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Category: Transformers Merchandise
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on: Monday, 10th August 2009 at 20:12:38 BST
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Category: Website Updates
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on: Sunday, 9th August 2009 at 17:02:40 BST
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ModXToys.com have scanned in various pages from the latest issue of the Japanese collectors magazine Hyper Hobby(the September 2009 issue). We have mirrored the Transformers related pages on
www.LuckyDrawTransformers.com, the only dedicated Lucky Draw website in the world, under the magazine section.
Category: Lucky Draw Transformers
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on: Sunday, 9th August 2009 at 10:43:19 BST
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KOToys has put up a gallery of the upcoming Wal-Mart Exclusive Transformers Universe Ultra Skyfall, a recolour of Transformers Universe Silverbolt / Darkwing in Generation Two Minijet Skyjack colours (black with red/orange flames).
The colour scheme actaully looks pretty close to the oringal G2 stealth fighter, one of my favorite Transformers, although the figure looks more of just a "dark recolour" when you see it up close in robto mode.
Category: Transformers Toy News
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on: Saturday, 8th August 2009 at 13:54:08 BST
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Auto Assembly have sent out the following press release covering their showing of Transformers Revenge of the Fallen and the Next of Kin concert.
Hi everyone,
Just a quick update on the Revenge Of The Fallen cinema screening that we
are arranging for the Friday night bonus programme as part of this year's
convention as well as a mini update on the Saturday night party...
Revenge Of The Fallen
We have chosen the Odeon cinema on New Street in Birmingham City Centre to
hold the screening of Revenge Of The Fallen on Friday 14th August. While it
isn't an IMAX cinema, the IMAX was not only going to be quite an expensive
option but the cinema wanted us to guarantee over 250 ticket sales which we
couldn't do.
The Odeon is about 5 minutes walk from the hotel and we will be given
EXCLUSIVE use of one of their screens and tickets for the film will cost just
£4.50 although we may be offered a discount on these depending on how many
people go along. The plan is to meet up in the main convention hall at around
8:30 pm and then once everyone has gathered, walk over to the cinema, buy our
tickets and see the film!
What we need is to get a rough idea of how many of you would be planning on
joining us so we can let the cinema know what size screen they can reserve for
us. They have screens ranging in size from 67 people up to around 300 and we can
get the use of any of them for the convention but we will need to reserve it in
advance so we need to know pretty urgently so the sooner you reply to us the
better.
The screening is exclusive to weekend attendees only, as is the whole of
the Friday programme. The only thing we must remind everyone is that because the
cinema screening is an exclusive Auto Assembly event, you will need to wear your
passes when you go to the cinema to ensure that you are sold tickets to the
film.
Next Of Kin
If you haven't already heard online, our band Next Of Kin who have composed
Transform, the official anthem for Auto Assembly 2009, are playing a one-hour
set of different tracks from the animated Transformers movie as part of our
Saturday evening programme. After that, our plans for Saturday night have
changed somewhat...
Instead of a disco, Next Of Kin will be taking a short break after their
Transformers set, and will then RETURN to the stage for a rip-roaring show for
the rest of the night, playing their own songs, and a selection of cover songs
from various artists to suit all tastes! This will be a great show and it will
mean that we will have an entire evening of live music and entertainment for you
all!
Party Passes
For those of you only attending for the Saturday and who aren't able to be
there for the weekend because of work, travel or other reasons but who want to
attend the evening programme, then worry no more! We now have some spare
capacity on the night so we are releasing a limited number of PARTY PASSES.
These will be on sale throughout the day on Saturday for just £10 each and they
will admit you into the evening programme so if you want to see the script
reading, the two shows from Next Of Kin, and the performance by Ray Curran, then
snap these up while you can!
Party Rules
We don't want to put a dampener on things, but we do want to put a couple
of minor rules in place for the Saturday night. First, because we will be
filming part of the evening for our own DVD release and because it is exclusive
for weekend attendees, video cameras and video recording of the script reading
and Next Of Kin show is BANNED. If anyone is found to be recording either of
these without prior written permission, then your cameras, mobile phones, or any
other recording devices may be confiscated and recordings will be deleted.
Secondly, because the party will be taking place in the convention hall,
carrier bags, shopping bags, sports bags etc or bags of any other kind (apart
from ladies handbags) are NOT permitted in the convention hall. There will still
be some dealers tables set up in the hall albeit covered up and sectioned off,
but to reduce the risk of theft, bags will not be allowed.
Sorry about these, but we want to ensure that everyone can enjoy the
evening with as little hassle as possible!
That's it for now and we're looking forward to seeing you all next
weekend!
The Auto Assembly 2009 Team!
Category: Transformers Convention News
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on: Saturday, 8th August 2009 at 10:42:48 BST
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TFW2005 are reporting that "
Movie Jazz will make his return along with G1 Megatron as downloadable content for Activision's Revenge Of The Fallen video game. The new characters were confirmed in the newly released trophy listings for the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of the game. "
These new characters join the already announced list of
Movie Sideswipe, G1 Starscream, G1 Optimus Prime, and Movie Soundwave.
Category: Transformers Movie News
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on: Saturday, 8th August 2009 at 10:40:11 BST
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With just ONE WEEK to go before Auto Assembly 2009, things are still happening with the convention and moving along at a breakneck speed...
* Live Script Reading *
We have now cast the first role in the script reading session that will be taking place on the Saturday evening. Join Gregg Berger, Ian James Corlett and comic artist Simon Williams on stage will be leading Transformers expert Chris McFeely who will be taking on the role of Dinobot! Chris put in a sterling audition and you can hear his performance over on the Auto Assembly website. We are still auditioning for Megatron, Waspinator and Razorbeast so get your MP3s in if you want to take a crack at joining these guys on stage! We may be announcing the next voice very soon...
* Bookings Update *
We are very close to reaching 500 attendees now for the convention! We now have 473 pre-registrants for Auto Assembly 2009 and we are still getting bookings every day so we think that there is a chance that we will get 500 just from pre-bookings alone! What this does mean is that some of the free gifts in the goodie bag are running out fast. Several of them ARE limited and are only available for the first so many pre-registrants. We have already run out of DVDs and G1 stickers and the next ones to run out will be the posters. If you want to make sure you get as many gifts as possible, you will need to book sooner rather than later!
There is still time for you to book your tickets. UK attendees have time to pre-book and have your single-day and weekend passes posted to you in time for the convention. Non-attendee tickets, weekend passes and international bookings can be accepted online until 9:00 pm on 12th August and will be available for you to collect on Friday 14th August from the convention hotel!
* Auction Update *
We have expanded the list of items in the Auto Assembly Charity Auction again and have now started to add a gallery of images so you can see for yourself what items we have on offer to help raise valuable funds for the two worthy causes that we are supporting this year. This is probably the best year we have ever had for collectors of original artwork and more items are still arriving daily!
* Guest Update *
We have just had word from Staz Johnson that he will now only be with us at Auto Assembly 2009 for the Saturday ONLY. We still have our full line-up of 15 guests but as we have said before, the ONLY way you will be able to see and meet all of them is if you are attending for the full weekend.
* Revenge Of The Fallen *
Details are now being finalised for our late-night screening of Revenge Of The Fallen as part of the Friday night bonus programme of events for weekend attendees. We will be heading to the Odeon cinema in Birmingham for an EXCLUSIVE screening of the film and tickets will be £4.50 each. While it isn't an IMAX screening, we will have the entire screen to ourselves and the movie will start at around 9:30 pm. If you've ever wanted to see the film in a cinema packed with die-hard TF fans, then now is your chance! You must be a weekend attendee to join us for this added programme item!
* Simon Furman Confirmed For Auto Assembly 2010! *
Yes, you read it right!! While Simon is unable to make it for this year's convention, Simon has already confirmed on his blog that he WILL be in attendance at Auto Assembly 2010! We haven't got a date set for the convention yet apart from thinking about August next year, but for those of you attending this year, now more than ever you should think about picking up a copy of our convention exclusive comic so you can make sure you get Simon to sign it as well as Nick, Liam and Gregg!
For full details on Auto Assembly 2009 and to book your tickets, visit the website at www.autoassembly.org.uk
Simon Plumbe
Auto Assembly 2009
Auto Assembly 2009 is a non-profit making convention for fans of Transformers and is being held on 15th - 16th August 2009 at the Holiday Inn Birmingham City Centre, Birmingham, England. The convention is sponsored by Winning Moves (www.toptrumps.com), Titan Magazines (www.titanmagazines.co.uk) and Activision (www.activision.com)
web: www.autoassembly.org.uk
forum: http://autoassembly.proboards.com
email: autoassembly@aol.com
tel: +44 (0)7860 948296
Category: Transformers Convention News
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on: Saturday, 8th August 2009 at 10:38:02 BST
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e-Hobby have posted a listing for their next exclusive figure MP-01 Convoy Black Version a black recolour of Masterpiece Convoy. you can view the listing here.
Category: Transformers Toy News
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on: Friday, 7th August 2009 at 14:00:10 BST
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Simon Furman has updated his blog regarding Auto Assembly
Just a quick reminder that Auto Assembly, the UK’s
premier (in fact, only) dedicated Transformers convention is just over
a week away now. This year’s AA is a full weekend, Saturday and Sunday
(15th & 16th of August), with two US voice actor guests (Gregg
Berger and Ian Corlett so far confirmed) and a host of comics
professionals including Nick Roche, Jon Davis-Hunt, Andrew Wildman and
Lee Sullivan.
Sadly, due to personal commitments, I can’t be there this
year, but I’ll be there in spirit as I’ve supplied the script for AA’s
live voice actor drama on the Saturday night and I’m one half of the
convention-exclusive edition of All Hail Megatron #13 (keep hold of
those for next year’s AA and I’ll scrawl all over the cover then!).
So
what can I tease about the voice actor drama? Well, it’s set in the
Beast Wars era for a start, though expect it to be somewhat
cross-continuity in nature (as there might still, I believe, be a third
voice actor guest). Gregg has two roles.
Don’t expect anything too
dramatic from the drama, it’s played more for laughs than anything
(anyone who caught my two previous Botcon voice actor dramas will know
what to expect). There are four roles to be filled by convention
attendees (maybe a comics pro getting a look-in there) and artist Simon
Williams is narrating in the style of WWE.
So, anyway, sad to miss out
myself, but I’ll be back for AA 2010. Enjoy!
For more details on AA09,
check out their website here
Category: Transformers Convention News
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on: Friday, 7th August 2009 at 09:16:55 BST
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Auto Assembly 2009 Ten Day Update - Prize Draws And More!
Auto Assembly 2009 is just TEN DAYS away and while the convention is within reach, there are still more developments happening all the time...
* Bookings Update *
Bookings are at an all-time high with a staggering 461 fans already pre-registered for what is now Europe's biggest ever Transformers convention. We are now certainly going to be the first ever European Transformers convention to reach the "magical 500" attendance figure, and who knows, could we possibly make it to 600 from pre-registrations and on-the-door places?
This is where we DESPERATELY NEED YOUR HELP!! If you have already booked, please encourage your friends who haven't done so yet so we can reach this convention milestone! If you have a youtube account, why not mention Auto Assembly in one of your pupcoming videos, or post on your Twitter, Facebook, or Myspace accounts if you have them or post about Auto Assembly on any Transformers forums that you are a member of. The more people who attend the convention the better!
We are already looking into plans right now for Auto Assembly 2010 (and we have made provisional approaches to several voice actors and other guests) and one thing that we will offer is a reduced rate registration for Auto Assembly 2009 attendees so there's another reason to book up!
Despite Auto Assembly 2009 being so close, there IS time for you to be able to pre-register! If you live in the UK, we can still process bookings for at least the next 5-6 days and get them out in plenty of time before the convention. If you live outside of the UK (or are planning on booking for the weekend), you can opt to have you packs ready for you for collection when you arrive and pick them up on the Friday so there's no reason not to miss out! Our superb non-attendee packages are also available so check the website for the latest revised deadlines.
* Activision Prize Draw *
As you know, we are running two sponsored prize draws for pre-registrants this year... 40 people chosen at random will receive a pack of the new Revenge Of The Fallen 3D Top Trumps cards and 50 people will win a copy of Issue 2.1 of Titan's Transformers comic and the winners will find a redemption voucher in their convention packs that you collect when you arrive. Well, we now have the third prize draw confirmed...
Activision have very kindly donated TEN copies of their Revenge Of The Fallen game for the Playstation 3 to us to give away. All you need to do to stand a chance of winning is to pre-register for the convention as a WEEKEND or NON-ATTENDEE package. Prior to the convention, we will select TEN attendees at random who qualify, and you will find a winning ticket in your packs. Take it along to the Registration Desk over the weekend and exchange it for your game, worth £40!
* Saturday Night Rock Concert *
Next Of Kin, who are responsible for Auto Assembly 2009's official theme song, are already lined up to perform a one-hour show of Transformers music as part of the Saturday night programme of activities but now, they are going to be performing TWO shows... Instead of the disco, Next Of Kin will be taking a short rest break after their Transformers show, and will return to the stage for a three hour regular concert performing some of their own material and a mix of familar rock and pop songs throughout the night!!
* Party Pass *
We know that many of you who are attending just for the Saturday are unable to join us for the full weekend because of work, personal or travel commitments. However, after looking at the capacity of the hall, we are now in a position to have a VERY LIMITED number of additional places available in the hall for the evening programme and we will make these available to Saturday attendees as an add-on to your normal one-day pass. These Party Passes will be on sale during the day at the convention on a first come, first served basis for £10 each and they will gain you admission to the Evening Programme of entertainment including the script reading, both shows from Next Of Kin, and Ray Curran's performance of the youtube hit, "Unknown Transforming Robot".
* Charity Auction *
Our charity auction is now looking pretty astonishing with about 25-30 items confirmed and are either with us or in transit including a vast amount of original comic artwork, autographed toys and photos and much more besides. Highlights include a signed photo of Peter Cullen (G1 Optimus Prime), an original page of art from IDW's live action movie adaptation by Alex Milne, the Ato Assembly 2009 postcard artwork by Andrew Wildman, a Beast Wars Transmetal Optimus Primal toy signed by Garry Chalk and much more besides. For a full list, keep checking the website. Remember, the auction is open to attendees (it takes place on Saturday afternoon) and non-attendees by way of proxy bidding.
For full details on Auto Assembly 2009 and to book your tickets, visit the website at www.autoassembly.org.uk
Simon Plumbe
Auto Assembly 2009
Auto Assembly 2009 is a non-profit making convention for fans of Transformers and is being held on 15th - 16th August 2009 at the Holiday Inn Birmingham City Centre, Birmingham, England. The convention is sponsored by Winning Moves (www.toptrumps.com), Titan Magazines (www.titanmagazines.co.uk) and Activision (www.activision.com)
web: www.autoassembly.org.uk
forum: http://autoassembly.proboards.com
email: autoassembly@aol.com
tel: +44 (0)7860 948296
Category: Transformers Convention News
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on: Wednesday, 5th August 2009 at 08:02:32 BST
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The Hobby Search website have put up this listing, for a Transformers Encore Star Convoy figure (the second time the figure will be reisuse in recent years).
No dates are given for the release of the toy as yet.
Category: Transformers Toy News
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on: Tuesday, 4th August 2009 at 09:02:49 BST
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Impossible Toys website has been updated with a teaser that they will be making an unofficial G1 Arcee toy, to go alongside their Quintessons, Spike and Sparkplug, Kremzeek, Energon cubes and Transformers Animated Sari, Professor Sumdac and Captain Fanzone.
Category: Transformers Toy News
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on: Tuesday, 4th August 2009 at 09:00:52 BST
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It:s taken quiet a while but Transformers has finally shifted Ben 10 off the top of the Action Figure charts (although it still lags behind it as an overall toy property in the UK).
Time to celebrate Hasbro UK - why not spend a little money and send some staff to Auto Assembly, which in on next week (shameless plug).
The NPD Research shows that Action Figures and Role play had a good month (June 2009) mainly due to Transformers and the release of the Transformers Revenge of the Fallen movie, The property only came out in Mid June yet shifted enough to put it to the top of the Action Figure charts. HM Armed Forces and Bakugan also continue to to well.
Best Item Progression June 2009 goes to Transformers Movie Deluxe Figures (Hasbro) With the launch of the new movie, the toys rose from number 695 to number three in just one month. The Movie legends Assortment is also in fourth place,
Category: Toy Industry News
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on: Monday, 3rd August 2009 at 19:50:34 BST
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We have received a copy of the NPD Charts for June 2009 charting the Retail Sales Trends for the toy industry during that month.
Top 10 ranked on monetary Sales
- Kidizoom Camera
- Smart Trike Plus Girls
- Transformers Movie Deluxe Figures
- Transformers Movie Legends Assortments
- Ben 10 Alien Force 10cm Figures
- First Steps Babywalker
- Hot Wheels Basic Car Assortment
- Bakugan Starter Pack
- Ben10 Alien Force 15cm DNA Figures
- Ben 10 Ultimate Omnitrix
Top 10 ranked on Units sold
- Hot Wheels Basic Car Assortment
- Gogos !! Explorer Pack
- Cars Vehicle Assortment
- Transformers Movie Legends Assortment
- Gogo Evolution Booster
- Littlest Petshop Collectible Assortment B
- Ben 10 Alien Force 10cm Figures
- Bakugan Booster Pack
- Gormiti Figure Foilbag Assortment
- Transformers 2 Robot Heroses
UK Year to Dateranked on monetary Sales
- Ben 10 Alien Force 10cm Figures
- Kidizoom Camera
- Ben 10 Ultimate Omnitrix
- Bakugan Starter Pack
- Ben 10 Figures 10cm Assortment
- Power Rangers Jungle Fury Figures
- Cars Vehicle Assortment
- Star Wars Clone Wars Basic figures 3-75"
- Smart Trike Plus Girls
- Hot Wheels Basic Car Assortment
Year to date ranked on Units Sold
- Hot?Wheels Basic Car Assortment
- Cars Vehicle Assortment
- Ben 10 Alien Force 10cm Figures
- Gogos !! Explorer Pack
- Power Rangers Jungle Fury Figures
- Ben 10 Figures 10cm Assortment
- Bakugan Booster Pack
- Star Wars Clone Wars Basic Figures 3-75"
- Gormiti Figure Foilbag Assortment
- Littlest Petshop Collectible Assortment B
Top 5 Properties
- Ben 10
- Transformers
- Thomas and Friends
- Star Wars
- In the Night Garden
Interesting in the Action Figure charts, which aren't published, it is said that Transformers was the best selling property.
There was a 13% drop in toy sales on a Year-on-Year comparison to 2008 and the average toy price increased to 6.39 GBP in June 09 compared to 5.81 GBP in June 08
Category: Toy Industry News
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on: Monday, 3rd August 2009 at 19:35:28 BST
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Hobby Search has posted a new image showing us
Alternity Diamond Black Megatron's
box art. They have also included high resolution versions of the
previously seen photoshopped stock images. The box art shows that this
version of Megatron may include a tampographed Decepticon faction
symbol unlike the previous Blue and Silver releases.
Category: Transformers Toy News
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on: Monday, 3rd August 2009 at 17:14:41 BST
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