Hasbro Pulscon 2021 Transformers reveals

[griffin]

Info and images taken from here, so check that link out if you want to see more from the online-only event (the event was supposed to be geo-blocked to just US & UK, but if Hasbro post up a copy online that is available to watch, I'll add it).

Remember, there were two Transformers panels - one toy and one entertainment... which this coverage appears to include both.

Overview of Entertainment Panel

• Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts:
  
  • Rise Of The Beasts premiere in June 24, 2022 bringing Beast Wars characters to the movies for the first time
  • Anthony Ramos video from Cuzco. He is a big Cheetor fan, excited to be in the movie with Cheetor.
  
  
• Transformers the Experience
  
  • New immersive virtual experience.
  • Touring attraction, walk-through experience
  • Partnership with creators of Marvel Avengers stations
  
  
• Tranformers VR
  
  • Transformers Beyond Reality
  • Join Autobots and use Cybertronian-based tech to save earth and planet Cybertron.
  • The Decepticons are using synthetic Dark Energon to corrupt Cybertron and strip Earth of its resources.
  • Evergreen/Cyberverse designs in-game
  
  
• Transformers x Smite – Battle Of Gods
  
  • Smite is a free-to-play, third-person multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Hi-Rez Studios
  • New Transformers characters and skins to be available in November 16th.
  • Who would win: Optimus Prime vs Hercules, or Poseidon vs Megatron?
  • Cinematic trailer – nice classic touchup of G1 theme!
  • Starscream, Megatron, Optimus featured
  • Update for all major platforms
  
  
• Transformers Earth Wars
  
  • Bringing more Beast Wars characters in a combination of ways.
  • Beast Wars Combiners Magnaboss and Tripredacus coming soon!
  
  
• Transformers Devastation Original Soundtrack To Be Available for streaming
  
  • Special appearance of Vince DeCola, Kenny Meredith and Bob Reynolds
  • Music video of them playing from the score in-stream: Transformers Face the Devastation song
  
  
• Transformers Legacy Official Wave 1 Reveal
  
  • Legacy brings back your favorite characters to 1 toyline.
  • Characters from different universes to be set into the Generations line.
  • New fresh take on the Generations line.
  • New play pattern: Energon weapons and armor
  • Energon weapons can combine into new weapons (and perhaps for a combiner?)
  
  
• Deluxe Skids
  
  • Energon Axe, can combine with the plastic
  • Clear tinted plastic, will have tinted sunroof
  • Blasters can combine.
  • Heavily based on the G1 look.
  
  
• Deluxe Dragtrip
  
  • G1 appearance-look in all of the yellow, inspired from the “Masquerade” G1 episode.
  • 2 Dark Energon blasters, combine into rifle that hearkens his double-barreled blasters.
  • First of five Stunticons to form Menasor.
  • No combiner mode shown yet.
  
  
• Deluxe Transformers Prime Arcee
  
  • Designed by Hisashi Yuki while Marcelo Matere draw concert art.
  • Includes two Energon blades which can combine into a shield.
  • Also one Energon blaster.
  
  
• Deluxe Kickback
  
  • Presented as the leader of the Insecticon army.
  • He has metallic paint under the clear yellow chest, G1 toy inspired.
  • He comes with two energon-infused slicer weapons that can combine into swords
  • They used realistic textures similar to the ones used in Kingdom Beast Wars toys to Kickback’s wings.
  
  
• Voyager Bulkhead
  
  • Designed by Yuya Onishi while Marcelo Matere draw concert art.
  • Feet fold down to become doors in the back of alt mode.
  • The mace can be stored behind feet in alt mode.
  • Cloth cover on the back of the truck comes off and becomes a SWAT shield
  • Energon-infused gatling gun blaster
  
  
• Leader Laser Prime
  
  • Comes with tanker which can open up to become a battle station like the original toy.
  • Includes Energon Sword and Axe can combine.
  • He also comes with the Matrix of Leadership which can be stored in his chest.
  • The Matrix can energon-infuse with his axe.
  • Blaster of the battle station can detach to become a hand-held blaster for the robot mode.
  
  
• Legacy Packaging
  
  • Boxes are more angular
  • Key poster art on the side panel
  • Closed Leader Class boxes.
  • Voyager and Deluxe feature small windows.
  • Complete character art in the front.
  • New packaging chase: QR codes. This for all except core class. It takes you to specific character page which will show tech-specs and bios (still under construction).
  
  
• PulseCon exclusives
  
  • Decepticons Forever Ravage 2-packaging
  • Galvatron Unicron Companion Pack
  
  
• Transformers Hall of Fame 2021 Inductees
  
  • War for Cybertron Kingdom Toy – Tigatron
  • Beast Wars Season 1 Character – Inferno
  • Human inductees
    
    • John Mischetta Jr. – G1 Blurr voice actor.
    • Guido Guidi – Artist
    
    
  
  

Does anyone remember the "Transformers Experience" that was announced to be starting up in early 2016, by the Singapore company Cityneon / VictoryHill, for Las Vegas?
Well, this is it.... 6 years later. (which means covid had nothing to do with the delay)

It was originally announced in November 2015 for an opening in April in Las Vegas, and then pushed back to late 2016 because they wanted to do the Avengers Experience first (probably thought it was better to cash in on the franchise that was doing better at that time, and it was going to be another year and a bit until the next Transformers movie was due out anyway).
Then in December 2017 they finally did their first Transformers exhibit in China, which sounds like it was what they were planning to do in Las Vegas (there is a promo video of it on youtube for those wanting to know what the American one should look like).

So this one for 2022 is obviously for America, but I don't know yet when or where, but now that it has been officially announced, but I would imagine that there would be some promotional material released soon by CityNeon. (if it is around for a year or so and still for Las Vegas, it would be an incentive to travel back to America again next year, and stop off at the Transformers Ride at Universal Studios again on the way)
The interesting thing is that their initial global license that they announced in 2015 for Transformers was apparently only for 8 years until June 2023, but with the long delay in getting it to America, I would imagine that they would have renewed/extended it, as it wouldn't give them much time left for this American run... and if they were still planning to ship it around the world for other countries.