There have been lots of sightings of Transformers: Animated toys in the USA and now Hasbro have confirmed that Cincinnati Ohio has been selected as the primary area for the toys first release due to BotCon 2008 later this month.
Look out for them in Wal-Mart, Toys R Us, and K-Mart stores.
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ACtoys.net have posted the first images of the BotCon 2008 Megatron figure. The figure is a repaint of Energon Megatron in an Autobot style colouring.
The figure will be available at the convention in just over a week and then on ebay 5 minutes later at an inflated price.
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BotCon.com have uploaded the schedule for the 3 day 2008 convention. As usual, lots of things are happening, including, an IDW Comic Pan, Transformers: Animated Video preview and voice actor Q & A, Fan Film Festival, a Hasbro Transformers Team DVD Commentary, a TCCMagazine and Comic Q&A, Hasbro Toy Panel and and a Hasbro Designers […]
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The official BotCon website has been updated with the boxart for the exclusive Shattered Glass figure set, containing Optimus Prime, Autobot Jazz, Starscream, Grimlock and Goldbug.
The set has provided very popular, having already sold out for the convention on 24th-27th April.
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Some new photos of upcoming BotCon 2008 toys have been uploaded to Taobao.com. Listed are Autobot Jazz and Starscream figures.
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Some more Transformers figures have appeared on ebay, this time, 7 BotCon 2008 Exclusive figues.
For sale are Grimlock, Jazz, Goldbug, Wheeljack, Divebomb, Razorclaw and Rampage. They all appear in a plastic bags.
Thanks to forum member drlsword for the news.
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Actoy.net have had some photos of BotCon 2008 Exclusive Evil Rodimus posted on their board. The figure is a repaint of Classics Rodimus, released last year, in a black with purple colour scheme.
The photos show both robot and vehicle modes.
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BotCon.com has been updated with a 3 page preview for the REAL BotCon 2008 convention comic. The 24 page comic will be available at the convention on 24th-27th April and probably later in the year to everyone else.
Art is done by Don Figueroa and Espen Grundetjern.
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Another day, another BotCon 08 guest and another from Transformers: Animated. The third guest for BotCon 2008 has been revealed as Tara Strong, the voice of Sari in Transformers: Animated. She has also played many other roles within the animation world.
David Kaye and Bumper Robinson have already been announced to be attending.
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In one of the funnier April Fools in recent years, the Official Transformers Club posted three comic pages that turned out to be special made just for yesterday.
Originally, it was announced that 3 pages of the BotCon 08 comic would be previewed on 3rd April, but 3 different pages were “leaked” early. Ironically, the pages […]
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