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As Tokyo Toy Show 2023 begins, pictures from the event have already started popping up all over Twitter. Thanks to Twitter users @akihabara_bc, @b_hongo, and @gadepon we have images of the figures on display at Takara Tomy booth. We have our first look at some samples of previously revealed figures. Read on for some highlights:

  • Beast Wars Again:
    • BWVS-01 Eternal Beast Showdown Optimus Primal vs. Megatron
    • BWVS-02 Stubborn Showdown Rhinox vs. Scorponok
    • BWVS-03 Instant Showdown Cheetor vs. Waspinator
  • Legacy:
    • Titan Class Nemesis
    • Commander Class Armada Optimus Prime
  • Masterpiece:
    • MP-58 Hoist
    • MPG-06 Kaen
    • MPG Raiden
  • Transformers x Canon:
    • Nemesis Prime R5
  • Transformers x Toyota/Jaxa:
    • Lunar Cruiser Prime
  • Beast Awakening (Rise Of The Beasts)
    • Awakening Weapon Clear Red Cheetor
    • Studio Series Rhinox
    • Awakening Change Armor Set Scourge & Scorponok

See the images after the break, including a nice Rise Of The Beasts diorama, and then share your impressions on the 2005 Boards!

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PREVIEWSworld and Diamond Select Toys reveal the Transformers VHS Minimates Box Set, 2023 edition, for Comic-Con International: San Diego this July.

You’ve got the touch! Reach out and touch this all-new Minimates box set, featuring new characters and new packaging! This four-pack, inspired by 1986’s Transformers: The Movie, features 2-inch, fully poseable, fully interchangeable figures of Ultra Magnus, Hot Rod, Thundercracker and Stasis Lock Optimus Prime. Limited to only 1,500 pieces, it comes packaged in a VHS-style slipcase, with original movie artwork. Designed by Barry Bradfield!

Lock in your $29.99 pre-order with our sponsors, then sound off on the 2005 boards!

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TFW2005 member Protoman revealed the latest officially licensed Symbiote Studios Transformers plush, scheduled for $29.99 purchase availability at Comic-Con International: San Diego this July: Slag.

Stay tuned to this space for more details and in the meantime, sound off on the 2005 boards!

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TFNation makes another guest announcement: writer and artist Nick Roche.

Roche has been in the Transformers fandom from the very start, and graduated to being a professional during the IDW Publishing era of the comics, working behind the scenes as writer and/or artist of various Spotlights, All Hail Megatron issues, the Wreckers saga (Last Stand, Sins, and Requiem), and most recently Last Bot Standing, the final story in the IDW narrative universe.

You may also recognise his touch on a number of Marvel comics, including Avengers and Death’s Head, and in animation as his most recent credit is character designer on Nickelodeon’s Transformers: Earthspark.

Stay tuned to this space and the TFNation blog for details about the convention’s scheduled August 11-13 return to its Hilton Birmingham Metropole home, then join in the discussion on the 2005 boards!

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NJCC is proud to announce the NJCC August 12th MEGA Door Prize will be the HasLab Transformers Victory Saber!. A VIP ticket will also be available and will cost $20 each. Each VIP ticket will grant you one ticket into the Unicron HasLab door prize. A VIP Ticket will be sold separately. Stay tuned for more Transformers door prize information and special guests announcements.

When and Where Is The Next New Jersey Collectors Con?
Holiday Inn Cherry Hill – New Jersey
2175 West Marlton Pike (Rt. 70), Cherry Hill, NJ 08002
Saturday August 12 & 13th, 2023 Dealer Registration is now open.
Please contact [email protected] for more information

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TFcon is very happy to announce Venus Terzo the voice of Blackarachnia in Beast Wars and Beast Machines will be a guest at TFcon Toronto 2023. She will be attending all weekend signing for fans.

Venus will be taking part in a Q&A panel and autograph sessions with the attendees of Canada’s Premiere Transformers Collectors Event.

Tickets are available at www.tfcon.ca

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TFNation makes another guest announcement: writer Mae Catt.

You will know Catt’s writing, even if you didn’t know they were behind it, from several episodes of Transformers: Cyberverse (including ‘Thunderhowl’ and the multi-part ‘The End of the Universe’), Transformers: War for Cybertron – Kingdom, and most recently, Transformers: Earthspark. You might also notice them in the credits for Critical Role’s The Legend of Vox Machina, Dragon Age: Absolution, Marvel Rising, 50 States of Fear, and Young Justice – they’re currently working at SEGA on a live-action adaptation of Comix Zone.

Stay tuned to this space and the TFNation blog for details about the convention’s scheduled August 11-13 return to its Hilton Birmingham Metropole home, then join in the discussion on the 2005 boards!

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TFNation makes another guest announcement: voice actor Jeremy Levy.

Levy is most recognisable to Transformers fans as the voice of the one and only Bumblebee! He first portrayed everybody’s favourite yellow bot in Transformers: Cyberverse, a series where he also lent his considerable vocal talents to characters such as Rack’n’Ruin, Perceptor, Jetfire, and Whirl, to name a few! Levy reprised the role of Bumblebee in Rescue Bots Academy and the Cyberverse-based video game Transformers: Battlegrounds.

Stay tuned to this space and the TFNation blog for details about the convention’s scheduled August 11-13 return to its Hilton Birmingham Metropole home, then join in the discussion on the 2005 boards!

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TFNation makes another 2023 guest announcement: comic book artist Stephen Baskerville.

Baskerville has been involved in the Transformers comics scene since the days of Marvel UK, working on pencils and inks for the main series, as well as Ghostbusters, Thundercats, G.I. Joe and more. Most recently, his work has appeared alongside other artists in IDW’s Transformers: ReGeneration One and Drift: Empire of Stone, as well as the officially licensed Royal Mail Transformers stamps. You may also find him at work behind the video games scene, with the likes of Barbie, Reservoir Dogs, and SpongeBob Squarepants.

Stay tuned to this space and the TFNation blog for details about the convention’s scheduled August 11-13 return to its Hilton Birmingham Metropole home, then join in the discussion on the 2005 boards!

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We have something very nice to share with all fellow Australian collectors. King Comics (comic store), Radio Velvet (Premium T-shirt and print brand) and Hasbro Australia have teamed up to organize the Official Transformers: More than Meets the Eye Exhibition. 

The exhibition is held at Kings Comics store in Sydney from April 6th to April 30th 2023. It features a wide range of private toy collections, novel licensed products, movie memorabilia, an impressive Transformers-themed decoration, and collaboration of 6 Radio Velvet artists.

A very impressive display for any Transformers fan in Australia. Read the official press release information after the jump as well as a nice set of images of the exhibit courtesy of Pen Chan on Facebook. Click on the discussion link below and share your impressions on the 2005 Boards!

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