By Sentinel from
TFW2005:
How quickly can you read this post? I'm betting not nearly as quickly as the most recently announced guest at
BotCon 2015 can read it to you.
That's right, the world's fastest talking man and the voice of G1 Blurr, John Moschitta, Jr. will be attending BotCon this year in St. Charles, Illinois in his first appearance since 2000!
04/23/2015 - We are excited to announce that John Moschitta, Jr. will be making his first BotCon appearance since 2000! Fans will recognize John as the voice of BOTH the G1 version of Autobot Blurr and also as the Blurr from Transformers: Animated. People across the world know John as the fastest talking man alive, having appeared in a wide variety of advertising campaigns, movies, talk shows and live events (including performing for eight U.S. Presidents!) Don't miss this opportunity to meet John at BotCon 2015! All autographs and pictures with John are INCLUDED as part of the Primus, Protoform and Mini-con packages!Don't forget that Mr. Moschitta will also be attending
TFcon in Toronto on July 17th through 19th for those that can't make it to BotCon this year.
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By Sentinel from
TFW2005:
THE FANS HAVE SPOKEN!!!
USA Today announced this morning the results of the Fan-Built Combiner Poll and many fans are going to be extremely pleased by the outcome:
Victorion, a new "Combiner" Transformer comprised of six different female Autobots and a result of another recent fan-built poll, is rolling out in the July comic Transformers: Combiner Hunters and debuting in toy form in the near future.This should come as no surprise to anyone as the boards have been in an uproar these last few months over gender equality and equal representation in the franchise. Many fans have been extremely vocal in their preferences and have demanded the inclusion of more female characters in the Transformers universe and this is a monumental step in the right direction.
We all look forward to these new characters joining the likes of classics such as Menasor and Superion and what these new characters mean to the growth of the franchise.
Be sure to jump into the discussion about the importance of these characters over on our boards.
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By Sentinel from
TFW2005:
THE FANS HAVE SPOKEN!!!
USA Today announced this morning the results of the Fan Built Combiner Poll and many fans are going to be extremely pleased by the results:
Victorion, a new "Combiner" Transformer comprised of six different female Autobots and a result of another recent fan-built poll, is rolling out in the July comic Transformers: Combiner Hunters and debuting in toy form in the near future.This should come as no surprise to anyone as the boards have been in an uproar these last few months over gender equality in the franchise. Many fans have been extremely vocal in their preferences and have demanded the inclusion of more female characters in the a Transformers universe. We all look forward to these new characters and what they mean to the franchise.
Be sure to jump into the discussion about the importance of these characters over on the boards.
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By SilverOptimus from
TFW2005:
No, we have not accidentally reposted the news about Windblade making her comic book debut. This is the Robots In Disguise cartoon we are talking about.
A while back, eagle-eyed TFW2005 Board Members
spotted a faint silhouette of Windblade (our then winner of Fan-Built Bot contest) as a concept sketch in the background of an interview regarding [then upcoming] Transformers: Robots In Disguise.
It so happens that
USA Today has finally, officially revealed her presence in the cartoon.
In crafting Windblade on the comics page and debuting her in upcoming Transformers TV episodes, Scott focused on making the Autobot as real as possible even though she's a mechanized being. "Our female characters really do have faults," she says, "they have things that they aren't necessarily always good at and they have things they're trying to overcome, and that makes them real people with a real drive."You can checkout the video clip from the show... after the jump.
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By Matty from
TFW2005:
The TakaraTomy Mall webpage has just been updated with some new official stock images of Transformers Adventure releases, featuring
Lockdown,
Bombshell, and
Shrapnel. Not to be left out are also some new images of the
One-Step Changer Bumblebee, which features a very slick paint layout reminiscent of the live action Bumblebee.
These figures are releasing now in Japan, so most of us will be hopefully seeing them in early May. Check them out after the jump!
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By Mechafire from
TFW2005:
The ever-faithful TFW2005 boards member D-Drive has just sent through the comic shipping list for April 29. A relatively short list, but next week sees the release of Transformers: More than Meets the Eye #40!
TRANSFORMERS MORE THAN MEETS EYE #40 (also shipping 1-in-10 and subscription variants)
(W) James Roberts (A) Brendan Cahill (CA) Alex Milne
Having saved the universe-kind of-the Lost Light crew deal with the fallout in a manner befitting the gravity of the situation. Kind of.
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By Sentinel from
TFW2005:
We have a small update on Warbotron's latest project, an updated version of everyone's favorite genius combiner, Computron.
Board member
icemanff23 has provided us with the first colored test shots of Warbotron's Lightspeed and Nosecone. So far all that's shown are the robot modes, but they very much evoke the source material and look great.
These upcoming releases follow their first release, the highly acclaimed and very well received Turbo Ejector (Afterburner).
Keep checking back for more information on this project as it becomes available.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
The Combiner Wars Protectobots have been released in Asia and are making their way into the collections of early adopters everywhere, including yours truly. Like the second wave and the wave 1 repacks, the third wave of Combiner Wars Deluxes come with pack-in comic books, and these comics have extended bios on the backs of them.
You can check out the bios attached to this post, to learn more about the Combiner Wars Protectobots. There's some great backstory in there - such as how Blades honed his fighting skills in the pits of Kaon; or how Rook is a recent graduate of the Cybertronian Military Academy, expert in tactics but still green in field operations; or how Streetwise was once a spotter for a two-man sniper team, and joined the Protectobots in out of weariness for violence, in search of a better way to settle conflicts.
In addition to images of the long bios, we also have attached to this post some images of the comic covers with their awesome artwork, and the Designer Desk sections from the backs of the comics, which include some cool insight into the design process including some ideas for how to equip your Rook with all four fist / foot parts - it seems that the "Hulk Hands" thing was intentional!
Check it all out attached to this post.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
The latest wave of the Combiner Wars Deluxes (Wave 3, featuring the Protectobots) have begun to arrive in the hands of collectors, including yours truly. Two of the pack-in comics have strong hints hidden in them for upcoming releases - namely, a Combiner Wars Vortex and a possible Prowl.
What we have here are a possible remolding of First Aid as Prowl - lineart included in the designer desk section of the pack-in comic for First Aid shows First Aid's body with a distinctly different head. The head has the familiar crest of Prowl (or possibly Ratchet) on it - we're going with Prowl since he was listed in store computers a while back, and is a major player in Combiner Wars.
In the Blades comic, there is extensive lineart of the helicopter mode. However, on closer examination, you can see the nose of the helicopter is more angular, the arms of the robot on the sides are different, with no missiles and "tubing" details, suggesting new arms, and the weapon mounted beneath the helicopter is very different to Blades' twin gatlings which he inherited from Alpha Bravo. It's this that got our attention, because the single gun below the helicopter nose is very reminiscent of the one on Generation 1 Blades.
Evidently someone sneaky at Hasbro dropped these two advance looks in as a bonus to fans. Those who were collecting the earlier Generations around 2010-11 might remember Hasbro used to do a similar thing with the instructions. Check out the images showing the potential new Vortex and Prowl attached to this post.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Botcon have posted information on their Frank Welker VIP package. The event will be an extra $200 on top of the as-yet unrevealed cost of a Primus Package / Golden Ticket, and will only be open to members of the Transformers Collectors Club.
What it gives those participating is an autograph and photo opportunity with Frank Welker, plus an exclusive art print and a pin of Megatron. It also guarantees seating at Frank Welker's panel.
For full details, check out the
official Botcon homepage.
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By Trailbreaker77 from
TFW2005:
Hasbro Australia has added the Hasbro Masterpiece Bluestreak to their website, and with it, some official images of the release including a look at the box. The box is the now-standard "large" Hasbro boxes, which suggests Bluestreak will be packaged in robot mode and there may be some "dead space" around the edge of the figure.
Check out the images attached to this post.
(For those keeping track,
Masterpiece Star Saber has also gone up for order. However, his box is the same as the Japanese release one, since he is being imported from that region for the Australian market.)
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By Super_Megatron from
TFW2005:
TFcon is very pleased to welcome back
James Roberts the writer of the fan favorite comic book series
Transformers More Than Meets The Eye to TFcon Toronto 2015. Mr. Roberts will be taking part in Q&A panels and autograph sessions with the attendees of the world’s largest fan-run Transformers convention.
TFcon Toronto – The world's largest fan-run Transformers convention will take place July 17th to 19th, 2015. at the Hilton Mississauga/Meadowvale (formerly the Delta Meadowvale) with special guests PETER CULLEN the voice of OPTIMUS PRIME, John Moschitta Jr the voice of Blurr in G1 and Animated and Transformers Artists Livio Ramondelli and James Raiz with more TBA. You can book your tickets now via the
TFcon Toronto Admission/Registration/Ticket Information page and
book your discounted hotel room now via the 2015 hotel reservation website. TFcon
Toronto Air Travel and Car Rental Discounts are also available.
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