By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Mere hours after getting our first look at the Transformers GT characters in their robot modes, we are able to now share with you a look at the "Race Queens" figures that come with the Transformers GT releases. Far from being the non-poseable PVC figures with optional alternate parts of the Binaltech Asterisk and Kiss Players series, these are 90mm tall fully poseable figures using the modern Microman body. At this scale they are probably not going to be in scale with the Transformers they come with, but hey, since when were Transformers toys ever even in scale with each other?
These pictures coming at you courtesy of Big Bad Toy Store. Check out their preorders for the Transformers GT releases:
GT Prime and
GT Saber.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Takara-Tomy have updated their site with some more official images, this time showcasing the next two Masterpiece series releases -
MP-13 Masterpiece Soundwave and
MP-14 Masterpiece (Red) Alert. As well as some nice quality images showcasing the robots and their various modes, the pages also have a montage showing off the various features of the two Masterpieces, including their boxes.
Additionally new pages have been added for the Capbots,
Captimus Prime and
Capticon. These pages again have some nice clear photos of the two robots, including a demonstration of how they transform and their packging.
Open the links above to check out the new pages, or read on for our mirror of the new images.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
A second piece of work from Emiliano Santalucia to share with you here. This piece of work is for a concept he did when working with Hasbro to develop a Transformers production and character bible for Hasbro, more than likely the master document detailing Hasbro's Aligned Continuity project which comprises Transformers Prime, the Transformers War for Cybertron video games, and the Exodus novels series.
This piece of concept art was developed entirely by Emiliano Santalucia when he was given free rein by Hasbro's Eric Siebenaler to do his own take on some classic characters, and what you see here is Emiliano Santalucia's concept on what an Aligned Continuity Sideswipe might look like. His concept includes equal measures of Revenge of the Fallen Sideswipe particularly in the wheel-legs and the swords on the arms, and mixes in some classic elements in the head, arms and chest. The final effect is very cool and striking, in this newsie's opinion.
Check out the original post on
Emiliano Santalucia's blog for more on the creation process and the background to this piece.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Author Little Brown Books, who already publish some young readers books for the Transformers brand, have expanded their license with Hasbro to include Transformers Rescue Bots and a Transformers Prime Pop-Up Book, along with books based on Hasbro's other hot property of the moment My Little Pony Friendship is Magic.
Little Brown will be releasing books based on Transformers Rescue Bots from May 2013 with the first two releases titled "Meet Chase the Police Bot" and "Meet Heatwave the Fire Bot", featuring stills from the cartoon series. The "Transformers Ultimate Pop-Up Universe" is due in Fall 2013 with an asking price of $36, and it's firmly based in the aligned continuity - though if the cover is an indication, it is using earlier designs of the Transformers Prime cast from the production bible. However this is no ordinary pop-up book - designed by master paper engineer Matthew Reinhart, the pop ups "transform" into other forms at the pull of a tab!
Check out an article on the deal which goes into more detail about the material in the books
on Publishers Weekly here. We have also received a press release regarding the deal - read on to check it out.
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By ORIO from
TFW2005:
Site sponsor
Bigbadtoystore has updated with some
new preorders from 3rd Party Group Igear. Up for preorder, and limited to 500 pieces, are MW-09 Tubes (a homage of
G1 Pipes) and MW-01B Manatee (a homage to the Whale G.I.Joe vehicle). These two are available for preorder separately or together as a set. The figures are estimated to arrive in February.
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By Secretcode from
TFW2005:
Courtesy of TFW2005 Site Sponsor
Robot Kingdom we have in-package images for several of this week's new Arms Micron releases; Specifically detailed packaging images for
Silas Breakdown,
Smokescreen (Of which there is also a full gallery, check out that news post
right over here),
Nemesis Prime, and two EZ Collection Sets (One
Autobot, One
Decepticon.)
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