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All these listing finds must mean a reveal event soon!

A new product listing on Walmart's website has revealed the upcoming Studio Series Leader Class Slag. Slag is the second Leader Dinobot we've learned about as part of next year's Studio Series offerings, following from the initial discovery of Grimlock several weeks ago.

Like Grimlock, Slag will come with an accessory figure, in this case some variety of Daniel Witwicky. We don't know much else right now, but between this and the previously datamined Deluxe listings, we sure seem to be in store for a lot of G1 in the previously live action movie subline in 2021!

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No, we didn't know Walmart Collector Con was a thing either.

Perhaps in response to SDCC going virtual and the unavoidable changes to various plans resulting from that, Walmart is getting ready to hold their own "Walmart Collector Con" online on Friday, July 17th.

The branding makes it sound like a virtual convention experience, but it's not clear whether there is going to be some sort of presentation event streamed, as will be happening during SDCC-At-Home, or if this is just a fancy way of dressing up the act of attempting a coordinated activation of a lot of new exclusive products.

The Walmart page promises more than 70 exclusives, due to launch at 10am Eastern Time on the 17th, and of course Hasbro brands are among them, with Marvel, Star Wars, GI Joe, and Transformers listed.

Given how the preorder launch for the Back To The Future crossover Gigawatt turned out in actual execution, we can imagine some trepidation right now in the minds of various collectors. Let's just hope that bit of history does not repeat itself next week...

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This week: The Gigawatt debacle. We also discuss new photos of Earthrise Runamuck, Sunstreaker, and Trailbreaker, as well as Movie Masterpiece Ratchet.

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Mentioned on the show:

* Earthrise Runamuck New TakaraTomy Stock Photos

* MPM-11 Movie Masterpiece Ratchet New TakaraTomy Stock Photos

* New Stock Photos of Earthrise Sunstreaker and Trailbreaker

* RFC News Desk 107 – TakaraTomy Teaser Featuring New Masterpiece Starscream

* Transformers x Back To The Future Collaboration Official Info

* Studio Series Leadfoot Coming in October?

* PCS Collectibles Optimus Prime, Megatron, Soundwave 9-Inch Statues

* Doubledealer on Amazon

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Rob's back from moving with talks of unpacking Transformers and online kaiju conventions.

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Traditionally the 35th is the Seeker Anniversary.

TakaraTomy's TF_pr Twitter account posted a silhouetted image Monday afternoon (Japan time) showing what appears very much to be a brand new Masterpiece Starscream design. For those keeping score, this will be the third, after MP-3, and its substantial remodel as MP-11 several years later.

The teaser was released to coincide with the 35th anniversary of Transformers in Japan, and it sounds like the full reveal is intended to happen sometime soon. It's a good bet they would want the new reveal to be a major feature in the month's Figure King, so the online reveal should be expected to happen a little bit before that, perhaps coinciding with what would have been our SDCC weekend originally.

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This week: Exvee has Earthrise Scorponok. Diecast has the new NOT Unicron. All the news happened. It's a packed show.

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The News

* Earthrise Dirge Revealed With Leaked Sample

* Generations Centurion Drone Weaponizer Pack Stock Photos

* Transformers RED Collection Optimus, Megatron, And Soundwave Stock Photos

* Generations Selects Tigertrack And Rotorstorm Stock Photos

* Earthrise Alternate Universe Optimus Prime Official Stock Photos

* RFC News Desk 105 – Fan First Friday Recap

* Transformers Toys Vintage G1 Autobot Blaster Collectible Action Figure

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Amazon Spain answers some questions. In Spanish.

The DeLorean Time Machine Transformer now appears to have a name, as well as some of its design features revealed thanks to some early-released product copy.

During the Fan First Friday stream on June 26th, the Hasbro reps said we could expect to learn more about the Collaborative Back to The Future project "next week". As we're almost at the end of the referenced next week, hopefully that's planned to happen later today or tomorrow, July 3rd, where we'd get an actual first look at this toy. In the meantime, here's what we've learned.

* The name appears to be "Gigowatt". As printed on the Amazon Spain page, it's spelled Gigovatio. "Gigavatio" is the Spanish word for the electrical measurement "gigawatt", and taking a common-use word and modifying it slightly for reasons relating to trademark is normal practice.

* From the URL of the page including the phrase "project future Deluxe" we can assume that this at least started its existence with the engineering of a Deluxe toy, whether or not the final product is itself consistent with typical Deluxe sizing.

* Features that are described include opening gull-wing doors, and wheels that fold in to recreate the hover mode. These could suggest a somewhat bigger toy with more complexity, but it's too early to make a definitive call either way.

We've copied the full, machine-translated and somewhat cleaned up listing text below. Hopefully we'll get the official announcement very soon so we can clear up the last of our questions about this toy.

* Through Transformers Collaborative, fans can watch these characters team up, merge, and reunite with other characters, teams, and people who share the same quality

* When Marty and Doc Brown need to travel through time, Gigovatio is ready to fly. This time-traveling Autobot commemorates 35 years of Back to the Future

* Gigowatt features details inspired by the Back to the Future movie, including goggles like those worn by Doc Brown, a chest piece with a flux capacitor, and time circuits. Comes with launcher and whip antenna. Convert from robot to time machine mode in 17 steps

* In time machine mode, the Gigowatt figure features gull-wing doors that open and articulated wheels that rotate to simulate a displacement effect like the one seen at the end of the film.

* Can time travelers beat the clock?

Behind the Transformers robots there has always been more than meets the eye, but now, through Transformers Collaborative, fans can watch these great characters team up, merge and reunite with other characters, teams and people who share the same special quality. Great Scott! Worlds collide in this Transformers-Back to the Future Fusion Pack! The iconic time machine from the 1985 film Back to the Future is now Gigovatio, a time-traveling Transformers robot! When Marty and Doc Brown need to travel through time, Gigovatio is ready to fly! This Gigovatio figure features details inspired by the Back to the Future movie, including glasses like the ones Doc Brown wears, a chest piece with a flux capacitor, and time circuits. In time machine mode, the gull wing doors open and the wheels rotate to create a scrolling effect like the one seen on the screen. Also includes launcher and whip antenna. Convert from robot to time machine in 17 steps.

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Hey, they actually had some surprises left!

The first Transformers Fan First Friday stream had more surprise reveals than most of us probably expected, although some of the known leaks did have official announcement, finally.

The next Walmart exclusive G1 reissue will be Blaster, as determined by a poll that was run a while back.

Along with showing off Optimus Prime and Megatron, RED Collection Soundwave was officially revealed for the first time, following the leaked stock photos early this morning.

And of course Amazon's exclusive Alternate Universe Optimus Prime was finally announced. This is said to tie in with the Netflix cartoon coming later this summer, and the deco was creatively described as "Sparkless-Grey."

On the newer item front, the Centurion redeco of Brunt was verified to be legit following it leaking this week. And what's more, it comes with a big accessory pack for various Generations figures!

Optimus Prime's Ion Blaster, Energon Axe, and a Roller for Earthrise Prime's trailer; guns for Bumblebee and Cliffjumper; Ironhide's drill cannon; a jetpack for Sideswipe (compatible with any figure thanks to 5mm ports); a radar dish for Trailbreaker; and an energon mace for Megatron. In addition, tiny, "scaled" alt mode representations of Soundwave, Reflector, Shockwave, and Megatron, at least some of which have 5mm pegs to be wielded by other figures. The pack is rounded out with a cage to put Ravage in, a pair of energon cubes, and a miniscule Optimus Prime figurine of the same sort as the Hot Rod and Galvatron coming with Haslab Unicron.

Rather than talking about Exhaust and Greasepit, two other Generations Selects were revealed! Tigertrack, a redeco of Siege Sideswipe, and Rotorstorm, redecoed from Siege Spinister. Rotorstorm unfortunately features no new parts, not even a unique headsculpt, which is sure to be a disappointment.

Our first photos came less than 24 hours before Hasbro's product reveal event.

An ebay seller posted listings early this afternoon (or late this morning in the seller's local timezone) featuring our first looks at Generations Selects Exhaust and Greasepit, designated as WFC-GS11 and GS12 respectively. Both toys were part of a large amount of inventory data that was leaked early this year.

Exhaust is a retool of Earthrise Wheeljack featuring a new head based more or less on the Masterpiece version of Exhaust. We can only see a portion of the deco in the available photos, but it seems to stay reasonably true to the origins of the character, at least in broad strokes. After the troubles that arose around Masterpiece Exhaust, we can be sure that Hasbro was very careful in designing the paint layouts for this toy. Speaking of which, Exhaust seems to be a representative of the newly designed mercenary faction, rather than a Decepticon, judging by the logo on the car roof.

Greasepit is a retool of Ironworks, and represents the Micromaster Gas Station. Immediately obvious is the replacement of the mold's original hook hand with one comprised of a gas pump island. I love this for the absurdity, but it does sound kind of less useful than the hook, doesn't it? Mark Brickonator on Twitter also observed that a new piece has been added to the left arm that seems intended to be a gas station sign. Hopefully this means the designers spent some time working out an alternate configuration of the parts to look more like a gas station instead of a construction tower, but since neither ebay listing provided photos of the alternate modes, we'll have to wait to find out about that.

Since these toys are on hand with at least one seller in California, and are numerically next in line after the Spy Patrol 3rd Unit, we can safely assume these were intended to be revealed on the Transformers Fan First Friday event. And if one seller in the US has these apparently in stock, it's not much of a leap to think that the usual fan-channel online retailers who otherwise use the Fully-Verified platform for online transactions, might have these waiting to go up for sale at the prearranged time after the official reveal. I guess we'll find out very soon!

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All the news happened this week! Transformers RED, Back to the Future Crossover, and more! Fan First Friday must be upon us.

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The News

Studio Series 65 Blitzwing

Netflix WFC Siege starts July 30th

Transformers Red toyline revealed 

Back to the Future crossover 35th anniversary

Generations Selects IDW Centurion

Transformers x Quiccs

Machine Eagle Test Shot

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