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Our thanks go out to Neurie who tweeted us this last night, you may have seen out retweet, but he reported that the Arms Micron blind packs are now out in UK stores priced at just 2.49. The figures are being released under Tomy's Gacha brand which is the supplier of the UFO / Vending machine figures within Europe. You can view an image of the figures on the shelf below.
Category: Transformers Toy News
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on: Sunday, 11th November 2012 at 09:35:02 GMT
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Cybergundam Blog has reported that TakaraTomy has delayed the Japanese domestic release for MP-13 Masterpiece Soundwave and Encore 23 Fortress Maximus both by about a month. Originally planned for release on December 15 this year, Masterpiece Soundwave and his pal, Laserbeak, have been moved to January 26, 2013. Slated for release in February, the venerated Fortress Maximus will now be released on March 30, 2013
Category: Transformers Toy News
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on: Saturday, 10th November 2012 at 14:48:18 GMT
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It's been confirmed that Mark Wahlberg will be taking over the lead role in the Transformers franchise. Below you will find the official release of the news
HOLLYWOOD, CA (November 8, 2012) – After an exceptionally successful collaboration on the upcoming “Pain and Gain,” Michael Bay has cast Academy Award®-nominee Mark Wahlberg in the highly anticipated “TRANSFORMERS 4.” The film will hit theaters June 27th, 2014.
“Mark is awesome. We had a blast working on “Pain and Gain” and I’m so fired up to be back working with him. An actor of his caliber is the perfect guy to re-invigorate the franchise and carry on the Transformers’ legacy,” said Bay. Bay will direct the next installment in the “TRANSFORMERS” series, which begins shooting next spring. From Paramount Pictures, a division of Viacom, Inc., in association with Hasbro, the film will be produced by Don Murphy & Tom DeSanto, Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Ian Bryce, and executive produced by Steven Spielberg, Bay, Brian Goldner and Mark Vahradian.
Bay’s first “TRANSFORMERS” film was a box office sensation in 2007, opening at #1 and earning more than $700 million worldwide. His second installment “TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN” in 2009 grossed more than $830 million worldwide. In 2011, “TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON” was an even bigger hit worldwide, grossing more than a billion dollars to become the 5th highest grossing film of all time. To date, the franchise has earned more than $2.6 billion worldwide.
No word as yet on who his female companion will be though
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on: Friday, 9th November 2012 at 09:09:52 GMT
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New images of the upcoming third party release of "Missle Launcher Marine Type, the add-on set for the PowerCore Combiners by MakeToys, have now been released along with information that the set will be released in December priced at 70SGD. You can view a full preview gallery after the jump with a teaser imagfe embedded below.
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on: Thursday, 8th November 2012 at 08:42:53 GMT
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New images of the upcoming third party release of "Missle Launcher Jungle Type, the add-on set for the PowerCore Combiners by MakeToys, have now been released along with information that the set will be released in December priced at 70SGD. You can view a full preview gallery after the jump with a teaser imagfe embedded below.
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on: Thursday, 8th November 2012 at 08:42:04 GMT
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New images of the upcoming third party release of Chaos (not The Fallen) by MakeToys have been released along with information that the toy will be released in December 20122 priced at 126 SGD. You can view a full image gallery of the figure after the jump, but here is a taster of this awesome looking piece
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on: Thursday, 8th November 2012 at 08:39:20 GMT
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Ozformers have confirmed that the Transformers Generations/ Fall of Cybertron Legion two-packs (Rumble/Ravage and Frenzy/Ratbat) have now been released in Australia. The Cyberverse Legion figures are sold in two-packs and have also been confirmed now for a Japanese release.
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on: Thursday, 8th November 2012 at 08:22:20 GMT
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Ever since the rumours started circulating that Disney were about to start an approach to buy out Hasbro Inc traders have been scrambling for Hasbro stock which lead to Wall Street analysts taking a closer look into the possible deal between these two giants. This has led to an article being published in the Providence Journal by John Kostrzewa in which he states that:
"Hasbro declined comment, citing its policy of not talking about rumor or speculation. CNBC analyst David Faber reported that Hasbro's advisors told him there's "absolutely nothing going on that they are aware of at all, in any way, shape or form" involving Hasbro or Disney."
So advisors to Hasbro, tell a DNBC analyst "nothing to it", which leads John to directly ask Hasbro Inc who decline to comment. What does this mean? Well it's an "unofficial no" and not an official statement, though Hasbro will always decline to comment as they will not want to be seen as being negative just incase Disney are working out a offer.
This story is expected to continue to run
Category: Toy Industry News
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on: Thursday, 8th November 2012 at 08:19:37 GMT
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The Facebook page for Singapore retailer HobbyArk has been updated with two images of the Alternity GT-R figures including a new image of Star Saber which can be viewed below along with the new image of Optimus Prime.
Category: Transformers Toy News
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on: Wednesday, 7th November 2012 at 12:13:33 GMT
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Jagex have opened up registration for anyone who is interested in being a Beta tester for their upcoming MMORPG Transformers Universe. Toy register simply visit their website, choose your side and enter in your details.
Category: Transformers Merchandise
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on: Wednesday, 7th November 2012 at 09:13:39 GMT
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Great news for UK Transformers fans who, like us, have not yet picked up a MP-10 Masterpiece Optimus Prime as Hasbro UK have confirmed on their Facebook page that the figure has now arrived within the UK and will go on sale in Toys R Us stores over the coming weeks. Their exact post was "Hi Guys, we're pleased to say that stock arrived in the UK last week. You should see it in Toys R Us stores in the next few weeks. Please keep in touch with your local store to understand their stock plans."
Category: Transformers Toy News
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on: Tuesday, 6th November 2012 at 08:41:42 GMT
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MTV Geek are reporting rumour that having recently bought LucasFilm to add to their portfolio including Marvel and Pixar, that Disney are in talks to aquire Hasbro Inc. MTV Geek claim to have been told that "these are still just discussions at this point, but serious enough that something could be announced at any time and create ripples throughout the entertainment industry. The Lucasfilm acquisition has been reported as taking as few as 6 months to complete. On the other hand, Disney Chairman and CEO Bob Iger has until 2015 on his current contract, and he waited about 3 years in between the acquisitions of Marvel and Lucasfilm, so we may be without firm news on this for some time."
If this rumour does turn out to be true it's affects will be far reaching indeed as it is likely to signal the end of both The Hub (A Hasbro - Discovery joint venture) as well as the relationship between Hasbro and Paramount for the live-action franchise for both Transformers and G.I-Joe, when the current agreements expire. Remember, Paramount had the Iron Man rights originally.
SlashFilm has joined in on the discussion and agrees with us regarding this pointing out that "If the deal follows the LucasFilm model, those rights [the live action movies for Transformers and G.I. Joe] would likely stay with that company, at least until some kind of contract runs out.". The also make mention to the fact that Universal had controlling rights to a collection of Hasbro Inc properties including Clue (Cludeo), Ouija, Stretch Armstrong and Battleship, but famously dropped most of them and only released Battleship. Wirth Disney owning their own studios, this would no longer be an issue for Hasbro, Disney could just churn out movies of all of their IPs at will.
Hasbro Inc stock has also seen a recent rise.
Stay tuned as there is likely to be much more on this story over the coming days, weeks and months
Category: Toy Industry News
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on: Tuesday, 6th November 2012 at 08:38:36 GMT
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Simon Furman has updated his Wordpress Blog with a new article titled "Script (W)rap – Transformers RG1 #85" which, as you should be able to guess from the title, covers his preview of Regeneration One issue 85 which sees the conclusion of the "Loose Ends" story arc. Simon makes mention, within his blog, the posting a spoiler free preview was going to be very difficult, but he has promised a true smackdown of Optimus Prime Vs Megatron, a real first for the "Generation One" story. Simon explains his thoughts on this "Pretty much everyone now knows it features what I hope is the most titanic and revealing Prime/Megatron clash ever. I’d always felt vaguely unsatisfied that the two towering titans of Transformers-dom had never really had an appropriately epic smackdown in the (original) comic series. Circumstances and story direction just seemed to have them in different corners of the storyline, or the clashes would end in stalemate. When I came on the (US) book, with issue #56, the first thing on my mind was to get Megatron back in the fray. But through twists and turns (of my own devising) somehow I could never get them face-to-face, toe-to-toe (if you discount the Mega-Ratchet combo fight with Prime, where it’s fair to say Megatron wasn’t exactly feeling himself).".
The classics cover month his provided by Geoff Senior (that'll be the copy we pick up then ;))
The comic goes on sale this week from all good, and some not good, stockists
Category: Transformers Comic News
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on: Monday, 5th November 2012 at 09:29:14 GMT
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The Allspark member Meister79 has posted an image (available below) containing a list of TakaraTomy Transformers solicitations, some of which, were previously unknown about. The full list is:
TF Prime Arms Micron Silas Breakdown
Arms Micron Nemesis Prime
Arms Micron Smokescreen
Arms Micron Ultra Magnus
Arms Micron Leo Prime
Arms Micron Showckwave
Arms Micron Weaponizer Optimus Prime
Arms Micron 36 MMOG Thundertron
Arms Micron 37 Preview Optimus Prime Re-do
TG 01 Optimus Prime
TF 02 Autobot Jazz
United Shockwave (same price as Generations Prime and Jazz)
Combiner United EX02 Skyburst & Aerialbots
Combiner United EX03 Road Master Prime Mode
Combiner United EX04 Frim Master Prime Mode
Combiner United EX05 Rave Master Prime Mode
Combiner United EX06 Build Master Prime Mode
Combiner United EX07 Assualt Master Prime MOde
Combiner United EXP3 Tank Master Vs Marin Master
United Grimlock
United Starscream
Combiner 2-Pack Sledge and Sky Hammer
United Refelctor
United Hard Head
Combiner 2-Pack Steamhammer
Combiner 2-pack Heavytread + Undertow
TF Classics Bruiticus
TF MV2 Leader Megatron (Dark Energon)
TF Deluxe Seeker Sets
Category: Transformers Rumours
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on: Saturday, 3rd November 2012 at 10:47:02 GMT
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Hasbro Inc submitted a trademark application for
DARK OF THE MOON
with the USPTO on the Wednesday, 29th September 2010. The mark was submitted within the category
paper goods and printed matter, namely, address books; comic books; notebooks; picture books; interactive mystery story books; fantasy adventure story books; books containing puzzles and games; instructional manuals and printed strategy guides for games; book covers; photograph albums; printed invitations; trading cards; writing pads; posters; book marks; non-electronic personal day and desktop planners and organizers; artist materials, namely, pencils, pens, gift wrap paper; paper gift tags; paper gift bags; paper gift boxes; correspondence note paper; greeting cards; paper party decorations; party goody bags of paper or plastic; postcards; stickers; sticker books; calendars; temporary tattoos; school and office supplies, namely, pens, markers, notepads; binders; stationery; notepads; pencil cases; desk pads and stationery sets comprised of paper, envelope, seals, notepads; stencils; patterns for making costumes; rubber stampers, ink pad, colored pencils; series of fiction books in the field of entertainment and science fiction; bi-monthly and monthly magazines dealing with role-playing adventure games; fantasy art posters; fantasy adventure novels and currently has as status of Abandoned because no Statement of Use or Extension Request timely filed after Notice of Allowance was issued. To view all documents in this file, click on the Trademark Document Retrieval link at the top of this page..
Choose Your Fate
We loved the Transformers Choose Your Fate books as kids, and even wrote a text adventure in their style for an old version of Transformers At The Moon. Here you can find images from these puzzle-books, both UK and US ....
Ep 17: Megatron's New Plan
Taken from episode 17 of Transformers Animated called Elite Guard, this video shows Megatron unveil his new plan on capturing Cybertron and reverse engineering the Spacebridge technology. ....
OTFCC 2003 (USA)
We loved the Transformers Choose Your Fate books as kids, and even wrote a text adventure in their style for an old version of Transformers At The Moon. Here you can find images from these puzzle-books, both UK and US ....
US Sheet 1
The scans contained within this gallery are taken from our own Transformers toysheet collection. This is the first US Transformers toysheet. ....
Transformers Animated
The instruction scans contained within this gallery with the TF08.net watermark were originally from the Chinese TF08 website. They have been added here as a mirror. ....
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