BotCon 2013 Reveals Show Exclusives

On their Facebook page, BotCon revealed the show souvenir exclusves right before the club store opened to sell them to throngs of waiting fans. Available are: Thundercracker/Mirage 2-pack (limited to 2000) Sandstorm/Electron 2-pack (limited to 2000) Rainmakers 3-pack (Sunstorm, Bitstream, Hotlink, limited to 2500) Kreon 5-pack (Kreon figures of the box set characters, limited to 1500) Along with yesterday’s revelation of the attendee-exclusive Starscream and the customization class Blastcharge Strika, we now know all of the exclusive toys available at the show.  In addition, BotCon showed a new War of Machines lithograph, featuring this years characters; what look like trading

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Hasbro Invites Kids and Fans to Create New Transformers Character

HASBRO INVITES KIDS AND FANS TO CREATE NEW TRANSFORMERS CHARACTER Opening Globally Today, the “Fan Built Bot” Poll Kicks-Off Celebration of the Iconic Brand’s 30th Anniversary by Allowing Fans to Create New Transformers Character   Pawtucket, R.I. (April 18, 2013) — For the first time in history, the Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS) TRANSFORMERS brand is inviting fans of all ages around the globe to help create a new TRANSFORMERS character that will be forever added to the TRANSFORMERS world. In anticipation of the TRANSFORMERS’ brand 30th anniversary in 2014, the “Fan Built Bot” Poll kicks off today, and will run through May 5th on TRANSFORMERS.com/vote. Hasbro invites

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