The New York International Toy Fair 2008 coverage thread

Nevermore · Post by **Nevermore** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 9:26 pm

Transformers-related press release at TFW2005:
http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showthread.php?t=167245

More to come.

Preda · Post by **Preda** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 4:29 pm

Gosh,that Prime could have been awesome..I'm kinda disappointed that it turned out to be a figure for kids,for me,it looks strange proportioned.But I'm looking forward to that Leader Class Magnus,sure he'll look great.

Post by **Denyer** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 4:13 am

http://www.asmzine.com/ will start reporting in the next day or two, and are usually good for photos.

Post by **Denyer** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 6:51 pm

http://www.wizarduniverse.com/021508nytftransprev.html

That's a fugly Blaster. Prowl / Sunstreaker look good.

Post by **Clay** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 7:29 pm

Autobot Blaster is a repaint of the Japanese Soundblaster

"And also the US-and-elsewhere released Soundwave, but that doesn't sound as exotic..."

Yeah, it's not a draw. I've seen some folk do kitbashes of Soundwave into Blaster involving a new head, and it works a lot better that way...

...Ah! Found it. It was the super-awesome Japanese kitbasher whose pages I can't read.

Galaxy Force Blaster w/scratchbuilt Steeljaw and Twincast w/work in progress pictures of Steeljaw.

Post by **Warcry** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 9:56 pm

That Blaster might just be the ugliest new toy I've seen in years. The other Cybertron repaint (that's the Quickmix mold, right? Pity they didn't do him up as G1 Quickmix, then...) is much better, but so bland and generic that I can't imagine wanting to buy it.

Octane's robot mode doesn't look as good in this shot as it did when we saw the prototypes. He doesn't look much better than Astrotrain, but he's still not bad.

Sunstreaker and Prowl both look awesome in colour and properly transformed.

Powerglide doesn't look bad, but he really, really needs more colour and less white. I know they wanted to give the alt-mode a realistic colour scheme, but he's just so plain. Just making the silver detailing a bit darker would do a world of good.

Onslaught still doesn't inspire me as an Ultra, and his head doesn't look right in that pic. Too narrow, maybe?

Nevermore · Post by **Nevermore** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 10:00 pm

Universe (Classics) Galvatron.
http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-ima ... ick-Shots/

Post by **Denyer** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 10:13 pm

In a normal Classics scale mould? That's quite nifty.

Ravage · Post by **Ravage** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 10:17 pm

I like Galvatron, actually I like all the Universe guys sans Blaster. Ugg bad choice there but otherwise Hasbro will get a fair chunk of my money.

Tramp · Post by **Tramp** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 10:34 pm

Hey NEvermore, can you mirror some of those images? Some of us are not members of TFW2005 and cannot access those pages.

Nevermore · Post by **Nevermore** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 11:26 pm

Supposedly there are pics up at TFW2005, for those that can get them to load...
http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-ima ... nsformers/

EDIT: Dude, in order to mirror them, I'd need to be able to access them first... The site is simply not loading due to EXTREMELY high traffic. Sorry.

Tramp · Post by **Tramp** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 11:41 pm

Interesting. The new Galvatron is a tank. Very interesting. The only thing I don't like is they broke the treads again. WHY!!!!!!!! You must never break the treads! Broken caterpillar treads are a bad thing. They fall off.

Post by **Denyer** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 11:45 pm

Works better if you extend browser request time-outs.

Only bothered with bits that looked new; we've seen the new mould Classics...

RID Scourge · Post by **RID Scourge** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 12:08 am

The Autobot cars look pretty sharp and Galvatron?

Those are the three I'm looking forward to most. Powerglide looks cool, but I'm starting to pick and choose my larger tfs, and I'd rather have Galvy. Probably won't grab a whole lot of large ones, aside from major players and cast members from future movies. After Skylinx and Omega are out I probably won't snag too many more large reissues. Just give me Ramjet and Thrust, Takara. They're the last two seekers I need. Then I'm set with G1 unless they find or recast Mirage, Wheeljack and Sunstreaker. Maybe I'll pick up Overlord.

EDIT: Weird! The attacked images in Denyer's post are causing the left portion of the posts to get chopped off after editing. Is anyone else finding that? I got plenty of space on either side, but it doesn't stretch the field like it used to.

Nevermore · Post by **Nevermore** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 12:13 am

Keep checking back the ASMzine link Denyer posted. I've seen their images, and they're cool. Just not finished yet.

Tramp · Post by **Tramp** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 12:31 am

That LoC version of Animated Bubmblebee is just too cute.

Post by **Denyer** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 1:07 am

http://toyfair08.asmzine.com/gallery/ha ... -animated/
http://toyfair08.asmzine.com/gallery/ha ... -universe/

Some non-figure merch up.

Bio cards --

http://toyfair08.asmzine.com/gallery/ha ... ndex3.html

Post by **inflatable dalek** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 1:18 am

Daft as I am when I first read about Blaster being a repaint of Soundblaster I thought it was a horrid mishmash of the Hasbro G1 Soundwave reissue in new colours. Luckily it's not or I'd have to kick arse.

Heinrad · Post by **Heinrad** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 1:37 am

Out of this wave, Sunstreaker, Prowl, Galvatron and (surprisingly) Powerglide are on my "Gotta Get" list.

Octane/Tankor is a definate maybe.

Any idea who/what Heavy Load is supposed to be?

Tramp · Post by **Tramp** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 1:41 am

I'll definately be getting all of the deluxes and Powerglide (my Moonracer needs her boyfriend even if he is three times her height):eek: