Seibertron.com secret agent Supreme Convoy was on the scene during Hasbro's Transformers toy panel this afternoon at San Diego Comic Con 2011. Among the many things said at the panel, include new figures for Transformers: Prime, as well as man more tidbits of new information. Check it out below!
Hasbro Transformers Panel
- Hasbro showed off four different toylines for the Transformers, which they called the most expansive year thus far.
- They showed off the Kre-O toys.
- Afterwards, they showed off the Rescue Bots, which they wanted to get younger kids interested in Transformers sooner.
- They showed the last wave of Generation toys are Junk Heap and Skyshadow.
- Hasbro showed exclusive materials for the convention such as the Nerf Optimus Gun and a Transformers guitar built for SDCC.
The next section of the presentation revolved around Dark of the Moon.
- The showed Soundwave who has the Mercedes alternate mode along with Wheeljack.
- Cannon Force Ironhide will be in Wave Two.
- In the Human Alliance line, there will be a Roadbuster and Soundwave, which will include a Dylan, Sam’s boss in the movie.
- In the Cyberverse line, there will be Shockwave with his cannon, Ratchet, and an Autobot Ark with Autobot Roller, who was featured in the movie when the Autobots landed on the moon.
2011 exclusives
- Toys R Us will have exclusive Mission Earth Trans Scans figures and Masterpiece Rodimus.
- Target will have an exclusive Human Alliance Leadfoot and Twintwist.
- Walmart will have an exclusive deluxe Optimus Prime, and a Bumblebee & Sideswipe two-pack.
- Amazon.com will have the movie accurate Unicron.
Hasbro then showed off the new Transformers Prime figures.
- The line will have Cliffjumper, Vehicon, Terrorcon, and Voyager Optimus Prime, Voyager Bulkhead, and a Deluxe Entertainment pack which will include Optimus Prime and Megatron along with three kids.
The panel then moved onto concept art for 2012. BotCon attendees weren't allowed to take photos. However, Hasbro allowed attendees to take as many pictures as they pleased.
(At this point, I didn’t write anything down but I took pictures as linked)
Transformers: The Ride
- Mark Woodbury from Universal Parks & Resorts was the surprise guest at the panel and gave more details about the ride.
- Universal has been great in partnering with the originators of the movies and translating them into rides.
- Examples: Steven Spielberg with Jurassic Park, which was crucial to the development of robotics in theme parks.
- Stephen Sommers wth The Mummy
- James Brooks with The Simpsons
- James Cameron with Terminator: 3D, which pioneered the immersion of the audience in the experience.
- Michael Bay was instrumental in the development of the Transformers ride. Transformers will have state of the art simulated video and a 4K projected images. Hasbro and Industrial Light & Magic have also been crucial to the project. Bay created the style and determined the special effects.
· - Peter Cullen and Frank Welker will reprise their roles as Optimus Prime and Megatron.
- The plot is a NEST outpost has been placed in the middle of Universal Studios, which holds the last shard of the Allspark. Security has been breached by Ravage and it’s up to the Autobot Evac and the audience to protect the Allspark. The battle takes
· - Evac will also be released as a toy.
- www.nestneedsyou.com has launched during Comic-Con to promote the ride and track its development.
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