By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Good news, Rescue Bots fans - Transformers Rescue Bots is primed to get a fourth season. Rumours that the show might end with season 3 had been circulating with the Hasbro Studios webpage listing the show only had three seasons, but a
press release today on the Discovery Family Channel corporate website talks about the network's 2015-16 season - and among the listings is one for a Transformers Rescue Bots Season 4.
While this is not completely unexpected - Hasbro have gone on record saying the show is popular among younger age groups - it was never a certainty given the show has more than hit that magic number of episodes to put it into syndication.
With this news, it also means that Transformers Rescue Bots is poised to overtake Transformers Generation 1's record for number of 22 minute episodes, assuming this fourth season is 26 episodes long like the previous ones.
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By Matty from
TFW2005:
It's not too early to start thinking about Christmas time, right? Either way, Hallmark is starting to show off some sneak peaks of their upcoming 2015 line up. You may recall last year Transformers fans were treated to a
Generation 1 Optimus Prime ornament, it goes without saying that Prime would of course need his nemesis to battle with while hanging from the tree. Thanks to
Hooked On Hallmark, we have our first look at the Generation 1 Megatron ornament.
No prices or release date info is released yet, but make the jump for now to share some initial thoughts.
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By Super_Megatron from
TFW2005:
The
TFcon Charlotte hotel block is now available. You can book your hotel room for TFcon Charlotte 2015 by calling the
Embassy Suites Charlotte-Concord reservation department direct at 704-455-8200 or toll-free @ 1-800-EMBASSY and mention TFcon. When booking by phone, please ask for the TFcon rate to receive the discount. You can also book your room via the hotel reservation website at
https://aws.passkey.com/event/13797724/owner/45984/homeThe TFcon hotel rate gives you:
-Complimentary Breakfast Buffet
-Complimentary High Speed Internet
-Complimentary 2 drink vouchers per day
-Complimentary Parking
The group rate is good for October 11th to October 22th, 2015 at the price of $149 per room.
TFcon Charlotte – America’s largest fan-run Transformers convention comes to the weekend of October 16th to 18th, 2015.
TFcon Charlotte will take place at the Embassy Suites Charlotte Concord. Dealer bookings and registration information will also be available in the very near future.
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By SilverOptimus from
TFW2005:
Following the concept art reveal of
Underbite, Film illustrator & Director Augusto Barranco has shared several concept images of Transformers: Robots In Disguise Sideswipe.
It's interesting to note that the character started out as Fastlane, which would explain the immature nature of the character.
We've mirrored the images with this news post. Check 'em out, after the jump.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
We've shown you
Dead End,
Dragstrip and
Offroad - now we are rounding out the four Stunticon limbs with
Breakdown! Combiner Wars Breakdown is a Lamborghini Countach, a very slick car that was also used for Generation 1 Sideswipe - and with the head sculpt looking particularly Sideswipe-ish, we'd imagine this one is getting a straight repaint into Sideswipe down the road.
Breakdown's robot mode transformation is fairly simple, as with most of the Combiner Wars Deluxes, and it gives him big boots and relatively thin arms. It sounds like a hideous look, but it works and does not look too awkwardly proportioned - and as a bonus, gives him a nice wide base to stand on, making posing easy. Breakdown's weapon is rather cool - it's a gunblade, a weapon that works equally well as a sword as it does a gun. As an added bonus, the foot for the Menasor mode attaches to his back in robot mode (which again, would work for a Sideswipe release).
Overall, Breakdown is another great release in the Combiner Wars series. He's got a great weapon, a killer vehicle mode, and is extremely faithful to Generation 1 Breakdown. Check out our gallery and see what you think.
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By SilverOptimus from
TFW2005:
Earlier this year a
rumor of a possible Three-Step Changer Sideswipe was revealed thanks to a toy transformation scheme diagram leak. Today, 2005 Boards Member Nevermore in bringing us a toy listing at
Toys"R"Us Iceland, confirming the existence of Transformers: Robots In Disguise Hyper Change Hero Sideswipe.
The TRU listing does not contain a product image but rather placehoder images of Hyper Change Hero Bumblebee, Grimlock and Optimus Prime. It is interesting to see that the transformation scheme diagram Sideswipe sports his mask and we are yet to see if it is true on the final product.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Courtesy of our sponsors
TFSource, we have some images of ToyWorld's Corelock to share with you. Corelock is an unofficial Grimlock, and forms the torso of the five-member dino-combiner that ToyWorld is releasing. These images show off Corelock in his fully decoed state - details on release dates and prices are unavailable right now, but based on previous releases, expect him to run for $115 or thereabouts.
Thanks again to TFSource for the heads up -
see their preorders for all ToyWorld's products here.
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By ORIO from
TFW2005:
McDonalds has updated their
Happy Meal website with a preview of their next Happy Meal toy promotion. The next toy set will be a series of eight Robots In Disguise figures. This promotion will run along side a My Little Pony set of figures. The figures that will be available are:
Sideswipe
Fixit
Grimlock
Bumblebee
Underbite
Clampdown
Optimus Prime
Fracture
Check out the picture after the break!
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