According to a report on T-fans.com it would appear that the dancing citroen commercial has done we, the british fans a great service, as it would appear that hasbro are indeed planning to bring more of the Alternators over here. Apparently at the recent London toyfair, most of the Alternator range was on show(except for Tracks strangely enough!)plus pictures of Ravage and Wheeljack. Also the Acura NSX police car that has been doing the rounds IS a genuine Alternator! No sign of the robot mode or the official name for it yet but I would think that it’s safe to assume that it will be either Prowl of Streetwise. Finally there is gonna be a Honda S-2000 repaint/remould, and this one is another Decepticon. This one is a yellow Honda S-2000 hardtop race/rally car and is currently known as Dragstrip. First impressions – not too bad! Until next time…
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
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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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Video Footage from Transforce in 2001
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Transformers Collectors Club Anouncement @ transformers.com
Hasbro has posted an official announcment regarding the new ITFCC
To all Transformers Fans
Hasbro’s goal for its TRANSFORMERS Club and Convention has always been to create a fun and exciting experience for TRANSFORMERS fans. We realize that the convention specifically is a great opportunity for the TRANSFORMERS community to come together. And we are pleased to announce the formation of a new TRANSFORMERS Collectors Club, which will be run by Fun Publications.
Led by Brian Savage, Fun Publications has a long history with Hasbro, successfully managing the G.I. JOE Collectors Club and Convention for the past ten years. His track record and dependability made him an excellent choice to take over TRANSFORMERS. We are very excited about Brian�s expertise and the new direction for the club and convention. Brian has a personal passion for collecting that has already been expanded to include TRANSFORMERS toys and products.
We are also thrilled that Jon Hartman, Rik Alvarez, Pete Sinclair, Karl Hartman and Ben Yee have volunteered to take an active role in the new Club, to serve as an “advisory board” to Brian and the rest of the Fun Publications team. These gentlemen obviously bring a wealth of TRANSFORMERS brand knowledge and experience to the table and will be working behind the scenes in a variety of ways.
We invite you to check out www.transformersclub.com for more details in the coming weeks.
As many fans know, Hasbro has been working to resolve several outstanding issues between collectors and 3H Productions, the former entity running the TRANSFORMERS fan club and convention. At its own expense, Hasbro has been able to complete and ship the Sentinel Maximus 2004 convention exclusive toy and the 2003 convention collector plates to customers that had paid for such items according to 3H Production’s records.
We have also been addressing the outstanding issues of the unpublished fan club magazines, the Skywarp club exclusive figure and Wreckers #4. Unfortunately, these items were never produced or paid for by 3H Productions, and accordingly, Hasbro has not been able to fulfill these 3H Productions obligations.
However, since the fan community is so important to us and because we want get off to a great start with the new TRANSFORMERS Collectors Club, any OTFCC member that can provide us with a cancelled check or original credit card statement proving their paid membership in the TRANSFORMERS fan club for 2004, will have their membership rolled over to the new TRANSFORMERS Collectors Club for calendar year 2005. Proof of payment can be sent to TRANSFORMERS Club, Mail Stop B-850, 1027 Newport Avenue, Pawtucket, RI 02862 by April 15, 2005.
Similarly, for fans that ordered and paid for Wreckers #4 and can supply us with a cancelled check or original credit card receipt we will provide a discount in the amount paid towards membership to the new TRANSFORMERS Collectors Club. Proof of payment can be sent to TRANSFORMERS Club, Mail Stop B-850, 1027 Newport Avenue, Pawtucket, RI 02862 by April 15, 2005.
We expect that TRANSFORMERS fans will be as pleased as we are to be working with Brian and his team at Fun Publications. We are thrilled to be able to continue with the convention and collectors club. Stay tuned to www.transformersclub.com for the club�s upcoming launch.
On behalf of the entire TRANSFORMERS team, thank you for your support. We think you will like the direction we are headed and hope to have you as part of our community in 2005 and beyond.
This announement is on Hasbro’s site. Still no news on whether any of this is relevant outside North America
XyberToys Predaking Deal
XyberToys.com are having a special deal for all TheTF.Net forum members. Buy the upcoming Predaking Reissue Gift Set (£108.90 and NO P&P) and get 2 Worlds Smallest Transformers absolutely FREE. Also, when you register at XyberToys.com, you get a £5.00 discount coupon, which can be used on your first order.
See this thread for all the details.
New Cybertron Pics! Flame Convoy + more
The Allspark have posted images of some new Cybertron/Galaxy force toys. You may just notice some familiar faces from Armada. See all the images here.
Thanks to Skeggy for pointing these out.
Tom Hanks Sings Transformers
Caught walking bye at the premiere of ‘Raise Your Voice’, actor and apparent Transformers fan (unconfirmed) Tom Hanks was asked if he was gonna be in the new Transformers film (probably due to some weak rumour), to which his response was… to sing the Transformers theme tune… to the best of his abilities.
View the article and the movie clip here
UK Energon TV Guide
With Transformers Energon airing on Toonami (for real) in the UK right now, incase you miss an episode, a set of listings of every episode airing over the next week has been compiled. Have a look when Energon is on here.
New Transformers announced on Transformers.com
Doom-Lock, Command Ravage, Dreadwing, Energon Ironhide, Landquake and Meister are all due for release in September!
…in the US, that is. Guess that means we’ll see them in what, March? If at all, that is.
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A wee correction…
Not to step on Daz’s toes, but it should be pointed out that the BT-09 Wheeljack announcement from the previous news update was false. BBTS made a mistake after seeing the photoshopped image created of Alternator/BT Track as Wheeljack, created by FuriousGeorge of the Allspark. They have removed the pre-order information.
Energon to air in the UK in September
Bigbot.com repaorts that the Energon TV show will air in the UK in September on the Toonami channel. I for one always thought it strange why Armada was on Toonami in the USA, but on Sky One here, despite Toonami also being avaliable here. Well, now it will continue on Toonami.
