By ORIO from
TFW2005:
Site sponsor Robot Kingdom has updated their preorder listings for the Transformers GO! combiner figures. Original listings of these figures had fans perplexed on what they might be or how they might combine. Robot Kingdom has been kind enough to shed some light on the future releases. Shown here are
G-01 Kanzen (The police Car),
G-03 Ganoh and
Jinbu (Jet). The three figures can combine by one robot becoming the legs, the 2nd a torso and the third bot becomes the head, shoulders and arms. One might compare it to Robots In Disguise Rail Racer with Transformers Energon's swapability. Others will definitely see the designs as a homage to Brave as well.
Also revealed is
G-04 Gaidorah, a Transformers Go! redeco of Beast Hunters Lazerback.
Click on the title bar to check out the images of the figures.
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By ORIO from
TFW2005:
Site sponsor Robot Kingdom has updated their preorder listings for the Transformers GO! combiner figures. Original listings of these figures had fans perplexed on what they might be or how they might combine. Robot Kingdom has been kind enough to shed some light on the future releases. Shown here are
G-01 Kanzen (The police Car) and
G-03 Ganoh. The third figure, Jinbu (Jet) has yet to be revealed. The three figures can combine by one robot becoming the legs, the 2nd a torso and the third bot becomes the head, shoulders and arms. One might compare it to Robots In Disguise Rail Racer with Transformers Energon's swapability. Others will definitely see the designs as a homage to Brave as well.
Click on the title bar to check out the images of the figures.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Rounding out our gallery coverage of Masterpiece Soundwave and his cassettes, here are galleries of Masterpiece MP-16
Frenzy and
Buzzsaw. Frenzy and Buzzsaw are both redecos of the previously released Rumble and Laserbeak, just as they were in Generation 1 - this of course means all the good stuff going on with those two toys carries over with these two. Buzzsaw in particular is a great deco - I personally really appreciate the orange beak over the flat grey one on Laserbeak. As for Frenzy - call him whichever you like, this is the iconic Decepticon who Soundwave would dispatch to cause localized earthquakes to shake up his opponents in the Sunbow Generation 1 cartoon.
Masterpiece Soundwave is getting a release later in the year in the US, and he'll be coming with all five of his cassettes - Laserbeak, Rumble, Ravage, Frenzy and Buzzsaw. The individual Japanese releases are worth the price of admission in my eyes - the US release, with a very reasonable price for the six Transformers will certainly be a must-have for many fans.
Open the links below to check out the galleries:
Transformers Masterpiece BuzzsawTransformers Masterpiece FrenzyAlso check out the rest of the galleries posted over the last two days - go here for
Soundwave and Laserbeak, and here for
Rumble and Ravage.
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By NIBMRatchet from
TFW2005:
Entertainment News Website
Canoe has posted an interview with director Michael Bay regarding his upcoming movie Transformers 4. There isn't much detail, however the director revealed that Transformers 4 will be shorter than the previous Transformers movies with a run time of 2 hours and 7 minutes.
The original article is in french but 2005 Boards Member TylerMirage translated the quote with Google Translate:
"Two hours 7 minutes, which I think is a good formula, which gives enough room to maneuver."Shooting begins in five weeks in Hong Kong and will continue to other places in China, Detroit and Chicago. What do you think of this decision? Good Or Bad? Share your thought with fellow members on the thread associated with this news post.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
By way of the
Twitter account of Japanese blog site Parkside201 we have some apparent retailer listings for new releases in the Transformers Go! line through September 2013. We know of the June and July releases already but the August and September ones are completely new - and also not exhaustive, since there is no listing yet for a Hunter Arcee or Hunter Megatron.
The listings are as follows:
22 June 2013 - all previously revealed, although G01 Kenzan is missing for some reason.
G02 Jinbu ￥3,500
G03 Ganoh ￥3,500
G04 Gaidora ￥2,500
27 July 2013 - all previously revealed.
G05 Gekisomaru￥5,500
G06 Hunter Smokescreen ￥2,500
G07 Bakudora ￥2,500
31 August 2013
G08 Budora ￥4,000
G09 Evil Demon Combination Goradora set ￥4,000
G10 Hishomaru ￥3,500
G19 Hunter Rachet ￥2,500
28 September 2013
G20 Sensuimaru ￥3,500
G21 Judora ￥2,500
In the August listings, Budora and Goradora share the "dora" suffix suggesting they are Predacons. The pricepoint suggests both are Voyager Class, implying one of them may be Grimwing. Goradora is either new or an Abominus giftset, Evil Demon Combination (Maou Gattai) implies some kind of combiner set as this is the same naming forumula used for past combiner giftsets both within the Transformers line and more widely in other mecha toy lines. Hishomaru is new, and priced similarly to other Japan only releases like Jinbu and Ganoh. Hunter Ratchet is a Japanese release of Beast Hunters Deluxe Ratchet.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Next up in our series of galleries on
Masterpiece Soundwave and his minions we have the first of the two sets that featured Soundwave's cassette minions. MP-15 added
Rumble (the red one) and
Jaguar (aka Ravage) to the Masterpiece lineup. Like Masterpiece Laserbeak they are no bigger in cassette mode than the original Generation 1 cassettes.
Of the two, Ravage stands out like Laserbeak for being a marvel of engineering - the rockets, an accessory on Generation 1 Ravage, are fully integrated here and a clever transformation means that Ravage gets a jaguar mode that is scarily close to how he appeared in the cartoon. I say scary purely because of how tiny he is - definitely one to read the instructions on first!
Rumble meanwhile is equally impressive, less so in engineering (though the fact so much is packed into a small size is cool) but in poseability. Masterpiece Rumble has an insane amount of poseability for a toy around the same size as a Cyberverse toy. The fact he has a full complement of accessories including the iconic piledrivers, and that these can be used in some creative ways by Masterpiece Soundwave is the icing on a very sweet and tasty cake.
Open the links below to check out their galleries:
Transformers Masterpiece Rumble GalleryTransformers Masterpiece Jaguar (Ravage) Gallery<
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Masterpiece Soundwave. That is all.
... okay, so perhaps a bit more explanation is needed. Masterpiece Soundwave is the thirteenth numbered release in Takara-Tomy's Masterpiece Transformers line. As a Masterpiece, he is meant to be the definitive version of the character, and this is something he succeeds at on nearly every level. He's a big and boxy robot like the original Soundwave, spot on to his animation model and with a transformation that balances the intricacy of a Masterpiece with a sensible approach - nothing so needlessly complicated or fragile as Masterpiece Starscream or Masterpiece Rodimus here.
Masterpiece Soundwave comes with
Masterpiece Condor (Laserbeak) - a tiny marvel of engineering in his own right, with a sharp, show-accurate look in his condor mode, deployable camera in his head, and amazingly his boosters are fully integrated - and all this in a toy no larger than the Generation 1 cassette.
So yes, Masterpiece Soundwave and Masterpiece Laserbeak. 'nuff said, these two are my favorite new Transformers releases of the first quarter of 2013 and strong contenders for my pick as "toy of the year". They're
that good. Check out the full galleries of both below, and see what you think.
Transformers Masterpiece Soundwave GalleryTransformers Masterpiece Condor / Laserbeak GalleryStay tuned for more galleries over the weekend - because what is Soundwave without his full complement of cassettes?
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
After suffering a crushing defeat at the hands of the Autobots in Beast Hunters episode 4, Rebellion, what are the Decepticons to do? Well, by way of
Zap2it, we have a clue - and it won't be good for the Autobots! Transformers Prime Beast Hunters Episode 3-05 has been revealed - and it will air on 17 May, once the current Encore presentation of episodes 1 through 4 of Beast Hunters completes. Check out the details of the episode by highlighting the black boxes below - beware of the spoilers!
Transformers Prime Season 3 episode 5 - Project Predacon
Airdate - 17 May 2013
Synopsis - The Decepticons launch a new scheme to clone an army of beasts.
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By Secretcode from
TFW2005:
Originally planned for a release date in March,
TV Shows on DVD is now reporting that Transformers: Rescue Bots is returning to DVD with the second volume being released on June 11th featuring five episodes from the first (and currently ONLY) season of the show.
Meet the TRANSFORMERS RESCUE BOTS - CHASE THE POLICE-BOT, HEATWAVE THE FIRE-BOT, BLADES THE COPTER-BOT and BOULDER THE CONSTRUCTION-BOT! They've been given the task of going undercover to protect the good people of Griffin Rock, and learn the values of teamwork and the power of friendship by partnering up with the town's first family of emergency responders: Fire Chief Charlie Burns, daring helicopter pilot Dani, hot-shot firefighter Kade, brainy engineer Graham and the heart of the team, Cody! On June 11, 2013, learn what it really takes to be a hero with the release of TRANSFORMERS RESCUE BOTS: ENERGIZE on DVD from Shout! Factory Kids and Hasbro Studios. Featuring five exciting, hilarious and fun-filled episodes, this DVD is priced to own with a suggested retail price of $14.93.Read Replies (0)