By DESTRO from
TFW2005:
IDW Limited has put together a nice variant cover comic & exclusive lithograph package all in a hand-built, die-cut hardcover portfolio, known as "Transformers Comicfolios".
These will be available for pre-order with a BotCon pick-up option, or with
standard shipping! The exclusive is: Transformers: Beast Hunters Limited to 250 copies of each.
These will be available at the BotCon booth, and again at SDCC 2013. After that, they're gone.
Price:$25 each.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
New official images of the Generations Wave 4 - the Wreckers assortment - have begun to be posted at online retailers, including
Amazon and the
Transformers Collectors Club store. These new images are a bit less photoshopped than the ones released after New York Comic Con last year, and show the new accessories a little more clearly.
This assortment has yet to be released - word on the street is they might begin arriving in some shape or form this month though. For now check out the official images and see what you make of them.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Botcon have
tweeted out some in-hand images of this year's convention exclusive Megaplex toy. Megaplex is a part of the Machine Wars set and seemingly incongruously uses a Transformers Prime mold, that of Prime Voyager Dreadwing / Skyquake. These new images give a bit of a clearer idea of what the toy will be like, down to his positively eerie eyes and the interaction of the colors in his deco. The MechTech gun weapon - which we are told is included - is again not shown in these images.
Botcon 2013 takes place over the weekend of 27-30 June 2013. Pre-registration closes at midnight tomorrow, Tuesday 11 June 2013 -
head on over to Botcon.com to find out more!
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By Super_Megatron from
TFW2005:
TFcon is very pleased to welcome James Roberts the writer of the fan favorite comic book series More Than Meets The Eye to
TFcon 2013 for his first ever North American convention appearance. The co-writer for Last Stand of the Wreckers, IDW’s Transformers Chaos storyline and The Death of Optimus Prime, Mr. Roberts will be taking part in Q&A panels and autograph sessions with the attendees of TFcon.
TFcon, the world's largest fan-run Transformers convention will take place July 26th to 28th, 2013 in Toronto, Ontario at the Delta Meadowvale Resort and Conference Centre.
You can pre-register online for TFcon 2013 via this link for the exclusives VAN GUARDIAN and ROSWELL.
TFcon 2013 features Canada's largest dealer room for Transformers merchandise, question and answer panels and autograph sessions with many special guests including Transformers voice actors Jack Angel the voice of Astrotrain, Breakdown, Cyclonus, Omega Supreme, Ramjet, Smokescreen and Ultra Magnus in the Generation 1 cartoon plus Dick Gautier the voice of Rodimus Prime, in addition to Venus Terzo the voice of Blackarachnia in Beast Wars and Beast Machines along with Transformers comic book artists Livio Ramondelli and Josh Perez, with more to be announced.
The TFcon 2013 hotel block is still available.
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By DESTRO from
TFW2005:
Transformers: The Ride-3D at Universal Studios Orlando
I had a chance to check out the "technical rehearsal" for Transformers: The Ride-3D at Universal Orlando today. Taking advantage of today's 3D technology, Transformers fans will be able to join NEST agents to do battle for control of the Allspark. You’ll climb into EVAC and take on Megatron, Starscream, Ravage and a host of other Decepticons!
Walking down the main path way to the ride, you are greeted with a life-sized scale of Optimus Prime that overlooks the park. NEST agents greet you at the gate and recruit you into the battle. Once you enter the main building, there are several "chambers" each one with its own recruitment video, training exercises and Transformers props that help pass the time while you make your way to the main event. The posted waiting time for the ride is 90 minutes, but it turned out to be a little over 45 minutes to make it through the line and enter EVAC.
Once you make your way to the EVAC vehicle, 12 people enter the car and the ride begins. The first battle is Ravage, he jumps out at EVAC shooting lasers and grabs the Allspark. The ride continues on as you battle through the streets fighting the Decepticons at each station, with Optimus Prime, Bumblebee and NEST agents helping EVAC.
Right from the start, the 3D effects were like nothing I have ever seen in a movie, or any other 3D ride I have been on. At one point, Megatron shoots a missile off at your face, and you can physically feel the heat as it passes by, while smoke and wind activate to give you the best effects I have ever seen put into a rail system virtual simulator. The motion of the car shifting into gear and high acceleration feels real and is very entertaining. Transformers: The Ride-3D succeeds in captivating the senses at every corner. The total ride time is just over 3 minutes.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
A major plot device in Transformers Prime, Dark Energon is some seriously evil stuff, capable of reviving dead Transformers as monstrous shambling Terrorcons. For the toyline, however, Dark Energon meant a set of six cool redecos, and today we have galleries to share with you of four of those six redecos. Much like the upcoming Target exclusive Predacons Rising assortment, these redecos came on specially redone backer cards which swapped the silver and red of the usual Transformers Prime packaging for black and purple, which in this fan's opinion looks a lot more eye-catching and dynamic.
The redecos of the toys as well were a lot of fun, with all six of them making use of translucent plastics and some pleasing homage decos, such as Dark Energon Wheeljack as a homage to Action Master Slicer and Dark Energon Starscream as a version of Skywarp. Plus the Dark Energon Optimus Prime features a remolded, faceplateless head - the only way thus far this tooling has been made available. The figures are still available online via our sponsors
Big Bad Toy Store, who had these as an exclusive.
Check out the galleries by opening the links below and see what you think of these cool redecos:
Transformers Prime Dark Energon Optimus Prime Gallery by thedrknss48
Transformers Prime Dark Energon Megatron Gallery by thedrknss48
Transformers Prime Dark Energon Starscream Gallery by thedrknss48
Transformers Prime Dark Energon Wheeljack Gallery by Sol Fury
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By NIBMRatchet from
TFW2005:
In a very interesting turn of events, a
conversation happening on Michael Bay's official forum seems to suggest Megan Fox is back for Transformers 4.
It all started when Paramount Pictures made an Instagram image about the
recently revealed Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 Coupe with the hashtag #MeganFox. Pretty soon, S4TE member MV95 informed this to other members. Later, forum admin Nelson replied mistaking it for a Twitter post. Here's what happened:
MV95 wrote: So the Paramount Pictures official Instagram page posted a photo of the new Lamborghini on their page with the hashtag #MeganFox. Could this be telling us something or (more realistically) is this a mistake or plot to get more views?
Nelson wrote: Keep in mind that Twitter allows 140 characters max (including spaces). That was a fake tweet cause it had way more than 140 characters.Conversation got pretty interesting when another member pointed out that it had nothing to do with the character limit:
starscream1017 wrote: except it wasn't on twitter, it was on Instagram
Nelson wrote: My bad. Someone's in trouble. It's gonna be a long week.Moments later, the Instagram image was removed from the Paramount Pictures account. But we have a copy for posterity. Check it out after the jump.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
You've heard the hype, seen the official pics and Hisashi Yuki's array of teaser pictures - now check out a review of Generations Titan Class Metroplex! This review comes to you by way of 2005 Boards member ChErikS and is the very first in-hand fan review of the most gigantic Transformer ever!
A few quick points which may be of interest to you:
Some assembly required! You have to attach one of Metroplex's arms out of the box.
Stickers! Lots and lots of them! Generations Metroplex comes with an extensive sticker sheet to decorate the toy with.
Lights and sounds! Metroplex has a good mix of SFX and voice clips from Fall of Cybertron including "Metroplex heeds the call of the last of the Primes!"
Read on to check out ChErikS thoughts and lots of pictures of Metroplex in hand! Enjoy!
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Botcon have updated their
Facebook page with in-hand images of the Botcon 2013 Obsidian. In-hand, Obsidian looks a little more grey than the deeper almost blue shade he was shown as previously, which makes the red highlights all the more striking. Check out the images and see what you think.
Botcon 2013 takes place over the weekend of 27-30 June 2013. Pre-registration closes on next Tuesday 11 June 2013 -
head on over to Botcon.com to find out more!
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By NIBMRatchet from
TFW2005:
ComicBookMovie has
posted some new set photos from Transformers 4. The images feature
recently revealed Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 Coupe with the
Rusty Cab-Over Truck in Pflugerville, TX.
Interestingly, there are some images of old vehicle modes of Movie Optimus Prime and Bumblebee being transported. One Instagram
image reveals the location as “I-10 outside of LA” while
another taken outside Paramount Studios.
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