Toy Fair 2014
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 Not pictured: weather that was only mildly inconveniencing. | |||||||
| Date | February 16–19, 2013 | ||||||
| City | New York, NY | ||||||
| Venue | The Times Center | ||||||
Toy Fair 2014, hosted in New York City from February 16–19, 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 2014 Collector-Fan Media Day at The Times Center on Saturday, February 15, and wiki contributors Matt Karpowich and David Willis attended. Following a presentation starting at 1pm, fan representatives were allowed into Hasbro's product showroom.
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Venue and showroom
Rescue Bots
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Transformers: Age of Extinction
Robots in Disguise
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Generations: Deluxe Class
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- Wave 1 will consist of High-Octane Bumblebee, Crosshairs, Dinobot Slug (Triceratops), and Dinobot Scorn (Spinosaurus). Wave 2 will consist of Autobot Drift, Dinobot Strafe (two-headed Pteranodon), and Dinobot Slash (Velociraptor).
Generations: Voyager Class
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- Wave 1 will consist of Optimus Prime Evasion Mode and Grimlock. Wave 2 will consist of Autobot Hound and Galvatron.
- Hound will come with seven separate weapons that can be plugged into either his robot or vehicle mode. This particular figure and feature combination was noted as the handiwork of former G.I. Joe design team member John Warden.
Generations: Leader Class
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Construct-Bots
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Generations
Legends Class
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- Wave 3 of Generations Legends will consist of Autobot Gears (retool of Swerve) & Autobot Eclipse (redeco of Flanker, seemingly based on Micromaster Eagle Eye) and Acid Storm (redeco of Starscream) & Venin (redeco of Waspinator).
- According to Transformers Manager of Global Brand Development Mark Weber, Acid Storm was originally intended to be Thundercracker, but the character was changed when Thundercracker's blue was judged to be too similar to Gears'. Weber understands fans' desires for a complete set of Decepticon Jets, however, so who knows what the future might bring.
Deluxe Class
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Voyager Class
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Leader Class
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Platinum Edition
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Masterpiece
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Kre-O
Micro-Changers
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- The first wave of Age of Extinction Micro Changers is made of Mindswipe (based on Generation 1 Mindwipe), Nightbeat (inexplicably based on G1 Punch), Highbrow, Misfire, Trypticon, Fangwolf (based on Cybertron Snarl, Jetwash (inexplicably a renamed G1 Jetfire), Silversnout, Skrapnel (sort of based on G1 Shrapnel), Jarugar (based on G1 Jallguar, what), "Wingspan Hawk" (based on G1 Wingspan), and Torosaur.
Micro-Changers Combiners
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- Lazerbolt is made of Bullhorn, Floodgate, Freezeout, and Roadhound. Grimstone is made of Crackback, Iguanox, Ironeye, and Mollox. Obsidian is made of Bullwark[sic], Freefall, Hemocron, and Stronghorn. Volcanicon is made up of Farside, Liftoff, Lugmutt, and Power Surge.
Customizable figure assortment
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Sets
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Mr. Potato Head
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- Presenting for the Transformers team were Jerry Jivoin and Joshua Lamb. Also at the event was former Transformers team member Bill Rawley, presenting for the design side of the Star Wars team.
- According to the presentation...
- No molds from previous movie-based lines will be in Age of Extinction.
- All the Dinobots turn into robots in the film, and all the Dinobots in the film will receive toy representation.
- Between Age of Extinction and "Classics"-styled Generations, there will be 73 fan-focused mainline retail products in 2014.
- 20 figures will be "movie Generations" (12 Deluxes, 6 Voyagers, 2 Leaders). As of this event, Hasbro revealed 7 Deluxes, 4 Voyagers, and 2 Leaders.
- 30 figures will be "Classics Generations" (8 Legends, 16 Deluxes, and 6 Voyagers). As of this event, Hasbro officially revealed 6 Legends, 14 Deluxes, and 5 Voyagers... but the existence of the sixth Voyager was actually revealed by the Generations press release as Brainstorm. Oops?
