By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Concept artist
Mark Brassington has shared some of the artwork which he was commissioned to do for Jagex's Transformers Universe MOTA game.
The artwork includes a redesign of classic character Combaticon Onslaught, who has some Earth-mode cues taken from his Fall of Cybertron design. Other characters include an Autotrooper - you might remember them from the Kiss Players series, or their cameo in Transformers Animated which led to them getting a Botcon exclusive toy. The new Autotrooper seems to take a few cues from Fall of Cybertron Jazz - so perhaps scope for customizers there?
The lineup is rounded out by a trio of newcomers, named Bombast, Clearcut and Meltdown.
Check out the artwork at the link above and share your thoughts by hitting the discuss button.
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By Mechafire from
TFW2005:
Following up from our
recently-reported in-hand look at Drag Strip, we now have an in-hand look at Transformers: Generations Combiner Wars Alpha Bravo! Alpha Bravo is of course a member of the Aerialbots, who will be able to merge together to form Superion.
This gallery gives us a good look at Alpha Bravo's modes (robot, helicopter, leg) as well as showing off his accessories and what his packaging looks like.
Check out TFW's selection of pics or head over to
Blacklai for the full gallery.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Yet more third party news from the 6th SGC Fanscon. Evidently in addition to the stuff that has been on display (which we have been reporting on via various Weibo feeds) there was also a slideshow. The slideshow showed off some new releases purporting to be from Iron Factory, makers of the Legends scaled Blaster with Ramhorn and Steeljaw.
First up there is a look at a Legends scaled Fall of Cybertron Soundwave, with his constant companions Laserbeak and Ravage. The cassettes seem to turn into armor or small tanks in their own right. An image of these three on Metroplex also seems to imply the group is making a Perceptor.
Check out the discussion thread for those here.
Next up is a Legends class version of Windblade. This one is a great idea for a toy in scale with Hasbro's Titan class Metroplex given Windblade's role as Metroplex's city-speaker. The tiny figure appears to have many of the features of the official Hasbro deluxe class release including her sword and pivoting VTOL thrusters.
Discusson thread for her is right here.
Third there is also a miniature version of Perceptor, who seems to be a remold of Iron Factory's Blaster.
Discussion thread for him is over here.
A big thanks to Weibo user AlucardLee for sharing many of the pics we have in turn shared with you this day.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Yet more third party news from the 6th SGC Fanscon. Evidently in addition to the stuff that has been on display (which we have been reporting on via various Weibo feeds) there was also a slideshow. The slideshow showed off some new releases purporting to be from Iron Factory, makers of the Legends scaled Blaster with Ramhorn and Steeljaw.
First up there is a look at a Legends scaled Fall of Cybertron Soundwave, with his constant companions Laserbeak and Ravage. The cassettes seem to turn into armor or small tanks in their own right.
Check out the discussion thread for those here.
Next up is a Legends class version of Windblade. This one is a great idea for a toy in scale with Hasbro's Titan class Metroplex given Windblade's role as Metroplex's city-speaker. The tiny figure appears to have many of the features of the official Hasbro deluxe class release including her sword and pivoting VTOL thrusters.
Discusson thread for her is right here.
A big thanks to Weibo user AlucardLee for sharing many of the pics we have in turn shared with you this day.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Discovery Family Channel has uploaded a preview clip of the next episode of Transformers Rescue Bots, No Place Like Dome. In this new episode, Doc Green invents a dome to protect Griffin Rock from a hurricane, but he inadvertently also brings back an old foil of the Rescue Bots!
Click here to check out the clip.
Don't forget to tune into Discovery Family Channel at 1:30pm EST to catch this new episode, with more new episodes airing at the same time every Saturday for the forseeable future!
And after you have watched the episode,
click here to join in the episode discussion!
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Nonnef and Fakebusker have announced their next two collaborations.
First up is
Trivia, a little 'bot based on the Rewind design from More than Meets the Eye. Trivia is being done in Eject, Rewind and Rosanna colors, and turns into a data slug, which we're told also fits into robots who turn into cassette players.
Next is
Jumbo Scrap, a 1.5 inch tall version of the Scraplets from Transformers Prime. Like the characters in the show, they feature a mouth that flips back to reveal their lethal Transformer-devouring maw.
Check them out and see what you think.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
TFW2005 member griffin-of-oz dropped by to share with us some juicy information on the DVD release of Transformers Rescue Bots in Australia.
Rescue Bots in Australia is getting DVD releases courtesy of
Beyond Home Entertainment, who have so far released four volumes covering the first 20 episodes of the show's first season. They are following this up by
releasing a fifth volume, covering the remaining six season 1 episodes in January 2015.
This means that all 26 episodes of Rescue Bots season 1 will be available to purchase on DVD in Australia (and consequently can be enjoyed by fans worldwide, as long as you can view a Region 4 PAL DVD). Furthermore, Beyond Home Entertainment have stated they are expecting to have a complete season 1 boxed set available in around March.
This is significant, as Shout Factory has previously stated they do not intend to do season box sets for Rescue Bots in the US, and have skipped some episodes from their DVD volumes in favor of doing "themed" DVD releases.
So if you want to enjoy Rescue Bots as a complete season set, it looks like your best bet at this time is Beyond Home Entertainment and their Australian market releases. Major kudos to Griffin for sharing this with us.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
In addition to
yesterday's Brawl bust,
Prime 1 Studio have announced that they will be making a bust of Ironhide from the live action movie series. A gruff mainstay of the first three live action movies, Ironhide is brought to life by Prime 1 Studio in exquisite detail in their latest premium bust.
Like the Brawl, there is no word of a release date or price yet, so for now, just feast your eyes on these pictures.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Via Blacklai and
Cybergeeks Alliance on Facebook, we have a look at the new Transformers Generations Combiner Wars Dragstrip in hand. The Decepticon is the first of the four members of the Stunticons to appear in the Deluxe class, and should be hitting shelves in the new year.
These images show us both modes of the Stunticon, along with a look at how the combiner accessory part can form both a hand and a foot (the foot then seems to double as a shield for the robot mode).
Check out the images and see what you think.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Here is a new twist on Lucky Draw Transformers, friends. We've seen Lucky Draws given away through tokens obtained by buying retail Transformers, Lucky Draws obtained by mailing in a token in a book or just a simple blind draw. But now Takara-Tomy has upped the ante in a new way.
This gold version of Age of Extinction's High Octane Bumblebee will be given away in a draw conducted on Twitter - which we think is a first for Transformers Prize Campaigns on its own. But it's also what you have to do to compete that is unique.
Nippon Television Network is running a program called "Real Robot Battle" - a show that pits teams and their home-built robots against each other. In Tuesday 2 December the finale of the show will air, with the winning team going on to face Optimus Prime himself in a special exhibition battle!
The contest - which is open to Japanese residents only - is to tweet their predictions for which of the six competing teams will win the contest and see if they have the touch when it comes to facing the heroic Autobot leader himself!
Full details are on the
Takara-Tomy page for this event (Japanese language) - and yes, it sounds as though this gold Age of Extinction Bumblebee is going to be one of a kind.
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