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Wotafa's livestream of the 2024 TF expo in Japan.

 

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Photos of the aforementioned second wave of collectors cards in Japan.

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02 – G1 Rodimus Convoy / Rodimus Prime
05 – Victory Star Saber
08 – Beast Wars II Lio Convoy
11 – Car Robots Fire Convoy / RID Optimus Prime
?? – Beast Wars Return Convoy / Beast Machines Optimus Primal
17 – Revenge Of The Fallen Jet Power Optimus Prime
20 – Arms Micron Arms Master Optimus Prime / Transformers Prime Weaponizer Optimus Prime
23 – Transformers Adventures Optimus Prime / RID 2015 Optimus Prime
26 – War For Cybertron Siege Optimus Prime
29 – Earthspark Optimus Prime

(Source: - @dablue_7916 (Twitter)

Mochibots had a display at the expo in Japan. The QR code in one of the photos is to an online shop.
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(Sources: - hjweb and @hayatoron (Twitter)

Also, Robot Kingdom has some pics of the expo-exclusives' packaging.
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(Extremely rough translation)
C0IS Sentinel Prime

Role: Former Commander-in-Chief

Alt-Mode: Trailer truck

Abilities: Follow powerful support boat machines and fight on your own. In robot mode, Sentinel is armed with a rust cannon and laser axe. The Buggy-type ``Diro'' acts like a loyal disciple. The Zeta module is a mobile base for repair, reinforcement, and modification and It becomes a loader gantry.

Personality: He is a legendary leader who led battles in ancient times. He was fierce together with his fellow Autobots, but too much pride can be a disaster.
 
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Transformers 40th Anniversary Expo - Additional Info and Images.
Photos.
Additional images of the event can be found here.

Merch video.
Mafia Kujita and Nakamura Yuuichi (the Japanese voice actor of Transformers One Orion Pax/ Optimus Prime in the Japanese release) discuss the 2024 anniversary expo and merch (especially how expensive some of it is).

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The silver netsuke Optimus Prime (limited to only 10 in the world) has pics and info at the official website here.
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Transformers 'Don't Fight'.
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At the event (Sanrio?) had cute, chibi merch for sale. I saw most of the stickers and stuff (which some of the Japanese girls attending seemed to like) but I didn't see the 'transforming' bags or cuddly toys there. As with most of the event items, visitors can buy them online here.
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There's also a 'cute' (or annoying) promotional video.

 
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Release Date: July 26, 2025
Retail Price: ¥ 7,150 JPY / $50.58 USD

A dream collaboration between Monster Hunter and Transformers!

Optimus Prime appears as a scanned version of Rathalos.

Optimus Prime transforms from the Rathalos-themed "Monster Mode" to "Robot Mode."

In monster mode, the head, neck, wings, and legs are movable, and the mouth can be opened and closed.

In robot mode, a sword and shield can be equipped, and they can be combined to transform and combine into a large axe.

A collaboration-style matrix is included and can be stored in the torso.

Set contents

Rathalos Prime body (1), Matrix (1), Instruction manual (1).
(Source: - Amazon Japan.)


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Dang. I was really hoping this would be a new Prime/Convoy-style character, rather than Optimus Prime in cosplay. Oh well.
Well, I'm imagining it as a new Maximal. He's officially got a new name after all. However, Takara DOES seem to just use Optimus/Megatron/Bumblebee/Starscream for their crossover/collaboration figures, which is a bit unimaginative of them.
 
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Wow, that is slow.
 

Haywire

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Tessho Genda just has one of those voices that works for Convoy. I grew up with Peter Cullen's Optimus Prime, and Genda's Convoy still sounds right!

(Incidentally, I still think we need a City Hunter/Transformers crossover with Optimus and Umibouzu teamed up!)
 

Sabrblade

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Tessho Genda just has one of those voices that works for Convoy. I grew up with Peter Cullen's Optimus Prime, and Genda's Convoy still sounds right!
It's nice that they got him to play Alpha Trion in the Japanese dub of TF One.
 

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Although I've mentioned that TF One seems to have a lack of promotion (to me) in Japan, Line (the most popular chat/VOIP call app in Japan and some other parts of Asia) has TF One digital "stickers" that you can add to chats. Below are some screenshots showing them, courtesy of Snakas.

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It's actually possible, on Android, to extract the sticker images (you need to rename them as ".gif" or equivalent) files and there were even ways for anyone in the world to download the full set of any Line stickers for free (Google it).

I was given some legit TF Line stickers and I managed to extract them, such as the one below.

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(That's why it has got a clear background, as I didn't need to screenshot it).
 

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Amazon Japan might be selling these, with pre-orders possibly starting on the 9th of October 9, 2024.

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This is interesting as Lockdown (a former US exclusive?) it's getting a mainstream release in Japan, whereas Mirage (which I assumed was already out in Japan by now) is getting a release (even though the cheaper KO was also already released)?
 


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