By Superquad7 from
TFW2005:
Newly-organized Charticon makes another guest announcement - Hal Rayle! Transformers fans will know him from his voice work for
Generation One as
Shrapnel,
Snarl, and the creator of
the Chaos Bringer himself - Primacron! Mr. Rayle makes his convention debut at Charticon next August 9-11, 2013!
Also, the guys at Charticon give us a glimpse into an exclusive item for the convention - a souvenir pin! This pin is only available to those who preregister.
You can view the official announcements from the guys at Charticon after the jump. You can check out
their Facebook page as well as
their website for more information. The flyer for the convention is mirrored here as well.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Today we are proud to share with you one of our latest Transformers Toy Galleries. Today's spotlight falls on Transformers Prime Arms Micron Nemesis Prime. Nemesis Prime is a false copy of Optimus Prime created by the human villains of Transformers Prime, MECH, and operated by their leader Silas. In the show, Nemesis Prime sported a darker and duller version of Optimus Prime's deco, but for Nemesis Prime the toy, black is the order of the day. Yes, Nemesis Prime is a full-on black repaint, with clear red plastic for the clear parts. He looks very striking in this deco. Out of the box the majority of the toy's stickers are optional ones to give the toy some teal detailing. It's a case where stickers work really well as it allows for a greater degree of customisation.
Nemesis Prime comes with the Arms Micron Giza, a swordfish who turns into a version of Optimus Prime's sword, and goes well with the Nemesis Prime design. It is fairly easy to assemble and features a nice selection of pegs to form larger combination weapons.
Overall, Nemesis Prime is not one for someone seeking show accuracy, but he is extremely fun, and has a nice striking deco. If you are a fan of black repaints, this is one for you.
Open the link below to check out the gallery by 2005 Boards photo staff member SydneyY!
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
A Transformers fan event was held in Japan at the Bic Camera Nagoya Station west shop. On show to the public was a vast amount of upcoming releases, including:
A test shot of Encore Fortress Maximus. He is shown here with the large "Master Sword" weapon confirming that yes, Encore Fortress Maximus will have his giant sword!
Upcoming Masterpiece releases including Soundwave and Red Alert, along with prototypes of the Masterpiece series cassettes Ravage and Rumble.
Upcoming releases from the Transformers Generations Japan line, including the five Combaticons and their combined form, Bruticus, Soundwave and Soundblaster, plus the Autobot and Decepticon Data Disks
Next month's Transformers Prime Arms Micron releases, Ultra Magnus, Shockwave and Leo Prime
Also shown off to the public for the first time were the AMW-13 Advanced Star Saber and [/b]AMW-14 Gravity Planet Bow-Gun[/b]. These pictures show both sets will feature a mixture of clear plastic and solid plastic Arms Microns - for example, the O.P., B.2. and R.A. on the Advanced Star Saber are solid colors, while the I.R. and W.J. are clear plastic.
There was also a display for the Transformers GT and BeCool series.
Various Japanese fan blogs and feeds have been covering the event. Collected here are some of the pictures shared with the fandom at large by
Snakas / Autobase Aichi,
@Dragon_526 and
@robo_z.
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By ORIO from
TFW2005:
TFC Toys has hit the fandom in the face today with not one, but three reveals for their current Project Uranos figure. This unofficial Superion figure has just seen it's first component, Phantom, see it's release. Fans of the project can now feast their eyes on grey prototypes of AV-88 Harrier II (Aka Slingshot) and F-16 Falcon (Aka Sky Dive) on their
Facebook page or their
Weibo account. To top it all off, TFC Toys has also posted the combined mode of Uranos using colored versions of Phantom and Eagle with the other four in prototype colors.
Check out all the Not-Aerialbot Goodness by clicking the title bar.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Here's that other bit of release news I mentioned - Amazon's second Transformers exclusive of the Fall season,
Jetwings Optimus Prime, has also been released. This is the first time that the Supreme class Jetwings version of Optimus Prime as been available outside of Japanese import releases, and it sports a unique deco to boot.
It is also currently in stock at Amazon if you missed out on preordering and have since decided your Dark of the Moon collection needs Optimus Prime with his flight gear -
click here to view the page on Amazon. Thanks for bringing this one to our attention goes to 2005 Boards member PlutoniumX.
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By Secretcode from
TFW2005:
Courtesy of the crew over at TFW2005's brother from another (Canadian) mother,
Cybertron.CA we have some new sightings for our fellow Transformers collectors in Canada.
Thanks to TFW2005's very own Protoman, we now know that wave 3 of Transformers Prime Deluxes have been found at a Walmart in Quebec. This wave includes Vehicon, Hot Shot and Knock Out.
And also thanks to Delta-Raven for reporting that Wave 4 of Transformers Prime Voyagers has been released as well, sighted at a Real Canadian Superstore in British Columbia. This wave includes both Thundertron and Ultra Magnus.
Have any sightings you'd like to share with your fellow fans? Live in the Great White North? Swing on by Cybertron.CA's
Canadian Sightings forum to share the love with the rest of your fellow fans. Not Canadian? Swing on by TFW2005's equivalent right
over here.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Our sponsors Big Bad Toy Store have updated with something particularly awesome today - official photos of
Transformers Prime Beast Hunters Predaking. You might remember that at the New York Comic Con where Predaking was first revealed his robot mode was kept under wraps - well BBTS has lifted the lid on that mystery! Predaking's robot mode looks pretty awesome with a good amount of black and orange with some silver on his legs and face. The color arrangement on the arms in particular is a possible callback to the original Predaking. Perhaps less pleasing for those who remember Beast Wars is a return of "beast claw hands", where the hands of a toy's robot mode are formed by the claws of the beast mode and consequently don't look much like real hands.
One other point of note is that these pictures reveal Predaking is bringing a third weapon to the battle along with his twin missile launchers - and appropriately, it's a sword formed out of the tail of his dragon mode.
Read on and check out our mirror of the pictures.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
It's Thursday and that means a look at another piece of art from the Transformers Legends mobile game from Mobage. This week the
official Transformers Facebook page has uploaded the artwork for Swoop in dino mode. Swoop is sporting a very Generation 1 look, and looks quite sharp.
The
Transformers Movie Facebook page has also posted some art from the game, showing off Bumblebee. This Bumblebee is based on the Reveal the Shield incarnation of the Classics toy, the version which was updated to feature Bumblebee's black stripes from modern takes on the character from other media.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Our sponsors
TFSource have posted in-box images of the FansProject DX Armored Battalion set. The set consists of Deluxe Insecticon themed redecos of the three FansProject Causality Insecticons, with various remolded parts to better distinguish them from the originals. They come packaged in a window box showing off all three pieces.
Our sponsors TFSource still have a few of this exclusive limited edition set available,
head over to TFSource to order yours if you want some Classics-flavored Deluxe Insecticons to bolster your collection.
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