By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
The team at
Auto Assembly 2012 have sent us over an update. Auto Assembly 2012 looks set to break their own record for largest attendance at a European Transformers convention in the next few days, and a reminder that there is a final cut-off date of 12:00 noon on Wednesday 1 August to pre-register for this year's convention. there will be on the door passes available on the day, but these will be limited and you won't get in as fast as you would if you had pre-registered - so why delay? Pre-register and save yourself the hassle.
As an added incentive to pre-register those passes, Auto Assembly have announced a free ticket draw for the 2013 convention. The winner receives two free weekend tickets for the 2013 convention along with three nights free hotel accommodation at the convention hotel. And the great part is if you have already pre-registered for a weekend pass or a non-attendee pack, then you are already entered into the draw! That's right, all pre-registered weekend pass holders are entered into the draw for free tickets to next years convention automatically, as well as non-attendees! It's one more good reason to get your pre-registration in today!
Finally an update on those awesome Calloway Customs Marlboor Wheeljack heads which are exclusive to Auto Assembly 2012. The Gold packs are now completely sold out, with very limited stock remaining on the Silver and Bronze packs.
All this and news is expected very soon on Auto Assembly 2013 - get ready to put the dates in your diary for next year's event!
Back to this year, Auto Assembly 2012 is taking place over the weekend of 3-5 August at the Hilton Metropole Hotel in Birmingham, UK. To find out more and pre-register please visit the
Auto Assembly homepage.
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By process from
TFW2005:
Third party group
Xovergen has revealed, via Facebook group
Planet Iacon, several new prototype photos of their upgrade set for
Animated Voyager Optimus Prime. The set transforms Optimus Prime into a futuristic fire truck, and provides additional armament and armor in robot mode.
This set is inspired by the cancelled
official Animated Powermaster Optimus Prime.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
By way of
Zap2it, we've got the title of episode 20 of Transformers Rescue Bots. Episode 20 will be titled "Countdown". Countdown to what exactly? You guess is as good as ours, since right now there is no description available. What we can tell you though is that Rescue Bots episode 20 will be airing on 21 July 2012 - so right now it's looking like we'll be having all-new episodes of Transformers Rescue Bots right through July!
Upcoming Transformers Rescue Bots episodes:
Today! - Rules and Regulations
06/30 The Lost Bell
07/07 Bumblebee to the Rescue
07/14 You've been Squilshed
07/21 Countdown
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Last but by no means the least on this new toy day, we have our first confirmed retail sightings of Transformers Prime Deluxe Wave 4! Wave 4 consists of a stealthy
Shadow Strike Bumblebee, the evil Decepticon
Dead End and the sinister
Airachnid! Again they are popping up in Walmarts, we have sightings in the 79th and Peoria WalMart in Peoria, AZ as well as in the Hazleton, PA Walmart.
An interesting comment from our 2005 Boards members Stune and jru42287 is that both found this assortment in Walmarts which did not stock the previous wave featuring the Vehicon, Knock Out and Hot Shot - so if you like them were unlucky enough to have never seen these in your local Walmart either, you might want to go and take a look in case there is a trend developing here.
That wraps up all the new Transformers Prime sightings on this "new toy day". Happy hunting everyone! Hope you find something new!
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By ORIO from
TFW2005:
Thanks to Amazon.com for updating their preorder pages, we now have cover images of two upcoming books from IDW. The first is the increasingly popular
Art of Fall of Cybertron book which will contain pictures and info regarding the art work from the upcoming video game and features Optimus on the cover kneeling over a fallen Bumblebee. The second is
Transformers Classics Volume 4 featuring Starscream on the cover. This book will collect issues 39 through 50 of the original Marvel US comic book.
Check out the images after the break. The Art of Fall of Cybertron has a release date for October 2nd while Classics Volume 4 will be released on November 6th.
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By ORIO from
TFW2005:
Idle Hands has updated their blog revealing the prices for all of the Hasbro San Diego Comic Con Exclusive figures. Many of us have been waiting to find out how much some of these figures will run at this super sized convention. So without further adieu:
Fall of Cybertron Generations Bruticus (Game Accurate Colors) - $99.99 each
Transformers Prime "Rust In Peace" Cliffjumper - $24.99
G.I. JOE H.I.S.S. Tank Vehicle with Shockwave Deco and 3.75" Destro & B.A.T. Special Edition Pack : $59.99
You can view all of the Hasbro San Diego Comic Con exclusives by checking out the link above or by clicking the title bar and seeing all of their prices.
ALL ITEMS Available through HasbroToyShop.com Booth #3329 at San Diego Comic-Con July 12th-15th
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Not to be outdone by the reports of a wider-retail released Artfire,
Million Publishing have posted up a few new images of their own Artfire. The mold uses a hybrid of Inferno and Grapple parts to create a unique design, and comes with two Targetmaster partners rather than the one reported to come with the United version.
He also looks awesome when paired with Million Publishing's Stepper, Artfire's fellow Targetmaster.
Check out all the images and see for yourself.
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By Secretcode from
TFW2005:
The Australian website for gaming retailer
EB Games has updated with preorder bonuses for the upcoming Transformers: Fall of Cybertron release. Preordering the game gets your the previously revealed G1 Optimus Prime character model, as well as the G1 Megatron and G1 Shockwave homage weapons (Now named the Throwback Blaster and Sling Shock Cannon.) with a reveal of including the Dinobot Swoop for use in the game as a preorder bonus.
Other preorder bonuses included are a Bumblebee avatar for the Xbox 360 and a giant Grimlock poster when preordered in-store.
It is unknown at this time whether or not Swoop or the Bumblebee avatar will be available for release in other territories, or whether it will be included in future DLC.
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By Secretcode from
TFW2005:
TFW2005 member TRANSJAZZ has stopped by to announce that
Flint Dille will be a guest at the upcoming Slagacon 2012 convention. Flint Dille was a writer, script consultant and story editor for many Sunbow Productions projects in the 1980s, such as G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, Inhumanoids, Visionaries, and (of course) The Transformers. He has also been a writer for the soon to be completed Transformers: Autocracy comic by IDW.
Other guests coming this year are Mark LeMieux (former employee of Kenner and Hasbro, worked on prototypes for several toys), Neil Kaplan (Voice of RiD Optimus Prime), Scott McNeil, and Jon Bailey Crumpton.
Slagacon 2012 will be in Chesterfield, Indiana on October 13th and 14th. For detailed instructions, as well as location details, please
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By NIBMRatchet from
TFW2005:
After more than 3 months of silence from the web, Director Michael Bay
talked a bit more about his upcoming movie; Transformers 4. For those who usually stay away even from the tiniest spoilers, this news post contains what he mentioned about the plot… you are warned.
“It’s not a reboot," Bay said, reiterating that the new film will have an all-new cast.
"That’s maybe the wrong word. I don’t want to say 'reboot' because then people will think we’re doing a 'Spider-Man' and starting from the beginning. We’re not. We’re taking the story that you’ve seen — the story we’ve told in three movies already — and we’re taking it in a new direction. But we’re leaving those three as the history. It all still counts... We’re moving on to something different.”Director Bay mentioned a bit about the plot as well...
"That feels like the way to go, doesn’t it?" says Bay.
"I want to go a little off [the planet] but I don’t want to go too sci-fi. I still want to keep it grounded."And the budget is less than what was allocated for Transformers: Dark of the Moon. This time it’s a relatively small (in terms of movies like this) budget of $165 million.
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