Toy Fair 2017
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| Date | February 17–19, 2017 | ||||||
| City | New York, NY | ||||||
| Venue | The Times Center | ||||||
Toy Fair 2017, hosted in New York City from February 17–19, boasts "over 25,000 attendees, 345,500 square feet of exhibit space, 100,000 products with over 7,000 never before seen in the world, 1200+ exhibitors, [and] 1000 global media representatives."
MediaWiki was invited to Hasbro's Entertainment Brand Press Preview At Toy Fair at The Times Center on Saturday, February 18, and wiki contributor Matt Karpowich attended. Following a presentation starting at 1:30pm, fan representatives were allowed into Hasbro's product showroom. After the main event ended at 5pm, attendees who RSVPed could attend a preview party for the Transformers: Forged to Fight mobile game at the nearby Knickerbocker Hotel.
Slideshow presentation
- The Transformers presentation was the first of the day! It was hosted by designer John Warden and Ben Montano from marketing.
Q&A with John & Ben
Showroom
The Last Knight
Turbo Changers
- Tiny Turbo Changers
- 1-Step Turbo Changers
- Knight Armor Turbo Changers
- Mega 1-Step Turbo Changer
Premier Edition
- Legion class
- Deluxe class
- Voyager class
- Leader class
Generations
- Titan Masters
Tiny robots who turn into heads, piloting shape-changing vehicles and robo-beasties.
- Legends Class
Legends toys are vehicle-form bots with Master-compatible passenger compartments.
- Deluxe Class
Each Deluxe Titans Return figure has a removable head-bot, and transforms into an alt-mode with a compartment for said head-bot to ride in. Some of their accessories may also have pilot seats as well!
- Voyager Class
- Box sets
- Titan Class
Robots in Disguise (2015)
- Legion class
- Mini-Cons
- 1-Steps
- Warrior Class
Rescue Bots
Rescue Bots only got a passing mention in the slideshow, but that's to be expected with the older-fan aim of the presentation. It shared floorspace with the rest of the Playskool adventure-toy product... though interestingly, it got the whole center wall of its display space, with the licensed Star Wars and Marvel Comics toys shuffled to the sides.
- Rescan Assortment
The new "default" size class sees the return of old favorites, plus new team members!
Forged to Fight Preview Event
Notes
- Attendees were given small bottles of water to drink while there. These bottles were labeled with My Little Pony characters or Robots in Disguise Bumblebee.
