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San Diego Comic Con wrote:1:30 - 2:30 Hasbro: Transformers Brand - Aaron Archer (vice president, Hasbro Design) and Jerry Jivoin (director, Global Transformers Brand) discuss the hottest Transformers topics including the Transformers Prime and Transformers Rescue Bots TV series, action figures, video games, comics, theme park rides and more. Attendees will also get sneak peeks at upcoming action figures and brand news. Jerry and Aaron will also host some Q&A for your burning Transformers questions. Roll out! Room 24ABC

(Doing Q&A first because of technical difficulties with the power point presentation)

Hasbro is going to re-release the Transformers Prime: First Edition toys this fall, around November. Exclusive to Toys R Us.

New episodes of the emmy award winning Transformers Prime cartoon starts up in the fall for the back half of season 2. No date specified.

Still looking at ways to bring the last waves of Dark of the Moon products to retail. It's on their radar. "Stay tuned."

Someone asked about a Metroplex toy ... teased us, but no final answer. "Would you guys like to see a Metroplex toy?"


... presentation begins.

Going through the Universal Studios presentation, and now the Jagex MMO. Nothing new that hasn't been covered at previous Transformers related events such as BotCon.


Transformers Prime Season 2 presentation
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2012 & 2013 toy reveals
10 products lines
106 slides
112 character reveals
hundreds of incredible fans
1 amazing brand


Transformers Rescue Bots presentation
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Bots & Robbers Police HQ 98643
2013 ... "Energize" theme
New 3" 2 packs with the robots with their human friends


Transformers Kre-o presentation
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Kreon Microchangers
All new Kreon Microchangers Combiners
Predaking
Superion
Devastator
Bruticus


Transformers Prime presentation
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Thundertron
Ultra Magnus (Voyager0
Skyquake
Dreadwing
No Breakdown shown!


Transformers Cyberverse
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Tailgate (Cliffjumper white repaint) shown
and a couple of other Cyberverse figures that I missed


Bot Shots
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Starscream launcher
Bumblebee with G1 battle mask
New 2013 products
Jump shots
Spin shots
Flip shots
Blitz shots (traditional bash style)


Transformers Exclusives
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Jetwing Optimus Prime - November A1616
Masterpiece Thundercracker - October, new Starscream mold
G2 FOC Bruticus in G2 packaging ... looks awesome!, commissioned one of the G2 artists, looks like a 1990s package


Transformers Prime First Edition (TRU exclusive)
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Deluxes: Arcee, Terrorcon Cliffjumper, Vehicon, and Starscream
Deluxes: Bulkhead and Optimus Prime


China Imports
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Will be at TRU 4th quarter
Bluestreak, Motorbreath, Hoist, Thundercracker
Sandstorm, Dead End, Brawl, and Laserbeak
Deluxes: Wheelie, Cliffjumper, Swerve, Springer
Voyagers: Hot Spot, Powerdive, G2 Megatron
DOTM Ultimate Optimus Prime (Year of the Dragon)


Transformers Dark Energon exclusive series (BBTS exclusives)
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Bumblebee,Wheeljack, Knockout, Starscream (all clear)
Voyager scale Optimus and Megatron


Transformers Generations
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Combaticons remolded/repainted into Wreckers
Impactor (Onslaught), Twintwist (Brawl), Topspin (Blast Off), Roadbuster (Swindle), and Whirl (Vortex)
Wreckers combine into Ruination
Generations Legends Eject, Ramhorn, Rewind, and Sundor
Blaster remold from Soundwave, comes with Steeljaw, will have out at booth
VOYAGER GRIMLOCK!!!


Linkin Park loves Transformers
"What's a rock star Transformer look like?"
Linkin Park gold G1 Soundwave in special packaging

That Wreckers retool of the Combaticons sounds awful.

The Wreckers retool. Ugh...

No Duke.. LP Soundwave sounds worse

Awww, just when I was going to swindle someone's $ with a few of my FE Primes QQ

Almost pulled the trigger on a FE OP & Bulkhead on eBay today. Whew! Think I'll bide my time

On second thought, I'm glad we're getting Grimlock. And maybe those Wreckers aren't completely terrible. Disappointing... yes, but terrible? I dunno. We are up to 4 different decos on Bruticus at this point.

EDIT 1: Hasbro, I appreciate the effort, but I'm not sure what to think of the Wreckers, honestly. Yeah, I love these characters, but these retools seem like innappropriate choices for the toys. I mean, not even the colors don't seem like they correctly homage the heritage characters. More-to-the-point, they don't really belong in a main Generations line. These might be cool store exclusives, but... After the heavy-hitters we got last time with Kup, Scourge and Wreck-Gar, I would have imagined we would get something more substantial in 2013.

Edit 2: Epiphany. I get it now. OK. Still a little weird.

And the bastardisation of The Wreckers continue.

Impact deserves more than being just a repaint. He deserves his own mold and his own zombie mold.

I notice Voyager Breakdown was completely absent from the presentation........

Those wreckers are going on my Shattered Glass Shelf.

Aside from the China Imports making it to TRU, I wasn't too excited by this.

Except for Grimlock of course.

wait wait, first editions? back? if they are beck I'm gonna feel like a total ass. but hey, i can get me a 1st edition vehicon for the army. and the wreckers sound horrid. good to know that the FEs are coming back but no breakdown? WTF??? and the blaster sounds nice.