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TFW2005 user Red leader, who also runs site sponsor Kapow-Toys.com, has posted pictures of two new 2-packs that will be part of the Transformers Animated toyline.
The first set, containing Deluxes Prowl and Megatron (from the Battle Begins set), uses the subtitle “Battle In Space”. The second contains Deluxes Blackarachnia and Optimus Prime (from the Battle Begins set), uses the subtitle “The Revenge of Blackarachnia”.
S250 has slowly been revealing parts of a design sketch from a new character, that will be coming in the third series of Transformers Animated. This character is Beachcomber, who hasn’t appeared in an cartoon series since G1.
Beachcomber will be joining Strika, a female Red Alert and Hot Shot in the next series, which is rumoured to start in Spring 2009.
Today sees the release of Transformers: Animated Volume One – Blast from the Past, on DVD in Australia. Unlike North America, who last month got the complete first season on 2 discs, this is only a 1 disc set containing 4 episodes, Home is Where the Spark Is, Total Meltdown, Blast from the Past and The Thrill of the Hunt. These episodes are in fullscreen (4:3) with Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo and coded in region 4 PAL.
It seems Paramount Home Entertainment are mistreating international fans, with the same disc due to come out in the UK in October. It’s recommended that you avoid this and future Transformers: Animated releases until they are provided in their original widescreen format and come in full season sets.
Titan Magazines have updated their website with a new page for their Transformers: Animated comic. In a similar style to the movie site, there is the release date for issue #1 as 23rd October. There is also the cover for the first issue, which shows the free gift as some sort of blaster.
More specific details on the content will be revealed in the coming months.
TFW2005 member roykop has found Transformers: Animated Blitzwing at a Wal*Mart in Arizona. The figure is a triple changer, just like his G1 toy. The voyager class figure is part of wave 4, costing $19.99, and should start the release of other wave 4 figures.
Marcelo Matere has updated his DeviantArt Page with the cover for IDW’s Transformers: Animated Arrival #3 comic. The comic, due out in October, is written by Marty Isenberg with art from Dario Brizuela and Boo.
The cover was originally revealed with the October 2008 comic list and last week at SDCC.
We just received an email from Activision about Transformers Animated on Nintendo DS. They’ve sent us a fact sheet and some screen shots. This looks pretty cool.
Based on Cartoon Network’s animated television series of the same name, TRANSFORMERS Animated, available exclusively on the Nintendo DS™, under license from Hasbro, delivers an exciting action-adventure experience. As they blast through DECEPTICON-controlled hoverbots, players attempt to solve challenging teamwork-based puzzles and race through the motorways of a futuristic Detroit, dodging on-coming traffic while seamlessly changing between robot and vehicle-form. Fans take control of all their favorite AUTOBOT characters, including OPTIMUS PRIME, BUMBLEBEE, BULKHEAD and PROWL, as they work together to reclaim the lost fragments of the Allspark before the DECEPTICONS intercept it and claim Cybertron as their own.
KEY FEATURES:
- Adventure beyond the animated series – Gamers experience TRANSFORMERS Animated in a whole new way in this action-adventure game based on the animated series and featuring several of the characters and environments fans enjoy.
- Play as your favorite AUTOBOT characters – Players instantly switch between AUTOBOT team members using their special skills and unique individualized weapons to overcome enemies and challenges. They can take down a boss with OPTIMUS PRIME, outrace foes with BUMBLEBEE, break down barriers with BULKHEAD or outmaneuver enemies with PROWL.
- It’s all about teamwork – Faced with a number of challenging side-scrolling puzzles, fans must utilize each AUTOBOT team member to solve problems. Working as a team and combining the abilities of each AUTOBOT is the key to recovering all three Allspark shards before the DECEPTICONS.
- Speed through the Detroit motorways – Gamers experience slot-car racing-inspired driving at high speeds as they race through a fictitious 22nd century Detroit in several fast-paced driving challenges.
Publisher: Activision Publishing, Inc.
Developer: Artificial Mind and Movement
Release Date: October 2008
SRP: $29.99
ESRB Rating: “RP” (Rating Pending)
IGN have been able to preview Activision’s latest Transformers game, Transformers: Animated on the Nintendo DS. The game, developed by Artificial Mind and Movement, replacing Vicarious Visions, who worked on the Transformers Autobots and Decepticons DS games, will be a mix of puzzle solving and driving through streets. Playbable are Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Bulkhead and Prowl and must be used as a team to solve the puzzles.
The game is released in October 2008 in North America. No date has been announced for the rest of the world.
At this years E3 game convention, Activision Blizzard showed off their games offerings for 2008 and 2009, including some movie based games like X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Quantum of Solace but more importantly Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. The sequel based game will be out around the time of the film (June/July 2009) on nearly all platforms. Unlike the first game, which was developed by Traveller’s Tales, this game will be developed by Luxoflux. Luxoflux developed Vigilante 8 on the Nintendo 64 and the True Crime series.
Also announced was the Transformers: Animated game for the Nintendo DS, due out in October. Hopefully some confirmed details on these games will be revealed in the next couple of days.
TF@TM member Break has posted that he has found the first wave of Transformers Animated Activators at his local Toys R Us store. At the weekend he spotted the first wave of Activators, Bumblebee, Bulkhead and Starscream, which all cost £4.99 each.
These were released in the USA last month, with wave 2 due there in August.
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