By NIBMRatchet from
TFW2005:
On the last
Hasbro-Press Meeting, Brian Goldner; the President and CEO of Hasbro mentioned that profits were low due to the fact that there were no Transformers Live Action Movies to boost the toy sales. But, now that there is one… guess? Oh yes! Here comes profit!
Hasbro issued a press release mentioning…
"As expected, top line momentum in our business began to build during the quarter, led by strong gains in the TRANSFORMERS brand, driven by TRANSFORMERS: Dark of the Moon, and BEYBLADE, as well as continued double-digit growth in the International segment," Goldner said. "We have continued to make important investments in our business which will help drive both top and bottom line growth in the future. In the third quarter we are launching key new initiatives, including the global introduction of KRE-O, our new construction brand, the addition of the SESAME STREET brand to our preschool business, and innovative new products in core brands such as FURREAL FRIENDS and LITTLEST PET SHOP."But most of the profit from the third movie will be counted for the third quarter.
Licensing revenue associated with TRANSFORMERS: Dark of the Moon will begin to be recorded in the third quarter 2011.Read the entire Press Release after the jump.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
2005 Boards member Gaokaiser dropped by to share with us an image of an advertisement for a new Bic Camera exclusive Transformer. Dark Steel, who will be called
Dark Iron on his US release, will be released in Japan as a Bic Camera exclusive item. Don't worry US fans, he will still be a general release as a part of Wave 5 as well - this promotion is like the old "USA editions" of days gone past.
Additionally, this advert marks the first publicly available image of Dark Iron / Dark Steel. As revealed at Botcon he's a retooled version of Sideswipe in black and teal, who gains a lot of yellow in robot mode. He also wields a recolor of Starscream's MechTech weapon! The new head is unfortunately not very easy to see on this image. He's supposed to be a
Beast Wars Quickstrike homage, how well do you think he pulls this style off?
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By Tony_Bacala from
TFW2005:
We here at TFW have been busy as heck since Botcon 2011. Almost non stop, the site picked up leading into the Transformers movie launch. Increased users online, server problems, and a ton of other things, kept us in a tizzy.
One thing we overlooked was the fact that one of TFW2005's own, Dark-Sakura, won 1st place for her entry into the Botcon 2011 Art Contest. On top of it being awesome she won, and down with 2005, the other angle is that she is none-other than the daughter of long time 2005 Veteran Shin-Gouki.
We congratulate her, and her proud dad, for taking home the prize. (And apologize for taking so long to get this up!)
Check out the entry after the break, and if you are a 2005 member and won something during Botcon 2011, make sure to let us know!
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By Tony_Bacala from
TFW2005:
The Toyark is holding a contest where the winner will receive a copy of BTS-04 Sonicron 100% free.
Check out the details below!
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The Toyark is proud to to be holding it's first sponsored toy give away!
Big Bad Toy Store has hooked us up with a copy of BTS-04 Sonicron (3rd Party Modern Interpretation of Soundwave), and we are going to pass it along to you the fans!
In order to get your hands on Sonicron, all you have to do is post in this thread at ToyArk.com, and by July 29th - Have 20 or more posts anywhere on the forum.
If you need to register - you can do so here:
Register for the ToyArk Forums!On July 29th, we will copy all the names from this thread that have 20 or more posts on Toyark.com, paste into a random choice generator, and announce the winner right here.
We will then send the figure out to you free of charge.
Special Thanks to
Big Bad Toy Store for the promotional copy. You can order the item from them if you can't wait to win it - right here:
BTS-04 Sonicron Figure.
By ORIO from
TFW2005:
2005 Board member zeroeo has stopped by to share with us some comparison pictures of Takaras new Chronicle EZ Collection Transformers with their US counterparts.
Shown in the thread are comparisons for:
G1 Megatron
G1 Optimus Prime
G1 Bumblebee
G1 Jazz
Revenge of the Fallen Megatron
Dark of the Moon Optimus Prime
Starscream and Thundercracker
Check out the pics after the jump!
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