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I read the news today, oh boy. About the lucky fans who will see their childhood dream come true of a fully articulated Optimus Prime in the Takara TOMY Missing Link series. I'd love to bend his arms, and legs and head, but this whole thing leaves me rather sad for all the old G1 toys could fill the Albert Hall. - Read the Full News Story

It begins, the report of the new G1 toys for the 40th Anniversary of the Transformers may be coming true! Just in off the Asia SNS is this leaked Takara TOMY retail solicitation image for a "Missing Link" updated G1 Optimus Prime figure with extended articulation. The rough images shows the class figure with gun, axe, and matrix as well as a trailer edition that maybe sold separately. - Read the Full News Story

It begins, the report of the new G1 toys for the 40th Anniversary of the Transformers may be coming true! Just in off the Asia SNS is this leaked retail solicitation image for a "Missing Link" updated G1 Optimus Prime figure with extended articulation. The rough images shows the class figure with gun, axe, and matrix that should be revealed on August 9, 2023. - Read the Full News Story

IAMNOFIRE takes off with a new high resolution image gallery for the Fans Hobby Master Builder MB-23 Destroyer figures. The unofficial MP style remake of the Transformers G1 Super-God Masterforce Buster figure is getting ready to land at retail soon. Check out the fully painted figure in the gallery below before arrival. - Read the Full News Story

Following Trashmaster, we have an look at the in-hand images for the Transformers Legacy Bludgeon figure. The much talked about remake of the Tarn figure is shown here out of the box with views of the robot and alternate modes. This guy is out in Asia and making his way to retail soon. Check out the images thanks to Terry Tang and Jasper Woo of the HKTF group. - Read the Full News Story

The next wave of Gamer Edition figures are on the way, coming from the dark side we have a look at the Megatron Voyager In-Hand Images from War For Cybertron Studio Series. The new figures have been pretty faithful to the Game, and ol' Helmet head is looking like he jumped off the screen, and maybe even off the original Generations toy, as they are very similar apart from the colors and a bit of height. - Read the Full News Story

Just out on the SNS we have some new official images of the HasLab Transformers Victory Deathsaurus Packaging and figure modes. Check out the stock shots of the full Deathsaurus set below by way of In Demand Toys. - Read the Full News Story

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The Velocitron Decepticon Shadow Striker is making her way to retail with new in-hand images Transformers Legacy Evolution showing up in Asia. The latest Velocitron addition is clearly a setup for other figures to come, but she's a real looker and should be invading many shelves soon. Get into the Deep Purple of this bad girls images thanks to @lichlute. - Read the Full News Story

Just in off the SNS we have news of the Trashmaster Voyager Junkion Legacy Evolution figure has been found at retail in Asia. Get a look at the latest Junkion weaponizer figure out of the box, alone and compared thanks to Lyndon Choi. - Read the Full News Story

ACGHK2023 news just in from the official Flame Toy SNS with shots of their Furai Modek Kits for Bludgeon showing in test shot phase. Additionally, we get a look at the full color Toys Kuro Kara Kuri Starscream figure in their booth. - Read the Full News Story

SDCC is over, but the convention action keeps rolling out in Hong Kong at the ACGHK2023 event going on this week. Hasbro and Takara TOMY are there with the latest Transformers new products showing in the booth. Fans at the show will get to see the latest from MasterPiece, Generations, JAXA Toyota Optimus Prime, Studio Series, HasLab, and the Rise Of The Beasts. - Read the Full News Story

Join the Daily Prime in wishing Peter Cullen a Happy Birthday! Born in Montreal, Canada on July 28, 1941 (age 82 years), he is the voice of a cartoon generation. Very few actors have created so many characters that touched so many lives. We all know him as the voice of Optimus Prime, but he's also brought to life many other notable characters such as K. - Read the Full News Story

As anticipated, the reveal of the DK-44 102BB Optimus Prime DNA Design Upgrade Kit would be a big one. There is always a challenge to get the movies toys right at retail, but they are always over simplified or don't match what we saw on screen due to running changes. In this case, it feels like both as the 102BB figure just looks off with the huge smokestacks, strange trailer bed, puny guns, and other issues. - Read the Full News Story

Hot on the heels of the SDCC reveals, they smugglers are working overtime to catch up with the official reveals! Just in-hand are images and video for the Armada Universe Mini-con Jolt & Hot Shot set that will be landing a Hasbro Pulse Con exclusive in September. The first Mini-Con to come through the LE portal rides along with the Powerlinx redeco of Hot Shot. - Read the Full News Story

Hot on the heels of the SDCC reveals, they smugglers are working overtime to catch up with the official reveals! Just in-hand are images and video for the Armada Universe Mini-con Jolt & Hot Shot set that will be landing a Hasbro Pulse Con exclusive in September. The first Mini-Con to come through the LE portal rides along with the Powerlinx redeco of Hot Shot. - Read the Full News Story

Hasbro Pulse UK has got the jump on the just revealed at SDCC Transformers Legacy Evolution Leader Nova Prime Amazon exclusive capsule release is shown in and out of the box that appears to be more fancy than usual and wrapped in the plastic-free paper and twine bundles. The figure shown compared with the SIEGE Ultra Magnus figure is a reminder of how close the Galaxy Optimus Prime was to this figure, and likely why the design used the RID alternate mode that is much closer to the Galaxy Force / Cybertron design. - Read the Full News Story

Following the SDCC reveal and subsequent preorders, we have some in-hand images of the Walmart exclusive G2 Universe Grimlock In-Hand Images from Transformers Legacy: Evolution. NOTRAB has captured the G2 T-Rex figure in this day-glo gallery of toy photography imgages for the third recolor of the Studio Series mold. - Read the Full News Story

Following the prototype images, the Asia SNS updates with new color images for the Siyang Culture Defense Fortress Y-C001 Vladivostok project. The unofficial Fall of Cybertron Metroplex figure stands 45 cm / 17.72 inches tall with 20 points of articulation, LED lights, Slammer accessory, and features a robot, carrier, and base modes. - Read the Full News Story

It has been a while since we heard from the Rescue Bots. Which have been slowly releasing these Classic Heroes toys, that are now in a boxed set as the Rescue Bots Heroes vs Villains Autobot and Decepticons 4-Pack. Details are below. They shipping next month, and are listed now on Entertainment Earth. - Read the Full News Story

Looking back, there seems to be a fascination with alternation when it comes to Optimus Prime and related characters in the Prime Collectors Universe. The 2008 Transformers Universe Nemesis Prime (right) covers all the bases with a Multiverse Prime character offered as an SDCC exclusive. The character bio reads as follows:Broken by a nightmare eternity of torture at the hands of Straxus, Nemesis Prime does not remember what he was before he was this. - Read the Full News Story

We first heard about the Optimus Prime Jet Power Armor Flame Toys Kuro Kara Kuri Upgrade back in July 2021, and now it is finally ready for retail this Winter 2023. The upgrade set for the figure, is looking great for a price of $300 USD. Note this doesn't include the base figure Optimus Prime, that is required for this set. - Read the Full News Story

Hasbro's catching up on some recent exclusives that have just gone up for preordering on Hasbro Pulse and Walmart. Unfortunately, the listing on Walmart is not active at this time for unknown reasons, but you can keep checking at Walmart.com and or Hasbro Pulse - Read the Full News Story

Good news for those of you wondering about the SDCC 2023 War Dawn exclusive set. Hasbro Pulse updates with news the Transformers Legacy Evolution War Dawn 2-Pack Erial & Dion pre-orders will be viable on July 28th starting at 12pm ET / 9am PT for Hasbro Pulse Premium Members. Starting 1pm / 10am PT for non-members. - Read the Full News Story

The Bradford Exchange has announced a new collection of Transformers Cold-Cast Metal Sculptures. These 7.5 inch tall mini-statues are being offered on a subscription basis for about $90 USD each. The collection begins with Optimus Prime, but will be followed by releases for Megatron, Bumblebee, Starscream and more to be revealed. - Read the Full News Story