Hasbro UK exclusive limited Edition Handmade Samples

In 2008, Hasbro UK for the first time ever attended the English fan-convention AutoAssembly with an Hasbro UK display|official Hasbro UK display. This booth featured 3 one of a kind handmade resin casts of Transformers Animated toys. These toys where the prizes for a contest Hasbro UK held via the now defunct Hasbro ToyShop UK. To win them it was necessary to enter a competition at Hasbro Toy Shop UK - oh and you had to be a resident of the UK and at least 18 years of age.

The 'limited Edition' Handmade Samples list

Cos Hasbro UK really does love you!

1. Prize:

Optimus Prime based off the "Supreme Class Roll-Out Command Optimus Prime" mold on a rocky stand and hand painted in shiny colours.

Well if you're lucky enough to be one of the 3 out of millions!

2. Prize:

Bulkhead based off the "Leader Class Bulkhead" mold on a rocky stand and hand painted in shiny colours.

Why am I the only one that actually looks cool?

3. Prize:

Megatron based off the "Deluxe Class Battle Begins two pack" mold on a rocky stand and hand painted in shiny colours.

Notes

• All three of these hard-copy casts were made by Daniel Sharp
• This was Hasbro UK's way of celebrating the huge fan-base Transformers had.
• These prizes cannot transform or move as they are resin statues.
• These three statues were in fact the only official Hasbro UK-supplied merchandise, apart from the flyers for the contest, at the display. All toys were in fact bought by the two "official Hasbro representatives" while on holidays in the United States! The two representatives didn't even work for Hasbro, the only connection they had with Hasbro was that one of them has a brother "who used to work for Hasbro doing accounts or something for the Action Man brand." - Geez, Hasbro UK.