New photos of a Forklift truck have appeared on auction site taobao, and is expected to appear in the Transformers Revenge of the Fallen toy line. It isn’t known who exactly this character is, but rumour has it that he is Scrapper, leader of the constructicons.
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]
Michael Bay Update – Teaser Trailer and Poster
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen director Michael Bay has returned from Egypt and Jordan and with it, supplied us fans with some much needed news.
A teaser poster is due to come out early next year, with the teaser trailer due either in February, possibly during the Superbowl, which is on 1st February. he also mentions that some stills will be released very soon.
Don Murphy Posts Some Comments
Don Murphy’s back with a very long and uninteresting post on his forums, the majority of which has nothing to do with Transformers, but Don’s other projects.
He starts of with the usual movie publicity speak, saying that Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen will be like the first, but with more robots and even more exciting and will entertain you more.
He also states that they are holding off any publicity until the last minuite, like Pirates of the Caribbean. This means we probably won’t get a trailer until March at the earliest.
Alex Milne Cover for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Movie Prequel: Alliance #2
Alex Milne has put up his cover for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Movie Prequel: Alliance #2, on his DeviantArt page. The cover features some possible spoilers for the series, and continues a plot thread from The Reign of Starscream, so you’ll have to click the link to see what is going on.
The issue is out in January, written by Chris Mowry, with art by Alex Milne and colours by Josh Perez.
Revised Artwork for Transformers Revenge of the Fallen Megatron and Ravage
The Transformers Live Action Movie Blog has posted an interesting image of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Megatron and Ravage. Megatron looks quite different to his first movie appearance, with a bulkier and more solid look, whilst Ravage still has a funky cat like look.
Returning characters from the first movie, Optimus Prime, Ironhide, Bumblebee and Starscream are largely unchanged from their appearances in the first movie.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Reshoot & Trailer Rumors
We seem to finally be getting some more information on the production of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, with news from the Transformers Live Action Movie Blog that the filming production crew have already returned to Edwards Air Force Base in California to reshoot some scenes. They arrived on 19th November and filmed for a week. No other confirmed details are known about what was done.
There’s also nothing official about the news of the first trailer. They mention that they are “90% sure” that the trailer will be packaged with the upcoming remake, The Day The Earth Stood Still, which arrives in North America on 12th December.
More Questions Answered by Orci
Roberto Orci has provided some more updates on Transformers Revenge of the Fallen.
The film length is probably going to be longer than the first, which ran for 2 hours 17 minutes in cinemas. The recent footage shown at the wrap party was only selected footage, and not a trailer, with no robots featuring at all.
First Clear Images of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Soundwave!
After previous news reports of blurry images of Soundwave, it seems we finally have clear pictures of the toy for the new character in Transformers Revenge of the Fallen.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Defiance #1 Nizzi Cover
IDW’s Transformers Comics for February 2009
Another busy month for Transformers comics in February 2009, with lots of stuff for fans new and old.
In IDW’s main continuity, there is The Transformers: All Hail Megatron #8 from Shane McCarthy and Guido Guidi, and The Transformers: Maximum Dinobots #3 from Simon Furman and Nick Roche. There are also two TPBs, The Transformers: Revelation TPB, which collects Spotlights Cyclonus, Hardhead, Doubledealer and Sideswipe, and The Transformers: All Hail Megatron TPB, Vol. 1, which contains issues #1-6 of the series.
In the movie-verse, there are the continuing prequel stories, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Movie Prequel: Defiance #2 and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Movie Prequel: Alliance #3.
The reprints for the month include one from the Marvel days and one from Dreamwave. The Transformers Best of the UK: City of Fear #1 comes from the UK story of the same name, whilst The Transformers: War Within Omnibus collects together the two complete War Within story arcs in one big book.
Comicsnewi.com have covers for some of the titles.
