By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Botcon have announced the fifth member of their convention boxed set today and it is an impressive piece indeed. The fifth member of the set is Ginrai, a fiery red and orange redeco of the venerable Classics Optimus Prime figure.
Ginrai is the second Cybertronian Knight in the boxed set, and by way of an alternate wrist transformation is shown here holding his windvane as a shield - the windvane being adorned with the new symbol of the Cybertronian Knights.
The toy's deco is based on the "Fire Guts" Ginrai featured in the 1988 Japanese series, Transformers Chojin (Super God) Masterforce, which in that series was the final attack of the Godmaster, Super Ginrai and his powered up form God Ginrai. An E-Hobby exclusive depicting the attack was released in the early 2000s, which is where this deco takes its cues from.
With the reveal of Ginrai the five figures in this year's Botcon boxed set are known, and they are:
Ginrai from Classics Optimus Prime
Devcon from Generations Scourge, with a new head
Scorponok from Energon Scorponok, retooled to use a remolded Encore Spike as his Headmaster
Ferak from Universe Cyclonus
Cannonball from Prime Ratchet, with a new head
Botcon 2014 is being held over the weekend of June 19 - 22 in Pasadena, California.
Visit the Botcon homepage for more information on the convention, the official 30th anniversary of Transformers convention and also the 20th anniversary Botcon!
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By SilverOptimus from
TFW2005:
Hasbro has
updated their Official Transformers Toy Website with a new look and content to market their upcoming toyline for Transformers: Age Of Extinction.
The site gives us a very detailed look at the new simpler transformation.
If you visit the Games menu you'll find some neat little Flash games featuring the characters from the movie; including Lockdown, Bumblebee, Drift and Grimlock .
"Energon Rally" features a side-scrolling Temple Run type of gameplay while "Feed Grimlock" features Kre-O toys where you… well, feed Vehicons to Grimlock (This is a game for kids!?!) in an Angry Birds style gameplay. Construct-bots game has been updated with AOE parts and will allow you to create your own Grimlockdown.
Toys menu contains info and images of AOE Toys and you can virtually Transform the toys via the Bots menu.
Videos menu contains the trailers (which we've seen before) and might get updated with new content. So watch out for that.
Also worth noticing is a "Coming Soon" notice for the Transformers 4 Mobile Game App.
...and one more thing about the site: SPOILERS!
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By SilverOptimus from
TFW2005:
Another Day, Another Dollar. Well actually… Another Quarter, Another Few Million Dollars. Hasbro held their 2014 1st Quarter Earnings Call moments ago and the Staff of TFW2005 attended online. Nothing major was told but here's the summary.
Quarter 2 Plans For Transformers: Age Of Extinction
Transformers: Rescue Bots Revenue.
Transformers: Battle Masters
A look back at previous movie toy revenue.
Read a detailed report we transcribed, after the jump.
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By Mechafire from
TFW2005:
Transformers: Primacy artist Livio Ramondelli has uploaded to his
Instagram an interlocking cover for the book, featuring various characters that will be appearing in the series.
Transformers: Primacy was revealed at WonderCon and is being written by Flint Dille and Chris Metzen, with artwork by Livio Ramondelli - and will be starting this August.
Check the cover out after the jump!
Update: Livio has posted a higher quality version of the cover on his
Deviantart. Check it out!
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By ORIO from
TFW2005:
Popular 3rd party group, Fanstoys, have updated with information on their next release as well as three more releases planned after that. You may know Fanstoys based off of their popular fan produced, unofficial Masterpiece Shockwave, Quakewave. Due for release soon is Scoria, their follow up, an unofficial Masterpiece Dinobot Slag. Tonight, the group has updated with two options for their third intended release named Soar, an unofficial Masterpiece Swoop. Their take on Dinobot Swoop will be available in two different color options. Red, for fans of the G1 toy, and Blue, for fans of his appearance in the original G1 cartoon.
On top of this exciting news, we have a picture revealing Fantoys next three releases after Scoria and Soar. The lineup of toys is called Iron Dibots, and unofficial Masterpiece versions of Snarl, Sludge and finally Grimlock will follow suit. Grimlock is surprising, as fans already have a well represented Masterpiece version of the character. But, fans unhappy that Scoria is going to be taller than the Hasbro/Takara release will be happy to hear a more scaled version is being planned.
Check out the new pics after the break!
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By Super_Megatron from
TFW2005:
Transformers: Robots in Disguise ongoing series comic book artist Andrew Griffith will return to
TFcon Toronto 2014. He will be available all weekend for commissions, prints and signings in the TFcon Toronto artist alley.
TFcon Toronto – The world's largest fan-run Transformers convention will take place July 11th to 13th, 2014. TFcon will return to the Delta Meadowvale Hotel and Conference Centre to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Transformers.
You can book your discounted room now via the 2014 hotel reservation website. TFcon Toronto preregistration is now online. This is the only way to reserve the 2014 exclusive MASTERPIECE SHAFTER and to sign up for the customizing classes.
TFcon Toronto 2014 features Canada's largest dealer room for Transformers merchandise, question and answer panels and autograph sessions with many special guests including SUSAN BLU the voice of Generation 1 Arcee and voice director for Beast Wars, Beast Machines and Transformers Animated, GARRY CHALK the voice of Optimus Primal in Beast Wars and Beast Machines and Optimus Prime in Armada, Energon and Cybertron as well as AARON ARCHER former Creative Lead for all Transformers partnerships, SARAH STONE artist for IDW’s Transformers: Windblade miniseries with more TBA.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Zap2it have once again updated their online episode schedule for Transformers Rescue Bots. This time out we can share information on season 2, episode 14, where computer troubles are making life hard for the residents of Griffin Rock:
S2 E14 - The Vigilant Town
Airdate - 05/24/2014
The new computer designed to keep Griffin Rock safe becomes dangerous.
For those of us marking their calendars, here's a list of upcoming episodes:
4/26/2014 What Lies Below
5/03/2014 What Rises Above
5/10/2014 Space Bots
5/17/2014 The Island of Misfit Tech
5/24/2014 The Vigilant Town
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Amazon.com has added a new preorder page for a
Transformers: Phase 1 Omnibus Edition. The omnibus edition collects the entirety of the Transformers: Infiltration, Escalation and Devastation miniseries written by Simon Furman, which together kicked off the IDW Transformers comics universe. The preorder listing bills the omnibus as the "collection of the first three arcs of IDW's Transformers continuity", though it seems someone forgot a little thing called Stormbringer...
The omnibus volume presents a great way to get up to speed on the earliest part of IDW's Transformers universe. It's a paperback, priced at $21.34 and due for a release on September 16, 2014. There is no cover art available for this volume yet - so for now, enjoy this cover art from Transformers: Infiltration #0, pulled from the
TFW comic resources section.
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By Mechafire from
TFW2005:
Comic Book Resources is bringing us the full details on what IDW shared at their WonderCon panel, which was apparently very busy and packed with fans. Leading the panel was John Barber along with Mairghread Scott, Flint Dille, and others. They each took the time to share some details about what the future of Transformers comics will hold in Robots in Disguise, Windblade, and More than Meets the Eye, and more. In addition, some other trivia was also shared. To give a brief summary...
• Some more details of how Windblade came into being
• More on the
previously-reported Primacy series that Dille is writing
• Unfortunately for movie fans, it is confirmed that there will be no prequel comic for Age of Extinction
• Some details about the Transformers vs. GI Joe crossover comic, explaining how well it's coming along
• Barber also goes into detail about how the idea of Autobot Megatron came into being
• Who will be leading the Decepticons in Robots in Disguises' second season
• More on Soundwave's character
• On the subject of a possible My Little Pony/Transformers crossover, the response was that it had been pushed for, but there appears to be no concrete plans at the moment
• Another fan asked Barber the possibility of publishing Megatron's "gospel", Towards Peace. Unfortunately, there are no plans for that at the moment (but fingers crossed there's a chance of it happening in the future!)
• Finally, Windblade's character is gone into a little bit more
You can check out the full details after the jump (but beware of spoilers!) and discuss on the boards!
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By SilverOptimus from
TFW2005:
A new pic (via
EvoLife) of an official statue by Chevrolet reveals the possible robot mode of the Chevy Trax.
The robot mode seems to be a mix between the red Kreon which comes with the Transformers: Age Of Extinction
Kre-O set "Lockdown Air Raid" and the other Vehicons. On the official
Press Release, the red Kreon was addressed as Sideswipe. We currently do not know whether the name is a mistake or a non-movie character. During the principal photography of Transformers 4 and on the recent video by Chevy, the Trax was seen rolling with Galvatron.
The statue was revealed as a promotional campaign by Shanghai General Motors. You can find out more info from our
previous News Post.
Check out more images, after the jump.
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By SilverOptimus from
TFW2005:
Official You Tube Channel of The Vintage Car Show has posted the full length Chevrolet Transformers: Age Of Extinction Commercial.
For both Revenge Of The Fallen and Dark Of The Moon, Chevy revealed commercials with footage taken from respective movies. They are back with another commercial.
On this new video, we can see Bumblebee (2014 Chevrolet Camaro), Crosshairs (2014 Chevrolet Corvette C7 Stingray) and the Sonic RS is action. The footage also includes a legion of Chevy TRAX vehicles accompanying Galvatron (Argosy Freightliner).
The footage comes from the General Motors booth at the New York International Auto Show 2014. You can skip the first minute to jump straight to the commercial which feature a part of the possible score of Transformers 4 by Steve Jablonsky.
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By SilverOptimus from
TFW2005:
Few months ago, director Michael Bay
promised that he would let Samsung use never before seen footage from Transformers: Age Of Extinction to be used as a demo for their Curved Ultra HD TV. And this is him, keeping his promise.
During the launch of the TV in UK, Samsung revealed excusive footage from the movie including some landscape shots, Optimus Prime in action and Lockdown.
A You Tube user managed to record some of it. Enjoy.
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By Mechafire from
TFW2005:
Previously, we'd heard a few small hints and details here and there about a new Transformers comic series called Transformers: Primacy. Well, at Wondercon,
Bleeding Cool reports that it's finally been officially announced. The third and final part of the digital Autocracy/Monstrosity trilogy, Primacy follows up on Monstrosity - written once again by Flint Dille and with artwork by Livio Ramondelli.
It's also been announced that the series will be starting in August.
Check out the pages that were previewed after the jump!
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