2023

General Information:
Release Date: May 2023
Price Point: $34.97 (Depending on retailer)
Retailer: General Release (International), Walmart Exclusive (United States)
Accessories: Rifle

Cheetor is brave, loyal and ULTRA fast making him one of Optimus Primal's most valued Maximal warriors.  Check out my review and gallery of the "Buzzworthy Bumblebee" Cheetor from the Jungle Mission 3-Pack!

General Information:
Release Date: March 2023
Price Point: $54.99 (3 Pack Price)
Retailer: Target Exclusive (boxed set)
Accessories: Tail/weapon, Blaster

One of the most fun parts of the Rise of the Beasts toy line has been the beast-based Battle Masters such as Skullcruncher.  Sure we had plenty of Battle Masters to buy for a while during the War for Cybertron trilogy but most of them did not have beast modes.  Now thanks to K.I.D. Toy we have stock photos of one (final?) Battle Master: Airazor!   No telling when this will hit North American shelves just yet.  For now, enjoy the photos in the gallery below.

Rise of the Beasts is a fun movie with action sequences that move at a rapid pace.  During the climactic battle towards the end of the film the Maximals transform into their robot modes to battle Unicron's Predacon and Terrorcon forces.  While Rhinox does appear in robot mode in a couple scenes, we never really get a good look at him.  Now thanks to concept artist Furio Tedeschi on Instagram we have a look at his concept art for Rhinox!  According to his description, he used Beast Wars Rhinox as a starting point and i

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NEW PRE-ORDERS
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After a relatively long period of silence, Hasbro Pulse has posted an update for backers of the Deathsaurus HasLab!  In the video, Transformers team member Evan shows off the “EP1” (Engineering Pilot) Deathsaurus.  In the video Evan takes us through various features of the figure and even shows off its full transformation into his Space Chicken Kaiju mode!

The Rise of the Beasts toy line debuted months before the film hit theaters.  The line introduced different play patterns including Battle Masters and Beast Combiners.   Back in April, it was revealed by other sites that a future Beast Combiner set would team up Optimus Prime with a LioConvoy inspired beast named Lionblade.  Now thanks to Canadian retailer

In a surprise reveal, Hasbro has launched pre-orders of the next Collaborative Transformers set!  This time out it is a new G.I. Joe/Transformers set featuring Soundwave transforming into the Dreadnok Thunder Machine with Ravage, Zartan & Zarana!  Check out the official images and info below along with links to order the set (and support BWTF)!

**PRESS RELEASE**

NEW TRANSFORMERS VIDEO GAME ANNOUNCED - THE FIRST TO BE BASED ON HIT ANIMATED SERIES ‘TRANSFORMERS: EARTHSPARK’
 
Play as Bumblebee in ‘TRANSFORMERS: EARTHSPARK - Expedition’ Launching on Consoles and PC Globally Later This Year