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GenZhao has posted some new images on his KOToys message board of his latest knock-off offering under the KOLD line, Black Konvoy (Yes that is how he is spelling it to make it more obvious). The toy is 100% non-official so if you see it being sold in any other way stay clear.
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During the filming of Transformers 3 within Chicago a red Jeep was filmed. The Jeep has had some customisation work and could well be a new Transformer (Rollbar, Hound etc). You can view a small video using the YouTube plugin below.
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Auto Assembly have sent out the following release
Auto Assembly 2010 - The Rush Is ON!!
Every year, the attendance figure for Auto Assembly has grown consistently from its humble beginnings 10 years ago to becoming Europe's largest Transformers convention. One thing that we can always depend on is that no matter how steady bookings are throughout the year - despite the odd surges following major announcements - is that we have a massive rush in the closing couple of weeks when everyone who hasn't booked and wants to attend remembers that they still need to order their tickets..
THAT TIME IS NOW!!
Last year, in the final 18 days we had 85 bookings - 17% of the total
turnout of the convention in the space of just a couple of weeks. We have already set a new European attendance record (at the time of writing this, we have 512 bookings) and with bookings coming in faster than ever, we predict
that the convention could well be a total sell out over the next two weeks or
so.
At the moment we still have approximately 100 full weekend tickets
available and 50 Sunday passes and that's it!
Non-Attendee Packs are also available and there is no limit on the number of these that are available as they are produced to order. If there are going to be any on-the-door tickets available, we won't know about these until about 48 hours before the convention and we will announce this on the convention website. If these are available, we *may* have a limited number of one-day Saturday passes on sale, but the only tickets we can guarantee at the moment are pre-bookings. With the convention being this close, many of you may feel that we have nothing left to announce and that everything you can see on the website it is for this year's convention. Well we still have a LOT more to come...
We have just confirmed our FOURTEENTH guest for this year - Titan comic artist Lee Bradley who is making a return to Auto Assembly and although Lee will only be with us for the Saturday, he'll be involved in a panel with our other comic guests and will be around all day to meet fans providing sketches and will no doubt be around for our Saturday night party! But what other announcements do we have on the way? We are going to be announcing the full list of items in this year's charity auction shortly (which all of our Non-Attendees will be able to bid on), news on some great prize draws we will be running for all pre-registrants, full details and images of this years convention merchandise, and a lot more surprises that we have in store...!
The convention is taking place over the weekend of Friday 13th - Sunday 15th August 2010 at the Holiday Inn Birmingham City Centre, Birmingham, England. There will be Friday and Saturday evening programmes that are exclusive for weekend attendees and the Saturday evening will play host to a massive musical party, costume competition, and the script and disco / karaoke. We have frozen the ticket prices for the convention from Auto Assembly 2009 and full weekend tickets are £45 for adults and £35 for children, students and senior citizens, with under 5s admitted free. Family tickets (2 adults and 2 children) are available for £145. One day tickets for Saturday have sold out, but one day tickets for Sunday are still available and cost £25 for adults, £18 for children, students or senior citizens and under 5's as always are free. However as they are limited, if you want to come along for just the day then you need to book 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.
We hope to see you all in August 2010.
The Auto Assembly 2010 Team
Web: www.autoassembly.org.uk
Youtube: www.youtube.com/autoassembly
Twitter: www.twitter.com/auto_assembly
Forum: http://autoassembly.proboards.com
Email: autoassembly@aol.com
Tel: +44 (0)7860 948296
Auto Assembly 2010 is sponsored by www.transformertoys.co.uk and www.transformersanimated.com whose generosity have made Derrick J Wyatt, Jim
Sorenson and Bill Forster's appearances at the convention possible.
Auto Assembly 2010 is also sponsored by:
Science Fiction Collectables - www.sf-collectables.co.uk
Toyz And Gamez -_www.toyzandgamez.co.uk
Big Bad Toy Store - www.bbts.com
3 Darths Comics - www.3darths.co.uk
Hobby Link Japan - www.hlj.com
Robot Kingdom - www.robotkingdom.com
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Snakas of Autobase Aichi is reporting that the gray prototype for Masterpiece MP-9 Rodimus Convoy will likely be revealed at CybertronCon China next weekend. He also goes on to report that the full color version of the figure will likely be revealed at C3X Hobby 2010 the weekend of August 28 & 29th, 2010
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mtoeset on Flickr,
has taken and posted some images from the Chicago set of Transformers 3. The image include the cardboard placeholder heads of Shockwave and Soundwave as well as images of Bumblebee, Sideswipe, Ratchet (showing his new colours) and the red Ferrari.
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Its finally happening! Weird Al Yankovic is playing European dates including two within the UK this year! Credit for spotting this goes to Impactor from our boards for spotting this and The Great Destroyer for letting me know about it.
Weird Al of course played Dare to be stupid in Transformers The Movie and this could well be the UKs only time to see Al play. I encourage everyone who is a fan of Weird Al to book tickets, if the event is popular enough then he may add more dates, but there is also more of a chance that he will come back in the future.
He is playing the HMV Forum in Kentish Town on Monday 6th December and is also playing in Mindhead the night before as part of the All Tomorrow's Parties festival
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Auto Assembly have sent out the following reminder that the event is now less than 3 weeks away
Auto Assembly 2010 - Less Than Three Weeks Away
The convention is taking place over the weekend of 13th - 15th August 2010 at the Holiday Inn Birmingham City Centre, Birmingham, England. If you've already booked you know what's in store, but if you haven't, you haven't attended for a few years or haven't made up your minds yet, we wanted to let you know what this year's convention will be like...
A NEW European Attendance Record!!
Last year we had a staggering 501 people at Auto Assembly 2009 making it not only the largest Transformers convention ever seen in Europe but also made us the first European event to break the 500-attendee barrier that we've all been striving for for so long. However, with three weeks to go, we've already set a NEW European record from pre-bookings with 506 at the time of writing! What this means is that we are going to SMASH last year's total. We know a lot of you may be leaving things until the last minute before you book, or may be planning on coming along and paying on the day, but we don't want any of you to be disappointed just because you waited "just one more day"...
Auto Assembly Needs You!
While we have a great line-up of activities and guests spread over the convention weekend, the most important part of the convention is the people who attend it... you guys! Last year, people felt that it had the best atmosphere EVER at an Auto Assembly event and we want to beat that this time and the more people who are there, the better! What could be better than being surrounded by over 500 like-minded people for a few days of fun?!
The Guests
Since we last contacted you, we've updated our guest list and we now have a massive 14 guests attending Auto Assembly 2010. So far we have:-
* Garry Chalk - voice of Optimus Primal in Beast Wars / Beast Machines and Optimus Prime in Armada / Energon / Cybertron
*Scott McNeil - voice of Rattrap, Waspinator, Dinobot and Silverbolt in Beast Wars and Beast Machines
* Derrick J Wyatt - lead character designer for Transformers: Animated
* Jim Sorenson - co-author of the Allspark Almanac
* Bill Forster - co-author of the Allspark Almanac
* Simon Furman - legendary Transformers comic writer
* Nick Roche - IDW comic artist
* James Roberts - IDW writer (co-author of Last Stand Of The Wreckers)
* Simon Williams - artist
* Liam Shalloo - IDW colourist
* Kris Carter - IDW / Titan colourist
* Jason Cardy - colourist
* Kat Nicholson - colourist
* Lee Bradley - Titan artist (Saturday only)
As you can see from the line-up, Guido Guidi is no longer able to be with us due to family commitments. However, we are now being joined by writer James Roberts. James is Nick Roche's co-writer on the stunning Last Stand Of The Wreckers series, and is also responsible for the critically-acclaimed fan novel Eugenesis.
And ALL of our guests will be on hand all weekend signing autographs and will take to the stage for Q&A sessions. Most of our comic guests will also be sketching for fans during the weekend.
The Activities
It's going to be a packed weekend. Infact it will be so busy that we don't think you'll have time to fit everything in! Starting at around 5:30 pm on Friday until 6:00 pm on Sunday, there will be something for everyone no matter what era of Transformers you are interested in!
The main part of the convention takes place on the Saturday and Sunday between 9:30 am and 5:30 pm but there are bonus programmes on the Friday evening from 5:30 pm until 11:00 pm and Saturday evening from 7:00 pm until 1:00 am so while you can attend for just the one day, it really pays to be there for the full weekend!
But what exactly will the convention be offering? Well, here's a list of some of the things we have planned...
Dealers
Video screenings
Guests
Guest talks - at least five Q&A sessions with different panels on each day!
Autograph Sessions
Game Zone - the ultimate Transformers video games area ever seen!
Toy Display
Art Display
Costume Competition
Party (Saturday night)
Script Performance with our voice actors (brand new script written by Simon Furman)
Charity Auction
Quizzes
Comic Art Workshop
Comic Colourist Workshop
Kitbash Workshop
Dedicated Children's Programme
Transformers Fan Forum Meets
Activities run BY fans FOR fans
And much, much more! More detailed information on many of the activities being held, along with a programme for the convention can be found on the convention website.
The Game Zone
Love video games? Well the Game Zone will be perfect for you!! It's the 10th Anniversary of Auto Assembly and it's been 25 years since the first Transformers game was released so we wanted to do something special...
We are aiming to have as many Transformers games running as possible spanning this 25 year history and will have games dating back to the very first TF game on the Commodore 64 right up to War For Cybertron on the Playstation 3 and everything in between. will There will be games that many of you won't have seen for years, for some of the younger attendees, may have been released before you were born, and we are also hoping to showcase some of the rarer and more unusual imported games from America and Japan that never made it to the UK. And if for some unknown reason we can't have the game running, we will have them on display in a special TF video game showcase!
So what games can you expect to find? Well, here are just a few of the highlights...
Transformers (Ocean) - Commodore 64
Transformers: Battle To Save The Earth (Activision) - Commodore 64
Challenge Of The Gobots - Commodore 64
Beast Wars - Playstation
Beast Wars: Transmetals - Playstation (US version)
Beast Wars: Transmetals - Nintendo 64 (Japanese version)
Beast Wars - Gameboy Color (Japanese)
Transformers (Atari) - Playstation 2
Dream Mix TV World Fighters - Gamecube (Japanese)
Transformers (live action movie) - PSP
Transformers: Animated - Nintendo DS
Revenge Of The Fallen - Playstation 2, Nintendo DS, PS3
War For Cybertron - Playstation 3
War For Cybertron - Nintendo DS
Guitar Hero - Wii
And many more!
Pre-Registrant Prize Draws
We have some great competitions lined up for all of you who book (or have booked) for Auto Assembly 2010. Everyone who pre-registers will be entered into a free prize draw and the winner will receive a family weekend ticket (up to 2 adults and 2 children) to Auto Assembly 2011!! One runner up will receive an adult weekend ticket for Auto Assembly 2011. Both will also receive additional prizes!
We will also hold some additional prize draws but you need to pre-register to be entered. You can't come along and pay on the door to enter these!
Convention Exclusive Comic
Yes, for the second year running we have a convention exclusive comic! Produced for us by Toyz And Gamez, this us a brand new convention edition of IDW's Transformers Issue 9 featuring new cover art by Nick Roche and Liam Shalloo. This is a stunning souvenir of the convention and is limited to just 1,000 copies!
Auto Assembly 2010 Non-Attendee Package
Can't make it to the convention? Why not grab our fantastic value Non-Attendee Package. For only £70 (£80 for those of you who live outside the UK), you will get ALL of the convention merchandise and goodies and a whole load of other great stuff:-
* The full Auto Assembly 2010 Goodie Bag (more items the earlier you book!)
* FOUR keyrings including the limited edition 10th Annversary Auto Assembly keyring that will NOT go on general sale!
* A copy of Issue 11 of The Cybertronian Times, signed by ALL our guests
* An original sketch by one of our comic artists
* The Auto Assembly 2010 commemorative mug
* IDW's Transformers Issue 9 Auto Assembly 2010 Convention Exclusive Variant Cover
* Entry into all our prize draws and bidding rights for our charity raffle
* A copy of the CD single for the official Auto Assembly theme song, "Transform"
* Additional fanzines produced for Auto Assembly 2010 by Transmasters UK
And much more...! Visit the website to get yours!
Auto Assembly On Youtube
If you haven't already seen it, we're quite active on Youtube these days. You can find footage from all our previous events as well as regular news updates on Auto Assembly 2010 on our official channel. There's some fantastic exclusive footage from Auto Assembly 2009 and you can check out the channel here - http://www.youtube.com/autoassembly and if you are an active Youtube user, why not subscribe and get updates as we add new videos!
Where, When And How Much?
So hopefully now that some of you will be thinking of joining us for the weekend, you'll want to know whwre it is and how much it is to get in! Well, the convention runs between Friday 13th - Sunday 15th August 2010 and takes place at the Holiday Inn Birmingham City Centre, Birmingham, England which is right in the city centre.
Tickets are £45 for adults and £35 for children, students and senior citizens with under 5s being free. Reductions are available for family bookings and we also offer special family discounts and reduced rates for one-day tickets although the one-day passes for the Saturday are now sold out so the only single day tickets we have available are for the Sunday.
Late Bookings - Ticket Collection Option
Because the convention is only a few weeks away, some of you may be concerned about booking and receiving your passes in time. We are now sending out passes within 24-48 hours of bookings coming in (and in most cases the same day) but for added reassurance, we can give you the option to have your passes available for collection at the convention instead.
Just book your tickets through the website as normal but as soon as you book, email us and let us know that you want to collect your passes instead. Then just bring your confirmation email with you on the Friday night to collect your pass. Because of the number of people at the event, we can only offer this to weekend bookings.
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If you have any questions about the convention, feel free to email us or pop over to our discussion forum at http://autoassembly.proboards.com where we'll be only too happy to answer any questions or comments you might have about the convention and keep checking on the website for all the latest news and guest updates as well!
Anyway, thanks for taking the time to read this and we hope to see many of you there in August!
The Auto Assembly 2010 Team
Auto Assembly 2010 - 13th - 15th August 2010.
The Holiday Inn Birmingham City Centre, Birmingham, England
www.autoassembly.org.uk - official Auto Assembly website
www.youtube.com/autoassembly - official Auto Assembly Youtube channel
www.twitter.com/auto_assembly - official Auto Assembly Twitter page
http://autoassembly.proboards.com - official Auto Assembly forum
Auto Assembly 2010 is sponsored by www.transformertoys.co.uk and www.transformersanimated.com whose generosity have made Derrick J Wyatt, Jim Sorenson and Bill Forster's appearances at the convention possible.
Auto Assembly 2010 is also sponsored by:-
Science Fiction Collectables - www.sf-collectables.co.uk
Toyz And Gamez - www.toyzandgamez.co.uk
Big Bad Toy Store - www.bbts.com
3 Darths Comics - www.3darths.co.uk
Hobby Link Japan - www.hlj.com
Robot Kingdom - www.robotkingdom.com
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Yahoo Japan seller Chibiruku has listed an auction for the TakaraTomy exclusive EZ Collection Purple Starscream figure that was part of the recent Transformers Animated campaign within Japan. You can view the images within the Misc Toy Image section of Starscreams profile on TransformersAnimated.com as well as below.
TransformersAnimated.com and Transformers At The Moon are proud sponsors of Auto Assembly 2010 and are sponsoring the event by bringing Derrick J Wyatt, Jim Sorenson and Bill Forster over to the UK for Europe's largest Transformers Convention ever seen!.
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Our thanks go out to Hasbro / Discovery The Hub for sending us through a HD version of the Transformers Prime teaser that was shown during SDCC. Using that video we have taken some stills which you can find online here.
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The CyberGumdamnBlog have posted some images from the September issue of Dengeki Hobby which is now on sale within Japan. Nothing new is included within the issue which features scans of Animated Rodimus, Samurai Prowl, Prime Vs Megatron, the EZ Collection multi-coloured Starscreams, the TFA Microbot collection and the concept drawings for Masterpiece Rodimus Prime
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Auto Assembly has issues another press release and YouTube video update announcing another guest as well as confirming that Auto Assembly 2010 has received (by midnight) 501 pre-registrants, meaning that the after one more booking the convention will break its own European Transformers Convention attendance records with three weeks to go!
Get Wrecked At Auto Assembly 2010...!
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The new Argos catalogue is out and though we do not have a full detailed list just yet UnitedBot has kindly posted some details on our message board.
Transformers Revenge of the Fallen Battle Hooks Optimus Prime is listed, though Starscream is not. The Hunt For The Decepticon Legends are listed (red rampage, Ravage and Optimus Prime) with the figures currently in a 3-for-2 offer priced at £4.99.
JangoBoboFrog has also contacted us regarding the Argos stock and reports that it contains the usual movie stuff as well as the Transformers PowerCore Combiners 2-packs, priced at £8.99, with the 5-pack at £19.99.
Update
Thanks again to Unitedbot for scanning in an image from the catalogue and also listing the prices and product codes which are:
Legends £4.00 387/9599
Scout £7.99 387/2204
Deluxe £9.99 387/2307
Legends 4 pack £12.99 387/5627
Voyager £19.99 387/2383
PCC 2 Pack £8.99 388/4429
Pcc 5 Pack £19.99 388/3358
Leader Hook prime £39.99 387/5438
Legends devi £21.99 388/1147
Battle ops Bumblebee £59.99 388/5215
You can view the scan on our message board here.
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Our thanks go out to Mr Neurie for reporting that Smyths are stocking the Transformers Generations figures for £9.99, so the same price as ToyMaster. You can find an image of the figures below.
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The SDCC Hasbro conferences took place yesterday. Below you will find a round up of the Transformers Prime information.
1) Images of the Transformers Prime characters were shown. These consist of
Autobots: Arcee, Bumblebee, Cliffjumper, Optimus Prime,Ratchet,
Decepticons: Megatron, Decepticon Troopers (like Drones)
Humans : Jack Darby, Miko Tezuka, Rafael Raf Esquivel
2) The show takes place in the Transformers War for Cybertron universe, but is said to be very Transformers Movie like.
You can see the teaser trailer below.
Now for some pictures
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Higekumatoytoy blog has been updated with images of the Transformers Device Label Broad Blast (Blaster) which goes on sale tomorrow. The figure has been delayed several times, but never cancelled (as reported on most other western sites) which was a mistranslation.
Devlce Label Broad Blast is able to hold the original cassettes and as fairly good articulation and transforms into a working 8 port USB hub.
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Optimash Prime
Choose Your Fate
Ep 14: Autobots go Camping
OTFCC 2003 (USA)
US Sheet 1
Transformers Animated
