Okay, before we go any further: Read our previous story to get yourself caught up, because I don’t feel like repeating myself in the second consecutive front-page story because they couldn’t have just done this earlier.

Got the gist? Good.

Today, Activision Blizzard decided to roll out a second trailer, featuring actual gameplay of their characters cosplaying as Cybertronians in action. Have a gander:

If you’d like to discuss this with other fans on our forums… well, as I said before (verbatim), we don’t really have an Overwatch thread, sequelized or otherwise. We do have this Activision Blizzard thread in our “Fun & Games” section, though. It hasn’t really been touched since the company laid off nearly 2,000 employees at the start of the year, so this might be a way to liven it up, yeah? No? Well, you can start a separate thread, if that’s your whim. In the Transformers Discussion section, perhaps? The trailer is kinda anime-ish, so PrimalxConvoy shared it in the “Japanese Transformers News” thread, even though that’s about as far as the relevance goes.

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Does that mean anything? Maybe. Maybe not. Probably not. But keep it in your back pocket, I guess.

Anyway, those folks rolled out a trailer for a new collaboration that begins today, and features some of our favorite robots in disguise as skins (for the gamer illiterate, that’s basically like “costumes”) for a quartet of pre-existing characters from the game. Check ’em out:

For what it’s worth, Overwatch 2 principle artist Mike Hardison explained on SMOKAT that these are the Overwatch 2 characters cosplaying as the characters, rather than the actual characters themselves. That said, there is a little more meat to this crossover than just everyone playing dress-up, as they also released a free digital comic online called “Transmission” that shows Megatron establishing a trade with Ramattra: He gets Cybertronian tech in exchange for Megatron using him as an avatar in this world. Naturally, the Autobots can’t have that, and so the race is on to find new heroes to which they can lend their aid.

So… maybe these costumes are actually — say it with me — more than meets the eye?

Right.

So, anyway. If you play the game (it’s free on Nintendo Switch, Steam for PC, Xbox One/Series X|S, and PlayStations 4 & 5), for those interested by this), the costumes will be available starting today, July 9th, 2024. And if past crossovers, specifically the recent Cowboy Bebop, are anything to go by, they aren’t cheap. Those went for 2,500 Overwatch coins, or roughly $25/£21.

Oh, and that’s each, by the way. So kiss your favorite picture of Ben Franklin (or whatever the equivalent would be in other countries) good-bye if you decide to go all the way in on this.

If you’d like to discuss this with other fans on our forums… well, we don’t really have an Overwatch thread, sequelized or otherwise. We do have this Activision Blizzard thread in our “Fun & Games” section, though. It hasn’t really been touched since the company laid off nearly 2,000 employees at the start of the year, so this might be a way to liven it up, yeah? No? Well, you can start a separate thread, if that’s your whim. In the Transformers Discussion section, perhaps? The trailer is kinda anime-ish, so PrimalxConvoy shared it in the “Japanese Transformers News” thread, even though that’s about as far as the relevance goes.

Not a member? Register now! It’s totally free, save for that teeny little fragment of your Spark that helps sustain our existence! If forums aren’t your bag and you’re more of a social media kid, then you can find us on SMOKAT (that’s the Social Media Once Known As Twitter — just you wait, this’ll catch on better than “X” ever will) @AllsparkNews. Or you can do your web-slinging Into and Across the Metaverse to find our Facebook page, Facebook Group, and Instagram! Or you can go Beyond the Metaverse, and join us on our Discord, Discord.gg/allspark, where our operators are standing by to serve you!

Via eBay we have official stock photos for Battle Changer Scourge (with Scorponok), Beast Combiner Optimus Prime (with Lionblade), and Beast Weaponizer Arcee (with Cheetor)!

Tell us which of these you’re looking to add to your warrior ranks, on the Allspark Facebook page , on our partnered Discord at discord.gg/allspark , and on the Allspark Forums !

Freezer meanwhile as recenly revealed shows his Battlemaster abilities displayed here with Battletrap, along with what seems to be a gun emplacement mode of sorts, we have yet to see if this is a self operating mode or if this is intended for a different function in the movie

With Rise of the beasts at the core of everyone’s mind, are excited for these releases? Let us know at the Allspark Forums, our partnered Discord at discord.gg/allspark, and the Allspark Facebook page!

Source: Sam Smith on Instagram

SS-CORE TF7 Rise of the Beasts Arcee

“POWER IS PRIMAL”

Alright, lets talk core class for the upcoming Rise of the Beast film! Starting off the year right with some new reveals, we have Core Arcee in her earth scanned vehicle form. The bike used for the alt mode was Inspired by the motorcycle form used on screen. The bike in the film is a fitting nod to the bayverse alt mode, as it is the period accurate super bike variant of the alt mode that she had in ROTF.

I partnered with Koki Yamada at TT, who quickly got to work on developing a fantastic transformation that would scale this figure appropriately amongst the bots for the film. Being a motorcycle, she was naturally a much smaller character, and with the debut of the core scale in 2022, we finally had a place to release her in the detail she deserves as one of the main autobots of the film.

Arcee brings about a classically fused deco scheme that incorporates red, white and some secondary pink highlights across her bot and alt mode. Due to the complexity of some of the forms, there were some small changes that were altered in the deco plan as it went into production. Primarily with the front chest fairing changing mold colors, there were no longer the black details on the shoulder joints left over by the base color, and the mirrors on the alt form needed to be incorporated into the white portion of the livery. Regardless, I am still very happy with how she turned out.

The overall bot design is a nice evolution of her Bumblebee movie form, and I was excited to see elements like her heel wheels being able to be used as blades get incorporated into the film. Her initial scenes shared in the trailer look awesome, and I am excited to see this smaller minibot type character come to life this summer!

NOTE: I won’t be sharing full Screen to Toy asset breakdowns prior to the films release out of respect to our studio partnerships.

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Flame Toys provides the following info on this upcoming kit:

Preorders are up here for this May 2023 release!

Between Transformers Legacy’s prominent featuring of her Aligned namesake, Studio Series 86 remixing the T30 mold, and this sleek new release, Arcee’s getting a lot of love! Share your love for the ’86 movie breakout on the Allspark Facebook page , on our partnered Discord at discord.gg/allspark , and on the Allspark Forums !

Hey guys, here is some behind the scenes development on the Deluxe Arcee, Road Rocket, and Flamewar.
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Arcee’s inital design was kicked off by John Warden and the illustration shown here was done by @marcelomatere .
You will also notice the energon weapons that were drawn by @santalux75.

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Now you know I dig action masters, so I was trying here for an Axer as the alt head. After talking it over with Yuki san at Takara, he had an amazing suggestion, he wanted to do a RoadPig or a RoadRocket alt head as a female ninja to go along with Arcee’s motif. I was onboard for the Road Rocket and off we went.
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You can see some of my hardlines over the sculpt to add some tings here and there, adjust some sizing, and add some sculpting flare . You can also see some design inputs I did for the alt head with the details to get her tires on her shoulders, which was a definite must.
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You will also see some early concepting done to figure out a crossbow attribute for Flamewar. I really like to get my hands on stuff and play out the fantasy. I always pictured her as a Shattered Glass Arcee personally, but to provide another strong character in the comic the team felt like it was a strong play. The shattered glass universe has been a real treat to work on and Im glad everyone is really digging it.
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Busy week so forgive me if Im MIA. I try my best to answer but Im currently drowning in the Rust Sea.

Interesting ideas behind how the non-SG character Flamewar wound up in the SG line. Are you looking forward to Road Rocket or Flamewar more? How well do you think they captured these characters given these tooling and deco changes? Let Mark and the team know! Then let’s talk about that on the Allspark Facebook page , on our partnered Discord at discord.gg/allspark , and on the Allspark Forums !

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Thanks to new Allspark staff member Blazezard for passing this along

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The leaked Sideways toy gets an official reveal, as does a new Bumblebee retool featuring the bespoilered DOTM version of Satan’s Camaro. But the big surprise has to be Studio Series 86 Arcee, a heavy retool of Generations “Thrilling 30” Arcee!

Let us know what you think of these two new live-action releases, as well as this latest chance to forget all about WFC: Earthrise Arcee, on the Allspark Facebook page, on our partnered Discord at discord.gg/allspark, and on the Allspark Forums !