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IDW Publishing Are set to release a collection of Marvel UK Transformers stories it has been announced Amazon .
Classic
Transformers tales from the UK continuity begins here! Re-mastered and
re-colored, these vintage Transformers stories are presented in
chronological order, many published for the first time in the United
States! Writer and life-long Transformers fan James Roberts provides
in-depth, historical perspective in each volume, and Transformers UK
artist Andrew Wildman provides new covers.
Category: Transformers Toy News
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HK-TF member lowbcousin has posted some images of the TakaraTomy CH-01 Chronicle Optimus Prime two-pack. The set consists of a recoloured Transformers Dark of the Moon Deluxe Optimus Prime, with a recoloured MechTech weapon along with a reissue of Generation One Optimus Prime.
Category: Transformers Toy News
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on: Sunday, 25th September 2011 at 10:42:36 BST
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Great news for fans of e-Hobby they have now announced that their online blog, e-Hobby Magazine is now available in English. The English section does not contain everything that the Japanese version includes but they will be adding more content in the future.
Our thanks go out to Bryan Baker, Associate Producer of Out of the Box for sharing the latest episode of Death Battle by ScrewAttack Entertainment that features Starscream, vs Rainbow Dash, from My Little Pony in a battle to the death.
Category: Transformers Cartoons
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on: Friday, 23rd September 2011 at 16:04:18 BST
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THE HUB TV NETWORK AND ENTERTAINMENT PARTNERS PRESENT
‘THE HUB OF TRANSFORMERS: GREAT AMERICAN TOUR’ NATIONWIDE TRAVELING EXHIBIT
Hasbro,
Blockbuster, Paramount Home Entertainment, and Universal Studios
Hollywood Collaborate with The Hub on Family Friendly, Interactive
Nationwide Tour Celebrating the TRANSFORMERS Brand
Facebook Sweepstakes Offers Chance to Win “Ultimate Fan Gift Pack”
And Grand Prize Trip to Be Among First to Experience the New
“Transformers: The Ride-3D” at Universal Studios Hollywood in Spring 2012
LOS ANGELES – Fans of the popular TRANSFORMERS
brand from Hasbro will have a chance to experience the storied
franchise in several communities as The HubTV
Network, a destination for kids and their families, collaborates with
some of the biggest names in entertainment for the nationwide “The Hub
of TRANSFORMERS: Great American Tour,” celebrating the heritage of the
successful entertainment property. The eight-city touring exhibit kicks
off September 30 in New York and California.
The tour brings together entertainment leaders
Hasbro, Inc., Blockbuster L.L.C., Paramount Home Entertainment, and
Universal Studios Hollywood with The Hub in an event that engages
consumers and brings the AUTOBOTS and DECEPTICONS to life through a
highly interactive brand experience for the whole family.
“The Hub of TRANSFORMERS: Great American Tour”
will celebrate the franchise in all its iterations including this
summer’s hit film from Paramount Pictures Transformers: Dark of the Moon,
as well as the all-new CGI animated television series “Transformers
Prime” from Hasbro Studios, and the original 1980s animated television
series -- both of which can currently be seen on The Hub.
The tour will coincide with the three-part first season finale of the Emmy®-winning “Transformers Prime” on The Hub beginning on Saturday, October 1 (8:30p.m. ET) as well as Paramount Home Entertainment’s Blu-ray™ and DVD release of Transformers: Dark of the Moon on Friday, September 30.
Eight Blockbuster retail locations will host
spectacular dome-shaped “Transformers Prime”-themed tents that will
feature photo opportunities, behind-the-scenes content, exclusive
artifacts and authentic props from both television series as well as Transformers: Dark of the Moon.
Additionally, fans can see the authentic Camaro (BUMBLEBEE) or
Corvette (SIDESWIPE) movie vehicles from this summer’s mega-successful
film and win special TRANSFORMERS prizes. Universal Studios Hollywood
will also offer a special sneak peek of its new cutting- edge mega
attraction, “Transformers: The Ride-3D,” opening in Spring 2012. The
dynamic, motion-based thrill ride will tell an original “TRANSFORMERS”
story using original, photo-realistic 3D-HD media, sophisticated special
effects and one of the most elaborate roaming flight simulator ride
systems ever created.
“The Hub of TRANSFORMERS: Great American Tour” dates and Blockbuster store locations:
· (9/30 - 10/1) - 256 E Route 59, NANUET, NEW YORK, 10954
· (9/30 - 10/1) - 10338 Sepulveda, MISSION HILLS, CALIFORNIA, 91345
· (10/8) - 4640 W Irving Park Road, CHICAGO, ILLINIOIS, 60641
· (10/8) - 1375 Blossom Hill Road, SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, 95118
· (10/15) - 827 S.E. Green Oaks Blvd., ARLINGTON, TEXAS, 76017
· (10/15) - 5365 S. Wadsworth, LITTLETON, COLORADO, 80123
· (10/22) - 588 Sawdust, SPRING, TEXAS, 77380
· (10/22) - 624 W. Hwy. 40, BLUE SPRINGS, MISSOURI, 64014
In addition, fans can participate in a month-long Facebook sweepstakes promoted in 1,500 Blockbuster retail locations beginning Monday, September 26. One Grand Prize is a trip to Los Angeles to be amongst the first to experienceTRANSFORMERS: THE RIDE – 3D, the all-new
attraction coming to Universal Studios Hollywood in Spring 2012.
Combined with a gift pack featuring Hasbro, Blockbuster and Paramount
Home Entertainment prizes, the Grand Prize is valued at more than
$5,500. 100 secondary winners will each receive “The Ultimate
TRANSFORMERS Fan Gift Pack” which includes subscriptions, gift cards,
toys, and DVDs from the participating sponsors. The promotion will be
simultaneously hosted on all six promotional partners’ Facebook pages
where more details can be found:
THE HUB is a multi-platform joint
venture between Discovery Communications (NASDAQ: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK)
and Hasbro, Inc., (NASDAQ: HAS) with a goal of entertaining,
enlightening, empowering and educating children and their families. The
cable and satellite television network features original programming as
well as content from Discovery's library of award-winning children's
educational programming; from Hasbro's rich portfolio of entertainment
and educational properties built during the past 90 years; and from
leading third-party producers worldwide. The Hub lineup includes
animated and live-action series, as well as specials, game shows, and
family-favorite movies. The network extends its content through a
robust and engaging online presence at www.hubworld.com.
The Hub rebranded from Discovery Kids on October 10, 2010, and reaches
approximately 61 million U.S. households. The Hub logo and name are
trademarks of Hub Television Networks, LLC. All rights reserved.
About Blockbuster
Blockbuster L.L.C., a subsidiary of DISH Network Corporation
(NASDAQ: DISH), is a leading global provider of movie and game rentals
and is synonymous with family entertainment. The company provides
customers with convenient access to media entertainment anywhere, any
way – whether in-store, by-mail, or digitally to homes and mobile
devices. With a highly recognized brand and a library of more than
100,000 movies, TV shows and game titles, Blockbuster’s multichannel
presence serves millions of customers around the world annually. Visit www.blockbuster.com.
About Paramount Home Entertainment Paramount Home Entertainment (PHE) is part of
Paramount Pictures Corporation (PPC), a global producer and distributor
of filmed entertainment. PPC is a unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), a
leading content company with prominent and respected film, television
and digital entertainment brands. PHE is responsible for the sales,
marketing and distribution of home entertainment products on behalf of
various parties including: Paramount Pictures, Paramount Vantage,
Paramount Classics, Insurge Pictures, Paramount Famous Productions,
Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central, CBS and PBS and for providing home
entertainment fulfillment services for DreamWorks Animation Home
Entertainment.
About Universal Studios Hollywood Universal Studios HollywoodSM The
Entertainment Capital of L.A.SM, includes a full-day, movie-based theme
park and Studio Tour; the CityWalk entertainment, shopping and dining
complex, the Universal CityWalk Cinemas, the “5 Towers” state-of-the-art
outdoor concert arena, and the Gibson Amphitheatre concert and special
event venue. World-class rides and attractions include the blockbuster
ride, “King Kong 360 3-D”
on the famed behind-the-scenes Studio Tour, “The Simpsons RideTM,”
“Revenge of the MummySM —The Ride”, “Jurassic Park® – The Ride” and the
highly anticipated new thrill-ride,“Transformers: The Ride - 3D” opening
in Spring 2012. Universal Studios Hollywood
is a unit of the Universal Parks & Resorts division of
NBCUniversal. NBCUniversal is one of the world’s leading media and
entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of
entertainment, news, and information to a global audience.
NBCUniversal owns and operates a valuable portfolio of news and
entertainment television networks, a premier motion picture company,
significant television production operations, a leading television
stations group, and world-renowned theme parks. Comcast Corporation
owns a controlling 51% interest in NBCUniversal, with GE holding a 49%
stake.
Category: Transformers: Prime
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on: Wednesday, 21st September 2011 at 20:55:18 BST
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Savcon have announced another guest for their upcoming Transformers convention as Neil Kaplan, voice of Optimus Prime in Robots In Disguise. Here's the official announcement,.
With great pleasure Savcon would like to announce that Mr. Neil Kaplan Will be attending Savcon!!
Mr.Kaplan
was the voice of Optimus Prime in the Transformers 2001 RobotsIn
Disguise series as well as the voice of Tychus Findlay inStarcraft II :
Wings Of Liberty. This is indeed an honor and we can't wait to meet him!!
Category: Transformers Convention News
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on: Wednesday, 21st September 2011 at 09:47:40 BST
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ComicBookResource.com has posted a preview of IDW's Transformers #26 on their website with the description "“CHAOS” rages on! A hole is punched through to the
core of Cybertron itself—but what for? Where’s Galvatron?! And why is
Megatron, deep in the Autobot base and stuck in his cell, laughing? It
all spells one thing—TROUBLE with a capital “Crush the Heroes!” CHAOS
part 2, in which things go from bad, to
holy-hell-how-are-we-gonna-get-out-of-this-alive!!!" as well as several images. Check it out now.
Category: Transformers Comic News
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on: Tuesday, 20th September 2011 at 09:03:32 BST
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Google+ user, Brian Griffith, has posted some images that he took over the weekend from Hagerstown in Maryland within the US, where a 50th anniversary celebration was being held to the Mack Truck plant which resides within the town. Many Mack Trucks were
on display including one of the props that was used as Megatron in Transformers Dark of the Moon. You can view the images here.
Category: Transformers Movie News
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on: Tuesday, 20th September 2011 at 09:01:35 BST
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If you are in, or can get to the London area on Saturday October 1st then you may want to pop along to The Shakespeare's Head in Holborn at 11am as there will be a social meet for Transformers fans. The event combines the social events Moonbase 2 ran since 2009, with others run since by their combined site with Kapow Toys known as FullMetalHero. Member of various other forums and sites include The Nerdsphere and TheTransformers.net will also be on hand as well as some members of this site, Transformers At The Moon.
The event officially starts at 11am at the pub but the plan is that people will meet up there over a 1 hour period before moving onto the nearby shops including Forbidden Planet and Orbital Comics.
As long time visitors to this site will know we have run pub meets in Holborn before (starting back in 2001/2002) and normally meet just around the corner from this pub so you should be able to find it easily enough.
More information is available on our forum here or on the official event's Facebook page here. Work permitting, I should be there and it will be great to see as many of you as can make it especially as the website will be turning 12 at the end of October.
Category: Website Updates
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on: Monday, 19th September 2011 at 08:59:35 BST
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That’s right at long last Issue Zero of our new fanzine CT Alpha from the
creative team behind Auto Assembly’s convention magazine The Cybertronian Times,
is available as promised this issue is entirely free of charge. 32 pages for the
cost of your time.
So what do you get in Issue Zero I hear you ask? Well kicking off the
magazine we have a six page prologue to the ongoing comic story that will be in
CT-Alpha – Transformers: Animated Season Four. Nothing ever stays dead in
the Transformers universe, and it’s never as simple as waving a magic wand and
coming back in this tale courtesy of myself and Ralph Burns.
Other comic strips include – The Story of Drift – Matt Marshall crafts a
delightfully skewed look at the most divisive Transformers character in recent
years. Life Goes On – Sam Palmer shows us that while many did lose their
lives in the events shown in Last Stand of the Wreckers it is not the end of
Impactor’s story. Inheritance from Fox and Jasmine Smith and Malmunis show
us an Optimus Prime reflecting back on the life of another. Rounding out the
comic content is the delightfully off-kilter Tales From Esoteria by Gav
Spence. He dreams about Transformers and draws it for you!
Fans of good quality text stories we have plenty of good things for you to:
A Rock and a Hard Place by Aimee Morgan – Kup’s Cygar is the only thing holding
him back from falling into the madness that beset him before (Spotlight: Kup),
but is it the best possible solution to his problem? Verity Carlo doesn’t
seem to think so. Predatory Instinct sees us look at the legendary hunters
of the Great War – The Predacons. Some legends fade into memory, while
others live again as we will see in this tale by Nick Snowden. Robert Lock
gives us Just because you are Paranoid: A life in the day of Venom – as
the new Decepticon head of security conducts interviews for his
assistance. He needs the right sort of personality for the role and
he’s going to be thorough! For Survival – David Underwood
takes us into the mindscape of Sentinel Prime. Just why did the one-time
leader of the Autobots find himself allied with Megatron? Finally –
Revenge of a Medic by Nicola Piazza. Ratchet spends far too much of his
time patching up Sunstreaker and Sideswipe over the years with their
excesses. Today he gets one back on them.
All wrapped up in a beautiful cover by Guido Guidi (which eagle eyed
readers will recognise as the basis for Cybertronian Times Issue 11 in
2010). This time in it’s pristine monochrome glory. Well that’s your lot
for now.
You want more? Well okay then, but you’ll need to wait. Check
back in two month’s time we will have CT-Alpha Issue 1 waiting for you.
As for the price... We’ve been trumpeting on about the fact that Issue Zero
is free, but haven’t yet mentioned the series proper. We just want to make it
clear that the cover price of CT-Alpha will go entirely towards the costs of
running Auto Assembly which is run on a non-profit making basis. The costs of
website hosting/traffic are not included in the cover price, so if you buy a
copy it’s going directly to AA.
If you just want to buy a single issue it will be £1.25 (that includes any
issues that are larger than the standard 32 page issue). Initially we will be
offering 3 and 6 issue subscriptions. A 3 issue subscription will cost £3.00 and
a 6 issue subscription will cost £6.00. A link to the subscriptions will be
available in the next 24-48 hours on the CT Alpha website - http://www.ct-alpha.com
We hope that you'll give this new fanzine a try, maybe become regular
subscribers and subscribe to the updates on the website and let us know your
views by email or on the CT Alpha section on the Auto Assembly Forum.
If you get the chance, why not pay the newly revamped Auto Assembly website
a visit as well. With new support for Facebook, Twitter, RSS feeds, our Youtube
Channel and Forum and a much easier to navigate approach, this is an ideal time
to visit to get all the latest updates on CT Alpha, Auto Assembly Europe and
Auto Assembly 2012.
Auto Assembly Europe 2011 is taking place over the weekend of 12th - 13th
November 2011 at the Clarion Hotel Gillet in Uppsala, Sweden and our first
confirmed guest is Simon Furman and tickets are on sale from our website now at
www.autoassemblyeurope.eu
Auto Assembly 2012 is taking place over the weekend of 3rd - 5th August
2012 at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel, Birmingham, England and tickets
are available from the website now. For more details on the convention, to see a
full list of all the guests and activities taking place over the weekend, or to
book your tickets, visit the website at www.autoassembly.org.uk
The
Auto Assembly Team
Assembly 2012 - 3rd - 5th August 2012.
The
Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel, Birmingham, England
The Transformers Galaxy, the Hong Kong Fans Group, has followed their images of Transformers Dark of the Moon Cannon Force Ironhide with more images of Transformers Dark of the Moon Chronicals 2-Pack Megatron.
The Transformers toy is a recoloured of the regular DOTM Megatron figure
Category: Transformers Toy News
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on: Sunday, 18th September 2011 at 13:21:14 BST
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Hong Kong Transformers fan group Transformers Galaxy have posted some new images of Transformers Dark of the Moon Cannon Force Ironhide figure.
This is a G1 coloured, red, repaint of the Transformers Dark of the Moon Voyager Ironhide toy and is the only addition to the Transformers Dark of the Moon Voyager Wave 4 set.
Category: Transformers Toy News
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on: Sunday, 18th September 2011 at 13:17:58 BST
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The Allspark are reporting that the wave 5 deluxe figures from Transformers Dark of the Moon, Air Raid, Armor Topspin and Darksteel, are now out in Malaysia retail shops. They are also reporting that Human Alliance
Basic Wave 4 Reverb and Crosshairs has also been sighted.
The Auto Assembly website has been updated with the following announcement:
Dealers Tables available for Auto Assembly Europe 2011 and Auto Assembly 2012!
Have you ever wanted to attend a Transformers convention as a dealer
but not had the opportunity? Or have you attended in the past but not
been for a while? Or are you one our our regular dealers looking to make
a return to the convention? Well, we are now accepting bookings for
Dealers Tables for Auto Assembly Europe 2011 and Auto Assembly 2012!
Auto Assembly Europe 2011 is taking place on 12th – 13th November
2011 in Uppsala, Sweden in the Clarion Hotel Gillet, and as a special
offer this year as the innaugural year of Auto Assembly Europe we are
offering dealers tables at the incredible bargain rate of just €50 each!
This covers the cost of a single dealers table and it
also covers the cost of one of a full weekend pass to the convention! If
you are interested in attending, the contact Peter Casselo at bigpete@ntfa.net.
Auto Assembly 2012 is taking place on 3rd – 5th August 2012 and will
be held at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel, in Birmingham,
England. We have slashed the prices of dealers tables for 2012 and they
are just £100 and include up to two members of staff per table. Each
staff pass gives you full access to the convention weekend, the same as
any attendee, and all dealers also get our full goodie bag which will
include the convention magazine, comic and much more. This is a great
bargain to get dealer access and tickets to Europe’s largest Transformers convention! For more details on dealers tables, get in touch with us at contact@autoassembly.org.uk
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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 10: Enter Soundwave
Soundwave makes his debut in the Transformers Animated episode, after being created by Isaac Sumdac and Megatron for Sari's birthday. At this stage Soundwave was not yet sentient and was just a music player. ....
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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