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The latest edition of the Transformers Collectors Club Magazine has started arriving in US mail boxes, ours will take a long time to come via seafreight.
The magazine includes a picture of a Transformers Animated version of a popular Transformers character, from a popular Transformers range.
I won't say anymore, other than The Great Destroyer may want another Transformers Animated toy.
Or you could highlight this ....oh and we have some original artwork of the Transformers Animated character which we won in the Auto Assembly 2010 auction
BotCon have tweeted that Hasbro will be making some tickets for the Transformers Hall of Fame 2011 available to the general public. What does this mean .. well basically the event hasn't sold that well through BotCon.
Botcon have posted some more updated over on Twitter. First up they announced that in addition to the eight artists announced on 29th April, five more have now been announced. Those are Ken Christiansen, Sara Lopez, David Wong, Tyla Sprouse and Livio Ramondelli.
In a 2nd Tweet, they announced that the Exhibitor Hall has now completely sold out!!
Transformers Collectors Club members will get to see who is on tap for 2012. The incentive figure and the next two club toys... Club Roundtable. 3pm Sat.
That's the latest twitter update from BotCon, who are now looking ahead to BotCon 2012
Many of you will have seen our teaser video released on Youtube last week hinting at some major news coming from us here at Auto Assembly that was going to change the shape of the convention forever. Well, we can now reveal some exciting new developments that we have been working on behind the scenes for the last few months that are going to affect Auto Assembly in ways that not even we can begin to imagine!
Want to know more? Well, watch the full announcement video
If you want to contact us to talk about this more or interview any of our team for your podcast or website, we would be only too happy to arrange this so feel free to drop us a line at the address below.
Don't forget that Auto Assembly 2011 tickets are still available from our website. The convention is taking place over the weekend of 12th - 14th August 2011 at the Holiday Inn Birmingham City Centre, Birmingham, England. Tickets for Auto Assembly 2012 will go on sale later this year.
For more details on the convention, to see a full list of all the guests and activities taking place over the weekend, or to book your tickets, visit the website at www.autoassembly.org.uk
Dutch Transformers Convetion B.O.T.S has posted a little spiel on this years Dutch Transformers Convention.
On Sunday, May 22nd the one and only Transformers convention of the Benelux, B.O.T.S., will take place once again!
The location will be the Can Dance Studios, part of the Crown Business Studios in Aalsmeer (close to Amsterdam).
Hasbro Netherlands will once again be present at the convention, you
will have the opportunity to expand your collection through dozens of
dealer stands, and take part in various competitions so you can win
great prizes!
Best of all, the new Transformers toy line: Dark of the Moon, will be presented at the convention!
Here is a copy of the latest Auto Assembly Press Release
Auto Assembly
2010 Script Reading Now Online!
Following the
successful release of our Script Reading video on Youtube a few days ago from
our 2009 convention, we are now please to announce that we have released the
full unedited video from the Auto Assembly 2010 Script Reading from last year's
convention!
The second in
our now regular series of convention activities that forms a pivotal role as
part of our Saturday evening programme of activities, the Auto Assembly 2010
script was a 30 minute original Beast Wars story written again by Simon Furman
and starred our guests of honour Garry Chalk and Scott McNeil. Supporting them
were IDW artist and writer Nick Roche and Titan / Panini / Marvel UK artist
Simon Williams. The cast was rounded off by fans who auditioned for the
remaining parts.
This is the
latest video in a series of official footage from Auto Assembly 2010 that we
have uploaded to Youtube. Previous videos have included our Cosplay Competition,
highlights from our Karaoke (including a performance by Scott McNeil) and
inteviews with several guests. All of these can also be found on our
channel.
As we have said before, if you are considering attending
Auto Assembly 2011, this and the 2009 Script Reading also featured on our
channel are great ways to get a teaser for what you can expect from our 2011
script! Again, Simon Furman is at the helm and David Kaye and Gregg Berger are
both confirmed to take starring roles. Who else will be performing? You'll have
to come along to find out...!
More convention footage will be
uploaded shortly including panels from Auto Assembly 2009 and 2010, and Garry
Chalk's acoustic concert from Auto Assembly 2010! We also have more massive
announcements and news videos coming soon so keep an eye out for our next video
shortly including our next guest update...
Tickets for Auto
Assembly 2011 are available now from our website. Ticket prices are £50 for
adults and £38 for children, students and senior citizens, with under 5s
admitted free. One day tickets are available for the Saturday or Sunday
(although these will NOT get you into the Friday or Saturday evening programmes)
and these cost £30 for adults, £21 for children, students or senior citizens and
under 5's as always are free. Family tickets will be available
shortly.
The convention is taking place over the weekend of 12th -
14th August 2011 at the Holiday Inn Birmingham City Centre, Birmingham, England.
Tickets for Auto Assembly 2012 will go on sale later this year.
For
more details on the convention, to see a full list of all the guests and
activities taking place over the weekend, or to book your tickets, visit the
website at www.autoassembly.org.uk
Here is a copy of the latest Auto Assembly press release
Auto Assembly Releases Script Reading Videos Online...!
We've been working hard with our Youtube Channel over the last few weeks
preparing lots of new videos for all of you including a lot of major news videos
that we will be uploading over the next couple of weeks, but right now we're
pleased to announce the first in a series of uploads coming over the next couple
of weeks featuring archive footage from the convention itself...
The first of these is online NOW and we are proud to announce the
re-release of our first ever script reading from Auto Assembly 2009. Featuring a
brand new 25 minute Beast Wars story written by man-of-the-moment Simon Furman,
this was a fun script that played strictly for laughs and featured performances
by our voice actor guests Gregg Berger and Ian James Corlett and comic artists
Nick Roche and Simon Williams, supported by fans who auditioned for the
remaining roles.
Previously uploaded to Youtube in three parts, it has now been remastered
as a single part video and in High Definition, you can watch this much loved
script as only our convention attendees were able to! You can see the full video
on our channel here:- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqSQoOSc8gw
The script readings have become an Auto Assembly tradition since 2009 and
are a part of our Saturday night programme which is exclusive for those who
attend the convention for the full weekend. In 2010, our script was again
written for us by Simon Furman and featured Garry Chalk, Scott McNeil, Nick
Roche and Simon Williams and will be available on Youtube in the next seven days
so keep checking the channel to see what you have missed out.
If you are considering attending Auto Assembly 2011, this is a great way to
get a teaser for what you can expect from our 2011 script! Again, Simon Furman
is at the helm and David Kaye and Gregg Berger are both confirmed to take
starring roles. Who else will be performing? You'll have to come along to find
out...!
More convention footage will be uploaded shortly including panels from Auto
Assembly 2009 and 2010, and Garry Chalk's acoustic concert from Auto Assembly
2010! We also have more massive announcements and news videos coming soon so
keep an eye out for our next video shortly including our next guest
update...
Tickets for Auto Assembly 2011 are available now from our website. Ticket
prices are £50 for adults and £38 for children, students and senior citizens,
with under 5s admitted free. One day tickets are available for the Saturday or
Sunday (although these will NOT get you into the Friday or Saturday evening
programmes) and these cost £30 for adults, £21 for children, students or senior
citizens and under 5's as always are free. Family tickets will be available
shortly.
The convention is taking place over the weekend of 12th - 14th August 2011
at the Holiday Inn Birmingham City Centre, Birmingham, England. Tickets for Auto
Assembly 2012 will go on sale later this year.
For more details on
the convention, to see a full list of all the guests and activities taking place
over the weekend, or to book your tickets, visit the website at www.autoassembly.org.uk
Botcon have announced their fifth guest as Generation One voice actor Neil Ross. Mr Ross supplied the voice for Springer, Hook, Slag,
and Bonecrusher in the original series.
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Hasbro Inc submitted a trademark application for
BATTLE FOR THE ALLSPARK
with the USPTO on the Wednesday, 6th June 2007. The mark was submitted within the category
toy action figures, toy vehicles, toy robots convertible into other visual toy forms and currently has as status of Registration cancelled because registrant did not file an acceptable declaration under Section 8. 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 ....
Activison Animated Game
The world premier of the Transformers Animated Nintendo DS video game was shown at the UK Transformers Convention Auto Assembly on August 2nd 2008. ....
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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