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Seibertron.com are reporting that the Dutch Transformers convention, titled Transformations, is making a return in 2008.
The event is due to take place on 8th June 2008 in Nieuwegein, the Netherlands and is suitably placed before BotCon (24th-27th April 2008) in the USA, TransformersCon (21st june 2008) in Canada and Auto Assembly (2nd August 2008) in the UK.
The official website, which will have full details uploaded soon, can be found at transformations.nu.
The Official Transformers Collector’s Club have put up the registration forms for BotCon 2008, which will be in Cincinnati Ohio from 24th – 27th April 2008 at the Duke Energy Center.
Don’t expect many (or any) of us from TheTransformers.net to be there as travelling to the USA from the UK costs a bundle. We will of course be bringing you all the news from the event.
With BotCon 2008 only 3 months away, the information about the event is slowly filtering out. A brochure for the event has been uploaded to the BotCon website, with lots of information on what will be going on and how much you can be expected to spend. There is, unfortunately, no registration form or details on when it will be available.
BotCon 2008 takes place from 24th-27th April in Cincinnati, OH, at the Duke Energy Center.
The Official Transformers Collector’s Club has provided the first look at the 2008 club exclusive figure, Topspin. The figure is a repaint of the Energon Blackout mold and will provide a the fourth limb to the club exclusive set.
Here is TOPSPIN – the 2008 Transformers Collectors’ Club FREE Membership Figure!
This is the FOURTH figure in the five figure Club Combiner series. Any Transformers Club member who’s membership
is active by March 16, 2008 will receive this figure FREE in the late spring/early summer. If you join after that deadline,
you will be eligible for the 2009 figure and you may also purchase the previous four figures from the Transformers Club store.
Simon Furman has looked back at the year 2007 and how it has panned out for himself. He mentions his work for IDW, including, the Movie Prequel, Escalation, Devastation and the Spotlights, and the next set of Beast Wars books.
He also discusses his non-Transformers work, his travelling to conventions and his enjoyment in writing his blog, which only started last March.
The next issue of the Transformers Collectors’ Club Magazine, Issue 19, will have a preview of all 5 of the Wave 1 Transformers Universe Classics, coming in early 2008. As a New Year gift, the cover for the magazine, due on sale from 25th January, has been put online with a picture of one figure, Onslaught.
More details can be found on the official Club website.
The third issue in theTransformers Timelines series from Fun Productions has been announced. The Timelines Spring Special featuring Nightbeat, Slag and Sludge, will be in solicitation in the January Preview issue.
The Timelines Spring Special will be released in March 2008 for $3.99 and feature cover art by Thomas Deer, interior art by Dan Khanna with writing from Forest Lee. The full details can be found below:
Transformers Timelines featuring Nightbeat
Forest Lee (w) Dan Khanna (a) Thomas Deer (c)What are two of the strongest Dinobots, Slag and Sludge, doing with Nightbeat and his Headmaster ally Siren? And who is following the foursome to one of the most dangerous asteroid colonies in the galaxy? Friend, foe or both? These questions are just part of the mystery Nightbeat must solve in the all-new Timelines Spring Special “Cheap Shots.” Now offered quarterly, Timelines brings you another great story from the Classicverse, set in one of the most beloved and popular Transformers Universes ever! Featuring cover art by hot new Transformers artist Thomas Deer, interior art by Fan favorite Dan Khanna and two all-new Classics MTMTE profiles.
FC – 32 pages – $3.99
In other Transformers Club related news, the next Club exclusive figure will be Nightbeat in Spring 2008 with the previously announced Seacons.
The Official Transformers Collector’s Club have made a major update to their website today, with the release of The Wreckers: Finale Part 2. The final issue of the Wreckers comic series was cancelled after 3H stopped their involvement with the official Transformers convention but has now been made available online by Fun Productions for club members online.
Here is the press release:
As armies of Quintesson warriors march across Cybertron and a mad Predacon criminal begins his ascent into godhood, only the rag-tag group known as the WRECKERS can stop them! The thrilling end to the long-running saga, WRECKERS: FINALE PART 2 brings Autobots, Decepticons, Maximals and Predacons together in a battle for not just the fate of the Transformers’ home world, but for the universe itself! Written by Greg Sepelak and S. Trent Troop (“The New World”), art by Guido Guidi (IDW, Dreamwave) and Drew Eiden (Fun Publications).
More convention news, this time from across the pond with BotCon 2008. Coming this spring, Fun Publications have updated the BotCon website with a QuickTime teaser trailer.
The line “everything you thought you knew will be shattered” appears with the Autobot and Decepticon symbols shattering together. Nothing more is known at this time but stay tuned.
Two more guests are now confirmed to be attending Auto Assembly 2008. AA regular and IDW writer Simon Furman is back again are likely to provide some teasing information on future IDW products/storylines.
The second is Staz Johnson, an artist for Marvel UK’s Transformers comic. This will be his first Auto Assembly.
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