By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Snakas has posted a summary of the Transformers news from Figure King 184, which we had
previously seen scans from earlier this week. Some great news regarding the future of the Masterpiece series as well as the future of the Encore reissues is contained within:
Masterpiece Prowl and Bluestreak are delayed due to retailer orders greatly exceeding what Takara-Tomy expected them to be, and them going back to manufacture more of each.
Masterpiece Smokescreen will be significantly different in design and will be announced soon.
Takara-Tomy are continuing to approach manufacturers who they do not have rights to use the vehicles of - you might get your VW Bumblebee or your Porsche Jazz yet folks!
There seems to be an announcement planned for the Tokyo Toy Show on 15-16 June. Masterpiece Smokescreen, or perhaps the rumored MP-20?
Encore Fortress Maximus sold beyond expectations, and it is hoped that reissues will continue on the back of this.
Masterpiece Tiger Track will be a Tokyo Toy Show exclusive and will include non-chromed versions of the Amazon exclusive piledrivers.
Confirmation is also included that Generations Japan Metroplex will have two guns and a different deco to the US, but no word on what that might be.
Many thanks to Snakas for posting the original summary and REMINATOR & MACRAPTRON for bringing it to our attention and translating!
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
With the news for Transformers 4 coming thick and fast, let's take a look at one of the cooler iterations of the movie series leading Autobot,
Bumblebee. Starting out in the 2007 live action movie as a scout sent to locate Shia Labeouf's character Sam Witwicky, Bumblebee has been a mainstay of all three of the live action movies so far, and doubtless will also make an appearance in the upcoming Transformers 4.
Since its inception the Revoltech line by Kaiyado has sought to balance affordability with detail of design in its figures and incredible levels of poseabilty thanks to most figures coming with a display stand and the unique "revolver joint" system. Bumblebee, from the Sci-Fi Revoltech series, lives up to this ambition. He features a selection of alternate parts as standard for the Revoltech series, including an arm cannon, open and closed hands, and two interchangeable heads, one for his "normal" look and one with his battlemask deployed. He makes a great companion piece to the Movie Optimus Prime figures which Kaiyado has also released in their Sci-Fi Revoltech line - check out galleries of those two
here and
here.
Open the link below to check out our gallery of Revoltech Bumblebee, which was contributed to our galleries by boards member VaderPrime1.
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By Superquad7 from
TFW2005:
The Transformers: Legends game by Mobage just wrapped up yet another game event,
"Cold Delivery". Gamers, we hope you caught your breath fighting off Cosmos, Jetfire, Sky Lynx, and Omega Supreme, because it's time for yet another event! "Countdown to Extinction" has just begun, and this time players will be battling the likes of Starscream and his Minions. For this event the special Spacebridge characters are Ironhide, Sideswipe and Red Alert! Mobage updated
their events web page with this story summary:
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"With his superior missing in action and presumed dead, Starscream has stolen the Exponential Generator from Doctor Arkeville, and plans to use it to destroy the Earth and harness the energy to restore Cybertron! With the help of Ironhide, Sideswipe and Red Alert, you must seek and attack Starscream and his minions, before time runs out and the Earth is destroyed!
Assemble the strongest Autobot deck you can! Scan all sectors to uncover Starscream's Minions. Battle them to weaken them. Ask your friends for help. Time is running out."
If you have an iPhone or an Android, this is a free downloadable app that you can download
by clicking here (data transfer charges apply, of course). This game is a multi-player card-based battle game that features much of the Classics-Generations characters, featuring new character artwork on each of the battle cards. This game allows the player to go through stages as well as teaming up with allies to beat bosses during events like the one reported here!
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By Superquad7 from
TFW2005:
Hot on the trail of
our last front page update on this figure,
an eBay auction surfaced with in-hand photos of the upcoming Masterpiece MP-12T figure,
Tigertrack! While this auction does not show any robot mode photos, it does allow us to get a closer look at the beautiful, yellow Lamborghini Countach alt mode. Tigertrack is a redeco of
the Masterpiece MP-12 Lambor figure.
For those that may not know, this figure is a homage to not one, but
two previous toys. The more obvious homage is to
the mail-order Figure King exclusive Generation One Tigertrack that came out in early 2003. Also, this figure homages the Diaclone line, particularly the Diaclone New Yellow Countach LP500S figure (which is also obviously homaged by the 2003 G1 figure).
Several of our sponsors have pre-orders for this figure, and if the recent Masterpiece figures are any indication of availability, you may want to secure yours today!
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By Superquad7 from
TFW2005:
Hot on the trail of
our last front page update on this figure,
an eBay auction surfaced with in-hand photos of the upcoming e-Hobby Masterpiece MP-12T figure,
Tigertrack! While this auction does not show any robot mode photos, it does allow us to get a closer look at the beautiful, yellow Lamborghini Countach alt mode. Tigertrack is a redeco of
the Masterpiece MP-12 Lambor figure.
For those that may not know, this figure is a homage to not one, but
two previous toys. The more obvious homage is to
the mail-order e-Hobby exclusive Generation One Tigertrack that came out in early 2003. Also, this figure homages the Diaclone line, particularly the Diaclone New Yellow Countach LP500S figure (which is also obviously homaged by the 2003 G1 e-Hobby exclusive).
Several of our sponsors have pre-orders for this figure, and if the recent Masterpiece figures are any indication of availability, you may want to secure yours today!
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Botcon has announced more additions to their Artists Alley, the largest ever at a Botcon! Joining the talent in Botcon 2013's artist's alley with this announcement is the one and only Marcelo Matere! In addition to his work on Transformers comics for Dreamwave and IDW, he has done packaging artwork for many Transformers line since Transformers Armada and even contributed some toy designs including the whole Robot Heroes series.
Marcelo is joined in Artist's Alley by Rob Roberts, aka
Cheetimus of Cheet's Tweaks and Clyde Grapa, production artist with WildStorm Productions/DC Comics.
Check out the full lineup of talent who will be in
Artist's Alley at the Botcon homepage and stay tuned for more special guest announcements next week! If you have not yet pre-registered for Botcon yet there is still time -
visit Botcon.com to find out more!
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
The Transformers 4 extras casting continues! Next up: Michigan! According to this report from
CBS Detroit, extras being sought include "
males and females at least 18-years-old who can play the part of a clean-cut business person, military or FBI agent. They’ll also be casting Asian families of all ages."
This stage of the filming is scheduled to take place in June through August, suggesting some major filming taking place in the area.
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By DESTRO from
TFW2005:
The New Jersey Collectors Convention is proud to announce that Boss Fight Studio will be attending the August 18th, 2013 NJCC toy show! Boss Fight is comprised of several former Hasbro designers and a sculptor who all worked on fan-favorite action figure lines like G.I. Joe, Star Wars and Marvel Universe.
Designers Andrew Franks, Erik Arana, Catrina Cerise-Arana, and sculptor Dave Proctor will be on hand to meet fans and do some sketches. Don’t miss this chance to meet these former Hasbro Artists in their first public appearance as Boss Fight Studios!!!
Be sure to stop by and like the
Boss Fight Studio Facebook Page for more updates on their current projects!
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Toys R Us Japan have updated with product pages for the next four Transformers Go! releases. Coming this June are the three Autobot Samurai
Kenzan,
Jinbu and
Ganou - who combine into three different giant robots based on who forms the upper body, torso and legs - along with the Predacon
Gaidora, a Lazerback retool with a new head and new deco.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Takara-Tomy have announced a pair of Arms Micron campaigns to celebrate the launch of the Transformers Go! Samurai team.
There are three clear Arms Microns paired with each of the three Autobots - a clear A.R.C. paired with Kenzan, a translucent yellow S.2. paired with Jinbu and a translucent red S.W. paired with Ganou. These are included free with a purchase of the corresponding Autobot at certain stores including Toys R Us Japan, Amazon Japan, and Yodobashi Camera.
The
second figure campaign is a translucent blue version of the Optimus Prime Blaster Arms Micron, which is available by obtaining a ticket from TV-Boy magazine.
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By Joe Moore from
TFW2005:
Devastator is one of the most knocked off, customized, remade characters there is for the Transformers mythos. But, the figure has had a bunch of fantastic official releases. From the original G1
Constructicons Giftset to the G2 Reissues, to the Micro Combiners, or Revenge of the Fallen and even Classics. Check out some of the assorted toys to come as Constructicons below.
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Transformers G1 Constructicons Devastator 100 Complete Vintage Hasbro 1985 | eBay•
Hard Hero 2003 Transformers G1 Constructicon "Devastator" Bust Statue New Hasbro | eBay<
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By Super_Megatron from
TFW2005:
TFcon is pleased to announce that Transformers comic book artist
Livio Ramondelli will be attending TFcon 2013. Livio is known to fans for his work on IDW’s Transformers comics with the Chaos storyline and illustrating the entirety of the Autocracy series. He will be selling prints and offering commissions to attendees all weekend long.
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 with more to be announced.
The TFcon 2013 hotel block is now available.
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