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A few days ago the NTFA.net (The Nordic TransFans Association) posted a news report summarising some of their findings from a recent meeting they had with representatives of Hasbro Nordic. The report includes a little information on where the toys are warehoused, news on Transformers Animated for Denmark, Holland, Norway and Sweden, some Revenge of the Fallen information and a tale on the toy twist ties. Head over to NTFA.net to read the article.
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TF08.net has been updated with a new image of the toy for Transformers Revenge of the Fallen Ravage.
The figure is shown from the side and looks quiet spikey.
They also have images of what appears to be Voyager Grindor - tan recolour of Transformers Movie Blackout and some Transformers Universe toys.
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Even though the Transformers Movie toys are not suppose to be released until the end of May one Fred Mayer store in Spokane, WA within the US recently sold Transformers Revenge of the Fallen Leader Class Megatron, Optimus Prime and Voyager Starscream. You can view the original report on TFW2005.com.
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We have created an image gallery for the latest episode of Transformers Animated aired this morning in the US. The episode, episode 39, was titled Decepticon Air and featured scenes / quotes from several popular films including Con Air and Die Hard. You can view the image gallery here.
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Whilst out looking around some shops today we spotted and picked up Transformers Animated Swindle for our nearest Tesco Direct for the low price of just £4.98! So if you want him and are in the UK, Tesco is the place to check first.
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For all you BotCon fans, now is the time to "Dare to Be Stuipd"!
Our next big guest? The one, the only "WEIRD AL" Yankovic! You read
that right. "Weird Al" is coming to BotCon on Saturday, May 30th.
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Yahoo Movies has been updated with the new Transformers Revenge of the Fallen trailer, whcih you can see online of download.
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Earlier in the week we received our copy of Toy News magazine, which this month featured Transformers Revenge of the Fallen as it's Campaign of the Month. Here's what the magazine had to say.
Hasbro's extensive range of Transformers toys will be boosted next month by the release of the second film. Prior to that, Hasbro is cranking up demand with a number of marketing initatives including print, PR and TV amoug other things. ToyNews has more details ...
MORE THAN two decades after its arrival and with countless toys solf through, Transformers has become one of the most successful entertainment fanchises of all time and woven into the global pop culture. The June 24th release of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, from DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures, in association with Hasbro will create a new level of interest in the brand nad the accompanying widespread licensing programme, searhead by the toy range.
Licensing
To give fans all all ages a fully immersive Transformers experiece, Hasbro, together with its toy development team, Digital Media, and Entertainment and Licensing groups, has pulled together a comprehensive program that will offer a wide range of products across all major lifestyle categories. More than 230 licensees worldside are signed including Activision and Glu Mobile (video and mobile gaming), Rubies (dress up), Smith & Brooks (apparel),GB Eye (posters) and Alpha (back-to-school) to name just a few. All of these licensees will be bringing their own marketing and PR campaigns to the table which will dovetail nicely into Hasbro's own toy campaign centred around the film.
Marketing
The franchise is the key focus within the Hasbro's boy toys range in 2009, with a full marketing campaign to reflect this. The onslaught started at the beginning of the year but the heavyweight media campaign kicks off on May 30th to celebrate the toy launch anc continues through to Christmas Day. The media mix includes kids consumer print, PR, POS, collector/fan focused activity and TV.
TV
The TV campaign will focus on all key segments within the toy line which includes core action figures and role play. Special promotions are also planned including a tour of the Bumblebee Camaro seen in the film.
Though the toys launch one month prior to the movie release, select retailers will pre-sell key items from May 1st. These are Optimus Prime (Leader), Bumblebee helmet, Bumblebee arm blaster along with a special Preview wave of Deluxe featuring Bumblebee and Soundwave. Although retailers can pre-order, the items will not ship until the May 30th on-shelf date.
In addition to Hasbro and other licensee marketing campaigns, Paramount Pictures has a staller line-up of promotuonal partners on-board to promote the film beginning in late-May, including General MOtors and LG Mobile Phones.
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TFW2005.com has been informed by Pete Sinclair that Vince DiCola shall be appearing at BotCon 2009.
You can see the thread on TFW2005.com
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Hasbro and Discovery TV have announced plans to form a new
family/children oriented network featuring some Hasbro brands. From
their press release:
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Various images of what appears to be BotCon 2009 Banzi-Tron (or possibly Tidal Wave) have appeared on the TFW2005 boards.
The figure is a recoloured version of Transformers Energon Mirage.
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A poor quality version of the new Transformers Trailer has been leaked onto YouTube. You can watch it below.
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thanks to Rancemeister for pointing out the Transformers Movie Deep Space Starscream is for sale on the Argos website for £6.99.
You can see the item here.
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TFW2005 have received news that the UK release date of the Transformers Revenge of the Fallen toyline is going to be May 20 to major retailers such as Toys R Us and Argos.
It is expected that this will be the release date of the preview wave of Bumblebee and Soundwave, with the rest of theline following shortly.
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Cartoon Network has updated with a five minute preview of this Saturday's Transformers Animated episode, Decepticon Air
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