Transformers NYCC 2025 Panel Reveals and Booth Images

The Transformers segment of Hasbro’s NYCC 2025 panel delivered across legacy love, Studio Series, and a wild Timelines twist that puts Starscream and Optimus Prime in a brand new light. Right out of the gate we got clarity on what’s carrying forward from San Diego Comic Con and what’s freshly on deck for fans to pore over, and I felt that energy in the room where every name drop drew a cheer and every tease had people craning for the next slide. I was especially pumped hearing Beast Wars momentum continue into 2026, seeing Studio Series fill long-requested 1986 gaps, and learning how TakaraTomy collaboration is shaping some of the most inventive engineering. The Timelines reveal hit me square in the collector brain with a feudal Japan spin that reimagines Optimus and Starscream in forms that are both clever and toyetic, and I was grinning hearing about the packaging artistry that ties it all together. Sprinkle in concrete preorder timing, MCM London follow-ups, and a heartfelt Hall of Fame moment that had the crowd applauding, and you’ve got a Transformers update that balanced reveals, roadmap, and reverence in a way that made my inner eight-year-old and current shelf planner equally happy. Let’s dig in.

Deluxe Class

The team framed this as a mix of SDCC follow-through with a handful of new beats, noting they’re pacing reveals across four conventions over the next two months. Deluxe class callouts included Sureshot, Blast Off, Jalopy, Quickstrike, and Quintus Prime. Quickstrike keeps the Beast Wars cast push for the 2026 anniversary, and Quintus Prime features clear parts and a “mysterious jellyfish” design note carried through development.

The green translucent Quintus Prime stood out for its ethereal, jellyfish-like design, while Wreck-Gar brought a robust, gritty texture that contrasted with the smoother metallic tones of his shelfmates. Together, the setup represented a vibrant cross-section of the upcoming 2026 Age of the Primes releases, offering collectors a full look at how Hasbro is blending nostalgia, deep lore, and bold redesigns within one unified theme.

Quintus Prime

Deluxe Class Quintus Prime stands out with translucent green plastic that captures his ethereal, otherworldly energy and jellyfish-inspired design. The figure’s organic flow and layered armor detailing highlight the creative engineering that bridges alien fluidity with mechanical design.

Sureshot

Deluxe Class Sureshot features bold yellow and red plastic with sharp sculpting that mirrors his classic G1 vehicle mode, complete with a twin-barreled blaster mounted to his dune buggy. The figure captures the energetic, streamlined look of the original design while integrating modern articulation and updated proportions.

Blast Off

Deluxe Class Combaticon Blast Off features a deep purple and black color scheme with sharp sculpting that accentuates his spacecraft form and Decepticon insignia. The figure transitions into a sleek shuttle mode with clean paneling and metallic accents that capture his signature G1-inspired look.

Jalopy

Deluxe Class Jalopy features a rugged, weathered design with a mix of rust-red and olive-green tones. His alt mode converts into a heavily armored off-road vehicle with exposed engine detailing and exhaust pipes.

Quick Strike

Deluxe Class Quickstrike features vibrant metallic teal, gold, and orange colors that recreate his iconic Beast Wars look with modern detailing. The figure’s scorpion tail and cobra arm are fully articulated, emphasizing his hybrid creature design and poseability.

Voyager Class

Voyager Brawl returns, and Amalgamous Prime headlines the “13 Primes” push with a weaponizer approach that lets parts rearrange into many forms, developed alongside TakaraTomy’s Yuki Sato. With respect to Wreck Gar, the team described him as a redeco that helps round out that early wave lineup, continuing the focus on legacy figures with updated paint and sculpt details to align with the Anniversary direction.

The Transformers display at the Hasbro booth during NYCC 2025 featured an impressive lineup of both Voyager and Deluxe Class figures from the Age of the Primes collection. Inside the glass case, fans could get a close-up look at Deluxe figures like Brawl, Wreck Gar, and, Almagomous Prime. On the Voyager side.

Wreck Gar

Voyager Class Wreck-Gar returns with his trademark orange and gray color scheme, updated with detailed sculpting that accentuates his rugged, mechanical armor and expressive faceplate. His alternate mode converts into a garbage truck, maintaining the Junkion-inspired industrial feel.

Amalgamous Prime

Voyager Class Amalgamous Prime from the Age of the Primes line showcases a modular, weaponizer design that allows collectors to disassemble and reconfigure the figure into multiple forms. It features intricate mechanical detailing with gray armor, golden accents, and clear parts emphasizing its shapeshifting ability

Brawl

Voyager Class Combaticon Brawl features a bright military green and gray color palette with heavy armor sculpting that evokes his classic tank form. The figure’s turret cannons and blocky silhouette emphasize his combiner-ready design while maintaining clean transformation engineering.

Leader Class

Razorclaw appears as a redeco rooted in the Tigerhawk tooling, and Big Convoy is finally presented under his rightful character name rather than as an “Optimus” variant, aligning with the Beast Wars anniversary focus.

Razorclaw

Leader Class Razorclaw features a vivid mix of deep blue, black, and red accents that highlight his fierce, beast-inspired design. The figure’s detailed wings and clawed limbs emphasize his Predacon roots, with layered sculpting that enhances both his robotic and animalistic forms.

Big Convoy

Leader Class Big Convoy features a highly detailed sculpt that captures his woolly mammoth alt mode with textured fur and sweeping ivory tusks. In robot form, the figure showcases bold red, blue, yellow, and white armor with mammoth parts integrated into his design, staying true to his classic Beast Wars Neo appearance.

New Combiner

A new combiner is in the works; an unpainted model and potentially an early prototype are planned to be shown at MCM London in a couple of weeks, with the team calling it one of their best combiners to date. They mentioned it would likely be shown there as a gray model or possibly an early prototype, and they emphasized that it’s shaping up to be “one of the best combiners we’ve ever done. Shown in the slide is Commander Onslaught.

Studio Series

Arachnid was highlighted as one of the most positively received figures in the current Studio Series lineup. The designers mentioned how much fun she was to work on, emphasizing the care that went into her sculpt and engineering to reflect her animated appearance. The Last Knight Barricade followed as a welcomed return, reintroducing the character with updated articulation and sharper detailing to match his on-screen look.

Airachnid

Deluxe Class TF1 Airachnid features a sleek gray finish accented with red stripes, emphasizing her sharp and angular armor design. Her alternate mode transforms into a twin-rotor attack helicopter.

Barricade

Deluxe Class Studio Series Barricade from The Last Knight features a glossy dark blue and black finish with silver highlights that bring out his menacing police car motif. His transformation retains the sleek patrol vehicle mode with sculpted weaponry and detailed panel lines that transition cleanly into his aggressive, armored robot form.

Windcharger

1986 Windcharger finally brings a long-missing minibot to the Studio Series 86 shelf and comes with a magnetic energy blast effect that nods to his underused magnetism powers from the original cartoon. The designers joked about how powerful that ability actually was, especially on a planet made of metal.

Deluxe Class Studio Series ’86 Windcharger captures his classic G1 design with bright red and gray colors, a compact build, and clean transformation engineering. His alternate mode forms a smooth, retro-style sports car, and he includes a magnetic energy blast effect referencing his short-lived but powerful cartoon ability.

Voyager Class

Leader The Last Knight Nemesis Prime is a redeco of the recent Prime and pairs thematically with TF4 Grimlock, whose painted prototype was delayed in shipping and is targeted for reveal at MCM London. Voyager Class 1986 Thundercracker and TF1 Alpha Trion were showcased together as part of the Studio Series updates.

Thundercracker

Thundercracker is joining the growing lineup of 1986 Seekers. The design team mentioned that fans have been sending them color checklists and assured everyone that every possible Seeker color variant will eventually be produced using this new mold. TF1 Alpha Trion was revealed as a distinctive take on the character, appearing in a lion-unicorn mode that carries subtle battle damage details.

Voyager Class Studio Series ’86 Thundercracker features a bold blue and gray jet mode with red wing stripes and a translucent orange cockpit canopy. The figure stays true to his G1 design with crisp panel detailing and clean lines, completing the updated Seeker trio for the Studio Series 86 collection.

In robot mode, Voyager Class Studio Series ’86 Thundercracker features a crisp blue and gray color scheme with red accents along his wings and translucent orange cockpit chest. The sculpt captures his animated look with squared proportions, red eyes, and twin null rays mounted to his arms for a classic Seeker appearance.

Alpha Trion

Voyager Class Alpha Trion from Transformers One takes on a beast-like robotic form combining metallic silver, deep purple, and magenta tones with green energy details. His design features spiked armor, mechanical musculature, and translucent energy effects that reflect his ancient and powerful presence in the new animated continuity.

In robot form, Voyager Class Alpha Trion features a regal, battle-worn look with metallic silver and purple armor accented by green energy corrosion effects. The sculpted head design includes his signature crest, while his proportions and detailing evoke the character’s wisdom and ancient Cybertronian heritage.

Leader Class

Leader Class Nemesis Prime and 1986 Soundwave rounded out the higher-end Studio Series reveals at the Transformers NYCC 2025 panel. Nemesis Prime is a redeco of the previously released The Last Knight Optimus Prime, reimagined to capture his darker on-screen persona and designed to pair visually with the upcoming TF4 Grimlock, which the team plans to reveal fully at MCM London once the painted prototype arrives. The figure was described as having meticulous paint applications that emphasize his corrupted look while maintaining all the articulation and weapon features of the original release. The new 1986 Soundwave was introduced as a more screen-accurate, animation-proportioned version that scales slightly taller than past iterations and refines his silhouette to better match his appearance in the original movie. The team confirmed that he remains fully compatible with all previously released cassettes dating back to the Siege line.

Soundwave

Here, Soundwave is displayed in the booth alongside his cassette companions and alternate mode. We’ll dive into the finer details of the figure and his accessories in the following close-up shots.

Soundwave is shown striking his classic pose from the cartoon, finger poised to press the eject button on his chest panel. The second shot highlights the tape compartment, revealing how the included cassettes neatly fit inside the chest cavity, capturing the nostalgic functionality of the original design.

Up-close shots of the cassettes included with the Studio Series Soundwave showcase the detailing on Ravage, Buzzsaw, and Laserbeak. Ravage features molded panel lines, a sleek head sculpt, and the classic black and silver Decepticon color scheme with subtle purple insignias. Buzzsaw and Laserbeak are shown in their compact bird modes, each with fold-out wings, small mechanical sculpting, and paint accents in red and yellow on their torsos. Despite their small size, each figure carries the retro cassette-inspired detailing and proportions that complement Soundwave perfectly.

Nemesis Prime

The Transformers Studio Series display features The Last Knight Nemesis Prime in both robot and truck modes, showcasing his dark blue and red flame deco with silver highlights and battle-worn detailing. His truck mode retains the sleek Western Star cab design, while the robot mode includes his sword and shield accessories.

An up-close look at The Last Knight Nemesis Prime reveals the figure’s intricate sculpting and layered panel detailing. The truck mode shows crisp flame tampographs over a metallic blue finish, with silver accents along the grille, smokestacks, and light bar. In robot mode, the close-up highlights the complex mechanical textures, angular armor plating, and the precision of his weapons, most notably the circular shield with red inner detailing and the finely molded sword.

Retro Deluxe

The retro segment of the Transformers NYCC 2025 panel spotlighted a completely new Deluxe Retro Wheelie mold, designed to better align with the recent wave of retooled minibots. The team confirmed that this version is a full new sculpt, not a redeco, and was created to bring the toy-style look to life first, with an ’86 animation deco planned for the future. Wheelie comes on a vintage-inspired retro card and is part of the Walmart Collector Con lineup, with preorders already live. He’s paired with Retro Outback, whose parts were cleverly integrated into the Braun tooling during development. The designers mentioned that when a small amount of space was left in the Braun mold, they added the Outback parts in advance to enable an eventual release without additional tooling work. Both figures are available for preorder now and celebrate the continuation of the retro subline that merges nostalgia with updated engineering.

Wheelie and Brawn

The Transformers Retro Wheelie and Outback figures bring back their G1 charm with updated vintage-style deco and packaging. Wheelie features his classic orange and gray color scheme with a futuristic car alt mode, while Outback sports a tan off-road vehicle form with roof-mounted weaponry and blocky robot design that stays true to the 1986 aesthetic.

The Transformers Retro Wheelie packaging faithfully recreates the vintage G1 card back design with the classic black grid pattern, character artwork, and “Heroic Autobot” branding. The figure is presented in a clear blister bubble showcasing both robot and vehicle modes, echoing the nostalgic presentation of 1980s Transformers releases.

Timelines

The Timelines Series segment of the Transformers NYCC 2025 panel unveiled the next themed capsule, which builds on the Hearts of Steel concept by taking the Transformers universe into a feudal Japan setting. The first pack features Optimus Prime as a samurai who transforms into an ox cart with a trailer and Starscream as an eagle inspired by tengu mythology and traditional Japanese falconry. The design team explained how this animal-based approach fit naturally within the historical framework, allowing each character to embody regional lore while maintaining recognizable design cues. They also confirmed that Megatron and Bumblebee will follow as part of the same theme, with both figures set to be revealed at MCM London. The collection continues the Timelines tradition of reimagining core Transformers through inventive, period-based reinterpretations that push creativity and world-building beyond standard continuity.

Starscream

The Timeline Series Starscream features a sleek design that reimagines the classic Decepticon with mechanical wings accented in red and blue, blending avian elements with cybernetic details. His transformation into a bird-like alt mode maintains the same sharp, angular sculpting, showcasing extended mechanical feathers and talon-like appendages.

Optimus Prime

The Timeline Series Optimus Prime showcases a stylized take on the Autobot leader with bold red, blue, and silver armor, complete with gold detailing and a translucent yellow energy blade. His transformation converts into a mechanical ox pulling a cart that carries the same intricate sculpting and aesthetic as seen throughout the set.

The box art and design direction were highlighted as a major creative effort in the Timelines line. The packaging draws inspiration from traditional Japanese sword boxes, using gold filaments and intricate animal motifs to mirror the cultural and mythological influences behind the figures. The art team worked closely with designers familiar with Japanese visual history to achieve authenticity in both pattern and texture, creating packaging that feels like an extension of the toy concept itself. The end result is a collector-focused presentation that merges artistry and storytelling—each box serving as both display piece and thematic bridge into the feudal-era reinterpretation of the Transformers universe.

The Transformers Takara Tomy Timeline Series packaging features striking Japanese-inspired artwork, showcasing Optimus Prime and Starscream in a fierce duel with dynamic brushstroke effects and a vivid red sun backdrop. The reverse side highlights both figures in their robot and alternate modes, complete with transformation step callouts and gold detailing.

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