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Voting Now Live: Hasbro's 2013 Transformers Hall of Fame Fans' Choice

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An accomplished, street smart and powerful fighter with little patience for those who don't know their way around a battlefield, ARCEE may be the most skilled fighter among the AUTOBOTS on Earth. She works constantly to keep her edge, knowing that one mistake could cost her and her teammates everything. Her blasters might not pack the punch of the bigger AUTOBOTS, but her incredible fighting skill more than makes up for anything she lacks in firepower.

An insane, hyper-intelligent criminal mastermind who led a group of renegade PREDACONS to Earth in search of the Energon they would need to conquer CYBERTRON, MEGATRON became so much more than a petty felon. When the search led to the discovery of alien artifacts, MEGATRON launched an assault on Time itself, seeking to change history to his benefit. He nearly destroyed CYBERTRON in his mad quest to exterminate the TRANSFORMERS, and was stopped only when OPTIMUS PRIMAL brought him down. He returned, determined to have his vengeance, and his battle with the MAXIMAL leader raged across the multiverse!

DECEPTICONS, beware, because PROWL is one tough AUTOBOT out to bring law and order to his enemies! He's big trouble whether he's in robot mode or police car mode. If ordinary TRANSFORMERS strength won't get the job done, he's got a heavy weapon in his Justice Hammer! The strategic genus is always cool under pressure, especially when he's hot on the trail of an enemy target.

RODIMUS is young, naïve, headstrong, and daring when it comes to his own safety in the field. Willing to push himself to the limit in order to get the job done, RODIMUS is known for conceiving highly dangerous plans to achieve his objectives. Believing that no bot should ever be left behind, RODIMUS will even put his own spark on the line to keep this promise to all who serve under him. Despite his immaturity, RODIMUS is considered an inspirational figure to many of his fellow AUTOBOTS. He would officially become their commander when chosen by the Matrix of Leadership, forging a new legacy as RODIMUS PRIME.

As the commander of the most elite AUTOBOT special forces unit ever assembled, you'd expect ULTRA MAGNUS to be just about one of the most unstoppable warriors this side of the galactic core. You’d be right. If there is any AUTOBOT the DECEPTICONS fear as much as OPTIMUS PRIME, it is ULTRA MAGNUS. His battle hammer has crushed chassis from one side of the galaxy to the other. No battlefield on which his armored feet have stepped has ever been yielded to the DECEPTICONS.

Auto Assembly 2013 Tshirts Available

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IDW VIP Tour - Marcelo Matere and Casey Coller

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The guest list just keeps on growing!

IDW PUBLISHING is hosting a VIP TOUR of the comic book publisher’s offices on Thursday, June 27th—the week of Botcon—and we are pleased to announce that TRANSFORMERS packaging and comic artist MARCELO MATERE and TRANSFORMERS: ALL HAIL MEGATRON and TRANSFORMERS: IRONHIDE cover artist CASEY COLLER will be joining this can’t-miss event!

In addition to MATERE and COLLER is the stellar host of already-announced guests: James Roberts (TRANSFORMERS: MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE writer, joining via videoconference), Livio Ramondelli (artist of TRANSFORMERS: MONSTROSITY), Josh Burcham (Botcon comic artist and MTMTE colorist), John Barber (TF editor and TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE writer), Mairghread Scott (TRANSFORMERS PRIME: BEAST HUNTERS writer), Matt Frank (TF COLLECTOR'S CLUB and MARS ATTACKS TRANSFORMERS artist), and Michael Kelly (Director, Global Publishing at Hasbro)—plus an impressive array of gifts, Q&A with editorial staff, and hands-on tutorials on making comics!

For details and tickets, visit http://IDWPUBLISHING.com/viptour

Rumored List of BotCon 2013 Attendee Only Figures

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• Machine Wars Prowl from Classics Mirage
• Machine Wars Sandstorm from Transfrormes: Dark of the Moon Skyhammer
• Machine Wars Starscream from Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Terradive
• Machine Wars Thundercracker from Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Dirge
• Classics Starscream mold repainted into the Rainmakers

BotCon 2013 Machine Wars Sandstorm Revealed

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Hasbro's 2013 Transformers Hall of Fame Fans' Choice Poll Open

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Hello, TRANSFORMERS fans!

The time has come for the public at large to select two Fans’ Choice robot inductees to make up the class of 2013 for the TRANSFORMERS Hall of Fame! Drawn from an open nomination process as voted upon by the readers of TRANSFORMERS fan sites, the five beloved TRANSFORMERS characters who garnered the most votes are now online at TRANSFORMERS.COM for an open vote. The two characters who receive the most votes by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 21st will be inducted into the TRANSFORMERS Hall of Fame!

The five nominees, in alphabetical order, are:

ARCEE
MEGATRON (Beast Wars)
PROWL
RODIMUS/HOT ROD
ULTRA MAGNUS


Please let your readers know that the voting period is open from now until 11:59 p.m. ET on June 21st. The two characters receiving the most fan votes in the final polling will be announced at Hasbro’s panel on Saturday, June 29th, at TRANSFORMERS BotCon in San Diego!

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Tokyo Toy Show Videos

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IDW Publishing VIP Tour - Andrew Griffith Announced

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Guests

Meet some of the biggest names in Transformers comics when you attend the IDW VIP Tour! Chat about their experiences, where Transformers are going, and more! Featured guests are:

Livio Ramondelli Artist, TRANSFORMERS: MONSTROSITY
John Barber Writer, TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE; Editor, TRANSFORMERS
Mairghread Scott Writer, TRANSFORMERS PRIME: BEAST HUNTERS
Josh Burcham Artist, BOTCON 2013 COMIC; Colorist TRANSFORMERS: MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE
Matt Frank Artist, MARS ATTACKS THE TRANSFORMERS; SPOTLIGHT: TRAILCUTTER
Michael Kelly Director, Global Publishing at Hasbro
James Roberts Writer, TRANSFORMERS: MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE (video conference call to discuss stories and to take VIP questions)
Andrew Griffith Artist, TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE Just Announced!

Additional Tokyo Toy Show Images: Transformers Go! Shinobi Team, MP-19 Smokescreen, MP-12T Tigertrack, Generations, and More

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Tokyo Toy Show: Takara Tomy Announces Masterpiece Fans Choice Poll

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• Fortress Maximus (G1)
• God Ginrai/Powermaster Prime (G1)
• Star Saber (Transformers: Victory)
• Dai Atlas (Transformers: Zone)
• Optimus Primal (Beast Wars)
• Lio Convoy (Beast Wars II)
• Big Convoy (Beast Wars Neo)
• Fire Convoy (Car Robots)
• Optimus Prime (Armada)
• Optimus Prime (Energon)
• Galaxy Convoy (Galaxy Force)