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We're just finalising some of the details, but we'll be running another Transformers Movie competition soon (this week / through net week) with an array of prizes which have been donated from various sources. So far the prizes will consist of :-
- Transformers Movie: The Music - donated by Warner Brothers
- Transformers Movie: Decepticon Logo T-Shirt - (size medium) donated by Paramount Pictures UK
- Various Transformers books - donated by Dorling Kindersley
- BotCon 2007 Target Pack - donated by Transformers At The Moon (includes Target Exclusive Transformers Movie prequal comic, drawn by Andy Wildman, and Target Transforming Gift Card (Giftcardimus Prime).
- Transformers Movie press guide (colour logo version) - given away at the private Paramount Pictures UK press screening of Transformers in the Soho Hotel (under 100 copies given away).
- Transformers Movie - Light-Up Autobot logo t-shirt - donated by Thumbs Up UK Ltd
We're hoping to have a few more prizes to add to the Transformers Movie Ultimate Give-away competition, so stay tuned to Transformers At The Moon for more information.
We'd like to thank Dorling Kindersley, Warner Brothers and Paramount Pictures UK and Thumbs Up UK for their help with the competition.
Category: Website Competitions
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on: Tuesday, 10th July 2007 at 08:55:56 BST
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We've updated out
Talk Transformers July 2007 Mirror with an image of Transformers Movie Megatron, Leader Class, which appears to have different colour applications to the western version. The most obvious of which are the feet.
In addition to this we've updated our
AcToys July 2007 mirror with some images of a custom G1 Convoy statue, standing over six feet tall, as well as several images of a custom Decepticon throne for Masterpiece Megatron. Both items are pretty neat, and worth a look.
Category: Transformers Toy News
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on: Tuesday, 10th July 2007 at 08:46:29 BST
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Both toys were at BotCon 2007, and images of Recon Barricade, loose and cared can be found in out
BotCon 2007 Hasbro Tour Images gallery, but a two new auctions have appeared on ebay for these two toys, both on card. You can see them
here and
here.
Thanks to
Seibertron for the original spot
Category: Transformers Toy News
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on: Tuesday, 10th July 2007 at 08:34:05 BST
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BoxOfficeMojo now have stats for the Transformers Movie worldwide upto the 8th July and the current gross takings is $249,192,993, just under 100 million more than the films cost. So its quiet possible that when today's takings are counted, Transformers would have passed the $275 million dollars mark in its first week.
Category: Transformers Movie News
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on: Monday, 9th July 2007 at 21:57:05 BST
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In his latest blog update, Transformers guru Simon Furman gives some hints and teasers as to what is in story in issue three of the IDW Transformers Beast Wars: The Ascending comic that will be released in October. Fellow Big Convoy fans will be pleased to hear that the big guy gets some action is in this issue, as well as more comic debuts for other characters
Category: Transformers Comic News
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on: Monday, 9th July 2007 at 18:41:31 BST
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Category: Transformer Toy Sightings
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on: Monday, 9th July 2007 at 09:12:50 BST
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Deadline Hollywood Daily report that according to Paramount Pictures (US) the Transformers movie took $22.7 million on Friday, $25.9 million on Saturday and have a projected $18.9 million for Sunday in the United States alone (4,011 cinemas). Transformers has now had the highest grossing 7-day opening of any non-sequel film in the US, passing Spider-man ($151.6m), The Passion Of The Christ ($144.6m) and Harry Potter ($129.4 million). On top of this record breaking US showing, Transformers has now (up to the end of Saturday) grossed $93.6 million in the 23 other countries in which it had been released. The film is yet to open in several countries (have a look at our
Upcoming Events page for the complete list) including the United Kingdom (traditionally the second largest grossing nation) and Japan. Paramount estimate the total global box office takings to reach $246.1 million by the end of Sunday.
Category: Transformers Movie News
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on: Sunday, 8th July 2007 at 19:39:51 BST
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A few days ago Simon Furman updated his blog with information ragarding a web-comic based on the TFAuctions Transformers character Cougar.
What began as a humble mascot for Transformers auction website,
TFAuctions, is about to explode into the worlds of Web and comics.
Cougar, the roving robotic dealer in all things rare and perilous, is
set for his own dedicated website and a monthly comic series, both of
which will introduce Cougar (in full) and his all-new cast of
characters.
Cougar himself hit the Web a year or so back, co-created by
myself, artist Guido Guidi and TFAuctions webmaster David Ravenscroft.
He got an alt. mode, a full bio and now he’s got the lot, including
arch nemesis Fenrir and (sort of) sidekick Kick-Start. Cougar’s
official website is due to
go live any time now, and the comic incarnation is set to hit in late
07 (with scripts by me). In meantime, click on the images below for a
taster.
There’s a new one of Cougar himself and a first look at Fenrir.
Keep checking back in for further updates over the course of the next
couple of weeks.
Cougar
Fenrir
Category: Transformers Comic News
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on: Sunday, 8th July 2007 at 17:20:51 BST
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Here's some of the information on Transformers Animated, most of which was given away at BotCon though the David Kaye panels and the Hasbro Future Product Panels, although I've since found some more information:
Main Autobots
- Optimus Prime - voiced by David Kaye (transforms into a Fire Truck). He will appear in both Cybertron and Earth modes (both have toys, deluxe for Cybertron, Voyager for Earth) and is armed with a red / blue axe, which is huge. The axe is formed from his trailer, which will appear and disappear (G1 style).
- Prowl - voiced by Jeff Bennet (transforms into a Motorcyle). The character is a ninja and will be smart. The toy features some impressive tooling, with the motorbike wheels not appearing. The toy looked similar to Beast Machines Silverbolt (cartoon not toy), in how smooth and round it looked.
- Ratchet - voiced by Corey Burton (fire truck). Very Movie like in vehicle mode, Ratchet is the only Autobot to have served in combat before and is the medic of the team.
- Bumblebee - voiced by Bumper Robinson (yellow sports car). Bumper is said to sound like "Chris Rock style voice". Bumblebee is the youngest of the Autobots, and it very enthusiastic and likes Earth.
- Bulkhead - voiced by Bill Fingerbekke (military vehicle). Bulkhead is the typical "strong-man" character, said to be like the Thing.
- Grimlock - David Kaye (Tyrannosaurs Rex). Very G1 like in robot and dinosaur mode, even down to the gold collar. Grimlock is said to speak in the same grammatical way in which the Dinobots did in the original series. Two other dinobots will also appear, although they may only be guests.
Guest / Additional Autobots
- Jazz - voiced by Phil LaMarr (unknown vehicle)
- 2x Dinobots - not named, although Swoop and Slag (probably called Triceradon) would be the most likely.
- Blurr - voiced by John Moschitta (unknown vehicle). John was the original voice of Blurr and will make a guest appearance.
- Ultra Magnus - voiced by Jeff Bennett (unknown vehicle). Jeff is said to do a good Robert Stack (G1 Ultra Magnus) style voice.
- Arcee - possibly voiced by Susan Blu (unknown vehicle)
- Junkion - voiced by Weird Al Yankovic (dump truck). The name is currently unconfirmed, although it has been reported as simply Junkion. David Kaye believed the form of the Transformer was a dump truck, which would fit the name.
Main Decepticons
- Megatron - voiced by Corey Burton (Vertical Take-Off / Landing Alien Fighter). Megatron will appear as a blacked out silhouette at first and will then show himself as his true form. Megatron's form will change throughout the show to get completely different (probably turning into Galvatron - though I hope not). Two toys of Megatron will be avaliable, like Optimus Prime.
- Starscream - voiced by Tom Kenny (Reverse sweep-winged jet - Cyclonus style). Tom is said to do a very good Chris Latta style voice for Starscream.
- Blackarachnia - voiced by Cree Summer (spider). Blackarachnia is the unknown Decepticon. Supposedly she starts out at first as a completely different character, and will undertake a lot of character development. The toy was extremely detailed.
- Lugnutz - voiced by David Kaye (Bomber Aircraft). Lugnutz is the strong, dumb but overly loyal Decepticon, truely believing in their cause. Lugnutz is said to be "The Hulk, if Bulkhead is The Thing", similar to Cryotek / Cindarr (Visionaries)
- Blitzwing - unknown voice actor (triplechanger - tank / plane). Blitzwing is said to not only have three modes but also a split-personalilty, which should make for an interesting character. He is in his G1 colours.
Guest / Additional Decepticons
- Shockwave - voiced by Corey Burton
Human Characters
- Isaac Sumdac - voiced by unknown. The main scientist who works at the Sumdac Tower in Detroit, where they make Robots.
- Sari Sumdac - voiced by Tara Strong. Sari is Isaccs daughter and main human companion of the Autobots. Hasbro explain that she is not a "annoying sidekick telling the Autobots what to do, but more explaining what things are on Earth and how they work".
- Angry Archer - voiced by unknown. The Anrgy Archer is based on Aaron Archer (I wouldn't be surprised if he played the voice), and is one of several Super Villans the Autobots will be fighting. The other villains have various powers including speed, strength and spewing acid
- Captain Fanzone - voiced by unknown. Captain Fanzone is the head of the police department in Detroit.
Places of Interest
- The Ark - the Autobots ship. Very G1 style.
- The Nemesis - the Decepticon ship. Hughe compared to the Ark, will mainly appear as a background. Very dark in and outside, quiet Snake Mountain like (from the latest He-Man series).
- Sumdac Tower - the main tower in Detroit, this is where Isaac Sumdac designs / creates the robots on Earth.
- Detroit - the main city on Earth where the robots are built and home to the Sumdac Tower.
Other Guest Voice Actors
- Fred Willeke will make an appearance in the show, although it has not been confirmed as to who he will play.
Series Background / Information.
- Two 13 part series have currently been recorded. The first series starts with a 3 part mini-movie, followed by 13 episodes. The second series is an additional 13 episodes.
- Hasbro / Cartoon network have not ruled out an additional 2 series.
- The show is due in December 2007 / January 2008
- The show was moved to the US as Hasbro no-longer like the results of dubbing the show into English.
- No other Beast Wars actors can appear in the show, as they only have Canadian VA permits. David Kaye lives in LA and is hoping to become an American citizen soon, so he was able to take part.
- The guys at Cartoon Network were fans of the Transformers series, so wanted the show.
- Transformers Heroes was the working title.
- Although Transformers Animated has a more stylised look, they will not be dumbing down the series. It will have more humor in it then previous series (more like Beast Wars).
- The show will be about the impact of the Transformers on Earth, rather than going into space.
- The Autobots will mainly fight human Super Villans at the start, whom are controlled or influenced by Decepticons. The Decepticons will appear later, and will be shown as much stronger than the Super Villans. The Decepticons are supposedly much larger than the Autobots.
- The show will feature realistic transformations (although from what was shown, they are not very detailed), and will only have a few "cut away" style transformations.
- The Cybertronian forms of the Transformers (Optimus Prime / Megatron) will have toys.
- Optimus Prime has both a mouth and faceplate, like in the Transformers Movie.
- Serveral G1 characters will be guesting in the series, which will mean more charcters can appear (more toys relating to the show), but they still get to focus on the main 10 characters).
- There will be new charcaters as well as old ones appearing.
- The Autobots arrive on Earth in search for the Allspark, which they crash into. The Decepticons then follow them.
- There will be combiners in the Transformers Animated line, probably in the cartoon series, although not confirmed, and probably not until later series.
Transformers Animated Toys
- Transformers Animated has been in development for a few years, and this is reflected in the toy design. They feature the freshes looking Transformers for years, with a look and feel similar to the new Masters of the Universe toys (when compared to the old ones). They feature new sculpting techniques, which give them a smooth, rounder apearance.
- The toys look like the characters from Beast Machines, on screen, and have very few parts which stick out.
- The toys feature "character specific" poses, although there is not a single gimmick which runs through the entire line. The gimmick is the Transformation (although some characters may have gimmicks themselves).
- The toys have signature weapons (Prime = axe, Megatron = sword), poses, attutides and stances.
- They feature the highest level of articulation and motion of any Transformers line released so far.
- The toys have a 90% show accurate look, as it was developed alongside the cartoon series, rather than prior.
- Optimus Prime will have two toys (deluxe and voyager), one for the Earth mode and the other for the Cybertronian mode.
- Bulkhead looks quite chibby like, due to how round he is.
- Bumblebee is very smooth and the car mode is similar to Classics Bumblebee
- Prowl was the most impressive toy shown at BotCon.
- Grimlock looked very much like the G1 toy in robot mode (with how he will transform).
- Lugnutz is a Voyager class toy, very round looking.
- The toys have a matt finish to them, not gloss, in a Batman Animated style.
- The toys have a very Anime toy style look
One of the jokes in the show, when Bumblebee and Sari first meet, goes like this:-
Bumblebee: I'm Bumblebee
Sari: I'm Sari
Bumblebee: Don't be
Nice, simple pun that one.
Category: Transformers Animated
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on: Sunday, 8th July 2007 at 15:46:28 BST
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We've uploaded another
82 images from our trip to BotCon 2007 and New York, this time of the items which we bought. We came back with over 70 items, covering almost every Transformers series from G1 to Sports Label, so make sure you check that out. Each toy will get it's own detailed galleries, some of which have never been seen before (and will never be seen again). Keep checking back on Europe's premier Transformers resource for that.
Category: Website Updates
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on: Sunday, 8th July 2007 at 15:24:37 BST
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The Transformers Collector's Club has put
up a
downloadable story title Razor's Edge, written by Benson
Yee, illustrations by Jake Isenberg, and colored by Thomas Deer, which is a special story for the Collectors Club exclusiv Airazor figure. It's nine chapters and forty-five pages of
new story relating to the Timelines tale started at last year's
convention, taking place in the pre-Beast Wars era.
Thanks to Seibertron for the original
spot.
Category: Transformers Comic News
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on: Sunday, 8th July 2007 at 14:43:58 BST
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Category: Transformers Toy News
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on: Sunday, 8th July 2007 at 13:45:24 BST
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Whilst we all know that the Transformers movie is doing extremely well in the US, less has been reported on how the film has faired during its International releases thus far. Although mainly positive, Transformers had a poor debut in Europe. Here's more on this story.
- Transformers opened in Europe in Italy with a disappointing $3.6 million in 540 screens.
- Transformers was the fourth highest debut ever in South Korea with $13.3 million 697 screens
- In Singapore, it scored the largest four-day start of all time with
$1.8 million from 29 screens
- In Thailand, Transformers logged the biggest opening
day for a non-sequel during a $1.9 million weekend from 78 screens.
- In
the Philippines, it received the eighth highest launch ever with $2.2
million from 270 screens.
- In Indonesia is reach $778,250 from 87 screens.
- Malaysia
saw the film take $1.5 million from 60 screens.
- Taiwan took in $3.1 million from 68 screens.
- Finally, Transformers was the top-ranked film in Australia with $6.8 million from 239 screens, beating War of the Worlds by 16 percent.
Although the UK release is not until the 27th July, if the UK performance of Shrek is anything to go by then things look good. Shrek 3, the number one film in the UK right now, had the highest-grossing opening ever, in U.S. Currency, with $33.5 million from 536 cinemas. The Transformers movie is due to open with over 830 reels (we're not sure on the exact number of cinemas that this converts to though) in the UK on its debut.
On a side note, the cinema in Providence Rhode Island, cost under £5 to see a film, where as our local Vue cinema is over £7 (over £10 in central London) which is have a knock-on effect in terms of revenue.
Category: Transformers Movie News
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on: Sunday, 8th July 2007 at 12:29:23 BST
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We have created a new gallery within our
Convention Photographs area, containing 408 images from the
International Tokyo Toy Show 2007 which took place on the 30th June 2007 in Tokyo Japan. The images include new pictures of the recent Beast Wars reissues (including Tigertron), the new Generation One reissues (Convoy, Megatron, Soundwave and Starscream) complete with TakaraTomy logo on the box, the Japanese Transformers movie line-up of toys from basics (fast action battlers) through to leaders. There are also images of the iPod Convoy, Music Label Soundwave, headphone Rumble and Frenzy and finally Diablock Convoy. You will also find images of various other anime lines including Gundam, Dragonball Z and more.
Category: Transformers Convention News
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on: Sunday, 8th July 2007 at 11:53:48 BST
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BoxOfficeMojo has been updated with estimated figures for Friday sales of tickets to Transformers in the US. According to their site, the current estimate stands at $22.5 million dollars, taking the total revenue to $143,656,961 dollars for international sales up to the 1st July and US domestic sales between the 3nd July and the 6th July. This means that when you allow for the missing international days as well as yesterdays box office revenue, the total gross figure probably stands at just under the 200 million dollar mark, a profit of 50 million.
In terms of UK releases, the main Paramount Pictures campaign has now begun, as we reported several months ago the TV spots started to air from last weekend, with the main cinema trailer campaigns now beginning as well as an increase of "street advertisement" due to start in the next two weeks. Paramount Pictures will start to push the movie more heavily within the UK once films such as Die Hard and Harry Potter have both opened.
Category: Transformers Movie News
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on: Sunday, 8th July 2007 at 10:30:22 BST
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