US Toyfair pics and info.

[griffin]

Just a couple of links first while I look through and add details to this post in a few minutes.

http://www.wizarduniverse.com/021508nytftransprev.html

http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-images/events/Toy-Fair-2008/
http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/conventions-15/toy-fair-2008-coverage---updated-615-pm-164230/

http://tformers.com/transformers-toy-fair-2008/9019/news.html
http://tformers.com/transformers-toy-fair-2008/9020/news.html
http://tformers.com/transformers-toy-fair-2008/9022/news.html

[griffin]

From here:
http://tformers.com/transformers-toy-fair-2008/9022/news.html
and here:
http://tformers.com/transformers-toy-fair-2008/9019/news.html

Animated
Hasbro says they're looking forward to awesome Animated figures this year.
Soundwave has a guitar that transforms into Laserbeak.
The team has shown off the Jazz figure, which is very sharp-looking like a Japanese race car.

"Transformers" and "Transformers 2"
Hasbro says they're looking forward to awesome new "Transformers" figures this year.
The Hasbro design team has been working with Paramount on "Transformers 2" designs for weeks now.
The designs are currently under review by Takara/Tomy.

Masterpiece
Hasbro likes the Masterpiece molds like the jet, but nothing is planned as of yet.

Alternators
The company is currently trying to figure out a way to get the Alternators line out there again, but haven't pinned down how or yet at this point.

Transformers Crossovers
Star Wars Transformers and Marvel Transformers line will merge into a single line called "Transformers Crossovers"
With this, Hasbro has confirmed the existence of the Marvel Transformers line, despite the fact that the figures were shown at the UK Toy Fair earlier this month.

Classics 2.0
Deluxe - Sunstreaker, Prowl, Galvatron and Tankor
Ultra - Powerglide and Onslaught.
Voyager - Autobot Blaster (recolour of Cybertron Soundwave) and Decepticon Heavy Bomb with Mini-con (recolour of Cybertron Quickmix).

[Pulse]

Classics Sunstreaker, Prowl, Octane, Onslaught, Galvatron & Powerglide = Excellent figures

Cybertron repaints Blaster & Heavy Load = I am not going to buy those

Alternators reborn = F#%K YEAH!!!!!

[Paulbot]

Oh I noticed the Cybertron repaints weren't in Movie boxes but I'd hoped they were just Universe toys and not Classics toys. I might get Heavy Load as I don't have the original toy... but I'm not too keen.

[Pulse]

There's something that I just noticed but the animated figure of Oil Slick has pretty much the same type of transformation as the Gobot Cykill (WTH I can hear some people saying to themselves). Pointless & stupid of me to notice it/point it out but hey - Arms become front wheel & Legs become back wheel. Weird huh?

[Soundwarp]

:eek: Blaster ewwwwwwww, way too much black.

Galvatron, nice but if the tracks werent there i'd like it more. So if he was a platform blaster like G1 it would look better.

[Tober]

There are more pics of the Animated Deluxe Jazz, Soundwave, Slag and Oil Slick here (http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-images/events/Toy-Fair-2008/Official-Hasbro-Images/TRANSFORMERS/ANIMATED/Animated+deluxe+scale/).

Not sure if these have been posted yet, didn't see them.