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While Transformers Year of the Dragon Crimsonflame was revealed a while back, it was unclear whether or not it would get North American distribution. Well, Amazon.ca had it listed at $40 CAD and shipping in April. It sold out instantly but with it being sold by Amazon for the Canadian market, it could be that we see it eventually available for US distribution (either by Amazon or another retailer.
Amazon.ca ended up shipping these early so some western fans have them in hand now. Here is a review in case you are curious.
In a true nothingburger of a story, media sites across the web are reporting on 2 phrases uttered by Lorenzo di Bonaventura during his press tour for his latest failure, Madame Web. When asked when we'd hear more about the Transformers/GI Joe crossover, Bonaventura said he didn't know. All he knows is that they will one day make good on their promise. Now if that means Gi Joe characters in the next Transformers movie or an actual crossover film, that seems to be all up in the air with nothing to speak of as of yet. The main take away is that we won't be learning more of this for a while but the idea has not been dropped.
Ever since the Bumblebee movie, Hasbro decided to have the main movie toylines target children, which remains their primary audience in general for the Transformers brand. It did mean that the toyline was gimmick heavy. That theme transferred over to the two animated toylines since and the Rise of the Beasts toyline (though there were deluxes and voyagers scattered there at times). With Transformers One being an animated film for kids, it should come as no surprise that Hasbro is continuing this 5 year trend. We now know some of the toy classes coming out for the Transformers One toyline.
Those include:
Prime Changers, Mega Changers, 2 in 1 Masks (making a return from ROTB), Cybertron Launchers, Power Flip, Race Changers, Race and Blast, Racing Bot Shots (intriguing), COG 1 Step, Battling Figures, Power Glow, Energon Reveal and others.
The full list of listings we have at the moment can be found below and all are coded. Also please note: in movie toylines, the codes are not hints, they mean nothing. They are deliberately random to keep discretion within the movie project. The listings came from JTPRime17.
TRA MV8 PRIME CHANGER ADMIRAL
Product Number: F8691
TRA MV8 PRIME CHANGER ALPHABET
Product Number: F8692
TRA MV8 PRIME CHANGER SERGEANT
Product Number: F8693
TRA MV8 PRIME CHANGER ACE
Product Number: F8694
TRA MV8 MEGA CHANGER OVERLORD
Product Number: F8698
TRA MV8 MEGA CHANGER ADMIRAL
Product Number: f8699
TRA MV8 MEGA CHANGER ACE
Product Number: F8700
TRA MV8 MEGA CHANGER CORPORAL
Product Number: F8701
TRA MV8 2 IN 1 MASK 1
Product Number: F9181
TRA MV8 2 IN 1 MASK 2
Product Number: F9182
TRA MV8 CYBERTRON LAUNCHERS
Product Number: F9204
TRA MV8 ROBOT BATTLERS MULTIPACK
Product Number: F9207
TRA MV8 POWER FLIP ADMIRAL
Product Number: F9209
TRA MV8 BATTLE PACK 2
Product Number: F9211
TRA MV8 COG 1 STEP ACE
Product Number: F9383
TRA MV8 COG 1 STEP ROUNDER
Product Number: F9384
TRA MV8 COG 1 STEP CAPITAL
Product Number: F9385
TRA MV8 COG 1 STEP OVERLORD
Product Number: F9386
TRA MV8 COG 1 STEP ADMIRAL
Product Number: F9387
TRA MV8 COG 1 STEP SERGEANT
Product Number: F9388
TRA MV8 BATTLING FIGURES SERGEANT
Product Number: F9389
TRA MV8 BATTLING FIGURES ACE
Product Number: F9390
TRA MV8 BATTLING FIGURES ALPHABET
Product Number: F9391
TRA MV8 BATTLING FIGURES CORPORAL
Product Number: F9392
TRA MV8 BATTLING FIGURES HALFBACK
Product Number: F9393
TRA MV8 BATTLING FIGURES LIEUTENANT
Product Number: F9394
TRA MV8 PLATOON HIGH COMMANDER
Product Number: F9493
TRA MV8 ULTIMATE ENERGON ADMIRAL
Product Number: F9494
We're still many months away from the premiere of the 8th modern Transformers movie "One" currently aiming for a September 13 release, and we already have our first actual public online store listing (as opposed to one found by employees in store computers). Thanks Seibertronian -Kanrabat- for bringing to our attention in the Seibertron Energon Pub Forums a mystery pre-order on Amazon Canada for a figure code named "Tra Mv8 Prime Changers - Admiral". That doesn't really offer much of a clue as to what these figures are as we had a few "changers" in the Rise of the Beasts movie toy line. Also keep in mind this price is in Canadian dollars. Pretty good chance "Admiral" is a stand in for Optimus Prime, but there isn't always much logic to these code names. The release date is listed as August 1, 2024, but as with most release dates these days it is also likely a placeholder, but could also be a street date. Hopefully we'll be seeing many more listings soon!
Yolopark has updated their website with a slew of new images for the upcoming Rise of the Beasts Cheetor and Rhinox. The images show us the final deco for each along with some comparison images. We also see that Cheetor comes with additional pieces for the previously released Bumblebee which had no weapons.
* Price and quantities subject to change. Shipping costs, taxes and other fees not included in cost shown. Refer to listing for current price and availability.