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Alex Weiner, webmaster of TFW2005, attended the Hasbro, Paramount and Dreamworks sponsored event, about
20 minutes of
Transformers Movie footage was shown. The event was mainly studio executives but a few US TF fan sites were in attendance. He has written a
summary of what he saw at the event, including a few spoilers. Seibertron and the Official Transformers Club were also in attendance. You can read the Official Transformers Club's review, along with an interview with Michael Bay at
their site.
Category: Transformers Movie News
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on: Wednesday, 14th February 2007 at 09:09:34 GMT
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BoardGames.com has the first
image of the Transformers Monopoloy board game, due out later this year from Parker Brothers. The image states "Prototype subject to change", and as the artwork featured is Pat Lee's from the now defunct Dreamwave, it's more than likely that they will have to change it.
Thanks to Seibertron for the original spot.
Category: Older News
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on: Tuesday, 13th February 2007 at 21:59:48 GMT
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From the Associated Press.
Hasbro to Launch Clothing Collection
Hasbro Signs Licensing Agreement to Launch Apparel Collection in Steve & Barry Stores Toy maker Hasbro
Inc. said Tuesday it signed a licensing agreement to launch a new
apparel collection in retailer Steve & Barry stores nationwide in
spring and fall 2007.
The deal covers 12 Hasbro brands, including Mr. Potato Head, Tonka, My Little Pony, G.I. Joe, Transformers and Monopoly.The
company said the collection will feature T-shirts, hooded sweatshirts,
casual pants, sports hats and outerwear inspired by the Hasbro toy
brands.Hasbro shares fell 22 cents to $28.49 in morning trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
Category: Transformers Movie News
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on: Tuesday, 13th February 2007 at 20:13:04 GMT
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From
Transformers.com The Newspapers Association of America (NAA) kicks off its literacy
campaign with a selective list of celebrity talent. The legendary film
and television star, OPTIMUS PRIME was chosen as a spokesman to help
promote the importance of reading newspapers. This ad continues OPTIMUS
PRIME's rich legacy of public service he regularly concluded his
animated broadcasts with an intimate and encouraging public service
message. To view the literacy campaign advertisement featuring OPTIMUS
PRIME, or to download it as wallpaper, choose your resolution.
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Category: Older News
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on: Tuesday, 13th February 2007 at 13:11:38 GMT
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on: Monday, 12th February 2007 at 20:28:54 GMT
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The Allspark have
found some information on the possible Alt Mode of Megatron, in Earth form, in this years Transformers Movie on IGN. The form brings back instant memories of the un-released Generation Two toy, which was released in Beast Wars II as BB.
Category: Transformers Movie News
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on: Monday, 12th February 2007 at 18:37:12 GMT
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Seibertron's webmaster has
spoken to Usaopoly regarding the upcoming Transformers Monopoly game. Below is a summary of what he learnt.
Transformers monopoly:
*Based on G1 Cartoon and comics.
*Box artwork is Dreamwave #1 G1 Autobot and Decepticon cover.
*Pewter characters shown on the box were Optimus Prime and Megatron.
*Properties are planets, for instance Cybetron and Earth are comparable to Boardwalk and Park Place.
*Only available at specialty retailers (similar to Spencer Gifts and other RPG Shops)
*Due to be released in May.
Category: Older News
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on: Monday, 12th February 2007 at 18:34:46 GMT
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The following press release appeared on the Yahoo Finance website, along with various others.
American International Toy Fair 2007
PAWTUCKET, R.I.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE:HAS) will unveil its TRANSFORMERS movie merchandising program at the American International Toy Fair in New York, as fans of all ages eagerly anticipate the first-ever live-action feature film from DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures, based on the globally popular franchise that first captivated kids worldwide in 1984.
Due in theaters on July 4, the film is directed by Michael Bay (Armageddon, The Rock, Bad Boys I and II) and executive produced by Steven Spielberg, and follows the epic feud between the AUTOBOTS (led by OPTIMUS PRIME) and the DECEPTICONS (led by MEGATRON) as they bring their battle to Earth. In their efforts to help the humans, the AUTOBOTS meet up with an unsuspecting teen, played by Shia LaBeouf (Holes, Even Stevens), who finds himself in the middle of an intergalactic war being fought on our planet. The movie also stars Josh Duhamel (Las Vegas), Tyrese Gibson (Annapolis, 2 Fast 2 Furious), Megan Fox (Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen), John Turturro and Jon Voight.
"Hasbro is thrilled to work with DreamWorks, Paramount and Michael Bay in making the most amazing, larger-than-life version of the TRANSFORMERS saga ever created," said Brian Goldner, Hasbro's Chief Operating Officer and Executive Producer of the film. "Michael, Steven and the production crew have captured the personality of the TRANSFORMERS characters through ground-breaking visual effects and they have translated the storyline into a film packed with non-stop action and excitement."
HPG, Hasbro's licensing team, has signed more than 200 TRANSFORMERS-branded licensing agreements across all major categories in more than 70 countries. Hasbro and HPG will give attendees of Toy Fair a first look at select products slated for worldwide distribution later this spring.
"We'll be showcasing dozens of highly innovative TRANSFORMERS-licensed products geared to fans of all ages at Toy Fair this week but let me assure you that it is just the tip of the iceberg," said Jane Ritson-Parsons, President of HPG. "We presented licensees with the opportunity and challenge of creating genuinely inventive, out-of-the-box products that engender the TRANSFORMERS brand items that are
Category: Older News
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on: Monday, 12th February 2007 at 16:43:18 GMT
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YouTube member Collection DX has posted a
video demonstrating the Transformers Movie Ultimate Bumblebee toy's animatronic features.
Category: Older News
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on: Monday, 12th February 2007 at 16:40:24 GMT
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JustIToys (pronounced Just Love Toys) have announced on their website that there are now fake versions of their "world smallest" Dinobots (WST dinorobot as they are officially known) on the market. The toys, they say, are being sold as the 2nd run of WST Commander (Grimlock) and WST Flamethrower (Slag) and are made of poor quality plastic. JustIToys have not started their 2nd run yet, and have now said that when they do, they will be adding a sticker to the packaging, adding the profile card of WST Desert Warrior (Snarl) and a 2007 WST dinorobot calender so people can tell the difference.
Its interesting that now not only are their fakes of the official World Smallest Transformers, but fakes of the fakes line.
Category: Older News
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on: Sunday, 11th February 2007 at 18:07:40 GMT
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Thanks to Franco Villa for letting the
Trans-Europe Express Group know that Alternator Ravage (Jaguar version) has now been released in Italy. He was spotted by Transformers Italia member Touga
here.
Category: Trans-Europe Express Group News
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on: Sunday, 11th February 2007 at 12:59:04 GMT
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Cyke has let the
Trans-Europe-Express group, of which we are their UK representitives, of the latest Transformers releases in Germany, as originally report on
Trans-Europe-Express group member
BTFA.
G2Jazz of BTFA spotted some Cybertron toys, Alternators and Attacktix
from Cybertron he saw this:
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Cyb Optimus Prime
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(scout) Cyb Overhaul, Ransack, scattershot
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(Deluxe)Cyb Skywarp en HotShot
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(Voyager) Vector Prime, Crumplezone (original)
- at Teddy & co they had Metroplex and Primus (60 euro for Primus)
There were also adverts for:-
- Cybertron Legends Vector Prime
- Soundwave
- Cybertron Defense Red Alert
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Cybertron Optimus Prime
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Cybertron repaint van Jetfire
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Cybertron Menasor
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Alt Jaguar Ravage (to be released in February)
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and some unreleased Attacktix
Category: Older News
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on: Sunday, 11th February 2007 at 10:40:17 GMT
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The Allspark have a little
report from the US Toyfair on the Transformers Attacktix series.
The lineup includes Prime, Megatron (both included in a
starter set), Prowl, Soundwave, Grimlock, Thrust, Bumblebee and Hot Rod.
As The Allspark mention, Hot Rod uses his original name (which could not be trademarked), rather than the Hot Rodimus name.
Category: Older News
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on: Sunday, 11th February 2007 at 10:33:15 GMT
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At Figures.com is an extensive
gallery
of new Transformers offerings from Diamond Select Toys, as presented at
Toyfair. Among those featured in the display: forthcoming busts of
Grimlock, Bumblebee, Optimus Prime, Megatron, Soundwave (with Laserbeak
perched on his shoulder) and Starscream; a statue of Omega Supreme; a
1986 animated movie-inspired statue featuring Unicron towering over
Arcee, Daniel and the Matrix-wielding Rodimus; and statues of Optimus
Prime and Megatron's heads.
Thanks to TheAllspark for the
report
Category: Older News
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on: Sunday, 11th February 2007 at 10:30:49 GMT
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Seibertron have a very nice
round-up of information from the Activision talk on their up-coming Transformers Movie game, for PS2, PS3, X-Box 360 and WII, with a later version on PSP.
The game can be played from both Autobot and Decepticon perspective, and here's a round up of the features :-
- Game will be available on: Wii, XBox 360, PS3, and PS2.
- There will be an Autobot Game and a Decepticon Game for Nintendo DS, supporting 4 way multi-play.
- PSP gets a version of the game (maybe different from all), but with 4 way Multi-Play.
- Wii will get special Wiimote functions, such as throwing things, steering, etc.
- You can play as 9 Autobots and Decepticons. Unplayable characters are
going to be boss characters or other important charcters.
- There will be unlockable characters and possibly movie characters that don't appear in the movie (like Wreckage).
- There will be G1 references in the game.
- It has a full interactive environment where you can pick things up and throw it at the enemy...including a Burger King sign.
- Burger King and Pepsi references were in the game, so we know they are sponsors.
- As the robot you can punch, shoot, jump, transform at will and drive/fly around when you are in vehicle mode.
- Autotargeting will be available.
- For game play, it reminded me of Grand Theft Auto, where you can run
around the city (perspective was similar to GTA). The steering of the
vehicle looked well done, where you could oversteer around turns, etc.
If you caused too much ruckus the police would come and the pedestrians
would go around screaming, especially if you were in Robot Mode (so
being in disguise is important). Pedestrian interaction was not
completed yet, but we were hoping you could pick up people and thrown
them...jthat was ust our suggestion. The ability to use both modes via
transforming was very effective because you could get away quick if you
were getting beat bad.
- Graphics were very good and very fluid, even on preproduction. Audio
track we heard was a generic one for pre-production, but final game
will have the movie score. Possibly the voices will be the same as in
the movie. Cut scenses are being rendered by a company called Blur, that won many awards for game CGI.
- Storyline is different based upon if you are an Autobot or a
Decepticon, humans are part of the story, but not part of the game
play. Because of the dual roles the Decepticons can win in this one.
Category: Transformers Movie News
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on: Sunday, 11th February 2007 at 10:29:49 GMT
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