Hasbro’s June brand stream delivered the strangest SDCC exclusives in years. A Jem and the Holograms crossover Blaster finally brings Kiss Players cassettes Glit, Sundor, and Rosanna. A cereal-inspired Optimus Prime and all-new-mold Jazz reference a canceled 1986 Transformers cereal. The stream also confirmed Armada Cyclonus and Demolishor, revealed the Pulse-exclusive Powerlinx Red Alert with eight Mini-Cons, and showed off Megazarak, Fangry, Joyride, and Galaxy Force Vector Prime. In What We Got This Week, Don tumbles deeper down the Metal Cardbot rabbit hole, Don and Diecast compare notes on a surprisingly light MPG-17 Optimus Prime, and Diecast falls hard for Studio Series Kranix. Brian shatters a G1 Roadbuster wheel cover and buys his fifth Dairy Queen Optimus Prime.

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Transformers Brand Stream for June 2026 – AOTP, SDCC Exclusives & Concert

Hasbro’s brand team streamed Tuesday, and the SDCC 2026 exclusives stole the show. First up: a Jem and the Holograms crossover Blaster. The set repaints Age of the Primes Blaster and finally delivers Kiss Players cassettes Glit, Sundor, and Rosanna. It even includes a transforming guitar that flips into a keytar. Matt put it best: nobody wants to buy a Kiss Players set to get those cassettes. The second exclusive is a cereal-inspired Optimus Prime and Jazz, referencing a canceled 1986 Transformers cereal. Jazz is an all-new, slightly stylized mold. Optimus Prime gets an animation head and a G1 trailer with launching Roller. The packaging sleeve mimics a cellophane cereal bag. Hasbro also announced an SDCC concert featuring the Knights of Unicron, Stan Bush performing “The Touch,” and the singing voice of Jem. [Source: TFW2005]

TF Livestream Notes – Armada Cyclonus & Demolishor Confirmed, Unicron Details, Powermasters, More

The Age of the Primes reveals kept coming. Fangry showed up with a sample that stood on its own. A retooled Point Blank arrives in opaque plastic, now named Blanker after his Headmasters look, with Targetmaster Peacemaker. Joyride brings his gloriously oversized engine. Hasbro asked fans whether they want more Powermasters, and this crew says yes. Galaxy Force Vector Prime finally gets paint on his Cyber Planet Key, to Rob’s 20-year relief. The Herald of Unicron repaints The Fallen for troop building. Megazarak reuses the Armada Megatron mold in the fan-favorite OTFCC 2004 color scheme, and Brian is tempted. Swindle pre-orders went live and sold out fast on Pulse. Hasbro also confirmed Armada Cyclonus and Demolishor are in the works — no dates yet, but the team has heard the demands. The Pulse-exclusive Powerlinx Red Alert ships with eight Mini-Cons covering nearly every recent Armada release: dark-deco Star Sabers, Long Arm, Leader-1, Sparkplug, and a Swindle with a clip port for the recent Armada Starscream. [Source: TFW2005]

Studio Series More Than Meets The Eye Collection Starscream, Prowl & Insecticons 3-Pack Pre-Orders Live

Pre-orders went live for the Studio Series More Than Meets The Eye Collection 3-pack. Matt grabbed Starscream and Prowl. Don ordered, then immediately started talking himself into waiting for a Target clearance. [Source: TFW2005]

Mastermind Creations Reformatted-54 Optus Seiko (Apex Armor) New Images

New images surfaced of MMC’s Reformatted-54 Optus Seiko, an IDW-style Optimus Prime wearing all-new Apex Armor. Even the non-third-party collectors on the panel admit it looks sharp. [Source: TFW2005]

Transformers Generations Book 2026 Cover Art Revealed

Hero-X revealed the Generations Book 2026 cover, featuring Ironhide and Blackout about to fight, with Overgear Optimus Prime in the background. The cover itself underwhelmed the crew, but the annual book remains a solid pickup via Amazon Japan. [Source: TFW2005]

Transformers Botbots Series 6 Ruckus Rally Blind Bags Out in Canada

Bot Bots Series 6 blind bags mysteriously surfaced at Dollarama in Canada, four years after release. The crew’s verdict: the supply chain coughed and a warehouse find popped out, Ollie’s-style. Good stuff, cheap. [Source: TFW2005]

What We Got This Week

Don tumbles further down the Metal Cardbot rabbit hole. Steel Hook, the pirate ship, marks his first US-release Metal Cardbots from BBTS, alongside Rock Crush and Buster Gale. The US releases feel lighter in hand with truncated black-and-white instructions, but the quality holds. He also has a giant tanker-truck combiner that stands chest-high to a combined Devastator. Solid Horn, a three-vehicle combiner nearly Studio Series 86 Devastator’s size for around $100, earns his highest praise. Heavy Iron rounds out the haul as an evil Ultra Magnus with the angriest eyes since Peter Capaldi. Don also found Transformers Cyberworld Energon Surge Scourge, a pirate ship, and Spinosaurus Shockwave at Walmart. Fun alt modes, but those Energon pegs pop off constantly. He caps the week with MPG-17 Optimus Prime — easy transformation, great light piping, lighter in hand than the Masterpiece name suggests — plus a red Hot Wheels Twin Mill for $21 and a knockoff Swoop in Evangelion-style colors from Marshalls.

Diecast also opened MPG-17 Optimus Prime. He praises the presence, teal-blue eyes, and light piping, but finds the transformation almost deluxe-simple. His real love this week is Studio Series Kranix, who looks like he stepped straight out of the 1986 movie. Now he wants Arblus to join him.

Matt had nothing in Transformers this week.

Rob picked up Blokees Mirage and Thrust from the Planet Mode Unicron wave via AliExpress, plus a blind-box Action Battlers Shockwave with surprisingly good articulation for its two-and-a-half-inch size.

John had nothing in Transformers this week.

Brian traded into a minty G1 Roadbuster, promptly shattering a wheel cover and learning orange plastic crumbles too. He also grabbed two blue G2 Grimlocks — troop building is apparently happening — and his fifth G2 Dairy Queen Optimus Prime from eBay, stickers intact.

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