At WonderCon this weekend, Hasbro held their first toy panel at this west coast convention, and TFviews was invited out to Hasbro’s after-panel meet and greet event to check out some new products and ask some questions. Check ’em out after the break.
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The Transformers 40th Anniversary is coming in 2024, and Hasbro has revealed the Generation 1 (G1) toys will be unleashed to their licensing partners. The company will be giving them 3D model files of the classic action figures to reissue original licensed products. The initiative, driven by original artwork, will be focused on classic and reimagined products. Casey Collins, President of Licensed Consumer Products at Hasbro, shared the following with Toy Book recently:
We will start the year by celebrating the landmark 40th anniversary of Transformers by providing our licensees with 3D files of the original G1 toys for the first time ever,” Collins says. “With this, our partners will be able to reissue original licensed products and reimagined innovations leveraging the authentic vintage artwork from the G1 toy line and Marvel comics. Pulling it all together, we’re digitally releasing the ‘80s animated TV series soundtrack with an exciting bonus track that taps into nostalgia and re-creates the excitement, tone, and pop culture moments of 1984.
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“With the Allspark missing, and the Ark marooned in deep space, Optimus Prime and the surviving Autobots run a desperate race against time while they contend against an independent group of Transformers called the Mercenaries, as well as the wrath of a desperate Megatron. Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy – Earthrise, coming December 30, only on Netflix.”
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Portions of the classic G1 Transformers cartoon soundtrack have been released on YouTube as part of Hasbro’s Soundtrack Saturdays. They can be found on Hasbro’s official Tranformers YouTube channel. The soundtrack was released on vinyl a few years ago and features music by Robert J. Walsh, Johnny Douglas, Anne Bryant and Ford Kinder.
Anthony Hopkins, who will be appearing in the upcoming fifth Transformers live-action movie, had a few thoughts about a car chase scene in which he was involved.
“I had two American stunt drivers who were crazy,” he told Men’s Health magazine. “I had to sit in this kind of jet car. It was a low seat, hard to get into the damn thing. So they strap you in, you take a deep breath, here we go, and, ‘Action!’
“And then there are these helicopters flying low, which is scary, and you’re doing 80 miles through the Admiralty Arch (in London). Of course something could go wrong. You could get killed, I guess. But I come from the school of ‘just get on with it.'”
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