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Thanks to Paramount Pictures for letting us know that you can stream Transformers Dark of the Moon right now.
Thanks to Full Metal Hero for pointing out the images on ACToys of the TF Club Star Cats rescue team Dinosaur Combiner
Transformers Prime One Shall Rise Clip thanks to MTV
Taking place over the 10th and 11th of March 2012 at The Jury's Inn in Southampton, England, the show promises to be even more popular bringing together fans and collectors under one roof.
As part of the launch, the first two guests have been announced in the form of two legendary writers, GI-Joe A Real American Hero writer Larry Hama (who will be signing for the first time in the UK) and Transformers & Action Force writer Simon Furman.
More guests will be announced, as will additional features for the show, including presentations and panels. Tickets will go on sale soon and will have limited availability. For more launch details on the show visit Roll Out Roll Call or follow @rolloutrollcall on Twitter
We'll be there, make sure you are!
Following on from the last news story, and last weeks update, Jim Sorenson has posted The Ark Addendum - The Insecticon Syndrome Part 2 to his blog which continues on with more character models from the Generation One debut episode of the Insecticons.
Here's Jim to explain more:
"This week, it's time for the Ark Addendum from The Insecticon Syndrome,
part two. We get some really nifty interiors and exteriors in this
episode, including the Nova Power Plant and the Iron Mountain military
base.
It was consuming the Nova Power Core that made the Insecticons grow
large and unstable. Really, the episode has a very odd structure. The
Insecticons are enlisted to help the Decepticons, attack a power plant,
grow large, attack the real target, turn on the Decepticons. All the
while, they're getting ready to explode... it's just sorta random. It
almost feels like two episodes smushed together. As much as I have a
nostalgic bone for the classic Transformers, newer shows really are much
tighter and more well written."
Toy Industry magazine Toy News's Samantha Loveday recently sat down with Hasbro Europe's Country Manager for UK &?Irelan, Foye Pascoe to discuss the recent success of the company. Below are some quotes that contained Transformers related anwsers, but you can read the full article here.
How has the UK market performed so far this year? Are we in better shape than this time last year?
Hasbro
UK has experienced a 14 per cent growth (UK NPD EPOS YTD June 2011).
This is due to the strong performance of the recent Transformers movie,
and a number of our key brands including Play-Doh, Furreal Friends and
Nerf and our key licensed properties within the boy’s category.
What lines have performed well for you so far this year?
We are proud that we have experienced good performance across the full range of our toys and games.
Not
only are some key films helping deliver the Transformers and Marvel toy
lines, but we are also seeing growth of our classic brands such as
Play-Doh, Furreal Friends, Nerf and Supersoaker.
Are there any sectors in particular which have stood out? Boys
must have been boosted by the new Transformers lines, for example?
The
boys segment has undoubtedly been boosted by a number of key films;
Transformers Dark of the Moon has had a positive impact on the
Transformers retail presence. Our alliance with Marvel has delivered
strong product lines both for Captain America and Thor this year. Star
Wars has had a good year and was the number one property in action
figures UK (NPD EPOS YTD June 2011).
Finally, any hot tips from your 2012 product line to watch out for?
2012 will be another great year for action films for which we have a range of boys’ toys and games.
Star Wars re-mastered Episode One will hit cinemas in February. Battleship will preview in May, followed by the much-publicised Avengers film from Marvel later in the month.
The Amazing Spider-man will launch in July. Transformers will continue to connect with boys through Transformers Prime programming on Cartoon Network.
Within our girl’s portfolio, My Little Pony programming is currently on air on Boomerang and connecting with a whole new generation of girls.
We have updated theTransformers toys instruction sheets section of the website with some new PDF instructon sheets entries.
The following entries were update with PDF scans that were previously missing:
You can download copies of the instruction sheets from our Transformers toys instruction sheets section of the website.
We have updated theTransformers toys instruction sheets section of the website with some new PDF instructon sheets entries.
Of the updates, the following new entries were added into the database:
You can download copies of the instruction sheets from our Transformers toys instruction sheets section of the website.
Snakas has written a little summary regarding what is contained in November issue of Dengeki Hobby
Snakas has written a little summary regarding what is contained in Figure King Issue 164
Auto Assembly have released a few tweets over the last couple of days regarding the 2012 event.
First up was that Lee Bradley will be at the convention as the 10th guest.
The second tweet was the Information Pack for the 2012 convention.
The official Transformers Collectors Club homepage has updated with the cover to issue 41 of the Transformers Collectors Club magazine. The cover is by Dan Khanna featuring the 2012 incentive toy Runamuck.
The issue is also touted to feature an interview with Hasbro about next
months New York Comic-con, a chat with Dan Gilvezan - the voice of
Generation 1 Bumblebee, the first in a new article series from Jim
Sorenson, and includes a photoshopped image of Shattered Glass Drift