By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Today is a good day to be a Transfan. Why? Because today is the day that the Transformers Dark of the Moon toyline is officially released! Yes, May 16 has arrived and for those of you who did not break the street date, the toys are now officially on sale at all good retailers, including our sponsors:
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Past Generation Toys Transformers ToysTempting Toys Transformers ToysIt's over to you now readers! What toys are you looking forward to picking up in store or online today? Some MechTech Deluxes? A shiny new Leader Class Bumblebee or Sentinel Prime? Or maybe some Cyberverse toys? We'd like to hear what everyone is getting - and don't forget you can share your thoughts over in our
Transformers Feedback forum!
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By Super_Megatron from
TFW2005:
The
TFcon 2011 exclusive is Stronghold, produced by Head Robots. Designed for the Universe Onslaught mold and cross compatible with Generation 1 Headmasters, Stronghold will be limited to 700 pieces. This is a high-quality upgrade kit that contains a transforming head with ball joints and clear blue eyepiece, two photon rifles, one assault cannon, and a backpack. The backpack features many mounting points so the guns can be configured in many ways. This exclusive will come with a bonus set of Reprolabels that will transform your old action figure into an all new character for your collection.
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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By NIBMRatchet from
TFW2005:
We are getting closer and closer to the release of Transformers: Dark of the Moon Novelization by Peter David. The book will also be available on Digital Formats other than the Mass Market Paperback, including
Kindle and
Nook. It so happens that Barnes & Nobel has updated their Nook Product Page for the novel with an excerpt.
Product Details
Pub. Date: 24th May 2011
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Sold By: Random House
Format: NOOK Book (eBook)
ISBN-13: 9780345529169
ISBN: 0345529162
You can continue to read the Spoiler filled excerpt.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Here's a small sudden shock out of the literal left field - in addition to their Bee 01 Bumblebee and Bee 02 Cliffjumper,
iGear has just revealed a third Bee model. Cleverly named Bee 03, this one is colored blue after the Botcon exclusive Generation 1 Bumblebee recolor Glyph. Bee 03 uses the same design as Bee 01 and Bee 02, namely a knockoff of the Universe Classics Legend design reshelled as a VW Bug.
Bee 03 is already released and available now.
Bee 01 and Bee 02 have also been released.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Takara-Tomy have updated with some new information on the Transformers Heat Scramble Collectible Card Game. There are two pages, the first one
details the cards in the starter set and the booster packs. The game's cards are divided into three types, Units, Episodes and Actions. Units are self explanatory - they are cards based on the characters of the movie series - all the characters of the Movie series, with the main cast getting multiple cards, though every character gets a card for each different mode seen on screen. Episodes are event cards, based on key scenes from the Movie series, such as the Autobots arriving on Earth, or Sam buying his first car. Action cards we assume are actions that can be taken during the game. The cards are ranked in terms of rarity - from rarest to most common, the grades are Super Rare, Rare, Uncommon, and Common. These are denoted on the linked page as SR, R, U and C.
All of the cards have absolutely gorgeous artwork that really captures the spirit of the Movie series, which is where the second page comes in. This page consists of a
gallery of the artwork for all 79 cards in the set. Check it out! The artwork is incredible and shows how much work has gone into this side of the set. It's worth collecting the cards purely for the artwork, in fact!
The cards cover the events and characters of Transformers 2007 and Transformers Revenge of the Fallen. Here is hoping for the first expansion deck to cover Dark of the Moon, and future expansions to cover the other series of the Transformers mythos.
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By Tony_Bacala from
TFW2005:
There has been a recent buzz for TF3, but not one you may think. Some how, the Twins got picked up by several blogs and then main stream media again, along with all their social baggage.
This story got referenced, and folks started to do the back and forth. Are they, aren't they? Then all the chatter that went along with their speaking style from the second movie came up.
(BTW - that post was made by TFW2005 over a year ago, while things were still in heavy speculation mode.)Anyway, we were contacted today by Paramount directly. They asked us to clarify the following.
Quote:
The Twins will NOT be in the 3rd film, and that the featured cars (
from this post) are not actually in the movie.
Couple that with a recent post on MichaelBay.com by
Michael Bay:
Quote:
After the internet posting of a nice review by someone who saw Transformers Dark of the Moon, the writer had not been clear on one thing. He misstated that the Twins are in the film. They are not.
So I am offering a $25,000 REWARD to anyone who can find them performing in Transformers 3, on July 1, when the movie opens.
Michael
Apparently, regardless of semantics, one thing is clear - The Twins, as we knew them, are not, or WILL not, be in Transformers Dark of the Moon.
Hey, at least we still have
the toys,
right?
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Yes, you read that right folks - with the Dark of the Moon toyline not even officially released yet, Deluxe Wave 3 has been sighted and purchased at retail in Australia. This is significant because it's also our first confirmation of what is actually in the third wave:
Laserbeak
Mudflap
Nitro Bumblebee
Thundercracker
For comparison, here is what is in Wave 1:
Ratchet, Skids, Bumblebee, Crankcase, Roadbuster and Starscream
And Wave 2:
Topspin, Barricade, Jolt and Sideswipe
That's
14 different toys. There's no guarantee these will all be on US shelves right away on Monday - although sightings confirm Waves 1 and 2 are in stock rooms and going out on shelves. Australia is typically a little ahead on the releases, so chances are, these new four will be joining the rest before May is over.
This report comes to you from
Ozformers, with photo proof from Griffin-of-oz. He also reports that the Stealth Force Mini Changer two packs - featuring a vehicle with flip out weapons and a PVC robot hero style figure - have been sighted at Australian Targets.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Given away at a special launch event for the Dark of the Moon toyline in Australia was a very cool Dark of the Moon guidebook. There are some great pictures of all the toys we have heard about to date in here including a few we'd not heard or seen much of - such as
Cyberfire Bumblebee earlier today.
Ozformers - Transformers Collectors Australia admin Griffin-of-oz has shared scans of the entire guidebook! The guidebook is 32 pages long and includes some new looks at some other toys, in addition to Cyberfire Bumblebee. Included in that list is the new Cyberverse Optimus Prime shown at left, who has a more traditional Optimus Prime colorscheme and has different weapons - Energon swords and shoulder cannons. It's just called "Optimus Prime" in the guidebook, though this might be the "Energy Blade" Optimus Prime that was put about for Cyberverse a while back.
New looks at existing toys includes Deluxe Class Mudflap - our first look at official images of the guy and his wicked looking axe weapon. There's also a page dedicated to the Ark playset, complete with some nice views of Roller. Human Alliance Roadbuster also gets a page - these images we've seen before, though these are bigger and HA Roadbuster is such a nice toy it'd be a crime not to mention him!
Check out the full guidebook scans over at the Ozformers, and talk about it on our 2005 Boards!
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
The advance screening impressions of Transformers 3 Dark of the Moon continue to roll in. Off the back of
Neo-Bombshell's experience with 30 minutes of the film,
Capone of Ain't It Cool News got to see a rough cut of the whole movie in Chicago. He's shared a detailed, but light on spoilers, review of the film. There are some good points in there including the final word on Skids and Mudflap - they are in the film, but they are toned down.
Other keypoints are:
- The battle of Chicago runs for an hour, with not a second wasted.
- Megatron is very creepy still with part of his head missing from the final battle of Revenge of the Fallen.
- Leonard Nimoy voices Sentinel Prime to "perfection".
- Rosie Huntington-Whiteley spends a lot of time in the tightest clothes imaginable. She does have a role in the film and is reckoned to be better than Megan Fox, perhaps because she has an active role to play.
- Sam's parents are barely in the film.
- Civilians die in large numbers during the Chicago battle.
The final word from Capone on Dark of the Moon? That this is in his own words, "the third and easily best entry in the Michael Bay-directed franchise".
Click here to read his full, low-spoiler write-up at Ain't It Cool News.
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