Hasbro and Basic Fun team up for a first look at the Tonka x Transformers collaboration, and the crew debates whether Transformers-branded Tonka trucks are a letdown or a smart play for the brand. The Transformers Surprise Countdown Calendar reveals its contents — G1 characters done BotBots-style, including the first gun-mode Megatron in over a decade. Yolopark shows color sample images of its AMK Pro Series 2007 movie Ironhide, and leaked “Sport 7” and “Van” listings point to new Transformers Collaborative releases, with a Scooby-Doo Mystery Machine rumor attached. In What We Got This Week, Diecast and Brian deliver a tandem review of Onslaught — easy to like, hard to love at the price — and Brian falls hard for Cyberworld Scourge, a pirate ship he calls grotesque but beautiful, alongside an AFA-graded 1985 Cosmos.

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Tonka x Transformers Collaboration First Look

Basic Fun and Hasbro reveal a line of Tonka vehicles wearing Transformers decos. Matt hoped for a Constructicon “Tonkanator” and admits disappointment set in fast. Diecast argues the brand math works: a kid who knows their Tonka truck is Bumblebee is another entry point for Hasbro. Rob adds context on Basic Fun, a licensor whose stable spans Stretch Armstrong, Viewmaster, Arcade1Up, and Lincoln Logs. Matt notes Tonka trucks still hold shelf space that Transformers increasingly don’t. Source: TFW2005

Transformers Surprise Countdown Calendar Contents Revealed

The mystery listing turns out to be a countdown calendar of BotBots-style figures — but G1 characters instead of new ones. Grimlock is a coffee maker, Bumblebee is a genuinely unsettling juice box, and Rob spots the headline: the first gun-mode Megatron from Hasbro in roughly 13 years. Don was about to say the same thing. Brian’s verdict: “I love this. I need this now.” Source: TFW2005

Yolopark AMK PRO Series Transformers 2007 Ironhide Color Sample Image

Yolopark shows the 2007 movie Ironhide in color, and it really is AMK Pro this time. Diecast may pick it up and hopes the Pro line brings more complexity than the Beast Wars AMK figures. Rob expects it will — the movie design demands it, where simplicity actually served the Beast Wars animation models well. Source: TFW2005

Transformers “Sport 7”, “Van” Leaked Listings Reveal New Collaboratives Coming Soon

Leaked listings tease two new Transformers Collaborative releases. Rob relays the Van rumor — treat it as a rumor, he stresses — of a Scooby-Doo Mystery Machine with swappable heads for the main characters and a cassette-style Scooby that turns into a box of Scooby Snacks. Diecast is up for more headmasters; Rob would take the gang as Titan Masters. Sport 7 stumps the panel entirely, though Brian unearths a deep cut: Sport7 was once a Dutch football channel. Source: TFormers

What We Got This Week

Diecast got Onslaught and finds him very simple to transform — maybe too simple. He wanted a little more parts count for the money, wishing the arm wheels and trailer sides had panels to dress them up. Still, he likes Onslaught and recommends him if you’re building Bruticus.

Don had nothing in Transformers this week — a metric ton of unopened stuff is waiting for next episode.

Matt had nothing in Transformers this week.

Rob thanks Diecast for a birthday gift: the Blokees Action Edition Evangelion Unit-02, which lands between high-grade and master-grade Gunpla in color separation and build quality. He liked it enough to order the Action Edition Tarn with Nickel.

Brian picked up Cyberworld Scourge, a pirate ship he calls grotesque but beautiful — he wants more pirate ships and more of this color scheme. He also got Onslaught and lands where Diecast did: fun, easy transformation, but a lot of nothing in a commander-class box. He likes it, doesn’t love it — essential if Bruticus is the goal, hard to recommend at the price otherwise. He closed the week with an AFA 75 graded 1985 Cosmos, card gorgeous apart from one picked corner and the classic sunken-head Cosmos problem.

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