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under Transformers Cyberverse, Transformers Sightings

Good news, UK fans! You’ve got Scraplets!

Far from being something you really ought to see a doctor about, this is a sighting of the new Transformers Cyberverse Scout Class assortment, giving those in the UK a chance to own a Scout class version of the voracious metal munchers.

This assortment also includes a new Cyberverse Scout Class Optimus Prime, who has his Energon Axe deployed.

Both of these were chilling on the shelves of Toys-UK in High Wycombe. For those collecting Siege, there were also Wave 3 toys including Red Alert, Refraktor, and Springer – but no Brunts.

Happy hunting!

under Conventions

TFNation have announced the dates for their fifth anniversary convention. Europe’s largest Transformers convention returns once again to the Hilton Birmingham Metropole, and the dates for your diary this time are the weekend of 14 – 16 August 2020.

Also check out the logo for this year’s convention attached to this post. It looks like next year’s TFNation just might have some connection to the great Transformers Prime series.

under Animated, Conventions

At his panel on Sunday 18 August 2019, Marty Isenberg shared some additional details on Transformers Animated, including a few more things we might have seen in a possible Season 4.

Some key points included how Hasbro wanted to do some toys (Powermaster Optimus Prime and Marauder Megatron) and how this would have influenced the show. There was also reference to how Optimus Prime would have got his Movie flames (another toyline influence, intended to sell a redecoed Optimus). Spare a thought also for Beachcomber – the team wanted to have him killed off in Season 3, in a cut scene. He’d have died in Season 4 instead, and if that got cut, he’d have died in Season 5.

Lastly, they never fully figured out Sari’s story. But Sari’s true purpose would have figured into the series finale.

Read on for all the details from the panel.

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under Animated, Conventions

We’re at TFNation 2019 and the presentation of Transformers Animated Season 4 has just concluded.

To recap, in lieu of a script reading at this year’s TFNation, Marty Isenberg took to the stage with the outline for what would have been the premier of Transformers Animated Season 4: The Trial of Megatron. This was presented by the entire original voice cast reading their parts of the outline.

The highlights of this three-part story that wasn’t are:

  • The Protoforms are handed over to the Cyber Ninjas and their new sensei, Dai Atlas.
  • Sari is not one of the protoforms. She’s something else.
  • A wake is held for Prowl.
  • Ultra Magnus dies and names Optimus Prime as his sucessor.
  • Sentinel Prime bribes Bumblebee with a spot on the Elite Guard to endorse him as Ultra Magnus’ successor. This drives a wedge between him and the rest of the team. He later reconciles by refusing to follow along with Sentinel’s bribery.
  • Ratchet and the other science bots build Sentinel Prime a “Powermaster” armor suit.
  • Ironhide and Jazz become members of Team Prime.
  • Omega Supreme has a hard time fitting in on Cybertron as people view him as a weapon of mass destruction. Omega decides to dedicate himself to saving lives.
  • The Decepticons attack the Energon farm Bulkhead came from. Obsidian leads the attack. A later raid sees Team Prime sans Bumblebee fight Strika’s Team Charr.
  • Sentinel gets played by Megatron, first leading the Elite Guard on a wild goose chase then distracting everyone with a public trial.
  • Rattrap (here named Rattletrap) is Megatron’s defence attorny. He gets Megatron off all charges.
  • Megatron launches Trypticon Prison into space.
  • Optimus (using the Powermaster armour) leads his team on Omega Supreme in pursuit. Bulkhead stays behind on Cybertron to fix the damage Trypticon launching caused.
  • Omega VS Trypticon leads to Omega being damaged and remaining in ship mode.
  • Optimus and crew (minus Ratchet) break into Trypticon prison and knock the rocket city’s power offline by overloading the power grid.
  • Megatron throws his soldiers into the city’s reactor in a desperate bid to keep the prison powered (Lugnut jumps in willingly)
  • After a showdown with Optimus Prime, Trypticon prison crashes to Earth – landing on top of Dinobot Island.

A huge thanks to the TFNation crew for organising this event, Marty Isenberg for sharing this with those in attendance and the entire Transformers Animated voice cast for reuniting to reprise their roles.

The performance was presented in aid of Mary’s Meals. You can donate to this good cause at www.marysmeals.org.uk/donate

under Conventions

Via @ComicCon_Paris on Twitter, we have word that Hasbro will be attending Comic Con Paris for the second year running.

This is potentially exciting news because Hasbro have very much been spreading around the toy reveals across many international toy shows in the last few years. Last year they used Comic Con Paris to drop a few Studio Series reveals, including Bonecrusher, Jetfire, and the combined mode of Jetfire and Optimus Prime. If history repeats itself, we could see similar reveals this year – and with upcoming Studio Series Voyager and Leader classes (which includes the remaining Constructicons) to be revealed, we’d anticipate that this might be where we see the rest of Devastator.

under Generations / Classics

Via In Demand Toys on Facebook, we have images of three more upcoming Transformers Siege releases. Battle Masters Rung and Singe are due to come out as a part of the line’s fifth wave of Battle Masters, and the Micromaster two pack of Direct-Hit and Power Punch are due as a part of Micromasters Wave 5 along side Rumble and Ratbat. These are some pretty exciting releases, with Rung being the first time the character from the beloved More than Meets the Eye series has ever been represented in toy form, and Direct-Hit and Powerpunch are a leftfield choice from the final year of Generation 1 Transformers and the Micromaster Combiner vehicles. Singe is another Targetmaster in the line to “complete” a Targetmaster who otherwise lacks their partner – he pairs with Spinister along with Shrute, who is included in the upcoming Amazon exclusive Skywarp Phantomstrike Squadron.

Check out the images attached to this post.

under Generations / Classics

Care of TFW2005 member YellowCorvette we are able to share with you some in-hand images of the upcoming Transformers 35th Anniversary Edition Bluestreak. Bluestreak is a redeco of Siege Prowl, and comes with both a rifle and also shoulder cannons (which combines into a second handgun).

Along with Siege Prowl and the upcoming Generations Selects Smokescreen, Bluestreak completes the 2019 rendition of the Generation 1 Datsun trio. This is their second Generations outing, after their 25th anniversary release in the Transformers Universe line in 2008-9.

Check out the images attached to this post.

under Podcasts

Post TFcon was no calm news space, as Aaron and TJ join Vangelus to save their sinking ship from being overrun with unrelenting…NEWS!!

You can download and comment on it here: WTF@TFW – Episode 568

Check out the WTF@TFW blog here.

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under Generations / Classics

SDCC 2019 may have been and gone, but evidently Hasbro is still going to keep bringing on the cool stuff. Next up is Hong Kong’s ACG – and a video by ToysTV on Youtube gives us a look at Hasbro’s ACG 2019 display.

There are two cool new toys in the case – we’re getting the other two Powerdashers updated for the Siege line! As with Aragon aka Landdasher, the other two Powerdashers are retooled versions of Siege Weaponizers: Zetar  (Drilldasher) is a retooled Brunt (and given that head, we anticipate the transformation may work a bit differently) and Cromar (Skydasher) is a retooled Sixgun.

We’re predicting that these two will be released in the Generations Selects line, given that they are shown as a part of the Generations Selects display alongside other known entries into that line like Lancer and Redwing.

We’ve added some screencaps to this story after the jump and you can also check out the video of the display below. The Powerdashers show up at the 1:12 mark – the minute before that is all about the Masterpiece line, and there is also some showcasing of other upcoming releases like the Takara-Tomy Generations Selects Star Convoy and a look at the Studio Series display.

under Transformers Movie Toys & Products

It’s San Diego Comic Con 2020 – but Takara-Tomy is stealing Hasbro’s thunder with some retailer listings, including a Dark of the Moon Soundwave and a set of the Arcee sisters! Care of Loopaza Megastore, we can confirm some these new releases are coming to Japan in January 2020 – and that also means we’ll be seeing them in the US soon. In fact, we’d bet on Hasbro showing these today as a part of their SDCC 2019 reveals!

The new listings reveal these new toys to us:

  • SS-40 New Bumblebee – yay? This will probably be the “modern” Camaro design used for 2007 / Revenge of the Fallen which so far hasn’t been represented in the Studio Series
  • SS-41 Arcee, Chromia, and Elita-1 – all three motorbikes at a Deluxe pricepoint, so expect them to be on the small side.
  • SS-42 Soundwave with Laserbeak – also Deluxe priced
  • SS-43 Mixmaster

The listings also confirm that Movie Masterpiece MPM-9 Jazz will hit Japan in November of this year.