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And we all know that Christmas is coming, and it’s time to think of some Transformers decorations for your Christmas tree. 2005 Boards member Mako Crab is giving is the heads up that a New Hallmark G1 Megatron Christmas Ornament has been found at US Retail.

This G1 Megatron ornament is designed after his cartoon incarnation, different from the old G1 Megatron toy ornament we had seen some years ago. This nice Christmas tree ornament was found at Fred Meyer in Salem, Oregon together with the G1 Bumblebee toy ornament announced before.

Additionally, 2005 Boards member engledogg found at Walmart repacks of the Bumblebee movie and G1 Optimus Prime ornaments available last year.

Ready for a Transformers themed Christmas tree? Let us know your impressions on the 2005 Boards!

under Conventions

We continue bringing you news from the TFNation 2020 guest line-up, and we can announce that James Roberts will attend TFNation 2020.

Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye and Lost Light writer James Roberts has been recognized as the fan-favorite – and award winning – writer from the previous incarnation of the IDW Transformers universe. Nowadays, he still working in IDW Publishing’s comics mini-series based on the eponymous RPG, Starcadia Quest.

James Roberts joins Lee Sullivan (original artist from the days of Marvel’s Transformers run in the UK) Tania Gunadi (voice actor for Bulkhead’s best buddy Miko Nakadai) at Europe’s largest Transformers convention. It returns once again to the Hilton Birmingham Metropole and it will be taking place over the weekend of 14 – 16 August 2020.

Check out the TFNation homepage and blog for more information and updates in the following months!

under Comics

Previews World has revealed the Transformers #15 Retailer Incentive Cover By Luca Pizzari for your viewing pleasure.

We have a great and shocking cover showing Megatron attacking Shockwave while Sixshot and Slipstream seem to try to stop the ruthless Decepticon Leader. Yes, it’s time for the Decepticons to take control now.

Transformers #15

(W) Brian Ruckley (A) Anna Malkova, Bethany McGuire-Smith (CA) Luca Pizzari

A conspiracy unravels. The Autobots race to restore order. Megatron reaches his breaking point and Shockwave finds himself broken. There are no more Ascenticons. There is no more Rise. There are only… The Decepticons.

Mark your calendar December 18, 2019 to grab this issue at your favorite comic shop. Click on the bar to see the mirrored cover and then sound off on the 2005 Boards!

under Transformers Botbots, Transformers Sightings

Ozformers Facebook reports that the new Transformers Botbots Series 4 Blind Bags have been found In Australia.

The mew dark blue blind bags bring us new tribes and Botbots, including the new hard to find Golden Botbots from the Winners Circle tribe. They were found at a BigW store in Melbourne (Karingal). The #botbotschallenge continues in Australia.

Don’t forget that the Botbots Series 4 was also spotted at US retail a few weeks ago. You can also find the complete identification codes list on this news post.

Happy hunting!

under Comics

Via Previews World0 we can share for you our first look at the Transformers Galaxies #03 Retailer Incentive Cover By Angel Hernandez.

The Transformers Galaxies is a spin-off series that focuses in secondary characters of the new IDW Transformers continuity for 2019. This cover by Angel Hernandez features fan-favorite combiner Devastator looking over Wheeljack and new key character Termagax.

Transformers Galaxies #03

(W) Tyler Bleszinski (A) Livio Ramondelli (CA) Angel Hernandez

“Constructicons Rising,” Part Three! The Constructicons went from respected builders helping to remake Cybertron more glorious than ever before to outcasts working for energon scraps on a colony world, but why? And what does it have to do with Nominus Prime? The secrets of their past revealed as tensions on Mayalx build!

Wait for this issue at your favorite comic store in November 27, 2019. Click on the bar to see the mirrored cover and then sound off on the 2005 Boards!

under 3rd Party Unlicensed

Third Party company Shockwave Lab has showed via Weibo images of their next upgrade kit: SL-62 Articulated Hands for LG-35 Super Ginrai.

This is a pair of new movable hands for the Takara Legends Super Ginrai mold and for his final combination as God Ginrai. They seem easy to install and can hold Ginrai’s sword. They are made in red and blue to match the original hands colors.

We still have no concrete information on price or release date, but Shockwave Lab products don’t take much time to surface online once they share images. Check out all the mirrored images on this news post and then sound off your impressions on the 2005 Boards!

under 3rd Party Unlicensed

Third Party Company Transform Element has shown the first images of the color prototype of their MM-01 Hornets Tiger (T-Beast Bumblebee) in beast mode.

The images were shared via Transform Element Weibo, they show a very original and different take on Bumblebee. Rather than a vehicle mode, this incarnation of Bumblebee transforms into a mechanical yellow tiger with black stripes… a wasp tiger? I think you got that reference.

This design comes from the doujin artbook (non official) Transformers T-Beast by Kuramochi Zukan Group, which take G1 characters into mechanical beast modes. Other third party companies have also worked with these designs before.

Update: New Image of the colored robot mode via Transform Element Weibo

If you are looking for something original and different for your collections, we are sure you will be interested in this mold. If you missed the gray prototype in robot mode, you can find it here. Click on the bar to see the colored tiger mode.

under Generation 1, Transformers Movie Toys & Products

Chinese metal handicrafts manufacturer Tongshifu has teamed up with Hasbro to brings us new Officially Licensed Transformers Copper Statues & Figurines.

Did you think die-cast was a lost art? Tongshifu is bringing a nice and detailed line of Transformers statues and figurines made of copper for the Chinese market. The list of characters covers a variety of lines from G1, The Last Knight and the Bunblebee movie, all of them highly detailed and with a nice sculpt and finishing.

  • G1 Figurines – Small scale, available in unpainted copper. Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Megatron, Soundwave and Starscream.
  • The Last Knight statues – Bigger scale, fully painted. Optimus Prime and Bumblebee.
  • The Last Knight figurines – Chibi-style painted characters. Optimus Prime, Megatron, Bumblebee and Sqweeks.
  • Bumblebee Movie statues – Big scale with characters in scale to each other. Available fully painted or unpainted. Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Arcee, Soundwave and Blitz… Starscream? (check the color version). Some of them seem to be based on early concept art like Bumblebee who still has his door-wings on the back.

Additionally, some furniture like chairs are being released. We still have no information on price or if these items will be released outside China.

Click on the bar to see the mirrored images, courtesy of Transfans Facebook, Sohu website and Weibo. You can share impressions on these products on the 2005 Boards!

under Rescue Bots

Via UK Hamleys toystore we can share for you our first stock images of the new Rescue Bots Mini-figures Blind Bags Wave 2.

These blind bags bring you small figurines of Rescue Bots characters like: Wedge, Hotshot, Medix, Whirl, Hoist, Optimus Prime, Bumblebee and Chase. Similar to the Rescue Bots Blind Bags Wave 1, each character has 2 different figurines for a total of 16 bots. Bumblebees, Optimus and Chase molds are redecos of Wave 1 while the rest are new molds and characters.

Check out the images after the jump and let us know your impressions on the 2005 Boards!

under Generations / Classics, Transformers Movie Toys & Products

We have a bit of interesting rumor to share with you. Weibo users JakeToys and MEGA-Decepticon have reported that the official Hasbro China’s Taobao store had put up new pre-orders listings for new Masterpiece movie and Earthrise figures for 2020.

The listings were taken down after some minutes, but both Weibo users claim the got the respective screencaps as proof. Some of the characters were expected, but others are really nice surprises. Read on for the complete list:

  • Masterpiece Movie Starscream (Transformers 2007)
  • Masterpiece Movie Ratchet (Transformers 2007)
  • Earthrise Titan Scorponok
  • Earthrise COMMANDER CLASS SKY LYNX
  • Earthrise Voyager Quintesson
  • Earthrise Deluxe “Quintessa”
  • Earthrise Deluxe Runamuck

Considering the actual line up of the Masterpiece movie series, Starscream and Ratchet sound like a logical choice. On the Earthrise side, Scorpornok and Runamuck were already expected for release, but the big surprise here is a Commander Class Sky Lynx. If it comes to be true, this new size would satisfy the scale necessities of many collectors who were waiting for a bigger official release after the Combiner Wars Voyager Sky Linx toy.

A Voyager Quintesson would be our first official toy of the evil aliens (unless you consider Energon Alpha-Q). Quintessa is a total mystery since the first and only incarnation of this character comes from The Last Knight, and the placeholder images only show a planet.

Remember to take this with a grain of salt until we get a proper official confirmation. We still have no images of any of these toys, since the listings only have placeholder images.

Time to speculate ¿Excited for these new figures? ¿What are your expectations? ¿Guilty or innocent? Let us know your impressions on the 2005 Boards!