Along with the huge amount of pretty new product pictures Hasbro sent us over the weekend for Toy Fair 2014, they also sent us a series of press releases. We shared the key details – such as toys not yet shown who are named in the releases – but now, for your reading pleasure, we have made the full text of the four press releases sent out available for you to read. Check them out at the links below:
Transformers 30th Anniversary Press Release
Transformers Construct Bots 2014 Press Release
Transformers Generations 2014 Press Release (includes the collector-oriented Age of Extinction toys)
Transformers Robots in Disguise 2014 (Age of Extinction Toys) Press Release
Guavabot prime
DOTM Soundwave and Que happened. Nuff said.
griffin-of-oz
So what happened with the Angry Birds Transformers?
Did Hasbro not have them on display, or were they not with the Transformers display and missed by the people taking the pics?
Double D
I'm actually digging most of the deluxe, voyager and leader stuff. But i am a fan of the movies and the toy lines from it.
Optimatron
What a sad excuse for the 30th Anniversay "celebration". Everything I've seen so far is a joke…especially compared to the awesomeness that was the 25th. The classics we were getting back then and the ROTF figures blow everything shown out of the water.
User_136440
I have a feeling they want to reveal Bee and Stinger together, probably because of how they look alike in bot mode. Would be pretty cool if they hd them transform the same too.
Ravenxl7
Good point, I just wish they would have shown off what should probably be the best figure of the rumored main villain of this new movie. I'm hoping he get's a figure on-par with those of Drift and Crosshairs, who's Deluxes I think look great.
I'm also kinda worried about how the new hotness Bee turns out. He's had a history of… well… mostly bad Deluxe figures. The old Bee on display doesn't help. That said, if the Deluxe doesn't turn out well, there's always that bust that's coming out…
Autovolt 127
ALL OF THIS, This year is probably the best year for Transformers in a long time.
TFfanOP
I wish Evasion mode OP has a faceplate.
Bob 121
Because apparently in order to do that, they basically scrapped an entire line right down to only cast characters. One of the reasons I liked the movie line was because we got a lot of TFs in the movie aesthetic, whether they were on screen or not. And lets be honest here, on screen means fucking nothing considering 2/3 of the movies are dedicated to humans and comedy.
oscar_gg83
I just don't understand why some people keep complaining. In other movie years, it was like:"Whaaaa, why they stop releasing Generations!!!!". Now, that Hasbro is keeping the Generations line full of classic characters IN A MOVIE YEAR, with all the on-screen characters getting a toy acording to them, it's like: "Whaaaa, why so few movie toys?"
Galvatross
Well said. Also, for those worrying about there only being four named Decepticons in AOE (Galvatron, Lockdown, Stinger, and whoever Wolf is) don't forget the AOE helicopter that's unnamed for spoiler reasons, and the $9.99 One Step Changers line featuring movie characters that will have 18 figures in all. Since there are many of those that have not been seen, I guarantee there are a few Decepticon characters in that line that have not been revealed yet. Also, some may show up as collector's toys in early 2015.
Prime Jetscream
Actually, now that I think about it, it does sound like the AOE Generations is going to end up being just as much as DOTM, taking into account the specification of "this year."
Regardless, I hope you're right, because that means more slots for new molds, which means a higher chance of some new versions of characters that need new toys (or a toy at all).
I think some listings somewhere had something about Cyberverse. Not sure, though.
Nightrain
But it's for the children! Won't someone PLEASE think of the CHILDREN!
(as if transformers weren't always for children)
Bob 121
I thought the entire point of recasting the bots was so that they weren't just making the same TFs over and over. So instead of seeing updated versions of the previous guys, we get… Nothing? I'm really going to miss those spinoff movieverse guys. What a shame.
Ratchets Hatch
Many of the DOTM Deluxes and Voyagers were repaints, though:
Fireburst Prime
Red Ironhide
Cyberfire Bee
Darksteel
Rescue Ratchet
Thundercracker
It sounds like the AOE Generations line will have few repaints, if any.
I'm really disappointed about the lack of Cyberverse, too. But my bank account is pretty happy about it.
Fort Max
They wanted to get all the dinos out first is the way to look at it.
User_136440
Yeah I'm pretty sure those two will be in the third wave along with Stinger
Ravenxl7
I'm still kinda surprised that a Deluxe Lockdown wasn't shown off, or at least confirmed. I'm also kinda surprised that the only Deluxe Bumblebee on-display was old-car Bee. His alt-mode looks great, but I'm not liking how his bot-mode turned out. I'm loving his new design, so I'd love to see what a Deluxe of it would look like.
jaws
Love the Dinobots, but WTF is up with the color choices? I know they're toys, but us serious collectors want accurate colors schemes. I thinking Dinobots should be same colors as Classic and WFC Grimlock, ie gray, gold, black.
And then Evasion mode OP, G1 looks nothing like that rusty old truck!