Welcome to Australian Transformers Weekly, bringing you transformers news from around the world.

This is episode 228,  we are recording live on Friday February 26th, 2021

In this episode we’ll be talking about

• Hasbros Investor day has revealed a few interesting news stories

Cut to Intro: 

Opening credits (8bit Transformers Theme)

What have you been up to this week?

Playing with Unicron

NEWS

00:09:06 Generations Selects Transmutate announced, set for August release

https://hasbropulse.com/products/transformers-generations-selects-deluxe-wfc-gs25-transmutate

Australian pre-orders at EB Games $40

00:17:20 Transformers Masterpiece Movie MPM-12 Bumblebee Movie Optimus Prime Revealed

https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/02/25/transformers-masterpiece-movie-mpm-12-bumblebee-movie-optimus-prime-revealed-429233

00:29:51 Transformers Masterpiece Skids Gray Prototype Images

https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/02/25/transformers-masterpiece-skids-gray-prototype-images-429223

00:35:13 Vintage Beast Wars reissues appear to be coming … at least to Walmart

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/vintage-beast-wars-transformers-figures-listed-on-walmart/45705/ 

(We have been getting some of these reissues here finally, it will be interesting to see if Beast Wars figures make a return to store shelves. It'll be weird to follow up the modern remake of a figure with the original, though.)

00:38:19 Kingdom given July release on Netflix

https://www.allspark.com/2021/02/netflix-war-for-cybertron-trilogy-kingdom-release-date-confirmed-for-july-2021/

(So much for May)

00:39:36 Will the real Transformers movie rumour please stand up?

First up, there's this news that came out today from Hasbro's investor call:

Two Transformers films in development, one animated 

https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/lorenzo-di-bonaventura-returns-for-the-next-transformers-live-action-film-releasing-summer-2022/45708/ 

And this one was from last week talking about Caple Jr's film:

Rumor: Possible Working Title For Transformers Beast Wars Movie & Details

https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/02/05/rumor-possible-working-title-for-transformers-beast-wars-movie-details-428463 

“Transformers: Beast Alliance takes place in the Bumblebee timeline and will be set in the 1990’s. The film will have the flavor of a heist film that will span from Brooklyn to South America”.

(Maybe it's all true)

Animated Series

What would you like to see from a tf series? We are about to get two new ones. 

Netflix To Air Transformers: BotBots Animated Series

https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/02/25/netflix-to-air-transformers-botbots-animated-series-429292

Some stills of the BotBots series here: https://tformers.com/40504 

Nickelodeon Orders ‘Transformers’ Animated Comedy Series Based On Hasbro Franchise

https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/02/25/nickelodeon-orders-transformers-animated-comedy-series-based-on-hasbro-franchise-429282

(It's interesting that this seems to have been construed by some as a Transformers Animated (with a Capital A) series)

NEW ACQUISITIONS  

Tony: SS86 Hot Rod (again!)

Max: ThreeZero Deluxe Soundwave and Ravage. 

OUTRO

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End Credits (added in post)