{"id":1615,"date":"2013-04-19T12:46:36","date_gmt":"2013-04-19T20:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/?p=1615"},"modified":"2013-04-25T10:20:11","modified_gmt":"2013-04-25T18:20:11","slug":"1615","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/toysandcollectibles\/1615","title":{"rendered":"Hasbro Invites Fans to Create New Transformers Character"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"hasbro-brand-tf\"For the first time in its history, Hasbro has unveiled a program in which Transformers fans can help create an all-new Transformers character that will be introduced into the brand’s rich lore forever, including an action figure in next year’s “Thrilling 30” anniversary line as well as appear in official Transformers comic books.\u00c2\u00a0
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HASBRO INVITES KIDS AND FANS TO CREATE NEW TRANSFORMERS CHARACTER<\/b><\/p>\n

Opening Globally Today, the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Fan Built Bot\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Poll Kicks-Off Celebration of the Iconic Brand\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 30th<\/sup>\u00c2\u00a0Anniversary by Allowing Fans to Create New Transformers Character
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Pawtucket, R.I. (April 18, 2013)<\/b>\u00c2\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u201d For the first time in history, the\u00c2\u00a0Hasbro, Inc.<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0(NASDAQ: HAS) TRANSFORMERS brand is inviting fans of all ages around the globe to help create a new TRANSFORMERS character that will be forever added to the TRANSFORMERS world. In anticipation of the TRANSFORMERS\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 brand 30th<\/sup>\u00c2\u00a0anniversary in 2014, the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Fan Built Bot\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Poll kicks off today, and will run through May 5th<\/sup>\u00c2\u00a0on\u00c2\u00a0TRANSFORMERS.com\/vote<\/a>. Hasbro invites fans to vote daily to shape this new TRANSFORMERS character. The new character will be made into an action figure featured in the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Thrilling 30\u00e2\u20ac\u009d line of toys to celebrate the anniversary.<\/p>\n

Hasbro is giving kids and fans the opportunity to make the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Fan Built Bot\u00e2\u20ac\u009d character with votes determining everything from being an AUTOBOT or DECEPTICON\u00e2\u20ac\u201dto its vehicle or other mode, color, personality and more. Kids and fans are encouraged to vote daily!\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Also, to keep with the theme of the fans being the ones who really shape and create this new TRANSFORMERS character, Hasbro will also give fans a say in the naming of the new character. More details on the naming will be announced soon.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Since 1984, the TRANSFORMERS brand has been bringing entertainment and excitement to kids and fans with our beloved characters like BUMBLEBEE and OPTIMUS PRIME. We invite all fans to help us kick off the 30th<\/sup>\u00c2\u00a0anniversary of TRANSFORMERS with a new character of their choice \u00e2\u20ac\u201d for the first time in history,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Jay Duke, vice president of the TRANSFORMERS brand at Hasbro. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153This is the perfect way to kick off our anniversary celebration and the \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcThrilling 30\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 line of special edition figures. It will be tremendous fun for everyone to keep track of the entire process from the designing of the character; leading up to its introduction as a toy and watching it become a part of the TRANSFORMERS brand.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

The results of the poll will be announced by Hasbro at this year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Comic-Con International in San Diego, as part of the official kick-off to Hasbro\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s TRANSFORMERS \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Thrilling 30\u00e2\u20ac\u009d anniversary celebration. Kids and fans will be able to purchase the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Fan Built Bot\u00e2\u20ac\u009d character as a toy and will see the new character appear in official TRANSFORMERS comic books.<\/p>\n

For further information visit the official polling page at\u00c2\u00a0TRANSFORMERS.COM\/vote<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0as well as the TRANSFORMERS Facebook page at Facebook.com\/Transformers<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For the first time in its history, Hasbro has unveiled a program in which Transformers fans can help create an all-new Transformers character that will be introduced into the brand’s rich lore forever, including an action figure in next year’s “Thrilling 30” anniversary line as well as appear in official Transformers comic books.\u00c2\u00a0 HASBRO INVITES … Continue reading Hasbro Invites Fans to Create New Transformers Character<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-toysandcollectibles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1615"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1620,"href":"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1615\/revisions\/1620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}