2016 Toyfair Australia Transformers exhibit

[Firestorm]

nice pics and nice write up boss bot
it's awesome of Hasbro to let the local fans in on things like this.

the new Titans return stuff looks neat. although Sentinel looks VERY bright in those pics. Galvatron looks the best he's looked to me so far in these pics. Can't wait to see Rewind show up on the shelves.

it's good to know what exclusives we should be getting here. looking forward to picking up Victotion. shame we aren't getting the Sweep set here since I am sure that's one that lots of collectors would want. also a shame we aren't getting the Platinum Edition Primal. as goofy as it is, I kinda wanted it.

The claim that there are some plans in motion relating to a transformers presence at Conventions in the future is interesting. although I'm guessing it will be things like that bumblebee limosine at Supanova last year. still neat though.

it doesn't seem to have been brought up and they aren't amongst the products on display so should we assume we won't be seeing the RiD minicon battle packs or multi packs here? (Optimus vs Bludgeon, Sideswipe vs Anvil, Bashbreaker, Doomitron, Dragonus, Lancelon. etc)

still mostly good info here. thanks again Griffin and Hasbro

[Paulbot]

Have Scourge, Skullcruncher etc been seen in packaging before elsewhere or is it that another first?

Pretty sizeable display considering some previous years.

Blurr looks quite short next to Galvatron who seemed pretty average Voyager size.

[griffin]

it doesn't seem to have been brought up and they aren't amongst the products on display so should we assume we won't be seeing the RiD minicon battle packs or multi packs here? (Optimus vs Bludgeon, Sideswipe vs Anvil, Bashbreaker, Doomitron, Dragonus, Lancelon. etc)

I do actually have info on that, as I went through our 2016 Checklist and got yes or no to various items that weren't on display... but I wasn't able to type it up last night because I was just way too tired (I just couldn't keep my eyes open, so it was taking too long and I was making heaps of mistakes - I'm actually checking my postings now to see if there is anything thing else that needs fixing).
I will post up the extra info this afternoon, and also add it to my second posting.

Have Scourge, Skullcruncher etc been seen in packaging before elsewhere or is it that another first?

Their packaging wasn't at the New York Toyfair, but Scourge was the only one not pinned to the wall, so I couldn't get photos of the other card/box backs.

[Jinto]

Those Titans Return deluxes look bloody ridiculous. About as detailed and well designed as those shampoo bottle tops that come out with the movies. Extremely disappointing.

[Krayt]

Hey bossbot, swap the YOTG with YOTM

[DELTAprime]

I wonder what the local pricing on the CW box sets will be like? Assuming TT doesn't announce their own version of them I'd be interested in all 3 G2 sets plus Victorion.

[5FDP]

Awesome Aussie exclusives there Obviously I missed this earlier but I didn't realise that Scourge was a deluxe. For some reason I thought that it was a Voyager, maybe because we've already had a Voyager Cyclonus. That explains the lack of detail.

[philby]

thanks for the info! even though i'm personally not really interested in any of them I'm glad that big w and target are getting some of those G2 combiner wars boxsets and not just toys r us, hopefully prices won't be too outrageous.

[TAAUBlaster]

Any indication of when the G2 CW boxsets might be available?

I'm glad TRU doesn't have the monopoly this time. Hopefully that will keep prices reasonable.

[philby]

what did the Hasbro guys think of the EVA Prime at the fan meet??