Transformers News: Category - "Older News"

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AFA Graded Transformers - AFA graded Transformers related news and information. For more details regarding AFA Transformers including the latest ratings, going prices and how to get your figure rated, please visit www.afatransformers.com.
G.I. Joe - We are also fans of G.I-Joe and so on occasionally we run news stories related to that Hasbro line, primarily related to the live action films.
Lucky Draw Transformers - These news stories are reported both on Lucky Draw Transformers .com as well as Transformer Toys .co.uk
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The Visionaries.net - The news stories within this category appear on The Visionaries.net as well as Transformers At The Moon
Toy Industry News - This section contains toy industry related news stories, including press releases, NPD sales charts and other events that may have a knock on affect to Hasbro Inc, TakaraTomy or Transformers in general.
Trans-Europe Express Group News - The Trans-Europe Express was a Yahoo! Group where a few people collaboration to share information on what was going in within Europe relating to Transformers as well as promoting a united European fan community.
Transformer Toy Sightings - This is where you will find toy sighting related news stories.
Transformers Animated - Transformers Animated was the cartoon / comic / toy form that the Transformers took from late 2007 until 2010. These news stories are published on Transformers Animated.com as well as on Transformers At The Moon
Transformers Cartoons
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Transformers Interviews and Articles
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Transformers Power Core Combiners - News related to the 2010 Transformers subline known as the Power Core Combiners. These news stories are published both on Transformers At The Moon as well as Transformers Power Core Combiners.com.
Transformers Product Listings
Transformers Rumours
Transformers Toy News
Transformers Trademark News - News stories relating to trademark applications that Hasbro Inc have made with the USPTO. These stories are always broken here first.
Transformers: Prime - Transformers: Prime is the name of the 2010 CGI Transformers cartoon which aired on the Hasbro-Discovery joint TV channel The Hub in the fall of 2010 within the US.
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Trademark Updates

Several old Hasbro trademarks are up for a 20th year review. These marks are for:-

Also the more recent trademark for HARDTOP is set to become a registered mark very soon.

Category: Older News | Submitted by: quartz - on: Saturday, 30th September 2006 at 11:25:28 BST | Share: | Discuss: Read on

More Botcon Images And Reports

You can find images from Hasbros booth at Botcon on the following sites.

You can also view some of the customs people are wearing over on TFormers here.

Category: Older News | Submitted by: quartz - on: Friday, 29th September 2006 at 20:08:25 BST | Share: | Discuss: Read on

BotCon 2006 - Transformers Design Decisions

TFormers have an article up covering the Hasbro Transformers Design Decisions panel which has taken place. Well add more link to other sites coverage of these events when they appear.

Update: The Allspark have put up an image gallery from the same panel.

Category: Older News | Submitted by: quartz - on: Friday, 29th September 2006 at 17:03:31 BST | Share: | Discuss: Read on

Transformers Trademark updates - Dinobot and Hardtop

The following Transformers Trademarks have under-gone updates.

Dinobot - September 28th, 2006 Case File In TICRS
Hardtop - September 28th, 2006 Assigned To LIE

Category: Older News | Submitted by: Moonbug - on: Friday, 29th September 2006 at 08:36:29 BST | Share: | Discuss: Read on

Takara Website Updates

Takara have made the following updates to their Generation One website:-

1. Notification of MasterPiece campaign (S.T.A.R.S . chapter of member)
2. A page about the black Kiss Play Atari figure.

Credit to Autobase Atachi for the news.

Category: Older News | Submitted by: quartz - on: Thursday, 28th September 2006 at 13:59:03 BST | Share: | Discuss: Read on

Looking for Artists/Drawer for Transforce Project

TransatlanticToys posted the following on TF @ The Moon - Sake Comments

Hi all,

As you all know now Europe's Greatest Transformers Event Transforce is back next year on Saturday March 17th at the Fairfield Halls in Croydon.

Transforce is looking for an artist or 2 to work on an upcoming project.

If you have a passion and enjoy drawing Transformers and have used various paints, sprays and materials in the past and pay attention to detail, please e-mail me on;

Transatlantictoys@yahoo.co.uk or tftoys@yahoo.co.uk

Or course there will be additional and exclusive perks if your work fits Transforce's requirements.

Thank you for reading

TT

Category: Older News | Submitted by: quartz - on: Thursday, 28th September 2006 at 10:54:03 BST | Share: | Discuss: Read on

Transformers Missing From Hot 15 X-Mas toys

In the states, Toys R Us have published their list of the 15 top toys for Christmas 2006 and Transformers does not rank amoung them. Here is the list

- Blue Man Group Percussion Tubes, ToyQuest
- Designer's World, Tiger
- Dora's Talking Cash Register, Fisher-Price
- ESPN Fast Talking Action Football, Fisher-Price
- Kid-Tough Digital Camera, Fisher-Price
- Laugh & Learn Baby Grand Piano, Fisher-Price
- Mindstorms NXT, Lego
- My Scene My Bling Bling Styling Head, Mattel
- Pink Nitro Notebook, VTech
- Power Rangers Deluxe Manticore Megazord, Bandai
- Speed Stacks StackPack, Play Along
- Sound City Railway, Imaginarium
- Tap Dancing Mumble, Thinkway
- T.M.X. Elmo, Fisher-Price
- Wii, Nintendo

Category: Older News | Submitted by: quartz - on: Thursday, 28th September 2006 at 10:43:08 BST | Share: | Discuss: Read on

Kiss Players Atari and Autorooper Released In Japan

Fan2Fan report that Kiss Players Atari and Autorooper have now been released in Japan.

Category: Older News | Submitted by: quartz - on: Thursday, 28th September 2006 at 10:35:46 BST | Share: | Discuss: Read on

Trademark Update week continues - Rodimus Prime

With all the updates to Trademarks, as well as the odd new addition, this week is proving to be Trademark week. The latest Transformers trademark to be updates is Rodimus Prime, which as of September 27th, 2006 the trademark was updated with Case File In TICRS.

Again we're not legal experts in the area of US Trademarks, so we're not sure what this means, but I'm sure someone knows. The original trademark was registered on June 6th, 1986

Category: Older News | Submitted by: Moonbug - on: Thursday, 28th September 2006 at 08:36:19 BST | Share: | Discuss: Read on

BotCon featured on Non-Transformers websites

To show the increase in interested in the Transformers, both Yahoo Finance and The Kentucky Kernel have stories on BotCon, which starts tomorrow.

As ever it's interesting watching the growth of Transformers, as well as seeing if it can make it into the mainsteam and out of it's sub-culture focal point.

Category: Older News | Submitted by: Moonbug - on: Thursday, 28th September 2006 at 08:32:01 BST | Share: | Discuss: Read on

Audio Interview with Michael McConnohie

The Allspark have an audio interview with Michael McConnohie, voice of G1 Tracks and Cosmos (amongst others).

Category: Older News | Submitted by: Moonbug - on: Thursday, 28th September 2006 at 08:28:23 BST | Share: | Discuss: Read on

Details on Collectors Club Astrotrain

The following information has been taken from the latest Master Collectors news letter

Astrotrains Minicon team are the Giant Planet Team. Longarm has been repainted orange and blue or maybe purple, Overcast has been repainted blue or maybe purple and gold, Deepdive's coloration is a little difficult to find out from the image, other than some gray on his shoulders. Also, it looks like Astrotrain is part of Cannonball's crew, another suggestion from the Club forums made reality.

There will also be an as of this date yet unannounced second club exclusive figure to be released around the same time as Astrotrain this fall.

The Astrotrain figure will come with an illustrated text story.

Thanks to TFWorld 2005 for the news.

Category: Older News | Submitted by: Moonbug - on: Thursday, 28th September 2006 at 08:27:04 BST | Share: | Discuss: Read on

MP-03 Starscream and MP-04 Convoy Released In Japan

The third and fourth Masterpiece toys have now been released in Japan. They are, of couse, MP-03 Starscream and MP-04 Convoy (with trailer).

Category: Older News | Submitted by: quartz - on: Wednesday, 27th September 2006 at 17:35:07 BST | Share: | Discuss: Read on

Transformers Classics Voyager Optimus Prime and Megatron Out In The US

Allspark member ViceGripX has posted the first sighting of the Transformers Classics Wave 1 Voyager Class Optimus Prime and Megatron toys in US stores. You can view the sighting here.

Category: Older News | Submitted by: quartz - on: Wednesday, 27th September 2006 at 08:29:13 BST | Share: | Discuss: Read on

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Transformers News: Category - "Older News"

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Trademark Updates

Category: Older News | Submitted by: quartz - on: Saturday, 30th September 2006 at 11:25:28 BST | Share: | Discuss: Read on

More Botcon Images And Reports

Category: Older News | Submitted by: quartz - on: Friday, 29th September 2006 at 20:08:25 BST | Share: | Discuss: Read on

BotCon 2006 - Transformers Design Decisions

Category: Older News | Submitted by: quartz - on: Friday, 29th September 2006 at 17:03:31 BST | Share: | Discuss: Read on

Transformers Trademark updates - Dinobot and Hardtop

Category: Older News | Submitted by: Moonbug - on: Friday, 29th September 2006 at 08:36:29 BST | Share: | Discuss: Read on

Takara Website Updates

Category: Older News | Submitted by: quartz - on: Thursday, 28th September 2006 at 13:59:03 BST | Share: | Discuss: Read on

Looking for Artists/Drawer for Transforce Project

Category: Older News | Submitted by: quartz - on: Thursday, 28th September 2006 at 10:54:03 BST | Share: | Discuss: Read on

Transformers Missing From Hot 15 X-Mas toys

Category: Older News | Submitted by: quartz - on: Thursday, 28th September 2006 at 10:43:08 BST | Share: | Discuss: Read on

Kiss Players Atari and Autorooper Released In Japan

Category: Older News | Submitted by: quartz - on: Thursday, 28th September 2006 at 10:35:46 BST | Share: | Discuss: Read on

Trademark Update week continues - Rodimus Prime

Category: Older News | Submitted by: Moonbug - on: Thursday, 28th September 2006 at 08:36:19 BST | Share: | Discuss: Read on

BotCon featured on Non-Transformers websites

Category: Older News | Submitted by: Moonbug - on: Thursday, 28th September 2006 at 08:32:01 BST | Share: | Discuss: Read on

Audio Interview with Michael McConnohie

Category: Older News | Submitted by: Moonbug - on: Thursday, 28th September 2006 at 08:28:23 BST | Share: | Discuss: Read on

Details on Collectors Club Astrotrain

Category: Older News | Submitted by: Moonbug - on: Thursday, 28th September 2006 at 08:27:04 BST | Share: | Discuss: Read on

MP-03 Starscream and MP-04 Convoy Released In Japan

Category: Older News | Submitted by: quartz - on: Wednesday, 27th September 2006 at 17:35:07 BST | Share: | Discuss: Read on

More pictures and videos of those HappyWell Roadbots

Category: Older News | Submitted by: quartz - on: Wednesday, 27th September 2006 at 08:44:47 BST | Share: | Discuss: Read on

Transformers Classics Voyager Optimus Prime and Megatron Out In The US

Category: Older News | Submitted by: quartz - on: Wednesday, 27th September 2006 at 08:29:13 BST | Share: | Discuss: Read on

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