In somewhat related notes, Hasbro held an Investor Event and the short version is all is rosy, profitable, and the future of Transformers is secure and planned through 2019. Rescue Bots will continue, Bumblebee movie still planned for 2018 and Transformers 6 for 2019. Power of the Primes is the planned successor for Titans Return and speaking of Primes, Beast Wars Optimus Primal was picked by fans to be the next leader of the Autobots and "bearer of the Matrix of Leadership." Whatever that means will probably be revealed probably either at SDCC or Hascon. As a result, its probably a safe bet to assume Masterpiece Optimus Primal will get a stateside release next year.
Winter Wonderfest 2017 was also held this weekend in Japan and while what was revealed isn't much different then NY Toy Fair, there was some stuff worthwhile. Beast Wars Dinobot is getting the Masterpiece treatment. No release date or other details revealed. Also a new mold for Masterpiece Megatron is close to release and he is looking sweet. Check out the Wondercon Showroom gallery. In addition, if you have $500 or so burning a hole in your pocket, check out Artisan Series Transformers Monopoly game that is specifically made to be hung on your wall as art.
Below are gallery links and videos from all things Transformers at the New York Toy Fair and Winter Wonderfest.
Official Pics: The Last Knight | Titans Return 1 | Titans Return 2 | Trypticon | Robots in Disguise | More Pics
Showroom Pics: Showroom 1 | Showroom 2 | The Last Knight | Titans Return | Trypticon | Robots in Disguise | Herocross | Rescue Bots | Movie MP Bumblebee
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Off topic but I believe barricade may be a headmaster like cogman. His toy comes with a small robot with a face that looks like barricades face. I also remember reading that there were a lot of different barricade bots, like clones...
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