Like many of you, I spent the weekend watching the overwhelming flood of San Diego Comic-Con news roll across my feeds. Of course, that's not all I did, but as you've probably guessed, I'm going to share a few thoughts on everything before getting into what I did and what I picked up over the weekend.
Transformers-
Generations/Studio Series – While much of what Hasbro showed at San Diego Comic-Con had already been previewed or leaked online, it was still nice getting a better look at Nexus Prime's combiner team. I've been putting off picking up Nexus Prime, but I do plan on building the full team eventually. I love the colors they've chosen.
The Monster Jam Gravedigger crossover is also looking like a must-have for me. Not only is it a really fun design, but it practically feels like a new version of Dirt Boss from Transformers Cybertron. That was always one of my favorite toys from the line, yet it never really received any follow-up outside of Bot Shots and Attacktix.
There are already a few Monster Jam-inspired designs showing up in the white-box Transformers "kids" line, so I'm beginning to wonder if this partnership is going to be more of an ongoing thing rather than just a one-off collaboration.
And I will definitely own that Shockwave Whale.
Blokees – Recent rumors suggest that the upcoming Galaxy Version series may be based on the IDW comics, while Defender Version 08 is rumored to be themed around Battlestars. While I'll definitely be trying to pick up some of the Galaxy Version kits, you all know by now that I buy a case of every Defender Version assortment. I absolutely love them, and a Battlestars theme would send me into orbit.
Of course, none of this has been confirmed, so take it with a grain of salt. But if these rumors turn out to be true, I'll be ecstatic.
The rumored lineup includes Star Convoy (standard, Nemesis, and possibly Galaxy Convoy), Super Megatron (standard and special versions), Sky Garry, Dark Nova, Slag in dinosaur mode, Nemesis Prime, Dead End in vehicle mode, Mirage (robot and vehicle), Trailbreaker, Beachcomber (Brilliant Version), and Shattered Glass Ratchet.
Blokees also showed off several new Classic Class and Champion Class kits based on the live-action movies. I honestly can't remember if we've seen some of these before or not, but they all looked fantastic. I'd especially love to get the Classic Class Bumblebee from the *Bumblebee* movie. It's still my favorite of the live-action films, and I absolutely love that version of Bumblebee's design.
We also got a much better look at the upcoming Action Edition Optimus Prime 2.0 kit.
I WANT IT!
I still haven't picked up any of the Action Edition kits and decided to wait for the 2.0 version of Optimus after seeing the early preview images. That decision has been validated about tenfold. It looks absolutely amazing.
Masters of the Universe –
Mattel showed off a handful of new Masters of the Universe figures from both the Origins and Chronicles lines, and they all looked fantastic. I'm especially fond of the He-Man wearing the blue outfit, which also appears to be getting a release in the Core Class line.
There also seems to be a new version of Panthor on the way, and I don't it's possible for me to skip him.
It's no secret that the movie didn't set the box office on fire, but now that it's arriving on streaming, I wouldn't be surprised to see it find a much larger audience—much like several of the more recent Transformers films have. Honestly, with Amazon MGM behind it, theatrical releases almost feel like a preview these days. Streaming is where these movies really seem destined to find their audience.
Ghostbusters – Hasbro unveiled its new The Real Ghostbusters Ecto-Plazms line, and I am PUMPED!
These are small collectible figures of the Ghostbusters and ghosts from the cartoon, cast in multiple colors and packaged in little cans styled after the classic Ecto-Plasm slime containers. I'm still not entirely sure if they're closer to keshi figures or little army men, but honestly, I don't care.
This is the perfect Ghostbusters toy line for me.
I haven't been this excited about a Ghostbusters toy since the Ecto Minis blind bags back in 2016.
AWESOME!
BeastBOX– BeastBOX recently unveiled their new Primal Roar blind box line, and I am absolutely salivating over these things.
Each Primal Roar set includes a dinosaur skeleton and a modern military vehicle—like a Tyrannosaurus skeleton paired with an army tank. You get both the dinosaur and vehicle modes, they can combine into a hybrid form, and then the whole thing transforms into BeastBOX's signature box mode.
As if that wasn't enough, collecting multiple figures lets you combine them into a giant gattai robot. There are alternate color versions as well, including realistic fossil-colored skeletons and translucent variants.
Sadly, I haven't picked up a BeastBOX figure in quite a while, and that's something I plan to fix soon. There have been several recent releases I've had my eye on, and these Primal Roar figures have shot straight to the top of that list.
The Weekend- There was a lot more news from the weekend. SDCC, Wonderfest, and ACGHK, but obviously I can only talk about so much here. It's all exciting and makes for a fun future of toys. Me? I didn't go to them, but enjoyed the sights and sounds from them online. Instead I enjoyed a weekend at home with the Mrs organizing more of our new place and some good TV. Played Starfox some more and got in a little time with Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2. I'd been sitting on it since downloading and haven't played it much. As for toys, a trip to Walmart ended up with a second Elita-1 from the Blokees Transformers One wave 2 case and I finally ordered a Blokees Transformers Wheels Series 3 case. Considering I haven't assembled many from Series 2, I've got some building to do!
I'm starting to get my feet underneath me more with the TikTok/Reels I've been slowly working on and anticipate several of these kits to pop up as those. I've never been a big social media guy, but like I said, plan to making those a part of the site going forward. Please check me out and follow! Well, I've got a busy day ahead of me. Halloween on Zone Base starts next week and I've got some fun spooky shit coming! As usual I've been hanging up the decorations around the site early in anticipation of the rising red moon. Pumpkin Spiced Mayhem starts running wild soon! Thank you all for reading Zone Base. Please share the site with your friends and be excellent to each other!
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