This week: The 1027 stream gives us our first look at… Devastator. Brian wrote that in Kup’s voice, we hope you read it that way.

If you’re in a position to help, John Warden has started a GoFundMe to help cover his fiancee’s ongoing medical expenses.

News

• Hasbro Q3 stock report: Transformers is showing growth (along with Beyblade, Furby, and licensed MLP items). Nerf and Star Wars have been doing badly
  • Revenue down 15%
    • 9% if you exclude the divestment of eOne
  • 1.4% under plan
  • $87 million in cost savings for the quarter, and $177 million year to date
• 1027 featuring Studio Series TFTM Bonecrusher, Scrapper, and Devastator preview, Age of The Primes Megatronus The Fallen
• Stock images for Scrapper and Bonecrusher
• MCM London:
  • Short unboxing video of Scrapper and Bonecrusher with some additional detail. Summary and screenshots on TFW
  • Studio Series reveals: Bee Movie Bumblebee, ROTB Apelinq, Gamer Edition Ironhide, DOTM Que/Wheeljack, AOE Knight Optimus Prime
  • Stock images of Bumblebee, Apelinq, and ROTB Optimus Prime repack
  • Toys are Russ talks with Evan (video)
    • Talks about the testshot development stages
    • Evan is confident more comic edition packs will happen
    • There is an effort to get high demand items reissued, such as 86 Ultra Magnus
    • Evan did not confirm other combiners besides Devastator, but says “if there were” they like the Commander Class torso design method and it would continue. You know, “if” there were more combiners made.
• Meanwhile in Japan: Wild King 
• Side by side comparison of 86 Galvatron vs Legacy
• In hand photos of MPG-08 Yamabuki (Yukikaze retool)

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