Hasbro and IDW Creating All-Female Transformers Team
The new sextet will debut this summer.
By Rachel HaasFresh off confirming plans for a shared Transformers universe, Hasbro has now revealed that it is working with IDW Publishing to craft an all-female Transformers team.
The news broke via USA Today that the team will consist of six new female Autobots who join to form new "Combiner" character, Victorion. Expect the group to appear first in comics with July's Transformers: Combiner Hunters miniseries, with Hasbro debuting a toy line sometime later this year.
"Our female fans have demanded to be part of the story," said Sarah Carroll, Hasbro's senior brand manager for Transformers toys. "To have them be represented as well is something that's only natural."
Transformers have always included female characters, including Arcee and Chromia who were of the early "Generation 1" years, appearing in various television series and comics. More recently, an online fan poll helped create the Autobot Windblade, which has since been featured throughout IDW's Transformers comics. Strongarm is another female who found a place on Transformers: Robots in Disguise.
For both parents and children, "it's very important for them to have strong female characters so that they can relate and bridge that love with their kids," said Mairghread Scott, a writer for the animated series as well as IDW's Transformers: Windblade comics.
This is just the latest project in line for the Transformers franchise, following the Transformers Cinematic Universe, as well as a possible release date for the next film, Transformers 5.
The new sextet will debut this summer.
By Rachel HaasFresh off confirming plans for a shared Transformers universe, Hasbro has now revealed that it is working with IDW Publishing to craft an all-female Transformers team.
The news broke via USA Today that the team will consist of six new female Autobots who join to form new "Combiner" character, Victorion. Expect the group to appear first in comics with July's Transformers: Combiner Hunters miniseries, with Hasbro debuting a toy line sometime later this year.
"Our female fans have demanded to be part of the story," said Sarah Carroll, Hasbro's senior brand manager for Transformers toys. "To have them be represented as well is something that's only natural."
Transformers have always included female characters, including Arcee and Chromia who were of the early "Generation 1" years, appearing in various television series and comics. More recently, an online fan poll helped create the Autobot Windblade, which has since been featured throughout IDW's Transformers comics. Strongarm is another female who found a place on Transformers: Robots in Disguise.
For both parents and children, "it's very important for them to have strong female characters so that they can relate and bridge that love with their kids," said Mairghread Scott, a writer for the animated series as well as IDW's Transformers: Windblade comics.
This is just the latest project in line for the Transformers franchise, following the Transformers Cinematic Universe, as well as a possible release date for the next film, Transformers 5.
Come on brehs they had female autobots in the m. bay movie
