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Joining hands with Hasbro, Kilburn Live is set to unveil a magic show featuring Hasbro properties such as Transformers, G.I. Joe, My Little Pony, and Monopoly.

Featuring a cast of young magicians, the show will feature over 30 different illusions within its 90-minute run time.

The show is primarily targeted towards little kids and the magicians will also teach them how to perform simple magic tricks. The package will also include a bunch of tricks to take home.

Official description:

“Featuring a unique combination of cutting-edge magic, kid-friendly humor, audience interactivity, and the most iconic Hasbro toys and games, “playtime” takes on a whole new meaning when you dare to join The Magic Squad! 

In a hilarious and fast-paced story, The Magic Squad will teach tricks to the whole audience all while executing illusions designed to astound spectators of any age.

The action-packed show reveals the reality-bending power inside every child’s favorite toys, and by the end, every audience member will become an official part of The Magic Squad.”

You can check out more information, via the official website of The Magic Squad.

under Nickelodeon Transformers, Transformers Botbots, Transformers Cyberverse, Transformers Movie (Just Movie)

Hasbro is set to showcase their upcoming Transformers content during a special event at this year’s Milano Licensing Day.

The event is titled Hasbro’s Sparkles: A Brilliant Future – News & Great Confirmations.

In addition to the new content from the Transformers franchise, the company is set to reveal content from Nerf, Peppa Pig, PJ Masks, Ricky Zoom, Play-Doh, Hasbro Gaming, Magic: The Gathering, Dungeons & Dragons, Monopoly, My Little Pony, and Power Rangers.

The presentation will be followed by a cocktail lunch.

To attend the event, visitors only need to purchase a ticket (€ 59.78). Unfortunately, all tickets are sold out at the time of this news post. If you are visiting the event, the organizers kindly asked to adhere to rules and regulations placed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic situation.

Hasbro’s event will take place on September 16th (12:30 pm CEST) on the ground floor of Nhow Milano Hotel. We will bring you the latest updates when we receive them.

under Transformers Movie (Just Movie)

Paramount Pictures has sent us a press release; officially announcing their restructuring within the company.

As previously heard, Brian Robbins will take over Jim Gianopulos as the chairman and CEO of Paramount Pictures. Meanwhile, David Nevins will oversee Paramount Television.

However, in an interesting twist, Brian Robbins will primarily oversee films produced for Paramount+ streaming service, while David Nevins will oversee scripted series for the same platform.

It is also interesting that mentioning theatrical releases has taken a back seat on the press release.

Jim Gianopulos will remain as an advisor for the remainder of the year and the company had good things to say about him:

“During his time at Paramount, Gianopulos has been responsible for creating and restoring massively successful franchises including A Quiet Place and A Quiet Place Part II, with more films in the works; Sonic the Hedgehog, with a sequel slated for release next year; Mission: Impossible – Fallout, the most profitable and critically-acclaimed film in the franchise, with the seventh and eight installments in production; the highly-anticipated Top Gun: Maverick; and Bumblebee, which marked a reinvigorated Transformers brand, returning the franchise to both profitability and critical acclaim. Additionally, Gianopulos rebuilt the popular Tom Clancy franchise across both film and television and was responsible for the award-winning 2018 hit Elton John biopic Rocketman.”

You can check out the full press release, after the jump.

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under Transformers Movie (Just Movie)

Paramount Pictures CEO Jim Gianopulos is set to step down from his position.

Following the underwhelming box-office yield of Transformers: The Last Knight and China’s clampdown on foreign investments, HuaHua Media left its partnership with Paramount Pictures at the end of 2017. HuaHua Media was supposed to fund 25% of the next two Transformers movies and 25% of all Paramount movies until 2020.

2017 was not a kind year for Paramount. That year, the movie production giant saw a loss of $445 million; where $100 million loss was from Transformers: The Last Knight alone.

Enter Jim Gianopulos.

Mr. Gianopulos took decisive action to turn things around for Paramount and it worked. At the end of 2017, Paramount Pictures entered a new agreement with Hasbro, where the toy giant would chip in more money to their movies but at greater creative control.

Such steps ensured the financial safety of Paramount and the company went on to produce critically acclaimed movies such as A Quiet Place and Bumblebee under the new leadership of Jim Gianopulos.

All things must come to an end and so does the tenure of Mr. Jim Gianopulos. We wish him the very best for his future work and we also wish his successor Brian Robbins, a wonderful stay with many Hasbro movies to follow.

On a closing note, Paramount has expressed their interest to drop big-budget movies in favor of smaller productions that will directly go on their streaming service Paramount+.

“What this is all setting up, according to insiders, is Paramount retreating from big theatrical productions to focus on titles – remakes, branded content, cheaper fare – that will service its streamer, Paramount+.” -Borys Kit, Journalist

There is a likelihood that this move may affect the pending renewal of the aforementioned agreement with Hasbro at the end of the year 2022.

You can also read follow-up articles for this development via Deadline and Hollywood Reporter.

under Transformers Movie Toys & Products

It appears as though Hasbro is busy signing licensing agreements for their upcoming movie Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts.

Following the announcement of a merchandise manufacturing deal by Numskull Designs, Danilo Publishing is reaching out to let us in on the fact that they will print Calendars and Greeting Cards based on ROTB.

It is unsure when we will see the published material, but it is likely that we will have a good look at the designs of the robots from the movie.

Other than Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts, Danilo will also print calendars and greeting cards based on Jurassic World: Dominion, Minions: The Rise Of Gru, The Batman, and the upcoming Super Mario Bros. animated movie.

You can check out some of Danilo’s previous Transformers movie merch, after the jump.

under Other News, Transformers Cyberverse

Augmented Reality Transformers Metal Pins by Pinfinity is out now.

Bumblebee and Megatron will lead the charge and other pins such as Optimus Prime and Nemesis Prime can be purchased by becoming a member of Pinfinity’s subscription service.

TFW2005 tested out the functionality with both pins. Users can run the Pinfinity app and point the “scanner” to the pins to register the artwork. Once detected, the app will download the data for the pin’s AR assets. A small animation will play along with music and at the end of the animation, the user can download 2 mobile phone wallpapers for the scanned character.

You can download the Pinfinity app via Google Play Store and the Apple App Store.

You can check out a recording of the AR process, after the jump.

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under Generation 1, Non-Transforming

UK toy manufacturer Character Options has obtained the license to include many Hasbro properties into their Micro Toy Box line.

The line focuses on miniaturized versions of famous toys (mostly from the 80s), including brands such as Transformers, G.I. Joe, My Little Pony, Gloworms, and Power Rangers. The line isn’t limited to Hasbro properties either. Other famous brands such as He-Man, Barbie, Hot Wheels etc. are also included in this ‘Collect ’em All’ line.

Series 1 contains 50 toys and the press images we’ve received showcase G1 Bumblebee and G1 Starscream. We did some digging and found out that these are actually much smaller versions of World’s Smallest Transformers line by Super Impulse. Therefore, these are now the smallest World’s Smallest Transformers. It is likely that we’ll also see other characters with later waves.

Series 1 comes as 5-Packs (£5.99), 10-Packs (£9.99), 15-Packs (£14.99), and 20-Packs (£19.99). The packs contain random toys but several are displayed openly.

You can check out all the images, after the jump.

under Conventions, Transformers Trading Card Game

Day 2 and the final day of RenegadeCon 2021 came to a close with more reveals.

Since the second day focussed on the actual gameplay of the content revealed on Day 1, we’ve linked the Twitch streams with this news post.

Twitch links:

We’ve also screencapped some cool artwork from the Role Playing Game as well. You can check it out, after the jump.

under Conventions, Transformers Trading Card Game

Here we are bringing you a recap of RenegadeCon 2021 (Day 1) for all the featured Transformer content. 

Summary:

Transformers Deck-Building Game.

  • Promo Packs. 
  • A Decepticons expansion: A Rising Darkness announced.

Transformers Role Playing Game announced.

  • Starter adventure: ‘A Beacon Of Hope’.

Reveals.

  • Deck-Building Game Cards.

You can check out detailed information and screencaps, after the jump. Head on over to our sister site HISSTANK for the G.I. Joe coverage.

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