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Hasbro Pulse’s Transformers team did their first out of four fanstreams this month. They’ll be holding one each Thursday at 11 a.m. in honor of the 40th anniversary of Transformers. (#Transformers40) This week, they announced 40th anniversary-themed merchandise, including t-shirts, headphones, and a New Zealand mint coin, as well as spoke about some of the new retailer-exclusive 2-packs that just went up for preorder. Here’s the full recap:
2001 Omega Prime HasLab: Announcement that it’s fully funded, with a reminder that it ends in one week.
- CAD Render: Two missiles now instead of one. White barrels will be 5mm ports, end in 3mm port for blast effects. When converted to robot mode, they’ll store on his back.
- Click here to see Brian Brink’s charts of its progress
- Click here to back it.
40th Anniversary Merch:
- T-shirts and sweatshirt designs:
- Different artwork, including G1 artwork, 40th anniversary logos, comic-book inspired art, classic box art, and more
- All available on Amazon
Three Zero Animation Designs:Â Pre-order info coming soon.
- Optimus Prime: Accessories include 5 sets of alternative hands, Energon axe, and ion blaster. Posable.
- Megatron: Accessories include a fusion cannon
- Bumblebee: Accessories include an alternate head (battle mask face) and blaster. Very posable.
FigPin XL: Doing XL pins inspired by the G1 box art. More info to come later.
New Zealand Mint:
- Making two different mints based on original Transformers #1 cover.
- Front side is graphic printed with 40th anniversary logo and first cover badge and band
- Can get either a $10 or a $2 piece of pure silver from NZ mint which has King Charles III on it
- Packing includes an outer box and display piece
- More information coming soon
Dynamite Entertainment:
- Will be making collectible trading cards to celebrate 40th anniversary
- Includes 2 foil packs and a bonus foil card
- Comes with a box to collect the series in
- More information coming soon
JLab Tech:
- Making headphones and earbuds
- Headphones will options for red Autobot logo or purple Decepticon logo
- Can find more information here: https://www.jlab.com/blogs/news/transform-and-rollout-jlab-tech-meets-transformers
Studio Series:
- ’86 Autobot Blaster and Eject Set:
- Studio series Target exclusive with limited quantities up on Hasbro Pulse
- Already up for pre-order with a March 31, 2024 release
- Celebrates the animation design
- Brighter red colors, grays instead of black, white face
- Eject is molded in a solid color instead of the original translucent one
Mayhem Attack Squad packs:
- Windsweeper/Breakdown Nemesis 2-pack:
- Amazon exclusive with limited quantities available on Hasbro Pulse
- Already up for pre-order with an August 1, 2024 release
- Windsweeper
- Redeco of Needlenose with new alt head
- Comes with two Target Masters, Ozone and Cleansweep
- Breakdown
- Had head built into the mold of Bulkhead
- Comes with hand mace
- Chop Shop/Barrage 2-pack
- Amazon exclusive with limited quantities available on Hasbro Pulse
- Already up for pre-order with an August 1, 2024 release
- Redecos and partials of Bombshell and Sharpnell
- Malleus Minotaurus has Solus Prime logo on forehead
- Hammer has blast effects
Up next week:
- “A bunch” of product and retailer exclusives
- New character reveals
