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PreviewsWorld
has updated with a preview of IDW's Transformers: The Death of Optimus
Prime. This special issue, the 125th Transformers comic published by IDW, is written by James Roberts and John Barber, with art by Nick Roche. This new team will be looking after the comics from January.
Planet Iacon,
the Singapore Transformers Fans Group on Facebook has posted a new
image of the Year Of Dragon Ultimate Optimus Prime in robot mode.
This Asian Exclusive figure is the repaint version of Transformers Dark of the Moon Ultimate Optimus Prime to commemorate the coming Year Of Dragon for Lunar Calendar.
Category: Transformers Toy News
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on: Tuesday, 20th December 2011 at 20:00:22 GMT
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The Transformers facebook page has posted this week's Transformers Prime cast and crew fan Q&A session with Production Coordinator Meredith Rodgers.
Yessie Nieves asks: What are the main
tasks you are in charge with as Production Coordinator and how did you
get to be part of this awesome project?
MEREDITH RODGERS: My main tasks are overseeing the work of the
Production Assistants, implementing the scheduled deadlines per
department as provided by my producer and being my Production Manager’s
right hand. Some tasks involve design reviews and animation reviews.
It's up to me to make sure that information is properly dispersed and
executed. Animation is so much fun, but get the wrong color on an
Autobot and that’s a big problem! Since Transformers is such a huge
franchise we really have to be delicate in designing from the vast lore
of the brand. I was very lucky to land this job and for a Transformers
G1 fan, it’s awesome!
Michelle Stosez asks: What is the
target time frame for each stage of production? Storyboard, VO
recording, Editing, PR..etc...? What is the total time frame from
pre-production to completion for an entire season?
MEREDITH RODGERS: I can tell you that not all productions have the
same time frame. It depends on many different factors to determine the
schedule. For Transformers Prime, storyboarding for one episode takes
about six weeks. Designs from conception to final art take approximately
eight weeks. Records can take up to five hours depending on how many
people are recording. Each department also has to do some area of prep
which is also figured in and usually several different episodes are
overlapping in various stages. Our management team has been in the
business for some time now, so I would say that we have a pretty smooth
production process.
Cassidy Klassen asks: What were some cool ideas that, for whatever reason, just couldn't be used in the show?
MEREDITH RODGERS: Transformers Prime has a nice story arc that does
not usually happen in an animated series. But we all love the action
too! There has to be a balance of story and action. In some episodes we
have to cut some of the action to help the story and some times we find
it necessary to cut a line or two to keep the action moving. Both are
hard decisions. For example in "One Shall Rise:Part 2," we had to cut
quite a few action shots with Optimus Prime fighting Unicron. The action
was so cool, but we needed to get to the following scenes with Ratchet
and the team joining him in the fight. Maybe the edits will be included
as extras on the upcoming DVD!
Cambria Castle asks: What sorts of
skills/interests does it take to perform the job of a "Production
Coordinator"? Is there something special added to the usual list when
you work on a show like Transformers with a high quality standard and a
serious fan base behind it?
MEREDITH RODGERS: A production coordinator should be someone who has
good organizational skills, is able to juggle several different tasks
and be a positive motivator. I have a Computer Animation degree which
has served pretty useful since Transformers Prime is a CG show. There is
definitely some serious thought that goes into each aspect of the
production. Transformers Prime goes through many different approval
processes. Since the show raises the bar on children's animated series,
we have to constantly up the ante and push the show towards great
storytelling, action packed storyboards, and animation that is out of
this world! We need to make sure that Optimus Prime is pleased with our
work!
Jocelyn Simmons asks: Are you a [Transformers] fan, and if so, for how long and what brought it on?
MEREDITH RODGERS: I have been a fan of Transformers since the
eighties; I grew up watching Transformers G1! I have to admit that what
brought it on was the converting sound. I remember sitting in the
kitchen in my parents' old house and I peeked around the corner to see
my brother watching it. I was hooked! I hope all of you enjoy the show
as much as our crew. We truly enjoy hearing the feedback from the fans.
--Meredith Rodgers is the Production Coordinator on Transformers
Prime. In animation, the Production Coordinator assists with the flow
and details of the production process from pre-production (writing and
design) through post production (editing and sound). As the Production
Coordinator, Meredith helps manage the day-to-day running of departments
(schedules, assignment lists, project review, etc). Meredith is the
soccer mom of Transformers Prime, making sure every episode has what it
needs before heading out the door. She loves working with so many
different kinds of art (sketches, transformations, color scripts, CG
models) to ensure that what Prime artists see in their heads is what
fans see on the screen.
Before this, Meredith lived in New York, working as a Production
Manager/Coordinator on several animated series for Animation Collective.
She also worked as a Design Coordinator at Curious Pictures and painted
backgrounds for Clifford's Puppy Day's at Scholastic Entertainment.
Meredith has a degree in Computer Animation from Full Sail University.
Category: Transformers: Prime
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on: Tuesday, 20th December 2011 at 19:54:32 GMT
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Day
Nine of Auto Assembly's Twelve Days Of Christmas is here, and this time
we're back to bringing you convention footage and once again we turn
the clock back a few months to Auto Assembly 2011... Yes, it'the Cosplay
Competition from our Saturday Evening Programme so sit back and enjoy
this year's fantastic display of costumes...
Stay tuned for our next video being released on 21st December 2011...
Don't
forget, our special Christmas sale is still running on tickets for Auto
Assembly 2012 where you can get adult weekend passes for just £35,
saving over 20% on the normal price as long as you order online by 24th
December and our special offer for Dealers! For more details on Auto
Assembly or to book your tickets, visit the website at www.autoassembly.org.uk and for all the latest news on Auto Assembly Europe, visit www.autoassemblyeurope.eu
A Chinese factory called Jet Fair has been slammed in a damning report published by GlobalLabourRights.org. The 34-page PDF file, available to download here, covers conditions at the factory that produced Hasbro products including the Transformers: Prime figures.
The GLR group focus on the factories Transformers output even though it is not an Hasbro owned factory, and suggests that workers at the factory are body searched three times a day to try to stop goods from being smuggled out of the plant.
It is certainly an interesting reading into what is sadly common place still within Chinese factories when it comes to pay and working conditions.
Our thanks go out to Blueshift of Transmasters UK for the link to the article.
Category: Toy Industry News
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on: Tuesday, 20th December 2011 at 08:47:03 GMT
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With great pleasure Savcon would like to announce that Mr. Daniel Ross, The voice of Starscream in the Transformer : The Movie Video Games, will be the 4th Voice Actor to appear at Savcon in 2012.
Mr. Ross also is a Hollywood Actor and master impressionist.
More recently Mr. Ross can be found in the Ninja Vs. movies that are hugely popular.
His future projects include : "Lovely Molly","Ninjas vs Monsters", "Soulmate", "All in the Game"
Some notable Impressions of TF Characters include : Waspinator, Ravage, Terrorsaur, Dinobot, Tarantulas, Quickstrike & Grimlock.
Welcome to the show Mr. Ross!!
Be sure to join Mr. Ross along with our other guests, Gregg Berger, Neil Kaplan and Lee Tockar, June 23-24 2012 only in Savannah, Georgia!!
Takara-Tomy have unveiled their latest free present campaign,
this time to promote Transformers Prime. From 28 December 2011 by
spending 3,000 yen or more at participating stores on Transformers Prime
merchandise, shoppers will receive a free limited edition Micron. The
three Microns are:
Autobot Peaceman - named after Peacemaker, Pointblank's Targetmastr partener, an orange version of Transformers Power Core Combiner Chopster. Toys R Us Japan Exculsive
Fracas - named after Scourge's Targetmaster partner, a blue version of the Transformers Power Core Combiner Groundspike. Exclusive to Yamada Denki,
Yodobashi Camera, Edion Group, Ishimaru, Deodeo, Eiden and Midori.
Aimless - named after Misfire's Targetmaster partner, a light purple version of Transformers Power Core Combiner Throttler. Joshin, Kidsland and Bic Camera Exclusive.
Category: Transformers: Prime
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on: Monday, 19th December 2011 at 20:56:27 GMT
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Dairycon have announced the first Exclusive for
the 2012 Show - Neoknight - aka G.B.
Blackrock. Blackrock as one of the human allies of the Autobots from the original US Marvel comics
and founder of the Neoknights superhero team who played a role in the
final issues of the Marvel run.
Dairycon 2012 will be held over April 27-28th, 2012 at the historic
Ramada Plaza's Crystal Ballroom in Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin. Registration
is open now, head on over to the Dairycon homepage to pre-register yourself today
Maz, who runs TF-1.com, has just published a new article on the Ceji Joustra Diaclone line. The article, which is over 10,000 words and contains over 100 images, is the result of his 14 worth of research.
Rather than try to describe this article to you, I thought it would be best to let Maz himself elaborate on the piece.
"For the last month or so I've been putting together the biggest, most
comprehensive and ambitious article I have ever written, numbering over
10,000 words and containing over 110 photos. It is the fruit of nearly
14 years of collecting and the incredible contributions of many
generous, enthusiastic, knowledgeable and unique collectors throughout
the world.
This one feels like my life's work, but I cannot take sole
responsibility for it by any stretch as the credits will show just how
much input others have had in shaping what I hope will be for the
forseeable future, the definitive article on the conception, history,
evolution and fate of the Ceji Joustra Diaclone toy line from Europe.
Pictures of all Joustra Diaclone toys found to date including never before seen world first Wave 2 pictures!
Magazine and print adverts for Joustra Diaclones
Dealer Catalogue scans from 1984 and 1985
Theories on unanswered questions and mysteries around the toy line since day 1
Eventual fate of the Joustra Diaclone line and what happened to the toys
Paul Vromen's incredible sidebar artwork for this article
As if that wasn't enough, it is absolutely a wonderful pleasure to introduce a brand new website
dedicated entirely to the Ceji Joustra Diaclone toy line created by
RpChristophe, a French collector, researcher, enthusiast and someone I
consider a great friend:
Full scans of all Joustra Diaclone comics found to date
Exploded packaging images for all Joustra Diaclone toys found to date
Bio of the Joustra Diaclone wave 1 artists Paul & Gaetan Brizzi
Available in French and English
Finally, the following articles on TF-1.com
have been updated to include new discoveries, better and new
photographs and contributions and to reflect the findings since original
posting:
New variant of Mexican Smokescreen "Smokestreak" found
I do very much hope you enjoy all of the work above even half as much as
we have enjoyed putting the articles, pages and websites together. It's
been a real labour of love and with all work like this it will
undoubtedly be subject to change in the future when further discoveries
are made. Mijo's work on MB Transformers is a great example of new
research and perspective necessitating changes to my own work and
website.
Feedback, as always, is welcome
Massive thanks to all involved, especially Christophe, Mijo, JB, Paul
and all article contributors. It's been an unforgettable joy to work
with you all, and get to know you all.
Auto Assembly's 12 Days Of Christmas - Day Eight - 81 United
Day Eight of Auto Assembly's Twelve Days Of Christmas is here, and we're able to bring you another guest update. This time it's great news for all you comic fans, especially if you're looking forward - like all of us - to the release of Regeneration One next year...
Stay tuned for our next video being released on 18th December 2011...
Don't forget, our special Christmas sale is still running on tickets for Auto Assembly 2012 where you can get adult weekend passes for just £35, saving over 20% on the normal price as long as you order online by 24th December and our special offer for Dealers! For more details on Auto Assembly or to book your tickets, visit the website at www.autoassembly.org.uk and for all the latest news on Auto Assembly Europe, visit www.autoassemblyeurope.eu
Roll Out Roll Call, the UK convention show for Transformers, GI-Joe, Action Force is back, announcing their main guest line up for the
10th and 11th of March 2012 at The Jury's Inn in Southampton, United
Kingdom.
The main guest line up has now been confirmed and announced:
Meet Transformers ReGeneration One Team:
Simon Furman - Transformers ReGeneration One writer
Andrew Wildman - Transformers ReGeneration One artist
John-Paul Bove - Transformers ReGeneration One colourist
Meet The Legendary GI-Joewriter at his first ever UK show:
Larry Hama - GI-Joe writer - 1st ever UK show
Meet the IDW Team that helped create the new look Cobra Commander: Robert Atkins - IDW GI-Joe artist - 1st ever UK show
Simon Gough - IDW GI-Joe colourist - 1st ever UK show
Bill Forster - Transformers Ark & The AllSpark Almanac Author & Artist
Jim Sorenson - Transformers Ark & The AllSpark Almanac Author
James Eatock - Cereal:Geek Animation of the 80's Magazine Editor
please note that due to personal circumstances, Jon Goode is no longer able to make the show, however this may change and we will keep you
updated
There may be more guests to come and additional features for the show,
including traders, presentations and panels will announced soon.
Roll Out Roll Call 2 featured several exclusives for the show and Roll Out Roll Call 3 is no different. As part of the build up, we are running clues and hints as to what the main exclusive will be.
Hint No.1: I am Red, White & Blue.
Hint No.2:
Tickets will go on sale soon and will have limited availability.
Simply click on the number of the page you wish to jump to.
Thunderblast
Click the link or image above to view the Thunderblast toy gallery. The gallery contains 50 images of this figure for your viewing pleasure.
Hasbro Inc submitted a trademark application for
ELITA-1
with the USPTO on the Wednesday, 21st March 2007. The mark was submitted within the category
toy action figures, toy vehicles and toy robots convertible into other visual toy forms and accessories and currently has as status of Abandoned because no Statement of Use or Extension Request timely filed after Notice of Allowance was issued. To view all documents in this file, click on the Trademark Document Retrieval link at the top of this page..
Choose Your Fate
We loved the Transformers Choose Your Fate books as kids, and even wrote a text adventure in their style for an old version of Transformers At The Moon. Here you can find images from these puzzle-books, both UK and US ....
Ep 27: Preparing To Fight
The Constructicons Mixmaster and Scrapper follow a trail of oil from the leaking Bumblebee back to the Autobot HQ, where they bump into Sari. After being chased, Sari decides now is the time to fight back. ....
OTFCC 2003 (USA)
We loved the Transformers Choose Your Fate books as kids, and even wrote a text adventure in their style for an old version of Transformers At The Moon. Here you can find images from these puzzle-books, both UK and US ....
US Sheet 1
The scans contained within this gallery are taken from our own Transformers toysheet collection. This is the first US Transformers toysheet. ....
Transformers Animated
The instruction scans contained within this gallery with the TF08.net watermark were originally from the Chinese TF08 website. They have been added here as a mirror. ....
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