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BOTCON's registration deadline... moved?

Date: Monday, April 12th 2004 12:35pm CDT
Category: Rumors

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Word is out that the folks over at BOTCON have announced that their registration
deadline has been pushed back a week until May 8th to correspond with an
upcoming magazine ad they´re running.
keep your eyes peel right here for more information concerning this and other news right here at Seibertron.com.

G2 Cyberjets to be Repainted for Universe

Date: Friday, April 9th 2004 9:54pm CDT
Categories: Toy News, Rumors
Posted by: Professor Smooth

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The infamous G2 Cyberjets (from 1995) will be seeing release again. Well, two of them anyway. The battle between Air Rid and Space Case spilled out of a Hasbro factory and onto this Ebay auction. If you missed these figures the first three times, now´s your chance to make up for it!

Armada Blurr and Energon Landmine Repaints?

Date: Tuesday, April 6th 2004 3:38am CDT
Category: Rumors
Posted by: Chosen | Credit(s): 52toys.com

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Future Universe and Energon releases or not? We´ll let you decide with these pics of repaints of Armada Blurr and Energon Landmine figures, courtesy of 52toys.com: Blurr, car mode; Blurr, robot mode; Landmine 1; Landmine 2; Landmine 3.

RiD To Be Released on DVD - In The UK!

Date: Thursday, April 1st 2004 2:59pm CST
Category: Rumors

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TheTransformers.net are reporting that DVD publisher Maximum Entertainment (who have recently won the exclusive rights to release several Fox Kids TV shows in the UK) have announced that they will be releasing RiD on DVD in the UK! The first disc will be released on July 26th and contain the first 5 episodes of the series, with a second disc likely to follow in October.

Possible Change of Location for OTFCC 04!

Date: Monday, March 29th 2004 10:12pm CST
Category: Rumors
Posted by: Professor Smooth

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Glenn Hallit, the person responsible for the OTFCC convention has posted some info on OTFCC ´04. If you thought that ´03 had problems just feast your eyes on this unedited announcement.
Hi everyone,

I know everyone is antsy about the recent change in venue for OTFCC 2004 and would like to know a little about what´s going on behind-the-scenes. I also understand that some reassurance on my part would go a long way in calming the collective consciousness of the fan community. I know I´ve also said I´d give a status update today, as well.

With that being said, please keep in mind NOTHING HAS BEEN SIGNED – no contracts, no monies exchanged, nothing. This is what we have been working on all last week and until ALL parties are settled and signed, this will not be considered "official". That means, among other things, no hotels will have the discounted rooms available in their systems should you decide to be proactive and call to reserve your room. This is a WORK IN PROGRESS. I hope to have contracts signed by this week.

Having said THAT, we are working on changing the venue from the Hyatt Regency O´Hare to the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE HYATT, with the "official" hotels (that is, those hotels with discounted room rates) to include the Holiday Inn (soon to be a Crowne Regency on June 1) with rooms at $92 per night and 1-2 other hotels nearby, giving us a combined room availability of 400-500 rooms for the weekend. These hotels are also ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE HYATT. So, that means no date changes and no airport changes. It´s as if you were going to the Hyatt and just moving across the street. THAT´S how close they are to each other.

So, there you have it. Status update and all. I will officially announce the venue change with all pertinent hotel info when we sign with all the different companies. I hope this calms everyone in light of the hotel situation 2 weeks ago. As I said before, there is no need to panic because things are pretty much OK when this is all confirmed.

Take care.

Glen
The Stevens´ Convention Center has a main hall that dwarfs the hall that hosted OTFCC ´03. There are a few smaller halls inside the center that would seem to be better sized to host the convention marking the 20th Anniversary of our favorite toyline.

Updated Info on Energon Grimlock and Swoop!

Date: Monday, March 29th 2004 7:06pm CST
Category: Rumors
Posted by: Professor Smooth

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Contrary to what had been floating around the ´net lately, Grimlock and Swoop will NOT be repaints of Cruellock and Divebomb. While both of those figures are in line for the repaint treatment very soon, they will not be given the names of the two best-known Dinobots. Grimlock/Swoop are new figures. They´re scheduled to make their debut at OTFCC 2004 in Chicago. Chances are pictures will leak before then, but that´s the plan at it now stands. This comes from a far more credible source than the one responsible for the "Cruellock Repaint" rumor.

TRU Spring Value Pack On Sale In Canada?

Date: Friday, March 26th 2004 12:08pm CST
Category: Rumors

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Yet another twist in the increasingly strange saga of the ToysR´Us Universe Spring Value Pack (aka Ramjet with 3 Minicons). Despite Amazon.com listing the release date as April 20th, it appears the Pack is already on sale in Canada! You can check out the sightings thread at Toy News International here.

Upcoming Energon/Universe Releases...

Date: Thursday, March 25th 2004 9:33am CST
Category: Rumors
Posted by: Chosen

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Even after SEIBERTRON.com´s crash last night, we´re still dedicated to bringing you the latest news and rumor updates!
Fans may remember the appearance of "Grimlock/Swoop" in a list from Wal-Mart´s computer database. This set is listed as a Mega figure from Energon, but what is it? Well, none other than a repainted Cruellock and Divebomb, apparently, which will be disappointing to fans of the original Dinobot. Another figure, however, was believed to be a repaint - Doom-Lock. However, it may not be a repaint after all... keep an eye out for updates on these future Energon releases.
On the Universe side of things, a lot of interest was generated by the Ultra-sized "Constructicon" two-packs. Once again, fan guesses seem to be correct - these two sets are none other than a G1 Constructicon-style repaint of Landfill! Keep an eye out for both of these two-packs this summer.

New Live Action Movie Rumors! Director? Distributor?

Date: Thursday, March 25th 2004 8:56am CST
Category: Rumors
Posted by: Professor Smooth | Credit(s): Inland Empire Strikes Back

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At Wizard World an interesting rumor was dropped by an associate of Tom DeSanto. Robert Zemekis (Back to the Future Trilogy) would be directing the live action movie. He also said that New Line Cinema (Lord of the Rings Trilogy) would distribute the film. There´s also some interesting fan-made concept art of what Optimus Prime could look like in the movie. Check out at the IESB !

OTFCC Exclusive "Matrix Guardian" Revealed?

Date: Thursday, March 25th 2004 8:40am CST
Category: Rumors
Posted by: Professor Smooth

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I´ve recieved reports that Takara is actually doing some of the work for OTFCC´s exclusives this year (They were responsible for the version of Megazarak shown at Wizard World last year). This lends another small bit of credibility to the rumor that the "Matrix Guardian" will be a repainted BW Neo Big Convoy. Test shots for Big Convoy have been popping up all over the place and the figure includes a removable matrix.