BotCon 2015: There Might Be Some Transformers Coming Out This Year

We are EYEBALL DEEP in convention season right now (which doesn't end til November this year!) with Anime fans going berserk, indie movie fans making flight plans for their favorite film fests (FANTASIA!!) and the all important comic con popping up in the backyard of every town across the US and beyond (what up, Dubai!) This past weekend, giant fucking robot aficionados gathered at Botcon to civilly discuss, at length and with pie charts and graphs to back up their points, who would win in a fight...Soundwave or Soundblaster. Of course, a robot loving intellectual needs a break from such heated discourse, and so Hasbro thought it might be fun to roll out lots of new info and information on upcoming Transformer toys they thought you might like to buy...if the mood strikes you. 

Toy Fair 2015: Hasbro Transformers Kre-O Rolls On With Robots in Disguise & Classic Looks

This one will be a quickie! As we dig through the mountains of Toy Fair 2015 coverage from UK and Germany, and the bits that drop into our email from pr reps and friends alike, it becomes a constant struggle to figure out what is actually new and what has been seen by super fans already, but maybe not the rest of the planet. Often, the choice to run a story comes down to "Damn, that's cool. DO EEET!" Hey, it's not rocket science. Today we'll take a quick look at some new Kre-O Transformers bits from Hasbro! Fans had speculated the line was nearing the end of days with poor sales reported and Toys R Us remaining one of the few retailers supporting the product. Here's what we've uncovered...