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Date: Saturday, November 10th 2007 3:29pm CST
Categories: Company News,
Digital Media News,
Collector's Club News
Posted by: Raymond T. |
Credit(s): www.transformersclub.com
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The
Official Transformers Collectors' Club by
Master Collector has send its members a news letter, reminding them of the pending "Design A Cover" Competition. The following has been taken directly from the E-mail that they have send.
"
Hello ________! The TCC Magazine "Design a Cover" contest! REMINDER
Time is running out! You only have 10 days left for your chance to have your talents displayed on the cover of an issue of the Club Magazine AND get an awesome prize to boot. Club Members, if you haven't done so yet, grab your pencils, your camera, photoshop and/or whatever you need and design a cover, something that of course features the Transformers. It can be anything, an original art piece, an awesome battle scene, a picture of your car all tricked out Transformers style....Whatever you want!
We are looking not just for art, but for creativity! So show us what you got and the Grand prize winner will not only see their work featured on the cover but will also receive a complete loose set of the Six Decepticons from this years BotCon: Bugbite, Dirge, Dreadwind, Thrust, Thundercracker and Weirdwolf. First Runner up Prize is a loose bagged Optimus Primal and Cheetor from BotCon 2007's Dawn of Future's Past set. Second Runner up Prize is a loose bagged Deathsaurus from the 2005 Descent into Evil set. Both First and Second Runner up will have their entries displayed on the TCC website.
So, what are you waiting for, get cracking as the deadline for the contest is November 20th. Good Luck!
Official Rules: One entry per person. Must be a current Club Member to be eligible. Prizes are not transferable. Physical entries must be postmarked no later than November 20th and mailed to: Design a Cover contest 851 Pinewell Dr. Cincinnati Ohio 45255. Physical entries will not be returned. All winning entries may be used by the TCC in any future promotions and/or advertisements".
Date: Wednesday, November 7th 2007 4:18pm CST
Categories: Cartoon News,
Sponsor News,
Company News,
Digital Media News,
Store News
Posted by: i_amtrunks |
Credit(s): Madman
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Madman have released their
Transformers: Headmasters DVD Set.
The
Madman release of Headmasters has improved video, includes an all new Subtitle track with the correct Japanese names as well as a sub with the English names, and is REGION FREE!
Some of the extras include:
-
Seibertron's own toy galleries
- Character art, and
- A new cover by IDW artist Guido Guidi.
Super-God Masterforce will be released in February 2008, and in May 2008 Victory (including TF:Zone) will also be released..
The Headmasters set will retail for AU$59.99. For more information, and to order your own copy, please
click here.
Date: Wednesday, November 7th 2007 3:53pm CST
Categories: Toy News,
Company News
Posted by: i_amtrunks |
Credit(s): agesthreeandup, tfw2005
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Agesthreeandup has posted on the
tfw2005 boards that Toy Company TakaraTomy will be shifting many of their factories from China to other Asian countries such as Vietnam and Thailand.
A main reason behind the move is because of the mistrust in Chinese made products due in part to the excess amount of lead and other harmful substances found in other Chinese made products over the last few months.
Another reason is to save production costs, as labour costs in Guangdong, China have risen due to labour shortages.
To read the full post, please
click here.
Date: Monday, November 5th 2007 4:21am CST
Categories: Cartoon News,
Event News,
Company News
Posted by: i_amtrunks |
Credit(s): Groundsplitter, nfta.net
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Groundsplitter from
ntfa.net has posted some bad news from the NTFA Minicon held on the 3rd and 4th of November:
We regret that we will have to back out on the exclusive showing of the first episode of Transformers: Animated at the Arlöv Mini-Con this weekend. Both we and Hasbro Nordic thought we had permission to show the full episode, but it seems there was either some miscommunication or just a case of conflicting opinions at Hasbro USA. First one party told us yes, but later another party said no.
We want to emphasize that Hasbro Nordic's manager wanted to make the exclusive showing possible, and thanks to his efforts we can still show a partial preview of the episode, just not the full episode. So you will still get a taste of Transformers: Animated at Mini-Con!
Following this bad news, Groundsplitter posted a short review of what was shown at the NFTA Minicon:
It was a very interesting preview though, and I can tell you that even though I were very sceptical when I saw the first posters for the series a while ago, I think the cartoon may turn out to be quite entertaining. What struck me the most is that it seems all the characters will be portrayed with distinct personalities - a very welcome change compared to the three latest series, were most of the characters were blank slates.
There were also quite a few nods to the old fans - I haven't seen the clips on YouTube so I don't know what has been shown before, but the show actually starts with Optimus Prime looking at some archive clips from the war that ended a few hundred years ago - clips that are taken straight from the original G1 cartoon! And Ratchet is said to have taken part of that war, which poses the question if this is the original Ratchet, or just someone who shares the name.
To read GroundSplitter's original post, please
click here.
-UPDATE-
More People who attended the NTFA Minicon have also posted in
this thread, with more details about the preview Emerging:
Animated takes place in the 22nd century (or was it 23rd?). Some notes (I don't know what is already known so bear with me):
Blitzwing has three faces, although the third wasn't very clear (the entire Decepticon scene is in the dark). First is the strict monocled guy, the second is a very clichéd Arnie "stupid" German accent and the third was just crazy and singing. Not too sure about this guy, but he might make a cool toy.
Allspark looks vaguely Matrix-shaped with handles, but it's much bigger. So far the only Allspark-carrier has been... Ratchet
Blackarachnia is exactly her BW self (her alt mode is considered organic, btw) and Starscream is exactly his G1 self, personality-wise.
Ratchet has a mix of Ironhide/Kup with the "old-timer" personality thing going on. As mentioned, not clear whether he is actually THE Ratchet.
Sentinel (Prime) is an officer in the Autobot army and Ultra Magnus is the Supreme Commander who bosses Optimus around.
Optimus trained at the Autobot academy and is going about doing heroic stuff from the very beginning, but there must be a reason why he's stuck on a crappy repair mission...
Optimus' axe has quite a few features except the energon blade. It has a rocket thruster on it, and the handle can extend Dragonball style for him to do polevaults. Somehow Optimus can also fire nets.
Date: Friday, November 2nd 2007 11:26am CDT
Categories: Movie Related News,
Toy News,
Company News
Posted by: TheMuffin |
Credit(s): sparty2304
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Hasbro has released images of two brand new role play toys for the
Transformers Movie. They are titled "Allspark Blasters" and are based on Rachet and Bumblebee's cannons from the movie. Both feature lights and sounds.
You can take a look at these items by clicking this
link.
Date: Saturday, October 27th 2007 5:26pm CDT
Categories: Sightings,
Company News,
Store News
Posted by: i_amtrunks |
Credit(s): Jay Jays
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Clothing Company
Jay Jays have expanded on their 80's themed shirts range, now including Transformers branded shirts to accompany their Astro Boy, Voltron and Nintendo shirts.
Already released are shirts featuring Optimus Prime and Soundwave. With Faction Symbol T-Shirts being released on Monday 29th October.
The T-Shirts will retail for AU$20, NZ$25 and R99.00, and can be found at all JayJays stores. To find your nearest JayJays Store, use their Store Locator found on their
Website.
Date: Wednesday, October 24th 2007 11:33am CDT
Categories: Comic Book News,
Company News,
Digital Media News,
Collectables
Posted by: Tigertrack |
Credit(s): Diamond Comics
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Just a friendly reminder to go to your local comic book store and pick up these two compelling Transformers tales!
AUG073740 TRANSFORMERS DEVASTATION #2 $3.99
JUL073630 TRANSFORMERS MEGATRON ORIGIN #4 $3.99
They are sure to be all the buzz in the
Comics and Cartoons Forum!
This would also be a great place to start a discussion on them, so expect spoilers when people start grabbing the issues.
Be sure to add your thoughts
here in the
IDW-Transformers Universe Theories Thread.
Date: Tuesday, October 23rd 2007 8:09pm CDT
Categories: Game News,
Company News
Posted by: i_amtrunks |
Credit(s): Scaleface
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Seibertron Member Scaleface has come across the
hasbrotoyshop.com listing for the upcoming NetJet Transformers Battle Universe Game:
Unlock four exciting games in your own online arcade with this PC online game key! Unlock the BATTLE UNIVERSE game directly with this key and choose three more games from the online game arcade!
BATTLE UNIVERSE
AUTOBOTS and DECEPTICONS from parallel universes are fighting for control of The Matrix, the source of all life on CYBERTRON! Join the struggle for supremacy and play as one of 10 TRANSFORMERS characters, going head to head in five different battle arenas!
Requires the NET JET Online Gaming System (sold separately).
The Price is US$9.99, and is currently "Out of Stock" but we at least know now what we are dealing with.
You can
click here to check out the NetJet Transformers Battle Universe Listing, or view the Screenshots of the game that we reported earlier by
clicking here.
For more information, check out the
NetJet listing on the Hasbrotoyshop.
Date: Monday, October 22nd 2007 5:55pm CDT
Categories: Press Releases,
Company News,
Digital Media News
Posted by: i_amtrunks |
Credit(s): hasbro.com
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Hasbro have reported strong 3rd Quarter growths, Hasbro Reports Strong Third Quarter Results, with their net revenues of $1.2 billion for the quarter. That's up 18% from the same period last year.
Hasbro's operating profit improved 27% to $209.7 million, while International revenue was also up 33% to $374 million from $280.4 million from a year ago.
The growth has been driven by Transformers and Marvel movie-related products, with strong performances from Littlest Pet Shop, Furreal Friends, My Little Pony and Nerf also helping.
To read the Hasbro's full report, please
click here.
Date: Sunday, October 21st 2007 6:00pm CDT
Categories: Movie Related News,
Toy News,
Company News,
Digital Media News
Posted by: i_amtrunks |
Credit(s): honoluluadvertiser.com, tfw2005
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The
Honolulu Advertiser have posted a rather extensive report on how Hasbro is using the Transformers Brand to "transform" itself from a toy company to a business that creates the ideas behind movies, TV shows and electronic games.
Some interesting parts of the report include:
- Hasbro looking to turn older brands it owns such as Battleship and Mr Potato Head into new products like Movies, online games or tv shows.
- Hasbro expect Transformers sales could drop off next year due to the lack of a new movie in 2008.
and
- Hasbro made money by licensing about 230 Transformers products, including cell phone games, video games, even a jacket that transforms to a backpack and a pillow and sells for about $500.
To read the full article please
click here
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