By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Nick Roche has unveiled the line art for a print that he will be selling this year at Auto Assembly. The print collects the whole core cast of the More than Meets the Eye ongoing - it's a print showcasing the Crusadercons of the Lost Light! The print will be colored by Josh Burcham, and the colored version will be made available online for your viewing pleasure in the next day or so. For now,
check out the lineart on Nick's blog.
Come and meet Nick Roche along with all the other
Auto Assembly 2012 guests including Guests of Honor Townsend Coleman, Michael Bell and Paul Eiding this weekend 3-5 August at the Hilton Metropole Hotel in Birmingham, England, where there will be Olympic levels of fun on offer.
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By ORIO from
TFW2005:
Today in comic book shops you will find the 2nd issue (or 82nd rather) of Transformers Regeneration 1. What's on tap for next week? Well thanks to D-Drive we have the Diamond Comics Shipping list. It's Dinobot month, so make sure you pick up this issue next week to read about your favorite Dino's tromping and stomping their way through the pages of IDW's Robots In Disguise #8.
TRANSFORMERS ROBOTS IN DISGUISE ONGOING #8 (also shipping 1-in-10 incentive cover)
(W) John Barber (A) Andrew Griffith (CA) Casey Coller, Andrew Griffith
DINOBOT MONTH! Guess who's back on Cybertron? SLAG, SLUDGE, SNARL, and SWOOP-and they're as mad as ever! IRONHIDE leads them deep into the Cybertronian wilderness searching for lost AUTOBOTS... but what they find might be the greatest danger of all!
Ships with 2 covers in a 1-to-1 ratio, 1 by Casey Coller and 1 by Andrew Griffith
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
In an interesting turn of events we can report that there's another new Movie two-pack in the works. This set comprises reissues of the original 2007 Leader Class
Optimus Prime and
Megatron toys, seemingly unaltered in a Dark of the Moon branded gift set box. Judging by the text on the front by the names, this is probably another Hasbro Asia exclusive release, like the previous
Buster Optimus Prime &
Jetfire gift set releases.
This bit of news comes to you via the
Planet Iacon Facebook page.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
It's time for another look at the Generations Asia Exclusive / China Import Deluxe assortment, and getting the TFW gallery treatment today is Cliffjumper! Cliffjumper here is one of two figures within the Generations Asia Exclusive assortment whose toys were taken from the Transformers Prime first edition series and given new, Generation 1 styled heads (the other is
Brawn, from
Bulkhead). It's a crazy idea given how distinctive the Transformers Prime designs are, but sometimes, crazy works, and in this case, it most certainly does. This new Generations Cliffjumper boasts a fantastic sheen on his red plastic, a nice, deep and shiny shade, and the new head manages to fit in with the Transformers Prime body design while still being distinctively Generation 1. My only criticism is he really needs a handgun to further set himself apart from the Prime version of the character.
All things considered, he is probably the least exciting of the four in the assortment, but he does not deserve to be overlooked by any means - especially if you have not been lucky enough to pick up a version of this particular toy before now.
Open the link below and check out the gallery:
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Good news, PC owners - you too can now join in on the pre-order party and get in your prepurchases for Transformers Fall of Cybertron on PC through Steam! Today,
Steam has added Fall of Cybertron as a preorder, due for release in just three short weeks time like the console versions.
Also, if you are a PC gamer and never got a chance to play the original, more good news, because Steam currently has
War for Cybertron on sale with 75% off of the original asking price - so what better way to pass the next three weeks waiting for the new Fall of Cybertron than playing the prequel again?
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Alfes2000 of the Higekuma Toy Toy Blog has posted a pair of galleries of the newest Kabaya Transformers assortment, the DX Gum kits. The DX kits come with small Transformers and bases for them to interact with, sort of like the old Micromaster bases of old. The three bases together though can be combined to form the mighty Fortress Maximus. Fully assembled this candy kit version of Fortress Maximus stands at approximately the height of a modern Voyager Class toy - a perfect height for those looking for a Marvel comics Generation 1 scaled Fortress Maximus to interact with their Classics collection.
Check out the two galleries,
this one here for the individual bases and the associated mini-Transformers, and then
this one here for the combined Fortress Maximus form of the three bases.
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By Secretcode from
TFW2005:
The newest issue of the Transformers Collector's Club Magazine is now hitting mailboxes. This new issue features San Diego Comic-Con coverage, an interview with Kōjin Ōno (The man who designed the majority of the toys in Generation One, specifically the first-ever transforming Car-to-Robot toy: G1 Sunstreaker) as well as the first finalized looks at two of the figures in the TFCC's upcoming subscription service, namely Circuit (A redeco of
Hunt for the Decepticons Axor into
G1 Circuit) and Robots in Disguise Scourge (From the Reveal The Shield G2 Prime mold into...
Oh you know who it is.)
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By Secretcode from
TFW2005:
Over the weekend, Wonder Festival 2012 was happening in Japan, with displays from CMs Corps, Kaiyodo, and Takara in full swing, as well as some interesting unofficial kits (which were on sale.) Takara's own display, while limited, gives a good look at some upcoming Arms Micron gashapon releases.
Aside from the
Exo-Suit Spike and Daniel that we reported a few days ago, the recently released Gutto Kuru Minerva (as well as the special color version on sale at the show) CMs Corps also had the upcoming Gutto Kuru Ginrai on display, alongside a special colored body with the Hi-Q head attached.
On the Kaiyodo side of things, we turn to the Revoltech display booth, where they had not only the recently released Revoltech Movie Bumblebee on display, but the upcoming Jetwing Optimus Prime (which will retail for 4800 yen.)
But that is not all! One of the highlights of each Wonder Festival event is the wide variety of fan-made garage kits and merchandise, such as a Metroplex kit (that went for 15,000 Yen, approximately 191.82 US Dollars with the current exchange rate) and a super-deformed transforming Fortress Maximus!
Special thanks to Wondanon on Twitter for providing us with pictures of Ginrai, Hi-Q and the Metroplex kit.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
We have received an update from
Auto Assembly 2012. With just four more days to go until the convention opens we now have details on another great event taking place over the weekend, the annual prize draw. Hasbro UK have donated many prizes from Cyberverse to Weaponizers, which are all up for grabs in a raffle along with a whole lot of other great stuff including memorabillia signed by the two leading men of Transformers voice acting themselves, Peter Cullen and Frank Welker!
A reminder as well to all interested in attending or getting a non-attendee pack, the final deadline to place your order is 1 August - this is the last day for non-attendee packs and the last day for pre-registration, though if you want to attend you can still buy tickets on the order. Head over to the
Auto Assembly 2012 homepage if you want to get yourself pre-registered before this happens.
Auto Assembly 2012, the largest Transformers convention in Europe with over 700 pre-registered attendees is taking place over the weekend of 3-5 August at the Hilton Metropole Hotel in Birmingham, England. We hope to see you all there!
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Here is an interesting teaser for you - 2005 boards member Red leader sent us over an image teasing an Asia Premium Series Optimus Prime toy. Not just any Optimus Prime, but the Movie series
Striker Optimus Prime, who was the upgraded version of
Revenge of the Fallen Leader Optimus Prime with additional weapons to form the Stealth Force mode seen in concept art for Dark of the Moon. This one is due for a release in late September / early October and will be a limited edition. Red leader says "trust me, this one will be very special"; could this be a true premium series release for the Striker Optimus Prime toy, on the same level as the much sought-after
Revenge of the Fallen Buster Optimus Prime?
Watch this space for more information.
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By DESTRO from
TFW2005:
Collection Intervention follows Elyse Luray, former Head of the Collectibles Department at Christie's, as she helps couples, families and individuals whose pop-culture memorabilia collections from Star Wars and Battlestar Galactica to Catwoman and Barbie have become damaging obsessions, creating financial strife and a huge strain on their lives. Elyse will create a strategy that helps these collectors curate and showcase their collection by assessing where the true value lies and then allow them to decide what's worth keeping and what they can sell. These massive collections include dining rooms stuffed with 30,000 comic books, a garage filled to the rafters with Catwoman memorabilia, and an almost uninhabitable house filled with Transformers. For each collector, parting with some of their collection may free up some much needed space in their home, provide cash windfall to get out of debt, or even just allow a couple to become more focused on their relationship.
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