By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Yes, you are reading that right. With now less than two weeks to go before Europe's largest ever Auto Assembly rolls around, the dates for Auto Assembly 2013 have been announced and ticket bookings are already open for 2013. But that's not all, there's also a brand new way to book your tickets available!
Auto Assembly 2013 has been confirmed to be returning to the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel in Birmingham in the UK. Next year's convention will be held over the weekend of 9-11 August 2013, so be sure to put those dates in your diaries now! Tickets are already on sale, priced at £50 for an adult weekend pass, with very reasonable hotel room rates (£62 per night for a double room) also arranged. As a bonus, if you book in August, you can get a special discount on a weekend ticket to the same cost as tickets to Auto Assembly 2012 - that is, a special rate of £45.
Alternatively, Auto Assembly are now offering a special scheme where you can buy a "pass for life". These special passes for attendees and dealers offer the choice of paying a one-off payment to guarantee yourself a place at all future Auto Assemblies for as long as the convention runs. For a standard attendee the price is £150 - so if you plan on attending every year it will pay for itself very quickly!
One final Auto Assembly 2013 update - there are going to be
three voice actor guests again next year, all of whom are set to be announced at Auto Assembly 2012. Look forward to the announcement!
Find out more about all of this at the
Auto Assembly homepage!
On a side note, you may also be interested to know that the Auto Assembly Kitbash / Customs competition has been announced.
Check out the full details in this thread here.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Here's some interesting news for you - the upcoming Transformers Kre-O Microchangers are blind-bagged so in theory it is down to luck which one you get, but in fact,
there may be an easy way to figure out which one you are getting.
According to 2005 Boards member Fishformers, the front of each package is stamped with a number, which lines up with the product numbers of the Kreon Microchangers.
The product numbers are as follows:
Spinister: A1007
Galvatron: A1008
Sunstorm: A1009
Crankstart: A1010
Scorponok: A1011
Waspinator: A1012
The trick is to look at the number stamped at the bottom of the front of the packaging, as highlighted in one of the images attached to this story. See how the number ends in 2? That is your way to tell that Waspinator is lurking inside. In theory this means look for ones ending in a 9 to spot a Sunstorm, or those ending in 8 to unleash the madness of Galvatron.
Time will tell if this is a reliable way to identify all the blind-bagged Kreons - but we thought it was solid enough to pass the word along given other blind-packed products have done similar things in the past.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Holy exclusives, Batman! Here's an unusual one to add to the list. Three more versions of the Gari Gari Kun Transformers crossover release have been revealed - this is the one also known as "that Japanese one that turns into a popsicle".
First up is a Grape Gari Gari Kun Robo. He's an exclusive item to the Gari Gari Kun Festival in Shibuya Paco, which is running from 7/14 to 7/25. We are able to share a full gallery of this purple recolor with you by way of the
Tagoal Blog - head on over to check it out.
Second and third, there are also prize campaign or Lucky Draw Gari Gari Kun Robos in the works - there's a gold and a silver one, according to posts on this
Japanese photostream and
Autobase Aiichi on Facebook. No word on how one can go about getting these - but they are very shiny!
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By process from
TFW2005:
Here's a quick roundup of some upcoming products from third party group Dr. Wu. The photos posted by the
Meteor Operation Facebook group show off TP-05 Prime Sword, styled after Prima's sword; TP-06 Sage, the maskless replacement head for
First Edition Optimus Prime; and P-07 Metallic Storm, the diecast rifle for your Optimus Prime.
Prices and release date are still TBD.
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By Tony_Bacala from
TFW2005:
Live from SDCC TFW2005 brings you a high resolution, in hand, gallery of San Diego Comic Con 2012 Exclusive G1 Colors Fall of Cybertron Bruticus!
We didn't get every angle, and it may even be a bit mistransformed at times, but there are some cool shots that give you a better feel for the toy and what to expect.
I'm not big into reviews or getting super technical, as I think pictures speak louder than words. Overall, the figure is a bit lighter than I am used to. The figures move in a bunch of different ways to allow for the various transformations into limbs etc. This gives it a bit of a loose feel, and at times I felt like I was going to break it. However, once this was in hand, and transformed a bit differently than stock photos so far, the largeness of Bruticus really shines and overcomes those issues. Overall I was on the fence pre-buy, grabbed it because I felt like I had to, and now am happy I did. You guys will have to decide for yourselves though.
Enjoy the pics after the break. Later!
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By Shin Densetsu from
TFW2005:
Here's something that slipped through the cracks. We received a press release a few days ago from Mimoco about their GI Joe Mimobots and Transformers Mimobots! If you wanted GI Joe and Transformers styled USB sticks Mimoco has come to the rescue.
Mimoco and Hasbro Announce G.I. JOEX MIMOBOT® and TRANSFORMERS X MIMOBOT USB Flash Drive Collections at Comic-Con™ International
Featuring SNAKE EYES, COBRA COMMANDER, STORM SHADOW, BUMBLEBEE, and STARSCREAM in up to 64GBs of memory!Mimoco (
www.mimoco.com), creator of the MIMOBOT® line of designer USB flash drives and MIMOMICRO® card readers, under license from Hasbro, Inc., is introducing new G.I. JOE and TRANSFORMERS character-based MIMOBOT flash drives at Comic-Con International. These releases are Mimoco's second collection featuring Hasbro franchises in MIMOBOT® flash drive form and function. The collection includes retro designs of popular G.I. JOE characters in MIMOBOT's stylized appearance including SNAKE EYES, COBRA COMMANDER, and STORM SHADOW. The TRANSFORMERS line features retro BUMBLEBEE and STARSCREAM character designs.
Each G.I. JOE X MIMOBOT and TRANSFORMERS x MIMOBOT designer USB flash drive comes in a range of up to 64GB of memory capacity and comes preloaded with exciting bonus media. G.I. JOE includes amazing old school content like digital issues of the 1980's comic books, episodes of the original animated series, classic G.I. JOE PSA's, alongside bonus Mimory™ & mimoDesk™ suites of G.I. JOE screensavers, avatars, and wallpapers. TRANSFORMERS x MIMOBOT Series 2 also features Mimory™ & mimoDesk™ content and both series include mimoByte™ sound software that plays whenever a G.I. JOE or TRANSFORMERS X MIMOBOT is plugged into your computer!
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By Secretcode from
TFW2005:
Small bit of Transformers news out of SDCC for you today, as vinyl toy company Super 7 has announced that they have the license for Transformers.
As a part of this licensing deal, they will be producing 24" tall vinyl toys under the Super Shogun line with the first known releases being G1 Optimus Prime and G1 Soundwave, drinking glasses, art prints and designer t-shirts based on the Transformers IP. The products will begin release sometime in 2013.
Keep it TFW2005 for more updates, and check out our fellow sites
Hisstank and
Toyark for more SDCC 2012 coverage!
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Zap2it have updated with details of new episodes of Transformers Rescue Bots that will be hitting our screens in August, including a double bill of new episodes on August 11!
First up on 4 August is the episode "
Little White Lies", which sees the team mounting a rescue for Chase and Chief Burns, unaware they have been trapped in a mine cave in. This is followed by a double bill of new episodes on 11 August,
Shake Up and
Rescue Boy! In the former, an Earthquake hits Griffin Rock and sees the team taking an active role in leading rescue efforts, while in the latter Cody finds himself the newest hero of the island!
Be sure to check out all of the all-new episodes of Transformers Rescue Bots every Saturday on The Hub!
Upcoming Transformers Rescue Bots episodes:
07/21 Countdown
07/28 The Haunting of Griffin Rock
08/03 Little White Lies
08/11 Shake Up
08/11 Rescue Boy
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By Deefuzz from
TFW2005:
Our final batch of official product shots from Hasbro brings us a large helping of the eagerly awaited Transformers Generations that we were able to see in our SDCC news coverage today. This set features Blaster, the Wreckers and their combined Ruination mode, and Grimlock!
Check out all of the images, and in addition to keeping it here, also keep an eye on
HISSTank,
TokuNation,
Toyark, and
Thundercats.ws all weekend long for the latest from San Diego Comic-Con!
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By Deefuzz from
TFW2005:
We have the official Hasbro product images for the wave of Transformers Prime Dark Energon toys that are exclusive to our sponsors at
BigBadToyStore! Check out all of the images in this update including: Megatron, Wheeljack, Knock Out, Bumblebee, Starscream, and Optimus Prime.
Check out our sponsors,
BigBadToyStore, for more on these exclusives and other great Transformers product! And make sure to keep it at the TFW2005 network of sites all weekend long for more updates from San Diego Comic-Con.
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