TakaraTomy Mall has a new product page up for their second G-Shock collaboration item, Master Nemesis Prime. This is the black redeco of the G-Shock Optimus Prime that came out quite some time ago, built around Casio's G-Shock watch series, which is being offered only as a set with a watch for ¥30,000. Definitely a steep price tag, especially if you don't even need a new watch!

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It goes without saying that this is well deserved. Peter Cullen's contribution to cartoons over the last 60 years go way beyond his most visible role as Optimus Prime in the Transformers. Starting in the 1960s with The Jetsons, and through to today, his work is nothing less than remarkable and a testament that this person who has contributed so many different characters from Gremlins to Voltron, effectively makes Peter Cullen the voice of modern popular culture.

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It’s been 1 year since the launch of the TRANSFORMERS TRADING CARD GAME and to celebrate the game’s success, we have some exciting news for fans!Today, Wizards of the Coast released an exciting trailer and details for a brand new celebration product – ENERGON EDITION! ENERGON EDITION is a limited time, special bundle featuring the game’s most prized character cards and other goodies housed in a beautiful, foil Energon Cube box.

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There's some new in-hand photos of Earthrise Leader class Optimus Prime making the rounds today. It's quite surprising to see photos like these already, as the toy isn't scheduled to be released until the 1st of March. But even more surprising is apparent deco revisions to Optimus Prime after New York Comic Con!

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Super7's ReAction line specializes in action figures the way that people of the G1 generation were most likely first exposed to them: in a 3-3/4" scale with five swiveling points of articulation - shoulders, hips, and neck, Kenner Star Wars style.This past weekend at ComplexCon in Long Beach, CA, Super7 partnered with the NTWRK retail platform to release a special Def Jam Records edition of ReAction G1 Soundwave! NTWRK is the same platform where Ecto-35 Masterpiece Optimus Prime was sold early very briefly in extremely limited quantities.

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One of my favorite incarnations of Megatron finally gets his due!

Recently, I got the bright idea to make a tech spec for my custom TF Character, JackKnife. While doing some refinements in Photoshop, I got to thinking about also doing a custom box.

Well, managed to get both done.

Box:

Tech Specs:

See what you think.

I somehow missed the part where Prime loses his memory and joins up with Megatron in the Bumbleblee Movie. However, following the post and review for the ThreeZero Optimus Prime DLX action figure in movie colors version. ThreeZero appears to be planning to follow up release with the customary edition Nemesis / Black Convoy repaint.

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As many have been learning the expensive way, Masterpiece toys are not always the best way to enjoy our favorite charater's toys. Sometimes less is more, and in this case the MP-46 Blackarachnia may have been upstaged by a Legends scale toy from Transform Element. Their unofficial Wild Beast War MM001 Blackarachnia.

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It was only matter time of time before the Transformers got the Virtual Realty (VR) treatment. Thanks to Time Machine VR developer. Minority Media you will soon be able to play AS your favorite Transformers character as they have just announced the "Transformers: VR Battle Arena" game slated for release as a full-on Arcade style game that we are likely to see at entertainment centers like Dave & Busters.

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