, but in this other image of the combination of the four boxes, the 3rd pack is actually bigger than 2 and 4 (because pack 1 is biggest, but in the image above it is smaller.

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/news/2021/092805.jpg

I think this could mean 2 deluxes (pack 2 and 4), and 1 voyager (pack 3).... which could line up with the names that Paulbot quoted, but the silhouette of Wheeljack doesn't help, as Jackpot should be from Jazz... unless the listing had the wrong "Actionmaster" character name.

[Paulbot]

A Wheeljack silhouette for a could be a red-herring but maybe it is Wheeljack as Jackpot? If the pricing suggested a two-pack I would have said an Earthrise Wheeljack as Slicer and SS86 Jazz as Jackpot two pack - but the pricing I think more likely a robot with a weapons pack (maybe the Pteranodon Battlemaster as a new version of Sights?!)

Red herring confirmed. Battlemaster Sights also confirmed. That was fast

[griffin]

Leaked, so less "rumour", but not yet official... a redeco of the *cab* ONLY from the Kingdom Ultra Magnus toy, painted up as Optimus/Convoy.

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/news/2021/100307.jpg

I think this is the first time(?) we've had a complete reversal of what we usually get (an Optimus cab redecoed white and called Ultra Magnus, I think first started with MP-2 back in 2003).

The leaked images (https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/10/02/rumor-takara-tomy-g1-optimus-prime-kingdom-ultra-magnus-redeco-with-tensegrity-stand-in-the-works-442139) also reveal a ridiculously complex display stand (made up of what looks like 61 parts!!!) in three different colours - silver, red, purple.

We might know more on October 7th, but that date stamp might just be a wholesaler marking.

[griffin]

The display base is something fancy just to be fancy (and unnecessarily expensive), rather than being practical... as it is made to look like it is defying gravity, but as such wouldn't be able to hold too much weight - this youtube video shows how the concept works (the small string is holding all the weight of the stand and everything you put on top, while the two long strings are only there to prevent the top from tipping over, so the small string has to be the most secure and strongest).


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROnxjj5jPDs

[Dkaris]

Those stands were really popular in the Lego community about 6 months ago

[Tha_Phantom]

I strangely really want that Prime, but couldn't care less about the stand. I'll either sell it or use it for something else that really needs it. The Magnus cab mould can stand just fine without assistance.

[Krayt]

Plenty of pics this morning showing the Metroplex for next year…. And it IS Cybertron the series version….

[Handsprime]

Pic of said Cybertron Metroplex (https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/10/06/rumor-potential-transformers-legacy-titan-cybertron-metroplex-leaked-442473)

[Sinnertwin]

Looks about as exciting a figure as its original release

[Handsprime]

Look as much as I love Cybertron, I think we can all agree if there was meant to be a big bot from the Unicron Triolgy, it had to be Tidal Wave. Hoping that maybe a future toyline we'll get a new toy from him.

[griffin]

Why is it, the bigger Hasbro does toys, the simpler they make them, to the point that this one looks like the robot is just folded up in two different yoga forms.

[Golden Phoenix]

Look as much as I love Cybertron, I think we can all agree if there was meant to be a big bot from the Unicron Triolgy, it had to be Tidal Wave. Hoping that maybe a future toyline we'll get a new toy from him.

Tidal Wave definitely needs a new figure.

[Lint]

Includes large axe and bucket scoop accessory


It's called Sparkdrinker Hasbro. Don't tell me you lost the trademark on Sparkdrinker of all things.

[Dan]

Wow. That Magnus redeco shows that Prime can look just fine without the cartoony faux slender waist.

[G1Optimal]

Probably to make it less complex which in turn makes it cheaper with the parts count and costs with engineering

[griffin]

The image, in case it gets taken down from the major fansites...

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/news/2021/100701.jpg

[Dogboy]

Is it wrong that I feel underwhelmed by Metroplex? I thought he would be tankier and cooler.. the big arse saw looks cool, but that's a pricey saw ?

[DELTAprime]

Is it wrong that I feel underwhelmed by Metroplex? I thought he would be tankier and cooler.. the big arse saw looks cool, but that's a pricey saw ?

It looks pretty much like Cybertron Metroplex to me. Just with slightly more normal proportions. He's still lanky, just human lanky, not alien robot lanky.

[reillyd]

It still seems a strange choice to me. I have Cybertron Metroplex and he wasn?t that great to begin with. It?s going to be the first Titan I have zero interest in ever owning, which is good I guess financially? But we still have Omega Supreme pegwarming so I think its going to be a flop

[JJJ]

It does seem a little odd given how many people clamour for a titan-class Tidal Wave. Ah well. At least there are a lot of people who have an interest in the Unicron Trilogy stuff.

I've also got no real interest in it, but I started the same way with the Ark. Which is now sitting a metre or two to the left of me as I type, atop my printer, with some very freshly fitted Juqi gap fillers... :) Cybertron Metroplex could become more interesting with better pictures, which wouldn't be hard given the single poor image that has leaked so far.

Sometimes things don't appeal at all, right up until they're suddenly somehow a really cool lump of plastic :P

[Tha_Phantom]

It does seem a little odd given how many people clamour for a titan-class Tidal Wave.

Yeah, I've certainly seen Tidal Wave pop up more than once in comment sections either as speculation for an upcoming titan or simply one that people want and I'd be amazed if Hasbro aren't aware of it. That said, it's not like they can't do it the following year or whenever, but yes Cybertron Metroplex as the first non-G1 titan does seem odd.

[Gehirn]

Don't forget the Cybertron Optimus Prime and Hotshot have been recently released. I guess they are on a Cybertron roll.

[JJJ]

Don't forget the Cybertron Optimus Prime and Hotshot have been recently released.

I had forgotten them. Was barely aware of Hotshot being from that line originally (and only because I looked him up when the toy was released), and I honestly had no idea that Cybertron was where Siege's Galaxy Upgrade Prime was from :)


I guess they are on a Cybertron roll.

Anyway, I would hope so. It's not my thing, but it would be kinda sucky for Hasbro to do one or two isolated toys and then bugger all else. Do a decent range (maybe devote a significant chunk of a year's range to it like BW is getting), or don't do it at all.

[DELTAprime]

I like Cybertron, but I'm not about to go out and buy new versions of those toys. The Beast Wars WFC figures are about as far as I can justify assigning funds.

[griffin]

I guess the Titan Class is profitable enough for Hasbro to keep doing on an annual basis, despite some of them being fairly limited in their release, or availability here. I would have preferred to have Black Zarak be the next annual Hasbro Titan, which would not only be a better spacing out of the big Titan priced toys, but also be a more worthy upgraded version of an older toy than Cybertron Metroplex (which still looks stupid all bunched up into an alt-mode).

If Cybertron Metroplex was chosen because the Unicron Trilogy is the next focus of Generations, I'm not too excited about the theme of next year. There is only so much you can homage from Gen1 and Beast Wars before it gets "tired" for both the fans and the retailers buying them from Hasbro (it doesn't matter how good or exciting the toys are to fans, if Retailers like Walmart US Target and Amazon don't want them, the moulds won't be made, and the fan exclusives that bypass those major retailers will have less options to redeco/remould).

For me, by the time Hasbro/TT got to the Car Robots/RID in 2000/2001, they had mastered playable engineering that didn't fall apart (after the solid blocks of Gen1 and the pull-apart ball-and-sockets of Beast Wars), and then refined it over the next five years to give us the never-ending concept of Classic-verse Gen1 homages... in toy forms that we enjoyed then (2006 onwards) as much as we did 30 years ago in the 1980s with the originals.
As such, Classic-verse homages of anything after Beast Wars feels redundant, unless they were an iconic character that had serious design flaws in the original toy (eg Armada Hotshot).
I can understand the need to do Optimus of any previous era, because that name on a toybox will sell (to retailers and then the general public), but I wouldn't be too interested (or expect much retailer interest) in a lot of new moulds of post-RID toys if they aren't significant characters.

[Bidoofdude]

A lot of the earlier UT toys seem to be a bit wonky, I wouldn’t mind them getting reworks. I think the best option for UT stuff, especially Cybertron, is to make modern versions that aren’t necessarily facsimiles of the cartoon. I think a lot of characters would feel right at home on a CHUG G1 shelf, like Hot Shot, Ransack, Crumplezone, Armada Sideways, Dirt Boss and Override, similar to how IDW implemented a blend of eras’ characters into later stories.

They did those kind of updates in Classica/Universe/2010 Generations/Thrilling 30, before shifting to the slavish cartoon copies that we have now. Adopting that older style could work for those kinds of characters.

[Handsprime]

A lot of the earlier UT toys seem to be a bit wonky, I wouldn’t mind them getting reworks. I think the best option for UT stuff, especially Cybertron, is to make modern versions that aren’t necessarily facsimiles of the cartoon. I think a lot of characters would feel right at home on a CHUG G1 shelf, like Hot Shot, Ransack, Crumplezone, Armada Sideways, Dirt Boss and Override, similar to how IDW implemented a blend of eras’ characters into later stories.

They did those kind of updates in Classica/Universe/2010 Generations/Thrilling 30, before shifting to the slavish cartoon copies that we have now. Adopting that older style could work for those kinds of characters.

Pretty much this. Wouldn't mind new toys of Demolishor, Armada Cyclonus and especially Tidal Wave. Some toys would work better as retools (Springer into Bulkhead, Wheeljack into Downshift and even Sideswipe into Armada Wheeljack)

[griffin]

I must admit, many of the Unicron Trilogy toys were heavily compromised by the gimmicks that the toyline needed for Retailers to buy into the Brand that year.... and there are indeed some toys from that era that I'd love to see redone without the gimmick getting in the way.

[Golden Phoenix]

I must admit, many of the Unicron Trilogy toys were heavily compromised by the gimmicks that the toyline needed for Retailers to buy into the Brand that year.... and there are indeed some toys from that era that I'd love to see redone without the gimmick getting in the way.

You'd imagine with almost 20 years of progress they may be able to replicate some of the gimmicks without compromising the toy.

[1AZRAEL1]

Saw supposed leak of BW Inferno, but I'll take with a grain of salt.

[JJJ]

Saw supposed leak of BW Inferno, but I'll take with a grain of salt.

Is that the one that's a crappy photo of a blurred image on a monitor, with someone's username / e-mail address sleeting across the whole thing? The same name as for the Cybertron Metroplex leak.

If so, it has been established as a fake - used a known still image of Inferno and tweaked it a bit.

Makes me wonder about that titan leak now...

[Paulbot]

It's quite possible that leak of an Inferno toy is correct but a placeholder image was used. When the POTP leak happened (a similar powerpoint presentation) many of the pictures weren't the actual toys particularly for later wave toys.

[1AZRAEL1]

Afaik we have an Inferno coming, and I would relish it. But yea, could be a place holder as you say. Remains to be seen

[Jaxius._]

The inferno image was using a fan made render from an animation

It’s fake

[Paulbot]

Yes the image of Inferno is not a real toy. Doesn't make it a fake leak. It's quite probable that it's a real presentation slide using a fan made render animation as a placeholder image on it that someone found when asked to "find an image of Beast Wars Inferno"

Two other "leaks" have listed a Voyager Inferno toy, the second has it as a wave 3 toy. A wave 3 toy may well have a placeholder image used. The POTP line presentation leak had cartoon models, fan art and G1 toys used to represent most wave 3 and 4 toys as the later toys weren't ready to show/photograph yet.

[DELTAprime]

The inferno image was using a fan made render from an animation

It’s fake

The amount of times companies *cough* Disney *cough* have used fan-made images is actually rather concerning. Also it means you can't rule things out as fake just because it uses something made by a fan.

[griffin]

A UK youtuber has once again managed to get their hands on an unreleased figure that hasn't been officially revealed, and since Hasbro has just announced that this will be a big reveal at their Pulsecon next weekend, there is no way they would have authorised a fan to reveal it a week early like this.
Screenshots of the video can be seen here (https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/10/16/transformers-war-for-cybertron-rerformatting-galvatron-unicron-accessory-pack-in-hand-images-443033).

So this was what was called Unicron Galvatron on Amazon listings earlier this year, which appears to be a (failed) attempt at being a recently reformatted Galvatron from the 1986 Movie, including the rest of the spaceships from the movie, and a heap of micro figurines for Unicron to eat.

I can't tell for sure if it includes an Autobot shuttle (so that you have both from the Movie, as Unicron only came with one), but it includes the Junkion ship and Quintesson ship from the end of the Movie, as well as Galvatron's ship (which may or may not have been retconned to be called the Revenge... which I personally think makes sense for Decepticons/Predacons to name their ships, as it personalises them, and Decepticons don't get attached to things).

There are 13 or 14 micro figurines included, which should fill up the rest of the slots on the small display stand that came with Unicron.

When it is officially revealed later in the week, it will probably be posted in the Pulsecon topic.

[griffin]

There could be more Vintage Beast Wars, as someone in America is claiming to have found a listing for Tigatron (https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/10/08/transformers-vintage-beast-wars-tigatron-reissue-product-number-442609) from what looks like a wholesaler listing.

[Bidoofdude]

You can see what they were going for with the Galvatron. It doesn’t look super impressive, and the high price won’t be super attractive for a lot of fans. I wish there was another way to get the ships he comes with.

[JJJ]

It does look kinda nice, by itself. It's only when you tell me it is supposed to be a representation of Galvatron being re-formatted from Megatron that I look at it and think "uh, no, that's not even remotely right...".

And now that I think of it - this is the second expensive toy that Hasbro has produced in recent years that is nothing more than a novelty "that 10-second scene in episode X" thing (the other being dead Prime, with another one - SS86 Coronation Starscream - on the way shortly), rather than simply having an accessory that is from that 10-second appearance. How many of these things do Hasbro sell, I wonder?

[Dogboy]

How many of these things do Hasbro sell, I wonder?

Considering there is gullible suckers like me around, probably a lot! Unsure if I'll get Coronation Starscream yet, but man, Unicron Galvatron's purple pops enough to have me hooked. But that will still depend on the price..

[Sinnertwin]

You can see what they were going for with the Galvatron. It doesn’t look super impressive, and the high price won’t be super attractive for a lot of fans. I wish there was another way to get the ships he comes with.

Yeah, the Wave 3 R.E.D Megatron does a better job imo as at least it looks like it's trying. This one doesn't have the grid pattern, just a few strategically placed white lines to punch out the details.

The real sell is the micro accessories for those who have the HasLab Unicron. The Galvatron toy is just a bonus.

[1AZRAEL1]

I foresee another debacle like the Centurion Drone all over again.

[griffin]

I foresee another debacle like the Centurion Drone all over again.

I hope not. It is listed on Amazon Australia (https://www.amazon.com.au/Hasbro-Transformers-Gavaltron-Unicron-Action/dp/B08YJB9PGR), so it is supposed to come here. And hopefully that and the SDCC Ravage pack are both made available for purchase here this weekend when Pulsecon starts.

[1AZRAEL1]

Hope not too. That was hell.

Is there a listing for Ravage? I can't seem to find it

[griffin]

Hope not too. That was hell.

Is there a listing for Ravage? I can't seem to find it

That should be at EBGames.... and maybe the other related online sources.

[DELTAprime]

I hope not. It is listed on Amazon Australia (https://www.amazon.com.au/Hasbro-Transformers-Gavaltron-Unicron-Action/dp/B08YJB9PGR), so it is supposed to come here.

Amazon cancelled my order for him a couple of months back which is obviously not encouraging.

[griffin]

A long list of items that is claimed (https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/10/20/rumor-possible-full-list-of-ean-codes-of-upcoming-generations-legacy-studio-series-generations-selects-2022-443224) to be covering most of next year's Studio Series and Generations toys...


Transformers Generation Studio Series Core 5010993934317
Transformers Generation Studio Series Core Tf6 Shockwave 5010993934287
Transformers Generation Studio Ss Core Tf6 86 Spike 5010993948055
Transformers Generation Studio Series Core Tf7 Wheelie 5010994112134
Transformers Generation Ss Core Tf7 86 Ratchet 5010994112141
Transformers Generation Studio Series Core 86 Rumble 5010994115562
Transformers Generation Legacy Evolution Core Optimus Prime 5010993974924
Transformers Generation Legacy Evolution Core Shockwave 5010993977024
Transformers Generation Legacy Evolution Core G2 Megatron 5010993977055
Transformers Generation Legacy Evolution Core Hotrod 5010993934270
Transformers Generation Legacy Evolution Core Iguanus 5010993934263
Transformers Generation Legacy Evolution Core Skywarp 5010993934249
Transformers Generation Legacy Evolution Core Energon Monster 5010994122942
Transformers Generation Legacy Evolution Core Soundwave Pr 5010994122799


Transformers Generation Studio Series Deluxe 86 Arcee 5010994100292
Transformers Generation Studio Series Deluxe Tf2 Sideways 5010993979233
Transformers Generation Studio Series Deluxe Tf6 Arcee 5010993979257
Transformers Generation Studio Series Deluxe Tf6 Ironhide 5010993985760
Transformers Generation Studio Series Deluxe Tf6 Brawn 5010993979295
Transformers Generation Studio Series Deluxe Tf6 Wheeljack 5010993979332
Transformers Generation Studio Series Deluxe Tf6 Ratchet 5010993986569
Transformers Generation Studio Series Deluxe 86 Perceptor 5010993986606
Transformers Generation Studio Series Deluxe Tf3 Bumblebee 5010993986019
Transformers Generation Studio Series Deluxe Tf5 Hotrod 5010993985791
Transformers Generation Legacy Evolution Deluxe Wild Rider 5010993971992
Transformers Generation Legacy Evolution Deluxe Elita 1 5010993972050
Transformers Generation Legacy Evolution Deluxe Ko Prime 5010993972005
Transformers Generation Legacy Evolution Deluxe Tarantulas 5010993972012
Transformers Generation Legacy Evolution Deluxe Arcee 5010993974900
Transformers Generation Legacy Evolution Deluxe Dragstrip 5010993974917
Transformers Generation Legacy Evolution Deluxe Kickback 5010993974849
Transformers Generation Legacy Evolution Deluxe Skids 5010993974931
Transformers Generation Legacy Evolution Deluxe Energon Monster 5010994120399
Transformers Generation Legacy Evolution Deluxe Pointblank 5010994108526
Transformers Generation Legacy Evolution Deluxe Crankcase 5010994108595
Transformers Generation Legacy Evolution Deluxe Deadend 5010994120405


Transformers Generation Studio Series Voy Tf6 Soundwave 5010993940103
Transformers Generation Studio Series Voy 86 Junk Yard 5010993979172
Transformers Generation Studio S Tf6 Thundercracker 5010993979271
Transformers Generation Studio Series Voy Tf4 Galvatron 5010993985999
Transformers Generation Legacy Evolution Voyager Jhiaxus 5010993941117
Transformers Generation Legacy Evolution Voyager S Soundwave Pr 5010993941148
Transformers Generation Legacy Evolution Voyager Blaster 5010993941100
Transformers Generation Legacy Evolution Voyager Bulkhead 5010993942107
Transformers Generation Legacy Evolution Voyager Armada Starscr 5010994110291
Transformers Generation Legacy Evolution Voyager Inferno 5010994110307


Transformers Generation Studio Series Ld Tf2 Fallen 5010994108113
Transformers Generation Ssldr 86 King Starscream Cape 5010993950430
Transformers Generation Studio Series Ldr 86 Sludge 5010993986804
Transformers Generation Legacy Evolution Leader Blitzwing 5010993934294
Transformers Generation Legacy Evolution Leader Galvatron Pr 5010993941124
Transformers Generation Legacy Evolution Leader Optimus Prime T 5010993934300
Transformers Generation Legacy Evolution Leader Dragon Megs 5010994114978


Transformers Generation Legacy Evolution Commander 5010994111366
Transformers Generation Legacy Evolution Titan 5010994112578
Transformers Generation Selects Titan Black Zarak 5010993931989

[JJJ]

Transformers Generation Ss Core Tf7 86 Ratchet 5010994112141

So now the leakers are having it both ways about this one?


Transformers Generation Studio Series Deluxe 86 Arcee 5010994100292
Transformers Generation Legacy Evolution Deluxe Arcee 5010993974900

Just scratching my head about these. Maybe one or both are a new mould, and that might be great, but honestly what are the chances of that? Or if there are new moulds, will they really be terribly different to the shellformer we've already got?

[Golden Phoenix]

Just scratching my head about these. Maybe one or both are a new mould, and that might be great, but honestly what are the chances of that? Or if there are new moulds, will they really be terribly different to the shellformer we've already got?

The Legacy Arcee could be Prime Arcee rather than G1 Arcee.

[JJJ]

Ah, yes, good one!

Still bemused by the prospect of a re-release of Earthrise / Kingdom Arcee though. If that's what it is, has that happened before in the modern era? The same toy in three consecutive toy lines? And a toy that seems of dubious saleability, to boot.

[DELTAprime]

The Legacy Arcee could be Prime Arcee rather than G1 Arcee.

Given Bulkhead seems to be "G1" not Prime or Animated I'm wondering if they will shoehorn the Prime Arcee into G1.


Ah, yes, good one!

Still bemused by the prospect of a re-release of Earthrise / Kingdom Arcee though. If that's what it is, has that happened before in the modern era? The same toy in three consecutive toy lines? And a toy that seems of dubious saleability, to boot.

I'd like it to be a new mould instead of just a straight re-release of the Earthrise and Kingdom mould. And honestly, I wouldn't put it beyond Hasbro to make a "better mould" the year after selling an "inferior mould" just to get people to double-dip.

[Jaxius._]

Ah, yes, good one!

Still bemused by the prospect of a re-release of Earthrise / Kingdom Arcee though. If that's what it is, has that happened before in the modern era? The same toy in three consecutive toy lines? And a toy that seems of dubious saleability, to boot.
Same toy in three lines well we got classics bee in classics, tf07 and rts line but even then it was slightly recoloured
Honestly i think that’s it aside from probably some legends figure or something

[Golden Phoenix]

Ah, yes, good one!

Still bemused by the prospect of a re-release of Earthrise / Kingdom Arcee though. If that's what it is, has that happened before in the modern era? The same toy in three consecutive toy lines? And a toy that seems of dubious saleability, to boot.

Maybe they are taking a page out of Rockstar's book with GTA 5 XD

[Golden Phoenix]

Seibertron (https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/description-of-upcoming-transformers-legacy-commander-motormaster/46434/) is reporting that the commander class Motormaster's trailer will basically be the combiner frame, while the deluxe figures clip onto the arms and into holes in the legs to form the combiner.

Sounds a little lazy to me, but it will probably be more stable than the combiner wars ones.

[Paulbot]

I think there's a couple of third party versions that do similar to get the cartoon accurate look? I'm not sure how well that style would translate to say a future Legacy Defensor or Bruticus though.

[DELTAprime]

Menasor is the worst CW/UW mould IMO, so I'm happy to see them taking a different route with designing the new one. I just hope it's the same size combined as the CW combiners. This year's Rodimus being small though doesn't fill me with hope.

[griffin]

Someone has posted up (https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/10/27/transformers-rise-of-the-beasts-size-class-assortments-443910) what they say will be some of the special size classes for Mv7 Rise of the Beasts toyline...




Tra MV7 battler ast (3 inch)
EAN: F3895
Product Number: 5010993952120
Tra MV7 Combiner ast (5 inch)
EAN: 5010993959082
Product number: F3898
Tra MV7 1 step ast (4.5 inch)
EAN: 5010993960736
Product number: F3896
Tra MV7 Weaponizer ast (5 inch)
EAN: 5010993960026

[Flukey]

Studio Series BB Wheeljack - https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/10/30/first-look-at-studio-series-bumblebee-deluxe-wheeljack-444039

Does he look a little small? thought he would be more standard for a deluxe sizing like his Earthrise version and other SS figures

[griffin]

A new listing found on the US Target computers - SS86 Voyager Ironhide (https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/11/06/studio-series-86-voyager-ironhide-listing-found-444455)... which if true, would also mean Ratchet as well, giving us more of the 1986 Movie cast (working our way down the list of the characters who had less time on screen).

[JJJ]

Ah, I can see it now. The three remaining Ark crew (Brawn, Gears, Windcharger) will be released through the SS86 line because of their memorable screen time in the film. Being shot to death by Starscream with Megatron, sitting at a console (possibly as an animation error), and a corpse amongst the dead laid out after the battle, respectively.

[DELTAprime]

A Voyager Class Ironhide? I wonder if it will be a proper Voyager mould or just the recent Deluxe mould with some accessories like the "Leader" Starscream is a Voyager with accessories?

[G1Optimal]

I dont know it a voyager 86 ironhide is a good idea to some as he might be portrayed in ironhide’s death scene????

[SharkyMcShark]

I dont know it a voyager 86 ironhide is a good idea to some as he might be portrayed in ironhide’s death scene????

It's the addition of heroic nonsense that bumps the price up to Voyager.

[Sinnertwin]

Don't forget the swivel chair.and angry man yelling at cloud fist raise action

[griffin]

The rumours of more Vintage Beast Wars toys has been around for a little while now, and now Tigatron (https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/11/09/possible-first-look-at-beast-wars-vintage-tigatron-reissue-444615) and Scorponok (https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/11/11/transformers-beast-wars-vintage-scorponok-reissue-new-stock-images-444654) have shown up on ebay with packaging images that have 2022 on them (which would be the expected year of release).

[High_Q]

More photos of what appears to be an official MP Cliffjumper in both modes (https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/11/21/possible-transformers-masterpiece-cliffjumper-color-test-shot-in-hand-images-445204). Can't wait for the official announcement.

[G1Optimal]

The rumours of more Vintage Beast Wars toys has been around for a little while now, and now Tigatron (https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/11/09/possible-first-look-at-beast-wars-vintage-tigatron-reissue-444615) and Scorponok (https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/11/11/transformers-beast-wars-vintage-scorponok-reissue-new-stock-images-444654) have shown up on ebay with packaging images that have 2022 on them (which would be the expected year of release).

I may not remember correctly but didnt they ban tigertron beast wars toy somewhere? again, it could be my memory

As my brother remembers me telling him they banned tigatron toy somewhere and i told him about it because hes a fan of tigatron or tigers in general

Edit turns out it was something else he was talking about

[Ravagecat]

More photos of what appears to be an official MP Cliffjumper in both modes (https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/11/21/possible-transformers-masterpiece-cliffjumper-color-test-shot-in-hand-images-445204). Can't wait for the official announcement.

He Looks Really Good! - I'm excited for this figure :cool:

[Sinnertwin]

More photos of what appears to be an official MP Cliffjumper in both modes (https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/11/21/possible-transformers-masterpiece-cliffjumper-color-test-shot-in-hand-images-445204). Can't wait for the official announcement.

At this rate it will go up for preorders, they'll get filled and TT still won't have announced it.

[High_Q]

At this rate it will go up for preorders, they'll get filled and TT still won't have announced it.

Yeah it's weird that it's been a few months since the unofficial pics were released, and still no official news about it. Maybe TT's waiting to reveal both the MP Porsche's together (imagine that!). Maybe this is an unlicensed 3rd party product, though that's unlikely.

[High_Q]

Possible image of Kingdom Core Class Hot Rod (https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/12/01/potential-first-look-at-transformers-kingdom-core-class-hot-rod-445936) in both modes from TFW2005.com. Both modes look decent, except for the weird looking lower legs.

[griffin]

Copy of image from link above....

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/news/2021/120201.jpg

[Sinnertwin]

Two tiny images floating around on FB show Siege Omega Supreme in Guardian Robot colours (ehobby Gadep/G1 War Dawn ep, you get the idea) & Shattered Glass Blaster

[JJJ]

Two tiny images floating around on FB show Siege Omega Supreme in Guardian Robot colours (ehobby Gadep/G1 War Dawn ep, you get the idea) & Shattered Glass Blaster

Both are taken from the recent Hasbro Studio Series Roundtable Discussion thing. They were inadvertantly revealed by the Hasbro employee who was sharing their desktop to show Scamper's Metroplex tower mode.

You can see them (and a few other things) in the third picture of the first post here (https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/transformers-brand-studio-series-roundtable-discussion.1224348/).

[griffin]

Another listing of what could be coming out next year (https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/12/17/upcoming-transformers-legacy-studio-series-product-numbers-446786) under the Legacy and SS banners...




Selects Deluxe Guard: F3071
Deluxe TF6 Ironhide: F3171
Deluxe TF6 Arcee: F3162
Voyager 86 Junkyard: F3177
Leader 86-12 Sludge: F3203
Core 86 Spike: F3142
Leader Blitzwing: F3062
Voyager Beast Inferno: F3075
Voyager Armada Starscream: F3056
Deluxe Elita 1: F3033
Deluxe Tarantulas: F3032
Core Shockwave: F3009
Core G2 Megatron: F3015
Core Optimus Prime: F3508
Core Iguanus: F3014
Core Skywarp: F3011
Voyager Soundwave: F3517
Voyager Jhiaxus: F3058
Deluxe Wildrider: F3030
Deluxe Knockout: F3031

[Bidoofdude]

Core Class Spike is good to see, though the plastic Daniel/Spike/whateveryoucanttell is even more useless now, which is a mean feat. 2022 is already looking pretty expensive.

[Sinnertwin]

So a bigger version of Spike or Daniel- whomever it was that was packed with buzzworty bumblebee- that just falls over to transform? Yeah, I'm down for that.

[DELTAprime]

I've got so many exo-suit Spike/Daniel figures now that this Core class one better be good because I'm not hurting for a new one. I have multiple Titan/Headmaster versions, the one that falls over to transform and the one riding Slag.

[High_Q]

I don't think this has been shared previously. Here's a video review of the rumoured MP Cliffjumper (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0dEYsCiyvk) of both modes, but no transformation. Review is in Mandarin.

[DELTAprime]

A list of upcoming store exclusives, allegedly.

https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/post-wfc-trilogy-generations-toylines-speculation.1192381/page-839#post-19845504


Walmart:
Velocitron deluxe Clamp Down
Velocitron deluxe Burn Out
Velocitron deluxe Blurr
Velocitron deluxe Cosmos
Velocitron deluxe Road Rocket
Velocitron Voyager Road Hauler
Velocitron Voyager Override
Velocitron Leader Black Convoy with Tanker

Target:
Buzzworthy Legacy Deluxe Silverstreak
Buzzworthy legacy Multipack (Gold Bug, Ransack, Toy Scorponok, Paralyzer)
Buzzworthy Legacy Deluxe Toy deco Terrorsaur
Buzzworthy Legacy Accessory Pack (Red Cog)

Walgreens:
Legacy Deluxe Minerva

Amazon:
Legacy Wreckers deluxe Impactor
Legacy Wreckers deluxe Twintwist (saltman)
Legacy Wreckers deluxe Topspin (saltman)
Legacy Wreckers deluxe Leadfoot
Legacy Wreckers voyager Springer
Legacy wreckers voyager Bulkhead redeco
Legacy Deluxe Fractyl

Fan Channel (subject to change):
Legacy deluxe Beast Wars Sandstorm
Legacy deluxe Nightprowler
Legacy deluxe beast wars Buzzsaw
Legacy Selects Deluxe DK3
Legacy Selects Deluxe Guard
Legacy Selects Deluxe LiftTicket
Legacy Selects voyager Cyclonus’ Armada

Hasbro pulse:
Legacy Pulsecon set (Deluxe Orion Pax and Voyager Alpha Trion)

Unknown where they’re going to end up, but are a thing:
Core class Packrat
Voyager Antagony
Titan Guardian Robot

[Handsprime]

I'm gonna accept the fact that Paralyzer (https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Paralyzer) is indeed named after the Finger Eleven song (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJk6gZuPKRE) of the same name.

[griffin]

Transformers themed Micro Machines? (https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/12/30/possible-upcoming-transformers-micro-machines-line-spotted-447440)

Back in the early 1990s, a toy company called Galoob created the Micro Machines toyline, and it was a huge hit (I was collecting the Star Wars and Star Trek figures, until they started getting greedy with boxsets that had just one or two new figures).
Hasbro also created Micromaster Transformers, which could have been a way to compete against it... but whether it was or wasn't, Hasbro ended up buying Galoob in the late 1990s.
After a while, the toyline died off, but recently (as I had noticed in a Target store earlier this year) they had returned, but even though Hasbro still owned the Brand, they were not producing them. On the packaging, Hasbro had licensed out the Micro Machines brand to another company to produce (basically they outsourced it, so that the other company was taking on all the risk, and Hasbro still makes a cut of the profit without doing anything), so if this rumour is true, it could be that new licensed toyline that has themed vehicles to include Transformers.
These first leaked images from China are all Movie vehicles, from the first three movies.

[griffin]

Right after that leaked listing a couple posts above, some photos of four toys (https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/12/29/possible-first-look-at-nighprowler-buzzaw-and-black-ironhide-447420), two of which are on that list.
Bluestreak, Black Ironhide, Nightprowler (grey Cheetor), Buzzsaw (yellow Waspinator).

[griffin]

TakaraTomy's worst kept secret has surfaced again, with more photos of what could be Masterpiece Cliffjumper (https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/12/30/possible-masterpiece-cliffjumper-color-sample-images-447473).

[DELTAprime]

Transformers Micro Machines incoming or just Chinese 3p counterfits?

https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/first-look-at-possible-upcoming-transformers-micro-machines/46587/

[High_Q]

TakaraTomy's worst kept secret has surfaced again, with more photos of what could be Masterpiece Cliffjumper (https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/12/30/possible-masterpiece-cliffjumper-color-sample-images-447473).

Lol ... and here we go again, now side by side with MP-45 Bee, from TFW2005 (https://news.tfw2005.com/2022/01/05/masterpiece-cliffjumper-comparison-images-with-mp-45-bumblebee-2-0-447712). Just take my money already.

[High_Q]

Not official yet ... the next MP Trainbot to be released could be MPG Getsuei (https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/next-trainbot-revealed-for-mpg-raiden-getsuei/46593/), the EF65-1000 Electric Locomotive, and the right leg of Raiden. It looks classy.

[1AZRAEL1]

I'm not sure if when I get the entire set whether I'll display him combined (lack of room) or just robot modes.

[Krayt]

I'm not sure if when I get the entire set whether I'll display him combined (lack of room) or just robot modes.

Combined will have a smaller footprint!!

[High_Q]

... whether I'll display him combined (lack of room) ...

Getsuei in gattai mode looks OK, but Shouki's gattai mode chest doesn't look that great, IMO. You still planning to display them as Raiden if he ends up resembling Frankenstein's creature? :D

[1AZRAEL1]

Combined will have a smaller footprint!!

It's not shelf space, it's the height. I really am running out of display room for the big guys

[1AZRAEL1]

Getsuei in gattai mode looks OK, but Shouki's gattai mode chest doesn't look that great, IMO. You still planning to display them as Raiden if he ends up resembling Frankenstein's creature? :D

Guess I'll have to see how it all looks when we see them all. No point in making the decision now lol

[griffin]

The last time we had this type of image (for retailers) hit the internet, TT officially revealed Shouki a week later... so I think we should see Getsuei officially revealed soon too.

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/news/2022/010801.jpg

Just for reference (http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showthread.php/26756), Shouki was officially revealed beginning of October 2021, for release 9 months later at the end of June 2022... so if this second one is being officially revealed 3 months after Shouki, maybe these are being released 3 months apart, which would still take a year and half to collect the set.

[Autocon]

Is that a tram?

[griffin]

Transformers themed Micro Machines? (https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/12/30/possible-upcoming-transformers-micro-machines-line-spotted-447440)

Back in the early 1990s, a toy company called Galoob created the Micro Machines toyline, and it was a huge hit (I was collecting the Star Wars and Star Trek figures, until they started getting greedy with boxsets that had just one or two new figures).
Hasbro also created Micromaster Transformers, which could have been a way to compete against it... but whether it was or wasn't, Hasbro ended up buying Galoob in the late 1990s.
After a while, the toyline died off, but recently (as I had noticed in a Target store earlier this year) they had returned, but even though Hasbro still owned the Brand, they were not producing them. On the packaging, Hasbro had licensed out the Micro Machines brand to another company to produce (basically they outsourced it, so that the other company was taking on all the risk, and Hasbro still makes a cut of the profit without doing anything), so if this rumour is true, it could be that new licensed toyline that has themed vehicles to include Transformers.
These first leaked images from China are all Movie vehicles, from the first three movies.


More pics of what look to be micro sized Movie vehicles (https://news.tfw2005.com/2022/01/10/a-closer-look-at-transformers-micro-machines-448025)... similar to the RPMs we saw back in 2009, just a fair bit smaller.

[griffin]

A redeco of Kingdom BW Scorponok has been found (https://news.tfw2005.com/2022/01/11/possible-first-look-at-new-beast-wars-sandstorm-figure-448118), in orange to homage a very obscure toy from 1999 - BotCon Sandstorm (https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Sandstorm_(BW)).

[DELTAprime]

A redeco of Kingdom BW Scorponok has been found (https://news.tfw2005.com/2022/01/11/possible-first-look-at-new-beast-wars-sandstorm-figure-448118), in orange to homage a very obscure toy from 1999 - BotCon Sandstorm (https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Sandstorm_(BW)).

I'm so glad I'm able to say no to these non-cartoon Beast Wars characters as it keeps more money in my pocket. Now if I could just teach myself to do the same for G1, G2, Diaclone and Go-bots.

[JJJ]

This (https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/possible-studio-series-%E2%80%9Cjunkyard%E2%80%9D.1226290/) is allegedly Junkyard, the generic Junkion retooled from Wreck-Gar.

A lot of those pieces match the original toy, so it could well be real. The mangled posing and rushed-photo-on-a-desk look add verisimilitude. If it is the real thing, there's a lot more re-tooling than I expected. I honestly thought we were just going to get a different paint scheme and a different head. Looks good. Might have to buy more than 1 :)

Having read the whole thread, and seen a whole lot more pics, yep, that's the real thing. All I want to know now is if this is the only model we're getting, or if Hasbro might produce one or two other variants.

[griffin]

One thing I would have liked to see with a release of several Junkions, is a design that had the arms, legs and head easily pop off, and interchangeable so that they could still transform properly into a motorcycle no matter which parts were attached... and the more mix-n-match the toys looked, the more authentic they would look as Junkions. Because in my mind, since none of the Junkions look the same in vehicle mode, just giving the toys new heads (like with the previous Deluxe 2010 Classic toy released as Wreckgar, Scrapheap and Junkheap).

It is difficult on mass produced toys to risk having several similar-looking figures filling up limited retail slots (one of the reasons we don't see Seeker redecos as general release toys anymore), and they would need to have enough collector demand to warrant a special release through collector channels.

I wonder if it would annoy collectors too much to have a single Junkion toy released, that already had random arms, legs and heads attached in the packaging, built in the factory from containers of mixed parts (the body parts would all be constructed and the people on the assembly line would just attach the first random parts that they grabbed from the container of bodies, the container of arms, the container of legs, and container of heads). Then collectors who just want one Junkion can go to the store and buy the one that they like the best... and if a collector wants several Junkions, each one they buy will be different, and they can even re-mix-n-match the body parts to make Junkions that they prefer.

[JJJ]

I know I'd hate it. Blind-bag random buying is a concept that needs to die in a fire.

What you describe can be achieved thoroughly through as little as three sets of the cosmetic parts that would be swapped, so sell one as a retail release, and then the other two as selects.

[DELTAprime]

I wonder if it would annoy collectors too much to have a single Junkion toy released, that already had random arms, legs and heads attached in the packaging, built in the factory from containers of mixed parts (the body parts would all be constructed and the people on the assembly line would just attach the first random parts that they grabbed from the container of bodies, the container of arms, the container of legs, and container of heads). Then collectors who just want one Junkion can go to the store and buy the one that they like the best... and if a collector wants several Junkions, each one they buy will be different, and they can even re-mix-n-match the body parts to make Junkions that they prefer.

Sorry but that is a terrible idea. I want to know exactly what I'm going to get and because I often have to buy from Amazon I would not know what I'm getting.

[griffin]

A redeco of Kingdom BW Scorponok has been found (https://news.tfw2005.com/2022/01/11/possible-first-look-at-new-beast-wars-sandstorm-figure-448118), in orange to homage a very obscure toy from 1999 - BotCon Sandstorm (https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Sandstorm_(BW)).

More images of what could be BW Sandstorm (https://news.tfw2005.com/2022/01/21/transformers-legacy-selects-deluxe-beast-wars-sandstorm-in-hand-images-448768), from one of the regular sources of unreleased toys.

[Autocon]

Think we will get double punch?

[griffin]

Another US Target Redcard member exclusive has been found (https://news.tfw2005.com/2022/01/26/new-transformers-legacy-target-red-card-exclusive-item-ean-and-dpci-449085), listed as a Legacy exclusive but no name... just a price that suggests it is a Voyager.

[DELTAprime]

Given how hard Target and Walgreens exclusives can be to get in Australia I really hope this unnamed exclusive is something I don't want like a non-cartoon BW character.

[Tha_Phantom]

Another US Target Redcard member exclusive has been found (https://news.tfw2005.com/2022/01/26/new-transformers-legacy-target-red-card-exclusive-item-ean-and-dpci-449085), listed as a Legacy exclusive but no name... just a price that suggests it is a Voyager.

I know this is getting super hopeful, but if it is a red Cog then they might bump up to the voyager price point by also including a POTP pretender shell and some random accessories. Then it could serve as a partner for Takara's Grand Max. Yeah, I'm dreaming... :p

[griffin]

Beast Wars Wolfang could be a future Vintage BW release (https://news.tfw2005.com/2022/02/05/transformers-vintage-beast-wars-wolfgang-reissue-ean-number-449695).

[Krayt]

Just read a lego rumour…


There’s a new rumor coming out of left field of a possible LEGO Transformers Optimus Prime set coming this summer. Promobricks is reporting that the set will have set number 10302 and will have 1,508 pieces. It is also presumed that Optimus Prime could be based on the upcoming Transformers: Rise of the Beasts movie that is also coming out this year and it will have him with a jetpack and his rifle blaster along with an information plaque.

This is interesting news because Hasbro/KRE-O had the license for Transformers building sets for a long time. If it did expire and LEGO has acquired the license, it’ll be the first time that there will be LEGO Transformers sets. This piece of news is so random that I have a hard time believing it but LEGO has been making surprising moves this year so it’s not totally out of the realm of possibility. I wouldn’t hold my breath and get your hopes up on this rumor until there’s some concrete information.

https://www.thebrickfan.com/lego-transformers-optimus-prime-10302-rumored-for-summer-2022/?fbclid=IwAR01OTi1z1RR1KxNYf18lbhuR3ECnwYwPoneZttL KwFdbbGO8plOzPN5Xzs


https://www.promobricks.de/lego-10302-optimus-prime-transformers/138529/

[griffin]

I just saw that on tfw (https://news.tfw2005.com/2022/02/12/rumor-lego-optimus-prime-coming-soon-450013) too... and if true, I think it would have been Hasbro wanting this partnership to happen, as it is more free advertising for their Movie toyline and the Movie itself (which would have been out at this time).

I believe that the only reason why Hasbro did their own thing through Kre-O at a time when Lego was expanding its themed/licensed range, was because Lego tested out the boardgame concept (only for a few years though from 2009 to 2013 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_Games), which is weird, because they were so popular) and it went better than expected, costing Hasbro many millions of dollars, as Hasbro was currently the major player in the boardgame market. As such, gossip at the time from the Hasbro end (2010), was that they felt targeted by Lego, so in response they would then target Lego in 2011 with Kre-O... which obviously didn't turn out as well as they had hoped (mostly because most of the toylines that Hasbro had the action-figure license for, they couldn't do construction toys due to Lego already owning the licenses, leaving Hasbro with just their own Brands, and any minor Brand that Lego or Mega Blocks didn't already have the license to).
So if this is indeed real, it took 11 years for Hasbro and Lego to bury the hatchet and work together.

The additional info being claimed from tfw is like with Hasbro's movie toyline, this was planned a couple years ahead of release so that it would be in stores a month before the Movie, but with the last-minute delay of the movie for a year, Lego might still end up releasing it a year early as well... but notes that it could be held back a year (which Lego would be better able to do for a single item than Hasbro holding back an entire toyline).

[Dkaris]

I'm really hoping this is true. A few years ago I bought instructions from a creator and built my own g1 Optimus out of Lego. A new version would go well with him. A number of the ko brick brands have released various iterations of prime bumblebee and even sound wave over the years. Would be interesting to see LEGOs take.

[Thurmus]

I am concerned with the transforms without needing to be disassembled talk.

[Tha_Phantom]

I am concerned with the transforms without needing to be disassembled talk.

It sounds good to me. Or is that the issue - sounds too good to be true?

[Handsprime]

I am concerned with the transforms without needing to be disassembled talk.

If a bootleg Lego version of Optimus Prime can do it, why can't a professional company like LEGO do it?
https://static.seibertron.com/images/toys/uploads/1290786604_YM361X.JPG

[Paulbot]

If it's G1 Optimus Prime transformation is really quite basic (even a cake can do it (https://www.yahoo.com/gma/amazing-parents-create-transforming-optimus-prime-birthday-cake-165114249--abc-news-lifestyle.html)*) but it's a Movie design?!

The Lego Voltron set need a bit of partforming (Well parts removal technically) on the black lion but otherwise converted and combined as you'd expect.


(*For some reason that cake was going around on Twitter a lot over the weekend, even though it's from 7 years ago - the birthday boy is a teenager now.)

[Tha_Phantom]

If it's G1 Optimus Prime transformation is really quite basic (even a cake can do it (https://www.yahoo.com/gma/amazing-parents-create-transforming-optimus-prime-birthday-cake-165114249--abc-news-lifestyle.html)*) but it's a Movie design?!

My understanding is it's based on ROTB Prime, which from what we've seen so far is basically Geewun. So it could have a fairly simple transformation - flip the back of the truck/legs down, pull arms out of the back of the cab, flip up the head and you're good. I know SS BumblePrime made it more complicated than that but I don't expect a Lego to be on that level. It could work is what I'm saying.

[Krayt]

I am concerned with the transforms without needing to be disassembled talk.

Did you see the mechanisms they are doing now? The Popup book was amazing and smooth

[JJJ]

My understanding is it's based on ROTB Prime, which from what we've seen so far is basically Geewun. So it could have a fairly simple transformation - flip the back of the truck/legs down, pull arms out of the back of the cab, flip up the head and you're good. I know SS BumblePrime made it more complicated than that but I don't expect a Lego to be on that level. It could work is what I'm saying.

It certainly could - I made a lego Optimus Prime any number of times as a kid way back when, and the technic stuff I had wasn't anywhere near as fancy as the bits you can get now :)

[Tha_Phantom]

It certainly could - I made a lego Optimus Prime any number of times as a kid way back when, and the technic stuff I had wasn't anywhere near as fancy as the bits you can get now :)

*hi five* So did I. :D I used this part from a train set for the chest.
https://i.ibb.co/s6FRRn8/19186.jpg (https://imgbb.com/)

[DELTAprime]

Hasbro should have let Lego make Transformers based sets since all the way back in the days when Built to Rule was a thing.

[Sinnertwin]

I once made a G1 Prime out of cardboard, tape & those little gold pins you'd push through and split the pin down the middle to act as swivels.
I was bored at work.

Lego should do this with their eyes closed.

[Paulbot]

My understanding is it's based on ROTB Prime, which from what we've seen so far is basically Geewun. So it could have a fairly simple transformation - flip the back of the truck/legs down, pull arms out of the back of the cab, flip up the head and you're good. I know SS BumblePrime made it more complicated than that but I don't expect a Lego to be on that level. It could work is what I'm saying.

I recently watched a clip of Prime’s transformation when he arrives in the city at the end of the first movie. That’s what I had in my mind. The more recent design I can see is easier.

[KELPIE]

If a bootleg Lego version of Optimus Prime can do it, why can't a professional company like LEGO do it?

https://i.imgur.com/orXeN1d.png

[Thurmus]

Will be interesting to see the jetpack in the new movie. You would think it has to be just a backpack without wings like Bumblebees.

[griffin]

Collaborative Transformers are so infrequent, it has been a while since one was revealed, so this is a definite rumour (https://news.tfw2005.com/2022/02/19/rumor-new-transformers-collaborative-project-trooper-releasing-in-2023-450360)... a "Project Trooper" toy has been found in a US Gamestop computer, for us$90 for 2023.

Project names were given to each of the previous Collaborative Transformers, so if this one is true, it is just a matter of working out what concept or series this one is from.

The price point is also pretty expensive, at about the price point of a Commander class Generations toy.

(Gamestop is the parent of EBGames here, but that doesn't guarantee that they will have the exclusive here if it comes here)

[High_Q]

Following on from the Project Trooper listing, the update is that this is for a TF x GI Joe HISS Tank Megatron & Baroness set (https://news.tfw2005.com/2022/02/23/transformers-x-gi-joe-collaborative-hiss-tank-megatron-baroness-listing-found-450707)!

I was never a GI Joe fan, but always liked the HISS design, and i had a Takara boxed HISS tank. I hope this rumour is true.

[griffin]

More pics of what look to be micro sized Movie vehicles (https://news.tfw2005.com/2022/01/10/a-closer-look-at-transformers-micro-machines-448025)... similar to the RPMs we saw back in 2009, just a fair bit smaller.

An image and details (https://news.tfw2005.com/2022/02/23/transformers-micro-machines-to-arrive-this-spring-first-official-look-450608) of what could be a licensed Micro Machines Transformers playset, of Movie Camaro Bumblebee that opens up, with a micro Barricade.
Said to be out in Autumn our time, for us$35.

TFW have watermarked the official image and not disclosed the source website for the information, which is poor form doing it on official images, probably to prevent other fansites from posting up the news with a clean image.

[Handsprime]

An image and details (https://news.tfw2005.com/2022/02/23/transformers-micro-machines-to-arrive-this-spring-first-official-look-450608) of what could be a licensed Micro Machines Transformers playset, of Movie Camaro Bumblebee that opens up, with a micro Barricade.
Said to be out in Autumn our time, for us$35.

TFW have watermarked the official image and not disclosed the source website for the information, which is poor form doing it on official images, probably to prevent other fansites from posting up the news with a clean image.

Well apparently that's not enough, because now there are Playset and Vehicle packs as well. (https://news.tfw2005.com/2022/02/24/micro-machines-transformers-playset-vehicle-packs-found-at-us-retail-450785)

[griffin]

Well apparently that's not enough, because now there are Playset and Vehicle packs as well. (https://news.tfw2005.com/2022/02/24/micro-machines-transformers-playset-vehicle-packs-found-at-us-retail-450785)

I was just looking at that... and wasting a fair bit of time scrolling through the replies to see if anyone had actually bought it.
Unfortunately it doesn't let us know if all six sets are Transformers themed, or if it is a mixture of non-themed sets with the packaging on each one teasing us to think that it could be Transformers themed.

This is why I hate blind-bag concepts, especially if it is for a mixture of themes, because at least if it was all Transformers themed, you have a bit of a better chance offloading them or trading them with other fans. Otherwise, you could end up with fifteen duplicates just to secure the Transformers ones, and have no collector market interested in the spares you just paid a lot of money on.

At least these are licensed toys, and not Hasbro toys, so I'm not as interested in these, and just hope they end up being expensive poor-quality rubbish that dies off fairly quickly.

[Handsprime]

Finally, some more details on those Transformers Micro Machine Playsets. (https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/codes-and-better-look-at-the-modular-micro-machines-mystery-transformers-sets/46719/)

Apparently there's 6 playsets in total, but each playset comes with 1 of 2 vehicles, with 2 of them having a 100% of picking up a Transformer (meaning you have to buy the set again), 2 of them having a 50% chance of getting a Transformer, and 2 of them not containing any Transformers at all.
Also there are codes, so you don't have to worry about buying 12 of these sets just to get that 1 figure you're after:
1A 01 (Adventure Racing Truck)
IA 02 (Cliffjumper)
1B 01 (Prime)
1B 02 (ROTF Megatron)
2A 01 (Food Truck)
2A 02 (19 BMW M6)
2B 01 (Nemesis Prime)
2B 02 (Sideswipe)
3A 01 (Private Jet)
3A 02 (Starscream)
3B 01 (19 BMW M6 again)
3B 02 (Bugatti)

[griffin]

What could be another two GEN Selects toys for Legacy this year (https://news.tfw2005.com/2022/03/14/product-numbers-of-transformers-legacy-override-road-hauler-and-more-451856) - Voyager Override (from the Cybertron cartoon/toyline), and Voyager Road Hauler (probably a green Grapple to homage the Japanese green Hauler toy from about 15 years ago).

Road Hauler was originally an odd toy, as it was given a back story of being a Constructicon (hence the green colour), but its name was meant to homage Grapple's nickname (Hauler) in the original cartoon episode More Than Meets The Eye (https://tfwiki.net/wiki/More_than_Meets_the_Eye,_Part_1)... but is not the right colour. (if it was going to be an accurate homage to Hauler, it would be the same colour as Grapple... which we already have from this mould).

[griffin]

Meanwhile, from one of the regular recent sources of unreleased toys (https://news.tfw2005.com/2022/03/15/possible-first-look-at-transformers-rise-of-the-beast-optimus-prime-and-optimus-primal-tigatron-figures-451862), a couple of toys that appear to be for the Rise of the Beasts movie, but could end up being released in Cyberverse towards the end of the year, as one of them looks very similar to one that was officially revealed for Cyberverse in October (http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showthread.php/27878-Cyberverse-season-4-(Dinobots-Unite)-new-toys?p=650463#post650463).

These two new toys are Optimus Prime (as the transport truck we already saw coming in Cyberverse packaging), and Optimus Primal (as the classic Beast Wars gorilla).
Optimus Primal appears to be packed with a Targetmaster type of mini-figure, that is a white tiger (maybe as Tigatron) that converts to a weapon.

It is difficult to tell the exact size of them, but the limited articulation and sculpting suggests somewhere between Core class and Deluxe Class. (I'd be hoping they are smaller/cheaper than deluxe class).

If they are Movie toys, then they probably the ones that we would have seen out in stores next month... if the Movie hadn't been delayed by a year. (which is why Hasbro must have decided to still release them this year, but create all new packaging that fits in with the recent toyline that retailers are familiar with)

[Paulbot]

Bit odd for Override to be a Voyager... maybe some accessories? Maybe Hot Rod style complex engineering. There's not many voyager class female toys though (three come to mind and two of those are repaints of the same male bot) so that's nice.

Road Hauler would be a pass, if I'm buying a green voyager truck in Legacy it will be Bulkhead.