Toy Fair 2014 Coverage - Funko Pop! Age of Extinction Optimus Prime and Bumblebee

Regarding those One Step Changer toys that everyone here seems to be ridiculing, I've seen YouTube videos of how they work and...

...the switchblade comparison is actually pretty spot on. You literally hold the figure by a certain piece in either mode, make a single swift motion with your arm, and the figure auto-converts instantaneously with the motion of your arm just like a switchblade!

Though, Grimlock's one-step transformation, however, is a bit longer as, instead of flailing him with your arm like the others, you hold two of his parts with both of your hand and spin him around on a horizontal axis like a towel or a big piece of cloth. His requires two hands to perform since he's bigger and bulkier (and I'm not talking about the giant Chomp and Stomp figure).

It's honestly kinda cool and clever, and most of all, FUN-looking!

I'm not sure if anyone else has noticed, but the Evasion Mission (G1-esque) Prime's box art is Prime as the beat up faded flames truck mode that we saw in photos months ago.

How sure are we that the silver and black truck is going to be Galvatron?

I like the Jetfire, just don't like the bot mode's chest canopy being viewable underneath when in jet mode.

Does anyone have any idea how many of these lines (particularly Generations) we'll be seeing in Australia? Because I'd love to get my hands on a number of them deluxes and voyagers...

is there any difference between wave 2 grimlock and wave 1 grimlock?

durroth wrote:is there any difference between wave 2 grimlock and wave 1 grimlock?

Where's that?

That lunchbox is old news. Both versions, Autobot and Decepticon are absolutely kick-ass and well worth the $15.00 USD price tag they had on them at my local comic book shop but they certainly should not be listed as new products.

I'm just disappointed I didn't get one of them for Christmas since I had hinted HEAVILY that Santa should put those under my tree.

The artwork is sweet and they would make great "Book end" pieces on any collectors shelf if you were to get both of them. Being a cynic and overly critical of just about everything it's not often that I would critique and endorse in a positive manner any type of product but I highly recommend these. I'll be picking up both when they come back in stock as I think they will provide excellent storage for the TF cards and other trinkets that will be coming out that I plan on picking up instead of throwing money at the craptacular figures that they are producing this year.

skidflap wrote:Anyone notice the artwork behind the mini figures. Looks like crosshairs

Let's see, Cape: Check, Goggles: Check, Green: Check.
Yup, that's Crosshairs back there, photobombing of course.

THEY GOT DEVASTATORS HEAD WRONG ON THE LUNCHBOX! RIOT! RIIIIOOOOOOOOOT!

That's an awesome lunchbox. If I collected such things I might grab it.

Here are some more shots from The Loyal Subjects, who produce super deformed vinyl figures. These shots are from their wave 2 figures, featuring Grimlock, Snarl, Slug, Mirage, Prowl, Sideswipe, Shockwave, Optimus Prime with Energy Axe, Dirge, Thrust, Shrapnel, Skywarp and a purple version of the Prowl mold...and 8" Shockwave. Check out some of the images below, and click on any picture to check out the whole gallery.

Well, what a weekend that was, eh? Everything from Age Of Extinction to Rescue Bots and everything in between! Some good stuff is coming our way this year, and there's a little bit of something for everyone.

Whether you're a kid or a kid at heart, this is your year! From G1 homages in Generations, to Optimus Prime riding a dinosaur (RIDING A DINOSAUR!) there's a lot of fun in store for the 30th anniversary of our favorite franchise. We hope you'll join us as we celebrate it throughout the year.

But, for now, we'll just leave you with a tidy bundling of the events and round out this news post with updated galleries from Age Of Extinction and Construct Bots.

To recap:

Kre-O

Hero Mashers And Battle Masters

For the first time ever Death's Head!

Generations

Age Of Extinction

Rescue Bots And Mr. Potato Head

Transformers Rise Of The Dark Spark

And...

Misc. Including My Little Pony, Star Wars and more

Onto the galleries mentioned earlier:

Age Of Extinction Construct Bots

Age Of Extinction (Main line)

And finishing with the new packaging shots:













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