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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By DESTRO from
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NJBCC Guest Announcement: Brandon T. Snider Author of the Transformers: Kre-O Character Encyclopedia will be joining us at the next NJBCC. Brandon will be promoting his new book as well as signing autographs. If you don’t already own a copy, make sure you check it out over on eBay.
Transformers Kre-O Encyclopedia | eBayWe also want to pass on that the Robot Mecha creations of Author Kazmierczak will be on display at NJBCC. Check out one of his many designs the VMF-109 after the jump!
When and Where Is The Next [B]New Jersey Brick Collectors Con?[/B
Holiday Inn Cherry Hill – New Jersey
2175 West Marlton Pike (Rt. 70), Cherry Hill, NJ 08002
Sunday, August 24th 2014
NJBCC 2014 Dealer Registration is now open. Dealers and Exhibitors should contact
njbccbrickshow@yahoo.com for more information on the Summer NJBCC Brick Show, full update on Show Events coming soon…….
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By Secretcode from
TFW2005:
Are you ready to rock out with your zebra-striped bot out?
In an
Entertainment Tonight exclusive story, the Transformers San Diego Comic Con exclusive for 2014 has been revealed to be an 80's Hair Metal Band themed box set named the "Knights of Unicron". The box set redecos Fall of Cybertron Optimus Prime and "Smooth Jazz", War For Cybertron Megatron and Soundwave, and Animated Laserbeak and Ratbat in 80's Hair Metal Band deco (complete with wigs, microphones, and armbands.)
Dated September 17, 1984, imagine you were there for the band's "One Night Only" reunion gig at Iacon Stadium on Cybertron. Sold Out, of course!
In honor of the 30th anniversary of the Transformers brand, this Special Edition collector's set transformers your favorite characters -- Optimus Prime, Megatron, Smooth Jazz and Soundwave -- as you've never seen them before: hard-rockin' robots in the universe's greatest band, the Knights of Unicron! Also joining the tour are Laserbeak, who converts into a note-shredding electric guitar, and Ratbat, who converts into the funkiest keytar this side of Cybertron.
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By SilverOptimus from
TFW2005:
Our good friends from Jagex has sent us a message informing that they will be holding some streams this week to give us a demonstration of Transformers: Universe. They informed us that they will hold these streams via their Twitch Account and you can get access from
here.
The following times are based on UK times:
1st Stream - Tonight at 6.30pm UK time
2nd Stream - Tomorrow at 6pm (for 1 hour)
3rd Stream - Tomorrow 8pm (for 1 hour)
4th Stream - Tomorrow 11pm (for 1 hour)
You can use this online
Time-Zone Converter to know when the stream will be available for your country.
During the streams, the developers will be talking in detail about the game.
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By StayingInTheBox from
TFW2005:
Staff edit:
A more detailed article on the slow pace of AOE toys has been linked to us helping us better understand this 50% statistic we're reading about. According to an article posted on
The Globe and Mail the slow start for AOE toys and 50% decrease has to do with the amount of retailer shelf space given to these toys and not necessarily sales. From the article:
"The fourth Transformers film, which is set to be released in late June, got half the shelf space at Toys R’ Us, Target and Wal-Mart as the movie’s third installment, Mr. Johnson said – this may have disappointed investors who were expecting the big-name movie to drive demand. He attributes the reduced space to increased caution on the part of retailers, and a certain amount of customer weariness."Our original report based on the New York Post article suggested toy sales were down 50%, however the more detailed article linked above suggests the decrease we're seeing is based on the retailer shelf space given to the AOE toy line.
Original post:
According to an article by the
New York Post published earlier this week, the US toy industry is suffering from slow sales on figures based around blockbuster films, which the article calls “action-figure fatigue.”
The article references three big blockbuster films supported by toy lines this summer which include the recently released
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and
Captain America: The Winter Soldier, but also includes a snippet of our main focus here on TFW: Age of Extinction. The article goes on to give some statistical comparison between the DOTM toy line launch and AOE's launch:
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