By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Treat this as a rumor for now, but one with a bit of a solid foundation to it. 2005 Boards member xZAOx has shared with us a rumored list of at-show toys for Botcon 2014 - a list that, if all of this plays out, will turn out to be quite an exciting celebration of 20 years of Botcons.
The rumored toys are as follows:
Transformers Prime (mainline) Arcee as Flare-up and Flamewar (we saw Flamewar earlier today)
Transformers Prime Thundertron as Alpha Trion (based on the 3H Wreckers Alpha Trion)
Transformers Collectors Club Rampage / Prime First Edition Megatron as Shokaract
Beast Wars 10th Anniversary Optimus Prime as Apelinq
Transformers Prime Vehicon and Jet Vehicon as the Generation 1 Decepticon clones, Pounce and Wingspan
As stated, this group is a rumor right now - but we've less than two weeks to go before it can be proven, one way or another.
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By Super_Megatron from
TFW2005:
TFcon is pleased to announce their first voice actor guest for
TFcon Chicago,
Dan Gilvezan best known as the voice of the Autobot Bumblebee in the original Transformers cartoon as well as the voice of Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the 1981 animated series, Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends. He also voiced Goldbug, Hot Spot, Outback, Rollbar, Scamper, Skids and Snapdragon in Transformers Generation 1. Dan will be taking part in Q&A panels and signing for the attendees of the America’s largest fan-run Transformers convention all weekend long.
TFcon Chicago – America's largest fan-run Transformers convention will take place October 24th to 26th, 2014. TFcon will take place at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare in Chicago to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Transformers.
You can book your discounted room now via the 2014 hotel reservation website.
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By SilverOptimus from
TFW2005:
ATX Television Festival started today and the organizers has teamed up with Hasbro Studios to for a special event.
"Remember Saturday Mornings, curled up in front of the TV with a bowl of cereal or stack of pancakes, and your favorite cartoons on the tube?
ATX Television Festival and Hasbro Studios are creating that nostalgic morning for kids and parents alike -- we invite you to our family-friendly Saturday Morning Cartoon Breakfast and encourage you to come in pajamas (both little and BIG kids), grab some pancakes, or a bowl of fruit loops, before snuggling up on blankets to enjoy episodes of My Little Pony, Littlest Pet Shop and Transformers: Rescue Bots."
Stephen F. Austin Intercontinental Hotel
701 Congress Ave., Austin, TX, 78701.
June 7th, 2014 - 8am to 10:30amWhile we cannot promise that there will be a sneak peek of the next Transformers Cartoon, we advise any fans nearby to check out the event or take your kids for a great Saturday morning.
You can find more info
here.
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By Tony_Bacala from
TFW2005:
Thanks to
two Taobao sellers, we have a look at what is possibly a BotCon 2014 souvenir figure - Flamewar! As seen in these images, she is a redeco of the Beast Hunters Deluxe Arcee mold. Flamewar has been seen as a BotCon offering before, as a redeco of Energon Arcee. This is appropriate, as much like that exclusive, this figure is both a redeco of an Arcee mold, and one that has a crossbow-type weapon.
Update: In a strange occurrence, there is also
another auction from the same seller on TaoBao with a blue/tan recolor of the PRID Arcee mold. It appears to have the same color scheme used for the recent TFCC Transmutate exclusive, which used the FE Arcee mold. What exactly could this be? A mold mix-up? Simply an experiment? Or could it possibly be another attendee figure?
Check the images out after the jump, then discuss and speculate on the forums!
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By StayingInTheBox from
TFW2005:
Here it is folks, the
BotCon 2014 schedule has just been posted! BotCon has a jam packed schedule taking up Wednesday through Sunday so you'll have plenty of things to occupy your time during convention hours. Veteran BotCon goers will recognize a lot of events and panels, such as the Transformers Filmfest, the Collector's Club Roundtable, Hasbro Brand Team panel, and of course the sales room experience!
Also included this year which should be incredibly popular is a Q&A session with More Than Meets The Eye writer James Roberts, a BotCon retrospective panel of the past 20 years, and much more!
Check out the full list of events after the jump and at BotCon's homepage.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
It's time again to share with you another new Transformers toy gallery! This time we have a look at a diminutive little Autobot who has shot to stardom during his tour of the galaxy on board the Lost Light - it's
Tailgate, with Groundbuster.
Tailgate is, quite simply, a lovely little toy. Originally a Minibot in Generation 1, he has been updated as a new Generations Legend class toy, which puts him at around the size of a Scout, which is a perfect size for the little guy among the Classics toys. He's also spot on for how he looks in the More than Meets the Eye comic, really evoking the look of the character, especially in his face. Poseability is decent, though he's a bit constrained by his vehicle mode parts around the elbows and shoulders which do limit movement a little. Vehicle mode is a sharp looking sports car, with blue flames like the Transformers Prime Cyberverse toy.
Tailgate is partnered with Groundbuster, who is loosely based on one of the Generation 1 Construction Patrol Micromasters, Neutro. He evokes a nice Micromaster feel especially with his robot mode design, and would look right at home with the old Construction Patrol or the Sixbuilder Micromasters. His transformation is typically simple for the sidekicks to the Legends toys - he flops forward. The weapon mode transformation and design - a claw - evokes a feel of the Power Core Combiner limbs. The claw mode is an unconventional accessory for a Transformer, but it fits with Tailgate's bomb disposal role in the comic. Groundbuster is an inoffensive figure and a great complement to Tailgate.
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By StayingInTheBox from
TFW2005:
Hat tip to TFW2005 boards member
Sixshot666666 for linking us to an update regarding the voting for the next exclusive figure released through the Transformers Generations 2014 book. As a quick refresh, fans residing in Japan can vote for one of ten figure ideas to be made into an exclusive. According to the Twitter page of
heroxnet and a Google translate of some tweets we have the leaders in the poll so far, which are the following:
1st place - Alpha Trion from Generations Scourge
2nd place - Goshooter from Generations Nightbeat
3rd place - Beast Wars Silverbolt from Beast Hunters Grimwing
4th place - Autobot Drift Black Version from Generations Drift
We'll be sure to update you as more news of this vote crosses the wire. Until that time discuss the four figures in the lead and sound off for who you want to win!
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Jagex dropped us a line to let us know that they have a
new piece of concept artwork out for their Transformers Universe MOTA game. This concept piece shows what looks to be a very cool scene, with a vast ship flying low over a cityscape, kicking up dust all around. If this scene is replicated in game and allows players to fight not only on the ground but also on the ship itself, we could be seeing a very cool arena to fight in.
Don't forget to check out the Transformers Universe Twitch TV channel at
http://www.twitch.tv/transformersuniverse to see some live streams of the games with the developers - there is one ongoing as we type, with another due in just under 2 and a half hours at 6pm EST.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Shout Factory have also announced a pair of new DVDs today - one for Transformers Prime and one for Transformers Rescue Bots. Both are due in September.
The Transformers Prime DVD is titled "
Ultimate Autobots" and is due to hit on 09/23/2014, priced $9.99. Episodes on this collection include Scrapheap, Predatory, Metal Attraction, Stronger, Faster and Legacy. From the title and the episode selection it sounds like a "best of" collection focusing on the different members of Team Prime.
The Rescue Bots DVD is titled "
Mystery Rescue" and is due to arrive on 09/02/2014, priced $14.93. There are no episode titles for this one, but the listing text mentions the set is a mystery-themed collection with five different mysteries for the 'bots to solve.
A TFW2005 thanks goes to captain N for the news tip on both of these sets.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Some more Transformers toy sightings to report for you tonight! It's a one-two combo mash-up of sightings with both a new Battle Masters set and the Transformers Hero Mashers reaching US retail!
The Battle Masters set is the most movie-themed the Battle Masters series has been so far, with a set of Silver Knight Optimus Prime and Grimlock which like all sets involving Silver Optimus Prime is a Target exclusive. The set lets you use these rock-em sock-em Transformers to recreate the less than friendly terms Optimus and Grimlock will meet under in the new movie. It was spotted at a Target in Fort Wayne, IN.
Likewise in Fort Wayne, IN, we have a sighting of the first four releases in the Transformers Hero Mashers series - a series which lets you switch around the limbs of the various toys to create all kinds of Frankenstein-esque mash-ups. The assortment spotted consists of the "standard" releases Drift, Springer, Bumblebee and Starscream, and they retail at $19.99 each.
Big thanks to TFW member Rookbartley for the news tip!
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