NY Toyfair images and info

[AJ_Prime]

hmmm, that Ambus is going to need a paint job...

[Lord_Zed]

The odd thing is I just opened MP Ultra Magnus today, talk about here we go again.

hmmm, that Ambus is going to need a paint job...

Possibly a lot of them are, Hasbro's paint aps seem to have gotten worse of late, The white paint on my Swerve's face is semi transparent, and the white on his targetmaster ally has started to peel off.

[spiderken17]

I will be interested in UM, probably not Devastator as I don't have room to store him.

[Firestorm]

oh boy, today was full of awesome,

and some not so awesome.

I'll go through my opinions here.

Constructicons/Devastator
Devy looks increadible, huge and imposing. but I'm really disheartened by the individual bot modes, I know some sacrifices had to be made for the combination but they seriously look underwhelming, a bit too G1 for my taste, but I'll still be getting them for how awesome Devastator is.

Protectobots
They all look great, even if half of them are remolds. they managed to do enough to Dead End and Offroad that they almost look like new toys. and as a Huge fan of First Aid from MtMtE I am quite happy with how he turned out.
Blades is a little underwhelming since he didn't receive as much retooling as Streetwise and First Aid did, but I like the Alpha Bravo mold so I can't really complain.
Streetwise looks surprisingly imposing and impressive once again a nice remold.
Groove is a bit lanky and I don't like how his chest armour mode looks but he's still a decent looking little legends figure.
Hot Spot is very nice, and I can definitely see an Onslaught retool in the future.
and as for the new member Rook. I am quite impressed, he looks very nice, a surprising amount of "character" in his design even though he has never existed before and therefore has no character, his method of mounting his weapons instead of holding them in his hands is different and means there will be a lot of weapons that he can't wield but he still looks very cool. I hope a potential Brawl is a different new mold though.

Legends
Viper is a cool remold for G.I Joe fans, warpath looks nice but not very warpath-y

Cyclonus
Better than I expected and quite an impressive retool, but I probably won't be getting him. the fact his combined mode is based on galvatron is just strange

Ultra Magnus w/ Minimus Ambus
Star of the show right here, Hasbro knocked it outta the park!
this guy looks so good I almost regret buying the masterpiece version. (almost) he looks big, imposing, and totally MTMTE. I love the look of his robot and vehicle modes, and the inclusion of a tiny Minimus Ambus that can store in his chest AND ALSO TRANSFORM is SO cool! the fact that you can also take all of Magnus' weapons and plug them together to create a massive hammer is just icing on the cake (I'm a fan of hammer wielding Mangni) this is the first leader class I've been really excited about. and I will definitely be picking one up when he's released. so I'll have MP Magnus for my masterpiece shelf and CW Magnus for my IDW shelf. this just looks like a perfect leader class toy, (oh and no buttflap, take that MP Magnus)

RID warriors
both Sideswipe and Jazz look fairly nice, but a little underwhelming. Jazz just seems messy, while Swiper seems messy and awkward looking, not to mention he is missing his forearm spikes from the show which even the legion version managed to get. I may change my mind when I see them in person but right now I'm pretty unimpressed and questioning whether or not I want to continue collecting RID Warriors.

RID Minicons and Deployers.
kind of a weird Idea, the deployers both look pretty unimpressive probably due to their gimmicks hampering their designs. but all the minicons as weird as they are seem kinda fun and I may end up collecting these.

RID Legions
Underbite isn't bad, Fixit is perfect

One Steps
not a fan of this size class, but thunderhoof and fracture look nice, this is my first time seeing Thunderhoof's appearance and I think he looks pretty awesome so I am really hoping there is a warrior in the cards

Super Bumblebee
Was this really needed, it's EVEN BIGGER THAN DEVASTATOR!! I can see this thing causing toy aisles to be wall to wall yellow for a long time

Mega Optimus
Looks cool, better than the warrior.

Kre-O
all good here, Drift being a triple changer is a thing now I guess, thanks Bay. the new combiners are just strange.... seriously, a combiner made out of 5 bumblebee? with heads for knees and elbows, with an elbow that looks like he is screaming (probably "WHY THE HELL AM I AN ELBOW? WHO TRANSFORMS INTO AN ELBOW, SERIOUSLY!")
"Hey kids, you love bumblebee right? Sure you do. Well now guess what, you can take these 5 bumblebees and combine them together to create one giant bumblebee! It's bumble-tastic! Bumblicious! Bumblebee Bumblebee! BUMBLEBEE!!!"

all in all, between the various combiner teams, devy and magnus. plus masterpieces, and some RiD stuff, it's looking like an expensive year....

[Trent]

Can anyone link to a photo of this Viper character you're all on about? I didn't notice it in the pics when I looked yesterday and couldn't be arsed going through them again.

[griffin]

Can anyone link to a photo of this Viper character you're all on about? I didn't notice it in the pics when I looked yesterday and couldn't be arsed going through them again.

The toy at the display - the official images.

[griffin]

Someone from Seibertron has been wandering around other exhibits at the NY Toyfair, and found a number of licensed items...

Metal Earth - 3D metal model kits. These look awesome, and I hope they come here.
They are only US$12 at BBTS for April, and based on their size I think they might be plastic with vacuumised/chrome plating... but if they are actual "metal" models, that's even better for the feel of them, because they just look amazing.
Four were on display - Optimus, Bumblebee, Megatron and Soundwave (with Laserbeak I think).
(all are non-transforming)


Loyal Subjects, displaying their third series of figures. Following on from the electronic gimmick of Optimus in the second series, the Wheeljack in this series will have light-up ears.

wave 3 featuring Scrapper, Longhaul, Bonecrusher, Swoop, Sludge, Rumble (red), Frenzy (blue), Buzzsaw, Laserbeak, Trailbreaker, Sunstreaker, Wheeljack, Hound and Blitzwing. ScottyP informs us that the chase figures are Sunstreaker 1/24, Hound 1/48, Frenzy (the blue one for them) 1/96.

Hats & Beanies.

And a heaps of electronic and musical items.

[kurdt_the_goat]

Apologies if already posted, but Collection DX has put up a video walking around the Hasbro display, offering a good close up of the lot!

[griffin]

Looks like I missed the Rescue Bots press release, which had some new figures noted that were on display... including the odd looking vehicles for the figurines that I noted were unknown to me.

TRANSFORMERS RESCUE BOTS FEATURED BOT Assortment
(Retail Price: $4.99/Available: Spring 2015)
The new assortment includes HEATWAVE THE FIREBOT figure with rescue axe and BOULDER THE CONSTRUCTION BOT figure with a rescue drill. The OPTIMUS PRIME
figure with a rescue saw and new recruit HIGH TIDE figure with rescue claw join the assortment in Fall 2015.

TRANSFORMERS RESCUE BOTS RESCAN Assortment
(Retail Price: $9.99/Available: Spring 2015)
With SALVAGE, BLURR, and OPTIMUS PRIME figures. The core cast of RESCUE BOTS are also featured in the assortment: BLADES THE FLIGHT BOT figure in classic helicopter form, the BUMBLEBEE figure in his iconic car form, and CHASE THE POLICE BOT figure in classic police car form.

TRANSFORMERS RESCUE BOTS ELITE RESCUE HEATWAVE Figure
(Retail Price: $19.99/Available: Spring 2015)
Standing at 10 inches tall, the ELITE RESCUE HEATWAVE figure converts to a fire engine form. With a simple twist, convert the ELITE RESCUE HEATWAVE figure from bot mode to vehicle mode.

TRANSFORMERS RESCUE BOTS MINI SCENE PACK
(Retail Price: $14.99/Available: Fall 2015)
All new figures and vehicles, each MINI SCENE pack contains a RESCUE BOTS figure, human character figure and vehicle featured in iconic scenes in the TRANSFORMERS RESCUE BOTS animated series.
Includes SHARK SUB CAPTURE with BLADES THE FLIGHT-BOT and DR. MOROCCO or TUNNEL DRILL RESCUE with CHASE THE POLICE-BOT and GRAHAM BURNS.

TRANSFORMERS RESCUE BOTS HIGH TIDE Playset
(Retail Price: $29.99/Available: Fall 2015)
The new recruit, HIGH TIDE, now acts as the new RESCUE BOTS command center for ocean rescues. Load the HIGH TIDE figure into the command center console, then pull up on the lever to help HIGH TIDE assume full command of his ship.
When High Tide needs to dive below for a deep sea rescue, press down on the lever, and twist open the hull to reveal HIGH TIDE converted into his mini submarine form!
The High Tide playset also comes with a capture cage with trap door and a crane with multiple rescue tools.

TRANSFORMERS RESCUE BOTS EPIC FIGURE Assortment
(Retail Price: $9.99/Available: Fall 2015)
Open the each figure’s chest to reveal a command center for the two-inch RESCUE BOTS mini-figures (each sold separately)!
The new SALVAGE and BLURR figures join the existing collection, which includes HEATWAVE THE FIREBOT, BOULDER THE CONSTRUCTION BOT, BLADES THE
FLIGHT BOT, and CHASE THE POLICE BOT figures.

Also just found the Mr Potato Heads Press Release, which notes the two new Rescue Bots Spuds as being a 2-pack, but the description suggests that you only get the one body for the two character outfits, leaving you to choose who to display...

TRANSFORMERS MIXABLE, MASHABLE HEROES Figure 2-Pack
(Retail Price: $6.99/Available: Fall 2015)
Roll to the rescue with the MR. POTATO HEAD HEATWAVE and BOULDER characters!
The pack includes one two-inch potato body and two three-piece RESCUE BOTS costumes to switch from robot to vehicle mode.

[griffin]

The tfwiki page for the Toyfair is worth checking out if you are interested in creator notes or reasonings behind some of the toys.

They also claim that the names for the RID Minicons are wrong, as the image file-names and press-release names were not updated in time.

"Sliver" is actually Divebomb, "Dragon" is Dragonus, "AkitaWolf" is Sawback, "Buzzsaw" is Velocirazor, and "Scorpion" is Sandsting.