Transformers Collabrative Nostalgia toy sets

[Tilarta]

https://www.allspark.com/2021/04/hasbro-abandons-charade-starts-deliberately-mashing-your-nostalgia-buttons-with-new-transformers-collaborative-items/

I'm glad to see they expanded the concept to include significantly more sets.
And that they added minifigures to them, which would suggest internal driving/piloting compartments.
Wonder if the figures are Diaclone style?

https://i.imgur.com/7j5qN1il.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/QvBpTVEl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/SQVl5dnl.jpg
KITT, General FLAG and the unrevealed Lego one are the three I am looking forward to most.

Unfortunately, there is no Airwolf Transformer in the offering, but hopefully they add one in a later release wave.
I wonder if they'll remember that Airwolf has a computer intelligence module? They didn't define if Airwolf was a true AI, but the way the creator spoke about Airwolf implied this, especially since he didn't tell anyone the CIM existed.

[Autocon]

Ahhh

[Tilarta]

Yes, KITT and KARR, I think they're a double set.

[Autocon]

Not April fools?

[Handsprime]

I'm guessing April Fools (unless another website is talking about this), but what chances are there of a Lego x Transformers collab, considering that Hasbro already has their own lego brand (even if it hasn't been active in years)

[nalops]

In the last paragraph of the article.

'Whatever you do, don?t look at the calenda? aw, scrap, too late. But it was nice while it lasted, eh?'

Also one of the collabs is Transformers X Transformers. I think it's fair to say they're all fake.

[Tilarta]

I hope not, but this seems way too elaborate for an April's fool joke, the background info, the rendered models etc.
All I know is, if they don't deliver these items, they'll have annoyed a lot of fanbases.

[nalops]

Sorry to crush your dreams but they're not real. Hasbro would never reveal so many future products all at once like that either. We don't even have wave 3 Kingdom revealed yet.

The silhouettes are just real Transformers edited up a bit. Power Rangers is just WFC game Grimlock and Ducktales is Cybertron Jetfire. I honestly don't think it took that long.

[Kranix]

So cruel. Man, I want a Kitt Transformer! I couldn't say no to Karr either.

[Tilarta]

@Kranix
Yes, this is cruel.
I have a sense of humor, but this, I am not finding amusing at all, just anger inducing.

The Ducktales &Darkwing Duck fanbases will not find this amusing:
https://i.imgur.com/4KKnHxI.png
as they're already irked with Disney on this subject.

But the other toys (not the silohouettes) look real, so where did they get those?
Are they existing products from those franchise's merchandise lines?

To clarify one reason why I am irked, Hasbro didn't take the opportunity to build Danger Room as an actual Transformer when it came to their crossover line.
So now I have to make my own because they didn't step up.
By the way, Danger Room is technically a Transformer, her physical form techmorphs into the X-Jet and her hands also transform into weapons.

[nalops]

Yes, they're all existing toys except the Death Egg, which looks to have been lifted from a game. It's even the main image on the Sonic Wiki for it.

https://sonic.fandom.com/wiki/Death_Egg

Duck Tales Sun Chaser

https://www.google.com/amp/s/ducktalks.com/2018/08/14/phatmojo-sunchaser-review/amp/

Darkwing Thunderquack

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/disney-darkwing-duck-thunderquack-jet-1738519522

Magic School Bus

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1995-scholastics-magic-school-bus-1940371490

I can't fault you for wanting these to real, especially since a lot of these would undoubtedly be cool but please be somewhat critical of any unverified information you see, moreso around early April.

[Tilarta]

Found the Knight Rider source items.

Diamond Select Knight Rider:
https://i.imgur.com/mh50iT0l.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/PmGECwcl.jpg

[SMHFConvoy]

The real prank would be if one of these sets were the real deal.

[reillyd]

I would kill for a Knight-Rider Kitt transformer, and because Tilarta posted this April 3 and only that image, I fell for it hook line and sinker.
It was only when I clicked on the link and saw Ducktales, then the f*ing magic school bus that I realised someone was taking the p*ss.

I?m sure that wasn?t Tilarta?s intention either and they were similarly duped by what was a REALLY cool concept, and some really slick looking images.

[Tilarta]

To be honest, I'm surprised Hasbro hasn't taken the opportunity for a KITT Transformer, since he's already a sentient car, all they'd have to do is give him a Transform function to bring him all the way to full Autobot.
And version 2 of KARR (https://tkrtng.fandom.com/wiki/KARR) was technically a Transformer, so they can do it on their own.

Maybe one day, Hasbro will add KITT to their crossover lineup.
@SMHFConvoy, it would be nice if that was the one set that was the real deal! :rolleyes:

Yes, this was not my intention, I was so overjoyed that KITT and his FLAG truck were getting the collaborative makeover/introduction I didn't realise it was one of those infamous April's Fool's day pranks until I was told it wasn't real.

[nalops]

Doesn't seem like Hasbro has the rights for it. As much as fans may want something in Transformers, if Takara or Hasbro don't have permission or rights, there's basically no chance.

[Tilarta]

How do they get permission to produce these toys then?
According to this (https://trademarks.justia.com/864/08/knight-86408786.html), Knight Rider currently belongs to Universal City Studios LLC.

And then there's the complication of who owns the car design.
According to the internet, since Pontiac discontinued operations, a company called Trans Am Depot secured ownership of this car design/trademark name.
But they're more concerned with the name then the actual car, if they don't put Trans Am on the KITT Transformer toy (like Gigawatt's vehicle mode doesn't have Delorean), then it may be permissible.

So would Hasbro have to approach Universal City Studios to get permission to produce a Collaborative KITT Transformer?