Date: Thursday, January 6th 2005 7:35am CST
Category: Sponsor News
Posted by: Razorclaw0000 |
Credit(s): Big Bad Toy Store
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Hi - Here is a quick update from
www.bigbadtoystore.com about a
wide variety of new arrivals. Pre-Orders for all the items listed below
will be processed later today and ship out on Thursday or Friday.
TRANSFORMER STATUES: The Hard Hero Bumblebee Statue, Palisades Arcee
Statue and Palisades Paradron Medic (Arcee Repaint) Statues have all
arrived! The Bumblebee statue is limited to 2000 pieces and Hard Hero has
already sold out! Our exclusive metallic Bumblebee Statue is a nice
companion piece to the G1 paint scheme statue.
GODZILLA & MICROMAN: A variety of new Godzilla items have arrived
including the KM-01 First Godzilla & Microman, and KM-02 Final Wars
Godzilla & Microman. The Microman figure fits inside the vinyl Godzilla
figure as a full body costume and the Godzilla hands and feet attach
directly to the microman limbs! The very nice GD-76 Gaigan from Bandai
has arrived along with the Kaiteigunk Angotengo 2005 Ship. A few new
vinyl figures have arrived including the Power Up version of Gaigan 2005
with huge chainsaw hands, and the three headed Kaiser Ghidora figure.
SOUL OF CHOGOKIN: GX-26 Doublas M2 has arrived - another great looking
release from Bandai. The Minerva X figure has also arrived. We have all
4 of the Mazinger Angels in stock right now: Minerva X, Diana A, Venus A,
and Aphrodai A. Other Chogokins in stock include: GX-25 Karada K7,
GX-01R Mazinger Z, Tetsujin 28 and more! A misc. robot arrival is the
Tobikage Ninja Robot, listed towards the bottom of the chogokin menu.
GUNDAM FIGURES AND MODELS: The FIX 0022 ZZ Gundam and FIX 0023
Hyaku-Shiki figures have just arrived, they are priced at $44.99 and
$59.99 respectively. Also in stock is the Zeonography #3005A and #3005B
Zaku II F2 figures - available in Tan or Green for $44.99 each. The
Master Grade Mobile Ball Pod Ver.Ka has arrived and is available for
$33.99
SIDESHOW: The third figure from the popular X-Files series has just
arrived - "Cigarette Smoking Man" is priced at $34.99. From Brotherhood
of Arms - Legendary Icons: President Abraham Lincoln. Also just in is
the Sean Connery as James Bond set from Thunderball. This set comes in a
larger box than the standard Bond releases and includes his wetsuit and
full scuba & personal submarine accessories.
STAR WARS: One more Master Replica AT-AT is available for $1199.99! Just
in from Japan - the ArtFX vinyl snap together 1/7 Scale model kits have
just arrived. These kits are fairly spendy, but we put a few together and
the detail and quality is very impressive! Figures include: Yoda, Darth
Vader, Darth Maul, Stormtrooper, Jango Fett, Boba Fett, and Han Solo - on
the main Star Wars Menu.
STREET FIGHTER: Series 1 Street Fighter sets are back in stock! This is
going to be the last shipment Sota Toys will send out of series 1. Sets
of 5 include: Ryu, Chun Li, Sagat, Sodom, and M. Bison - available for
$54.99 per set. Series 2 figures & 9" Rotocast figures are available for
pre-order as well.
PALISADES: The ALIEN QUEEN chestburster and ARMY OF DARKNESS figures have
just arrived! The Alien Queen statue is available for $54.99 and full
sets of 8 AoD figures are available for $59.99
TOYPRESIDENTS: We've just received the full lineup of talking
ToyPresidents - each figure is priced at $24.99, is dressed in clothing
correct for the era of their presidency and speaks 25 historical phrases.
These Presidents are available on the 'various' menu: Washington,
Jefferson, Lincoln, Roosevelt, Kennedy, Nixon, Carter, Reagan, Clinton &
Bush.
OTHER COOL ITEMS IN STOCK:
HELLRAISER: Dr. Channard Statue - limited to only 500 pieces, a few older
Hellraiser items are also in stock in small quantities (various menu)
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: Series 1 - Cylon, Cylon Raider, Colonial Viper
SPORTS PICKS: Series 2 NHL 3" Figures - each available indiviudally
FUTURAMA: Holiday Ornament Set of 3 (various menu)
GUILTY GEAR XX: I-No figure - $24.99 - (various menu)
LORD OF THE RINGS: Two new Helms from Sideshow-Weta
HALO: Series 1 Weapons Pack & Series 5 Red Grunt
DC DIRECT: Silver Age Bat-Girl and Batwoman
Thanks for your interest in www.bigbadtoystore.com and be sure to check
out the new items.
Thanks!
Joel & The BBTS Crew
www.bigbadtoystore.com
Date: Thursday, January 6th 2005 4:18am CST
Category: Rumors
Posted by: Professor Smooth |
Credit(s): Every message board, news group, and e-mail you've ever heard of. Yes. Even that one.
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Well, it was a fun ride while it lasted but now Dreamwave is no more. Fortunately, we won't have to wait several years to get our fix of Transformers comics. As we speak (well, probably not as I speak since it's 4 am over at Casa de Smooth) Hasbro is talking with other publishers about the Transformers comic book license. Speculation runs rampant and the rumor mill begins turning, who's going to have the license?
DC? Probably not. Why? Because DC has never had anything to do with Transformers in the 21 year history of the brand. Sure, they might try something new, but this is the company that kept us waiting nearly 60 years for Lois and Clark to tie the knot!
Marvel? Perhaps. They did have great luck for a couple years back in the 80's with The Transformers. They also had terrible luck with them in the 90's. Marvel big-shot Joe Quesada has said that he'd be interested. Quesada's "Daredevil: Father" is currently even later than any Dreamwave Transformers book had ever been, so if Hasbro wants to continue Dreamwave's tradition, Marvel could be a place to start.
Image? Say it with me, Transformers Volume 4 issue 1 Todd McFarlane incentive cover. Has a nice ring to it, doesn't it?
Dream Engine? The new company that's owned by Pat Lee's brother, Roger. It seems to me that this would be like shooting yourself in the foot then thinking that maybe shooting yourself in the other foot wouldn't be so bad. Sure, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense, but nor does releasing three parts of a combiner several months before the other two.
Wildfur? Simon Furman and Andrew Wildman had their second War Within title butchered both art and storyline wise by Dreamwave; could we see these two writing and drawing Transformers the way they damn-well should be? No. It's not gonna happen.
Devil's Due? The company that's making a go of the GI:Joe license has already put out 10 different Transformers-related comics in the past year or so. It would not shock me if Devil's Due snagged the license and hired James and Adam to write while actually paying guys like Joe and Don to fill pencil their stories. It would also not surprise me if they also brought in Simon Furman to continue his run on Energon/Cybertron.
Whatever happens, I'm sure that I'm not alone in hoping that everyone who contributed to Dreamwave's run with the Transformers license, as well as those who worked on DW's other titles (Yes, they existed) the best of luck in the future. While it's a shame that we might not get many Transformers books in 2005, at least we won't have to keep watching Pat Lee draw Optimus Prime with huge robot breasts!
Date: Wednesday, January 5th 2005 6:51pm CST
Categories: Site News,
Collector's Club News
Posted by: Seibertron |
Credit(s): TransformersClub.com, tigertracks
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The all-new Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club (TCC) is now online (and operative)! There is some exciting news about the new club and what we will get out of it. I think after you check out this page, you will be very pleased that OTFCC and 3H Productions are no more!
From TransformersClub.com:
Here is the really big news! If you join the Transformers Collectors’ Club by March 18, 2005 you will receive a FREE Exclusive Transformers Collectors’ Club figure! This figure belongs to a combiner group, so over the next 5 years, you will receive each piece to build this exclusive club combiner! During the next 4 years you will receive (as long as your membership is in good standing) the four limbs to this set. During the 25th Anniversary year, you will receive the main body. Who is this character and why is he so unique? Details to follow…
Here is what you get with your membership:
- 16 page bi-monthly (6 times a year) newsletter containing articles on:
- New Releases
- Shipping Schedules
- News from Hasbro
- Product Reviews
- Historical Articles
- Hasbro Interviews
- 6 page ongoing Comic-book in each issue (all of the 2005 issues make one story)
- FREE Membership Transformer (if you join by March 18)
- Able to purchase member's only figures from the club store
- Club store featuring all Transformers Products
- Discounts on packages to the Transformers Convention
- Member's Only Forum (starting in February)
- Prizes from Club Contests
- Master Collector Subscription
- Free 30 word ad in Master Collector each month to use for buy, sell & trade
- Free Transformer given to one club member each month, drawn from the ads place in Master Collector
For complete details, please visit
TransformersClub.com ...
Join the ongoing discussion about the Collector's Club Gestalt figure (that we have to wait 5 years to complete - URGH!!!)
here at the
Energon Pub.
Date: Wednesday, January 5th 2005 12:48pm CST
Category: Toy News
Posted by: Seibertron |
Credit(s): Dai Atorasu, Snakas
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Views: 33,533
Dai Atorasu has posted some images from Snakas website
here at the
Energon Pub. You can find the original links on Snakas' website by clicking on the following links:
Robot Masters Fortress Maximus and
Green Unicron. To be honest, I have no idea what the
Green Unicron is for or from - especially since I can't get Babelfish to translate those pages from Japanese to English. If you know, please post the information below so we can share it with everyone. Thanks!
EDIT FROM SEIBERTRON: Shin Getter Robo informed me that he originally posted a news blurb about this back on
May 19th, 2004. Apparently this version of Unicron is called "Shining Unicron" which is supposed to represent the combined form of all of the Mini-Cons when they battled the Chaos bringer himself!
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