TakaraTomy have updated their website with images of the upcoming Masterpiece Ghost of Starscream figure. Images include the stand, missiles all other accessory (except Doctor Arkeville). Click here to videw his product page.
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TakaraTomy have updated their website with images of the upcoming Masterpiece Ghost of Starscream figure. Images include the stand, missiles all other accessory (except Doctor Arkeville). Click here to videw his product page.
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Titan Magazines have sent us the following release and images for the latest issue of the UK Transformers comic book.
Transformers Comic 2.10 - On Sale 25 February!
Check out the latest issue of Transformers Comic for action-packed features, games, puzzles, competitions and lots more! Issue 2.10 also includes 'Bring me the head of Optimus Prime', a fantastic 8-page comic story written by Robin Etherington and featuring art from Jon Davis-Hunt. Find out more on the story from the synopsis below and check out the sneak peeks attached!
Bring me the Head of Optimus Prime!
Deep in the heart of Montana, in a wild forest region, a private militia force has executed a daring plan – the capture and imprisonment of Optimus Prime. They are led by Tyler ‘Trophy’ White, a dangerous hunter with a passion for killing, stuffing and mounting rare animals and now obsessed with adding a Cybertronian skull to his macabre collection. Under his orders a small commando group launched an attack upon the Malmstrom Air Force Base, near Montana Falls, in order to acquire an NNEMP (non-nuclear electromagnetic bomb). The attack was made to look like the work of the Decepticons and enough damage was caused to attract the attention of the Autobots and roll his plan into action!
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Its that time to bring you the latest NPD toy sales charts for the UK. This month we can also bring you the charts for the whole of 2009. Overall Hasbro can be very pleased with Transformers, though not as strong as 2007 the line features in all four charts as was also back up to number three in the monthly "toy property chart".
The top five properties within the UK for December 2009 were:
UK December 2009 (£ Sales Value)
UK December 2009 (Unit Sales - Volume)
UK 2009 Year Sales (£Value)
UK 2009 Year Sales (Unit Volume)
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Geoff Keighley, host of Spike TV's GTTV (Game Trailers Television) has announced via his twitter page that they will have the worlds first "gameplay trailer" for the upcoming Transformers: War for Cybertron video game on this weeks show which airs within the US. Expect the trailer on YouTube and other online video sites within an hour of the airing.
Credit to Seibertron.com
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I have uploaded some new Japanese hobby magazine galleries this morning. You can find galleries of both the Feb and March 2010 issues of Dengeki Hobby as well as the March issue of Hyper Hobby Magazine. All some some Transformers figures shown within them. The March issue of Hyber Hobby actually includes their "Top 10 Toys for 2009" lists, of which Transformers has three figures appear in the list for top robot toys. RA01 Optimus Prime at number 5, RA-24 Buster Optimus Prime at number 8 and Disney Label Mickey Mouse at number 10.
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Thanks to the Indonesian based Transformers fan site TF-Indonesian.net for letting us know that Paramount Pictures are one of the partners support the planned development of Robotland a robot theme park. Why is this Transformers news, well specifically because Paramount are only mentioned due to Transformers. A Transformers Hall is mentioned under as one of the Robot Challenger Displays. "Robot Character Hall: Exhibitions and products relating to robot characters from movies and cartoons. >> Astroball Hall, Transformers Hall, Star Wars Robot Hall etc."
You can find some artist impressions of the planned designs here but it certainly looks like a very interesting concept.
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Just to give you a heads up on why the news page hasn't been updated over the last few days, Dave contracted the Norovirus on Wednesday evening, with Steve catching on Friday afternoon.
Due to the contagious nature of the virus we've basically done nothing since catching the virus.
Good news is the worst seems to be past, 60 hours, though Steve won't in in the al clear until Tuesday, so we hope to get back to the regular updates during the week.
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As you may or may not be aware Mangohero recently lost his website due to a webhost closing their service.
Mangohero (as well as being a longtime member of the messageboard), is one of the oldest and most respected best known UK traders. Thankfully he was able to salvage a older version which had been mirrored elsewhere (without their knowledge) and I am very happy to announce that he has reopened with a new URL:
http://www.mangohero.f-t-l.net/
So if you have the old site bookmarked please update to the new URL.
And if you've never heard of them, have a quick look through their infamous unknown parts list and see if you recognise anything:
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We have created two new image gallery mirrors this time containing some scans that ModXToys produced from the March issues of the Japanese magazines TV Boy and TV Magazine. TV Magazine did not contain and Transformers specific content but TV Boy had a two page article on Transformers Animated.
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Amazon Japan have updated their product listing of Alternity Starscream, Skywarp as well as Disney Label
Buzz Lightyear with actual images of the products. Click the links to check them out.
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Today is the first day of the new Chinese year, so we'd like to wish everyone a happy and prosperous year. This year is the year of the tiger and not just any tiger but the metal tiger, hence the headline of this news story, and so to commemorate here are some handy links to our Tigatron related image galleries.
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Hasbro have sent out a release containing images of the toys that were shown at the US toy fair. You can view our gallery here.
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The US Toy Fair is on at the moment with the same figures on display that were shown at both the British and Nurnberg Toy Fairs, the main difference is that the US one normally allows photographs as well as being easier for non-toy trade people to get in.
The Allspark.com are in attendance and have been tweeting away with some information on what is going on, so here is a summary
Transformers: Hunt For The Decepticons (subline)
Legends class Ravage, Rampage, Sandstorm (a Beachcomber repaint), Hubcap (a 1950s roadster), Brimstone (a green with blue flames chopper styled motorcycle), Insecticon (the bug from Revenge of the Fallen that went looking for Sam).
Battle blade Bumblebee, a deluxe size toy with a new mold.
Jetblade, a blue and white repaint of Dirge
A new Sideswipe with red flames on the bonnet.
Hailstorm, a missile charrier with 8 firing missiles.
Elita-1 (the third "arcee" motorcycle). Instructions will be released online to say how to combine them).
Forest Battle Optimus Prime. Has battle damage and comes with hoos on his hands.
Battle Ops Bumblebee is actually 2 inches taller than the leader class figure.
Human Alliance Jazz with Lennox. Jazz's gun turns into a motorcycle for Lennox to use.
"Transformers Generations" is the new name for Universe, i.e a line of deluxes that they can thrown anything into.
First up its announced that the Henkei Thrust toy will be released in that line.
A triple changer called Darkmount is the second "Generations" toy. He was originally to be called Straxus but they couldn't register the name. He's big, blue, with an axe. According to the Allspark, his head is spot on.
He transforms into a robot, tank and missile emplacement
Power Core Combiner news
The 5 pack is called Bombshock but with a group name of the Combaticons, no names were shown but there was a tank and missile launcher.
The scout figures from the two packs can replace the 5 pack torso in the combination.
Leadfoot somes with Pinpoint.
The Aerialbots are called Skyburst.
There is an Autobot race car team as well as Constructicons.
Masterpiece Grimlock will be release in the original Japanese colour scheme, but with the crown from the 2nd release.
The SDCC exclusive will be Blaster with Steeljaw, Ramhorn and Eject
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As you have no doubt noticed the number of updates to this website other than news has slowed right down over the last 6 months. This has been primarily due to work commitments but has also been affected by some other web projects of ours that needed initial development work. Its not al bad new though, as work has also slowly begun on the re-developing this website from the ground up. This will be a slow processes and will result in an entirely new code base include re-vamped back-end database and scripts.
We were not, and still are not, planning to pause updating Transformers At The Moon during the redevelopment so you will find some new galleries and content being added just as soon as our "day jobs" calm down a little. We thank you for baring with us during this time, but we can assure that this this site is in no ways winding down, more the opposite.
Steve
Site developer and co-founder
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Hasbro have issued the following press release.
HASBRO’S TRANSFORMERS BRAND EXPANDS “MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE” UNIVERSE IN 2010 WITH NEW TOYS THAT CAPTURE THE EXCITEMENT AND
EXPAND THE ENTERTAINMENT OF THE ICONIC PROPERTY
New BATTLE OPS BUMBLEBEE Action Figure and POWER CORE COMBINER Expression
Lead New Introductions For The Innovative And Popular Toy Line
PAWTUCKET, R.I. (February 12, 2010) — On the heels of launching 2009’s
largest grossing movie and in anticipation of the next installment in
2011, the TRANSFORMERS brand from Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE: HAS) ramps up the
play in 2010 with new offerings that build on the energy and excitement
from the brand’s history and blockbuster film franchise. Featuring
over-the-top action figures, unique role-play items and innovative
twists on the TRANSFORMERS brand signature play pattern, the 2010
lineup offers dozens of toys, two exciting promotions and an expansive
worldwide licensing program across all major categories to satisfy and
excite the brand’s ever-expanding fan base.
This spring the AUTOBOTS, the heroic protectors of Earth, need help
from their human allies in the N.E.S.T. GLOBAL ALLIANCE as the planet
continues to face threats from the evil DECEPTICONS. Hasbro is inviting
kids and fans to join the alliance through a special promotion that is
currently underway. By collecting three stickers included in specially
marked TRANSFORMERS products, kids and fans can join the N.E.S.T.
GLOBAL ALLIANCE and mail away for a special edition RAVAGE figure not
available anywhere else. The promotion requires a payment of $4.95 for
shipping and handling charges to receive the special edition figure and
the offer is good while supplies last. Requests must be postmarked by
April 30 and received by May 14. Then, in the fall, kids can ‘live’ the
TRANSFORMERS adventure as the “Hunt for the DECEPTICONS” promotion
begins. Look for exciting details about this interactive promotion
later in the year.
If fans can’t wait until 2011 for the next TRANSFORMERS movie they can
watch online webisodes of “Cyber Missions,” featuring new TRANSFORMERS
adventures. “Cyber Missions” finds the AUTOBOTS working with humans in
the N.E.S.T. global alliance to defend Earth against the
revenge-seeking DECEPTICONS. There will be 12 webisodes total which
began airing online at www.TRANSFORMERS.com in early January and new webisodes will continue to air throughout the year.
BUMBLEBEE continues to be one of the most popular TRANSFORMERS heroes
as he acts as both a defender and a warrior for good. The new BATTLE
OPS BUMBLEBEE action figure continues to push the boundaries of
TRANSFORMERS toy innovation and showcases two sides of BUMBLEBEE with
features unique to each of these roles. For example, when serving as a
guardian, BUMBLEBEE features more playful phrases along with authentic
engine sounds and lights. Then, when converted into battle mode, BATTLE
OPS BUMBLEBEE has missile launchers that pop out, a converting plasma
cannon that lights up, and phrases that change to reflect his battle
personality.
Expanding upon the essence of DEVASTATOR — a robot built by combining
multiple construction vehicles — the TRANSFORMERS brand unveils the new
POWER CORE COMBINERS expression that redefines the magic of combination
play. The toys deliver an interchangeable system of robots, vehicles
and weapons that escalates the level of fun and increases the number of
robots within a child’s TRANSFORMERS toy universe.
For those wanting to engage in heroic AUTOBOT role play, the
TRANSFORMERS line offers new items including the OPTIMUS PRIME CYBER
SWORD toy which features lights, battle and conversion sounds, as well
as key phrases from OPTIMUS PRIME.
And for the youngest AUTOBOT-in-training, the TRANSFORMERS brand
unveils the new ACTIVATORS expression of action figures. Designed with
the youngest TRANSFORMERS fans in mind, ACTIVATORS toys feature easier
conversion from vehicle to robot modes than traditional TRANSFORMERS
figures and are available in popular characters such as OPTIMUS PRIME,
BUMBLEBEE and MEGATRON.
For more information about TRANSFORMERS promotions and products, consumers can visit www.TRANSFORMERS.com.
Highlights of new TRANSFORMERS products available in 2010 include:
TRANSFORMERS ACTION FIGURES
(Approximate retail price: DELUXE Scale $12.99; VOYAGER Scale $19.99;
Leader Scale $44.99; Ages 5 & up; Available: Spring 2010)
For more than 25 years, TRANSFORMERS action figures have been known as
“ROBOTS IN DISGUISE,” providing fans with the enjoyment of converting
incredibly detailed, realistically styled vehicles into awesome
battling alien robots. In 2010, Hasbro is offering a wide variety of
all-new versions of fan-favorite characters, including OPTIMUS PRIME,
BUMBLEBEE, MEGATRON and STARSCREAM in an array of scales: DELUXE,
VOYAGER (larger scale), and LEADER (largest scale and includes lights
and sounds).
TRANSFORMERS BATTLE OPS BUMBLEBEE Action Figure
(Approximate retail price: $59.99; Ages 5 & up; Available: Fall 2010)
The all-new BATTLE OPS BUMBLEBEE action figure is ready for battle!
This large-scale figure truly shows fans the AUTOBOT hero’s
personality, both as a protector of Earth and a warrior against the
evil DECEPTICONS. With two distinct modes – Battle and Guardian –
BATTLE OPS BUMBLEBEE features a variety of electronic sounds and
lights, accompanied by a converting plasma cannon.
TRANSFORMERS POWER CORE COMBINERS
The TRANSFORMERS POWER CORE COMBINERS introduce fans to an all-new
assortment of figures that expand on the classic play pattern of the
popular “ROBOTS IN DISGUISE.” This new expression of figures combine
with one another, in dozens of variations, to create a wide variety of
larger COMBINER robots, with each figure serving as various body parts
and weapons. Available in 2-packs and 5-packs.
• TRANSFORMERS POWER CORE COMBINERS 2-Pack
(Approximate retail price: $9.99; Ages 5 & up; Available: Fall 2010)
The TRANSFORMERS POWER CORE COMBINERS 2-Pack includes one SCOUT scale
TRANSFORMERS figure and one MINI-CON scale figure. The SCOUT scale
figure features a ‘robot’ mode and a ‘vehicle’ mode. The MINI-CON scale
figure has four modes: ‘robot’ mode, robot weapon, vehicle weapon and
Power-up Armor for combining with the central SCOUT scale figure in
both robot and vehicle mode. 2-Pack figures are interchangeable with
5-Pack figures.
• TRANSFORMERS POWER CORE COMBINERS 5-Pack
(Approximate retail price: $19.99; Ages 5 & up; Available: Fall 2010)
The TRANSFORMERS POWER CORE COMBINERS 5-Pack features teams of
TRANSFORMERS characters that can combine together to form one large
TRANSFORMERS figure. Each team consists of one SCOUT scale figure and
four LEGENDS scale vehicles. The SCOUT scale figure features one
‘vehicle’ mode and two ‘robot’ modes and each of the LEGENDS scale
vehicles can plug into the specially marked ports on the central SCOUT
scale figure to instantaneously convert into an arm or leg using
auto-conversion technology. All figures can be swapped out with one
another to form multiple different combinations and new figures. 5-Pack
figures are interchangeable with 2-Pack figures.
TRANSFORMERS ACTIVATORS
(Approximate retail price: $7.99; Ages 4 & up; Available: Spring 2010)
TRANSFORMERS ACTIVATORS toys, a new expression within the TRANSFOMERS
toy line, feature conversion from vehicle to robot modes that’s easier
than traditional TRANSFORMERS figures. Designed with the younger child
in mind, conversion is triggered by pressing the AUTOBOT or DECEPTICON
shield located on the figure and require only a few steps to fully
change modes. TRANSFORMERS ACTIVATORS figures feature popular
characters including BUMBLEBEE, OPTIMUS PRIME and MEGATRON.
TRANSFORMERS OPTIMUS PRIME CYBER SWORD
(Approximate retail price: $19.99; Ages 4 & up; Available: Fall 2010)
The TRANSFORMERS OPTIMUS PRIME CYBER SWORD allows kids to role play
just like the fearless leader of the AUTOBOTS and reenact their
favorite battle scenes. Kids will enjoy its electronic lights, battle
and conversion sounds, as well as key movie phrases.
ACTION FLEET TRANSFORMERS BUMBLEBEE BATTLE TRACK Set
(Ages 4 & Up; Approximate Retail Price: $19.99; Available: Fall 2010)
Created specifically for the ACTION FLEET TRANSFORMERS line of
mini-vehicles, kids can join the adventure and help BUMBLEBEE and
OPTIMUS PRIME defeat the evil MEGATRON by racing to victory with the
new ACTION FLEET TRANSFORMERS BATTLE TRACK set. The glory of winning
depends on your skill; launch the BUMBLEBEE mini-vehicle, exclusive to
this track set, at the correct time and send it crashing into MEGATRON
who will crumble in defeat. Introduced in 2009, TRANSFORMERS
mini-vehicles feature the robot version of characters unique to the
TRANSFORMERS universe on the underside of each non-converting vehicle
for easy identification.
ACTION FLEET TRANSFORMERS STEALTH FORCE OPTIMUS PRIME Vehicle
(Ages 4 & Up; Approximate Retail Price: $24.99; Available: Fall 2010)
Featuring electronic lights and sounds, motorized conversions and
firing projectiles, kids can “bring to life” the epic TRANSFORMERS
battle with this new vehicle from the ACTION FLEET TRANSFORMERS line.
For covert combat, watch as select parts of this OPTIMUS PRIME
semi-truck vehicle convert with the touch of a button to reveal stealth
mode weaponry hidden inside to battle the evil DECEPTICONS like no
other vehicle available.
About HASBRO
Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE:HAS) 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
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Sureshot
Choose Your Fate
Ep 20: Dare To Be Stupid
OTFCC 2003 (USA)
US Sheet 1
Transformers Animated
