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After a couple of weeks without any new comics, August looks like being a busy month.This week there is only 1 new release, Transformers: Saga of the Allspark #2, which collects issues #3 and #4 of Titan’s Transformers UK comic, featuring stories from the movie-verse.
Chris Ryall has posted an image for the cover to the comic on his blog.
The BBC have updated their article first posted back in June with a review of Auto Assembly 2008 from last weekend.
Some interesting facts come out of the article, with news that the convention broke the European attendance record for a Transformers convention, with 423 people, compared to 409 in 2005. The other interesting fact is that it was estimated that over £30,000 was spent during the day.
A gallery was also posted of various parts of the convention, including TF@TM’s table. Unfortunately, our table wasn’t suitable for the BBC’s new guidlines. Specimen-17 did get in photo number 4 though.
Paramount Home Entertainment have today released Transformers: Animated – Transform and Roll Out on DVD in the UK. The 1 disc set contains the movie special, which runs for 68 minutes, with 2 animated shorts as extras, with English and German audio and subtitles. The disc is rated U.
You can read my initial thoughts on the release and the minor differences to the North American version here.
One lucky fan managed to get half an hour with comic writer Simon Furman at last weekends Auto Assembly 2008.
INFO PAGE | REVIEW
Release Date: 4th August 2008
Distributor: Paramount Home Entertainment
Country: UK
Region: 2 PAL
Number of Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audio: English & German Dolby Digital Stereo
Subtitles: English, German & English for the hearing impaired
Catalogue Number: PHE9594
The 70 minute movie special that kicks off the cartoon series is included on this disc.
Episodes
Movie Special. Transform and Roll Out
Extra Features
2 Transformers animated shorts!
Images
Titan Magazines have updated their website with a new page for their Transformers: Animated comic. In a similar style to the movie site, there is the release date for issue #1 as 23rd October. There is also the cover for the first issue, which shows the free gift as some sort of blaster.
More specific details on the content will be revealed in the coming months.
TFW2005 member roykop has found Transformers: Animated Blitzwing at a Wal*Mart in Arizona. The figure is a triple changer, just like his G1 toy. The voyager class figure is part of wave 4, costing $19.99, and should start the release of other wave 4 figures.
At Auto Assembly 2008 yesterday, the first video footage of Activision’s new game, Transformers: Animated The Game, was shown to fans, with gameplay footage of both driving and platforming. Of course, there was plenty of transforming, with all Autobots shown in action.
Transformers: Animated The Game is out in October 2008 on the Nintendo DS.
INFO PAGE | GALLERY (36 images) | REVIEW
Company: Hasbro
Release Date: August 2008 (UK), August 2008 (USA)
Class: Voyager
Wave: 4
Product Code: 83717
Assortment Number: 83463
RRP: £19.99, $19.99
Ages: 5 & Up
Bio
Name: Blitzwing
Faction: Decepticons
Function: Decepticon Berserker
Motto: “Whoooo! I’m freaking out!”
“Even by Decepticon standards, Blitzwing is totally insane. He’s got three personalities packed into his cyberium-steel chassis, and he argues with himself almost as often as he argues with other Decepticons. The only person he listens to without interrupting is Megatron because all three of his personalities are terrified of the Decepticon commander. He carries a superheater cannon and a hyberfrost emitter to burn or freeze his enemies.”
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