Transformers

Takara Tomy Mall has posted a new listing for the third entry in their Beast Wars Again series.  These previously released figures from the Kingdom series and giving them premium decos based on the how the characters appeared in the Beast Wars Transformers cartoon series.  The third set features Cheetus (aka Cheetor) vs Waspeter (aka Waspinator) in beautiful decos that go way beyond what was released in Kingdom!  This set has an MSRP of 7700 Yen (about $57.39 USD

On January 13, 2023, the Transformers mobile game Forged to Fight shut down its servers and it seemed that was that for the game.  In a surprise move, the game has returned!  Well, sort of.  An updated version of the game has now been released via Netflix Games!  Check out the announcement trailer below:

The newest Transformers live action film debuts in less than a month.  Ahead of its release Paramount Pictures has released a new featurette focusing on the new human characters from the film.  Check it out below:

First released in September 2022, Transformers: Beyond Reality was released for Playstation VR. This first-person shooter allowed players to play as a human fighting alongside the Autobots saving Earth from the evil Decepticons. You can see the original trailer below:

The Official Transformers movie Facebook Page has posted images of two exclusive prints that will be made available during early screenings of Transformers: Rise of the Beasts.  These screenings will take place on June 7 at 7PM ET.  You can see participating theaters here:

The next live action Transformers film Rise of the Beasts is only a month away so various promotions are coming out of the woodwork.  The latest is a text-to-speech ability added to Tik Tok featuring Peter Cullen's voice as Optimus Prime!  If you have a Tik Tok account, you can do the following:

How to use the Optimus Prime text-to-speech voice:

Yolopark has updated their Facebook Page with new images and product info for their upcoming Rise of the Beasts Optimus Primal AMK model kit.  These kits generally come preassembled and painted.  Highly detailed and articulated, they are essentially high end non-transforming action figures fit for display!  This also gives us some of the best images of what Primal may look like in the final film since (presumably) this model was based on the CG model used in the film.  Here are the details on the kit from Facebook:

Paramount Pictures has released a new clip from Rise of the Beasts featuring the Autobots meeting the Maximals led by Optimus Prime and Optimus Primal respectively!  Check it out below:

Paramount Pictures has released several new character posters from Rise of the Beasts  These posters not only show off characters in their robot modes, but also their alt-modes as well (except for Arcee oddly enough).  Check out the posters in the gallery below!

In the battle against the Terrorcons, Optimus Prime has gotten some back up from the Maximal Battle Master Chainclaw!  Check out my review and gallery of Rise of the Beasts Optimus Prime with Chainclaw!