On June 23, 2022 Hasbro Pulse held a Transformers Fanstream showing off a bunch of upcoming products! You can check out the video in the embed below. Here's a quick round up and gallery of screen shots of what was revealed today!
Today's "Transformers Tuesday" announcement has revealed that this Thursday, March 24, 2022 will be the "Walmart Collectors Con". Here is what Hasbro posted on Facebook:
Walmart and Hasbro Pulse have posted pre-orders for the R.E.D. [Robot Enhanced Design] Optimus Primal and Reformatting Megatron figures! Optimus Primal is based on his appearance in the 90's Beast Wars cartoon while Megatron calls back to the fateful scene where Unicron begins changing Megatron into Galvatron. Check out the product descriptions and images below!
The Transformers R.E.D. series continues with Wave 2 including Cheetor! Check out my review and gallery of this Ultra Gear Maximal!
General Information:
Release Date: March 2021
Price Point: $19.99 (depending on retailer)
Retailer: Walmart Exclusive
Accessories: Hands (Open) x 2, Fists x 2, Hands (Weapon holding) x 2, Blaster, Energon Crystal, Blast Effects x 2
In late 2020, Hasbro launched the Transformers R.E.D. (Robot Enhanced Design) line as a Walmart exclusive series. These non-transforming figures focus on sculpting, articulation and accessories. Today BWTF opens up this section with a review and gallery of Arcee based on the character from Transformers: Prime!
General Information:
Release Date: March 2021
Price Point: $19.99 (depending on retailer)
Retailer: Walmart Exclusive
Accessories: Fists x 2, Blasters x 2, Blades x 2, Slash Effects x 2, Energon Cube
With an emphasis on articulation, sculpting and accessories, Transformers: R.E.D. (Robot Enhanced Design) continues the tradition of non-transforming figures from the past such as Heroes of Cybertron. Primarily a Wal-Mart exclusive line, these were also made available via Hasbro Pulse.
It is no secret that store exclusives can be difficult to obtain at retail in the best of times. With the Covid-19 pandemic and disruption in supply lines have made it even more difficult to obtain exclusives. In an interesting move Hasbro Pulse has opened up a "Partner Exclusives" section that appears to be geared towards offering items that were once only offered at certain venues. Among the items being offered are Wave 1 of the Transformers R.E.D. figures which are currently Walmart exclusives. The listed
Earlier this month Hasbro revealed R.E.D. Bumblebee and Starscream and now you can pre-order them on Walmart's site! Bumblebee is listed for a June 3 release while Starscream is listed for June 7. Check out the product descriptions and official images below (with links to the order pages).