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February 15, 2019 Phil

Toy Fair 2019: Hasbro Announces Transformers/Ghostbusters Ecto-1

“Dogs and cats, living together — Mass Hysteria!” That was pretty much the reaction this morning when the brand new HasbroPulse.com suddenly provided an item listing for an 80’s Kid’s Crossover Dream: An official Transformers Ecto-1 from GHOSTBUSTERS! Ectotron is a collaboration between Hasbro, Takara, Columbia Pictures, and General Motors to produce a robot that converts into the hearse-turned-ghostbusting-vehicle from the popular movie that surely can’t be turning thirty five years old…. Holy cow. This is nuts. This is amazing. This is Ecto Cooler returning Big. To top it off, IDW announced a five part miniseries featuring Ectotron that will

March 6, 2017 Phil

Toy Fair 2017 — “Transformers: The Last Knight” Crew Visit Hasbro Showroom

Transformers: The Last Knight stars Mark Wahlberg, Josh Duhamel, Isabela Moner, Laura Haddock, director Michael Bay and producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura visited Hasbro’s New York Toy Fair Showroom last month. We’re a bit delayed with these pictures, but please enjoy them now!

February 20, 2017 Phil

Toy Fair 2017 – Day 2 Coverage

Day two is up! We have our Hasbro Transformers press kit images as well as our showroom galleries from Mattel, Bandai, Tomy, Cryptozoic Entertainment, Dark Horse, Diamond Select Toys, Fascinations, Good Smile Company, Hearts for Hearts Girls, Playmobil, Square Enix, The Loyal Subjects, and Tonnder Doll Company! And we got more Four Hourseman/Mythic Legions pictures, too! Find it all at http://toyfair17.asmzine.com!

February 19, 2017 Phil

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!

February 17, 2017 Phil

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

February 12, 2016 Phil

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

February 17, 2015 Phil

Four with Phil – Episode 4: Feelin’ Fairly Good

In this episode, Phil talks about Toy Fair 2015. What, did you expect something else? [youtube id=” MR-xRkzXVuI” align=”center”] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= MR-xRkzXVuI Download the MP3 (5 MB)

February 17, 2014 Phil

Toy Fair 2014 – Hasbro’s Transformers – Video Demos

Hasbro’s Transformers – Video Demos At the Hasbro Preview Party, Matthew Greenbaum of ASM was able to get some video demos of Bumblebee and Grimlock transforming, and in the latter, get sound effects as well. Take a look below, and be sure to see our Transformers show room pictures as well as press images! [youtube id=”-J0RUOFUw9A” mode=”normal” align=”center”] [youtube id=”IFJUgvIyTJs” mode=”normal” align=”center”]

January 29, 2014 Phil

Mezco Reveals 2014 Toy Fair Limited Edition Collectible: Breaking Bad Walter White Figure

As a prelude to next month’s Toy Fair show, Mezco Toys revealed their exclusive show figure – Walter White from “Breaking Bad”. Because Toy Fair is not open to the general public, Mezco will be making this figure available via their website, although quantities will be limited. The link to order is http://www.mezcotoyz.com/mezco-2014-toy-fair-catalog-figure. See images below and the full press release after the jump.

February 11, 2013 Phil

Toy Fair 2013 – Day 2 Recap – LEGO, Mattel, Bandai, Playmates, Diamond Select

We’re in the middle of Day 3 of Toy Fair pictures, but let’s turn the clock back a few hours and see what we unveiled during the hour of the wolf (sorry, a Song of Ice and Fire reference there….). Yesterday, our big galleries were for three of the biggest companies at the show – LEGO, Mattel, and Bandai, plus some Playmates and Diamond Select Toys thrown in. From LEGO, we saw new Galaxy Force, new Lord of the Rings, more Star Wars, and the debut of The Lone Ranger. We also saw DUPLO, Creator, Castle, City, and lots more.