Photos from 2016 Hong Kong Trial and Play Event Featuring Upcoming TR Transformers Toys

Thursday, June 23rd, 2016 5:13PM CDT

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There was a Trial and Play event in Hong Kong where fans can play with yet to be released figures. What is fun about these new photos from that event, found on TFmiser's Facebook page, is that they show the poses you can pull off with the figures along with aspects of the playability and many comparisons. Most are from the Titans Return line. We have comparisons with G1 figures and redecos within the line like Rewind and Rumble and Blurr with the SDCC Exclusive Brainstorm.
There are also more images of Hasbro's Computron both combined and seperated as well as more images of the upcoming Power Surge Optimus Prime from the Robots in Disguise line.

There is lots of great stuff below so take a look and let us know what excited you most and if you have learnt anything new.

Credit(s): TFmiser

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Re: Photos from 2016 Hong Kong Trial and Play Event Featuring Upcoming TR Transformers Toys (1800001)
Posted by peaces on June 23rd, 2016 @ 5:15pm CDT

need that soundwave. it's like a bigger g1.

Re: Photos from 2016 Hong Kong Trial and Play Event Featuring Upcoming TR Transformers Toys (1800002)
Posted by Kurona on June 23rd, 2016 @ 5:18pm CDT

>Soundwave with Blaster's face

That's enough internet for today

Re: Photos from 2016 Hong Kong Trial and Play Event Featuring Upcoming TR Transformers Toys (1800003)
Posted by william-james88 on June 23rd, 2016 @ 5:20pm CDT

peaces wrote:need that soundwave. it's like a bigger g1.

I thought that was what the MP was.

Re: Photos from 2016 Hong Kong Trial and Play Event Featuring Upcoming TR Transformers Toys (1800004)
Posted by Noideaforaname on June 23rd, 2016 @ 5:24pm CDT

Oh whoa! You can put the little headmasters in Wheelie?! Usually that kind of gimmick just makes a toy look bad, yet Wheelie's one of the best-looking Legends figures there are. Crazy.

Soundwave and Blaster look weird with swapped faces.

This is not how you Headmaster.

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Posted by william-james88 on June 23rd, 2016 @ 5:25pm CDT

But it means you can see through the red foil on the eyes :DANCE:

Re: Photos from 2016 Hong Kong Trial and Play Event Featuring Upcoming TR Transformers Toys (1800011)
Posted by Agamemnon on June 23rd, 2016 @ 5:31pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:

Vos?

And that SDCC Windblade isn't really doing it for me. I guess I never got a close look at RiD Windblade. If I don't get that SDCC 3-pack, I think I can rest easy... :PEACE:

Re: Photos from 2016 Hong Kong Trial and Play Event Featuring Upcoming TR Transformers Toys (1800015)
Posted by Kurona on June 23rd, 2016 @ 5:40pm CDT

Agamemnon wrote:
william-james88 wrote:

Vos?

And that SDCC Windblade isn't really doing it for me. I guess I never got a close look at RiD Windblade. If I don't get that SDCC 3-pack, I think I can rest easy...

It's a cross-company thing. It's a new iteration of Soundwave that transforms into a tablet.
So no, not Vos

Re: Photos from 2016 Hong Kong Trial and Play Event Featuring Upcoming TR Transformers Toys (1800017)
Posted by william-james88 on June 23rd, 2016 @ 5:50pm CDT

Agamemnon wrote:
william-james88 wrote:

Vos?

Here are all the details http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... omi/35066/

Re: Photos from 2016 Hong Kong Trial and Play Event Featuring Upcoming TR Transformers Toys (1800022)
Posted by Emerje on June 23rd, 2016 @ 6:10pm CDT

Little things amuse me...

There's a PE-DX03 Warden in the glass case over his shoulder.

Emerje

Re: Photos from 2016 Hong Kong Trial and Play Event Featuring Upcoming TR Transformers Toys (1800023)
Posted by kriksix on June 23rd, 2016 @ 6:11pm CDT

I want to want the Titans Soundwave, but so far don't. But maybe my first Blaster! he looks ace

iPad I mean tablet Soundwave mmeh mmaybe. My Soundwave shelf has high standards..

Wheelie ohmygod I want that little guy so much. and probably to go to takara for blur and scourge.andand.. oh god I haven't wanted this many Transformers, nor considered going takara, since Prime..

(and Masterpieces I'm waiting til I'm rich and then I'll GET THEM ALL)

Re: Photos from 2016 Hong Kong Trial and Play Event Featuring Upcoming TR Transformers Toys (1800026)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on June 23rd, 2016 @ 6:25pm CDT

Wheelie is just so cool

Re: Photos from 2016 Hong Kong Trial and Play Event Featuring Upcoming TR Transformers Toys (1800028)
Posted by fenrir72 on June 23rd, 2016 @ 6:49pm CDT

Kurona wrote:
fenrir72 wrote:
Dr Va'al wrote:Also from the official Transformers Snapchat account, we get another additional piece of information regarding the San Diego Comic Con 2016 Exclusive Titan class Fortress Maximus. Not only does he come with the Master Sword, there will also be a poster - just like we saw with the Victorion set - featuring some tasty sword action. Check it out below!

Just a question. Will IDW support a back story for this line? Will this be the "warden" Fortmax we all have come to love? 'cause that image sure is an angry angry 'max!

That illustration doesn't look like Fortmax. It has two antennas on his ears like 'plex. 'max has those horn like things.

Re: Photos from 2016 Hong Kong Trial and Play Event Featuring Upcoming TR Transformers Toys (1800029)
Posted by fenrir72 on June 23rd, 2016 @ 6:54pm CDT

Two Sentinel Primes?

Re: Photos from 2016 Hong Kong Trial and Play Event Featuring Upcoming TR Transformers Toys (1800030)
Posted by Agamemnon on June 23rd, 2016 @ 6:55pm CDT

Kurona wrote:It's a cross-company thing. It's a new iteration of Soundwave that transforms into a tablet.
So no, not Vos

william-james88 wrote:Here are all the details http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... omi/35066/

Thanks you two. I remember that article now, but couldn't place the figure in only bot mode. (Plus, I like the Vos idea better...)

kriksix wrote:I want to want the Titans Soundwave, but so far don't. But maybe my first Blaster!

Re: Photos from 2016 Hong Kong Trial and Play Event Featuring Upcoming TR Transformers Toys (1800031)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on June 23rd, 2016 @ 7:00pm CDT

fenrir72 wrote:Two Sentinel Primes?

One is the retail, the other is the SDCC version. The one with the actual Autobrands is the retail version

Re: Photos from 2016 Hong Kong Trial and Play Event Featuring Upcoming TR Transformers Toys (1800058)
Posted by william-james88 on June 23rd, 2016 @ 7:41pm CDT

kriksix wrote:I want to want the Titans Soundwave, but so far don't. But maybe my first Blaster! he looks ace

iPad I mean tablet Soundwave mmeh mmaybe. My Soundwave shelf has high standards..

Wheelie ohmygod I want that little guy so much. and probably to go to takara for blur and scourge.andand.. oh god I haven't wanted this many Transformers, nor considered going takara, since Prime..

(and Masterpieces I'm waiting til I'm rich and then I'll GET THEM ALL)

You went Takara for Prime? Any reason why you preferred the stickers over paint apps? Or is it because you liked the extra microns?

Re: Photos from 2016 Hong Kong Trial and Play Event Featuring Upcoming TR Transformers Toys (1800084)
Posted by RiddlerJ on June 23rd, 2016 @ 8:46pm CDT

Didn't Metroplex have a gun that flipped out of his arm? I'm asking because that Max looks like he still has it. There's a red patch on his arm. But I'm probably seeing things.

Re: Photos from 2016 Hong Kong Trial and Play Event Featuring Upcoming TR Transformers Toys (1800087)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on June 23rd, 2016 @ 8:56pm CDT

RiddlerJ wrote:Didn't Metroplex have a gun that flipped out of his arm? I'm asking because that Max looks like he still has it. There's a red patch on his arm. But I'm probably seeing things.

He does not have it. It was shown that the hole and flap are still there, but the gun has been removed

Re: Photos from 2016 Hong Kong Trial and Play Event Featuring Upcoming TR Transformers Toys (1800089)
Posted by Emerje on June 23rd, 2016 @ 9:12pm CDT

fenrir72 wrote:That illustration doesn't look like Fortmax. It has two antennas on his ears like 'plex. 'max has those horn like things.

You asked if Titans Return would be given a story in the comic, that's a comic that says "Titans Return" on the cover. You asked if "warden" Fort Max would be used, that's him on the bottom looking over a bunch of dead(?) Titans.

Emerje

Re: Photos from 2016 Hong Kong Trial and Play Event Featuring Upcoming TR Transformers Toys (1800097)
Posted by DedicatedGhostArt on June 23rd, 2016 @ 10:14pm CDT

Can anyone make that artwork out as something we've seen before? I can't tell. It's something Titans Return.

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Posted by Emerje on June 23rd, 2016 @ 10:45pm CDT

SillySpringer wrote:

Can anyone make that artwork out as something we've seen before? I can't tell. It's something Titans Return.

Emerje

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Posted by Sabrblade on June 23rd, 2016 @ 10:47pm CDT

Re: Photos from 2016 Hong Kong Trial and Play Event Featuring Upcoming TR Transformers Toys (1800108)
Posted by Lucky Logician on June 23rd, 2016 @ 10:47pm CDT

Nice to see these side-by-side for a good comparison. The SDCC version has too much dark red for my tastes. The muted gray helps to break up the over-saturation. If you're into the Burning Convoy look, then he is great. But for me, I'm just afraid my eyeballs will catch fire from looking at him for too long.

Re: Photos from 2016 Hong Kong Trial and Play Event Featuring Upcoming TR Transformers Toys (1800111)
Posted by DedicatedGhostArt on June 23rd, 2016 @ 11:00pm CDT

Emerje wrote:
SillySpringer wrote:

Can anyone make that artwork out as something we've seen before? I can't tell. It's something Titans Return.

Emerje

Ahh thank you.

Re: Photos from 2016 Hong Kong Trial and Play Event Featuring Upcoming TR Transformers Toys (1800117)
Posted by Emerje on June 23rd, 2016 @ 11:12pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:

See, Fun Pub was thinking ahead when they made that Marvel Masterpiece Ratbat.

As for Sentinel vs Sentinel, I wonder why they bothered to make the top of the SDCC version's feet translucent orange like that when the rest of the gray plastic is dark red. I know they can put blocks in the molds to custom color parts, but Hasbro typically doesn't like to do that. Doesn't mater, I'm only interested in Brainstorm and Windblade, he's just an extra.

Emerje

Re: Photos from 2016 Hong Kong Trial and Play Event Featuring Upcoming TR Transformers Toys (1800128)
Posted by Gearslide on June 23rd, 2016 @ 11:53pm CDT

Do we still not know what Scrounge's tiny shuttle friend in the Computron set is called? And why is he ignored in the details for Computron? It's like Scrapmetal and ROTF Devastator all over again!

Re: Photos from 2016 Hong Kong Trial and Play Event Featuring Upcoming TR Transformers Toys (1800131)
Posted by Sabrblade on June 23rd, 2016 @ 11:57pm CDT

Gearslide wrote:Do we still not know what Scrounge's tiny shuttle friend in the Computron set is called?

It's still just Payload. No one new.

Re: Photos from 2016 Hong Kong Trial and Play Event Featuring Upcoming TR Transformers Toys (1800132)
Posted by Gearslide on June 24th, 2016 @ 12:09am CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
Gearslide wrote:Do we still not know what Scrounge's tiny shuttle friend in the Computron set is called?
It's still just Payload. No one new.

Aww. They couldn't come up with a new name? Even something like Laypoad or Loadpay?

Re: Photos from 2016 Hong Kong Trial and Play Event Featuring Upcoming TR Transformers Toys (1800135)
Posted by Sabrblade on June 24th, 2016 @ 12:14am CDT

Gearslide wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Gearslide wrote:Do we still not know what Scrounge's tiny shuttle friend in the Computron set is called?
It's still just Payload. No one new.

Aww. They couldn't come up with a new name? Even something like Laypoad or Loadpay?

It's just the same character. I don't think the toy itself even has a name in the packaging or instructions. The identity of it still being Payload was given at BotCon this year.

But, hey, it's one more new modern day toy for an obscure G1 Micromaster. Not many other Micromasters can brag about having more than one new modern day toy release. Lucky ol' Blast Master.

Re: Photos from 2016 Hong Kong Trial and Play Event Featuring Upcoming TR Transformers Toys (1800152)
Posted by peaces on June 24th, 2016 @ 4:32am CDT

are we going to get a twincast redeco of blaster?

Re: Photos from 2016 Hong Kong Trial and Play Event Featuring Upcoming TR Transformers Toys (1800155)
Posted by Kurona on June 24th, 2016 @ 5:32am CDT

peaces wrote:are we going to get a twincast redeco of blaster?

We don't know yet. Maybe if they get really money hungry, but I think Blaster getting both a retool and a redeco out of both that retool and himself is a bit harder to justify to fans than, say, Nemesis Prime and the seekers...

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Posted by Sabrblade on June 24th, 2016 @ 9:25am CDT

peaces wrote:are we going to get a twincast redeco of blaster?

Blaster's Titan Master is already named "Twin Cast", so that might be all we get.

After all, we never got a Twincast version of FOC Blaster since a blue Blaster is a already too similar to Soundwave.

Re: Photos from 2016 Hong Kong Trial and Play Event Featuring Upcoming TR Transformers Toys (1800231)
Posted by Hero Alpha on June 24th, 2016 @ 11:34am CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
peaces wrote:are we going to get a twincast redeco of blaster?
Blaster's Titan Master is already named "Twin Cast", so that might be all we get.

After all, we never got a Twincast version of FOC Blaster since a blue Blaster is a already too similar to Soundwave.

Unless they make a Twincast figure with the headmaster called Blaster

But really I think with Blaster and Soundwave literally being the same mould this time, a blue Blaster is not likely.

Re: Photos from 2016 Hong Kong Trial and Play Event Featuring Upcoming TR Transformers Toys (1800270)
Posted by Va'al on June 24th, 2016 @ 3:03pm CDT

While we have seen a video review for the upcoming Transformers Titans Return deluxe Hardhead, it was in Chinese - and thanks again to The Chosen Prime, we now have an English version too! Check it out embedded below for your viewing convenience, and let us know your thoughts in the Energon Pub.

Re: Photos from 2016 Hong Kong Trial and Play Event Featuring Upcoming TR Transformers Toys (1800271)
Posted by Va'al on June 24th, 2016 @ 3:13pm CDT

In other Titans Return news, we have another European (not for long, sigh) sighting of Deluxes and Voyagers from the latest Transformers toyline - namely, Blurr, Scourge, Hardhead, Skullsmasher and Galvatron - in Grays, Essex, UK. The store is Smyths in Lakeside, and the prices can be seen in the photo proof below, by Twitter user duck_star!

Remember, if you across any toys, help out fellow collectors by updating the Sightings database and flag it up in the forums here. Happy hunting.

Re: Photos from 2016 Hong Kong Trial and Play Event Featuring Upcoming TR Transformers Toys (1800272)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on June 24th, 2016 @ 3:21pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
peaces wrote:are we going to get a twincast redeco of blaster?
Blaster's Titan Master is already named "Twin Cast", so that might be all we get.

TakaraTomy's Twin Cast is even decoed in his signature blue, so they don't seem to have plans either.

Re: Photos from 2016 Hong Kong Trial and Play Event Featuring Upcoming TR Transformers Toys (1800273)
Posted by SeventhSage on June 24th, 2016 @ 3:22pm CDT

Can't wait to get em here in US!

Re: Photos from 2016 Hong Kong Trial and Play Event Featuring Upcoming TR Transformers Toys (1800278)
Posted by william-james88 on June 24th, 2016 @ 3:44pm CDT

Thats a rather reasonable price for Galvatron in the UK

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Posted by o.supreme on June 24th, 2016 @ 3:56pm CDT

Bet get them before they Brexit the store...

Re: Photos from 2016 Hong Kong Trial and Play Event Featuring Upcoming TR Transformers Toys (1800285)
Posted by Kurona on June 24th, 2016 @ 3:56pm CDT

Oh thank the gods they're only £1 over their Combiner Wars counterparts.

Then again I have no idea how Brexit will effect things in that department...

Re: Photos from 2016 Hong Kong Trial and Play Event Featuring Upcoming TR Transformers Toys (1800294)
Posted by Prowl4 on June 24th, 2016 @ 4:38pm CDT

No sentinel prime?

Re: Photos from 2016 Hong Kong Trial and Play Event Featuring Upcoming TR Transformers Toys (1800295)
Posted by DedicatedGhostArt on June 24th, 2016 @ 4:41pm CDT

I hope I can get Blurr from BBTS in a week or so without it going out of stock. I want to get him as soon as possible.

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Posted by Evil Eye on June 24th, 2016 @ 4:53pm CDT

SEVENTEEN QUID

Still. Good that we're getting them. I might get Galvatron, Skullcruncher and Hardhead, but given our country's habits of skipping waves (probably exacerbated severely after the Brexit made Britain great again) I won't get my hopes up for any others.

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Posted by william-james88 on June 24th, 2016 @ 5:23pm CDT

I dont get what Brexit has to do with UK distribution, isnt it handled by hasbro UK which is its own division of the company? The free trade was between the EU and UK, they dont seel TFs to oneanother last time I checked. So things should remain status quo.

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Posted by Evil Eye on June 24th, 2016 @ 5:34pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:I dont get what Brexit has to do with UK distribution, isnt it handled by hasbro UK which is its own division of the company? The free trade was between the EU and UK, they dont seel TFs to oneanother last time I checked. So things should remain status quo.

Yeah I'm not entirely sure myself, just something I keep hearing. Something to do with exchange rates.

Of course, you know what being out of the EU means? NO MORE MULTILINGUAL PACKAGING. FULL-LENGTH TEXT BIOS.

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Posted by Sabrblade on June 24th, 2016 @ 5:37pm CDT

Single-packed TR Brainstorm! - https://twitter.com/stevenganne/status/746447117481349120

Look in the back behind the Hulkbuster Iron Man and behind the My Little Pony packaging.

This person is a toy distributor for Walgreens.

Though, notice that Arcana's name has been changed to something ending in "-slor".

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Posted by Hellscream9999 on June 24th, 2016 @ 5:39pm CDT

Huh, wonder what wave he'll be stuck in, maybe a retailer exclusive?

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Posted by peaces on June 24th, 2016 @ 5:39pm CDT

walgreens in usa? does this mean tr has hit usa retail?

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Posted by Sabrblade on June 24th, 2016 @ 5:40pm CDT

Hellscream9999 wrote:Huh, wonder what wave he'll be stuck in, maybe a retailer exclusive?

Heh, imagine if this was a Walgreens exclusive. :lol:

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Posted by Hellscream9999 on June 24th, 2016 @ 5:41pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:Huh, wonder what wave he'll be stuck in, maybe a retailer exclusive?
Heh, imagine if this was a Walgreens exclusive.

Wow, that takes me back a good 15 years to when they used to sell tf's, he'd be super over-priced if that was the case though, they have horrid mark-ups :HEADHURTS: