IDW Editor-in-Chief Chris Ryall has posted some preview pages from July’s Transformers spotlight Galvatron. There are spoilers and a major colouring mistake!
Thanks to forum member clrobe for the news.
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]
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]
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]
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]
Video Footage from Transforce in 2001
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Interview with Eric Holmes
Newsarama have managed to catch up with Eric Holmes and discuss his involvement with IDW’s new Transformers mini-series, Megatron Origin.
Some interesting details and images are provided that should keep you excited until the 1st (of 4) issue is release next month.
5 Page Escalation #6 Preview
A five page preview of the final issue of Transformers Escalation has been posted on the IDW website.
View the preview here.
IDW Preview – Spotlight KUP & TF Balancing Act
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 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
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
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.
Madman TFTM and G1 Complete Collection DVDs
Madman Entertainment have announce that they will be releasing Transformers The Animated Movie – Special Edition and Transformers Generation 1 Complete Collection later this year to capatilise on the live action movie.
Transformers The Animated Movie – Special Edition
will contain both resolutions of the film in widescreen and full-screen. The full list of extras are
- “Scramble City” movie tie-in bonus episode
- Cast and crew commentaries (TBC)
- 80’s toy TVCs, TV spots and theatrical trailer
- The Touch film-clip (by Stan Bush)
- Character, voice-actor and musician biographies
- Bonus episode of TRANSFORMERS BEAST WARS
- Reversible collector’s cover
Transformers Generation 1 Complete Collection will cost $149.95 including all 98 Generation 1 episodes. The extras are as follows
- Interviews with key figures from Transformer’s 20 year history
- Animated Public Service Announcements
- Historical trailers
- Scripts & storyboards
- Interview and commentary with Voice Director Wally Burr
- Television commercials
- Limited Edition Packaging
- 16 page booklet containing exclusive comic by Simon Furman (TBC)
Both discs are due for release on 27th June in Australia (Region 4).
Thanks to TAAU for the heads up.
Next Spotlight Character Officially Revealed!
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.
Spotlight Galvatron Interview
Good old Transformers comic writer Simon Furman has been spillng some juicy info at the Wizard World convention in Los Angeles, especially on July’s Spotlight character, GALVATRON.
Simon talks about where in the IDW universe Galvatron will appear and how he fits in the overall story. There is also some art from Guido Guidi (artist for the issue) of Galvatron and an Autobot that many fans have missed in the series.
Also, if you are longing for some Beast Wars The Ascending info, just read the last paragraph.
The full interview can be read here.
