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Our thanks go to Mr Neurie and King Grimlock for both reporting sightings of the Transformers Universe Legends Bumblebee, Brawn and Beachcomber in the last couple of days. Both sightings of the figures were in ASDA stores, with Neurie supplying the image below.
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The US HasbroToyShop has been updated with several Transformers Animated and Transformers Universe features, profiles and images.
Bumper Battlers Night Watch Optimus Prime
If he has to fight OPTIMUS PRIME prefers to do it out in the open, and to keep it fair. He's wise enough to know that the DECEPTICONS don't feel the same way, so he uses his special night mode that lets him sneak up on the bad guys without being seen.
Gear up for on-the-go fun with this stealth truck vehicle! Press the robot down for vehicle mode or press the bumper and watch the robot pop right up! With fun electronic battle and speech sounds, this quick-conversion AUTOBOT leader is ready to roll out
Bumper Battlers Sting Racer Bumblebee
Racing into danger at top speed, BUMBLEBEE blasts electric stingers at every bad guy he sees. He may be the smallest member of the AUTOBOT crew, but he's also the fastest, and his stingers pack enough punch to put down almost any bad guy!
Gear up for on-the-go fun with this streetcar racer vehicle! Press the robot down for vehicle mode or press the bumper and watch the robot pop right up! With fun electronic battle and speech sounds, this quick-conversion AUTOBOT character is ready to roll out!
Swindle
SWINDLE is a one-robot black market. He's only a DECEPTICON by default, since they're the ones who most often take advantage of his unbeatable deals on armor, weapons and combat systems. If it shoots, explodes, or focuses light into a beam intense enough to melt high-grade armor, SWINDLE will sell it to anyone. Anyone who can pay his price, that is. Most of his inventory, he scavenges from those who fall in battle, but he doesn't mind helping a crippled AUTOBOT all the way to the scrap heap before stripping him of his weapons.
Universe Legends Beachcomber
Team up with the AUTOBOT alliance and take on DECEPTICON forces! This quick conversion figure is ready for action and prepared for whatever adventure is in store! Battle even the mightiest opponents in robot mode and then convert the figure to dune buggy vehicle mode and roll out!
Meanwhile TFW2005 have received some stock images and informatin of two other Transformers Animated toys.
Skywarp
Bio: Fearful Super Pilot
SKYWARP wouldnt call himself a coward. He'd call himself smart. So what
if he runs away from combat? Fighting is dangerous! All those missiles
and lasers could really hurt someone! As a clone of STARSCREAM, he's
got all the power in and skill of the leader of the DECEPTICON air
forces, but none of the courage or ambition. He could easily be one of
the most dangerous DECEPTICONS of all time, but since he screams and
runs away the second a shot is fired, he's mostly just a joke.
Galactic Powers and Abilities:
- Gets shot in the back more than any other DECEPTICON
- Uses his teleportation ability to run away faster
- Even just seeing a picture of MEGATRON gives him nightmares
Shockwave / Longarm
Bio:
SHOCKWAVE is the ultimate spy. Able to change his voice, energy
signature, and even his appearance at will, he has spent years
infiltrating the AUTOBOT power structure. Graduating near the top of
the class from the AUTOBOT Academy, he moved through the ranks of the
Elite Guard, eventually becoming head of the Intelligence Division. Not
once did anyone suspect the bright, friendly AUTOBOT known as LONGARM
of being a devious enemy spy.
* Expert code breaker and thief.
* Enjoys blackmailing AUTOBOTS in positions of power.
* Stole his AUTOBOT identity from old historical files.
The stock images can be seen below
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S250 and TF08.net have posted images of some up coming Transformers Universe toys and instructions scans. These include the instructions of what is said to be a repainted version of Transformers Energon Bruticus Maximus, probably in Generation One Bruticus colours. Also shown are images of the Transformers Universe Legends Beachcomber and Brawn figures.
You can see the images here
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Derrick Wyatt has posted yet another comment over on his message board regarding Transformers Animated series 3 as well as what influences the Transformers Animated staff. You can find a quote below.
"My influences are some of the things mentioned above, mixed with a
heavy dose of 80's cartoons (Mighty Orbots and others), Hanna Barbera,
2000AD comics, anything Gainax does, Robert Valley and Jamie Hewlett,
the list goes on and on. For the design of the new TFA series, I wanted
to get back to basics with the Transformers, while splicing in some of
that Orbots and ABC Warriors look and feel. It's also been my scheme
all along to get new toys made of my old favorite Transformers.
TriBlurr,
I think your Beachcomber is pretty close to what we did. I kept his
face Smurfy-blue, and colored him all blue from the waste down, so he
looks like he's wearing pants and no shoes. Get a job, Beachcomber, you
worthless slacker!
The twins jet modes might have a little old school sci-fi tv inspiration in them, yes.
Wow,
the Sailor Moon fans are out in force! Sailor Moon probably influenced
at least every female crew member that works on Transformers Animated.
I'm not sure how much of that ends up in the show. Do you have a
specific example of what you think it was influential in?
Blackout is the ANIMATED Blackout. Spittor does have a bot mode. Into space. No hints on Sari."
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Derrick Wyatt has updated his blog with some information on Transformers Aniamted season 3. The information confirms the preview picture of Beachcomber as real, although he points out that the character may not make it into the series at all.
Derrick also states that Season 3 of Transformers Animated is still a while off.
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S250 has completed publishing the pieces of his puzzlemaster puzzle which reveals that Beachcomber will be returning to Transformers in Transformers Animated. S250's website has been unavailable over the last 48 hours so the final puzzzel took longer to complete than we hoped.
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Seawing
Choose Your Fate
Ep 13: Bulkhead the Artist
OTFCC 2003 (USA)
US Sheet 1
Transformers Animated
