Unicron

Unicron

It’s official: the biggest Transformers action figure ever created is going into production!

Hasbro‘s Transformers: War for Cybertron Unicron was announced this summer as a new crowdsourcing effort from the HasLab platform under Hasbro Pulse. Following a successful debut of the HasLab platform last year with the Star Wars the Vintage Collection Jabba’s Sail Barge (the Khetanna), the company went bigger in both scale and price with Unicron — based on the character as seen in Transformers: The Movie (1986) —  a figure with a massive, 30-inch diameter in planet mode and a hefty $574.99 price tag.

Just four days ago, Unicron was sitting at 7,000 backers as the mighty Lord of Chaos entered New York Comic Con (NYCC) as part of a special display in the Pop Insider‘s first-ever NYCC booth (No. 270). Each day, the number of backers increased, and the project hit its 8,000th backer around 10 p.m. ET last night. At press time, 8,546 Transformers fans have backed Unicron. That’s a whopping $4,913,864.54‬ worth of Transformers!

If you want to get in on the action, you have about 14 hours from this writing to get your backing (now a preorder) in for Unicron.

Photo: Hasbro

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James Zahn

James Zahn

James Zahn, AKA The Rock Father, is Editor-in-Chief of The Toy Book, a Senior Editor at The Toy Insider and The Pop Insider, and Editor of The Toy Report, The Toy Book‘s weekly industry newsletter. As a pop culture and toy industry expert, Zahn has appeared as a panelist and guest at events including Comic-Con International: San Diego (SDCC) Wizard World Chicago, and the ASTRA Marketplace & Academy. Zahn has more than 30 years of experience in the entertainment, retail, and publishing industries, and is frequently called upon to offer expert commentary for publications such as Forbes, Marketwatch, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, USA Today, Reuters, the Washington Post, and more. James has appeared on History Channel’s Modern Marvels, was interviewed by Larry King and Anderson Cooper, and has been seen on Yahoo! Finance, CNN, CNBC, FOX Business, NBC, ABC, CBS, WGN, The CW, and more. Zahn joined the Adventure Media & Events family in 2016, initially serving as a member of the Parent Advisory Board after penning articles for the Netflix Stream Team, Fandango Family, PBS KIDS, Sprout Parents (now Universal Kids), PopSugar, and Chicago Parent. He eventually joined the company full time as a Senior Editor and moved up the ranks to Deputy Editor and Editor-in-Chief.

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