Toy Fair 2019 – Hasbro Transformers Siege

After an absence of a few years, ASM is proud to present pictures from Hasbro’s Toy Fair show room!  Our thanks to Steve Kushnir for taking these photos! To kick off our Hasbro coverage, let’s begin with our favorite toy line here, Transformers!  Specifically, let’s start with Transformers: War for Cybertron – Siege.  Appearing on shelves late last year (or early this year, depending on your distribution), this is a brand new storyline for Transformers.  The first part, Siege, takes place on the “last day on Cybertron”, and features Transformers in the thick of battle, with … Cybertronian modes (you

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Toy Fair 2019 – Hasbro Announces More Transformers Cyberverse Toys

Ahead of their Media Day at Toy Fair 2019, Hasbro posted pictures to their social media accounts revealing more Transformers Cyberverse toys! Some of these were shown earlier this week, but some are new! We had already seen Ark Power Optimus Prime and some of the other Spark Armor toys, but today we were shown a new Gnaw (time to get a new horde!), a Scraplet (time to get another new horde!) and Alpha Trion! Check out the new pictures!

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Toy Fair 2019: Transformers on TV

SPOILERS FOR TRANSFORMERS CYBERVERSE! In conjunction with Toy Fair 2019, Hasbro made two announcements regarding Transformers on your TV (or phone or tablet or computer or whatever will be used next year). First, “Transformers Cyberverse” has been given a second season, debuting Fall 2019. A trailer was posted on YouTube, and in addition to the cast we saw in Season 1, we saw some very interesting new characters…. Lugnut! Lockdown! …CHEETOR??? Whoa. Looks like I need to get caught up on this show so I know what’s going on come Fall! Here’s the details on the new season: Season 2,

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Toy Fair Australia – Hasbro Reveals Misfire and Slugslinger

Well, this is a surprise!  Over the weekend, Hasbro revealed MISFIRE and SLUGSLINGER down under at Toy Fair Australia, which you can see at our friend Ben Yee’s website, BWTF.com.  On Monday, they sent over some press images, which we’ve uploaded to the gallery.  After the break, you can read the press release regarding these figures.  They look great!  Fine additions to the Titans Return line of Transformers, they are.  

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Toy Fair 2017 – Day 1 Coverage

Day one is up! We have galleries from LEGO, Kotobukiya, Big Chief Studios, Bluefin Entertainment, Bif Bang Pow, DC Collectibles, Four Horsemen, IAmElemental, Playmates, Mezco Toyz, NECA, Quantum Mechanix, Super7, and McFarlane Toys! Check out http://toyfair17.asmzine.com for all the goodness!

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Toy Fair 2017: Hasbro Reveals Trypticon

Hello, folks! In a prelude to the opening of Toy Fair 2017 tomorrow, Hasbro sent out a press release and images of the upcoming Titans Class Trypticon! This robotic dinosaur is faithful to his Generation One counterpart but has been upgraded to Titan Master technology.  Full-Tilt is now a full size Deluxe figure with robot mode and Necro Titan Master head/figure. Plus, Trypticon can eat other Titan Master figures, and you can retrieve them from his stomach. Gross. Below is the official press release as well as pictures, plus a picture released today on Hasbro’s Twitter account. We will see

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Toy Fair 2016 – What I Want To See

Toy Fair is upon us once again, and it seems more than ever, there are fewer surprises, what with official reveals promised to various media outlets and leaked images popping up everywhere.  So, this post is not truly 100% prediction or speculation — this is what I hope to see this weekend. HASBRO TRANSFORMERS – We know we’re going to see Titans Return all over the place. So, I want to see Powermaster Prime and Fortress Maximus on display, as well as Victorion. And then give me Headmasters galore – I want to see the new Hardhead and Brainstorm. I

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