Our tour started at the "Transformers" line, which we didn't have too much to talk about the first time, but we were greeted by the absolutely enormous Metroplex, which is rightfully being dubbed the "Biggest Transfomer Ever." Having been introduced in the "Fall of Cybertron" video game, it is indeed enormous, something which is hard to tell from pictures, but we were told it would be available in the fall for roughly $125.
The other new way Hasbro is trying to make "Transformers" more fun for a new generation is their new line of "Construct-Bots," which allows kids to collect and play with Transformers toys in a new way with each figure in the line including a skeleton with various pieces that can be snapped onto it and interchanged between the toys allowing you to create an unlimited amount of new robots. They have a full line of Contruct-Bots toys ranging from $9.99 to $34.99 that will be released in August
The real exciting news in Kre-O land is that Hasbro now has the license for Star Trek and they had the new line of Star Trek Kre-O toys on display, which includes a number of vehicles and playsets, as well as a whole array of collectible Kre-Ons. We were given a demonstation of how the new Lighttech technology works in the Kre-O U.S.S. Enterprise which you can watch below. (That involves blocks in which you insert AAA batteries and no internal wiring in case you were wondering.) We also checked out the various playsets including one that seems to include the bad guy played by Benedict Cumberbatch in Star Trek Into Darkness, which you can see at left or in its playset here. Doesn't give us any idea if this is a known character from Star Trek history or not, but he's in there as is a large variety of characters from the TV shows and movies that will be rolled out over the coming year.
Next, we went over to our favorite section of Hasbro, the Marvel toys, with the main spotlight being on toys based on the upcoming Iron Man 3 and Thor: the Dark World, the latter which you can see here.
Unfortunately the Wolverine All-Stars 3.75" toys we saw a few days ago were not directly from the summer's upcoming The Wolverine which became more obvious when we saw them in person, so I guess we still don't know what the new Silver Samurai will look like in the movie. Also, the Rocket Raccoon we posted earlier is actually put together using Hasbro's "Build-A-FIgure" system when you buy all the figures in the next wave of Marvel Legends 6" figures, similar to the Puck and Hit Monkey Build-A-Figures in the pictures. Hasbro also are introducing a new line of toys based on the "Avengers Assemble" cartoon, including all your favorite Avengers and baddies The Leader and The Red Skull.
Before we left, we swung by the games section of Hasbro's showroom where we were shown the new Monopoly and Operation games based on the upcoming Universal animated sequel Despicable Me 2. What makes them different from the typical variations on those games we've seen is that they incorporated a collectible figurine aspect to it where you get a number of figures with each game and then you can buy separate figures to collect them all. The Monopoly game also has a raised three-dimensional board rather than the typical flat one and includes a special spinner in the center rather than the traditional dice.
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