Botcon 2013 Coverage – Hasbro Panel

June 29th, 2013 – TFviews is here at Botcon in San Diego, California to cover the Transformers news at the Hasbro panel. No photos are allowed at the panel, so it’s all descriptions from here.

11am PDT – Live panel coverage starts now, keep checking back for more info as it comes in.

Hasbro thanking digital partners like TF Legends and Universe, and TF Prime.

– Custom Kreons sneak peak – packs of Kreons that come with additional pieces to create your own special figure.

– TF Prime Beast Hunters – 2014 Legion, Divebomb is an Autobot Defector and a Yankee fan, refuses to combine with the other guys. Rot Gut, “greatest name ever”, severe acid reflex, battle belch. Ace Vehicon is sparkling white and fights autobots and stains. Bluestreak “sounds a lot Shaggy”. Blue body with white upper and green stuff.

Commander – Unicron Megatron is gold and purple and yellow. Ultra Magnus. Bludegon is a remold of Shockwave, comes with sword. (…more)

San Diego Comic-Con Interview with Hasbro

Last week at Comic-Con International in San Diego, Hasbro was gracious enough to give us here at TFviews.com an official interview with the Transformers brand management team shortly after what could arguably be called their best panel presentation ever – thanks largely to a angrily-passionate crowd, a responsive panel, and technical difficulties with the slideshow (you wouldn’t think that’d be a recipe for success, but it was more fun and more informative than any this reporter has ever seen before). TFv got to sit down with Aaron Archer and Jerry Jivoin (alliteration at Comic-Con is a must!) and ask them the following questions culled from our readers.

Hasbro’s time was limited, so we jumped right into the questions…

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Transformers Prime Q&A is Here

Last month, Hasbro invited us to submit a question to the TF: Prime cartoon’s producers. The answer was sent back today, just in time for the season premiere of Transformers Prime on The Hub. Keep reading for the answer…

TFviews.com: What is the goal of Transformers: Prime – beyond just capitalizing upon the movie series’ audience momentum, why was TF:Prime created? On its own merits, what is it trying to say, what effect is it trying to have on TF fans, is there an intention to sustain it as a series? (…more)

TF: Prime Q&A Coming Up, What Should We Ask?

As we at TFV participate in Hasbro’s Transformers Q&A program, we’ve been invited to ask this Friday, January 21st, 1 question of the TF: Prime production teams. This is an exciting opportunity, but only 1 question about the newest Transformers show means we need to figure out what’s the best question to ask. And fast! So please participate in the TF:Prime Q&A thread we’ve got going on, and check back for the answer on February 7th.

Hasbro Correction to Q&A Continuity Answer

Hasbro has sent out a correction to the fan community over a recent answer they gave about what continuity TF:Prime is in. Click in to read their statement.
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Hasbro Answers to TFviews Questions #14

Our readers came up with these 2 questions to send in a month ago, and today Hasbro has supplied us the answers. To what does Hasbro attribute the popularity of G1? And why vehicle-only drones in the PCC line? Click in to read ‘em.
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Hasbro Answers to TFviews Questions #13

Our readers came up with these 2 questions to send in on September 13th, and today Hasbro has supplied us the answers. Will there be movie 1 & 2 character updates in the movie 3 line? And how are Transformers addressing overly-complicated transformations? Click in to read ‘em. (…more)

Hasbro Answers to TFviews Questions #12

Our readers came up with these 2 questions to send in on August 9th, and today Hasbro has supplied us the  answers. Are there figures that get planned for repaints but don’t make it? And what’s up with bendy sword accessories? Click in to read ‘em. (…more)

Hasbro Answers to TFviews Questions #11

Our readers came up with these 2 questions to send in on June 28th, and Hasbro has supplied us the  answers. Who is Optimus’ best friend, Dion or Jazz? And what’s up with Thundercracker? Click in to read ‘em. (…more)

Hasbro Answers to TFviews Questions #10

Our readers came up with these 2 questions to send in on May 2nd, and Hasbro has supplied us the  answers. Click in to read ’em. (…more)