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It is with a heavy heart that we share the news that Jim Shooter passed away in his home in Nyack, New York, on June 30, 2025, after battling esophageal cancer. He leaves behind quite the legacy when it comes to comics since he revitalized Marvel after he became editor in chief in 1978. He turned Marvel back into the powerhouse that it was in the 60s and continues to be. It is thanks to ...

Transformers Writer's Roundtable Interview with Bob Budiansky, Ron Friedman, and Flint Dille Interview conducted by Todd Matthy * Bob Budiansky is providing content for Dynamite Entertainment's TRANSFORMERS trading card sets. He can be reached on Facebook Messenger. Flint Dille's memoir, THE GAMESMASTER: MY LIFE IN THE 80'S GEEK CULTURE TRENCHES is available on AMAZON. Ron Friedman's memoir, I KILLED OPTIMUS PRIME, is available on AMAZON. * Todd Matthy is the writer/creator of ROBOTS VS. PRINCESSES for ...

xRotorstormx is a fellow Seibertronian and her collection was featured last night on MeTV's Collector's Call show. The collection is valued at $250,000 and featured such rarities as the Japanese exclusive Dino Casettes and the Raiden combiner from G1 and still in their boxes. You can see highlights here: https://www.metv.com/collectorscall/col ... collection And here is a link to the site showing where the show can be watched (depending on your provider and location): https://www.metv.com/wheretowatch/affiliate/602 We ...

The tariffs have been a big part of the discussion for toy collectors all over the internet. We are currently waiting to see when Pulse updates their site with new prices, since right now no one can actually preorder anything anymore. Part of the discussion surrounding the topic was the idea to bring toy manufacturing to the US like never before. The issue is that, unlike Lego, Transformers toys and other action figures are made ...

We share with you the sad news that veteran actor and voice artist Clive Revill has passed away at the age of 94. While Ian McDiarmid is widely recognized for portraying Emperor Palpatine, it was Clive Revill who originally voiced the character in the 1980 film The Empire Strikes Back. Star Wars fans may remember the eerie and distinct voice of Palpatine as it first appeared via hologram — and that voice belonged to Revill. ...

The US government has gone through with its tariff threat yesterday with more reciprocal tariffs to come April 2nd. While yesterday's tariffs impacted China, the ones starting April 2nd may impact Vietnam and both these tariffs will impact our Transformers hobby most. Chris Cocks was interviewed specifically about tariffs as it relates to Transformers toys. During this quick interview, Chris Cocks confirmed 2 things: - Any additional cost due to tariffs will be passed on ...

This interview with Michael Charles Hill, one of the writers from the original Transformers G1 cartoon, offers a fascinating look into the creative process behind the classic series. The interview was conducted by Todd Matthy, writer of Robots Versus Princesses from Dynamite Comics. Together, they discuss Hill’s work on the show, share some fun behind-the-scenes stories, and dive into what it was like writing for Transformers at Sunbow Productions. Whether you’re a longtime fan of ...

According to reports from Deadline, Variety and MSN, renowned writer and producer Roberto Orci has passed away at the age of 51. Orci died at his Los Angeles home on February 25, 2025, at the age of 51, following a battle with kidney disease. Orci played a pivotal role in shaping the Transformers franchise, leaving behind a legacy of storytelling that helped redefine the brand for a new generation of fans. Alongside his longtime writing ...

We are sad to write to you that as of this week we've lost Canadian actor Dale Wilson, yet another soul whose performance in the Unicron Trilogy made an impact for many of us. He played Smokescreen in Armada and Mudflap in Cybertron as well as Overkill in G.I Joe: A Real American Hero and Cell in Dragon Ball Z (among a multitude of other voice roles). He passed away January 6th at 74. He ...

We have some sad news to share with the Seibertron community tonight. Morgan Lofting, who voiced Moonracer in the G1 cartoon, has passed away at the age of 84, as reported by the Hollywood Reporter. Ms. Lofting unexpectedly passed away at her home in California on Wednesday November 27th, the day before Thanksgiving (in the U.S.), said her agents. While she was known to the Transformers community as the voice of Moonracer (and possibly Firestar), ...

Reading any message board will show that while fans love the Transformers brand and celebrate it, they are often unhappy with how certain aspects are handled. And what usually follows is how it might be better if the brand was handled by someone else. Well, how about Elon Musk? On one of his recent rants, he showed major displeasure towards Hasbro's apparent disregard for the creators of Dungeons and Dragons in the 40th anniversary making ...

Hasbro is going through massive changes. Brian Goldner’s vision was of Hasbro becoming a multimedia company, big on brand content, like Disney. However, the corporate vision has changed since Chris Cocks became the CEO. Since the film division was not working out (several of their bigger investments were not profitable, including Transformers One), it was sold and now we have confirmation from Bloomberg that Hasbro will stop investing in films, Transformers or otherwise. For us ...

Some sad news to share this evening. Tony Todd, who voiced the title character in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, as well as Transformers:Prime Dreadwing, has passed away at the age of 69. He died at his home in Los Angeles on November 6th. While Mr Todd was most known to Transformers fans for those two roles, he also was a well-known actor in other major roles such as the lead in the "Candyman" series ...

John Warden has had one of the most historic runs at Hasbro under the Transformers brand. He started as a designer, bringing back a lot of G1 designs, and then moved into becoming the lead of the department, setting up epic toy trilogies like Combiner Wars and Titans Return. While he was meant to come back as the head of the Transformers team, Hasbro is undergoing structural layoffs where they removing 100 positions, and that ...

Jason Scheier, the production designer of Transformers One, was recently featured in the Triple Takeover podcast, where he talks about potential sequels to Transformers: One, including how Josh Cooley already has outlines for the second movie and plans to make it a trilogy. He also mentions the dismay he has with the box office, and how that may impact how soon a sequel happens. However, he does mention the light at the end of the ...

Transformers One is upon us and the Seibertron.com Twincast / Podcast is thrilled to welcome two of the movie's voice actors onto our latest episode. The voice of Soundwave and longtime Twincast Podcaster, Jon Bailey, plus the voice of Jazz, Evan Michael Lee, highlight an energetic discussion of the new film that you won't want to miss! Host Scotty P alongside Counterpunch, Megatronus and Mr. Starscream go along for the ride and still bring you ...

There will be a lot to cover today, so before this gets lost in the mix, we just wanted to fill you in on this story. It's always fun to see just how ingrained into our pop culture landscape the Transformers brand has become. To the point that Stephen Colbert used it as a punchline in his show. It came up when he mentioned that private citizens performed a spacewalk and thus maybe Armageddon was ...

We have casting news our own Jon Bailey is in Transformers One. He’ll be voicing Soundwave, who he voiced in the Bumblebee film. Jason Konopisos Will be voicing Shockwave and Evan Michael Lee will be voicing Jazz. They each revealed this on their respective social media. We also have a clip of Shockwave talking if any are interested as to what that sounds like.

Skybound’s Transformers comic is officially the best comic on the shelves now, outselling all or most other comics every month. Basically, everyone loves it, which is why this news may come as a blow to some. The writer (and artist for earlier issues), Daniel Warren Johnson, has told fans that he will be ending his run after 24 issues. This was said though an AMA on Reddit. That still gives us a whole year of ...

This story is about to open a can of worms. As was reported, Steven Caple Jr was interested in continuing his story after directing Rise of the Beasts, getting ready for the GI Joe crossover film. However, when the project was announced at Cinemacon, only Lorenzo Di Bonaventura and Steven Spielberg were were confirmed as attached with the project, with Di Bonaventura now being the principle producer of the film. So where was Caple Jr? ...