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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By Shin Densetsu from
TFW2005:
It was announced recently that
Transformers 5 is planned for 2017. Many have been wondering who would be directing, as it was confirmed last year that
Michael Bay would not be directing Transformers 5. However, things change and money talks.
Deadline has
reported that Michael Bay is hard at work developing Transformers 5. NOTE: This could mean he is just producing the movie, not directing it; he did the same thing last year for the Ninja Turtles movie. So while it's easy to assume that Bay is directing Transformers 5(given the context of the article), it may be too early to know(it's not outright stated that he's the director). At CinemaCon, Paramount's Vice President Rob Moore let out what Bay was working on:
He also promised the theater owners that Michael Bay was hard at work developing a fifth Transformers movie since the first four have made an astounding $3.7 worldwide, music to the ears of this crowd which is ALL about box office. But first Bay is directing Thirteen Hours, a war movie set around a daring rescue mission in Benghazi that is already set for release on Martin Luther King weekend next January.It was previously reported that Bay would direct 13 Hours instead of Transformers 5. Stay tuned to our
Transformers News for further updates!
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
We've shared with you the individuals in the Combiner Wars line - and today, we bring you the big guns! The Generations Combiner Wars line's first two waves bring us updates of two iconic Generation 1 combiners,
Superion and
Menasor - and they together form this latest gallery update.
The Combiner Wars gestalts are huge. They dwarf even current Leader class toys when they are fully assembled, and possess a full range of motion. It's not perfect - Menasor in particular struggles a bit with the weight of two extra robots up top, and both have issues balancing in some action poses - but it is amazing to see Hasbro step up and bring us something like this, when just a few years ago it looked like the best we would see would be the Power Core Combiners or the likes of Fall of Cybertron Bruticus. Both have some really nice details worked in, too.
Check out our galleries of this pair of awesome giants - and stay tuned for more gallery updates soon.
Combiner Wars Superion GalleryCombiner Wars Menasor GalleryDon't forget our sister site Toyark is running a contest where you can win some cool Combiner Wars goodies for sharing your own Combiner Transformers photos on Instagram -
find out more here!
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By Tony_Bacala from
TFW2005:
TFW2005's voting for the 2015 Transformers Hall of Fame nominations is now closed! First we asked for suggestions, then we ran 3 polls based on them so guys could sound off and choose your Favorite Character, Best Combiner, and Best Musical Act. And the winners are, most votes first...
Best Musical Act - Vince Dicola, Weird Al, Steve Jablonsky
Best Combiner - Devastator, Bruticus, Predaking
Favorite Character - Optimus Primal, Galvatron, Prowl
Thanks for playing along, we have submitted our results to Hasbro. They will combine our submission with those from other fan sites to come up with the final ballot. That ballot and the final round of voting will be revealed in May via Hasbro's social media channels. We'll let you know when that all goes live.
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