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Thanks to @ToyBook on Twitter, we have a look at the packaging of the recently announced Transformers Ghostbusters Mash-Up – Ecto-1 Ectotron Figure, that was on display at Toy Fair.

It was a nice surprise after the first official reveal and the announcement of a new 5-issue comic featuring the new character. The packaging shows an incredible G1-retro packaging style with a beautiful art by artirst Emiliano Santalucia. The back of the box shows Ectotron’s tech specs, revealing his function as a Paranormal Investigator.

The ECTO-1 ECTOTRON figure will be available exclusively at GameStop in the US starting Summer of 2019 and for pre-order starting February 15 at GameStop. Check out the images after the jump and then join to the ongoing discussion on the 2005 Boards!

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Thanks to @AgentM of Twitter we get a quick glimpse of four 35th Anniversary Transformers Siege Figures. The figures are, Voyager Class Optimus Prime, Megatron, and Soundblaster with Deluxe Class Bluestreak. Optimus and Megatron seem to be cell-shaded repaints of their battle damaged counterparts. Soundblaster is repainted from the upcoming Soundwave, and Bluestreak is repainted from Prowl with what looks to be shoulder mounted rockets. Strangely enough this display seemed to be removed and replaced with other figures before our Toy Fair coverage began. Hopefully we will get better images of figures soon.

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Direct from Toy Fair 2019, we have images of the new Transformers War For Cybertron: Siege figures. On display:

Titan Class:

  • Omega Supreme w/ Micromaster Countdown

Commander Class:

  • Jetfire

Leader Class:

  • Galaxy Force Optimus Prime

Voyager Class:

  • Thundercracker
  • Springer

Deluxe Class:

  • Red Alert
  • Sixgun
  • Sideswipe
  • Prowl
  • Impactor
  • Skytread

Micro/Battlemasters:

  • Race Car Patrol
  • Rescue Patrol
  • Battle Patrol
  • Caliburst
  • Smashdown

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The Hasbro Panel has just ended, giving us the reveal of an upcoming G2 War For Cybertron: Siege Megatron repainted from the current Siege Megatron mold! In addition to that, pre-orders for Megatron and other recently revealed Siege figures have started going up on our sponsor sites below!

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We’ve got more toy reveals ahead of the US Toy Fair, with Amazon this time stealing some of Hasbro'[s thunder by revealed the Transformers Siege Battlemasters Wave 3. This assortment adds Smashdown and Caliburst into the mix of bots who turn into weapons to arm other bots.

Caliburst is somewhat disappointingly a purple and black redeco of Blowpipe from Wave 1, which means neither his deco nor his design much resemble his Generation 1 namesake and leaves Slugslinger without an accurate partner (balancing this though, the Hasbro Slugslinger’s guns already looked very close to Caliburst’s original gun mode and Takara’s Slugslinger already had the Targetmaster). Caliburst comes with a purple laserbeam effect that looks very cool and might be worth the price of admission alone.

Smashdown is an all-new character designed to look like a minotaur. That’s pretty cool as we don’t see many mythical creature Transformers – and then he adds to the fun by turning into a warhammer. His effect part is a big yellow “wallop” effect to give the impression of the hammer coming down hard – and judging by the image with Springer, this can also double as a powerful cannonblast effect when turned backwards. Yes, we’re liking this one.

Share your thoughts on these new reveals in the discussion linked below.

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More reveals from Hasbro Pulse today as ToyFair has unofficially officially started! This next one is a huge surprise that fans have been dreaming and making customs of for years, and now it’s official: the famous Ecto-1 vehicle from Ghostbusters is getting the Transformers treatment with the new figure, Ectotron! Sporting all sorts of details homaging the Ghostbusters themselves and their gear, Ectotron is no doubt going to be the figure fans of the 80s have wanted for decades. In addition to homaging the Ghostbusters and their vehicle, Ectotron also comes with a Slimer ghost accessory!

Ectotron is available for pre-order via Hasbro Pulse for $39.99 USD.

Update: Official PR after the break.

Update 2: Transformers Official Instagram shared an image confirming that Ectotron will also be available in the US as a GameStop exclusive.

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As announced today during Toy Fair 2019 Hasbro Investor Preview Event, Transformers: War For Cybertron Animated Series is coming to Netflix.

Produced by Rooster Teeth (Red vs. Blue) and animated by Polygon Pictures (Transformers: Prime), the series is written by writers from Transformers: Prime, Transformers: Cyberverse and Machinima’s Power Of The Primes series.

[The] series “will explore the expansive universe of Cybertron in a way that audiences have never seen before,” said John Derderian, Director of Anime for Netflix.

Transformers veteran FJ DeSanto — who has worked on the franchise’s animated web series Titans Return and Power of the Primes — will be the showrunner on War for Cybertron, which promises a new animation look and style. Contributing writers include George Krstic, Gavin Hignight and Brandon Easton; the latter two also have worked on animated series in the Transformers universe.

“We’re thrilled to work with Rooster Teeth’s new premium studio division to bring an all-new Transformers fan-oriented series to Netflix,” said Tom Warner, SVP for the Transformers franchise at Hasbro. “Transformers has a rich history of great storytellingm and War for Cybertron is an exciting new chapter in the Transformers Universe ”

The series will hit Netflix in 2020.

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New images are dropping ahead of Toyfair this weekend. Courtesy of Brickseek, we have our first look at Voyager Springer and Thundercracker  and new images of the previously revealed Deluxe Red Alert and Leader Class “Galaxy Upgrade” Optimus Prime. Only one image of each are shown thus far. Specifically, Springer is only shown here in helicopter mode.

Check out the images after the jump and stay tuned for more reveals during our Toyfair coverage this weekend!

Update 02/15/2019 2:45am EST: Thanks to 2005 Boards Member Jtprime17, Sweaty Ruxpin of Twitter; who did some digging on the Brickseek website, we now have even more images of the aforementioned toys. You can check them out, after the jump.

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Take this with a grain of salt for the moment, but with Toyfair happening this weekend we should have confirmation one way or the other. Thanks to some detective work from 2005 Boardmember jtprime17 via the site Southernhobby, we have a listing for a Leader Class Astrotrain figure. This would be a part of third wave of Siege Leader class figures.

Is it too soon for another Generations Astrotrain figure? What potential repaints/reuses could come from this? Can Siege Starscream throw Megatron out of the side of him to lighten the load on the way back to Cybertron? Sound off on the 2005 Boards!

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And even more heat is coming – Takara is making updated versions of Star Convoy and Armada Prime (cab mode). On top of that, we have our first look at a physical copy of Siege Jetfire! Read on to check the pics courtesy of S250 and @Chohenken after the break!

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