Toy News

It may not be "Transformers Tuesday" but today has brought fans two new exciting preorders!  Hasbro has released preorders for Age of the Primes Sentinel Prime (based on his comic book appearance) and a 3-Pack featuring Bluestreak, Mirage and the long awaited reissue of Ironhide!  Notably, the Mirage figure features significant retooling from its previous two versions.  and all the figures feature decos more in line with their G1 animated counterparts.

Thanks to Takara Tomy Mall, we now have official photos and info for the recently revealed New Legends Nemesis Star Convoy!  Check out the info and pics below mirrored from Takara Tomy Mall.  You can reserve your copy of this figure at BWTF sponsor BigBadToyStore using this link (which helps support BWTF).

The 64th Shizuoka Hobby Show has kicked off and two intrepid fans have made their way to the show and posted several photos with surprise reveals!  Thanks to @digitamin and @horaieso on Twitter/X we have photos of the following reveals:

The 64th Shizuoka Hobby Show has begun in Japan and Takara Tomy has begun showing off several new reveals at its booth!  Among them is a figure that was teased all the way back in February: Optimus Prime!   Below I've mirrored Takara Tomy's post on Twitter/X:

Takara Tomy Mall has posted an official listing for Missing Link Ironhide!  First teased about a week ago, this is our best look at its various forms and items included with the figure.  Unlike most of the Missing Link line thus far, this figure "reimagines" a G1-era cartoon-accurate Ironhide toy instead of taking the original G1 toy design and giving it articulation.  Check out the pics below and share your thoughts about it on the BWTF Facebook

Hasbro has sent BWTF photos and info of the upcoming Collaborative "Hot Wheels x Transformers" figures.  Two will be wide releases and a red redeco Twin Mill will be a Target exclusive!  Preorders for these figures will go up at 1PM ET today.  Check out the info and pics below:

Thanks to the Official Takara Tomy Twitter/X feed, we now have a good look at the upcoming New Legends Nemesis Star Convoy!  This is a redeco of the Star Convoy/Star Optimus Prime figure in traditional Nemesis Prime colors including black and metallic teal colors.  The Hot Rod Core Class figure has been replaced with a redeco of Legacy Shockwave in colors seemingly inspired by Energon Shockblast!   Takara Tomy has not revealed a ton of info yet

Thanks to the Official Takara Tomy Twitter/X page, we now have a full look at the upcoming Missing Link Ironhide figure.  Unlike previous Missing Link figures, this one has taken liberties with the G1 design and radically redesigned the figure so it has elements of both the G1 toy and animation model.  This is a fairly radical departure from what Missing Link has been so far, which is mostly figures that look like the G1 toy but with added articulation.

From Takara Tomy's post:

**Press Release**

During CCXP Mexico, Hasbro unveiled new TRANSFORMERS Studio Series figures based on the iconic characters from THE TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE (1986)!  The new figures will be available for pre-order beginning April 28 at 1PM ET on Hasbro Pulse and other participating retailers.