By Shin Densetsu from
TFW2005:
2005 boards member Monzo has just come back from
JoeCon 2011 where he attended the "Treasures Of Hasbro Archives" panel, hosted by Rik Alvarez and other Hasbro employees such as John Warden. Alvarez revealed quite a surprising abandoned concept, a repainted
Omega Supreme for a crossover line between Transformers and
GI Joe! Here's more details:
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According to Rik, these are parts of an Omega Supreme that were redecoed and intended for release in the G.I. Joe toyline. In what manner, as a character or parts of a non-living vehicle, he didn't say; the phrasing of his following statement, where he was going to look into "an actual crossover between the G.I. Joe and Transformer toylines", makes the Joemega Supreme situation seem a bit nebulous."
That wasn't the only shocker. It turns out that at one point, the
GI Joe Pursuit Of Cobra was actually going to have a female figure, paired with a Transformer too! This set was of Arctic Baroness With Ravage(or rather, Ravage but not Ravage):
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There were plans for an arctic Rise of Cobra Baroness figure that would have come with a robot panther companion -"maybe Ravage, maybe not" said Rik, but John Warden consistently denied that it was going to be Ravage. In any case, the use of Ravage design cues was intentional, though Rik sadly noted that the G1 weapons did not work with it."
With even more files to sift through in the archive, could we see more abandoned GI Joe VS Transformers concepts at Botcon 2011?
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
As you all vote on that all important Transformers Hall of Fame 2011 poll, I thought I'd draw your attention to this
Generation 1 Skullcruncher gallery, recently submitted to us by 2005 Boards member HighPrime.
Skullcruncher is a Decepticon with a special place in my heart - back in the New Year's sales of 1988, I remember picking up this alligator Decepticon to give some backup to my
Scorponok who I got for Christmas. For a long time it was him,
Apeface,
Snapdragon and
Scorponok as my Headmasters - he is one of the toys from my childhood who got a lot of play. And even now looking back and reading his bio, there's nothing about him that is not cool. He's an alligator Decepticon whose gun has the sole purpose of making his enemies easier to chew! He's partnered with a businessman who plans on using the Decepticon to get rid of his business rivals! Grax's pilot seat in beast mode is sitting inside Skullcruncher's mouth (better hope he doesn't get hungry while you're in there guy)!
Looking at this gallery brought back a lot of happy childhood memories for me.
Click here to check out the gallery and see if HighPrime's excellent photography does the same for you too.
And who knows, maybe it will be Skullcruncher for the Hall of Fame 2012?
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By Kickback from
TFW2005:
This is it Transformers fans!
With less than 24 hours left until voting ends on TFW2005.COM, we are in a virtual tie between the top two candidates - Erector and Grimlock!
It can be easily said that this year's Transformers Hall of Fame nomination and voting process has gone above and beyond last year's, with a virtual and sudden fan-movement to vote in a totally obscure and highly contraversial candidate! While last year saw a ton of users on our message forums include signature images supporting their candidate, this year saw a ton of discussion threads on nominees, a massive signature image campaign, and even a Facebook page or two supporting their candidate!
Not to be left out of discussion, Waspinator and Shockwave are also in a dead-heat for 3rd and 4th place, with Waspinator recently overtaking Shockwave. Nearly 800 votes have come in, but we still need to be able to declare a true winner to TFW2005's poll!
We need YOU to vote RIGHT NOW on who deserves to be inducted in to the 2nd Transformers Hall of Fame!Who do you vote for? An obscure and unfortunately-named Micromaster? A lovable and fan-favorite self-proclaimed king and bad-ass? A bug with plans who just can't catch a break? Or quite possibly the biggest mastermind in all of Transformers lore?
Click HERE and VOTE today!NOTE: This vote is one of many currently under-way on numerous Transformers fansites. All fansite voting totals will be calculated and turned in to a final, official vote in the future on Transformers.com. Winner will be announced at this year's BotCon, taking place in Pasadena, California.
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By NIBMRatchet from
TFW2005:
Amazon has updated their Transformers: Dark of the Moon Novelization page with the cover page. The cover features the Transformers 3 Promotional Poster we’ve been seeing for a long time. Although this poster appeared on various occasions; once at a convention inside a Hasbro booth and on another time featured on a folder belonging to the DOTM crew working closely with Michael Bay, it is never popularized as an official poster.
Few other updated items relating to Transformers are also there…
Transformers Prime Volume 4
Transformers Classics: UK Volume 1
2012 Transformers Special Edition Wall Calendar
2012 Transformers: Dark of the Moon Wall Calendar
Learn more about each, after the jump.
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By Shin Densetsu from
TFW2005:
2005 boards member Red Leader of site sponsor
Kapow Toys has received confirmation that a voyager Red Leader AKA Voyager Sentinel Prime figure for the
Dark Of The Moon line is on the way. What's interesting is that he also got word of 2 new listings:
Description: #430254 T/F G1CONVOY & Movie OPTIMUS w/TRAILER
Description: #430261 T/F G1MEGATRON & Movie MEGATRON
All are scheduled for release in August. The aforementioned G1+movie Prime/Megatron bundles carry an MSRP of $100 each. When asked if the G1 Optimus Prime And Movie Optimus Prime With Trailer listing was the same as the previously announced
set shown recently, Red Leader responded with:
thats the standalone release for Japan, these boxsets are apparently something different we're toldNow it's been said before that reissues of
G1 Megatron and even
Classics Megatron would be out of the question stateside. So what's truly in these sets?
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By NIBMRatchet from
TFW2005:
Just a little heads-up. Nickelodeon's 24th Annual Kids' Choice Awards is happening tonight at 8 p.m. ET.
What’s so special about this year’s ceremony is that it is sponsored by Hasbro’s Transformers: Dark of the Moon Toyline marketing team.
As a result we will be hearing the 1st prize winner of “
16 Weeks of Cyber Sweeps” who’ll be winning a family trip for four to the star-studded U.S. premiere of the movie.
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The winner of the TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON U.S. movie premiere tickets will be announced in a commercial that will air on Saturday, April 2 during Nickelodeon’s 2011 Kids’ Choice Awards, of which Hasbro is a presenting sponsor.” says Hasbro.
Nelson, meanwhile at the Michael Bay Official Website
states that there will be no new DOTM trailer at the KCA 2011.
However Nelson
says that the Transformers: Dark of the Moon Poster will arrive in May.
Stay tuned with TFW2005 for latest Transformers 3 news from Nick Kids’ Choice Awards 2011.
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By Joe Moore from
TFW2005:
For today's Featured Ebay Auctions, we wanted to highlight some potentially great, odd, or fun finds that are starting at no more than $5.00.
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Transformers 1985 Tyco Electric Train and Battle Set•
Lot of Various 1984 Transformers G1 Party Favors•
Loose Transformers G1 Defensor•
Transformers G1 Giant Ball Darts Game•
Lot Of 118 G1 Transformers ComicsSee photos of each auction by clicking the headline of the story.
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By TM2 D-bot from
TFW2005:
Remember some while
back when we brought you images of some resin prototype tank figures. Now we have two different tanks, plus two different planes that have appeared on a
chinese website. Shown in both robot and alternate modes do you think these are new characters or are they homaging someone else?
Click above to view the image in full size.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
MSN's Transformers Prime episode listing has updated with the titles of the next two Transformers Prime episodes. They are, "Out of his Head" and "Shadowzone".
Cryptic, no? Given the description of episode 13 offered, Out of his Head might well be a continuation of Sick Mind. Speaking of Sick Mind, a more detailed synopsis is now available on
TVGuide - A Decepticon plague infects Optimus Prime, so Arcee and Bumblebee sneak onto the Nemesis to find the cure.
Whatever these two latest cryptic titles refer to, the story of Transformers Prime is beginning to gain pace as the halfway mark of the first season is passed. As always, we will update you when new information becomes available.
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By NIBMRatchet from
TFW2005:
Congratulations Rosie Huntington-Whiteley! She is this year’s Cinemacon (previously known as Showest) “Female Star of Tomorrow”.
Rosie then talked with
Access Hollywood and
MTV, who caught-up with her after the Convention.
"I've seen the last two movies, so I kind of knew what I was getting into, but obviously not at all as well," Whiteley said of being a bit overwhelmed by the big movie experience. "It was a crazy opportunity that was handed to me, and I spent seven months making the movie with a great cast and a great director, and it's been a roller coaster of a lifetime for sure," she said. "I'm still on it, I don't know if I'm going to get off anytime soon."She also had fun explaining her audition and a kissing scene in the movie with Shia LaBeouf (Sam Witwicky).
Rosie, who is playing Carly of Transformers 3 then praised Director Michal Bay for the commitment he’s been doing for the Transformers franchise throughout the past 6 years.
Take a look at both interviews, after the jump.
Transformers: Dark of the Moon releasing July 1st, 2011.
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By NIBMRatchet from
TFW2005:
Is this for real? Is it a KO? Is this an April Fools Day Joke? Questions are asked… Answer remains.
An auction posted at
Yahoo Auctions, Japan is revealing what looks like a Deluxe Class version of Transformers: Dark of the Moon Optimus Prime.
The toy looks authentic and looks really neat for a Deluxe sized version of the Autobot Leader.
Take a look at the Images, after the jump.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
April Fools! Earlier today we posted a thread asking for you to vote on your picks for our submission to the Hall of Fame, containing such notoriously questionably named characters as the legendary Erector, Windbreaker and Drillnuts. Naturally as many of you deduced this had nothing to do with the Hasbro Transformers Hall of Fame...
... because you were actually voting in this year's "TFW April Fools Day Hall of Fame"! With a 18,016 vote lead (in a thread with only 3,536 views) the natural winner who rose up higher than all the other silly named Transformers was Erector!
Erector's campaign manager, Locustreign, had this to say about the little Micromaster's win: "vote rigging? What's that?"
Hope you all had a fun time! Stay tuned for the
real Hasbro Transformers Hall of Fame poll in just a few short hours!
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By Super_Megatron from
TFW2005:
The
TFcon website has been updated with the following:
TFcon is happy to welcome back Pat Lee, the founder of Dreamwave Productions and artist on the top-selling comic book series Transformers Generation 1. Making his first appearance since the closure of Dreamwave, Pat will be sketching and signing for fans and taking part in a discussion panel on Transformers and the comic book industry.
TFcon - Canada's 10th Annual Transformers Collectors Convention is July 30th and 31st, 2011 at the Delta Meadowvale Resort and Conference Centre in Mississauga, Ontario with free parking. You can book your hotel room for TFcon 2011 via the
hotel reservation website.
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