By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Hasbro have also released some official images of their Rescue Bots releases ahead of Toy Fair 2015. On show here are:
High Tide, a playset figure with a blue mini-sub - the mini sub is apparently High Tide, with the steamship being his ship which it sounds like he can pilot. The ship acts as a playset for the Rescan and PVC figure releases.
Official images have also been shared for Blurr and Salvage, who are also reported to be joining the larger "Elite" class releases - and the current Rescan assortment will also add classic versions of Bumblebee, Blades and Chase later in 2015 - but if you want to see the new helicopter Blades now, check out the High Tide images - you'll see Blades on the landing pad.
Rescue Bots will also be bringing out some all-new "scene packs" based on scenes from the cartoon - with the first two being the Shark Sub Capture with Blades and Dr Morocco and the Tunnel Drill Rescue with Chase and Graham Burns. Rounding off the Rescue Bots announcements, there will be two more basic sized "Featured Bot" assortment figures like the recently released Boulder and Heatwave - the pair will be Optimus Prime and High Tide.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Hasbro have also released some new official images of their new Robots in Disguise 2015 line. Included in this round of reveals are:
Our first look at the "Deployers" and Mini-Cons series of releases. Deployer Fracture and Mini-Con Slipstream are shown - Fracture is a larger (looks to be Warrior, and transforms in 10 steps according to a press release) sized figure, who comes with a launcher. Slipstream turns into a hockey puck, and is a one-step changer. Mentioned but not shown is a Drift Deployer and more Mini-Cons, apparently in two types - Drift gets the hockey pucks or "sawblades", while Fracture gets Mini-Cons who turn into torpedoes. There's a separate Mini-Con assortment coming, with four figures in it - Slipstream, Dragonus, Divebomb and Sawback.
A look at a Super Bumblebee, who costs $49.99, transforms in three steps, and plays sound effects in both modes, including the transformation sound effect when going between modes.
A Mega Optimus Prime, who retails for $29.99, transforms in one step, and can equip Mini-Cons as weapons and armor.
There is also a look at a Legion class and Titan Hero version of the Autobot Sideswipe
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By SilverOptimus from
TFW2005:
Hello and welcome to another TFW2005 event coverage! From this very moment, we are officially starting our annual New York Toy Fair coverage. You are joining with us today to read all about the Hasbro New York Toy Fair 2015 Investor Event.
First of all… the highlights:
Transformers: Combiner Wars New Images And Information Revealed
Transformers 5
Allspark Pictures
Transformers: Robots In Disguise Toyline & Animated Series
NEW TOYS REVEALED!
NEW TITAN DEVASTATOR IMAGE!!!
For more details and images… You can read our entire coverage after the jump.
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By SilverOptimus from
TFW2005:
Here is a big news our US Transformers Fans were waiting for… we finally have the official US Premiere Date and Series Timeslot for Transformers: Robots In Disguise.
Set to debut with a primetime premiere on March 14 at 6/5c, before transforming into its regular 6:30 a.m. slot on March 21.
With an exclusive video from the show where the creators explain the series,
TV Insider has the scoop:
"Just when it seemed like Saturday morning cartoons had gone the way of Cybertron, the Cartoon Network and Hasbro are giving us (and the machines) a reason to rise and shine with Transformers: Robots in Disguise. Centered on Bumblebee, the Autobot also known as a yellow muscle car, this fun new entry in the franchise inspired by Hasbro's popular line of mighty morphin' mobile changers has a more humorous vibe than previous incarnations such as Transformers: Prime or Beast Wars.
In this version, Optimus Prime puts 'Bee in charge of protecting our planet when the troublemaking Transformers on the new team—including Dinobot fave Grimlock—find their metal, err, mettle tested by a crew of Decepticons, who wreak havoc on mankind after their prison ship crashes on Earth. Among the vocal cast is Glee's Darren Criss, Entourage's Constance Zimmer, Boy Meets World's Will Friedle, and the only person who should ever voice Optimus Prime, Peter Cullen.
Check out this exclusive look at the series, which is set to debut with a primetime premiere on March 14 at 6/5c, before transforming into its regular 6:30 a.m. slot on March 21."
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By SilverOptimus from
TFW2005:
The next DeNA Transformers: Legends event; Key To Vector Sigma: Part 1 is now live.
This week's event introduces R8 Cards and Combiners to the mobile game (no doubt as a part of the Combiner Wars initiative).
Official Event Description:
"After the DECEPTICONS fail to steal the superfuel that has been given to the AUTOBOTS, their leader decides that they need their own land-based forces. After some choice thefts and modifications with Cybertronian technology, the STUNTICONS are born. But as powerful as they are, they lack the spark of life. And the only place to obtain it is Vector Sigma.
The AUTOBOTS learn of the DECEPTICONS’ plan, and realize that the newly created STUNTICONS will need to be taken to Cybertron to be given true life. In order to counter this, a group of AUTOBOTS returns to their home world to create their own sky-worthy forces.
Both groups arrive at Vector Sigma nearly simultaneously, and the AUTOBOTS and the DECEPTICONS bring life to their new allies in time for a major showdown. On one side, MOTORMASTER and the other STUNTICONS rise to life, while on the other, FIREFLIGHT, ALPHA BRAVO, and the AERIALBOTS stand tall, fighting for control of the key to Vector Sigma!
The battle starts to go badly for the DECEPTICONS, but as things look grim for them, the STUNTICONS join together to become the colossal MENASOR! With the increased firepower of their gigantic foe, the tide begins to turn against the AUTOBOTS.
Will the AERIALBOTS be able to defeat the vicious STUNTICONS? Or will MENASOR and the DECEPTICONS drive the AUTOBOTS out of Vector Sigma? Find out in TRANSFORMERS Legends - “The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1”!
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Please note that the reward card listed for the top 100 prize, MENASOR, is an Evolution card, and not a Trans-Scan card as is shown in the Join the Event screen. The top 100 prize will NOT include this version, only the Evolution version of the card. Thank you.
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By Jacer from
TFW2005:
Thanks again to Mr. Chaos, we have some more computer listings for upcoming Combiner Wars figures! While digging through a list of items in a product database Mr. Chaos' friend uncovered 4 new Legends class figures and 2 more Voyagers:
Autobot Pipes (63050936835)
Chop Shop (63050936836)
Shockwave (63050936837)
Buzzsaw (63050936838)
Scattershot (63050936922)
Onslaught (63050936923)
No word yet on when these will be coming out but with Toy Fair just days away we might have some new information soon!
Join the discussion after the jump!
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Takara-Tomy have updated their
website for the new Transformers show, Transformers Adventure, the Japanese language dub of Robots in Disguise. One of the key updates is the confirmation of the voice cast.
Alongside Ryōhei Kimura (L-Elf Karlstein in Kakumeiki Valvrave, Bumblebee in Q Transformers) as Bumblebee, the Japanese dub will also feature Tatien Kusonoki (Car Robots Black Convoy / Scourge) as Optimus Prime, Yui Kondō as Strongarm, Daiki Hamano as Sideswipe, Yoshiyuki Matsūra as Fixit, Masaomi Yamahashi as Grimlock, Masamichi Kitada as Denny, and Tomo Muranaka as Russell.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Via our sponsors Big Bad Toy Store, we have learned that Takara-Tomy intends to release the Legends class Transformers figures
Cosmos and
Powerglide in their Transformers Adventure line. The pair have been released in the US as a part of the Transformers Generations Thrilling 30 and Combiner Wars lines' Legends class assortments. Please note the images so far are placeholders most likely using the Hasbro releases.
This may seem a bit odd, given Takara-Tomy's Transformers Adventure line is ostentatiously a line for the new Robots in Disguise toys, but there are a few non Robots in Disguise guys in there including Generations Shrapnel and Bombshell, redecos of Beast Hunters Knock Out and Dreadwing, and redecos of Animated Swoop, Snarl and Lockdown to name but a few. In other words, as far as lines go, it's a bit of a melting pot where anything goes!
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