Let's Celebrate 20,000 News Posts!

Wednesday, April 13th, 2011 4:08am CDT

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“Life isn't a matter of milestones but of moments” - Rose F. Kennedy

Night-time super-hero and day-time news crew member El Duque finishes tagging and sprucing up a story about a video review of United Frenzy and Rumble. He clicks the submit button, and tada, Seibertron.com has reached one of it's greatest milestones, 20,000 news posts!

It's amazing to think that back when Seibertron.com was born, we were just a very a small fish in a big sea. Fast forward over 10 years, and this site has been blessed with so much, that's it's nigh impossible to explain it in words. I wouldn't believe anyone who would have told me 10 years ago that our community would be hooked on video reviews of grown men fiddling with toys, that we'd be getting incarnations of Rumble and Frenzy left, right and center, that Transformers would be turned into a live-action trilogy, and that toy collectors around the world would be knee-deep in toy line after toy line of Transformers.

Despite the good times, the bad times, and everything in between, we wouldn't even be close to putting up 20,000 news posts if it weren't for you guys! To every single member of the forums, our wonderful sponsors, and the hard working people behind the Transformers scenes, we salute you. Seibertron.com would like to thank everyone on the news crew, past and present, who have helped to contribute to this phenomenal milestone. Over 94 different members over the past 10 years have helped contribute to this total! And of course, you guys should certainly thank the rest of my current colleagues on the news staff for keeping this site alive and breathing! We salute Down_Shift, Razorclaw0000, RodimusConvoy13, Nekoman, Diem, El Duque, Dead Metal, DevastaTTor, Mach, Lost_Cybertronian, TCracker, and tigertracks_24!

Of course, like Rose F. Kennedy said in the quote above, it's about celebrating the moments, not always the milestone itself! Can you recall what your favorite Seibertron.com news post was? Which story was the first one you read on the site?

For those interested, here's some popcorn-worthy stats....

Some of our most notable headlines;

1) First Images of Transformers Movie Megatron! - 409,411 Hits
2) First Images of ROTF "The Fallen" Toy! - 207,485 Hits
3) Seibertron's review of the Transformers Movie sneak peek event - 108,501 Hits

Number of news stories featuring the character..

1) Optimus Prime - 3,069
2) Megatron - 2,534
3) Bumblebee - 1,675
4) Starscream - 1,673
5) Soundwave - 812
93) Blurr - 262

Number of news stories featuring the Transformers related word...

1) Seibertron - 6,719
2) G1 - 2,547
3) Energon - 2,347
4) Cybertron - 2,199
5) Autobot - 1,983
6) Decepticon - 1,862

All-Time News Leaders

1) Seibertron* - 2,083 Posts
2) Hotrod - 2,014 Posts
3) Blurrz* - 1,146 Posts
4) Alex Kingdom - 1,089 Posts
5) Tigertracks_24* - 993 Posts

*-Still addicted to plastic crack active

Our most popular toy galleries

1) 2007 Leader Optimus Prime - 817,251 Views
2) Masterpiece MP-05 Megatron - 753,171 Views
3) 2007 Movie Blackout - 630,816 Views
4) FansProject City Commander Ultra Magnus - 588,073 Views
5) 2007 Movie Leader Megatron - 541,232 Views

So there you have it folks. Cheers to 20,000 news posts, and many more!

Thank you everyone,
Seibertron.com

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Re: Let's Celebrate 20,000 News Posts! (1208485)
Posted by alldarker on April 13th, 2011 @ 4:19am CDT

CONGRATULATIONS GUYS! Seibertron.com is still the first TF site I visit every day, and often the very first site on the internet I open!

The one thing I still remember oh so well is the countdown clock Seibertron.com had until the opening date (July 3rd 2007) of the first Transformers live action movie... I remember that thing started counting down like about two years before the actual opening date!

Re: Let's Celebrate 20,000 News Posts! (1208487)
Posted by Dclone Soundwave on April 13th, 2011 @ 4:38am CDT

I remember the first news story I saw on this site. It was a custom G1 Blaster that had been converted to an MP3 player by a German kitbasher. The story is long since lost due to the crashes the site has had over the years, but it was quite a thing to see at the time. Years before Music Label Soundwave was released, this definitely was the predecessor to him. It was also probably one of the first custom figures to receive a news story before the site started featuring Kitbashed figures.

After joining the site (since I had been lurking at the time), I visited daily to see what was in the news. I saw the unveiling of the (at the time) new movie to feature my favorite transforming robots, news of galleries of incredibly rare figures such as the Unicron of Light, Green Transmetal Ramhorn, the prototype G1 Unicron, and the various Botcon sets.

It wasn't always about the franchise though, I remember coming to the site sometimes and seeing breaking news from the real world, such as the recent tsunami and earthquake. Other pieces of news worth mentioning were when our own dear site owner, Ryan, tied the knot & got married!

So for all of this, every bit of news to grace the greatest TF site on the internet, congrats to Seibertron.com & our awesome news crew! Here's to many more years of TF news!

Re: Let's Celebrate 20,000 News Posts! (1208492)
Posted by infinitimagnus on April 13th, 2011 @ 5:00am CDT

Congrats to Seibertron.com! Keep it up!

Re: Let's Celebrate 20,000 News Posts! (1208498)
Posted by fenrir72 on April 13th, 2011 @ 6:06am CDT

Re: Let's Celebrate 20,000 News Posts! (1208499)
Posted by rpetras on April 13th, 2011 @ 6:12am CDT

Congratulations to everyone that makes this site happen every day!!!

Re: Let's Celebrate 20,000 News Posts! (1208504)
Posted by AutobotTrainer on April 13th, 2011 @ 7:01am CDT

I'm just happy to be a part of it! Thanks Ryan, for a great website.

Re: Let's Celebrate 20,000 News Posts! (1208524)
Posted by Anonymous on April 13th, 2011 @ 8:24am CDT

Congratulations, Ry. You and the great reporters on this site have served the legions of TF geeks a great service throughout the past decade plus. From the exclusive scoops, to the fine galleries, the fanfic, the $ saving sightings forums, and the second to none back and forth banter; this is what actually makes the hobby more than mere pieces of plastic. Let us never forget, it is the community/fandom/network that breathes life into our passion of these trinkets. So, from one evolving cynic to you, Seibertron, Thank You for the forum, the soapbox, the outlet.

Re: Let's Celebrate 20,000 News Posts! (1208528)
Posted by RK_Striker_JK_5 on April 13th, 2011 @ 8:32am CDT

Thanks to Ryan and the news crew and everyone else for such a great site!

one of my favorites and, yes, one of the first I visit every day. Let's keep it up!

Re: Let's Celebrate 20,000 News Posts! (1208533)
Posted by It Is Him on April 13th, 2011 @ 8:46am CDT

I'm proud to have contributed so much of nothing to this milestone. Good work everyone else!

Re: Let's Celebrate 20,000 News Posts! (1208542)
Posted by Godzillabot Primal on April 13th, 2011 @ 9:06am CDT

Simply wonderful! I’ll have to bake a cake today!

And I will to!

Re: Let's Celebrate 20,000 News Posts! (1208550)
Posted by Rated X on April 13th, 2011 @ 9:17am CDT

Congrads. I always visit this site. My transformers hobby helps ease my mind from the stress of my job. I love this site and have made some good friends here.

Re: Let's Celebrate 20,000 News Posts! (1208561)
Posted by Godzillabot Primal on April 13th, 2011 @ 9:53am CDT

Rated X wrote:Congrads. I always visit this site. My transformers hobby helps ease my mind from the stress of my job. I love this site and have made some good friends here.

What’s the job? If you can’t tell me its okay

Re: Let's Celebrate 20,000 News Posts! (1208577)
Posted by mattyc1007 on April 13th, 2011 @ 10:05am CDT

Dang... Alex Kingdom? Long time since I heard his name

And what about Mlktron

, and nice hit getting DM.. he deserves to be high lighted

To Another 10 Years (if not more) on Seibertron

(Maybe some pics of the site throughout the ages, I can remember a few variations)

Re: Let's Celebrate 20,000 News Posts! (1208590)
Posted by JRFitzpatrick7 on April 13th, 2011 @ 10:40am CDT

my favorite news post was edited, but in its original publication, it contained these images:

Re: Let's Celebrate 20,000 News Posts! (1208592)
Posted by Overcracker on April 13th, 2011 @ 10:45am CDT

Wow, Congratulations Seibertron.com

If I remember correctly the first or at least the more memorable news story I saw when I first joined was about Cybertron OP back in 2005. Pics of his weird looking truck mode.

6 years later and here we are.

Re: Let's Celebrate 20,000 News Posts! (1208603)
Posted by Razorclaw0000 on April 13th, 2011 @ 11:27am CDT

JRFitzpatrick7 wrote:my favorite news post was edited, but in its original publication, it contained these images:

I still want that figure.

Re: Let's Celebrate 20,000 News Posts! (1208605)
Posted by JRFitzpatrick7 on April 13th, 2011 @ 11:32am CDT

Razorclaw0000 wrote:
JRFitzpatrick7 wrote:my favorite news post was edited, but in its original publication, it contained these images:

I still want that figure.

as do i my friend, though, the shots they put up are simply photoshopped images aren't they? does the figure exist? MY GOD... this is right up KOToys alley!

Re: Let's Celebrate 20,000 News Posts! (1208625)
Posted by Galvatron X on April 13th, 2011 @ 12:04pm CDT

It Is Him wrote:I'm proud to have contributed so much of nothing to this milestone. Good work everyone else!

Haha, this!^^^ Congratulations!

Blurrz wrote:

Number of news stories featuring the character..

1) Optimus Prime - 3,069
2) Megatron - 2,534
3) Bumblebee - 1,675
4) Starscraem - 1,673
5) Soundwave - 812
93) Blurr - 262

Number of news stories featuring the Transformers related word...

1) Seibertron - 6,719
2) G1 - 2,547
3) Energon - 2,347
4) Cybertron - 2,199
5) Autobot - 1,983
6) Decepticon - 1,862
All-Time News Leaders

1) Seibertron* - 2,083 Posts
2) Hotrod - 2,014 Posts
3) Blurrz* - 1,146 Posts
4) Alex Kingdom - 1,089 Posts
5) Tigertracks_24* - 993 Posts
*-Still addicted to plastic crack active

So there you have it folks. Cheers to 20,000 news posts, and many more!

Thank you everyone,
Seibertron.com

Wow, that's some pretty detailed data. How do you guys keep track of that stuff? Page views I can understand being tracked, but who tallies up this?

Re: Let's Celebrate 20,000 News Posts! (1208667)
Posted by JRFitzpatrick7 on April 13th, 2011 @ 12:57pm CDT

Energon Is My Drug wrote:
It Is Him wrote:I'm proud to have contributed so much of nothing to this milestone. Good work everyone else!

Haha, this!^^^ Congratulations!

Blurrz wrote:

Number of news stories featuring the character..

1) Optimus Prime - 3,069
2) Megatron - 2,534
3) Bumblebee - 1,675
4) Starscraem - 1,673
5) Soundwave - 812
93) Blurr - 262

Number of news stories featuring the Transformers related word...

1) Seibertron - 6,719
2) G1 - 2,547
3) Energon - 2,347
4) Cybertron - 2,199
5) Autobot - 1,983
6) Decepticon - 1,862
All-Time News Leaders

1) Seibertron* - 2,083 Posts
2) Hotrod - 2,014 Posts
3) Blurrz* - 1,146 Posts
4) Alex Kingdom - 1,089 Posts
5) Tigertracks_24* - 993 Posts
*-Still addicted to plastic crack active

So there you have it folks. Cheers to 20,000 news posts, and many more!

Thank you everyone,
Seibertron.com

Wow, that's some pretty detailed data. How do you guys keep track of that stuff? Page views I can understand being tracked, but who tallies up this?

I believe it was Blurrz himself with several Seibertronian abacus!

Great job Seibertron! You keep up with the news and I'll keep reading them!

Re: Let's Celebrate 20,000 News Posts! (1208668)
Posted by Blurrz on April 13th, 2011 @ 12:58pm CDT

Yes, I'm a stats junkie, and Professor X has helped me control my mutant powers. And the sexy Admin section had no involvement in it...nope, none what so ever