Transformers Movie News

Michael Bay slams the critics (of Megan Fox)

There has been a lot of recent bad press in the media lately indicating a posible rift between live action Transformers franchise director Michael Bay and actress Megan Fox. Here at Seiberton.com we have chosen not to report on most of that, because it is often hard to distinquish the gossip from the reality.

However, couresty of USA TODAY's entertainment blog, we have comments from Michael Bay himself who recently came to Megan's defense at of all things, a Victoria's Secret show. As you may remember, Bay has been directing Victoria's Secret commercials.

There are many things one can expect at a Victoria’s Secret show (mobs of press, crazy futuristic neon wings, bras covered in diamonds, a Black Eyed Pea, or three) but what we did not expect was a candid takedown of the press’ treatment of Megan Fox by none other than Transformers director, Michael Bay. (You may remember the outspoken actress has referred to him as a “nightmare,” and “Hitler” in recent interviews).

But it turns out, Bay couldn’t care less. Really. “I love her,” the man responsible for the blockbuster franchise told USA TODAY's Andrea Mandell. “It’s just, she’s young. Everyone’s got to give her a break, she only…23? It’s just hard. I’ve traveled around the world with her and she’s just like this world symbol now, you know?”

So he brushes her diatribes under the carpet? “Absolutely,” he said. “She called me (after the Hitler comment) and goes, ‘It’s all bullsh—t, Mike.’ The press, they just like to prey, and stalk, and pounce and find a good little juicy thing. But she’s always wanted to do these crazy comments. That’s just her. She’s great.”

He also said, “She’s got a great part in Transformers 3,” and he said he’s currently working on the script. So Bay’s not planning on getting revenge by, say, killing her off? “No, no. no,” he said, dismissing it. “She gets enough of that already.”

To read the original USA TODAY blog, please click here.

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Seibertron's Gallery of ROTF Leader Class Starscream is Online!

The upcoming Leader Class Starscream from the Revenge of the Fallen toy line lands a special appearance here on Seibertron.com, thanks to our friend, Diablien. Here's your chance to view the best, high quality, Seibertron quality images of one of the most popular characters from the Transformers brand, in his latest, and largest form since the Cybertron toy line. To view the gallery, click here.

Leader Buster Optimus Prime Images: Packaging and Figure

A much anticipated Leader class figure is being released in Asia this weekend. An anonymous user of 2chan has jumped the gun and got the gun - and the figure that comes with it. We're talking about Leader Class Buster Optimus Prime, which at the moment is a Takara only version of Revenge of the Fallen Leader Prime that comes with a gun, and a Premium like finish. Check out the images below.








Also concerning Buster Prime, HobbySearch Japan has put up a listing for it, which gives us a first look at Buster's packaging.



To check out original post from Futaba Channel/2chan, click here.


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Toy Galleries Update - Movie Premiums: Jazz, Barricade, and Bumblebee

A handful of figures from the 2007 Movie toyline are the most recent additions to the Seibertron Toy Galleries. They are Premium Jazz, Bumblebee and Barricade with Frenzy. Premium was the third and final part of the 2007 Movie toyline, after the Allspark Battles. The line offers our favourite characters from the first movie in screen accurate redecos. Check out the galleries for each figure, and their previous incarnations in the links below.


Premium Jazz, repaint of Deluxe Jazz






Premium Bumblebee, repaint of Deluxe Stealth Bumblebee






Premium Barricade, repaint of Deluxe Barricade






Premium Frenzy, repaint of Frenzy






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Target / Zellers Exclusives Hitting North American retail

Looks like a trio of Target Exclusives (Zellers in Canada) are finally going to be available in stores. The (Burning) Fallen, Straightaway Shootout (Legends 5-Pack), and Leo Prime were only purchasable at Target's Online Store. Thanks to reports in our sightings page, as well as TFW2005, and Cybertron.ca, it looks like these are finally available at local Target and Zellers chains. If you're contemplating the purchase of the Fallen (Burning Version) or Leo Prime, you can check out their Seibertron galleries in the links below.

The (Burning) Fallen


Leo Prime


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New Images of ROTF Spark Blast Jolt in Package

EBay seller tfctoys has posted an auction for Fast Action Battlers Spark Blast Jolt, a Silver and Turquoise redeco of Electro Whip Jolt from the Revenge of The Fallen toy line. To view the auction click here.

With enough squinting, we can see Spark Blast Jolt's bio:

Electricity is what JOLT is all about. He crackles with energy all time, and aches to expend what he can't contain. Whenever he goes too long between fights he gains the ability to charge his entire body with static, sending massive bolts of electricity shooting toward his enemies.

Out of Box Images of Revenge of the Fallen repaints and Animated Bulkhead

Ebay seller TFCToy gives us an out of the box look at a handful of figures that we've previously seen before. In terms of Revenge of the Fallen Figures, there's Divebomb, a red repaint of Scout Ransack, Tuner Mudflap, a funkadelic repaint of Deluxe Mudflap, and Strike Mission Sideswipe, similar to the original Deluxe Sideswipe with dark accents. With the revival of the Animated toyline comes a repaint of Voyager Bulkhead, and finally there's a name, as we find out the figure is called Mudbuster Bulkhead. Check out the images and the links to each auction below.

Divebomb


Tuner Mudflap


Strike Mission Sideswipe


Mudbuster Bulkhead



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ROTF Mindwipe's Instructions

Looking forward to Mindwipe? Do you want to play with him the second those annoying twist ties are off and he's freed from his plastic prison? Don't want to waste time reading that instruction manual? Well don't worry. Member s250 has provided an image of ROTF Mindwipe's instruction sheet. This gives you all the time to memorize it before the figure even lands in your hands!

Click here for the full-scale image

Big Toys"R"Us Transformers sale in Portugal and Spain

We'd like to thank Seibertron.com member capellamusic for letting us know about a great Christmas sale that Toys"R"Us is holding in Portugal and Spain.

I thought I should share that Toys"R"Us on Portugal and Spain is making a Xmas sale until December 13th. This time, although it's the same chain of TRU for both countries, the Xmas sales vary.

On Portugal the main Transformers sales are: Movie ROTF Legends for 4.99 euros, Animated Deluxe for 7.99 euros and the best one is Animated Voyager for 9.99 euros. I've gone to Gaia's TRU and bought 3 Animated Voyagers (Blitzwing, Grimlock and Bulkhead) for 29.97 euros.

Portuguese site: http://www.toysrus.pt/

Portuguese catalog (look on figuras de acção): http://www.toysrus.pt/catalogue/catalog ... efault.php

For spain the best sales I saw on the catalog was Movie ROTF Leader for 42.99 euros and if I understood well there's an offer limited to the first 1500 people who spend at least 50 euros on Transformers, getting for free a transforming Optimus Prime Movie DVD. Not sure which of the movies it is though, but I wish they also did that on my country, but I can't complain on Animated Voyagers for 9.99 euros.

Spanish site: http://www.toysrus.es/

Spanish catalog (look on figuras de acción): http://www.toysrus.es/catalogue/catalog ... efault.php

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ROTF Nominated for People's Choice Awards

Member dragons has let us know that Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is up for a People's Choice Award for Best On-Screen Team. It is up against the likes of Harry Potter and Twilight, so this is going to be a competition.

Cast your vote by clicking here and click on the Favourite On-Screen Team link near the bottom of the page.

Go Transformers!

Revenge of the Fallen Power Bots Sideswipe Video and Pictures

We saw Hasbro promotional images of Power Bots Sideswipe way back in June, and it looks like it's finally making it's way into the market. griffin-of-oz over at TFW2005 has posted pictures and a video of the figure he found in Australian retail. Check out the pictures below.




And check out the video on Youtube or embed on this news post.



The original thread can be found here. Sponsor BigBadToyStore can help you out with preorders if you're interest in the figure.

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Finally - a detailed list of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen IMAX bonus footage

For many months now, it has been debated back and forth as to which scenes in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen were exclusive to the IMAX release of the film.

Thanks to Seibertron.com member Lastjustice and the website Movie-censorship.com it looks like we finally have the answer. They have taken the time to watch both versions simultaneously and have broken down all the differemces. Surpisingly, there are many, but most last just a few seconds at best, hence creating all the confusion.

Here is an excerpt of their analysis.

Contentwise, the IMAX version barely has more to offer than the theatrical release, even if to fans of glossy robot action every second might be held dear. The depiction of the respective action sequences in the bigger format, however, is the distinct advantage of this version, since a 16:9 TV is in those moments filled and shows more picture information compared to the other scenes in the 2,35:1 format, without annoying widescreen bars in the way or having to zoom in (which leads to a loss of picture information).
For fans of the flick its a definite must-buy.

The runtimes of the described scenes refer to the theatrical release. The other differences in runtimes result from rounding up/down single described scenes to comlete resp. half seconds and from shots containing a few frames more/less which aren't included in this article for lack of relevance.

59:59
Decepticon Grindor landing is shown a little longer and he runs more toward the camera.
1.5 Sec.

1:00:25
Theatrical release
Sam tries to escape from the action and jumps through some minor explosions.
2 Sec.

1:00:31
After Optimus' kick resp. throw, Starscream hits the forrest floor hard in slow-motion.
3 Sec.

1:00:41
Optimus gets already earlier heckled by the Decepticons and can at first barely fight off their multiple attacks.
12.5 Sec.

1:01:28
Optimus rams into Starscream and knocks him on the floor.
2.5 Sec.

1:01:50
You can see Optimus earlier during the long shot of Grindor, immediately after he ripped his face apart. Here, you can still see both halves of the face flying through the air.
1.5 Sec.

1:02:22
The (slow-motion) shot of the fallen Optimus with Sam in the foreground runs a little longer.
3 Sec.

1:52:40
A truck belonging to Devastator drives past the camera in close up.
3 Sec.

1:53:08
During Devastator's transformation the advantages of the IMAX format become clear: Because of the different aspect ratio the action appears much more impressive
no time difference

1:56:44
The longshot of the attacking Devastator can be seen longer.
a few frames

1:57:19
The shot of the sucking Devastator also runs a little while longer.
a few frames

1:57:30
The same with the back shot of the giant fighting robot after the long pan.
a few frames

1:57:57
The red Twin is sucked into Devastator's mouth for a longer time.
a few frames

1:58:44
The red Twin swings around Devestator a little longer.
a few frames

1:58:54
The Twins getting thrown to the floor is a few frames longer.
a few frames

To view the original article, which has some very detailed images, please click here.

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Video Review of ROTF Voyager Mindwipe

About a week and a half ago, we showed you an image of ROTF Voyager Mindwipe.

Seibertron.com member Forgotten has now found a video review of Mindwipe on Youtube, courtesy of none other than famous Transformers video reviewer Peaugh.



As a reminder, Mindwipe will be able to combine with Scout Class Skystalker.

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Another Video Review of Leader Starscream

If GenZhao's video review of Starscream wasn't enough to wet your appetite for Leader Starscream, then perhaps a review from Youtuber Peaugh will do it. Peaugh goes over transformation, articulation, and comparisons to other figures. Nothing new that is revealed compared to GenZhao's review, as both Starscreams reviewed have no electronics. Thus, we have yet to see the complete Leader Starscream in pictures or video. Check out the thirteen minute review embed on this news post, or directly on Youtube.



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Toy Gallery Update: Gathering at the Nemesis

The Premier Toy Galleries of Seibertron.com have been updated with the Gathering at the Nemesis boxset. The set is a Toys 'R' Us Exclusive that includes 3 Decepticon figures. The first is Megatron, a brand new repaint of 2007 Movie Voyager Megatron, slightly similar to Best Buy Voyager Megatron. The second is the Voyager Fallen, unchanged from it's original release. The last is a blue repaint of Deluxe Soundwave, reminiscent to his G1 self. With the Fallen being unchanged, only the two other have been put into the galleries. Check out the box, the figures, and each molds previous incarnations in the links below.

Megatron



Blue Soundwave



If you're interested in the set and have yet to see it in retail, you can order it off Toys 'R' Us's online shop on sale here.



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Another look at Voyager Recon Ironhide

For those anticipating the release of N.E.S.T. Global Alliance toyline, most specifically Voyager Recon Ironhide, we've got another gallery of the figure. Thanks to chenkofs of HK-TF.com, who has taken clear and detailed pictures of Ironhide. There's also a review, however that's in Chinese and not really required to enjoy the pictures. We'll just sum it up - chenkofs thinks Recon Ironhide is awesome. Take a look at the pictures below.













You can check out the rest of the images here. Recon Ironhide is a retool of RotF Voyager Ironhide, who subsequently is a retool of 2007 Movie Ironhide. For a review in English, check out the one by Pascal. If you can't wait for it to hit retail, our sponsor BigBadToyStore is providing a pre-order.

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In Box Images of RPM Wrecklose and Sideways, Nightwatch Bumblebee and Patrol Barricade, Plus More.

BWTF.com has another update of figures aimed at younger generations. Ben Yee has acquired some RPMs and a Gravity Bot, and has taken images of their card and packaging. We've got Gravity Bots Bolt Bumblebee, RPM 2-Pack: Nightwatch Bumblebee vs. Patrol Barricade, RPM 2-Pack: Sideswipe vs. Wreckloose, and RPM Jetfire. Bumblebee and Barricade are repaints of their predecessors, while Wreckloose is a repaint of Sideways. Sideswipe and Jetfire are new. Take a peek at some of the images below.

RPM 2-Pack: Nightwatch Bumblebee vs. Patrol Barricade


RPM 2-Pack Sideswipe vs. Wreckloose


RPM Jetfire


Gravity Bots Bolt Bumblebee



Please check out the rest of the images from BWTF.com here.

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Reprolabels November Update

Aaron of Reprolabels.com gives us an update for the month of November. Here is what's entailed...

This month we have a new promotional give-away: For every $10 you spend, receive an extra sticker sheet. These can be used to turn standard playing dice into energon cubes! You can also buy an additional three sets for just $7:
http://reprolabels.com

We also bring you an Upgrade set for all three versions of Deluxe Animated Lockdown:
http://www.reprolabels.com/Animated/upgradea16.php




ROTF Bumblebee details:
http://www.reprolabels.com/Movie/upgradem24.php


ROTF Ironhide details:
http://www.reprolabels.com/Movie/upgradem25.php


And another playing die set, to create an Allspark cube with actual textured details!
http://www.reprolabels.com/Movie/upgradem26.php

Movie Bumblebee Prop Appears in Sydney, Australia

Bumblebee show's up in Sydney, Australia, or to be precise, Paramount's prop of him, for a promotional event with the DVD and Blu-Ray disk release of Transformers Revenge of The Fallen, in Australia. In addition to the prop, some concept art of a few things in the film were also shown. The familiar prop of the movie's star looms over the people in the images which can be seen here.

Robot Heroes Stocking Stuffer 3-Pack!

Forum Member Razorclaw0000 finds an interesting Christmas themed Transformer product at a local Target, the Robot Heroes Stocking Stuffer 3-pack. Yes, the holidays are approaching, and this gift comes with three unchanged Revenge of the Fallen Robot Heroes, Optimus Prime, Ironhide and Starscream.








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