By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
A bit of sightings news for you now - the fifth wave of Transformers Bot Shots has been released at US retail! Wave 5 consists of the Movieverse Wrecker
Roadbuster, a Dark of the Moon themed
Megatron, plus
Skywarp,
Bumblebee with his Generation 1 toy face, and the chase for the assortment is a translucent purple version of
Shockwave. These five were spotted at the Harrisburg, PA Walmart.
Happy hunting everyone!
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Next up we have a gallery of Transformers Prime Sergeant Kup, from the recently released fifth wave of Transformers Prime Deluxe Class toys. Kup's an interesting one - he's a great toy at heart, a real action hero design with bulky legs and powerful arms (plus a nice big pair of cannons). He's just very, very obviously a green version of Ironhide.
In any event that is not a knock against Kup. He is a very cool and rather poseable toy but like with Rumble he's got some limitations on the shoulders again - this time it's on how far you can meaningfully rotate the head before he's looking at his own shoulder pads. There's also a panel from the hood of the truck which sticks up awkwardly from the back of the robot. The arms and legs have a nice range of motion and like Rumble the feet are very well articulated letting you put Kup in a variety of stances. The weapons are pretty cool too - a pair of twin cannons, which can be hand-held or arm-mounted, or combined into a single hyper-bazooka class weapon.
All in all he is a very enjoyable toy who manages to overcome his few flaws to deliver a solid and fun little robot. The one deal breaker is going to be if you want this in the reds and blacks of Ironhide - though right now the only way to do that would appear to be by going for the Arms Micron release next month.
Open up the link below to check out the gallery!
Transformers Prime Sergeant Kup GalleryAlso be sure to check out our gallery for Sergeant Kup's wavemate,
Decepticon Rumble and all the rest of our
Transformers Prime toy galleries!
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By ORIO from
TFW2005:
A very nice follow up to our new
Decepticon Rumble gallery and the new
Prime Cyberverse figures being found at retail; we now have confirmation of the next wave of Prime deluxes at US retail. New figures
Decepticon Rumble and
Sergeant Kup have been found at a Wal-mart in Waverly, IA by 2005 Board member DecepticusPrime.
Gas up those vehicles and start driving to every Wal-Mart in your area starting... NOW! Click on the title bar to discuss or head over to our Feedback forum to get our members' thoughts on these new Transformers.
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By ORIO from
TFW2005:
We recently posted an advertisement for new upcoming exclusives from e-Hobby and the Transformers Collectors' Club. Shown in the advertisement were Generation 1 Shattered Glass Soundwave and Blaster. Earlier today,
The Collectors' Club tweeted the english version of the advertisement which clarifies all the information contained in it:
Continuing in the Shattered Glass World: Solar Requiem
Preorders available in early September
e-Hobby Collaboration Exclusive Set: SG Soundwave vs. SG Blaster
Bonus Collaboration Comic (12 pages, color)
Bonus Custom Sticker Sheet
Bonus Deluxe Package Design
Click on the title bar to discuss!
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Many TV Providers including
Titan TV & AT&T U-Verse have begun to update with a more detailed description of Transformers Prime episode 45, Human Factor. This new episode features the return of Silas, last seen in Nemesis Prime. His return has been one of the more anticipated dangling plot threads waiting to be picked up - read on to check out the extended description!
Upcoming Transformers Prime Episodes
9/07 New Recruit
9/14 The Human Factor
9/21 Legacy
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
2005 Boards member thygriever recently attended the PAX Prime Seattle and had an opportunity to check out the new iOS Transformers mobile card game, titled Transformers Legends, which is being developed by ngmoco whose previous credits include the popular fantasy title Rage of the Bahamut.
Here's a quick rundown of the information shared with us by thygriever:
Single player lets you pick a side Autobot or Decepticon to start out your deck. However on the cybertron mission map you can play as either Autobot or Decepticon. The interface for the map and the menu look very slick.
You can collect cards for both factions and they can be mixed and matched for multiplayer. Looks like for missions, you can only use the type of card for that faction's missions.
You collect cards playing "tap" mini games. Tapping the enemy gives you energon/money, not sure if there's a difference. Or occasionally a card. There is a completion meter on top to show your progress (presumably to repeat a mission to get all the items).
Rare cards are basically rare drops, a percentage.
He showed me his STACKED deck of cards (well he is the dev!), basically showed me the best cards like my favorite art which was robot mode Grimlock, which looked amazingggg. It seems every transformer has 2 cards, 1 for each mode.
When you view your cards, the card image moves based on your tilt to give a cool motion effect. The presentation of the card/art really makes a big difference.
You can EQUIP weapons you get to any robot. Basically he showed me his Grimlock had Optimus Prime's powerful rifle, to make him even stronger. Mix and match.
You can upgrade all cards. He showed me Grimlock's card when clicked had a bunch of upgrade slots. Not sure what the upgrades were exactly.
My biggest concern was the IPA. He told me it was basically more energy (or energon) to play more games. Obviously for a game like this, the money maker is to buy more play time to collect more cards.
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By Secretcode from
TFW2005:
Hey there, Fall of Cybertron fans! Enjoying the game so far? Why not enjoy it with more of your fellow fans? TOMORROW (September 1st) starting at 11 AM Eastern, there will be a TFW2005 Community Playdate for Transformers: Fall of Cybertron. Whether it be through attempting to go through every wave in Escalation, or teaming up with (or against) your fellow TFW bros in the various competitive game modes, this weekend would be the time to do it, across all three platforms. There are no special events or prizes planned for this. It is just an excuse to have some fun with a bunch of TFW2005 bros.
While you do
NOT have to register for the playdate, it'd be much appreciated if interested players submitted their Xbox Live gamertag/PSN profile name in the thread for ease of access. Steam players, you can do the same OR simply join the
pre-existing Steam group that a bunch of TFW2005 users have set up. Gamertags will be added to the first post in the thread until the event itself starts. Please do mention which platform your account name is for when you post in the thread. Further details, such as organization and the gamertag list so far, are in the first post of the thread. Hit the Discuss link to take the jump.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
The Transformers Collectors Club has released a pair of new images of their Subscription Service Ultra Mammoth toy. Ultra Mammoth is an Ultra Magnus themed recolor of the Beast Wars Neo Big Convoy - he is also the largest of the six subscription service figures being an Ultra by his original size class. These new pictures show the
beast mode and
robot mode of the figure - he is looking pretty sharp.
Find out more and sign up for the Subscription Service at the
Transformers Collectors Club homepage.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Tonight a brand-new episode of Transformers Prime hits the airwaves! One the Hub tonight is "Out of the Past", an Arcee-focused episode featuring the long awaited debut of fan-favorite and Hall of Fame member Shockwave! Tune in and check it out tonight at 7:30 ET on The Hub!
As we eagerly await Shockwave's debut, the
official Transformers Facebook page has released a promo still from the episode showing a closeup on the Decepticon's signature single eye. Check out the awesome by opening the link and then talk about the episode in our
Transformers Prime Episode 46 Out of the Past discussion thread!
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By process from
TFW2005:
The
Transformers Collector's Club has posted a
photo to their Twitter account of the subscriptions service Ultra Mammoth in beast mode next to a classic Beast Wars Optimus Primal.
Official artwork for Ultra Mammoth was
recently revealed.
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