IDW Publishing have put up a 5 page preview of Transformers Escalation #3, due out this week. There are also scans of the three covers available.
The preview can be found here.
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
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]
IDW Publishing’s Art Du Jour! – Spotlight Kup
IDW Publishing have updated their Art Du Jour! section with an image from Transformers Spotlight Kup. Creepy.
01/18/07
Here’s a Nick Roche page from TRANSFORMERS SPOTLIGHT Kup. Looks like Ryall and Wood aren’t the only guys pitting ‘bots against zombies… or something like that. Anyway, enjoy the high creep factor in this page, and we’ll see you tomorrow!
IDW April Solicitations
Comics Continuum has posted the IDW solicitations for April. There is no less than 8 Transformers titles, ranging from reprints from the 80s to the third Movie Prequel comic.
Transformers Cybertron Balancing Act collects all the Transformers Club comics together. Good news for the majority of the international fandom who felt the Transformers Club membership was not value for money
To sum up what is coming here is the list of titles
Transformers The Movie Prequel #3
Transformers Spotlight Kup
The Transformers Target 2006 #1
Transformers Escalation #6
Transformers Cybertron Balancing Act
Transformers Movie Adaptation TPB
Stormbringer Manga TPB
Stormbringer variant slipcase
Soundwave Spotlight Preview
What better way to start 2007 than the first look at a couple of uncoloured pages from Transformers Spotlight Soundwave. IDW Editor Chris Ryall has post the images on the IDW Forums to (almost) bring his Q & A thread to an end. Both pages were done by Marcelo Matere.
The Images have been mirrored below.
More G1 Reissues on Toys R Us Online
Toysrus.co.uk have updated their site with the 3 latest G1 reissues to hit the UK. They are Red Alert, Skywarp and Tracks, which all first appeared in September. Each cost £14.99.
This Weeks Comic Releases
Tomorrow sees the release of Transformers Generations #9 in three different covers from IDW. There is a five page preview on IDW’s site.
Original Transformers Series Distribution Deals
The original Transformers series has been licensed out by TV Loonland in two new deals. It will be coming to Spain with Selecta having signed a deal to distribute the series on DVD. It will also be coming to Canada on TV in an agreement signed with YTV.
The full press release can be seen here.
Interview with Frank Welker
The Allspark had the chance to interview Transformers legend Frank Welker, the voice of G1 Megatron, Galvatron, Frenzy and many others from all manners of animation. In the intervew, he discusses his life a s a voice actor and the possibility of being in the Transformers Movie.
The interview can be read here.
Transformers The Complete Generation One Collection DVD Out Tomorrow
Metrodome are releasing Transformers The Complete Generation One Collection for the 4th September (aka tomorrow), priced at £99.99 RRP in the UK. The set can be found for £70-75 at many online stores. It will contain all 98 episodes and Transformers The Movie Reconstructed on 14 disks.
It will also have all the same extras as the 4 seasons and Reconstructed DVD sets that Metrodome have released, except the 2 part comic, The Beast Within Parts 1 and 2, that came with the “Season 2 Part 2” and “Season 3 & 4” sets. It does however come with a free double sided Movie poster.
The boxart can be found below
International Classics and G1 Tracks In-Package
TFW2005.com have received images of Classics Optimus Prime, Classics Megatron and a G1 Tracks reissue in their international packaging.
