By ORIO from
TFW2005:
Here we go. We're in the home stretch for the final two figures for TFC Toys' massive Hercules figure. New shots of the last two remaining figures have popped up on TFC Toys
Facebook page as well as their
Weibo page. In these pictures we see Neckbreaker (with a black plow) in robot, vehicle and arm mode. We also see Mad Blender (with a green mixing drum) in robot, vehicle and leg mode. These pictures also show off Mad Blenders mixing drum seperated into it's many pieces and attached to Mad Blender in robot mode. No doubt, for spraying his enemies with corrosive acid. Finally, we get a good look at Hercules' chest piece.
Check out all the images and then head over to the very popular Hercules Mega Thread to discuss!
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Botcon has revealed on
Twitter that tomorrow they will reveal the first toy from the Botcon 2012 figure set. Here's the fun part though - building on the vote Botcon held (and we hosted here) last year to decide which out of Wildrider and Decepticon Drag Strip would be the next revealed, Botcon are having a vote for who you want to see first!
Here's the way it works. You'll need a Facebook account first of all. Botcon has set up four pages, one for each of the four factions in the 2012 boxed set. All you have to do is "like" that page on Facebook to indicate which faction you want to see a toy from - and given there's only one toy each for two of the factions, it's a guaranteed way to get a look at those guys early!
Here's the links for you to like:
To vote for Heroic Autobots (Classics Metalhawk) like this page!To vote for Evil Decepticons (Classics Gigatron the Decepticon Overlord) like this page!To vote for Shattered Glass Autobots (SG Ultra Magnus and SG Tracks) like this page!Or to vote for Shattered Glass Decepticons (SG Soundwave and SG Treadshot) like this page!It's in the hands of the fandom! Like the page for the character whose toy you want to see the most! Most "likes" by 9am tomorrow is the one who gets revealed!
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
iGear have updated their store with some more information on the unofficial Seekers we were reporting on earlier today.
According to the entry on the
iGear store, the green unlicensed piece's name is Rainforest, reference PP03R. The clear purple one is
Current, and
Generation 2 Ramjet is also shown. All three are currently for sale as "limited prototypes".
As a bit of fun, take a look at his accessory list to see what he comes with - a human pilot figure named "Dr Evil". Unintentional Austin Powers reference ahoy! (We know it's probably just a copyright evading renaming of Transformers villain Dr Archevil though...)
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
We've got something cool now - our first look at the Transformers Movie Trilogy Optimus Prime with trailer in package, coming to you via this
Ebay auction. This Optimus Prime, a redeco of the Deluxe class toy with the trailer from the Transformers Chronicle reissue released in Japan, is set to be sold at approximately the Voyager pricepoint.
From these images, we can also see what the Transformers Movie Trilogy packaging will look like. It's broadly a retooling of the Dark of the Moon packaging, in the same style as Revenge of the Fallen became NEST Global Alliance or the original Movie went to Allspark Powered. The main differences are that the line name is now merely "Transformers" and a callout on the box refers to it as the "Movie Trilogy Series".
The packaging for this piece is pretty eye-catching, with the dark background drawing attention to the toy itself. It's also packaged in vehicle mode, with the tractor trailer running the length of this long, narrow box, a nice callback - intentional or not - to the original Generation 1 Optimus Prime packaging.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Japanese retailer
Hobby Search have updated with some better in-package images of the Transformers Prime First Edition toys for Japan. Broadly speaking, the packaging is the same as the US releases - there's just a couple of stickers to add the Japanese text to the packaging. The main difference is that all the toys are packaged in robot mode, as opposed to their vehicle modes.
The toys themselves are also a bit different, you can check out our previous coverage of the
US VS Japanese differences here.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
iGear have updated their store with some more information on that green unofficial Seeker we were reporting on earlier today.
According to the entry on the
iGear store, this unlicensed piece's name is Rainforest, reference PP03R. He's costed at the same price as their other Masterpiece Seekers at $115, and a "limited prototype" is now available.
As a bit of fun, take a look at his accessory list to see what he comes with - a human pilot figure named "Dr Evil". Unintentional Austin Powers reference ahoy! (We know it's probably just a copyright evading renaming of Transformers villain Dr Archevil though...)
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Toy World.com.hk and
Cybergundam Blog have shared some scans of the new editions of Figure King and Dengeki Hobby, respectively. Both magazines feature broadly the same content, which focuses on the new Transformers Prime and Transformers United releases. On the Transformers Prime side, we've got the Japanese release of the First Edition toys of
Optimus Prime,
Megatron,
Bumblebee,
Starscream,
Bulkhead,
Arcee,
Cliffjumper and the
Vehicon as well as the Arms Microns (complete with a picture of them all equipped on Prime Bumblebee).
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
In a recent post on their
Facebook page, iGear have unveiled some more of their unofficial Masterpiece Seekers. Shown off here are:
- Acid Storm, a green and gray take on the default Starscream / Skywarp design looking worryingly like the initial Takara Masterpiece Starscream.
- Generation 2 Ramjet, a
Comic Ink exclusive that we previously reported on here. Check out the earlier news story for full details of this one.
- At least one clear model (perhaps two, the tint in the images is different but it might be lighting). The clear one(s) are probably meant to be ghost / reformatting / teleporting (take your pick) versions of Skywarp and / or Thundercracker.
More information will be added as we get it.
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