Hasbro Pulse and Walmart have posted official images and product information for the next wave of Retro G1 figures featuring G1 sculpts with decos inspired by the 1986 animated film. This wave is particularly exciting as it features Hound, a G1 sculpt that has only seen limited reissues in the past couple decades.
The HasLab campaign for Deathsaurus continues to move forward. Up until now we have only seen grey model images of the Destron leader. Now thanks to Hasbro Pulse on Facebook we have our first look at digitally colored renders! These images give us an idea of the deco and tampos that will be applied to the figure for its final release. Check them out in the gallery below and if you haven't funded Deathsaurus yet, you can do so on Has
In the 80's, there was a G1 Unicron action figure planned but the toy was never released. Of course, in time there would be several releases of Unicron in various forms including the Armada figure which was given many redecos over time and of course the most recent HasLab Unicron release. However, looming in the background of all these releases was the "ghost" of the G1 release. Sure it was kind of silly looking with its giant round body and wei
In the Japanese exclusive series Victory, fans were introduced to the Emperor of Destruction known as Deathsaurus! This powerful Destron/Decepticon transformed from a powerful robot to a giant Space Chicken Kaiju and was partnered with two "Breastmasters" Tigerbreast & Eaglebreast. During the the Prime Wars trilogy fans had the chance to vote for Deathsaurus being made into (presumably) a Leader Class figure at the time, but that never came to pass.
Today you can check out the second part of my interview with the amazing Paul Eiding. Check it out in the embed below:
In 2018 Wal-Mart stores in the United States began to release a series of Generation One reissues. Many were packaged in retro-style boxes and cards giving them an extra boost of nostalgia.
In 1986, a promotional mailer was sent out to Transformers fans for the animated theatrical movie. This mailer included a mini-poster, artwork and even the opportunity to order figures! Check out my scans and info about this artifact.
In 1986, the first theatrical Transformers movie was released. Leading up to it there were different types of promotions including a pamphlet/order form that you could get through the mail by sending in an order form, a ticket stub from the film and $1 USD. Of course, Hasbro wanted to promote the toys too, so the order form also allowed you to mail order special "Movie Editions" of Optimus Prime and Megatron, the S.T.A.R.S.
