Transformers Toy News

New info about upcoming Takara reissues

Date: Tuesday, February 25th 2003 2:15pm EST
Category: Toy News
Posted by: Rhinox | Credit(s): transfandom, actionfigurexpress.com

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Action Figure Xpress has listed the upcoming Takara Transformers: G1 reissues: Starscream and Inferno. The reissue Starscream ($39.95) includes "figure, collection card, DVD with 3 minutes of exclusive CG movie from the Transformers Anime film, and a bonus Megatron in gun mode" and reissue Inferno ($34.95) will include "figure, collection card, sticker, and booklet". The estimated ship date of both figures is June 2003.

Airrazor's and Terrorsaur's Mini-Cons

Date: Tuesday, February 25th 2003 2:10pm EST
Category: Toy News
Posted by: Rhinox | Credit(s): transfandom

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Find pictures of the upcoming Transformers: Armada Airrazor´s and Terrorsaur´s Mini-Cons for auction at Yahoo! Auctions. It is unclear, at this time, if this figures will be part of "The Unicron Battles" series or the Transformers: Universe.

Next Takara Reissues: Inferno and Starscream

Date: Saturday, February 22nd 2003 8:54pm EST
Category: Toy News
Posted by: Professor Smooth | Credit(s): HLJ

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The next two releases in Takara´s Transformers reissue line are Autobot Inferno and Decepticon Starscream. They will be number 8 and number 9 in Takara´s ongoing series of G1 reissues. They will both feature Dreamwave art by Pat Lee and come in book-style packaging.

Micron Densetsu Product Update

Date: Saturday, February 22nd 2003 2:53pm EST
Category: Toy News
Posted by: Seibertron | Credit(s): tformers.com

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Remy has supplied tformers.com with images of upcoming Micron Densetsu and general Transformers products from the latest issue of Japan´s Hyper Hobby magazine. Of peculiar interest is the repainted Six-Builder Micromasters set to resemble Devastator (Devastar). Find the pictures here.

TF Myclone: Wave 3 Update

Date: Friday, February 21st 2003 2:05pm EST
Category: Toy News
Posted by: Seibertron

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eHobby.com has confirmed that Takara´s Transformers: MyClone series WAVE 3 will have the following figures: Jazz, Sideswipe, Trypticon, Dirge, Ramjet, and Thrust. There will also be 2 chase figures. It is assumed that one will be Metroplex based upon pictures from last month´s toy shows in Japan.

Worlds Smallest Transformers: Chase Figures

Date: Friday, February 21st 2003 1:42pm EST
Category: Toy News
Posted by: Professor Smooth | Credit(s): Ehobby

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Ehobby has posted shadowed pictures of the chase figures from the first assortment of "Worlds Smallest Transformable Transformers". They appear to be repaints of Bumblebee and Starscream. So expect it to be Skywarp (Takara seems to like making Skywarp figures hard to get) and Cliffjumper.

Dreamwave's Volume 2 alt cover

Date: Thursday, February 20th 2003 10:19pm EST
Category: Toy News
Posted by: Professor Smooth | Credit(s): tfw2005

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Did you love Generation 1, but couldn´t stand that there were only 4 different covers? Well Dreamwave has you covered this time around. Check out the art for the Dynamic Forces alternate cover (and the same art will be used for the limited edition CHROME edition cover) coming in April!

Check it out here.

Fans may recongnize the style, it´s done by none other than Bill Sienkiewicz!

RID Bludgeon & Scourge @ TRU Japan

Date: Thursday, February 20th 2003 11:00am EST
Category: Toy News
Posted by: Rhinox | Credit(s): tfw2005

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Toys R Us Japan has posted new pictures of Takara´s upcoming US Edition RID (Robots In Disguise) BLUDGEON (repainted G2 Hero Megatron) and SCOURGE (repainted G2 Hero Optimus Prime). There is no official word when these will be released in the states. Takara has these listed on their official Transformers website here.

MyClone: Wave 3 Pictures

Date: Tuesday, February 18th 2003 9:51pm EST
Category: Toy News
Posted by: Seibertron | Credit(s): Shawn Nelson

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HobbyLink Japan has posted pictures from recent independent toy shows held by Bandai, Takara and Konami in Japan here. Of interest are a couple of new pictures of Takara´s MyClone line. The picture reveals the cast of Transformers: MyClone (Wave 3) which will include Thrust, Ramjet, Dirge, Sideswipe, Metroplex (chase figure?), Trypticon, and what looks like either Red Alert or Jazz (see the Wave 2 link). Check out the MyClone pictures here: Wave 3 and Wave 2. For the full gallery from HLJ, click here.

Thundercracker & Galvatron @ WALMART.com

Date: Tuesday, February 18th 2003 2:21pm EST
Category: Toy News
Posted by: Rhinox | Credit(s): tformers.com

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It was reported yesterday at tformers.com that Thundercracker and Galvatron are now listed at walmart.com. Transformer Thundercracker With Zapmaster Mini-Con can be found here and Galvatron with repainted Leader-1 can be found here. Pictures of both figures in robot mode and alternate mode are available at each link.