By NIBMRatchet from
TFW2005:
Moments ago, my fellow newsie and always awesome Superquad7 pointed to me that Otto Graven and his Drift Team; Ultimate 86 Motorsports has received co-title sponsorship by Hasbro's Transformers Brand and Rogue Status.
According to
Wrecked Magazine…
"In a huge deal, Otto Graven has announced a co-title sponsorship of his "Ultimate 86" as being split between longtime Scion partner Rogue Status and Hasbro's "Transformers" brand. This is a great new brand coming to Formula D, one that I’m sure many fans have grown up admiring. Rogue Status is upping their sponsorship from a partner level to a co-title sponsorship as well. For a driver who wasn’t in the series last season, this is a HUGE announcement coming through in a season where many drivers are struggling to find sponsorship dollars. Will this help Otto earn his first FD Podium in 2013?"This piece of news is rather interesting for one particular reason, and that reason is what we already know about Transformers 4. Yes, we have learned before, that one of the title roles of Transformers 4 is a
Racing Car Driver played by Irish actor
Jack Reynor.
What do you think of this new development. Don't forget to leave a comment at the thread attached to this news post. Happy weekend everybody!
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Zap2it has updated with new details of Transformers Prime Beast Hunters. The title and description of the series fourth episode has been revealed. You can view the episode details by highlighting the black text below - it's not a major spoiler but look away now if you'd rather not know what's in store.
Rebellion
Team Prime wages war against the Decepticon citadel.
Beast Hunters episode 4 airs on 12 April 2013. According to previous reports, this will be the last new episode before the first four Beast Hunters episodes re-run, with the additional behind the scenes segments.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Shogo Hasui has been active on Twitter again, tweeting out some new images of the Masterpiece series Transformers. As well as an image of the ever-sharp looking MP-10B Black Convoy he has tweeted an image of Masterpiece Prowl with his gun mounted on the roof of his patrol car mode. Much like Sideswipe and Red Alert's optional configurations, this mode lets Prowl drive about with his gun on his roof in an attack mode, if you are inclined.
The image of Prowl with the shoulder missile launchers deployed was also tweeted, with the explanation that the shoulder launchers can be stowed in robot and vehicle mode without being removed, much like the launchers on the Universe Deluxe class interpretation of Prowl.
Oh yes - and the spelling of "Highway Patrol" on the doors has been corrected!
Check out all these images and more in
Shogo Hasui's Twitter photostream.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Europe's largest Transformers convention made a big announcement on
Facebook today - at Auto Assembly 2013 they will be offering an exclusive toy. There's no word yet on what the exclusive will be, so watch this space for more news.
In the same update Auto Assembly also confirmed that they would be offering a customising class kit this year.
Auto Assembly 2013 is taking place over the weekend of 9-11 August 2013 at the Hilton Metropole Hotel in Birmingham in the UK. Find out more and pre-register for your tickets at the
Auto Assembly homepage.
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By NIBMRatchet from
TFW2005:
Hub's Transformers: Prime Season 3 - Beast Hunters
Red Carpet Premiere took place on 14th March at the Universal Studios Hollywood Globe Theater.
2005 Boards Member Noobicon was there to let us in on the sights & sounds of this glamorous event. He also had the opportunity to ask questions from the Cast and Crew of Transformers: Prime Animated TV Series; a very rare opportunity for any fan. Noobicon took his time to let us fans in on the cool details and we are very thankful for that.
Though some of the content are spoilers, there were a few which are quite informative:
"Was Transformers Prime always meant to be a 3 season show? Is this what we can expect from future shows? The answer was essentially that the base goal was to hit 65 episodes, the magic number for syndication (13 weeks of five shows per week repeated four times a year...the perfect afternoon rotation), and that they're technically lucky they got to do even that much. If the show hadn't been popular or the toys hadn't moved, it was entirely possible for the show to be canned after one season, so the production team is grateful they got to tell a complete story over the course of a full 65 episode series. - Credit Keldroc for typing that!"The attendees were also given "Gift Bags" with toys such as the Prime Cyberverse line.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Within a few hours of Botcon 2013 registration going live we can report on the latest artist guest attending Botcon 2013. Ken Christiansen, whose work you might be familiar with including his recent cover art for Transformers Prime Rage of the Dinobots, will be present at Botcon 2013 in Artist's Alley. If you're going, stop by and say hello and perhaps get a sketch.
Check out more of Ken's artwork via his
Facebook page or
The Bad Flip Blog.
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By ORIO from
TFW2005:
The uncomparable scribe of IDW's Transformers More Than Meets the Eye has posted on the
IDW publishing forums. In this post he teases a few things regarding next weeks issue of More Than Meets The Eye in which we'll get to see the crew of the Lost Light go head to head with Overlord. If you're familiar with IDW's version of Overlord, you know that what's in store for next will not be pretty. James has provided youtube links to a few songs he's had in mind for the issue for fans to digest or serve as a soundtrack if they choose. Some of the song titles themselves may be considered spoilers themselves, so please proceed with caution!
James has provided the following bits for fans to drool over in anticipation though:
Here is this months dialogue snippet: "I really don't know if I can forgive you for this."
One last thing: I plan MTMTE out very carefully, and have done since the start. You know, grand plans and all that. In this issue, for the first time, and in connection with a certain character, I changed the grand plan. When the dust settles, and assuming you're still talking to me, and assuming people want to know, I'll spill the beans.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Here is some good news - in an interview with
World's Finest, writer Greg Weisman mentions he has done some work, freelance, writing for the current incarnations of Transformers, Transformers Prime (Beast Hunters we assume) and Rescue Bots. For those not familiar with Greg Weisman, he is an expert at crafting intricate stories filled with characterization and clever twists. You might have seen some of his work in Gargoyles, the Spectacular Spider-Man or Young Justice.
These will most likely be one-shot episodes given his freelance role in the series, but if they are half as awesome as an episode of any of those three series we are in for a treat.
Check out the full interview over at
World's Finest.
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