Diaclone

San Diego Comic-Con 2022 is coming soon, and as part of the event BWTF affiliate site Entertainment Earth will be carrying several exclusive items including ribbons featuring various toys.  Via their web site, they just revealed that Thursday's ribbon will feature none other than DK-3!  DK-3 will be a redeco of the Earthrise Trailbreaker figure in blue, a callback to the Diaclone era version of Trailbreaker.  Check out the image of the ribbon below:

Transformers have had decades to cement themselves into pop culture and they sometimes pop up in the most unexpected places. On the February 16, 2022 episode of the Jeopardy! National College Championship one of the clues was "These toys that became a TV and Movie franchise sprang from Japanese toy lines called Diaclone and Micro Change" which of course references the Transformers brand! Megan Sullivan, a Junior at the University of Virginia provided the correct answer (or really, question given the show's format) earning her $400 in the process!

In the days of Diaclone, the toy that would eventually become G1 Hoist had variants that were never made part of the Transformers toy line.  Now one of these Diaclone figures has become the inspiration for a Generations Selects figure: Lift-Ticket!  Check out my review and gallery of this new release!

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Release Date: January 2022

It's Taco (and Transformers) Tuesday and we have a new official reveal: Generations Selects DK-2 Guard! This figure is a redeco of the Earthrise Ironhide figure in the black and red Diaclone colors from the early 80's.

This evening Hasbro Pulse held its live 1027 Pulse Premium event featuring reveals of upcoming figures including Transformers.  Newly revealed is Lift Ticket!  This figure is a redeco of Earthrise Hoist based on one of the Diaclone decos never used in the Transformers toy line.  There was a Botcon exclusive of this character in 2015, but this represents a new iteration of the character (and the sticker on the side in vehicle mode hints as to his sub-group affiliation).  Official ph

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.

One of the first Generations Selects releases of 2021 was Deep Cover, based upon the black Diaclone redeco of the G1 Sideswipe figure! Check out my review and gallery of this special release.