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I had a wonderful time at Botcon 2026! Thank you to everyone who said hello! (I ran out of sticker packs Saturday morning!) I made a Pink Megatron in the two hour Blokees custom class and he won first place! Pink Optimus also won in his respective art category! I also pulled a winning ticket for the fancy Megatron! I got to talk to the Blokees representative one on one about upcoming things, they're super receptive to fan feedback and love hearing from us! (They loved ES Breakdown!) The con staff were really nice and all around, I had a blast, I'll be back next year!

Bonus: Me as Breakdown!

4 PM PST: Updated to clarify TCG information. (It's not being planned at the moment.)

Thank you to @rinovarka for covering this event! Please see the full Twitter thread for more info.

What's new since Toyfair in February?

Names have been changed, again. See below.

They showcased the first episode of the dub at the panel. The dub appears to be the same as the existing one, even down to the old names (Blue Cop, Mega Trucker). Rino writes that "A light apology is given for the English dubbing, as it was done for affordability, and that Season 2's localization should be better."

If the first wave is received well, then there's more justification for quality dubbing, marketing, etc.. Lots of things (human figures, comic, etc) were answered with "if it does well, then maybe!",

There are talks about making a new Metal Cardbot TCG for the US audience, since TCGs don't attract much attention in Asia, but it's hypothetical (source)

They hope that MCB becomes good competition in the transforming robot market (people who work on MCB know TF and the American market, and study them for fresh views/ideas).

Planned to be distributed at Entertainment Earth, BBTS, and Amazon in Fall 2025. They hope to distribute to larger, in-person retailers in the future... "maybe"

Prototype packaging was shown off (see below) - not final

Prototype Packaging (Toyfair vs BotCon)

Toyfair coverage: misswhynowhy on Twitter

Cardbots

Season 1, Wave 1 (releasing Late 2025/2026)

Names are not final, and "they acknowledge the translated names arent that great right now", and that they're still tweaking them (and possibly the names in the dub).

Names marked in blue are new.

Blue Star (Blue Cop, formerly Blue Cobalt) - $23.99

Shadow X - $23.99

Bluster Gale (Buster Gallon) - $23.99

Mech Tackle (Mega Trucker) - $32.99

Steel Hook (Black Hook) - $32.99

Heavy Iron - $49.99

Season 1, TBD price and release date

Wild Guardian (Wild Guardy)

Buffalo Crush

Med Alert (Mega Ambler)

Fire Buster (Phoenix Fire)

Dextrous (Dexter)

Fleta Z

Ultimate Blue Star (Ultimate Blue Cop)

While Season 2 toys were shown off at the event, there was no timeline or plans announced to bring them to US retailers.

I really Thought Alpha Trion would have Three Modes But I guess they have to Remove his Lion Mode to make him G1 Cartoon Accurate and that's fine

After months of work i can finally present you… The long awaited Prime, Prime of Combination, Master of Powerlinx,

The Nexus Prime!

--------------------------------------------------------- After months of waiting and work i can finally unveil and show you my finished take on Botcon/Funpub Nexus Prime/Maximus, the one that changed it all. I hope you will like it.