A Transformers-themed pub is in the running to be crowned Britain’s Best Home Bar, in a competition being run by Liberty Games. The winning bar, chosen… [more]
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Sorry, forgot to post this on Thursday! Aussie fans now have the chance to watch Michael Bay’s Transformers on Blu-ray, with the release of the Two Disc Special Edition last Thursday. The set is exactly the same as the North American and UK version released last month.
Also out today down under are the Transformers 1 disc editions with the Optimus Prime and Bumblebee masks, but we recommend you give them a miss unless you are a mask collector, or need something for a fancy dress costume.
Derrick J. Wyatt has posted some more interesting comments to do with the Transformers: Animated universe.He discusses how because of Marty Isenberg’s involved with the cartoon, IDW comic and Animated Game coming later this month, it helps expand the Animated universe and make everything more manageable.
His last comment is of particular interest to G1 fans:
There are absolutely TONS of G1 concepts that are practically begging to be in Animated. Maybe some of them will get to.
TFW2005 are reporting that their inside man (or woman), the “TFW TF2 Insider”, has confirmed the alt modes for Decepticon Soundwave in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Yes, I said Alt modes, meaning you (may) be seeing both his Earth and Cybertronian modes. His Cybertron mode will apparently be a satellite, and his Earth mode will be a pickup truck.
None of this has been confirmed, so take it as rumour until some official confirmation is out.
e-hobby have updated their website with two new preorders, Sunstorm and Black Megatron. Both are e-hobby exclusive Generation One repaints and have already been released before, in 2003 and 2001 respectively.
Sunstorm is a repaint of G1 Starscream, coloured in orange and white, whilst Black Megatron is recoloured with more black and brown colouring of the original G1 Megatron figure. Both are due out in February 2009!
Thanks to forum member dejavu for the news.
TFW2005 Red leader, and owner of site sponsor Kapow Toys has confirmed the identity of the next Transformers Encore figures, numbers 13 and 14 in the series. Encore 13 is Trailebreak and Encore 14 is Hoist. No release date has been given but expect some soon as other retailers confirm the information.
Trailbreaker has been reissued once before in 2001 in Japan. Hoist was first reissued in 2001 in Japan as part of a one day convention special and by Hasbro in 2003 for the Commemorative Series.
Activision have uploaded their official website for Transformers: Animated The Game. The site has a new video featuring some gameplay and cartoon scenes with audio.
Official Site: www.transformersanimatedgame.com
Transformers: Animated The Game is due out on 21st October in North America and 24th October in the UK on the Nintendo DS.
We’ve added lots of Transformers: Animated toy pages, including lots of leader toys and some deluxe and supreme figures.
Leader Class
Bulkhead (with Headmaster)
Megatron
Shadow Blade Megatron
Ultra Magnus
Supreme
Roll Out Command Optimus Prime
2-Packs Class
The Battle Begins: Optimus Prime Vs Megatron
Variety are reporting that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences’ board of governors has lifted their ban on movie advertising during the Academy Awards telecast. The ban was originally put in place to prevent fears of vote rigging.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen has been mentioned as being placed into one of these slots, but this spot isn’t guaranteed, especially since distributers are only allowed one film to advertise, which means Paramount would have to decide between ROTF, Gi Joe or Star Trek.
IDW Editor Denton J. Tipton has updated his blog sidebar with new dates for Transformers comic releases for the next month. Included are the reprinting of Megatron Origin TPB and Transformers: Armada Vol 1, the edited TPB release of Transformers: The Reign of Starscream and confirmation of Spotlight: Blurr.
Surprising is that Transformers: Animated Vol. 5 is getting a second printing on 19th November, despite being released only on 22nd October.
29th October
Transformers Armada Vol. 1 TPB
5th November
The Transformers Spotlight: Blurr
The Transformers Best of UK: Time Wars #4
12th November
Transformers: Animated: The Arrival #4
The Transformers: Megatron Origins TPB (2nd printing)
19th November
The Transformers Spotlight: Optimus Prime 3-D
Transformers: The Reign of Starscream TPB
Transformers: Animated Vol. 1 (3rd printing)
Transformers: Animated Vol. 3 (2nd printing)
Transformers: Animated Vol. 5 (2nd printing)
We’ve included all this on our new comic release schedule.
A prototype hardcopy, black Optimal Optimus has appeared on ebay. The seller claims that “Only 2 can be confirmed to exist” but on the Certificate of Authenticity, it states “There are probably less than 12 of these in existence in the world”, so believe what you will. The item originally came from the collection of one of Hasbro and Takara’s designers, so for some collectors, it will be quite special to have.
Currently the auction stands at US $1,999.94 with 0 bids. Given the credit crunch, that’s not surprising.
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