IDW Publishing announces special VIP Tour during BotCon
VIP Tour - Our friends at IDW just emailed us to let us know they have announced that they'll be having a special VIP Tour to coincide with BotCon 2013 in San Diego, which just happens to be where IDW's headquarters are located. Check out the full details of this special event by clicking here.
My Little Pony Micro Series #5 Convention Variant Cover featuring Optimus Prime and Pinkie Pie Revealed
BotCon - In an unprecedented crossover between Hasbro's "Transformers" and "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic," Pinkie Pie cosplays as Optimus Prime, dancing on the massive hand of the Big Bot himself, as he gives a quizzical tilt of his head. The variant cover will be available at this year's Transformers Botcon in San Diego from June 27 - 30. Check out the cover and join our fun discussion about this topic by clicking here.
Hoist, Magnificus, updated Machine Wars deco and more revealed in TCC #50 (now arriving)
Every Issue Should Be Like This One! - Earlier this morning I received my copy of the 50th issue of the Transformers Collectors' Club The Official Magazine. The cover homages Marvel's Transformers #22 by featuring Depth Charge's mug shot front-and-center with all of the Collectors' Club characters outlining the cover. Click here to find out the big highlights that were shown or mentioned in this issue.
Transformers: The Ride 3D Universal Orlando - Megatron Video and Images
Florida - Our friend Ricky Brigante with Inside the Magic dropped by with a Transformers: The Ride 3D update from Universal Orlando. The construction walls around the new attraction have come down and the Megatron walk-around character is making the rounds! The walk around character speaks several quotes from the various incarnations of Megatron throughout the franchise history. The ride opens later this summer, but a temporary meet and greet area has been set up with alternating appearances by Optmus Prime, Bumblebee, and Megatron. We've embedded a video and a few images from Inside the Magic below, click here for their full coverage with additional images.
BotCon 2013 Machine Wars: Termination set revealed
Termination! - This amazing five-figure Transformers MACHINE WARS: TERMINATION box set features: General OBSIDIAN, General STRIKA, Clone Army Commander MEGAPLEX, Clone Warrior SKYWARP and Autobot maintenance expert HOIST. Originally a Kay-Bee exclusive line from 1997, this 2013 BotCon box set brings fans and collectors a long-awaited and AMAZING second series of Machine Wars toys. This offering will be hot, so don’t miss out!
Posted May 23rd, 2013 at 5:14pm by El Duque - 4,107 views
Our friends at BotCon dropped by to officially announce the cast of Hub Network's Transformers: Rescue Bots will be attending BotCon 2013. They will be on hand on Saturday June 29th for a Transformers: Rescue Bots panel. We are thrilled that eleven individuals from the show will be at BotCon in San Diego!. Attached you will find brief bio's along with pics of all those appearing at BotCon 2013. All eleven will be there on Saturday ONLY. BRIAN HOHLFELD is the Supervising - Read More
Posted May 22nd, 2013 at 8:25pm by Seibertron - 8,697 views
Our friends at IDW just emailed us to let us know they have announced that they'll be having a special VIP Tour to coincide with BotCon 2013 in San Diego, which just happens to be where IDW's headquarters are located. Here's the scoop ... IDW Publishing Presents A rare peek inside what goes into making comics! The studio is opening its doors to a select few and offering a special VIP tour that is sure to be a memorable one. Meet with creators, editors, and walk away with more - Read More
Posted May 21st, 2013 at 2:27pm by El Duque - 7,788 views
Great news Transformers: Rescue Bots fans, the cast will be on hand at BotCon 2013! Parvesh Cheena (Blades), Steve Blum (Heatwave), DC Douglas (Chase) and Imari Williams (Boulder) will all be at the convention for a Transformers: Rescue Bots panel on Saturday June 29th. Join us for an amazing afternoon on Saturday where fans will get to meet and hear from nearly a dozen members from the cast and crew of the Hub Network's hit show "Rescue Bots." The Rescue Bots panel, featuring the voice - Read More
Posted May 20th, 2013 at 11:35am by El Duque - 9,338 views
BotCon has tweeted a preview panel from their 2013 convention exclusive Timelines comic. General Obsidian address the newly promoted City Commanders Guzzle, Dogfight, Jazz, Clamp Down, Backstreet, and Hardhead. BotCon 2013 is just around the corner, June 27th - 30th in San Diego, CA. Check out the preview mirrored below. - Read More
Posted May 20th, 2013 at 11:25am by El Duque - 6,878 views
TFExpo is proud to announce our latest guest for the 2013 show-- back by popular demand, Transformers Comic Artist Matt Frank! Matt's been keeping plenty busy this past year, adding "Mars Attacks the Transformers" and "Spotlight Trailcutter" to his body of work. He's currently illustrating the Transformers Collectors' Club story "Beast Wars: Shattered Glass". Matt will be appearing at his own Q&A Panel, selling his work, doing sketches and signing autographs throughout the day. Don't - Read More
Posted May 17th, 2013 at 3:52pm by El Duque - 16,119 views
CBR has revealed a BotCon variant of My Little Pony Micro Series #5. The special edition cover features Optimus Prime and Pinkie Pie. This issue will apparently be available at next month's BotCon in San Diego. Check out the cover below. In an unprecedented crossover between Hasbro's "Transformers" and "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic," Pinkie Pie cosplays as Optimus Prime, dancing on the massive hand of the Big Bot himself, as he gives a quizzical tilt of his head. The variant cover - Read More
Posted May 16th, 2013 at 1:40am by El Duque - 8,726 views
TFcon has announced their next special guest, G1 voice actor Jack Angel! Angel provided the voices for several G1 characters including the cartoon version of Ultra Mangnus. TFcon wrote:We are honored to welcome Transformers voice actor Jack Angel to TFcon 2013 for his first ever Canadian convention appearance. The voice of Astrotrain, Breakdown, Cyclonus, Ramjet, Smokescreen and Ultra Magnus in the Generation 1 cartoon; he is also known to GIJOE fans as the voice of Wet Suit and - Read More
Posted May 14th, 2013 at 11:00am by Va'al - 9,333 views
Convention season is almost here for Transformers fans, and Auto Assembly has nothing to envy BotCon in terms of guests! Today's announcement sees the return of Jim Sorenson, one of the minds behind Transformers: The Ark, The Ark Volume II, The AllSpark Almanac, The Complete Ark, The AllSpark Almanac II and currently Transformers Legacy and the Transformers: 30th Anniversary Collection. After a three year absence, we are proud to announce that writer Jim Sorenson is making a much-overdue - Read More
Posted May 09th, 2013 at 1:21pm by El Duque - 9,647 views
BotCon has announced four additional artist appearing at this year's Artist Alley: Ken Christiansen, John-Paul Bove, Dan Khanna, and Cally Karishokka. KEN CHRISTIANSEN has been working as an illustrator and concept designer for over fifteen years. Starting as a video game concept artist, at Nintendo of America (Ridge Racer 64, Pokemon Puzzle League), then moving to Los Angeles to work in games for the Walt Disney Company (Kingdom Hearts, Finding Nemo). In 2004, Ken started his own - Read More
Posted May 09th, 2013 at 11:57am by Va'al - 11,727 views
Two more updates on the biggest European convention: Auto Assembly! This week has brought two more pieces of news, confirming some of the guests that were teased so far: Jason Cardy, Kat Nicholson, Nick Roche and Ed Pirrie join the amazing line-up that already sees Dan Gilvezan, Neil Kaplan, Steve Blum, Simon Furman, James Roberts, Andrew Wildman, John-Paul Bove, Kris Carter, Liam Shalloo and Andrew Griffith! Find out more about each guest at Auto Assembly's Guests page. We promised that - Read More
Posted May 06th, 2013 at 9:00pm by LOST Cybertronian - 11,950 views
Two more artist have been added to artist alley for BotCon 2013, Josh Burcham and Robby Musso. JOSH BURCHAM is a comic book colorist/illustrator with over 100 issues to his credit, including: Dreamwave's War Within: Age of Wrath, Transformers Stormbringer, Beast Wars, All Hail Megatron, Last Stand of the Wreckers, Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye ongoing series, and this year's Botcon exclusive Machine Wars comic! ROBBY MUSSO has worked on various IDW Transformers - Read More
Posted May 06th, 2013 at 11:45am by El Duque - 11,742 views
TFExpo is pleased to present a VERY special treat for those attending our Saturday Night Dinner and Script Reading. Flint Dille has announced that he will bring an excerpt of the script from “Transformers: Monstrosity”, currently being released as individual issues for digital download from IDW Publishing. The script excerpt will be performed LIVE by Gregg Berger in the role of Grimlock! But that’s not all! We’ll need help filling the rest of the roles—Gregg’s - Read More
Posted May 04th, 2013 at 1:17am by El Duque - 17,304 views
BotCon has announced that Matt Frank and Thomas Deer will be featured in this year's Artist Alley. MATT FRANK has worked on numerous Transformers titles, such as the Beast Wars Sourcebook, Transformers Animated: The Rise of Safeguard, and the Transformers Collectors' Club story A Flash Forward. He kicked off 2013 with the crossover one-shot, Mars Attacks: The Transformers!, not to mention Transformers Spotlight: Trailcutter, both of which he fully illustrated. Aside from Transformers, - Read More
Posted May 02nd, 2013 at 6:42pm by El Duque - 16,150 views
Click here to visit the Charticon website. We are very pleased to announce Paul Eiding, the iconic voice of Generation One Perceptor will be joining us in August! Paul has an impressive and extensive resume; in addition to Perceptor, he also portrays Colonel Roy Campbell in the Metal Gear series, the narrator in Diablo, Judicator Aldaris in Starcraft, and Grandpa Max Tennyson in every Ben 10 cartoon series, including Ben 10, Alien Force, Ultimate Alien, and Omniverse, in which he - Read More
Posted May 02nd, 2013 at 5:00pm by Va'al - 19,438 views
The BotCon site has been updated, revealing the first two names for the Artist Alley: Livio Ramondelli and Casey Coller! Check out their bio notes below. Today we kick off our Artist Alley announcements, with the first being that BotCon 2013 will in fact feature its largest Artist Alley ever! With so many amazing artists scheduled to attend BotCon 2013, this is one show you will not want to miss! And with that, we are thrilled to announce two of the artists attending BotCon In San Diego - Read More
Posted May 02nd, 2013 at 1:01pm by El Duque - 17,780 views
The official Transformers facebook has announced the opening date for Universal Studios Orlando's Transformers: The Ride - 3D as June 20th! The time has come to join the resistance as we prepare to defend Earth on June 20th when TRANSFORMERS: The Ride – 3D opens at Universal Orlando - Read More
Posted May 01st, 2013 at 2:56pm by El Duque - 19,189 views
Our friend and theme park enthusiast Rick Brigante with Inside the Magic dropped by to let us know about the latest promotional campaign going on in Orlando for Universal's upcoming Transformers: The Ride 3D attraction. Similar to the campaign leading up to the ride's release at Universal Studios Hollywood, the Fairwinds Credit Union building in downtown Orlando has been outfitted with an 80 foot sign made to look as though Megatron took a stroll right through the building. Universal Orlando - Read More
Posted May 01st, 2013 at 2:43pm by Seibertron - 12,337 views
Check out this "viral" video from our friends at Universal Orlando Resort. Can you believe what happened in Downtown Orlando?! Prepare for the greatest battle you’ll ever ride! The new TRANSFORMERS: The Ride–3D is an ultra-immersive, next generation thrill ride that blurs the line between fiction and reality! - Read More
Posted May 01st, 2013 at 2:27pm by Seibertron - 11,524 views
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BotCon 2013 to feature its largest Artist Alley ever! San Diego, California June 27th - June 30th! San Diego, CA - May 1st, 2013 - Fun Publications, Inc., licensee for Hasbro’s official Transformers Collectors’ Convention, BotCon, is excited to announce that this years award-winning convention is set to feature its largest Artist Alley ever! With so many amazing artists appearing at BotCon, being held at the Town and Country Resort from June 27th thru June 30th - Read More
Posted May 01st, 2013 at 9:09am by El Duque - 8,239 views
TFcon 2013 preregistration opens May 1st at 9am and will run until July 15th at 11:55pm. This is the only way to reserve the 2013 exclusives ROSWELL and VAN GUARDIAN and to sign up for the FRIDAY and SUNDAY customizing classes (limited to 45 people each day). TFcon 2013 admission includes the following: -Entrance to Canada’s Largest Dealer Room for Transformers merchandise -All access pass to all TFcon panels and events -Free autographs from all TFcon 2013 guests -Entrance into the - Read More
Posted April 30th, 2013 at 5:08pm by Seibertron - 13,706 views
BotCon wrote:Hello all, We have now moved an allotment of attending BotCon sets to the non-attending Iacon category. If you have been waiting, you can now go and order your Iacon set use the registration link at BotCon! I hate to say it but it looks like this year's membership figure won't ship until after BotCon as they are coming with the FSS figures. These have now shipped from the manufacturer and are at the packaging vendor. Those of you in the FSS program should have - Read More
Posted April 23rd, 2013 at 6:56pm by Blurrz - 13,026 views
Thanks to IDW colorist Josh Burcham, we have a preview page for FunPub's upcoming BotCon 2013 in San Diego, from June 27 till June 30. This comic page features characters from our five-figure box set, Hoist, Strika, Obsidian, and Skywarp. As the lore in Beast Machines would suggest, our two characters from the Beast era are notably Autobots in this rendition of Machine Wars Transformers lore. As Josh writes, these are not the final colors in particular for this page. Enjoy! - Read More
Posted April 22nd, 2013 at 6:02pm by El Duque - 7,846 views
Hey guys-- First of all, we want to thank you for joining us at TFExpo 2012 last summer. We had a great time meeting everyone, and hope you all enjoyed getting to meet Garry Chalk and Matt Frank. You made TFExpo 2012 the success that it was, and for that we're eternally grateful. Moving forward, we have some exciting things planned for TFExpo 2013 that we want to share with you! The convention will be Saturday, August 3rd at the same location, Holiday Inn at Kellogg and Rock in - Read More
Posted April 22nd, 2013 at 4:45pm by Va'al - 8,017 views
The people over at BotCon have an announcement to make about registration: all non-attending packages have now been sold out - but there is more below! Make sure you check back in a couple of days for confirmation, and, obviously, register now to attend the big summer event in San Diego! Hello BotCon fans! We have run through our allotment of Iacon (non-attending sets) and are considering moving some of the Primus attending sets over to Iacon non-attending. However, we don't - Read More
Posted April 14th, 2013 at 6:19am by Va'al - 17,050 views
The organisers of the Dutch Transformers convention B.O.T.S have dropped us a line to let you all know that the 2013 edition will take place once more in Aalsmeer, The Netherlands, on the first Sunday of June! Their website, as always, has a handy translation tool, so you can check it out in English, too. B.O.T.S. 2013 wrote:On Sunday June 9th the fifth edition of the one and only Transformers convention of the Benelux, B.O.T.S., will be held! Our location will be the Can Dance Studios, - Read More
Posted April 12th, 2013 at 4:19pm by El Duque - 16,429 views
The official BotCon 2013 website has posted the box art for this year's Machine Wars: Termination convention exclusive set, which features Obsidian, Strika, Skywarp, Megaplex, and Hoist. The box will feature a cut out window reminiscent of the original Machine Wars packaging along with General Obsidian artwork. Check out he box art below. The five-figure boxed set, which includes General Obsidian, General Strika, Commander Megaplex, Clone Warrior Skywarp, and Autobot Hoist, will be - Read More
Posted April 11th, 2013 at 7:52pm by El Duque - 16,980 views
The official BotCon 2013 website has posted new images of Obsidian in his new updated color scheme. Obsidian will join Strika, Hoist, Megaplex, and Skywarp in this year's convention exclusive Machine Wars: Termination box set. Check out the images mirrored below. For comparison here's a side by side with the initial - Read More
Posted April 08th, 2013 at 12:32pm by Seibertron - 30,052 views
Earlier this morning I received my copy of the 50th issue of the Transformers Collectors' Club The Official Magazine. The cover homages Marvel's Transformers #22 which featured Menasor with various Marvel characters outlining the sides of the cover. This cover features Depth Charge's mug shot front-and-center with all of the Collectors' Club characters outlining the cover. Inside the magazine itself, the following pages and information are revealed ... Brian's Bytes and Bolts reveals - Read More
Posted April 02nd, 2013 at 12:43pm by El Duque - 11,978 views
Our friends at TFcon dropped by to let us know the voice of G1 Rodimus Prime and Hot Rod, Dick Gautier, has joined their roster of special guest for 2013. Click here to visit the TFcon 2013 website. We are honored to welcome Transformers voice actor Dick Gautier to TFcon 2013 for his first ever Canadian convention appearance. The voice of Rodimus Prime and Hot Rod in the Generation 1 cartoon; in addition to the characters Apeface, Firebolt and one of the Sweeps; he is also known to GIJOE - Read More
Posted March 27th, 2013 at 9:46pm by LOST Cybertronian - 15,900 views
The fine folks at Charticon dropped us a note to let us know they have revealed the Charticon 2013 exclusive figure. This is what they had to say. We have exciting news! Our exclusive figure for Charticon 2013 is none other than Aftershock! Aftershock is a generations-style update of G1 Quake, complete with brand new head and will come in a custom box with accessories! This figure is limited to 50 units as they are all being hand painted and assembled. We will have a small number available - Read More
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