Transformers News on Seibertron.com

Happy New Year!!!

Date: Wednesday, December 31st 2003 8:06pm CST
Category: Site News
Posted by: Seibertron

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Hey fellow Seibertronians and fellow Transformers fans! I wanted to take a brief moment to thank all of you for a wonderful year here at SEIBERTRON.com. It brings great joy to me to see all of you using the awesome features new to this website in 2003 such as Demiurgic City, Vector Sigma Database, Transformers Commericals, and of course the infamous Heavy Metal War game. Your support of this site has brought the traffic to 200,000 page views per day ... and SEIBERTRON.com is currently ranked as the #1 Transformers website according to Alexa.com. A happy new year indeed!

2004 will be an excellent year for the Transformers. Hasbro and Takara are coming up with some wonderful products that are sure to make any Transformers fan happy including such awesome items like 20th Anniversary Optimus Prime, the Alternators, and the upcoming Energon line. 2004 is the 20th anniversary of the Transformers ... as well as the 30th anniversary of legendary figures like Soundwave and Megatron who came from other toy lines before their days as Transformers.
2004 will also see another wave of great features debut on SEIBERTRON.com. We´ve got some great tricks up our sleeve(s) such as additional improvements to Heavy Metal War, new and improved screen captures for the individual character pages, and the TOYS will finally get the much needed section they so badly deserve on this site. Yes, there will be a full blown HUGE ASS image gallery of all of the TF figures before the end of 2004.
On that note, I wish all of you a very HAPPY NEW YEAR! Be safe, have fun, and oh yah - we won´t tell your Mom and Dad about the trouble you get into tonight!! Heh heh!

Primus will Appear in Energon's Animation.

Date: Wednesday, December 31st 2003 4:16pm CST
Category: Rumors
Posted by: Professor Smooth

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There was some doubt about this in recent weeks, but for the first time in Transformer history Primus (creator of The Transformers, not the band that performs South Park´s themesong) will appear in animated form.

G1 Issue 0: Out in the UK & Canada!

Date: Wednesday, December 31st 2003 3:47pm CST
Category: Site News
Posted by: Professor Smooth | Credit(s): alex_kingdom

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The Energon Pub´s own Alex_Kingdom has informed us that Dreamwave´s Transformers Issue ZERO is out in the UK. Several Canadian fans have also reported getting the bokk as well. AK scored his at a local Forbidden Planet. The US won´t get ours until Friday, so we´ll just have to wait.

New City Transformer in Energon?

Date: Wednesday, December 31st 2003 3:41pm CST
Category: Rumors
Posted by: Professor Smooth

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I´ve gotten word that it´s going around that the "Omega" character we heard about several months ago might actually be Sig Omega, a new City Transformer. The character´s figure carries a $50 dollar price tag, so it´s definately possible.

G1 Spychangers Spotted

Date: Tuesday, December 30th 2003 1:08pm CST
Category: Toy News
Posted by: Kupp | Credit(s): tfw2005.com

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Mr. Roboto of tfw2005.com has spotted the Kaybee Toys exclusive G1 Spychangers in Burbank, Ca for $3.99. Expect these guys to be spotted in other Kaybee Toy outlets in the near future. Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto.
Update: Mr. Roboto has provided in package images of the G1 Spychanges that you can check out here.

Alternator Smokescreen at Toysrus.com

Date: Tuesday, December 30th 2003 12:55pm CST
Category: Toy News
Posted by: Kupp | Credit(s): Toysrus.com

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Toysrus.com has updated to list
Alternator Smokescreen as available for $21.99.

Reissue Rodimus Prime and Dirge up for Pre-order

Date: Tuesday, December 30th 2003 12:50pm CST
Category: Toy News
Posted by: Kupp | Credit(s): Toysrus.com

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Toysrus.com has updated their page listings to show Rodimus Prime and Dirge as available for pre-order. They are listed with a shipping date of March 15, 2004.

Hasbro G1 Reissue Grapple Misprint!

Date: Tuesday, December 30th 2003 10:58am CST
Category: Toy News
Posted by: Kupp | Credit(s): Tformers.com

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On the box for the Toys R Us G1 reissue Grapple the word Autobot is spelled incorrectly. He is labeled as ´Auotbot Grapple´ instead. The word ´Autobot´ is spelled correctly on the front of the package, the top and bottom of the box contain the errors.

Energon Wave 1.5 now in stores!

Date: Tuesday, December 30th 2003 10:31am CST
Category: Toy News
Posted by: Kupp | Credit(s): Tformers.com

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Energon Rapid Run, Treadbolt, Scorponok, and Tidalwave have now begun to appear in Target, Toys R Us, and Walmart retail stores in various parts of the nation.

Megatron in DreamMix World Fighters

Date: Tuesday, December 30th 2003 10:27am CST
Category: Site News
Posted by: Kupp | Credit(s): Tformers.com

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In addition to Optimus Prime, it has now been announced that Megatron will also appear in DreamMix TV World Fighters. The game is similiar to Super Smash Brothers and will be released in Japan for the PS2 and Gamecube. You can get some additional information on the game here and in-language information (with pics) here.