#Hascon Exclusive Power Bank Optimus Prime & Titans Return Arcee available on Hasbro Toy Shop from 20 / 09

Not "available UNTIL 9/20" -- they're "available STARTING 9/20".

mblase75 wrote:Not "available UNTIL 9/20" -- they're "available STARTING 9/20".

It's already been edited, don't worry.

Rysquad wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:So no Predaking at all? Hasbro is saving him for a later reveal? And we only saw 2 Terrorcons.

Toy Fair 2018, right?

NYCC October 5 – 8, 2017

kinda pricey. will these be available in stores?

Kurona wrote:As the buzz from the reveals at Hascon 2017 this weekend winds down, it might be easy to forget that the brand new convention had an exclusive Transformers figure and an early access Transformers figure - Power Bank Optimus Prime and Titans Return Arcee respectively! While many have gotten their hands on the two by now, they will be sold online as of September 20th. Click here for Arcee ($24.99), click here for Power Bank Optimus Prime ($49.99), and click the image below to go to the entire Hascon Exclusives shop before telling us what you think in the forums!

Hopefully they won't be all gone in 5 seconds like Primitive Prime was.

Kyleor wrote:Hopefully they won't be all gone in 5 seconds like Primitive Prime was.

Good luck with that. These may go faster given its a smaller price point of a figure fans have been craving.

griftimus prime wrote:kinda pricey. will these be available in stores?

Arcee might be a retailer exclusive (like BBTS exclusive or Amazon exclusive or something like that) but that power bank wont be available anywhere else.

It would be nice to know more about the production number of Arcee / Ultra Magnus. Is it more or less them Primitive Prime? I would hope that they'd planned on making a lot of these considering the characters and the number of people who want them.

I'm hoping all your Florida guys are riding it out ok. Frikkin hurricanes. Stay safe!

WreckerJack wrote:This year's fan favorites have been determined. The favorite Transformers character this year is Galvatron, while Barricade has won the Favorite Transformers Movie character category. Lastly, Trypticon has won the Toy of the Year award. It has been a good year for Decepticons!

I'm glad Barricade won. Love him as a movie guy!

Kurona wrote:People were trying to use the glossy wall's reflection to sneak a peak at the back of Starscream's box, so Hasbro later put a sheet of paper behind the box to stop that.

Looking at this image, it appears that Starscream is set to follow a Silverbolt/Cyclonus styled transformation and combining Shtick. After all, Galvatronus' chest always did look like a seekers and his head crest could pass for a starscream crown!

Sabrblade wrote:

Sunburnninja wrote:Inferno as a redeco of Soundwave looks amazing, I really wish they released that.

That's Blaster.

That Blaster actually looks really cool. I like it! And the Scraplet is adorable!

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:I'm hoping all your Florida guys are riding it out ok. Frikkin hurricanes. Stay safe!

We (me and the family) just got through the worst of it last night. Turns out it barely did anything to us. No loss of electricity. No real damage. No flooding. Nothing really. We're good here.

Sabrblade wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:I'm hoping all your Florida guys are riding it out ok. Frikkin hurricanes. Stay safe!

We (me and the family) just got through the worst of it last night. Turns out it barely did anything to us. No loss of electricity. No real damage. No flooding. Nothing really. We're good here.

Great to hear.

Hopefully Arcee will be an online exclusive since the Hasbro Shop doesn't ship to Europe

Don't forget that HTS doesn't allow promo codes for exclusives. If applicable to Arcee, total cost will be north of $30 after shipping and tax. A little harder to swallow for basically a deluxe.

Here's my review of power bank prime:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQZJoU3JiPM

Overall I think he's a super fun awesome figure.

Here's my review of power bank prime:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQZJoU3JiPM

Overall I think he's a super fun awesome figure.

EDIT: sorry for the double post!

FYI the links for the exclusives go to Hasbro.com and not Hasbro Toy Shop. Unless they're hidden away somewhere that I can't find on the site the exclusives aren't up yet on HTS.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:FYI the links for the exclusives go to Hasbro.com and not Hasbro Toy Shop. Unless they're hidden away somewhere that I can't find on the site the exclusives aren't up yet on HTS.

As the story says, they will be available from 20 September.

Who's that Lockdown remold? An early Hot Rod?

I'll share my thoughts on the reveals now that Hascon is over.

-The Dinobots look really good, and I'm glad to get versions of them instead of having to use the AOE repaints or any 3rd party versions. While I'd prefer the FOC designs so they can go with FOC Grimlock, these are still great to get; after all, what better way to make a Dinobot group after we got the AOE versions (which I regret selling bar Grimlock). Volcanicus is something I could care less for. Unless I am really bored or if there is a heavy retool of the Dinobots, I won't be combining the Dinobots anytime soon.

-Jazz and Starscream are figures I would really use, since I don't have a Special Ops Jazz and Classics Starscream is too small next to my Voyager Megatron (from the same line), so I'll happily make do with these figures. Onto eBay for Classics Starscream (unless someone here wants to buy mine). Plus, I like the IDW design of Starscream more than the G1 cartoon version; makes him look more like a threat (oh, and I'm a sucker for F-22 Raptors thanks to Movie Starscream).

-Not into Dreadwind and Blackwing; planning on finding G2 Dreadwing and Smokescreen instead.

-I actually want Beachcomber over Slash. Compared to most of the Minibots, I like Comby a lot since his pacifist charm makes me like him more than a lot of Season 2 Autobots. Golden Lagoon is my #1 favorite G1 episode of all time, and I'm dying to buy another one and paint his hand gold. Slash is neat, but I'll wait until I get 'Comber, Bee, Brawn, Windcharger, Powerglide, and Wheelie.

-Leader Optimus and Rodimus aren't too bad; I'm more into getting Hot Rod from TR as a normal Hot Rod and use the POTP version as a Rodimus if he scales well with Voyagers. Optimus will have to wait until I get MPM-04 Optimus AND a Voyager scaled Prime for the altmode (POTP Prime is gonna be small, I feel). Shame there's no Combat Deck.

-Not into getting the bots shown in gray prototype form EXCEPT for Optimus Primal. I'm bummed that Hasbro opted to not release the BW Masterpieces here (which would be great instead of rereleasing MP-10 for the 100th time), so I guess this Leader will make do (hope Hasbro releases BW Megs or I'm customizing TLK Scorn). Sorry, Terrorcons and etc.

-Could care less for Prime Masters lol.

-Predaking from what's seen is looking good. Hope HasTak learn from their mistakes with Devastator.

-Disappointed that we didn't get any info on Onslaught, Mohawk, and Dreadbot. Also bummed out that there was no info on the 2018 Movie toys since The Bumblebee Movie won't have much to offer, toywise. And what about MPM-5 Barricade? I'm hoping that HasTak gets onto makimg him now that he won "Best Movie Character".

-Speaking of, yay for all Decepticons winning the poll! Still funny how Trypticon won best toy of the year despite having crappy hip ratchets. I'd more likely vote for TR Nautica, Leader Blaster, or the MPM figures if they were available.

So that concludes my thoughts on Hascon. Hopefully, we'd get more stuff shown at NYCC 2017.

Exclusive Arcee is already sold out at HasbroToyShop.com. Meaning she joins the many other exclusives like Primitive Optimus, which are also sold out, but being kept up as a tease of what they COULD be selling us, IF they had any.

Not that I was particularly fussed about getting a pink retool of TR Blurr anyway, but I weary of HTS.com's constant shortages and their strange desire to put up huge lists of figures that they DON'T have in stock....

DeathReviews wrote:Exclusive Arcee is already sold out at HasbroToyShop.com.

How can she be sold out now when she won't even be available to order until next Wednesday?

Short Circuit wrote:Who's that Lockdown remold? An early Hot Rod?

Yeah, its definitely hotrod since he has the remolded arms. But that light piping visor above his actual eyes had me scratching my head. Its probably Hot Rod but they ended up painting over that visor thing in the final product.

Over the weekend at Hascon, there were more than toys on display! We have a new gallery of all the real Transformers vehicles seen at the show: Optimus Prime, Bumblebee (both old and new), and Barricade, all from the '07 movie; as well as the first car of the Dawson Transformers Racing Team (reported here)! Check out the full gallery here, or by clicking on any of the images below, and let us know what you think in the Energon Pub!

Beautiful vehicles. I miss 2007 so badly; whenever I saw those altmodes, I've always gotten a bright smile on my face. Even the Dawson car reminds me of Cybertron Override!

Va'al wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:FYI the links for the exclusives go to Hasbro.com and not Hasbro Toy Shop. Unless they're hidden away somewhere that I can't find on the site the exclusives aren't up yet on HTS.

As the story says, they will be available from 20 September.

Yes I know, but I want to make sure people know that those links don't go to a placeholder page on HTS that they can pin to their tab bar, and reload only for the buy link to never load so you have to go back to the main page and follow the link there only to get to the page too late and it's sold out. Ya know, like what happened with the SDCC exclusives.

Sabrblade wrote:

Sunburnninja wrote:Inferno as a redeco of Soundwave looks amazing, I really wish they released that.

That's Blaster.

Yeah, I know, I was really tired last night, xD

It really bothers me that the 2007 old Camaro Bee is so...clean.

Should be more like this

Sabrblade wrote:

DeathReviews wrote:Exclusive Arcee is already sold out at HasbroToyShop.com.

How can she be sold out now when she won't even be available to order until next Wednesday?

Beats me - but apparently HTS did it somehow
The listing is up at HTS: https://www.hasbrotoyshop.com/en/htsusa/-c3542as00

But you can't order it, you can only put it on a 'wish list'. So it was either available, but sold out immediately. Or it was never available in the first place because it isn't being sold till later, and the listing is just a tease. Either way, [eyeroll][/eyeroll]

DeathReviews wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

DeathReviews wrote:Exclusive Arcee is already sold out at HasbroToyShop.com.

How can she be sold out now when she won't even be available to order until next Wednesday?

Beats me - but apparently HTS did it somehow
The listing is up at HTS: https://www.hasbrotoyshop.com/en/htsusa/-c3542as00

But you can't order it, you can only put it on a 'wish list'. So it was either available, but sold out immediately. Or it was never available in the first place because it isn't being sold till later, and the listing is just a tease. Either way, [eyeroll][/eyeroll]

Read what the description says.

Great, doesn't look like they're putting the Cobra Missile Command back up

Also coming to us from YouTube user YRQRM0, after his review of Titans Return Arcee, is the other HASCON 2017 exclusive, Power Bank Optimus Prime! A converting power bank/battery pack, in the same vein as the Xiaomi Mi Pad 2 Soundwave from last year, this version of the Autobot leader is an actual working power bank (unlike Soundwave's non-functional tablet mode), as shown in the video below. Optimus completionists, is this on your "Must Haves" list? Is anyone else hoping to pick this up? Let us know below!

I just learned that somebody at HasCon asked Hasbro about the fan club that was announced on the HasCon website several months ago, and the response he got from Hasbro was basically "We don't have any plans for a fan club at this time."

Meh.

If you get two, will you truly have the "Power of the Primes"?

Here's a treat from the Hascon weekend: included below is a clip of a number of unreleased figures - such as movieverse Blaster from DOTM Soundwave - and grey prototypes for a number of lines, from Titans Return to Combiner Wars, to movieverse figures like Crosshairs, and a look at a never released set of Transformers: Prime damaged Bumblebee with Scraplets! We've seen images from the show already, but you can now browse the display at your convenience in the video embedded here!

This next story featuring a recording from Hascon should be seen as a follow-up to our first report on the Transformers Brand Panel, as it was taken during the second instance of the talk given on the Sunday - see our Friday report here! Featuring both Hasbro and Takara Tomy designers for several toy lines, such as Sean Isabella Carmina, Lenny Panzica and John Warden and legend Hideaki Yoke-san, the clip specifically focuses on the Q&A section of the talk, which we've transcribed below the video, too.

In addition, we're including all previously posted videos from the weekend that deal with the toys talked about in the clip, all in one convenient viewing spot!

The panel are talking about how the issues that Hideaki had 30 years ago are pretty much still the same

Would you make a combiner out of combiners? Lots of excitement, but no - nothing in the plans.

Power of Primes compatible with Titan Masters? Yes, Prime Masters and Titan Masters are interchangeable. Optimus Prime can wear TR Optimus' head in his chest.

Any plan on Titan Masters/Prime Masters multipack? It's really cool - maybe around holidays (but no solid plan).

When designing, do you start in vehicle or robot? Depends on the designer, some start from the vehicle 'as armour', but vehicle to robot makes life a little easier. Combiners start from the way out, combined mode first. Always carry a sketch book. Yoke-san also starts with vehicle first.

Titans Return line had less paint than Takara, are there going to be similar changes in Power of the Primes? It's all down to value for consumers and price points: more details, more cost. Case by case basis, really.

Came up with a Transformers zodiac - but what are your signs? Warden - Leo, Panzica- Cancer, ISabella-Carmine- Aries, Yoke- Leo.

What type of background would get you a job like this? School, industrial design degrees. Blend of engineering and art, also fashion design with toy specialisation portfolios (Panzica's experience).

Level of discussion between Powermaster Prime and Super Ginrai, there was some, yes.

Importance of spark / allspark - distinctive difference between other mech: Transformers have a 'soul'.

Transformers can scan anything and transform into it. Ejector, Erector, ice-cream Transformers in Japan.

Sharkticons - are there any other designs planned to come out? Sharkticon that turns into jet, maybe?

Packaging: product converts vs transformers transform - not able to comment at this time, but it's way they do, they convert. (question by Seibertron, answer by Warden)

HASCON 2017: Transformers VIP Event TOY and Hall of Fame Reveals


HASCON 2017: Transformers Brand Panel featuring Dinobots, Optimus Prime, and more!

I love a gray model.

Great video. Thanks for posting.

While Hascon might have ended a few days ago, we still have content to report on! Next on the list is a video from the Hascon panel featiring the two voice acting legends Peter Cullen and Frank Welker!
The voices of Optimus Prime and Megatron met up in Hascon's main hall, and talked about several topics, including their behind the scenes experience with Transformers, as well as the voice acting industry in General! Check out the full video below, from the point of view of Seibertron himself!

One of the panels part of the Transformers scheduling at Hascon saw fiction creators and toy designers talk about the dark side of the Transformers: its villains! The panel saw the different members of the brand team pitching their favourite villain - including Shockwave, Beast Wars Megatron, Prime Starscream, Devastator, Soundwave and Predaking - against each other. The rules: no gods, no Titans. The players: John Warden, Vinnie D'Alleva, Hasbro's Michael Kelly, IDW Chris Mowry, Hasbro Studios Mikiel Houser, Matt Clarke, and David Erwin. The winner: check out the video and see!





Also included again here, is the reveal of the Unicron teaser image (as visually coordinated by Sara Pitre Durocher), revealed during a panel with Chris Ryall over the weekend, seen in this story here.

primalxconvoy wrote:If you get two, will you truly have the "Power of the Primes"?

Only if you plug one into the other.

We've shown you some images from the plaques and trophies part of the induction ceremony to the Transformers Hall of Fame for Susan Blu - the historic voice of Arcee - right here, but we now also have a full recording of the moment which took place during the VIP attendee meal event!

Introduced by fellow voice actors Peter Cullen and Frank Welker, we're reminded that Susan Blu has contributed to a wide range of cinematic and entertainment outlets (including voice director for Beast Wars, Animated and Transformers: Prime), as well as being a perfomer herself for the first generations of My Little Pony, Jem and GI Joe. Take a look at the clip below for yourselves, and let us know what you think in the Energon Pub!




For more on Frank Welker and Peter Cullen, take a look at our previous clip from their panel here!

In other news from Hascon, and as has been the case for years, we also took some time to look at non-Transformers news from around the event - with some attention given to the My Little Pony franchise, one of Hasbro's biggest sellers after Magic the Gathering and Nerf, and with its Movie line coming up soon and the Equestria Girls line still going strong.

In addition, we were able to attend the big panel for the Marvel side of things (for which Hasbro produces action figures): Stan Lee - co-creator of the Marvel universe himself, and the rumoured Watcher for the cinematic Marvel universe - live on stage! Both videos can be viewed below, of course, and do let us know what you think in the Energon Pub!

I never got DotM Soundwave in any capacity, and it sort of bums me out that there were plans for a Blaster too. I would have loved that Blaster

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:I never got DotM Soundwave in any capacity, and it sort of bums me out that there were plans for a Blaster too. I would have loved that Blaster

Who knows, maybe someday Soundwave and Blaster will be made and released. As long as the tooling exists...

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:I never got DotM Soundwave in any capacity, and it sort of bums me out that there were plans for a Blaster too. I would have loved that Blaster

Who knows, maybe someday Soundwave and Blaster will be made and released. As long as the tooling exists...

Soundwave did get made. He just didn't see release in the U.S.

is it true Frank Welker is very private, a very private person? hence that's why he avoided attending conventions for a while? I heard BotCon had been trying to get him to attend for close to 20 years but no luck until 2015.

Dagon wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Sigma Magnus wrote:Is this all there's gonna be for Power of the Primes reveals, or might there be more today or tomorrow?

I wouldnt put my hopes up, though I surely wouldnt mind seeing more

Optimum Supreme wrote:Make a T-rex a bigger class than a brotosaurus?

We are still discussing scale?

I love that picture. It may be my favorite Transformers image of all time.

ha!

besides, that is NOT any kinda Trex i“ve ever seen.
barely passes
looks wise
like an allosaur.

Wow these vehicles look great!

Sabrblade wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:I never got DotM Soundwave in any capacity, and it sort of bums me out that there were plans for a Blaster too. I would have loved that Blaster

Who knows, maybe someday Soundwave and Blaster will be made and released. As long as the tooling exists...

Soundwave did get made. He just didn't see release in the U.S.

Very true, especially since I got one.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:I never got DotM Soundwave in any capacity, and it sort of bums me out that there were plans for a Blaster too. I would have loved that Blaster

Who knows, maybe someday Soundwave and Blaster will be made and released. As long as the tooling exists...

Soundwave did get made. He just didn't see release in the U.S.

Very true, especially since I got one.

He got a Hasbro release in Asia I believe, but not in the Americas or Europe. That's where the catch is.

One other piece of movie-related news from Hascon deals with the second induction for the Transformers Hall of Fame, introduced by Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner - and featuring the producer of the Michael Bay directed movies from Paramount: Lorenzo di Bonaventura!

Starting with Transformers (2007), to Revenge of the Fallen, Dark of the Moon and then the new trilogy with Age of Extinction, The Last Knight and the next movie (plus of course the Transformers Universe: Bumblebee solo spin-off), di Bonaventura has been behind the scenes, helping shape what we have today in the live action universe. Check out the ceremony below, and head back here for the Susan Blu one that preceded it!