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Borelli posted a sighting over on TFW2005's message board that he found the
Transformers Classics wave two
Minicons in Tescos priced at £6.97. You can view an image
here.
Category: Older News
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on: Friday, 16th March 2007 at 08:22:21 GMT
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There has been quiet a bit of talk regarding the new Transformers Comic from Titan Books, to be realeased later this year. Well now you can read what Steve White and Simon Furman had to say after we quizzed them over the comic.
Steve White:Thanks for getting in touch. Regarding your enquiry, the comic has been on
the cards for almost two years, and is entirely unrelated to anything being
produced by Tiatn Books. It was only natural that Simon should be writing
it, whilst Geoff, thrilled to hear about a new comic, decided to come out of
retirement to do the strip for the first issue - which is now confirmed.
Nick Roche then Andy Wildman will be taking over the art chores for issues 2
and 3. I'm awaiting confirmations from other artists but there'll be more
news on that as it arrives.
Best wishes,
Steve
Simon Furman:It is definitely a comic/magazine, first issue scheduled for July 19th,published by Titan. The mag will contain strip and features, and of the strip 10pp each issue will be newly originated. The UK strip will be (new) movie-continuity (written by me) and though self-contained in and of
themselves will be tied directly into the IDW Prequel series (which the mag will reprint).
Scheduled artists (though this may be subject to change) include Geoff Senior, Andrew Wildman and Nick Roche. It'll be UK newsstand format. First free gift is apparently Transformers dogtags.
Cheers
Simon>
Category: Transformers Comic News
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on: Thursday, 15th March 2007 at 18:29:26 GMT
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Seibertron
have some more information regarding yesterday's rumoured UK exclusive Transformers Comic from Titan Book. The information once again originated from
TransFans.net.
A few titbits of interest. Andy Wildman and Nick Roche have joined the artist ranks.
Also, the first free gift (if that's your thang) will be TF dogtags -
Autobot and Decepticon. FYI, first issue goes on sale 19th July.
Had a truly massive (and surprisingly) international response to my
posting, which I'm very pleased about. Anybody sending in art or
letters to my email address - can you mark it FAN ART please
Category: Transformers Comic News
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on: Thursday, 15th March 2007 at 08:23:35 GMT
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Harry from Ain't It Cool News has a revel of the latest Transformers Movie Preview showing, this time at ShoWest which happened earlier today.
You can read his review
here, though it is very much like the reviews given by Seibertron, TFWorld2005 and alike frm when they saw the footage in New York.
Category: Transformers Movie News
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on: Wednesday, 14th March 2007 at 21:11:24 GMT
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Steve White, one of the colourist from the original
Marvel UK Transformers, says he's slated to edit a new Transformers
comic for Titan in the UK, starting in July to coincide with the
release of the Transformers Movie.
The comic will reportedly be a combination of IDW's movie prequel
material and brand-new strips written by Simon Furman - and Geoff
Senior is rumored but unconfirmed to be on board
Category: Transformers Comic News
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on: Wednesday, 14th March 2007 at 16:54:48 GMT
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Ryan, the webmaster of Seibertron, has
received an advanced copy of the Transformers Collectors Club exclusive Asotrtrain and Airazor toys. He's posted a few images, bios and information on the figures and will be uploading a full gallery in the near future.
Category: Older News
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on: Wednesday, 14th March 2007 at 08:17:05 GMT
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Hasbro.com has Transformers Movie Wall Graffix for three of the characters in the Transformers Movie. The characters are
Barricade,
Bumblebee and
Optimus Prime.Here's the spiel used:-
More than just a poster, these three awesome
Wall Graffix images secure to smooth, flat surfaces, so you can
customize your personal space! Peel off the backing and smooth it on!
Feel like rearranging your room? Wall Graffix are removable and
reusable! Just peel it off and place it where you want it!
Recommended for use on glass, smooth laminated surfaces, smooth fiberglass, and smooth painted surfaces.
Category: Transformers Movie News
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on: Tuesday, 13th March 2007 at 20:55:40 GMT
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The sales figures for January have been released by NPD and here are based on units solds.
- Hot Wheels basic car assortment by Mattel
- WWE Ruthless Aggression by Vivid
- Tamagotchi Connexion by Bandai
- Super Wheels Asst. by Motormax
- V.Smile Software by Vtech
- Dr Who figures by Character Options
- Cars Character assortment by Mattel
- Matchbox 1:75 miniatures by Mattel
- Power Rangers Mystic Force figures by Bandai
- Bratz Babyz Ponyz by Vivid / MGA
Category: Older News
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on: Tuesday, 13th March 2007 at 18:49:00 GMT
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Its good news for Hasbro, the USPTO have updated their application for the mark of
SOUNDBYTE and have granted Hasbro a notice of allowance. This normally means that the mark will become registered within the next two months.
Don't forget to check out our
Transformers Trademark area for all your
Hasbro Transformer Trademark needs.
Category: Transformers Trademark News
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on: Tuesday, 13th March 2007 at 18:22:36 GMT
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MTV have an
interview with Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman regarding the Transformers Movie.
Are there two men who fanboys envy more than Roberto Orci and Alex
Kurtzman? Not only is this prolific writing duo behind the latest
installments of the "Zorro" and "Mission: Impossible" franchises, but
now they are knee-deep in reinventing "Star Trek" and everyone's
favorite robots in disguise, the Transformers.
The duo took a break from their pre-production work on "Star Trek"
and last-minute tweaking of "Transformers" dialogue (the movie marks
their second collaboration with director Michael Bay) to dish with MTV
News those projects and more.
MTV: Transformers fans have been all over you from almost the moment you signed on to write. Are you still feeling the heat?
Roberto Orci: When some of the early designs were leaked, some of
the die-hard fans felt the integrity of the Transformers had been
betrayed. Then when they saw some of the footage, they started to say,
"I understand now. They're doing the movie version. It totally retains
the integrity of what we love, but it's a whole other level."
Alex Kurtzman: We gave [the designs] a lot of thought. It was
really a team effort to figure out how to keep it real but also to take
Transformers to a new level.
MTV: Does any of the criticism bother you?
Orci: A lot of the die-hard fans say, "Why does it have to have
humans at all?" You can't be a robot in disguise if there's nobody to
hide from! A human's point of view is implicit in the way they are
sold.
MTV: How did you sell Michael Bay on your concept?
Kurtzman: When we sat down with Michael, he said, "Why should I do
this movie?" Then we showed him some animatics of Transformers
transforming, and his eyes lit up like a 12-year-old. Suddenly, he was
imagining a 95-mile-an-hour car chase while the cars were actually
transforming. That sense of fun and wonder was an important part of our
script development. At every turn, Michael was a great compass for us.
He was very much our partner. He's really always wanted to do a kids
movie and had never found the vehicle. This was clearly the one.
Orci: We pitched him a boy and his car. "E.T." with action.
MTV: How did your first draft of the script differ from the final product?
Orci: Our first draft centered almost exclusively on the kids. That
draft represented the emotional heart of the movie. Much of its
structure stayed, but when it came time to do the second draft, we
realized we needed to bolster it with the disaster-movie paradigm,
following a couple other stories and showing that the Transformers
arriving is a global phenomenon. The second draft was much more about
the action.
MTV: Considering the large canon of Transformers material out there, was this an especially daunting script to approach?
Kurtzman: Part of what made it a daunting task was that there
weren't really any human characters that made a mark [in the cartoon].
We ended up going back to the comic books for initial inspiration for
that.
Orci: The basic paradigm is the same. Good Autobots, bad
Decepticons, the planet got screwed up. They've been fighting forever.
They're looking for energy and they come here. Then it's about "What
are the details from the canon that serve that story the best?"
MTV: Speaking of a screwed-up planet, will we see Cybertron in the film?
Orci: Yes.
MTV: How much?
Orci: We're pushing for as much as possible.
MTV: Do you worry about the robots feeling lifeless on the screen?
Orci: They talk, so they do become characters in their own right.
They're not just dinosaurs fighting, with humans in the background
watching. They're interacting with the humans and become partners with
the humans.
MTV: There's been a lot of talk about Bumblebee in the film. Will Bumblebee only communicate through songs played on his radio?
Orci: [They pause.] The editing room will decide.
MTV: The scene we've seen shows just that: Bumblebee only communicating through songs.
Kurtzman: The inspiration for that was the first time Elliott and
E.T. have a conversation. E.T. doesn't say a word, and the scene is so
emotional. The communication between them is so crystal clear. We felt
that in order to really feel the wonder of the experience Sam (Shia
LaBeouf) is going through, we wanted to find a way for them to
communicate that wasn't direct.
MTV: Was there a character that was most fun for you to write?
Orci: Prime. I love Prime. For me, it's all about Optimus Prime. As
a kid, you wanted Prime's attention or you wanted to be him. He was the
star of the Autobots.
MTV: Did you lobby for voice actor Peter Cullen to do the voice in the film?
Orci: We definitely lobbied for Peter, and we got him. So we hope it works. [He laughs.]
MTV: How much sleep do you lose thinking about making a film that serves die-hard fans and non-fans alike?
Orci: We definitely worry about it. The last thing we want to do is to be accused of raping anyone's childhood.
MTV: Michael Bay told us that the movie is huge when it comes to action, particularly in the third act.
Orci: So much of the movie is like a war movie. It's like "Saving
Private Ryan" with Transformers. Some of it is very intense. And the
third act is mind-blowing.
Kurtzman: It's just sick, man. It's just unbelievable. [He laughs.]
When we took this job, the first question people would always ask is,
"Is this a cartoon?" It was because nobody could even picture it. If we
were able to pull it off it would be something that no one had ever
seen before.
MTV: Can you put the third act in some perspective for us?
Kurtzman: It's three times bigger than the third act of "King Kong."
MTV: Were there any Transformers you couldn't fit into the story?
Kurtzman: Soundwave was a tough one. And Ravage was in an early draft.
Orci: We knew the Autobots and Decepticons had to serve the story.
We're not going to have a tape deck because we have to have a tape
deck. Let's have a Decepticon that turns into something that serves the
story.
Kurtzman: As fans, we read that [first draft] and said, "This isn't
the best use of Soundwave, so let's save him for when we can actually
do Soundwave right."
MTV: It sounds like you're already thinking about a sequel.
Orci: We have ideas, but we're trying to be diligent about not thinking ahead. We have a few notions.
MTV: Would any of the later incarnations of Transformers from "Armada" or "Beast Wars" be involved in future stories?
Kurtzman: Sure. Everything is up for grabs. But you have to be
careful to not mix too many of the iterations. We couldn't crossbreed
too much.
MTV: What's the one moment you're dying for an audience to see in this flick?
Orci: When Sam meets the Autobots. It all builds to that moment. If you buy that moment, you buy the movie.
Category: Transformers Movie News
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on: Tuesday, 13th March 2007 at 17:08:21 GMT
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"That's part of the bulk-up; they talk about the sequels," said LaBeouf of his role in Transformers. "I'm signed up if they do them, yeah." That's the most important quote from Shia Labeof's
interview with IGN.
Thanks to
Seibertron for the original spot.
Category: Transformers Movie News
| Submitted by: Moonbug -
on: Tuesday, 13th March 2007 at 14:17:41 GMT
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Part One Ltd have started to ship their e-Hobby Shop exclusive Kiss-Play Cassettes figures. The first image of the toys have appeared on AcToys, showing their box, profile cards, toys and letter from e-Hobby (which appears similar to the one shipped with Black Convoy). I have also received word that our shipment has now been sent from e-Hobby Shop as well.
Those people who ordered the toys from us, and have still not payed, please do so now. We have a few of these figures left over, so if you live in the UK and you want them, drop us an email.
Category: Older News
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on: Tuesday, 13th March 2007 at 08:21:00 GMT
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Don Murphy has
posted his latest comments regarding the
Transformers Movie.
- The cut screened for the studio last week.
I am up in the rain so I missed it. The studio is excited. This
blockbuster continues to show just HOW big it will be. You will believe
a robot from space can kick ass. Here are the answers to all the
questions I get on this one-
- No decision from Michael about Welker yet. Honestly I don't
know how that is going to turn out. I know that I am on the record as
wanting Frank. I know that the fans have made it clear that it must be
Frank. I don't think it would be ludicrous to have him. But it is
Michael's call.
- No I won't be with Skorponok at the Vegas ShowWest. It will
be fun to hear about what a great idea he thought Transfomers was since
he wasn't involved with it from the beginning. I don't know if anyone
noticed a previous interview I did, but let's repeat it- EVERY studio
passed on this movie. EVERY STUDIO. Only after that happened did all of
a sudden interest reappear. The only people who KNEW this was going to
be huge were Tom Desanto and that guy with the goofy picture above.
Believe it as you hear about history being rewritten. Or ask Skorpy
about it yourself. In the meantime Shia will be there too. He is a
GREAT GREAT guy. Hi Five him for me if you are there.
- Yes there will be another trailer with more details.
Probably at the start of the summer season. But you can watch the one
we have a few more times if you want to. It is still on line.
Thanks to Seibertron for the
inital report
Category: Transformers Movie News
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on: Tuesday, 13th March 2007 at 08:17:03 GMT
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Visit
www.toysrus.co.uk to take advantage of their buy two get one free which appears to be across their entire on-line range of TransFormers. Hopefully this offer will migrate instore soon! Direct link:
Toys R Us UK TransFormers offer.
Thanks to
Sven from the AA crew for letting us know
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on: Monday, 12th March 2007 at 23:34:34 GMT
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A picture has turned up on a myspace site for a
user
Shia which people seem to think is Shia Labeouf. The image (below) shows Frank Welker next to Peter Cullen in a roow with images from the Turtles cartoon. There is no information on where or when the image was taken. There is, however, another account for a Shia Labeouf with information about him that appears to be much more accurate. The image does not appear on that myspace site though.No doubt some sort of statement or comment will be made in the next couple of days, most likely on Michael Bay's blog, clearing up any meaning that the image has.
Credit to TFW2005 for the link to the original image.
Category: Older News
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on: Monday, 12th March 2007 at 21:16:36 GMT
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