By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Takara-Tomy is rolling out the promotion for Transformers Prime, which sees its mainline release in Japan next month. And in their usual grand tradition, it's a Micron Campaign! Starting tomorrow, 25 February, the clear green version of Cyclonus' Nightstick Targetmaster named
Vector Oracle will be given away in Toys R Us Japan with any purchase of Transformers items totalling more than 3,000 yen. He's a limited edition of 4,000 pieces.
Next up with the reservation of Transformers Prime Arms Micron Optimus Prime at participating retailers is
Firebolt! A black and gray version of Power Core Combiners Pinpoint, who came with Leadfoot, he is a perfect complement to the recently released United Rodimus Convoy.
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By Secretcode from
TFW2005:
It's that time of year again, and Hasbro has sent us a Press Release regarding this year's Hall of Fame inductees. Aside from the highly contested fan choice slot, the three inductees are Grimlock, Jazz and Decepticon Shockwave.
Quote:
February 23, 2012Hello, TRANSFORMERS fans!In 2010, Hasbro inducted humans and robots from the worlds of toys, entertainment and CYBERTRON into the inaugural class of its TRANSFORMERS Hall of Fame, honoring more than 25 years of “robots in disguise” action. Now in its third year, Hasbro is once again turning to fans to help finalize the 2012 robot inductee class. Hasbro’s internal panel of judges has chosen three iconic characters to induct into the TRANFORMERS Hall of Fame in 2012—Heroic AUTOBOTS JAZZ and GRIMLOCK, as well as evil DECEPTICON SHOCKWAVE. But we need your help to determine this year's fourth robot inductee!
How can you choose who gets into the fourth slot? Come over to the thread right over here and discuss who you want to see in the Hall of Fame. The winning character will be announced at the TRANSFORMERS Hall of Fame ceremony on Saturday, April 28 at BOTCON, the Official TRANSFORMERS Convention in Dallas, TX.
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By ORIO from
TFW2005:
Today IDW Publishing released their hard cover edition of
Last Stand Of The Wreckers. We
previously reported what the additional extras in this collection were to be, but did not know exactly what each extra was. This newsie ran out first thing to pick this collection up and here is a detailed list of the extras and what they are:
cover art gallery
"Out of Bullets" - A commentary from James Roberts on the prose story "Bullets"
"Escape" A two page comic drawn and written by Nick Roche that features Guzzle and Impactor. Takes place after Last Stand.
"Zero Point" A brand new prose story from James Roberts that features Roadbuster and Springer. Takes place after Last Stand.
Autopedia entries - Rotorstorm, Pyro, Overlord, Snare, Ironfist, Guzzle, and Impactor
"Fisitron's Facts" - Little known facts about Last Stand of The Wreckers, included with first Trade paper back
pin-ups, promo art, guest art Marcelo Matere, Livio Rimondelli, Josh Burcham and more all contribute.
Script extracts - A "deleted scenes" from Last Stand
First Draft - A look at what the very first version of Last Stand of The Wreckers that Nick Roche wrote before James Roberts came on board. There were five revisions and rewrites of the book. Excellent stuff with Kup and Guzzle in this.
"Squadron X" - A detailed look at each of the members and their previous appearances in Transformers fiction
"In Word and Deed" - A one page comic written and drawn by Nick Roche featuring Verity. Takes place after Last Stand.
Did you pick this up today? Discuss in our new
Transformers Comic Forum!
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By Secretcode from
TFW2005:
Third party company X-Transbots has just released images from their latest offering, XP-1S. XP-1S is an enhanced version of their previous Devastator add-on set.
Images mirrored from their
Facebook page and
their Weibo page (Registration needed.)
Like what you see? Swing on by the discussion thread by clicking the link below. Want to discuss other Third Party items? Well we have you covered, as we have a Third Party subforum just for the discussion of said items
right over here.
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By ORIO from
TFW2005:
After
todays earlier reveal from 3rd party group Igear, the group updated their
Facebook page with the following update:
About the MW-03 Hench and MW-04 UFO, we plan to make them about 12CM≈4.7 inches, slightly higher than the other two released MiniWarriors, and the height of the rest Miniwarriors unreleased will be different too, depend on their scales in the G1 cartoon, will between 8CM to 12CM(3.1 to 4.7inches). We also welcome the proposal of the height of them, thanks.It seems Igear has been listening to the fans. How do you feel about this? Happy to have your Minibots scout sized? The first two Mini-warriors have already been released, will these be rereleased in the new bigger size? Sound off in our
3rd Party forum! Igear is listening.
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By ORIO from
TFW2005:
Mastermind Creations is on a roll. Along with the news about
KM-03 Cyclops, they've updated their
Facebook page with a teaser for their next project, KM-05 Air Screech. This figure will be yet another Hearts Of Steel design, this time for Starscream!
Check out the teaser by clicking on the title bar and then discuss on the 2005 Boards!
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By ORIO from
TFW2005:
Mastermind Creations is on a roll. Along with the news about
KM-03 Cyclops, they've updated their
Facebook page with a teaser for their next project, KM-05 Screech. This figure will be yet another Hearts Of Steel design, this time for Starscream!
Check out the teaser by clicking on the title bar and then discuss on the 2005 Boards!
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By ORIO from
TFW2005:
Our friends and site sponsors,
Bigbadtoystore.com and
TFsource, have dropped us a line that Mastermind Creations KM-03 Knight Morpher Cyclops is now up and available for preorder on their sites. Price is $159.99 for this leader sized custom figure based on Shockwave's appearance in the
Hearts Of Steel comic.
A new pic has been added to the preorder as well for you to stare at until May, which is when this piece is expected to arrive. You can lockdown your preorders at
BBTS and
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