If you weren’t convinced at San Diego Comic-Con that Construct-Bots were going to be the driving force for the Transformers line this year, maybe this slew of product imagery will. There’s a ton of them coming out for the holidays, including new Beast Hunters-themed figures.
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If you were hoping for a lot of Transformers reveals from last night’s Hasbro pre-NYCC party, I hate to disappoint you. For their traditional lines, they put out a Generation Leader scale Optimus Prime.
I don’t follow Transformers closely enough to know, but it seems like with the hit movies a couple years back, maybe it’s a bit slower at retail for the brand. But as we’ll see, the new Construct-Bots line is going strong.
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We’re at Hasbro’s ‘Twas the Night Before… cocktail party on the eve of New York Comic-Con. Here’s some quick pics of what they’ve got spread throughout the party.
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To get you the pics you want as fast as I can, I’m hooking you into my Instagram feed. If you’re on Instagram, follow me at afpron – that’s for AFP Ron, not AF Pron :). Stay tuned for better pictures soon.
Almost a decade ago, U2 let Apple put its name on a special edition iPod, sparking the co-mingling of rock and roll with product sales. As much as the U2 iPod was largely superficial, today’s news certainly has more than meets the eye – Hasbro is releasing a special edition Transformers Soundwave with Linkin Park. Besides Linkin Park having several songs on the soundtracks of the Transformers movies, their Joe Hahn also happens to be a fan and collector of the Transformers action figures.
The Linkin Park special edition Soundwave has a unique gold deco from the G1 mold. It includes Ravage, Lazerbeak, Buzzsaw and Ratbat which transform into microcassettes that fit within Soundwave’s tape compartment. The Soundwave set is $150, exclusively from Suru in Los Angeles, through October 3, or while supplies last.
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Just over a year ago, Philip Reed from BattleGrip launched the Kickstarter campaign for Transforming Collections, his first book about third party Transformers. Thanks to folks like you and me, the campaign was successfully funded and Philip ended up delivering a book that far exceeded the initial vision – it grew to be hard cover and 80 pages large.
He’s just kicked off the sequel – Transforming Expectations will be a companion piece, also hard cover and 80 pages. For those of you who missed the first book, there’s a pledge level that includes both – but there’s a limited quantity so get your pledges in soon!