Collaborative

Via the Official Transformers Facebook Page, Hasbro has posted images of the upcoming Collaborative series crossover between the X-Men and Transformers franchises!  This is not the first time the two brands have crossed.  About a decade ago there was an entire line of Marvel/Transformers crossover figures that featured characters such as Wolverine.  However, it has been a long time since the two brands have met.  This new figure appears to be a new sculpt with a lot of callbacks to X-Men lore including Blast Effects that look like Wolverine's cla

Following today's Hasbro Pulse Live Stream, Hasbro has passed on the official images and product description for the upcoming Ghostbusters Afterlife version of Ectotron!  Check out the info and photos below:

Hasbro Pulse has been holding live streams on Fridays to reveal upcoming products, switching between brands from week to week.  Today their live stream was a "triple play" including Transformers!  The three reveals for today were:

• Collaborative "Afterlife" Ectotron
• Studio Series B-127 (Cybertronian Bumblebee)
• Studio Series Dino

Here are some notes I took during the session:

Ahead of Hasbro's live stream at 11am ET today, IGN has revealed that the Collaborative series will be getting a new addition: a redeco and retool of Ectotron!   The robot mode will feature a new head sculpt with the character's goggles "down" and a mouthplate deployed.  Meanwhile, the vehicle mode features some "wear" calling back to the Ecto-1's appearance in the upcoming Ghostbusters: Afterlife film!  There also appears to be a new six armed gh

It's been quite a while since I have posted a brand new review so I am happy to present my first post-relaunch review: "Collaborative" Gigawatt!  Check out my review of this awesome crossover between Back to the Future and Transformers.

General Information:
Release Date: October 2020
Price Point: $29.99 (depending on retailer)
Retailer: Limited Release (Amazon, Gamestop, Hasbro Pulse, Target, Walmart etc.)
Accessories: Lighting rod/whip, "Mr. Fusion" generator, rifle

Starting with its 35th Anniversary, the Transformers brand crossed over with the Ghostbusters franchise to introduce the "Collaborative" series. This series follows the tradition of lines like Star Wars Transformers in bringing together a known brand with the Transformers toy line for some unique action figures.