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Metrodome have placed the Trailer for the 1986 Transformers The Movie on
You Tube. They have also released the following press release from Metrodome:-
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Hi all
We are extremely pleased and excited to announce that after 21 years
since its first release, Metrodome will be bringing back Transformers
the Movie to the big screen! Opening one month before the Ultimate
Edition DVD release, the movie will show exclusively at the Apollo West
End Cinema in London from Friday 4th May and run for a two week period.
This is the perfect chance for all you fans that missed out on the
original theatrical release to see how the movie was meant to be
experienced in its full cinematic glory the planet destroying mass of
Unicron and Prime's momentous battle with Megatron will never look
better than this!
Tickets go on sale on Monday 30th May and with such an exclusive run of
only two weeks, they will be high in demand so get in there and
pre-book your seats on the Apollo's website www.apollocinemas.co.uk or
call 0871 220 6000.
And of course one month after the opening of the movie's theatrical run
sees the DVD release of Transformers the Movie Ultimate Edition:
newly remastered and for the first time in widescreen in the UK! Along
with this stunning picture and new 5.1 audio we have put together some
great special features for this release.
DISC 1
Remastered movie with 5.1 audio/stereo option
Commentary with Transformers expert Chris McFeely
Alternate US/UK version footage
US theatrical trailer
Japanese Trailer
US TV spots
Final title check test
Cinex check colour and exposure check
Character biographies
New Transformers The Movie trailer
DISC 2
Original 4:3 version of the movie
Exclusive interview with Flint Dille (Story Consultant)
The voice of Optimus Prime, Peter Cullen Q&A
Exclusive Japanese Scramble City episode
Deleted and alternative scenes
Paramount's
Category: Older News
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on: Thursday, 26th April 2007 at 08:31:22 BST
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A new image of the Transformers Rumble and Frenzy headphoneshas surface on the Japanese MSN website (courtesy of
Reuters). The image is of Takara
Tomy employee Chie Yamada wearing the "Transformers Music Label Frenzy & Rumble playing
earphone". The image was taken on the 25th April 2007 in Tokyo Japan. The article states that the figures will go on sale in Japan on the 19th July 2007 for
3,950 yen.
Category: Older News
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on: Thursday, 26th April 2007 at 08:31:00 BST
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The cover art for the Transformers Timelines summer special has been announced. You can view the images
here on transformersclub.com, the full size version can been see
here and you can view the sketch version
here.
The most interesting of the Transformers Classics charactrswhich is a recolour of Transformers Galaxy
Force Chromia (Transformers Cybertron Thunderblast) in the colours of
female Transformer Elita-1. Back on March 30th we broke the news that Hasbro were trying to
trademark the name
Elita-1, could this be why?
Category: Older News
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on: Thursday, 26th April 2007 at 08:26:24 BST
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Thanks to palatinus2000 for letting
the Trans-Europe Express Group know about his latest batch of Slovakian Transformers sightings. Here are the details
Tesco:
- Alt Swindle - 900 Skk (26 EUR)
- Silverstreak - 900 Skk (26 EUR)
- Shockblast- 900 Skk (26 EUR)
Alltoys:
- Classics Minicon 3-Packs - dinos, rescue and demo vehs - 200 Skk (5,50 EUR)
- Cybertron Ransack GTS, Breakdown GTS, Shortround - 350 Skk (10 EUR)
- Cybertron Override - 550 Skk (15,70 EUR)
Dracik:
- Cybertron Skywarp - 600 Skk (17,10 EUR)
- Deluxe Unicron - 600 Skk (17,10 EUR)
- Various LoC figures
- Various Cybertron minicon 2-packs.
Category: Trans-Europe Express Group News
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on: Wednesday, 25th April 2007 at 16:51:23 BST
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It recently came to light that their would be a
Transformers Movie tie-in promotion in the United States with the Kraft Brands Lunchables product so I decided to contact Kraft Brands european divsion to find out if the promotion would be run over here. Unfortunatly Penny in Corporate Affiars told me that they will not be running an on-pack promotion in the UK with their lunchables product.
Category: Transformers Movie News
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on: Wednesday, 25th April 2007 at 16:39:42 BST
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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION:
Based on Hasbro's TRANSFORMERS property and upcoming
live-action feature film from DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount
Pictures due out on July 29th, TRANSFORMERS: AUTOBOTS and
TRANSFORMERS: DECEPTICONS lets gamers control the outcome in the
battle for Earth. Players can choose to protect the Earth as
AUTOBOTS or destroy it as DECEPTICONS and will also experience the
unstoppable power and massive scale of their favorite ROBOTS IN
DISGUISE such as BUMBLEBEE, BARRICADE and others.
KEY FEATURES:
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on: Wednesday, 25th April 2007 at 15:37:12 BST
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TFWorld2005 have an interesting article from a couple of ebay sellers who have had their auctions for a G1 Megatron and Masterpiece Megatron removed by ebay due to
"breaking their firearm rule".You can read more about it
here. One
positive from a collectors point of view (who already own the toys), is that if eBay cannot sell them, the price-tag associated to the toys will increase.
Category: Older News
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on: Wednesday, 25th April 2007 at 08:37:32 BST
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Six of
Hasbro's Transformers trademark applications have been updated by the USPTO to show that the notice of allowance has been sent to Hasbro. What this basically means is that Hasbro can use the marks with some of the protection that they gain when the mark becomes registered. The marks which were updated are.
Category: Transformers Trademark News
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on: Tuesday, 24th April 2007 at 19:28:24 BST
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There have been various auctions on eBay, all ended, for more Transformers Movie testshots. The figures included Legends of Cybertron
Starscream and
Blackout, as well as Fast Action Battlers
Bumblebee and
Barricade.
The figures, as usual for Transformers Movie testshots, sold for quiet a bit more than the RRP they'll be released at, and will probably reappear on ebay soon. The auctions were by SPX and Peggy
Category: Transformers Movie News
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on: Tuesday, 24th April 2007 at 19:19:52 BST
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Fan to Fan have
updated their site with the latest news from Figure-Oh and Dengeki Hobby magazines. The information includes pictures of Beast Wars re-issue Rhinox, both Sports Label toys, Boldfang (previously Howlinger - Wolfang in the West), Transformers Movie toys and e-Hobby Shop exclusive Clear Mirage.
Category: Older News
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on: Tuesday, 24th April 2007 at 19:16:13 BST
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Thanks to TFWorld2005 for noticing that TakaraTomy have updated their Transformers website with images of
Transformers Sports Label Convoy and MEgatron, as well as the
Transformers Beast Wars re-issues.
The Beast Wars page has some interesting CGI artwork for the Beast Wars Neo toys included in the first wave of re-issues.
Category: Older News
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on: Tuesday, 24th April 2007 at 08:43:15 BST
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GameSpot has the
first look at the Transformers The Game computer / video game due for release on the Nintendo DS. Here's a snippet to wet your appetite.
In a nice nod to the "east side/west side" split between Autobot and
Decepticon fans, developer Vicarious Visions is cooking up two versions
of the game, each featuring one of the two warring robot factions that
wind up bringing the fight to Earth. We had the chance to get a demo of
the games, and they're both looking like solid 3D action titles that
serve as yet another feather in Vicarious' peacock-like hat of
accomplishments on Nintendo's dual-screen system.
Category: Older News
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on: Tuesday, 24th April 2007 at 08:41:00 BST
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The Allspark has an
news story regarding an article in TIME Magazine covering "fanboy influence on the movie industry". They use the Transformers Movie as an example
The current issue of TIME Magazine features an article called "Boys Who Like Toys," covering the influence "fanboys" have on the movie industry. Naturally the Transformers Movie is used as an example, citing both the casting of Peter Cullen and the
screenplay by "crazy Transformers fans" Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman.This is interesting, as only a few days earlier Nelson (the admin on Michael Bay's blog) pointed out that the "fanboys" had no influence over the film what so ever, and that there were only three people involved in the decision making process).
Category: Transformers Movie News
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on: Tuesday, 24th April 2007 at 08:38:40 BST
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The BotCon website has been
updated with images of the 2nd BotCon exclusive, Transformers Classics Thundercracker. As expected, the toy is a recolour of the Starscream mold.
Category: Older News
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on: Monday, 23rd April 2007 at 21:57:50 BST
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Following up from our recent chats with
Thumbs Up UK Ltd (Light-up T-Shirts and USB Key rings),
Winning Moves (Top Trumps), Panini,
Paramount UK,
Glu Mobile and some other UK Transformers license holders, I spoke with Scalextric brand manager Paul Chandler earlier today in regards to their upcoming Transformers Movie licensed Scalextric racing set. The Transformers Scalextric set first came into the public eye at the British Toy and Hobby fair in January even though it was not officially shown at the event. Since then no further information has become available, that is until this article.
I'd like to thank Paul for taking the time to speak to me and answer as many of my questions as he could.
Transformers At The Moon: Do Hornby Hobbies hold a general Transformers brand license, or one specifically for the upcoming live action Transformers Movie?
Paul: The license is specifically for the Movie.
Transformers At The Moon: How near to completion is the Transformers racing set?
Paul: Very near, the set will be released in early June, so within plenty of time before the Movie is released
Transformers At The Moon: Has a price point been fixed yet for the set?
Paul: Yes, the set will be a 1:64 scale set, as I say due out in June and with a RRP of £39.99
Transformers At The Moon: Will the set be released generally or only through specialist hobby stores and the Internet?
Paul: Generally available through our normal stockists
Transformers At The Moon: Will the set be released internationally or just within the UK and Ireland?
Paul: Internationally
Transformers At The Moon: Are Hornby working on any other Transformers related products, or just this racing set?
Paul: Just this set, we're looking at perhaps others next year but we'll see.
Transformers At The Moon: Are there any Transformers fans at Hornby?
Paul: Yes, we all remember Transformers fondly and, of course, our Chief Executive is Frank Martin who was at Hasbro when Transformers started so he knows the product well.
Transformers At The Moon: Hey readers, if you weren't aware Frank Martin helped Hasbro Inc launch both Transformers and My Little Pony into the UK market back in the 1980s. Now back to the questions.
Transformers At The Moon: I understand that the cars will be based on Bumblebee and Barricade, is this correct?
Paul: Yes, that that is correct, from what I understand they are the two main characters in the film.
Transformers At The Moon: In the movie Bumblebee has two forms, a vintage Chevolet Camaro and the 2008-2008 model. Which version did you use in set?
Paul: The vintage mold.
Transformers At The Moon: Really? I was expecting you to say the newer one. Will any other cars be released for the set?
Paul: No, we really want to concentrate on the set as a whole.
Transformers At The Moon: What type of track layout will the set contain? Wil it ben an oval ciruit? A figure-of-eight or another type of layout?
Paul: That's a bit hard to describe. There are three set pieces with the set, hair pin bends, a chicane area and what we call an island hazard where the road splits in two directions.
Transformers At The Moon: I understand that the cars will transform, do you remember the 1980s Transformers racing track from Tyco, in that the front fo the cars would flip up to show the robot mode, is it something like this or something else?
Paul: Yes very simliar. the cars have to be lifted of the track then, as you say, the front of the car lifts up, the ams can move out and the head is flicked up.
Transformers At The Moon: Are there any images of the set that you can show me?
Paul: There are images, but none that can be shown yet. Hasbro like to keep as many of their products underwraps, so we have to be very careful with what images are shown and used.
Transformers At The Moon: Was the decision to release a Transformers set purely a commerical decision or had there been a large amount of interest shown by fans and collectors of the Scalextric brand?
Paul: We look at which licenses are going to be big each yeah, and in 2007 Transformers is expected to be the biggest, and is up their with some others, so we were always likely to be interested. Then there is the connection we have with Hasbro alredy with Frank, he obviously knows Transformers well and expects it to be a success and was keen on producing the set.
Transformers At The Moon: What was the hardest thing about producing a Transformers racing set as oppose to releasing your normal sets?
Paul: The transforming feature was probably the most challenging for our design and product teams, though working closely with Hasbro I think we've managed to crack that quiet well. We tried to put in a lot of detail with the set.
Once again I'd like to thank Paul for taking the time to speak to me today, and on behalf of Transformers At The Moon, I'd like to wish Hornby all the best with the set.
Category: Transformers Movie News
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on: Monday, 23rd April 2007 at 15:15:35 BST
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