Hong Kong Titans Return Trial and Play Event
I was lucky enough to be invited to the Hong Kong Titans Return Trial and Play Event held last night by Hasbro HK in Mong Kok at Hobbybase.
It was by invite only so I was quite surprised and delighted to get an invite given I'm the only female collector that I (and all the lads I spoke to last night) know of in this country.
It covered Titans Returns Wave 1 which just released here 2 days ago and anything else they had time for...
They pulled cases of various sizes out, placed them on the tables, cut them open and let us all have at whatever we found inside. It felt a little odd ripping open cards and boxes that I hadn't paid for myself but getting to see so many figures opened at once was loads of fun.
Wave 1 we got to play with Power Master Optimus Prime, Blaster, Galvatron, Blurr, Wheelie, Stripes, Rewind, Hardhead, Skullsmasher, Cyclonus... those are the ones I can think of off the top of my head.
Skullsmasher, Prime and Hardhead were the hits of the wave.
Next out was Sentinel Prime, Soundwave, Ravage and Laserbeak.
Soundwave proved a hit. I personally liked him more than Blaster. He's definitely designed as a simple kids toy so I can see kids like my son having hours of fun with him.
Hasbro Fort Max was next. His articulate hands made for some fun gestures but most people commented he was too simple and didn't have enough on him to be interesting. When we attached Blaster it didn't add to him in any way so that was a bit disappointing too.
Then came SDCC Fort Max, however he was never opened. We had to view him in his box. He looked ok... better than the basic version.
Computron made his debut with several boxes placed on the tables for us to play with. I was actually impressed with the Hasbro version (which I'd previously been sceptical about). It had customised hands and feet like Victorion (NOT the same moulds I don't think) and all the vehicles despite the colours worked really well together and were different enough to be enjoyable in their own right.
The xiaomi Soundwave was also brought out. It almost looked like a real tablet. In device mode it was impressive. My daughter transformed it into Soundwave. Looks kind of cool but not sure it is Soundwave enough for me.
The SDCC 3 set followed shortly after. Everyone liked this set. Sentinel was more popular than his regular release version. Brainstorm was small but nice and Windblade was surprisingly based on the RID mould not the Generations mould I was expecting.
They showed the odd little transforming head figures with the giant logo on the top of the heads. They were actually quite addictive and cute transforming them from robot to vehicle mode despite the huge head on top.
RID Power Surge Optimus also made an appearance - he was in stores this morning along with Power Surge Bumblebee and Sideswipe.
It was a good night and interesting to meet a large group of HK collectors.
No one was allowed to keep any of the toys. There were freebies, but unfortunately by the time I got over to that table all that was left was a Transformers highlighter. Apparently I missed out on getting a plastic Transformers stand.
Hasbro had a couple of reps there. I asked about the GI Joe crossover figure set but they said that would not be coming to Asia. :/
I took so many photos my camera AND my phone ended up running out of battery.
Photo albums from the event:
(please note: you may post photos from these albums on this site but do not post, use or link to them on any other sites without my permission please - thanks)
Hasbro Computron
Titans Return Soundwave (part of Wave 2)
Fortress Maximus
Xiaomi Soundwave
The entire event coverage - 187 photos (includes all the previous album photos as well)
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Originally Posted by griffin
How do they feel in hand?
The hands and feet are apparently only going to come with the hasbro set. Takara will use the older style combiner wars hands and feet. 