Hasbro Brings Some Extra G1 Goodness to Combiner Wars

In the event your Combiner Wars Superion and Menasor aren’t G1 enough for you, Hasbro has made your day with the announcement of two additional Combiner Wars deluxe figures. These…

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Happy ‘Birthday’ Transformers!

28 years ago today, my world changed. The Transformers cartoon series debuted September 17th, 1984 – 28 years ago! To commemorate the occasion – enjoy the opening and closing sequence…

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Transformers Generations rumor mill

Based on some listings in the Wal-Mart computer system, potential news of 2 classic G1 characters making an appearance in the Generations line appeared this weekend.  The listings are for…

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Several unreleased G1 bios now published

This is easily the best thing I’ve read all day, granted its 6:30 AM, but this is likely to stay on top for awhile.  Over on Disciples of Boltax there…

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Someone owns a G1 Unicron!

The original Transformers: the Movie introduced Unicron to the Transformers mythology, however it was over 20 years later until he was available at your local Mega-mart.  A G1 Unicron was…

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Bye-bye Galvatron

A few weeks ago, Japan saw the release of the ‘Challenge at Cybertron’ 3 pack featuring G1-inspired decos on Transformers Universe Hot Rod, Cyclonus and Galvatron.  The internet was abuzz…

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New Kabaya candy Transformers

A second set of G1 inspired Kabaya candy toys have been announced for release in Japan.  This set features a small Ultra Magnus, Prowl, and Jetfire.  A picture of the…

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Pedaking Re-reissue announced

The big news coming out of the Tokyo Toy show is that Takara-Tomy are planning a 2nd reissue of Predaking.  This reissue is expected in the fall of this year…

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First Pics of US Masterpiece Grimlock

Coming later this year to a Toys R Us near you is the Hasbro edition of Masterpiece Grimlock.  The first pics have surfaced over on the ACToys message board and…

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Figure of the Day 67 – Overkill

Overkill Series: Transformers Availability: 1987 Comments: One of Soundwave’s faithful companions, Overkill transforms from dinosaur to cassette!  Overkill was packaged and released with Slugfest, another dinosaur cassette figure. The G1…

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Figure of the Day 64 – Robot Heroes Soundwave

Soundwave Series: Robot Heroes Availability: 2006 Comments: They’re small.  They’re cute.  They’re deformed.  They’re robots in disguise – sort of.  Robot Heroes fill that niche of super deformed cute toys…

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Figure of the Day 60 – Grimlock

Grimlock Series: Heroes of Cybertron Availability: 2003 Comments: In the early 2000’s Japanese Transformers fans were treated to a line of Transformers PVC figures, Super Collection Figure (SCF).  These figures…

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Figure of the Day 54 – Ravage

Ravage Series: Transformers Universe Release Date: 2009 Comments: To celebrate the 25th anniversary of G1 Transformers, HASBRO revamped its Universe line and packed it full of G1 goodness.  Universe really…

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Figure of the Day 51 – Choro Q Rodimus Prime

Rodimus Prime Series: Choro-Q Transformers Release Date: 2001 Comments: Some of my favorite Transformers items are things I’ve imported from Japan.  There items are released without them having to be…

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Figure of the Day 37 – Swerve

Swerve Series: Transformers: Generation 1 Release Date: 1986 Comments:   Recently reissued by Takakara/Tomy in a minibot multi-pack, Swerve is a remold of Gears – one of the original 1984 minibots….

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