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http://www.youtube.com/user/KirbyForce1 · Fri Jun 20, 2014 5:30 pm

I think they made Bumblebee a shellformer so they could remold it into Stinger by changing the vehicle parts, but not the robot parts so that the robot mode looks the same as Bumblebee's, but not the vehicle since the vehicle parts are a shell rather than being part of the robot mode.

News Credits: 251 · Fri Jun 20, 2014 5:37 pm

To round off the BotCon current and soon-to-be-released galleries, we have some miscellaneous product to show off: Loyal Subjects, Construct-Bots, Kre-O, and Rescue Bots!

Not much new for Rescue Bots. However, Dinobots Bumblebee, Boulder, Chase, and a smaller version of Optimus Primal were on the scene! View the gallery for the Rescue Bots here!

Next we have some Kre-O! Not much was shown, though we have some nice looks at upcoming Micro-Changers and the Grimlock Unleashed set. The Kre-O gallery can be viewed here!

Finally, we come to the Loyal Subjects, makers of the super adorable Super Deformed Transformers. The Loyal Subjects will be featuring new three-packs available at San Diego Comic Con 2014: Shattered Glass Dinobots, Autobot Cars, and Decepticon Coneheads! The Shattered Glass Dinobots set will include Grimlock, Snarl, and Slag; the Autobot Cars set will feature Generation 2 Sideswipe, Smokescreen, and a translucent Mirage (imitating an invisible effect); and the Decepticon Coneheads will feature translucent versions of, you guessed it, Ramjet, Thrust, and Dirge! Their gallery can be viewed here.

Fri Jun 20, 2014 5:43 pm

For me the new BUmblebee is alright.. But Lockdown kicks ass! Awesome!
I wanna see Stinger now ...

News Credits: 11 · Fri Jun 20, 2014 6:03 pm

Was Roadbuster packing that much heat last time we saw him? DAMN, that is a lot of guns. Looking forward to his arrival!

News Credits: 2 · Fri Jun 20, 2014 6:30 pm

I love Windblade's jet mode. It's one of the sexiest Transformers jet modes I've ever seen. I also love how she's almost completely jet black (see what I did there

?) in jet mode but transforms into this beautiful red bot mode. She's one of the most creative and impressive offerings I've seen in the CHUG line for quite some time and for a new character, they did a lot to sell me on her and of course the great fiction developed by IDW for her doesn't hurt either.

News Credits: 122 · Fri Jun 20, 2014 6:33 pm

I want MP Prowl. I want MP Sunstorm. I want the SDCC sets. I want them ALL.

News Credits: 251 · Fri Jun 20, 2014 6:39 pm

MenaceRX wrote:Please please please let that last Grimlock box be a MP level movie Grimlock.

It's actually the packaging of the SDCC 2014 Dinobots exclusive, which can be converted into Mount St. Hillary and the Ark.

Fri Jun 20, 2014 7:36 pm

It looks like Bumblebee may have a flip-down battle mask, which would make it even easier to retool into Stinger.

News Credits: 7 · Fri Jun 20, 2014 8:03 pm

Is it just me, or does that Loyal Subjects Ramjet look like a Klansman?

MyFigureCollection.net collection · Fri Jun 20, 2014 8:08 pm

Anyone else notice that Sunstorm's box uses the old Seeker mold? I wonder how long Hasbro has been working on him? That's two figures at BotCon where the figure on the package isn't the same as the figure in it (Nightbeat being the other). Strange stuff happening at Hasbro.

Emerje

News Credits: 8 · Fri Jun 20, 2014 8:43 pm

damnit i was hoping the prices would go down but i guess not, looks like ill be limiting my transformer purchases even more and hoping for sales & coupons. Any word on if the 4th wave of kreo will ever be released? Ive been keeping an eye on TRU & target but neither have had any kreo blind packs in months. Only one i want is rodimus but at this rate ill probably never find one.

News Credits: 23 · Fri Jun 20, 2014 10:18 pm

Lockdown looks like crap, but Bumblebee's engineering looks sweet. Can't wait to see the figure in Stinger colors/parts!

News Credits: 1 · Fri Jun 20, 2014 10:22 pm

Megatron Wolf wrote:damnit i was hoping the prices would go down but i guess not, looks like ill be limiting my transformer purchases even more and hoping for sales & coupons. Any word on if the 4th wave of kreo will ever be released? Ive been keeping an eye on TRU & target but neither have had any kreo blind packs in months. Only one i want is rodimus but at this rate ill probably never find one.

They're at walgreens.

News Credits: 8 · Sat Jun 21, 2014 2:01 am

durroth wrote:
Megatron Wolf wrote:damnit i was hoping the prices would go down but i guess not, looks like ill be limiting my transformer purchases even more and hoping for sales & coupons. Any word on if the 4th wave of kreo will ever be released? Ive been keeping an eye on TRU & target but neither have had any kreo blind packs in months. Only one i want is rodimus but at this rate ill probably never find one.

They're at walgreens.

Checked 2 walgreens & a buddy of mine checked another, they had nothing

Sat Jun 21, 2014 2:58 am

That sky bite figure looks really sweet. Saving my money away from those painfully disappointing AoE figures and saving it for those beautiful masterpieces, especially that grimlock! I've been trying hard to get him but just end up getting no luck! I know it might be hard to believe but frankly I never owned a masterpiece and after looking at masterpieces online, it just changed my world! (Not really) but does anyone have any tips on how to get masterpieces easier? As well as any info on the release dates of prowl and sunstorm?

News Credits: 251 · Sat Jun 21, 2014 5:57 am

ALCblackout2498 wrote:...but does anyone have any tips on how to get masterpieces easier?

If you are desperate for Masterpieces, online shopping will be your best friend. If you don't live in Japan, most Masterpieces are only available online, with American releases being exclusive to Toys "R" Us these days. Last year was Soundwave (with friends) and Acid Storm (who is still shelf-warming as we speak), the year before Optimus Prime (with all his accessories) and Thundercracker. Soundwave and Optimus Prime particularly were insanely difficult to find, and both of them go for buttloads of money online.

Long story short: online shopping is your best bet.

As well as any info on the release dates of prowl and sunstorm?

It's weird, actually. Sunstorm's placard says "NOW", yet we've yet to have any confirmed sightings. On the flip side, Grimlock's placard says "July 2014", and we've had several reports of him showing up already. Prowl's placard says "August 2014".

News Credits: 8 · Sat Jun 21, 2014 2:43 pm

they named the wolf steeljaw well thats depressing, anyone snag a pic of it cause id like to see what the robot mode looks like. But not to much there really peeked my interest, was hoping for some more obscure characters getting brought back not more redos of what we've seen from the past few years. I am glad to see that the generations will retain the comics & adding cards for the legends, hopefully they dont use that as an excuse to jack prices up again. I have a hard time justifying the deluxes as it is and refuse to pay $10 for the legends, any higher and ill have to shop strictly off clearance and discount stores.

News Credits: 3646 · Sat Jun 21, 2014 2:44 pm

Product reveals from the Hasbro Panel will be posted in this topic: botcon-2014-coverage-hasbro-s-transformers-brand-panel-t100631.php

Sat Jun 21, 2014 5:47 pm

I just made my tf buy list for this year, Windblade, AOE lockdown, Arcee, and 2014 bumblebee

News Credits: 3 · Sat Jun 21, 2014 6:01 pm

I need Krok and Nacelle from TFSS 3.0.

Sun Jun 22, 2014 1:28 am

Mindmaster wrote:The Masterpiece figures Hasbro will be pumping out this year will be Prowl, Sunstorm, and a reissue of Grimlock. ]

Any indication of pricing on the Hasbro masterpiece Prowl?

News Credits: 668 · Sun Jun 22, 2014 3:26 am

amtm wrote:
Mindmaster wrote:The Masterpiece figures Hasbro will be pumping out this year will be Prowl, Sunstorm, and a reissue of Grimlock. ]

Any indication of pricing on the Hasbro masterpiece Prowl?

If I remember correctly, the computer scan said $59.99.