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Tarantulas has posted a review of Alternator Windcharger / Binaltech Overdrive on our message board Sake Comments,
here
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on: Thursday, 6th January 2005 at 09:51:46 GMT
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TFW2005 are reporting that
"Just wanted to get back to you to let you know that Hasbro ended their relationship with Dreamwave comics in December 2004. With regards to the Transformers comic, we are currently meeting with other publishers and I wanted to let you know that the Transformers comic will be back soon. If there"s anything I can do to help, please let me know. "
Category: Older News
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on: Thursday, 6th January 2005 at 08:33:14 GMT
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The Transformers Collectors Club website or TCC for short is now live at
transformersclub.com. Amoungst the front paeg news is the updated that the first HITCC is most likely going to take place in the Autumn (Fall) this year.
To help promote the club their is alredy an exclusive figure offer....
If you join the Transformers Collectors' Club by March 18, 2005 you will receive a FREE Exclusive Transformers Collectors' Club figure! This figure belongs to a combiner group, so over the next 5 years, you will receive each piece to build this exclusive club combiner! During the next 4 years you will receive (as long as your membership is in good standing) the four limbs to this set. During the 25th Anniversary year, you will receive the main body. Who is this character and why is he so unique? Details to follow
Like so many others we still have many 3H Club orders outstanding from 2003 and 2004 and are waiting to hear back regarding these.
Category: Older News
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on: Thursday, 6th January 2005 at 08:29:30 GMT
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Our In The News engine has been updated to incorporate the latest
Transformers.com headlines. Due to the irregular updates, they will not be displayed in the marquee to the right, but only on the main
In The News headline page. Unlike other headlines, our News-bots will only check Transfomers.com four times a day for updates. Finding out what is happening in the world of Transformers just became a whole lot eaiser.
Category: Older News
| Submitted by: quartz -
on: Wednesday, 5th January 2005 at 21:39:22 GMT
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LagunaL8 of the TF World 2005 boards attended the Nagoya TV Character Dream Dome 2005 event in Nagoya, Japan. At the event Takara were showing off some Galaxy Force and Robot Masters toysand there was an appearance by the Galaxy Force theme song singer. You can view an image form the event on TFW2005
here.
Update
He has posted more images on the TFormers board
here
Category: Older News
| Submitted by: quartz -
on: Wednesday, 5th January 2005 at 17:38:09 GMT
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Thanks to I-Primus for posting this on our
board
Asda have Energon toys for £2.97. Some are even marked up as £2.49 (Signal Flare)
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on: Wednesday, 5th January 2005 at 13:51:14 GMT
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Thanks to
NTFA, we know that the Energon Happy meal toys will be available from
McDonalds in Denmark and Finland from the 7th Jan until the 27th Jan.
Category: Older News
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on: Wednesday, 5th January 2005 at 13:46:39 GMT
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e-Hobby have moved their Galaxy Force order pages for
Gasket (GD-05) and
Guardshell (GC-09) to a live status. This means that not only are they linked to from their main listing but they also have images added. e-Hobby current have upto GD-08 and GC-14 on order pages that are not linked or currently taking orders.
Category: Older News
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on: Wednesday, 5th January 2005 at 08:28:21 GMT
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We are please to announce the launch of our latest feature In The News an enhancement
to our own news coverage. In The News brings you the latest five headlines from
some of the most popular and up-to-date Transformers News sites around the world.
You will find In The News to the right in the form of a scrolling marquee and
also on its very own
In The News page. Our "News-Bots"
will refresh the headlines automatically every five minutes linking directly to
the source of the news headline. To start, we have chosen to bring you the latest
headlines for both both
TFormers
and
TF World 2005. This list
will be increased in the coming months. Enjoy
Category: Older News
| Submitted by: quartz -
on: Tuesday, 4th January 2005 at 23:19:19 GMT
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"Toronto, Ontario January 4, 2005 - Dreamwave Productions announced today that after eight years in the comics industry, four of which they were self-published, they will be ceasing operations.
Established in 1996 by brothers Pat and Roger Lee, Dreamwave infused a stagnant comic book market with art and design that effortlessly combined the then dominant "American" art style with the newly emerging Japanese "Manga" art style. Since then, the company had grown to become one of the comic book industry's premiere publishers, producing a variety of original titles.
In 2002, Dreamwave firmly established itself in the comic industry as a force to be reckoned with when it launched an all-new Transformers comic's line. The return of the 80's icons shattered industry sales records, skyrocketing the book to the number one sales slot for an impressive six months. The Toronto-based company's other successful licenses included Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Duel Masters from Japan, as well as properties like Devil May Cry and Mega Man from video game giant Capcom Entertainment.
President of Dreamwave Productions, Pat Lee stated "there are a number of reasons for my decision to close Dreamwave", citing that "the shrinking comic book market combined with a weak U.S. dollar and unsustainable monetary commitments has finally proven to be too financially taxing."
As the only Canadian independent comics publisher, Dreamwave Productions has struggled in recent years to maintain its status within a relentlessly shrinking comic book market. Unfortunately, consistently diminishing sales totals over the last several years have taken their toll on the small publisher and made it impossible to continue.
The specific details for closure have not yet been released but Lee assures both fans and clients alike that "although this is the end of Dreamwave as a comics publisher, I will still be penciling a number of new exciting projects in conjunction with other studios in the upcoming years."
PR & Marketing Department
Dreamwave Productions"
Category: Older News
| Submitted by: quartz -
on: Tuesday, 4th January 2005 at 16:03:22 GMT
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Comic Book Resource have updated their rumour age with more on Dreamwave.
88MPH were instantly disqualified for only not paying a few people, as were MVC for not paying a few more people, but that"s because they too had not been paid by another contender and at least were being open and honest about it. Dreamwave managed to do it all over the world, but kept a lid on most of it. In fact, as of this week Dreamwave assets and employees were shifting over to a new company called DreamEngine, started by Roger Lee, Pat"s brother.
This artcile was found by Tformers" site member Nevermore
UPDATE: Dreamwave"s website is also not working at the moment. Is this s bug or has it been taken down?
Category: Older News
| Submitted by: Moonbug -
on: Monday, 3rd January 2005 at 16:07:43 GMT
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You can view the original press release, in full,
here
Led by Brian Savage, Fun Publications has a long history with Hasbro, successfully managing the G.I. JOE Collectors Club and Convention for the past ten years. His track record and dependability made him an excellent choice to take over TRANSFORMERS. We are very excited about Brian's expertise and the new direction for the club and convention. Brian has a personal passion for collecting that has already been expanded to include TRANSFORMERS toys and products.
We are also thrilled that Jon Hartman, Rik Alvarez, Pete Sinclair, Karl Hartman and Ben Yee have volunteered to take an active role in the new Club, to serve as an "advisory board" to Brian and the rest of the Fun Publications team. These gentlemen obviously bring a wealth of TRANSFORMERS brand knowledge and experience to the table and will be working behind the scenes in a variety of ways.
We invite you to check out www.transformersclub.com for more details in the coming weeks.
the new TRANSFORMERS Collectors Club, any OTFCC member that can provide us with a cancelled check or original credit card statement proving their paid membership in the TRANSFORMERS fan club for 2004, will have their membership rolled over to the new TRANSFORMERS Collectors Club for calendar year 2005
It is unclear at this time whether the offer is only applicable to North American residents or whether it is internationally open. Once we receive a response from Hasbro regarding our membership, this will clear.
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on: Monday, 3rd January 2005 at 14:12:48 GMT
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Thanks to TransFans Philippines, you can view the latest pictures of the Alternator
Windcharger on their Message board
here.
Notice the box is the tri-lingual packaging that is used in Europe and Canada
amongst other places and that the toy appears to be numbered 10.
Category: Older News
| Submitted by: quartz -
on: Monday, 3rd January 2005 at 14:06:09 GMT
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We"re all out of our 24 sets of the e-Hobby cassettes, and are still waiting on a reply from Part One Ltd as to if they will increase our order. Part One return to work on the 5th January, so we are expecting a reply from them in the next few days.
If you want to know a little more about Part One Ltd, more commonly referred to as E-Hobbies, why not read our exclusive interview with their President
here
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on: Monday, 3rd January 2005 at 10:08:57 GMT
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TFW2005 have some images of some non-official Master Piece Convoy / 20th Anniversay Optimus Prime Trailers that are being made in Hong Kong. You can view the images
here on the TFW2005 Board.
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| Submitted by: quartz -
on: Monday, 3rd January 2005 at 09:34:48 GMT
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