SDCC 2022 day 1 - Thursday July 21st

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A lot to go through, from a lot of different sources... but I felt underwhelmed by the smaller-than-usual amount of reveals this year, and a limited access by the major fansites, probably due to covid restrictions (just about everything came from just TFW and some guy on twitter which was noted on BWTF).

I was also puzzled that there were no SDCC exclusive toys this year for Transformers, when usually (pre-covid) there would be 3 or 4 exclusives that we would all have to fight over from secondary sources, or from Asia. There is one "Pulse exclusive", but it is a pre-order for release in November... so it isn't an SDCC exclusive.

A quick list of what to expect in the next few posts (as I can't post anything with more than 3 links at the moment)...

- Legacy wave 3 (only a teaser, as the full reveal will be done online on August 16th)
Deluxe
- Blanker (Targetmaster Pointblank - using the Japanese name for some reason),
- Stunticon Dead End,
- Skullgrin (odd to not be the same size class as Iguanus),
- Crankcase (said to be derived from the Skids mould)
Voyager
- Armada Starscream
- Beast Wars Inferno
Leader
- Transmetal II Megatron (dragon)

- Hasbro Pulse exclusive - A Hero is Born - Alpha Trion (redeco & new head SS VOY Scourge) & Orion Pax (redeco & new head SS DLX Kup - just like the Ehobby Orion Pax from about 15 years ago).

- Shattered Glass Flamewar & Fireglide (redeco Legacy Arcee & Siege Pteraxadon)

- GEN Selects DK-3 Breaker - blue Trailbreaker

- Licensed statues
ThreeZero
Diamond Select
Flame Toys

- SDCC exclusive Pop Vinyl Jumbo size Unicron - Already out in Australia at various online sources listed here in the OZ news section for $90-95.

- Walmart Collector Con (not sure if it is linked to SDCC, as it would be a coincidence to do the big launch on the same day if it wasn't being promoted at SDCC as well - The Hasbro Pulse site certainly thinks so, as they included them with their new SDCC pre-orders.)
Velocitron wave 1
Vintage Beast Wars - Retrax & Terrosaur
Top Gun Maverick
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Legacy wave 2 and Hasbro Pulse exclusive 2-pack.

The presentation panel details and images from TFW.

• Bot modes of new wave reveals (alternate modes and accessories will be shown off August 16th)
• Skullgrin first
• Merged pretender shell with robot mode
• Mark worked with Yuuki-San on Skullgrin
• Next is Blanker (Pointblank)
• Blanker will have minicon accessory
• Trying to create cohesiveness on dioramas since there’s no official story
• Mark worked with Hisui-San on Blanker
• Next is Crankcase who is a partial use of Skids
• Last deluxe is Dead End
• Team worked hard for cartoon look
• First Voyager is Armada Starscream
• Mark worked with Atoku-San (whose last generations character was Armada Starscream before moving to MP)
• Starscreams booster flaps flip up
• Next is BW Inferno (worked with Tomo-San)
• Color-matched CG model
• Leader class TM2 Megatron revealed
• Sam worked with Hijima-San
• Megs packaging revealed
• Legacy reveals done, on to Q&A
• Favorite collabs/wants for collabs
• Ben – GI Joe
• Evan – wants transforming Chocobo
• Isabella – wants Pokemon collab
• Sara – wants other Nickelodeon properties
• Reptar from Rugrats suggested
• More IDW and Nautica asked for
• Minivehicles (Brawn, Gears, etc.) will make it in eventually
• Potential for rerelease of Coneheads in Legacy
• Maybe Armada Optimus for 20th anniversary??
• Final reveal is Pulse exclusive Orion Pax and Alpha Trion w/ Vector Sigma set
• Pax from Kup, Trion from Scourge
• 2-pack box revealed
• End of panel

Official images were released of just the robot modes (as noted above).















The back of the Megatron box, said to be from someone else on twitter, showing us the dragon mode.

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- Hasbro Pulse exclusive - A Hero is Born - Alpha Trion (redeco & new head SS VOY Scourge) & Orion Pax (redeco & new head SS DLX Kup - just like the Ehobby Orion Pax from about 15 years ago). Also looks to come with a Vector Sigma (golden globe) and Key... from the cartoon.

Included in the presentation panel in the post above, but first revealed by IGN website with release details - November 1st release, but the pre-order listing on the Hasbro Pulse site isn't there yet.












- Shattered Glass Flamewar & Fireglide (redeco Legacy Arcee & Siege Pteraxadon) officially revealed on the Hasbro Pulse facebook page, and on youtube...

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- GEN Selects DK-3 Breaker - blue Trailbreaker - revealed by Hasbro on their instagram.

It is now up on the Hasbro Pulse site for preorder - us$25 for December 1st.

The DK-3 Breaker figure is based on the 4WD Hi-luxe Diaclone figure, originally released with black, blue, and yellow deco variations. The DK-3 Breaker figure is released with blue deco, inspired by the Diaclone blue deco variant. This figure converts from robot to camper truck mode in 19 steps. Figure comes with a blaster accessory that attaches in both modes.
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- Licensed statues

ThreeZero - Last Knight Optimus Prime
Prime1 Studios - Beast Wars Transmetal 2 Dragon Megatron (this one is massive!)

Diamond Select -

• Premier Collection Beast Wars Statues
  
  • Optimus Primal
  • Megatron
  
  
• Transformers Minimates
  
  • Wave 3: Galvatron, Coronation Starscream, Galvatron and Jazz.
  • Future products: Thundercracker, Ultra Magnus, Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime, and “Sleep Mode” Optimus Prime (gray Optimus Prime redeco with opening chest).

Flame Toys -

• Furai Model – Model kits
  
  • Soundwave & Ravage (prototype)
  • Arcee (prototype)
  • Devastator (color sample)
  
  
• Kuro Kara Kuri – Premium quality action figures
  
  • Rodimus (prototype)
  • Victory Saber (color sample)
  • Nemesis Prime (color sample)
  • Jazz (prototype)
  
  

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- Walmart Collector Con (not sure if it is linked to SDCC, as it would be a coincidence to do the big launch on the same day if it wasn't being promoted at SDCC as well - The Hasbro Pulse site certainly thinks so, as they included them with their new SDCC pre-orders.)

From the Walmart product page...

Velocitron wave 1 - release date August 8th (Walmart) & August 1st (Hasbro Pulse)
Deluxe - us$25 (Cosmos page has been removed from Walmart site - unknown reason as other items remain listed that are sold out) (Clampdown sold out on both sites)
Voyager - us$34
Leader - us$56 (Scourge sold out on both sites)

Vintage Beast Wars - Retrax & Terrosaur - us$25 (each) - release date August 12-16 (Walmart), August 1st (Hasbro Pulse - Retrax listed as November, likely in error)
(Retrax already sold out on Walmart site... yes, it's true... it has to be an error, or else it was produced in much smaller numbers based on it's feedback)

Top Gun Maverick - us$45 - release date December 20th (Walmart), November 1st (Hasbro Pulse - could be wrong)