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San Diego Comic-Con 2010 Most Wanted – Talyn

Though I am unable to attend SDCC this year, there is much I look forward to seeing and hearing about, action figure and otherwise.

Transformers (Hasbro)

I collect Transformers pretty heavily, and at this year’s Botcon several weeks ago, some amazing descriptions for upcoming figures were given by those who attended. I am hoping these figures get shown at Comic Con this year. These include the LONG awaited Generations (Classics) Jazz with pop-out boombox speakers, as well as a few other favorites like Tracks, Perceptor, Reflector & more. Im also looking forward to seeing a new Power Core Combiner themed after the original G1 Dinobots named ‘Grimstone.”

Hasbro is also planning on showing more info about the upcoming Hub television show; Transformers: Prime, so hopefully some video comes from that as well.

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Hasbro San Diego Comic-Con Exclusives Press Pics

In Toyfare magazine two months ago, we got some looks at the Hasbro Marvel Universe exclusives for San Diego Comic-Con. With a week to go before the big show, Hasbro’s sent us some big pics of all of their exclusives. For those of you not going to be there, all of the items, with the exception of the Star Wars exclusive, are said to be available on HasbroToyShop.com after the convention.

Enjoy!

G.I. JOE 3.75″ SGT. SLAUGHTER Special Edition Figure

(Ages: 5 & up; Approximate Retail Price: $12.99 each; Available through HasbroToyShop.com, Booth # 3329 at San Diego Comic-Con)

Sgt. Slaughter returns to the G.I. JOE universe at Comic-Con in two different styles! The primary figure is styled with a USA tank top, whistle, non-removable hat, championship belt, baton and a microphone. The variant figure (sold separately), in the Triple-T styling, comes with a whistle, non-removable hat, machine gun, and a revolver.

In addition to being available at Comic-Con, a limited number will be available on HasbroToyShop.com after the convention.

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BotCon 2010 Pics from Hasbro

Hasbro was kind enough to send us pictures from BotCon 2010, held over the past weekend in Orlando, Florida. They kicked off the Transformers Hall of Fame, with four inductees including Peter Cullen, who provides the voice of Optimus Prime both in the current movies and in the original animated series.

The Hall of Fame also included five Transformers. Dinobot beat out Soundwave, Grimlock, Jazz, and Shockwave in a Fan’s Choice Poll to join Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Megatron, and Starscream in the Transformers Hall of Fame’s inaugural class.

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Hasbro Fan’s Choice Poll for Transformers Hall of Fame

The Transformers Fan’s Choice Poll that Hasbro is running is *not* to select a character for an upcoming Transformer figure – they want you to vote on which of five nominated Transformers should join Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Megatron, and Starscream in the Transformers Hall of Fame’s inaugural class.

Your choices are Soundwave, Grimlock, Jazz, Shockwave, and Dinobot.

Click here to vote: TRANSFORMERS HALL OF FAME

The poll is open through May 28, and the winner will be announced at BotCon on June 26.

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AFP Hasbro Transformers Q&A for 4/1/10

Thanks to the Hasbro Transformers team for this round of Q&A!

1) The upcoming Masterpiece Grimlock is going to include the crown, which was an exclusive accessory, but not the apron and drink tray that came with the standard Takara release. Why is this?

Overall, we decided to not make our version completely identical to the version that Takara had previously released. The team wanted to create our own unique version by revising the deco and adding in new accessories including the sword, missile launcher and crown. Although the apron and drink tray are cool accessories, we felt that all of the new pieces would really help make this a unique and differentiated item.

2) Does the “Human Alliance” concept begin and end with the movie line? I know a lot of collectors would love to see this idea opened up to include G1 characters, if not the whole gamut.

In the current Human Alliance concept it does begin and end with the movie line. While there have been human characters throughout the TF lore, the movies have just taken this Transformers/human interaction to the next level and makes a lot of sense to celebrate. It is not to say that we won’t ever take this concept outside of the movie line, but the it just does not make sense at this point in time.