Toy News

Discount chain Ollie's has posted its weekly flier and there are two Transformers items included! First is the (former) Target exclusive Seeker 4-Pack which would make fun "background" Seekers in your display. This set is $19.99 which is a lot cheaper than the original price of $49.99! For younger Transformers fans there are Rescue Bots figures on sale for $4.99 each (originally $9.99). If you have an Ollie's near you, go check it out!

The HasLab Victory Saber project is almost a week old with over 5,300 backers to date! Now thanks to the official Transformers Facebook page has been updated with news that a grey model of the Victory Saber set will be on display at FAN EXPO Boston at booth 721! They also posted a whole bunch of new images giving us an alternative (and updated) look at the figures.

In a surprise reveal (among many nowadays) Amazon has posted two listings for Cyber Battalion two packs. The Cyber Battalion was a sub-series of Generations figures released a few years ago that were based on G1 "Evergreen" style designs featuring classic characters such as Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Megatron and Starscream. It looks like a few of these figures will be returning in the form of two packs in Selects style packaging.

Rumors have swirled for months that Target would be carrying another Transformers exclusive following the recent release of T-Wrecks. Following the theme of "red" characters being released as Target exclusives, the next one will be Road Rage! Target has posted its listing for the figure but it is not yet available for pre-order.

Back in June, photos of Dinobot Adventures toys appeared online featuring redecos of Rescue Bots Dinobot-style figures as new versions of the classic Dinobots. Somewhere between June and now Hasbro has posted product listings for these figures to their web site including product descriptions. We also have the official name of this sub-line of figures: "Dinobot Strikers"! These figures are listed with an MSRP of $4.99 each.

While the cartoon series ended about a year ago, the Cybervese toy line continues! Thanks to listings on Amazon, we now have photos of the upcoming Ultimate Class Hot Rod and Volcanicus figures. Hot Rod features the character with "Energon Armor" and staff weapon. Volcanicus meanwhile is a Cyberverse version of the Generations Volcanicus character. While the figure is not a Combiner, it looks like it is actually made up of several Dinobots and has an alt-mode!

Over the past few months Hasbro Pulse has been carrying limited quantities of store exclusives such as Walmart's Netflix figures. Their most recent "shared" exclusive is Walgreens exclusive Red Alert! There was no previous official announcement for this figure but leaks have indicated this would be coming for months now.