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Popular UK Transformers dealer,
Ellis Models, have taken the decision to cease trading in Transformers products through their website and to take their business into a new direction. They will continue to stock some Transformers in their retail store but 'significantly smaller quantities'. They currently have a sale on the products that are left. Here is the message on their website
After three years of serving the Transformers
community with Japanese, US and UK Transformer toys we have taken the
decision to discontinue Transformers product through this website.
After much deliberation the business is going to take a different
direction which will take all of my time and effort over the
next twelve months (the website will remain operational but will not
feature any Transformers product). Our retail store will continue to
stock Transformers product but in significantly smaller quantities and
mainly only Hasbro UK sourced items.
Our last
shipment of imported toys from Japan is imminent and it includes all of
the Galaxy Force Primus and THS-02 toys that were short from the
initial batch. Preorder invoices will be sent out for these when they
arrive with us as normal. Additionally, all current stock remaining on
the site is being offered at a discount price until cleared.
Finally
(but most importantly), I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all
of the Ellis Models customers over the past three years, everyone who
has helped with the running of the online store and the online
Transformers community for their continued support thoughout. Thank
you all.
Category: Older News
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on: Wednesday, 5th July 2006 at 15:39:01 BST
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Thanks to Franco Villa for reporting the following
Itailan sightings to the Trans-Europe Express group.
Thunderblast at 15,9 euros
Mini-Cons Versus: Scattorbrain vs Monocle, Payload vs Ascentor e Kobushi vs Landslide at 4,90 euros
Originally reported on
Autorobot.it
Category: Older News
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on: Wednesday, 5th July 2006 at 08:35:57 BST
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Michael Bay's webmaster has updated the news blog on Michael Bay.com with a link to
this article on vfxtalk titled Imaginary Forces Designs Mega Titles In "Transformers" Trailer.
You can see more on Imaginary Forces'
website
Category: Older News
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on: Wednesday, 5th July 2006 at 08:26:31 BST
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The Associated Press report that toy stocks have slumped on the back of a lack of hot products. Here are some quotest to help explain what this means.
Over the past three months, shares of Mattel Inc., the nation's
largest toy maker, declined 7 percent, to close at $16.61 Monday, while
shares of No. 2 rival Hasbro Inc. slid 14 percent to $18.13. Meanwhile,
shares of Jakks Pacific Inc. have fallen 25 percent to $19.74.The Dow Jones index that tracks toy stocks is down 16 percent for the past three months and almost 17 percent for the year."The
current outlook is not terribly good" for toys, said Sean McGowan, a
toy analyst at Harris Nesbitt Inc. who estimates toy sales this year
could be unchanged from a year ago.See below for the full press release
Toy Stocks Slump on Lack of Hot Product
Toy Shares Slump, but Does That Foretell a Poor Holiday Season?NEW YORK (AP) -- It's summer, always a slow time for toy sales, but
stocks of some major manufacturers and retailers have taken a beating
recently because some investors believe there are no hot toys on the
market right now. And that's making them question what's in store for
the holiday period.
Over the past three months, shares of Mattel Inc., the nation's
largest toy maker, declined 7 percent, to close at $16.61 Monday, while
shares of No. 2 rival Hasbro Inc. slid 14 percent to $18.13. Meanwhile,
shares of Jakks Pacific Inc. have fallen 25 percent to $19.74.The Dow Jones index that tracks toy stocks is down 16 percent for the past three months and almost 17 percent for the year."The
current outlook is not terribly good" for toys, said Sean McGowan, a
toy analyst at Harris Nesbitt Inc. who estimates toy sales this year
could be unchanged from a year ago.The industry has struggled in
recent years in part because children are growing out of toys at a
younger age and preferring video games and other gadgets. Sales of
traditional toys fell 4 percent to $21.3 billion in 2005, from $22.1
billion in 2004, according to NPD Group, Inc., a market research firm
in Port Washington, N.Y.What's helping to sour Wall Street's
mood on toys, McGowan believes, is that unlike last year, when stores
were enjoying a sales bonanza from everything "Star Wars," there isn't
one hot summer movie that's fueling toy sales. Furthermore, new
versions of Apple Inc.'s iPods are taking away the toy industry's
thunder.With no must-have in the stores now, uneasy investors
are growing pessimistic about the holidays. Of course, toy sellers
could be pleasantly surprised -- with consumers putting off buying
until late in the holiday season, the hot toys often don't emerge until
closer to Dec. 25.For now, the industry is hoping that
merchandise from several summer movies this year will help fill the
"Star Wars" gap. It has plenty of merchandise to go with some very
high-profile films: Disney-Pixar's "Cars," Walt Disney's "Pirates of
the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," and Warner Bros.' "Superman Returns."According
to McGowan, sales of "Cars" merchandise, for which Mattel is producing
most of the toys, have been stellar. Toys for the "Pirates" movie, most
of which are being produced by Zizzle LLC, and products related to
"Superman," primarily made by Mattel, are just starting to take off as
the movies have either just hit or are soon hitting the theaters. The
"Superman" movie opened last week, and the "Pirates" movie is set to
open Friday.And the toy industry is looking way past summer,
with ambitious plans to reinvent itself, from expanding into new areas
beyond toys to slashing its work force to cut costs. These past few
weeks have been unusually busy with a number of marketing and
production changes announced by key players.Last week, privately
held retailer Toys R Us Inc. turned to the consumer electronics
business for a president of its U.S. toy business, announcing it had
hired Ronald D. Boire, who has been executive vice president and global
merchandising manager for Best Buy Co. Inc. since 2003.Meanwhile,
Denmark-based privately held Lego Group, whose iconic plastic building
blocks have entertained millions of children for more than 70 years,
said it would move production from Denmark and the United States to
lower-cost countries, resulting in 1,200 layoffs.Jakks Pacific
has been fast diversifying and picking up new businesses. It recently
signed a multiyear agreement with HIT Entertainment to make and market
a collection of preschool products based on the character Barney.And
Hasbro said late last month it's expanding beyond toys into the world
of diapers, teething rings and other baby care products. Its Playskool
division, which makes such toys as Weebles and Mr. Potato Head, will be
marketing the baby care line for CVS Corp. drugstores.McGowan
believes deals like Hasbro's are a sign that toy companies are looking
for alternative signs of revenue. Perhaps, such deals would have been
unlikely in better days in the toy world, but he believes, "It's not a
sign of desperation."
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on: Tuesday, 4th July 2006 at 08:43:05 BST
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Cosmic Rust.com report that there are more Alternator listings in the Wal*Mart computers. Here are the details
TRA ALTNATRS SCION 2 = 81331 (Description says "TRA SCION 2006".)
TRA ALTNATRS CADI X = 81333 (Description says "TRA CADI XLR".)
TRA ACCURA INTEGRA R = 81359 (known to be Camshaft.)
TRA JAGUAR - RAVAGE = 81361 (Not to be confused with the Corvette Ravage.)
Also reported
before, but yet to be released are:
TRA ALT FORD MUSTAN = 81336 (????)
TRA ALT HONDA CIVIC = 81351 (Rumble)
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on: Tuesday, 4th July 2006 at 08:39:14 BST
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The
Trans-Europe Express website,
www.thetransformers.eu is, as of about yesterday , available
in German. The website lists the lastest topics being dicusssed by the group, a details on the members as well as a copy of the Euro-Quest project which the group has been working on for the past year. The site is also available in
English,
Spanish and
Italian, with more languages to come.
Category: Older News
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on: Tuesday, 4th July 2006 at 08:38:03 BST
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Thanks to Galactic for sending us details on some recent releases of Transformers in Potrugal:
- Cybertron Defense Scattorshot - 26.90&eruo;
- Dark Crumplezone - 26.90&eruo;
- Cybertron Defense HotShot - 16.90&eruo;
- Downshift - 16.90&eruo; Snarl - 12.99&eruo;
- Sideways - 12.99&eruo;
- Alternators Shockblast(bubble)- 24.99&eruo;
- Alternators Silverstreak - price dropped to 19.99&eruo;
Category: Older News
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on: Monday, 3rd July 2006 at 16:19:33 BST
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Thanks to Rich for letting us know that there will be
two new (to the UK) Alternators in the next Argos catelogue. Here are the details and product numbers
- Transformers Ford Mustang (cat no. 369 2006)
- Transformers Dodge Ram (cat no. 369 2013)
There will also be the Mazda and Subaru Alts, but no Jeep though. Also there are two separate Star Wars Transformers items listed.
Rich doesn't confirm the identities, but its Prime and either Grimlock or Wheeljack.
Category: Older News
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on: Sunday, 2nd July 2006 at 22:59:12 BST
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I've launched version 7 of
Transformers @ The Moon this evening. You may not notice the differences but basically a lot of the URLs have now been changed. Don't worry, your bookmarks will still work for the time being as we still support the URLs for version 6 as well as some from verison 5 and earlier.
If you have any problems viewing the pages, then either
contact us, or drop by our message boards to let us know.
Note, the members area is still pretty much offline, so we know about that one.
Category: Older News
| Submitted by: quartz -
on: Sunday, 2nd July 2006 at 19:11:37 BST
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Thanks to godsenddeath of the TFW2005 boards for reporting and that Alternator Silverstreak is now out in Ireland in the new bubble packaging. Though the toy has been released before, this is the first time he was been released in the updated box.
You can find images of the toy in the bubble packaging
here,
here,
here and
here.
Credit to Nevermore for letting the
Trans-Europe Express Group know.
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on: Sunday, 2nd July 2006 at 14:25:51 BST
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TV-Nihon have released their fan-sub of Transformers: Victory episode 20.
Credit to Seibertron.com for the report
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on: Sunday, 2nd July 2006 at 10:25:13 BST
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Snakas report that the latest edition of Hyper Hobby Magazine contains more images of MP-3 Starscream and as well as move images of Kiss-Play Convoy.
More to follow on this story.
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on: Saturday, 1st July 2006 at 19:15:36 BST
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Michael Bay's forum, shootfortheedit.com is currently offline due to what the webmaster of the site reports as "insane traffic and server capacity". This has been put down to the Transformers announcement trailer (as Mr Bay calls it) being available for download there. When the trailer first went live on TransformersMovie.com it almost bought that server down as well as it could not handle the amount of requests. This is great news for the movie studio, as it shows just how much interest there already is for the film, without and real main stream announcement of the trailer being available.
Category: Older News
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on: Saturday, 1st July 2006 at 10:27:47 BST
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Cyke has also passed on more sightings from
Trans-Europe Express member site
BTFA.
Star Wars TF:Millenium Falcon (&eruo;43.99), Cybertron LoC: Evac, Leobreaker, Scourge, Jetfire
Category: Older News
| Submitted by: quartz -
on: Friday, 30th June 2006 at 10:14:23 BST
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Thanks to
Trans-Europe Express member
Cyke for letting the group know that almost a year after the Belgium
release, Alternator Ravage has finally been spotted in the Netherlands priced at the discounted price of &eruo;12.99.
Category: Older News
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on: Friday, 30th June 2006 at 10:12:55 BST
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