Transformers-themed pub could be Britain’s Best Home Bar

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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TFNation 2019 Transformers Convention Review

This last weekend saw yet another Transformers convention take over the Metropole Hilton, in Birmingham. These weekends have become a staple of my summer… [more]

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Annual Transformers Forum Meet Tour

Every year, since 2011, the nerds from TheTF.Net forum (now a Facebook group, because running a forum proved too much like hard work) have met for a weekend… [more]

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Our 2019 Forum Meet took place this weekend, in Cardiff

This weekend saw our annual forum meet being held in the Welsh capital of Cardiff. Each year we meet in a different town or city in the UK, alternating… [more]

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Video Footage from Transforce in 2001

Almost 18 years ago (crikey, has it been that long?) we wrote a review of our visit to Transforce in August 2001. It was a seriously hot day, but a great… [more]

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IDW Preview – Spotlight KUP & TF Balancing Act

Written by admin on April 23, 2007 | Comics,Conventions,Generation One,IDW Publishing,News |

IDW Publishing have put up previews for there releases this week, which include two Transformers titles. These are Transformers Spotlight KUP, which is the 7th in the series and the first story in the IDW G1 series not written by Simon Furman, but Nick Riche who makes his writting debut.

Transformers Balancing Act is the other issue, which is a reprint of the stories “Vector Prime In The Beginning”, “Balancing Act” and “Revelations”, which were all exclsuive to Hasbro’s Transformers Collectors’ Club. If, like most people living outside North America, you could not afford to be a member of the Club, you can at least catch up on these stories for a much cheaper price.

The 5 page previews and covers can be found here.

IDW Update Transformers HQ

Written by admin on April 20, 2007 | Comics,IDW Publishing,News,Transformers movie (2007) |

IDW Publishing have revamped their Transformers section on their website. The most interesting part of this upgrade is the cover previews for the Transformers Movie Adaptation, which now has some confirmed release dates in June.

  • Issue #1 in stores on June 6
  • Issue #2 in stores on June 13
  • Issue #3 in stores on June 20
  • Issue #4 in stores on June 27
  • There are also details on the extra features that will only be in the individual issues and not the TPB.

    Full details can be found here.

    Simon Furman interview at CNI

    After teasing us with Terminator related interviews all week, Simon Furman has finally sat down and talked about Transformers (yah!). CNI caught up with him and discussed all sorts about Transformers, from the current IDW series, to working for Dreamwave and Marvel to the Movie Prequel.

    There are some spoilers relating to the IDW series and how the Spotlights fit in, so only read if you don’t mind.

    CNI Who is your favorite Transformers character and why?Furman I hate this question, because the answer is always Grimlock and everyone always groans. I just love borderline, conflicted characters. You (and the reader) never know what they�re going to do next! But, I�ve taken pains to sideline Grimlock (so far) in the Infiltration/Escalation/Devastation-verse, so I am coming to appreciate other characters.

    The full interview can be found here.

    IDW Solicitations for July

    Written by admin on April 16, 2007 | Comics,IDW Publishing,News |

    ComicsContinuum have published IDW’s July solicitations and it’s good news for your wallets compared to June. There are only 3 titles (no TPBs) consisting of the following

    The Transformers Megatron Origin #2

    The Transformers Spotlight Galvatron

    The Transformers Target 2006 #4

    IDW Transformers Release Schedule

    IDW Publishing Editor-in-Chief Chris Ryall has posted the exact release date for all Transformers comics in April and May.

    11th April

    TF Movie Prequel #3

    TF Stormbringer Manga

    18th April

    TF Target 2006 #1

    25th April

    TF Cybertron Balancing Act

    TF Spotlight Kup

    2nd May

    TF Movie Prequel #4

    TF Animated Movie TPB

    9th May

    TF Cover Gallery, Vol. 2

    TF Target 2006 #2

    TF War Within TPB, Vol. 2

    TF Escalation #6

    On press, dates to be announced soon

    TF The Ark

    TF Greatest Battles of Optimus Prime & Megatron

    TF Infiltration TPB (likely June 6)

    TF Escalation TPB

    TF Spotlight TPB

    TF Stormbringer TPB-2nd Printing

    TF Movie Adaptation TPB

    TF Movie Prequel TPB

    IDW Preview – Transformers Movie Prequel #3 & Stormbringer Manga TPB

    Written by admin on April 8, 2007 | Comics,Generation One,IDW Publishing,News,Transformers movie (2007) |

    IDW Publishing have released a 5 page preview for there releases this week, which includes Transformers Movie Prequel #3 and Transformers Stormbringer Manga TPB. As usual, also included are the variant covers.

    IDW Preview – Spotlight Kup

    Written by admin on April 5, 2007 | Comics,Generation One,IDW Publishing,News |

    IDW Publishing have put up a 5 page preview of Transformers Spotlight KUP, with scans of all 4 covers as well. Spotlight Kup is out later this month and will be the 7th Spotlight issue.

    The preview can be found here.

    Ascending Info from Simon Furman

    Written by admin on April 4, 2007 | Beast Wars,Comics,IDW Publishing,News |

    Simon Furman has kindly updated his new blog with some information on the second (The Gathering being the 1st) Beast Wars comic series, “Beast Wars The Ascending”. He mainly focuses on the first issue, with which he has just finish the script for (and the reason for this blog post). The first issue is out in September.

    “We get a good look in on the planetary status quo, focusing on the overall command structure/hierarchy and special groups such as �The Pack.� And� it�s there we meet our new �big bad.� And I do mean �big.� What else? Well, we also see how Razorbeast and his earthbound (chronally displaced) Maximals are doing (and what Ravage�s Preds are up to). We find out what happened to Magmatron, and we learn the ultimate fate of Cybertron (and this is just issue #1!). Phew.”

    Being released at the same time are the Beast Wars Profile Books which feature ALL Beast Wars characters (yes, including the Japanese ones).

    Simon’s full blog post can be read here.

    Interview with Chris Ryall

    Written by admin on April 3, 2007 | Comics,IDW Publishing,Interviews,News |

    The Cybertron Phillippines website has scored an interview with IDW editor in chief. In it, he talks about 2007, IDW’s overall Transformers experience (so far) and what he likes and doesn’t about what IDW have done so far. Here is the pick of the interview

    > What 2007 IDW project has you most excited? Aside from the Movie Prequel there�s BW The Ascending, the Best Of art books, the BW profile books, the US relaunch of Target 2006, more Spotlights, TF Devastation�

    E) All of the above. And there’s something else with Don in the works that no one knows about that has me excited, too. I really like where the story goes in Devastation, so that and Beast Wars have me really geeked out. Matched only by seeing my name as co-writer in the Prequel comics�

    Next Spotlight Character Officially Revealed!

    Written by admin on April 2, 2007 | Comics,Generation One,IDW Publishing,News |

    Chris Ryall has decided to celebrate his birthday (today) by giving the fandom a nice present. We’ve all but hearing rumours about who is the star in the next issue of the Spotlight series (after Galvatron). Now, through a large scan of the variant cover, we have our answer; Optimus Prime.

    The comic is being written by Simon Furman with art by Don Figueroa, coming to you in Spetember. The variant cover is by…well, Chris won’t tell but he has been with IDW for a while and has not done anything Transformers related before.

    To read Chris’s (Happy Birthday) original post and see the cover, click here.

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