Another footballer toy from Hasbro coming?

[griffin]

In November 2013 Hasbro released a "limited" edition Generations Deluxe Megatron toy in purple with a football and autograph painted on the toy for the footaller Calvin Johnson from Detroit.
(it was officially limited, but many hundreds were produced at the factory and sold off on ebay by a factory worker)

It looks like another footballer has a Transformer-ish nickname, and with Hasbro doing up a white redeco of RID Bumblebee and registering a trademark of that name, expect to see a toy released somewhere soon.

The footballer is Julian Edelman of the New England Patriots (who won the Superbowl last week), and apparently the nickname of "Minitron" was started by Tom Brady who is on the same team.


Since the Patriots won the game in the dying seconds, Hasbro might release this toy to commemorate the win... or whatever clothing brand Edelman has sponsorship deals with like the Megatron toy was done with Nike.

(what is with the Gridiron footballers taking on Transformers names...)

[Mythirax]

I'm all for this, but I want a damn New York Giants one!

[tinyJazz]

Maybe they should skip painting on the red face mask, though. It kinda looks like a blood-stained grimace. :/

[Paulbot]

Misleading thread title. This has nothing to do with AFL.

[Bartrim]

Misleading thread title. This has nothing to do with AFL.

Soccer is football! (Actually I'm not that big a soccer fan. Yes that does make me something of a black sheep amongst my Italian family)

Edelman actually plays for The Patriots not The Seahawks Griff. They should of used St Louis Rams kicker Greg Zuerlein... His nickname is Legatron (No 5FDP I'm not biased at all )

[griffin]

Edelman actually plays for The Patriots not The Seahawks Griff. They should of used St Louis Rams kicker Greg Zuerlein... His nickname is Legatron (No 5FDP I'm not biased at all )

Hmmm, I had to go back and re-read the TFW post, and I don't know how I mis-read that sentence about what team he plays in (the sentence mentions both teams).


Now it makes sense that a fellow team member gave him the nickname, and not someone on the opposing team. I was left wondering if it was meant to be something demeaning when I was writing the post.


I re-wrote the first post, almost completely, as it changed the angle of two of the paragraphs.

[5FDP]

I'm all for this, but I want a damn New York Giants one!

They should of used St Louis Rams kicker Greg Zuerlein... His nickname is Legatron (No 5FDP I'm not biased at all )

Pfffft.... Giants and Rams. Get a real team you two

[Zommael]

Misleading thread title. This has nothing to do with AFL.

Huh? Rugby? What?