Toy Fair 2023 is kicking off this weekend, and Hasbro had a private showroom available off site from the main event at that Javits Center in New York City. The intent of this space is not like years past, where entire line ups of new items were shown, with 400 people stuffed in a small space taking pics and video all at once. That was done for us collectors last weekend at Hasbro Pulsecon. This is more of a refined showcase of semi-recent reveals and currently on-shelf product, mostly kid focused, meant for more main stream sources and (we assume) to give Hasbro a place to host retailers who want to carry this stuff in their stores.
Hasbro and their PR teams were kind enough to invite us over to take a spin, so read on to check out some in person shots of what they had out. Again, for collectors most of this has been seen, but there are some new Earthspark shots from the items revealed earlier today, and more Primal/Mirage Studio Series. Stay tuned for tomorrow, we’ll be sharing any licensed stuff from non-Hasbro manufacturers like Threezero and Super 7 if they have stuff to show!
T-Hybrid
For now. Thrash got a Warrior before getting a Deluxe, while Twitch got a Deluxe before getting a Warrior.
Seems like Hasbro is seeing more success with Twitch at the moment so is putting her on the level with Bee and if those sell well we will likely see Thrash in a wave with someone like Prime.
Blackarachnia1996
The combiners are now listed on Amazon but are currently unavailable to preorder:
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Philip164
They did the same with the Deluxes. Also the Spin Changers paired the Humans with Prime and Bee, So it might be a name recognition thing.
Dictionaryabot8407
it's not about what us nerds want, it's about what the kids want. and kids like bumblebee.
though it is odd that they're leaving thrash out.
scottywan82
Amen. They really need to stop shoe-horning G1 characters into these when the Terrans are what we all want from it.
Philip164
I'm looking at the names and I'm thinking, names have to be used frequently, or there lost and need "Autobot" added. Rodimus, Jetfire, Downshift, Tow-line, and Roadblock, haven't been used lately, then there's size class, I think some new repaint retools will be needed. They would need to release them in pairs each wave.
Fc203
Apparently the next new york toy fair won't be until march 2025
IgnikaMarcus
And the brainmasters are straight up dead.
Hahli
Oh my god it all makes sense now.
Gumblor Gimbles
hospitalised
Bass X0
What about Spike?
Gumblor Gimbles
have yous considered the very real possiblity that Nebulans are floppy squid people with jelly limbs
Bass X0
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Gumblor Gimbles
its really sad, frankly. my energon ironhide dwarfs a leader. even though hes extremely simple and really wouldnt require many changes to bring him up to modern standards, his size means he'd have to be scaled down or released as a particularly big leader.
part of the reason for this is because theres far more competition for shelfspace- transformers doesnt sell like it used to, so the boxes shrink a bit. even the big kids toys have slimmer boxes to be more space-efficient.
WishfulThinking
Oh no. An insult to end a debate. Whatever shall I do?
RatMan1245
Oooh I wanna see what the siblings look like combined
This is a universal powerlinx type thing right?
DarkEyes
I don’t understand why some people think that toys for kids must use cheap material because they are for kids? WTH, actually is the other way around, those toys must be able of not breaking in 5 minutes.
Actually people forgot what was the target of G1 toys in the 80s?
Kids!!
Sovietbot
And this is a reference to the 20th anniversary of Energon?
Dinobot Snarl
I think in general, my only criticism and this is for Hasbro as a whole, pin the wheels. Cars should roll. Even my toddler gets disappointed when it doesn't fulfill this basic task. And stop making the tires thinner and thinner. That's all I got, not specific to Earthspark.
Lunatic Prime
Only in your wishful thinking!
Now I get it