Is this the replacement for Botcon?

Hasbro smileHasbro has applied to trademark the name “Hasbrocon”. The application was filed on  Monday, 9th of May 2016. With all the rumors that this years Botcon could well be the last, it’s not a stretch to wonder if Hasbro plans to run their own convention to promote their various brands.

Category: Organizing and conducting conventions, exhibitions, fan clubs and gatherings for entertainment purposes and in the fields of toys, animation, comic books, fantasy, gaming, popular culture, science fiction, television and film

Thanks to “Transformers at the Moon” for this information.

TILL ALL ARE ONE Will Be ‘The Most Human Of All TRANSFORMERS Books’

Till all are oneTransformers is about giant robots that can change into vehicles and other forms, but its finest moments are when these would-be automotons show their own kind of humanity. And in the new ongoing series Transformers: Till All Are One debuting this June, writer Mairghread Scott is looking to make it the most human story yet.

Set on Cybertron and the political in-fighting between Starscream and Windblade to craft a new era for Transformers on Cybertron and beyond, the series has a broader scope than any Transformers series before. Picking up thematically from her last series, Transformers: Windblade, Scott and artist Sara Pitre-Durocher are looking to delve deeper into the heart of being a Transformer.

Read the full interview at Newsarama’s website, here.

Hasbro Announces TF:RID’s Autobot August

hasbro-brand-tfCalling all Autobots! Get ready to roll out with great new products and exciting new entertainment for TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE this AUTOBOT AUGUST!

Kicking off a fall full of amazing events, AUTOBOT AUGUST celebrates the return of TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE season one to Cartoon Network on August 22, as well as the launch of the exclusive line of “CLASH OF THE TRANSFORMERS” toys at Toys “R” Us stores and the release of the MINI-CONS product line to all major retailers. And that’s just the beginning, as September sees the debut of the two-part season finale of TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE on Cartoon Network and the epic return of everyone’s favorite Autobot! Continue reading Hasbro Announces TF:RID’s Autobot August

HasbroToyShop.com Has SDCC-Exclusives Online Now

devastator-300As of right now, 11am PDT, our friendly neighborhood HasbroToyShop website has all 3 of the SDCC 2015 exclusive sets available at their convention prices. These pieces may or may not last long, so if you want ’em, now is your last chance to get them directly.

KREO Transformers Cybertron Class of ’85 Yearbook – read our official review here (tl;dr – yay, rad!)

Transformers Generations Combiner Wars Combiner Hunters Figure Set – read our official review here (tl;dr – better than expected)

Transformers Generations Combiner Wars Devastator Set – read our official review here (tl;dr – huge, awesome combiner)

TFv’s SDCC Hasbro Transformers Team Interview

hasbro-brand-tfAt this year’s San Diego Comic Con, TFviews was invited to conduct a ten-minute interview with Hasbro Transformers team members Jerry Jivoin (Transformers senior brand director of marketing and toy develoment) and John Warden (Transformers design manager), the only restriction being that we had to publish it verbatim… which is our policy anyway, so of course we agreed. Friend of the site Maradona conducted this interview earlier today at the Hasbro booth in the SDCC exhibit hall. Despite someone screaming in the background, because it wouldn’t be Comic-Con without someone being inappropriately in your space one way or another, TFviews.com presents our interview with the Hasbro Transformers. Continue reading TFv’s SDCC Hasbro Transformers Team Interview