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IMBD member Mr Fusuion posted a photo of a giant Transformers Movie billboard, still under construction, on the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood, CA.

You can see a mirror of the image on The Allspark

Earlier today I had the opportunity to briefly speak to Kym Smith (Production) and Carl Cliss (Marketing) from Winning Moves, the company that produce the Top Trumps card games, regarding their upcoming Transformers themed Top Trumps pack. Here's what they had to say:-

Moon: Will the game feature just Transformers Movie characters, or does the license cover Transformers in general since you need 30 characters in a to trumps game?
Kym: This pack will be based on the Transformers and human characters from the Transformers Movie.. Moon: Will the human cards be groups such as Sector 7 or purely individual characters such as Sam Witwicky?
Kym:. You'll have to buy the final set to answer that question ;-)

Moon: With the cards being giant robots as well as Humans, did this pose a problem when working out the statistics for the game?
Kym: At first it looked like it may be a challenge but we've managed to get around that. Some people may have a problem with some of the stats if they try to analysis them too closely.
Moon: Yes, it must be hard to find a balance, it's a bit like comparing super-powers.

Moon: Did the decision to produce a Transformers "themed" game stem from the interest shown on your message board, or was it purely a commercial decision based upon the projected interest in the live action movie?
Carl: A bit of both.
Kym: Yes from the interest. We try to produce packs which people want to see and request. Of cause commercial interest does comes into any set, but the interest which was shown was the main thing.

Moon: Are there any plans to product future packs, or will this be determined by sales figures?
Kyn: I'm not sure about future packs, we'll see how this one does before deciding.

Moon: Will the game be released internationally or just to the domestic UK market?
Kym: We hope to launch it internationally, but the main focus will be on the UK market.
Carl: It will be available in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, Turkey, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Scandinavia, Belgium, Holland and Eire.

Moon: Did Hasbro provide much input into the game, for instance providing character information or were the statistics worked out internally by the Winning Moves team?
Kym: We always work closely with the licensor's. We have an existing agreement with Hasbro, so always work closely with them. The product needs to go through them for approval anyway.

Moon: Will the artwork that will be used on the cards be production stills from the movie or new content produced for the pack?
Kym: It'll be a mixture of of stills, sketches and other artwork.

Moon: Will the cards be available through a particular retailer or will they be "available at all good stockists".
Carl: All the usual retailers (WHSmith, Woolworths, Toys'R'Us, HMV, Tesco, Waterstones, Borders, and all good toy/game stores).

Moon: I understand that the game is scheduled for release in June
Kym: No, it will be out in July to tie in with the film.

* Note: No Transformers Movie related products can be released more than 30 days prior to the films release.

I'd like to thank both Kym and Carl for taking time out of their schedules to speak to me today to answer some questions. We hope to bring you more information on the Top Trumps Transformers card game, as well as other UK licenced Transformers products, in the coming weeks.

We've updated our official Transformers Movie image gallery with the three images which were previously seen on the Yahoo Movies website. Dreamworks / Paramount have now made the images avaliable to webmasters via TransformersMovie.com

The UKs own and Transformers legendary writer, Simon Furman, has once again updated his blog, this time with a little preview behind issue 4 of the yet  released new UK exclusive Transformers comic.

In Simon's words Issue 4 of the comic will contain "a 10-page (movie continuity) story focusing on the Decepticon Devastator".  Simon goes on to mention that "Issues #1-6 all feature largely self-contained, character-led stories which are laced into the IDW Movie Prequel storyline.".   Readers will be pleased to hear that the  "six one-shots have a linking ongoing theme, something along the (framework) lines of Aspects of Evil or Perchance to Dream".  Two of the more popular UK black and white stories which helped to much to bring many of the minor characters to life for UK fans.  Simon mentiones that "Issues #3-6 are much less tied to the main (Prequel) storyline, the characters involved sidetracked somewhat and given a chance to shine (or behave badly) solo (or mostly solo). We deliberately, in these latter four issues particularly, went for characters not featured heavily (or at all) in the Prequel (hence Devastator)".

You can read, and comment, on Simon's full blog article over on his site here

Mike, of Digitial toys, has recently received word from Takara of some new figures which will be shipping in August. The toys are all under the "Renewal Packaging" banner. the toys are Convoy, Megatron, Soundwave and Starscream. No pics are currently available and Mike is not sure as to exactly what the toys are. Its quiet possible that they will simply be re-packaged re-issues of the original toys

Credit to TFormers for the news.

Metrodomes re-mastered version of Transformers: The Movie will be shown at the Mid Ulster Film Festival in Ireland on the 5th May at 10:30pm.

Credit to gspro15198 of TF.net for the report.

TFWorld2005 member Apeface has postage images of some Transformers Movie toys he purchased via eBay. The figures are Swindle and Bonecrusher, and the images include closeup packaging and out of packaing pictures of the toys.

It's interesting to note the disclaimer Apeface points out, An interesting thing I noticed on Swindle's packaging says that he is not in all versions of the game, probably referring to the handheld games versus the console/pc versions.

"I am posting this as a thread because it has gotten missed the other times I have posted this and I want to make sure everyone knows. IF you pre-register for BotCon and IF you purchase a movie ticket you will be seeing the movie. There are PLENTY of tickets. We made arrangements so that barring any crazy last minute massive surge in attendance, everyone who pre-registers will get to see this awesome advance screening. The exact time has not been determined but it will be Thursday evening and it will be a night to remember!

Thanks a ton!

- Pete"

That was the message that Pete Sinclair posted on TFWorld2005, Seibertron and The Allspark concerning reports that the Transformers Movie showing at BotCon was sold out.

New Releases coming at you April 11th from IDW! Transformers: Movie Prequel #3
Click on the images to preview:

Paramount UK have now let us know the overal reaction of the UK press to the 20 minute Transformers preview, to which we were kindly invited.


"The reactions to the footage screening from the UK press has been a unanimous thumbs up, even from some who needed convincing, so we're very pleased with that outcome."

Although nothing really new, its good to hear that the four scenes which were shown went down well with the general media, hopefully final reviews of the film will prove to be just as positive.

Don't forget to visit the official Transformers Movie website at transformersmovie.com and the official UK Transformers webiste at www.paramountpictures.co.uk/transformers

jr9887 posted word over on Don Murphy's message board that Pepsi will be running a Transformers promotion during the summer. The item he saw was a black T-shirt with a bottle of Moutain Dew and the words "Transform your summer". You can view an image of the t-shirt on imageshack here.

In Janurary Hasbro filed for the trademark of "Transform your summer" with the USPTO under two categories.

1. Transform Your Summer (Serial Number 76671190) the category "beverages, namely, carbonated soft drinks"
2. Transformer Your Summer (Serial Number 76671197), in the category " promoting the sale of goods of retail stores through the placement and distribution of printed material, promotional premiums and point-of-sale product premiums".

So this t-shirt is obviously under the first application.

firstpredacon of Cybertron Philippines reported over on The Allspark that Solar-United International Pictures, the Philippines distributor of the Transformers Movie, has told him that the movie will be released on the 28th June 2007.  This is the same day as the South Korean release and almost a month to the day before the UK release of 27th July 2007. 

Don't forget to stop by our Conventions page to view the lastest release dates of the Transformers Movie along with convention count downs and details on previous international Transformers Conventions

Anime News Network, one of the pinnacle Anime information websites, has an interesting article tracing the history of the GI-Joe and Transformers line. Just from the opening summary, the article will entice you in to reading the full report.

A snippet from the article:-

1964 - GI-Joe sold in US by Hasbro

• 1971 - GI-Joe bought to Japan as Combat Joe (sold by Takara)
• 1972 - Takara release Henshin Cyborg (based on GI-Joe body's)
• 1974 - Takara downsize Henshin Cyborg to Microman
• 1980 - Takara introduce the Diaclone line
• 1984 - Diaclone and Microman toys released in US as Transformers
• 1985 - Transformers released in Japan
  

Justitoys has confirmed that they will be producing the Stock and Silencer for MP-05 Megatron. The parts will connect to Megatron in both robot and gun mode and it will be interesting to see if they connect to form Megatron's canon.

There are already rumours that Takara will release a second Masterpiece Megatron toy, ala Masterpiece Convoy, with official scope and silencer, although these are unconfirmed.

Thanks to Seibertron for the news

The BotCon website has been updated with information detailing this years charity.

Hasbro Children's Hospital (HCH): HCH is Rhode Island's premier pediatric facility
that has earned worldwide recognition for its family-centered environment and expert staff.
As the pediatric division of Rhode Island Hospital, HCH specializes in the treatment
of children ranging in age from newborn to 18 years.

The Autism Project of Rhode Island: A dedicated group of Rhode Island
parents, teachers, speech and language pathologists, occupational therapists and other related
professionals who come together to support their mission to empower, educate and support
individuals with autism and their families.

Adoption Rhode Island: Adoption RI is a non-profit organization that strives to place
children living in state care into safe, loving and permanent family environments.

The Rhode Island Community Food Bank: The RI Community Food Bank stores and
distributes food and grocery products to Rhode Island's hungry. In addition, RI Food Bank
provides leadership and information to promote citizen action, advance government
nutrition assistance, and promote private efforts aimed at developing effective solutions
toward the elimination of hunger in Rhode Island.

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