Thanks to 2005 Boards user Nevermore we can report that Transformers: The Last Knight Mega 1-Step Turbo Changer Dragonstorm has Benn Nominated For German Top 10 Toys Of The Year.
Let’s hope the impressive 3-head dragon would win this time. It has not been the first time a Transformer figure has participated and been included in the German Top 10 of toys:
Previous winners:
Revenge of the Fallen Supreme Devastator (2009)
Previous nominees:
Transformers 2007 Movie Optimus Prime Voice Changer Helmet (2007)
Kre-O Transformers (2012)
Robots in Disguise Power Surge/Gigawatt Optimus Prime (2016)
As an extra bonus, we have never-seen-before renders of Dragonstorm that you can check after the jump.
TCJJ
Geez, no one can take a joke lately.
Afterburner
Wow Germany clearly is getting all the worst toys.
AirjitzuRonin
I'm not gonna say they have bad tastes because I think these simplified figures can be good and I wanna see how this turns out. What I will say is that the figure isn't out yet and they shouldn't nominate. Nominate a figure that's released. Nominate a Titans Return, RID, TLK, or RB figure that was already released. There are so many good figures out now, yet this was nominated so they could promote it. That's just wrong
Nevermore
Only via Amazon, and then apparently via stock obtained through channels that did not involve Hasbro Germany.
Applejacktimus
Scorpio
So this blocky piece of garbage is getting nominated for an award before its even released?
Either way, this is terrible and i'm hoping that the Leader Class version that was mentioned on Amazon a while back will end up being a great figure.
BB Shockwave
Just…. LOOOL. These competitions have really low standards if "Fisher Price" Devastator was the previous winner. A toy that shelfwarmed so hard, I could find them 2-3 years later, unsold. And now they are awarding it to a toy that is not even released yet?
Germany did see the release of CW Devastator, no? He is much more deserving of this award.
That said, hope Dragonstorm will have a proper Leader toy. He looks pretty nice.
EDIT: dear mods, when will this issue will be fixed? Whenever I post and use " quote/annotation marks from the quick-post menu under the news, the finished posts turns them into \ symbols next to the quote marks.
Music
I'm pretty sure these toys are rated on playability and not on how accurate they look to their on-screen counterpart.
f-primusunicron
the LEVEL OF BS here is….
MetalStorm
So…out if all the TR and RiD15 toys….this thing got nominated. Out of all the TLK toys including the Barricade, Optimus, and all the Sqweeks,…..this got picked.
I understand the push to market big ticket items, but it seems like this was chosen at random, no real thought was made.
Sideways77
But it's not even out yet, how can it qualify for a reward?
Unless it's out in Germany?
Hot Shot.
So, are we supposed to pretend this isn't a purchased award?
Nevermore
No, we can confirm that the German federal association of toy retailers wants to push "big ticket" toys.
TCJJ
So we can confirm Germany has zero taste in toys, right?
DarkEyes
The toy is not even available and it is nominated for 10 toys of the year.
Awesome
Black Convoy
This post qualifies into the top-10 posts of sincerity.
magicz24
Wow they have awful taste
96megatron
Dragonstorm is such a cool name. :3
Nevermore
I've interpreted these "awards" as "toys we want you to buy for your kids this upcoming Christmas".
John TheDestroyer
Well ok then