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Toycyte.com has posted an interview with IDW Editor-In-Chief Chris Ryall and writer Chris Mowry, both of which have been working on the follow up to the Transformers movie, Transformers Movie Sequel: Reign of Starscream.
As well as discussing the movie universe, there are also hints and what to expect in 2009, the 25th anniversary of Transformers.
There are also some nice colour pages from the movie sequel series.
Just 2 comics from IDW Publishing this week, the first being Transformers Movie Sequel: The Reign of Starscream #1, the first in a 5 issue series picking up the events of the Transformers movie. As the title suggests, the series focuses on Starscream and helps fill in some of the plot holes from the film.
The second release is Transformers Best of the UK: Dinobots TPB, which collects together more Marvel UK stories from the 80s.
Next-Gen.biz have compiled pretty good estimates of the top 100 selling games of the past 12 months (April 07 – March 08). The list features Transformers: The Game, the Activision published game based on the Transformers movie, which reached number 16, having sold roughly 3.3 million copies worldwide.
The game was beaten by fellow movie based games, Spider-Man 3, also from Activison, which sold 3.4 million at number 15 and The Simpsons Game with 3.9 million at number 11. All three games were published on nearly every platform currently out there. No. 1 game was Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare with about 8.3 million sold.
Amazon Japan have received official pictures from TakaraTomy for the Japanese release of MA-21 Optimus Prime Battle Mode.
The figure is the equivalent of Hasbro’s Transformers Movie Premium Series Optimus Prime, but with a more movie accurate colour scheme.
July looks like a good month for Transformers comic fans, with 8 titles for IDW Publishing, ranging from the Transformers Movie Sequel, main continuity stories to classic and modern reprints.
First up is Transformers Spotlight: Hardhead, the second part of the Revelations saga, following on from Spotlight: Cyclonus in June, and continuing the main Generation One story. Also in this continuity is The Transformers: All Hail Megatron #1, the start of the 12 issues series, picking up the story 1 year later.
There are 2 Transformers movie based comics, Transformers Movie Sequel: The Reign of Starscream #4, continuing the events after the first movie and Transformers Movie Prequel UK #1, which is a reprint of the first 2 issues of Titan’s Transformers UK comic, which started in July 2007.
The Transformers: The Ark, Volume 2 compiles more rare images, this time from Japan, specifically the Headmasters, Super-God Masterforce, Victory, Zone, Battlestars, and Operation Combination series.
Transformers Best of the UK: Space Pirates #5 is the last collection of the original Marvel UK Space Pirates story, whilst Classic Transformers, Volume 2 collects issues 17-20 of the Marvel US series.
Finally The Transformers Animated, Volume 4 is a comic presentation of the cartoon series, again using frames from the cartoon to bring the story to life.
The full solicitations can be found here.
Today sees the release of Titan’s Transformers (UK) #10, featuring the second part of ‘Twilight’s Last Gleaming’, (story by Simon Furman and art by Jeremy Tiongson) with comic strips from Beast Wars The Gathering and Transformers Prequel.
There is also a preview at Transformers: Animated, which started in the UK 2 days ago and a free missile blaster.
The issue costs £2.60 from all good newsagents. A high res cover can be found here.
Fansite TFW2005 have received official pictures of some new figures from Hasbro, Transformers movie Jetstorm and Wingblade. The figures are in European packaging, which means they will be released some time in the next couple of months, but not necessarily in all countries.
They are both going to be Toys ‘R Us store exclusives in the USA, but most likely available in all stores in a particular country.
With the release of Titan Transformers (UK) #10 this week, series writer Simon Furman has posted his teaser comments on issues #11 and #12.
Continuing the 5 part series, Twilight’s Last Gleaming, which focuses on an alternate eneding to the Transformers movie, various Autobots and Decepticons continue to wage an endless war. I won’t spoil it for people who are going to pick up the comic, so to find out more, visit Simon’s post on his blog.
Issues #11 & 12 are released on 24th April and 22nd May respectively, exclusively in the UK.
The latest issue of Japan’s Figure-Oh Magazine, has provided some updated information on TakaraTomy Transformers items, being release over the next few months.
The biggest piece of information is that Encore 10 Omega Supreme will come with a remoulded head that will be closer to the Generation One cartoon characters appearance, but not using cardboard like the Encore Ironhide and Ratchet designs. There is also news on Transformers movie Trans-Scanning Optimus Prime and Bumblebee figures, that come with Transformers movie catalogs in the same style as the G1 catalogs.
Encore 10 Omega Supreme is coming out in May and the Trans-Scanning figures are out in March.
Information via Autobase Aichi
After failing to appear in a Californian court on Tuesday, Transformers star Shia LaBeouf was issued with an arrest warrant for braking a smoking ban, which has now been dismissed. On Wednesday, a plea of ‘not guilty’ was made by his lawyer. if he is found guilty when he next appears in court on 24 April, he could face up to six months in jail.
This could cause problems for the filming of Transformers 2, which is due to start this summer.
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