SDCC Hasbro Toy Announcements
Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 4:33 pmWell just got back from the Hasbro Transformers panel and thought I'd share what I heard. Not sure which of this news was actually put out at Botcon so if it's old news my apology.
They talked briefly about Classics 2.0. They showed conept art of Sunstreaker, and the redeco Sideswipe, both with their own heads and I guess they're going to put slight differences in the transformation so they won't be identical. They also showed a picture of Octane (which looked awesome!) and said that they plan on doing as many triplechangers as possible in the future. They didn't say much more about Classics except, that they have a long way to go, but we'll be happy.
Next they talked about the movie line. It is going to continue on a the Allspark line, with all of the characters displaying a shade of blue that is supposed to signify the Allspark. They showed a pic of a Cliffjumper repaint of the 09 Camaro. There will also be many new character's coming up which they did show completed pics of the toys. Some of the names I remember: Evac (coastgaurd repaint of Blackout), Incinerator (V-22 Osprey), plus several more that I can't recall off the top of my head, but they all looked really good.
Finally they brought up reps from Cartoon Network to talk about the new animated series. There was a five minute preview of the show which really didn't look that bad plus several pics of the new toyline. Some of the characters that they showed pics of that I believe were previously unannounced were: Prowl (Motorcycle), the Dinobots (Grimlock, Slag, and Swoop which all look very familiar to their G1 alts), Soundwave (Vehicle similar to the alternators Skids, with Laserbeak who becomes an electric guitar). They did say that this show is focused on an age group of 6 to 11 year olds (trying to bring in a new generation of fans).
There were several other pieces of news and other characters that I just don't recall, which I'm sure others that attended will be sure to reveal or add on. I didn't get any pics, but look for pics of some of the anime toys which were placed in the displays immediatley following the panel. Plus I remember a photo and announcement for a Blitzwing, but don't recall which line it fell under.
They talked briefly about Classics 2.0. They showed conept art of Sunstreaker, and the redeco Sideswipe, both with their own heads and I guess they're going to put slight differences in the transformation so they won't be identical. They also showed a picture of Octane (which looked awesome!) and said that they plan on doing as many triplechangers as possible in the future. They didn't say much more about Classics except, that they have a long way to go, but we'll be happy.
Next they talked about the movie line. It is going to continue on a the Allspark line, with all of the characters displaying a shade of blue that is supposed to signify the Allspark. They showed a pic of a Cliffjumper repaint of the 09 Camaro. There will also be many new character's coming up which they did show completed pics of the toys. Some of the names I remember: Evac (coastgaurd repaint of Blackout), Incinerator (V-22 Osprey), plus several more that I can't recall off the top of my head, but they all looked really good.
Finally they brought up reps from Cartoon Network to talk about the new animated series. There was a five minute preview of the show which really didn't look that bad plus several pics of the new toyline. Some of the characters that they showed pics of that I believe were previously unannounced were: Prowl (Motorcycle), the Dinobots (Grimlock, Slag, and Swoop which all look very familiar to their G1 alts), Soundwave (Vehicle similar to the alternators Skids, with Laserbeak who becomes an electric guitar). They did say that this show is focused on an age group of 6 to 11 year olds (trying to bring in a new generation of fans).
There were several other pieces of news and other characters that I just don't recall, which I'm sure others that attended will be sure to reveal or add on. I didn't get any pics, but look for pics of some of the anime toys which were placed in the displays immediatley following the panel. Plus I remember a photo and announcement for a Blitzwing, but don't recall which line it fell under.