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Big Phill (also know as Phill) posted a topic of TFWorld2005 regarding a yellow version of the Chinese Transformers Movie Swerve toy. You can see Phill's thread here and the auction here.

There's currently no information on why the toy is yellow and not red, or if there are any other colours.

You can find images of the covers of both the regular and Two Disc set of the Transformers Movie DVD set in our Transformers Movie area. The images includes a huge (over 3000 pixel) image of the Transformers Two Disc DVD set.

Below is the full press release, including details of the extra features and special edition DVD.
$650+ Million Smash Hit from DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures Rolls out on DVD and HD DVD October 16 in Two-Disc Sets Bursting with a Universe of Bonus Features to Immerse Fans of All Ages in the World of the Legendary ROBOTS IN DISGUISE HOLLYWOOD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The armies of CYBERTRON invaded theaters with a juggernaut fury that shook the summer of 2007, but on October 16, 2007 fans of all ages will discover that there is far "More Than Meets The Eye" to the massive mechanical behemoths when TRANSFORMERS arrives on Earth in spectacular DVD and HD DVD two-disc Special Edition sets as well as on a single disc from DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures; distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment.

Earning over $650 million at the global box office to date, the massive production exploded onto screens from the creative minds of director Michael Bay and executive producer Steven Spielberg, in association with Hasbro, taking audiences by storm and becoming the biggest original film of the year. The first live-action film based on the enduringly popular "robots in disguise", TRANSFORMERS features the ultimate battle between good and evil, as the peace-loving AUTOBOTS seek to protect humanity from the evil forces of the DECEPTICONS. The action-packed film stars a hot young cast of up-and-coming actors including Shia LaBeouf (Disturbia), Josh Duhamel ("Las Vegas"), Tyrese Gibson (Four Brothers) and Megan Fox ("Hope & Faith"), as well as seasoned performers such as Jon Voight (National Treasure) and John Turturro (The Good Shepherd). But the biggest stars are the TRANSFORMERS robots themselves - including fan favorites OPTIMUS PRIME, MEGATRON, BUMBLEBEE, RATCHET, JAZZ and more - brought to life by revolutionary new VFX techniques developed by the innovative digital wizards at Industrial Light & Magic (ILM).

The TRANSFORMERS Special Edition two-disc sets provide an incredible experience with an arsenal of bonus material that delivers excitement and fun for long-time fans, as well as for viewers who are new to the TRANSFORMERS universe. The extensive special features include commentary by Michael Bay and two multi-part in-depth documentaries exploring the human elements of the film as well as the phenomenal robot stars. Presented in multiple parts, "Our World" and "Their War" include segments with Steven Spielberg discussing his love for the franchise and the early concept for the movie, the extensive casting process, the training, consultants and real-world weapons provided by the military to lend authenticity to the film, the evolution of the robots from Hasbro's iconic toy line to big-screen stars, the unique vehicles created for the movie, a discussion with ILM's legendary digital artists and much more.

The discs go even further behind-the-scenes with early sketch concepts of the robots and an in-depth look at the making of the SKORPONOK attack from writing and conceptualization through the creation of the stunning visual effects.

Out-Of-This World High-Def Content:

In addition to superior picture and sound and all of the above bonus material presented in high definition, the HD DVD presentation provides consumers with a host of web-enabled features, which are accessible through all connected HD DVD players. The web-enabled features take advantage of technology that allows the studio to present the content in a new way. These cutting-edge, online features can be updated, providing consumers with an evolving entertainment experience months, or even years, after the disc is physically produced. Initial features include a TRANSFORMERS Intelligence Mode in which an on-screen dashboard over the film provides information about the robots and weapons, their strength levels, character updates and more. Plus, a GPS Locator that can access a map and GPS coordinates. Paramount's TRANSFORMERS HD DVD connectivity capabilities will reveal additional HD DVD exclusive features at street date and at various time periods in the future.

The HD DVD also includes a TRANSFORMERS H.U.D. (Heads Up Display) that lets viewers access running text commentary while watching the film and even view relevant behind-the-scenes footage in a picture-in-picture window. Additionally, viewers can explore the main robots' individual details in high definition with the TRANSFORMERS Tech Inspector.

DVD:

The TRANSFORMERS DVD is presented in widescreen enhanced for 16:9 televisions with Dolby Digital English 5.1 Surround, French 5.1 Surround and Spanish 5.1 Surround with English, French and Spanish subtitles. Total runtime is 143 minutes.

TRANSFORMERS Special Edition DVD bonus features include:

Disc 1:
-- Feature film
-- Commentary by Michael Bay


Disc 2:
-- Our World
-- The Story Sparks - Steven Spielberg discusses his love for the franchise and early concept art for the film. Explores how the writers adapted the cartoon into a live-action movie and why Michael Bay is the perfect director for the film.
-- Human Allies - A look at how the actors were selected and their experiences on the set.
-- I Fight Giant Robots - An exploration of the military training that Josh Duhamel and Tyrese Gibson underwent for their roles and the various stunts that the actors were asked to perform.
-- Battleground - A piece on the senior officials from the Department of Defense and Air Force who consulted on the film to give it authenticity and the key locations that the U.S. government provided access to.
-- Their War
-- Rise of the Robots - Explores the interaction between Hasbro designers and Michael Bay to bring the toy line roaring to life.
-- AUTOBOTS Roll Out - Michael Bay discusses working with Chevy and its designers and the modifications that were made to the cars seen in the film.
-- DECEPTICONS Strike - The film's military advisors discuss the "toys" they allowed the production to borrow: F-22 Raptors, Ospreys and A-10 Warthogs.
-- Inside the AllSpark - ILM's digital artists discuss the challenges of bringing the TRANSFORMERS to life.
-- More Than Meets The Eye
-- From Script to Sand: The SKORPONOK Desert Attack - An in-depth look at the making of this particularly epic and challenging scene from initial storyboarding through production and visual effects.
-- Concepts - Early sketch concepts of the robots.
-- Trailers

TRANSFORMERS HD DVD

The HD DVD is presented in 1080p High Definition with English, French and Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital Plus and English, English SDH+, French, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese subtitles. In addition to the above features that will be presented in high definition, the TRANSFORMERS HD DVD will also offer the following exclusive content:

Disc 1:
-- TRANSFORMERS H.U.D. (Heads Up Display)--In this mode, viewers can access running text-based behind-the-scenes background information on the production during the feature. Users can also watch relevant picture-in-picture b-roll and video with Bay, Spielberg and other filmmakers during select sequences.
-- Transformers Intelligence Mode web-enabled features consist of:
-- Transformation Mode
-- Health Meter
-- Weapon Mode
-- Robot Bio
-- In Scene Indicator
-- Text Ticker
-- GPS


Disc 2:
-- TRANSFORMERS Tech Inspector - Gives viewers an unprecedented look at the TRANSFORMERS robots through the exquisitely detailed models created by ILM artists. Users can zoom in on each detail for a closer examination and pause and change the rotation of the models.

Marketing Support:

Paramount Home Entertainment will support the home video debut of TRANSFORMERS with one of the biggest media campaigns in the division's history. The multi-million dollar blitz will include television, print, radio and online advertising reaching a four quadrant audience. The expansive campaign also will include a viral marketing program in which fans can go online to customize a message for their friends from OPTIMUS PRIME and send it via telephone or email. In addition, an array of high-impact displays will be deployed to retail locations across the country. Promotional partners including Chevrolet and Hostess will also extend the TRANSFORMERS message to millions of people.

Each TRANSFORMERS DVD will include an insert alerting consumers to Chevrolet's "The Bumblebee Camaro Sweepstakes". Beginning October 17, 2007, fans can enter to win one of three customized Chevy Camaro cars styled after the TRANSFORMERS AUTOBOT BUMBLEBEE at chevy.com/camaro. The sweepstakes also will be promoted with a wide-reaching television, print and online advertising campaign that will further extend the DVD messaging and excitement.

This October, Hostess, the maker of America's most iconic snack cakes, will be launching a national consumer promotion on approximately 17 million TRANSFORMERS themed packages at convenience and grocery/mass merchandiser retail stores. Consumers will be directed via www.hostesscakes.com to a Hostess micro-site where they can play an instant-win game for a chance to win a 50" Plasma TV and Home Entertainment system, portable DVD players and other prizes.

Synopsis:

From director Michael Bay and executive producer Steven Spielberg comes a thrilling battle between the AUTOBOTS and the DECEPTICONS. When their epic struggle comes to Earth, all that stands between the evil DECEPTICONS and ultimate power is a clue held by Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf). Join the fight for mankind in the extraordinary adventure that "features some of the most spectacular action and effects sequences of any movie of its kind and will appeal to the kid in all of us" (Claudia Puig, USA Today).

About Paramount Home Entertainment

Paramount Home Entertainment (PHE) is part of Paramount Pictures Corporation (PPC), a global producer and distributor of filmed entertainment. PPC is a unit of Viacom (NYSE:VIA - News;VIA.B - News), a leading content company with prominent and respected film, television and digital entertainment brands. PHE is responsible for the worldwide sales, marketing and distribution of home entertainment products on behalf of various parties including: Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks Studios, Paramount Vantage, Paramount Classics, Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central, CBS, PBS and Hasbro and for providing home entertainment fulfillment services for DreamWorks Animation Home Entertainment. NYSE:

About Hasbro

Hasbro (NYSE:HAS - News) is a worldwide leader in children's and family leisure time entertainment products and services, including the design, manufacture and marketing of games and toys ranging from traditional to high-tech. Both internationally and in the U.S., its PLAYSKOOL, TONKA, MILTON BRADLEY, PARKER BROTHERS, TIGER, and WIZARDS OF THE COAST brands and products provide the highest quality and most recognizable play experiences in the world.


TRANSFORMERS

• Street date: October 16, 2007
• Runtime: 143 minutes
• U.S. Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi action violence, brief sexual humor, and language
• Canadian Rating: PG for violence and coarse language

Paramount Home Entertainment will support the home video debut of TRANSFORMERS with one of the biggest media campaigns in the division's history. The multi-million dollar blitz will include television, print, radio and online advertising reaching a four quadrant audience. The expansive campaign also will include a viral marketing program in which fans can go online to customize a message for their friends from OPTIMUS PRIME and send it via telephone or email. In addition, an array of high-impact displays will be deployed to retail locations across the country. Promotional partners including Chevrolet and Hostess will also extend the TRANSFORMERS message to millions of people.

Each TRANSFORMERS DVD will include an insert alerting consumers to Chevrolet's "The Bumblebee Camaro Sweepstakes". Beginning October 17, 2007, fans can enter to win one of three customized Chevy Camaro cars styled after the TRANSFORMERS AUTOBOT BUMBLEBEE at chevy.com/camaro. The sweepstakes also will be promoted with a wide-reaching television, print and online advertising campaign that will further extend the DVD messaging and excitement.

This October, Hostess, the maker of America's most iconic snack cakes, will be launching a national consumer promotion on approximately 17 million TRANSFORMERS themed packages at convenience and grocery/mass merchandiser retail stores. Consumers will be directed via www.hostesscakes.com to a Hostess micro-site where they can play an instant-win game for a chance to win a 50" Plasma TV and Home Entertainment system, portable DVD players and other prizes.

It's not much, but Nelson (admin of Michael Bay's blog) has confirmed that the IMax version of Transformers will contain an additional 2 minutes of footage.

You can read the post here.

SuperHeroHype has posted the official press release from Paramount Home Entertainment regarding the arrival of the DVD and HD-DVD versions of the movie on October 16th. Three versions will be released: a standard 1-disc DVD, a special edition 2-disc DVD, and a 2-dics HD-DVD. The press release provides information regarding the extras on each version.

You can see the cover of the DVD at DVD Active.

The poster for the Transformers movie IMAX release has has been made public by several movie news websites. The poster is the "Spheres" one, but with the words "You haven't seen it all until you've seen it in IMAX. In IMAX theatres for a limited time". There is still no official word on whether the UK IMAX cinemas will be showing the film, I did raise the question to Paramount Pictures UK who are trying to find out. The poster can be viewed on photobucket, here.

May well be worth checking your local Tesco's as they have just got the Bumblebee "Evolution Of A Hero" Twin Pack in stock for the wonderful price of £14.97... Run, Run like the wind and pick 'em up before they disappear.

Thanks to Bruticus for the news.

Thanks go to Franco Villa for letting the Trans-Europe Express Group that the following Transformers Movie toys have been released in Italy.

• Arcee
• Bumblebee (2007 Camaro)
• Dreadwing

Transformers collector, fan, dealer and fountain of knowledge Paul "Hitch" Hitchens has a special Transformers Movie promotional giveaway, in association with Paramount Pictures UK, at the London Film and Comic-con.

You can read Paul's post on our Transformers Forum. Prizes are limited (less then 10) and include Transformers Merchandise which you can't buy in stores.

As part of our Q&A with Hasbro UK, Hasbro supplied us with various stock images of their Transformers Movie toys. Although all the figures have been seen before, and are in shops now, the images are in incredily high resolution (especially Ultimate Bumblebee).

You can see the images in our Official Hasbro UK Transformers Movie Stock Images gallery.

With the figures in for the weekend and start of this week, Transformers has now moved up the highest grossing worldwide tables to 29th, ahead of Six Sense.

Figures are from BoxOfficeMojo.

However TheNumbers (another Worldwide Box Office website) report Transformers as number 30 still. The reason is they have Jurassic Park II (The Lost World) as taking a lot more money than BoxOffice Mojo. There are also a few other films which they differ on.

Which is right? Well we're not sure, but what we do know is that BoxOfficeMojo is not accurate, as they miss out on certain countries (Sri Lanka), but their figures for international countries has also been inaccurate in the past.

As a round-up of the Trasformers Movie news from this week, we're combining two news stories together.

The first sees Transformers becoming the 3rd highest grossing film in the US for 2007, domestically, with $308,631.00. The film ranks as the 23rd highest grossing film in the US, domestically, with it now grossing just over $1 million less than Return of the Jedi. Transformers moves to number 30 in the highest grossing films worldwide, with a total gross of $663,000.00. Figures from BoxOfficeMojo.

The second report, thanks to Seibertron.com, is that Shia LaBeouf has won won the 2007 Teen Choice Award for Movie Breakout Male (Transformers) and Choice Movie Actor in a Horror/Thriller(Disturbia). The news originates from Chiff.

To show how high-profile Michael Bay, and Transformers, has got, even the mainstream media picked up on his HD-DVD comments, with the BBC reporting it today.

You can read the BBC story here.

In a new topic on Shoot for the Edit, Nelson has clarified what Michael Bay meant when he said:

"I want people to see my movies in the best formats possible. For them to deny people who have Blu-ray sucks! They were progressive by having two formats. No Transformers 2 for me! "

Nelson has assured people that Mr Bay purely wanted to stress that he wants his films to be available to the widest possible audience. Nelson also jokes that Michael Bay quit Pearl Harbor four times, before making the film (so not to worry too much).

You can see the thread here.

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