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Snakas has reported that the Japanese online toy store Rakuten.co.jp have added pre-order
pages for both RA-32 Human Alliance Jazz & Major Lennox as well as the Transformers Disney Label Buzz Light Monochrome version.
Both toys are due for release on the 24th July 2010
Category: Transformers Toy News
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Simon Furman has updated his blog with an entry entitled "Transformers Nefarious #2 - Out Now!". The entry contains the cover for issue 2 as well as the entry "The second rip-roaring issue of Nefarious, the official
comic book sequel to Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, hits comic
book stores today (in the US), and tomorrow (in the UK), April 14th
& 15th respectively. And finally, Optimus Prime’s Autobots and
Soundwave’s Decepticons clash explosively — but, of course, all is not
what it seems. It suits the shadowy human collective known as The
Initiative to have the Autobots and Decepticons at each other’s throats,
largely because it stops them probing the larger mystery around the
resurrection of Ravage and the efforts of the Initiative to harvest All
Spark energy from key locations. Can Optimus Prime trust the wily and
calculating Soundwave? If not, it may just be the end for them… and for
planet Earth! Big battle action in the Utah Salt Flats, and more on
tenacious Director of National Security, Theodore Galloway, who’s doing
his own investigation. You just know that’s not going to end well! Story
is by me, art by the tremendously talented Carlos Magno. Do not miss
this one! And for more information on all IDW’s Transformers releases,
check out their website here."
Category: Transformers Comic News
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on: Thursday, 15th April 2010 at 08:32:32 BST
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The official Transformers War for Cybertron website has revealed two more characters from the upcoming game, Air Raid and
Breakdown.
AIR RAID Autobot
Class:
Scout
Chassis: Jet
Primary Weapon: EMP Shotgun
Abilities:
Guided Missile, Dash
Description: Fearless and rash, Air Raid
is always ready for a fight. He prefers diving head first into a pack
of Decepticons rather than shooting them from afar because it’s more
fun. That is his only real goal in life; to have fun. This attitude
always seems to place him and his fellows in danger, but he always
manages to get himself and his friends out of it.
BREAKDOWN Decepticon
Class: Scout
Chassis: Car
Primary
Weapon: EMP Shotgun
Abilities: Shockwave, Dash
Description:
Breakdown is a very capable Decepticon warrior, but has one main
underlying problem. He is extremely paranoid that everyone and
everything is out to get him. Being in crowded places is nerve
wracking for Breakdown, as he feels like everyone is staring at him,
judging him. He just wants to blend in and do the duty that the
Decepticons require of him in anonymity.
Hasbro Inc have issued the following press release regarding the appointment of Finn Arnesen
Hasbro Studios Taps Prominent International Programming and Distribution Executive Finn Arnesen to Lead Global Expansion
Hasbro Studios has tapped prominent international programming and
distribution executive Finn Arnesen, who comes to the studio from
managing European operations at Cartoon Network, to lead its
international expansion, Hasbro Studios President Stephen J. Davis
announced today.
In his newly created role as senior VP of
international distribution and
development, Arnesen will be responsible for managing Hasbro
Studios’
global content sales, distribution, channel and program
development
activities outside of North America, extending across television,
online
and other emerging media.
“Finn is one of the most creative,
innovative and well-regarded
television executives I know, and I am excited to have him lead
the
Hasbro Studios television brand extension worldwide,” Davis said.
“He
has a superb track record of success internationally, having
earned a
reputation as a first-rate manager with excellent programming
instincts,
channel and brand-building skills. Finn created pioneering new
kids
formats that fit perfectly with the programming model we are
creating
and will play a key role in our future success.”
Arnesen
served as senior vice president of original series and
international development at TBS International, where his duties
included leading multi-platform programming, production and
development;
joint venture strategic acquisitions; distribution; and
deal-making
partnerships.
During his 17-year tenure at TBS, Arnesen
generated higher ratings and
revenues while overseeing programming and development for the
Turner-owned networks, the start up and management of Cartoon
Network
Studios London, and program management of Cartoon Network Europe
as part
of his broad portfolio.
At Cartoon Network Europe, Arnesen
commissioned and executive produced
its first wholly owned U.K.-produced series Skatoony, an
unprecedented animated game show with real-life kid contestants.
The
show reflected his global efforts to expand the kids’ genre and
audience
with new live-action formats produced through Turner alone and
European
co-production partners.
Prior to Turner, Arnesen held posts
at ScreenSport, the European Sports
Network and Sky Sports. He has a Bachelor of Arts honors degree in
French and drama from the University of Warwick.
About Hasbro Studios:
Hasbro
Studios is the Los Angeles-based production division of Hasbro,
Inc. (NYSE:HAS - News). The “virtual”
studio develops and produces shows based
on Hasbro’s world class brands, including TRANSFORMERS, MY LITTLE
PONY
and GI JOE; delivers new branded content; and produces programs
from top
third-party content creators. Many of these shows will run on The
HUB,
the new television network starting 10.10.10 that was created by
the
joint venture between Hasbro and Discovery Communications (NASDAQ: DISCA - News, DISCB - News, DISCK - News), as well as on
multiple channels in international
markets.
About Hasbro:
Hasbro,
Inc. (NYSE:HAS - News) is a worldwide
leader in children’s and family
leisure time products and services with a rich portfolio of brands
and
entertainment properties that provides some of the highest quality
and
most recognizable play and recreational experiences in the world.
As a
brand-driven, consumer-focused global company, Hasbro brings to
market a
range of toys, games and licensed products, from traditional to
high-tech and digital, under such powerful brand names as
TRANSFORMERS,
PLAYSKOOL, TONKA, MILTON BRADLEY, PARKER BROTHERS, CRANIUM and
WIZARDS
OF THE COAST. Come see how we inspire play through our brands at http://www.hasbro.com.
(C) 2010 Hasbro, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Category: Transformers Cartoons
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on: Wednesday, 14th April 2010 at 08:50:03 BST
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ACToys.net poster RioRyo has posted images of a blue recolour of Transformers Classics Bumblebee. The figure, which looks like Botcon Glyph is most likely a Botcon 2010 exclusive, possible based on the G1\G2 Accelerator Skram. On the thread over at ACToys RioRyo posts that the toy is made from blue plastic and will "apparently not come with the faction symbol", which is an indication that the toy is a early testshot of a Botcon figure.
Category: Transformers Toy News
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on: Tuesday, 13th April 2010 at 19:21:49 BST
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Hasbro have filed for 1 new Transformers related trademarks with the USPTO. You can view all of the details in our Transformers Trademark area which is updated constantly throughout the day by our dedicated news-bots, but here is the list of all of the new applications:
Part One Ltd have updated the E-hobby Store with a new image of the Transformers Alternity
Ultra Magnus packaging.
The packaging for Ultra Magnus is different from
the other Alternity figures which have been released thus far as it does not have the window to view the toy. You can view the new image here.
Category: Transformers Toy News
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on: Tuesday, 13th April 2010 at 08:56:12 BST
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Kapow toys are reporting that they have received their allocation of Transformers Revenge of the Fallen Brawn, Lockdown, Deluxe Ratchet, Strike Mission Sideswipe and NEST Bumblebee. This means that that these items are likely to start appearing within Toys R Us, Argos and The Entertainer soon, though you can also order them direct from Kapow Toys for £12.95.
Credit Kapow Toys and TFW2005.com
Category: Transformers Toy News
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The NTFA is organizing its second convention, NordCon 2010 (earlier known as Mini-Con 2010) this year. The event will take place in Aalborg, Denmark on the weekend of June 19-20, and registration has just started.
Just like the German convention, C.O.N.S., we can offer our attendees HeadRobots.com's prototype Cobra head robot. 60 units will be available, with numbered packaging custom-made especially for NordCon.
Auto Assembly 2010 Announces Its Third Guest Of
Honour
Europe's largest Transformers convention, Auto Assembly, has already
confirmed ten guests for Auto Assembly 2010 including two guests of honour but
we are now able to end months of speculation and confirm the identity of our
third and final guest of honour and the second voice actor who is attending this
year's convention...
The actor is... well, you're going to have to visit our channel on Youtube
and watch the latest episode of our news videos to find out for yourself here -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7M0TCTNxPqs
After watching the video, we're sure you'll all agree that Auto Assembly
2010 has the biggest and best guest line-up ever for Auto Assembly. Prior to
this announcement, we already had two guests of honour confirmed (Garry Chalk
and Derrick J Wayatt) and no less than 8 comic guests (Simon Furman, Nick Roche,
Guido Guidi, Simon Williams, Liam Shalloo, Kris Carter, Jason Cardy and Kat
Nicholson) and all our guests will be signing autographs and available to meet
fans all weekend and each will take to the stage for a Q&A session during
the convention.
The convention is taking place between Friday 13th - Sunday 15th August
2010 at the The Holiday Inn Birmingham City Centre, Birmingham, England. It will
be a packed weekend featuring toy and art displays, dealers, comic guests, free
autograph sessions, a video games area, free workshops run by many of our
guests, dedicated childrens programming, video screenings and so much more to be
announced! There will also be Friday and Saturday evening programmes, exclusive
for weekend attendees and the Saturday evening will play host to a party, a
concert by rock band Next Of Kin (including a Transformers themed set with music
from the 1986 animated movie!), costume competition, our voice actors will take
to the stage to perform a BRAND NEW script written by Simon Furman and we have a
few more surprises in store...!
Because of the venue size, we are restricting attendance to a MAXIMUM of
550 people at the convention per day which can be made up of a combination of
weekend and one-day attendees and once we hit that total we will be closing
registrations so if you want to attend Europe's largest Transformers convention,
you need to hurry and get your tickets now as we have already had over 230
pre-registrants with over 4 months to go!
Despite our running costs increasing for this year, we have frozen ticket
prices from Auto Assembly 2009 and they 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. Single day passes are available
at reduced rates but these are VERY limited.
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 blog TransformersLive have collated information from Chicago Craigslist and Acting
Auditions which says that the principal photograph is due start soon. Acting Audtions report that a "pre-vis scene will shoot at the Majestic Star Casino in Gary, Indiana on April 12th, 2010. Filming will take place on industrial property owned by Majestic Star Casino at Buffington Harbor. The scene will be shot during daylight hours and will involve a crew of about 60 people. The set will be closed to the public. The movie crew will shoot a "rather simple scene" portraying vehicles approaching the industrial property. The scene is meant to take place in Ukraine. None of the principal stars of the movie, including John Malkovich, Frances McDormand, Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox, is expected to be on the set. No extras will be used.
Note: A 'pre-vis' scene refers 'previsualization' filming. The advantage of previsualization is that it allows directors to experiment with different staging and art direction options such as lighting, camera placement and movement, stage direction and editing - without having to incur the costs of actual full-blown production filming."
The website goes on to report that
"The Transformers 3 is now in production and auditions for principal actors are taking place. Director Michael Bay has signed on to direct his third Transformers picture. Pre-shoots start April, 2010. The filming locations are set for Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Florida, Texas, Africa, Moscow and China. Principal photography will run from May 17, 2010 through July 1, 2010. Release Date: July 1st, 2011.
Though un-official the same site also lists the following under story:
"Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox return as Sam Witwicky and Mikaela Banes in "The Transformers 3". A darker more introspective journey into the Transformers universe and their origins on Cybertron. Peter Cullen also returns as the voice of Optimus Prime. This 3rd installment in the series "won’t be as robot-heavy and there will be fewer explosions, as the film gets more into the robot character. The last time (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen) you kind of met a few of the robots. In 'The Transformers 3' you’re gonna get a much cooler landscape" according to director Michael Bay. There is also preview footage of the possibility of Unicron, the planet eater, in this sequel."
Category: Transformers Movie News
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Gamespot have announced the US release date for Transformers:
War for Cybertron as the 22nd June 2010, three days before the UK release (25th June) and two
before BotCon 2010.
Now we have for you all, own pictures to the C.O.N.S. 2010 Exclusive figure. Prototype of the Cobra by Headrobots is to be seen. We sell this prototype only on the Convention in the exclusive packaging with certificate. A limited number of 50 pieces will be available on the C.O.N.S. on the 25th of July, 2010.
The official War for Cybertron website
has been updated witth character descriptions for several of the main Autobots
and Decepticons. The pre-order page has also been updated with the first images of the game covers for various consoles.
Category: Transformers Merchandise
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on: Wednesday, 7th April 2010 at 21:11:41 BST
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