The official website for Sega's Transformers Animated the Chase has gone live. It's a card activated arcade game, but that's not what's important. A couple of new characters are revealed from the cards, and they are familiar faces. While nothing ...
If there's one combination that Takara really love it's Primes and clear figures. In fact they're releasing no less than four in the near future: the Sons of Cybertron set and the Animated Sons of Cybertron set. Now TakaraTomy's official ...
Takara are yet again doing what they do best: fancy repaint exclusives. The official Takara Tomy website features a set of clear Animated Starscream Clones which are all obtainable in different ways. Good luck collecting them all! Thundercracker: Clear Blue ...
The wait is finally over for Japanese Transformers fans and Western fans who like shiny paint. The official TakaraTomy website has updated with a bunch of Animated figures due for release later this month. There's Ultra Magnus, Autobot Sentinel, Autobot ...
Saturday at BotCon, Delicon and Savage of Seibertron.com got the chance to sit down with Jim Sorenson and Bill Forster, the guys behind The Complete Ark and AllSpark Almanac books. Read the interview below to get the latest scoop on ...
Toys R Us Japan has opened the sales page for the upcoming Takara EZ Collection Wave 4 figures that are going to be released on 28th July 2010. The Wave 4 figures consist of: - Elite Guard Bumblebee - Gold ...
All good things must come to an end, and Jim Sorenson's blog, Disciples of Boltax has updated with the fourth and final part of the secrets of the first Allspark Almanac book. These updates have been written by Jim and ...
With the rush of BotCon 2010 news this week, you might have forgot what Takara has to offer later this year. One of the sets for their 2010 Campaign is the Animated "Sons of Cybertron" set, that comes with two ...
Hasbro and CakeMix Studios revealed a ton of information about the upcoming Transformers: PRIME series that will air later this fall on The Hub. The following information are the notes I took throughout the duration of their panel. Looks like ...
A recent Hasbro Q & A revealed that two other Transformers Animated Deluxes would be joining Arcee and Cybertron Mode Ratchet. These will be Toys'R'Us Exclusives much like their predecessors, and will be arriving this fall. Seibertron.com is proud to ...
Recently we have brought you the 4-page preview of the fan made online comic "Transformers Animated Spotlight - Rodimus Minor". If you wish to read the development of "Rodimus Minor", you can head over to tfaspotlight to download the full ...
Our friend Jim Sorenson has been a very busy man this week. Here's a quick peek at his Disciples of Boltax blog and the latest update he has posted. Tuesday, June 22, 2010 Secrets of the Almanac (ONE) Revealed Part ...
In the upcoming Tokyo Toy Show that to be held on 15th to 18th July 2010, 3 special figures has been announced by Takara Tomy. There are: - Transformers Animated TA-05 Prowl Elite Guard Version, repaint of Animated Deluxe Prowl ...
Transformers Animated Encyclopedia, a Japanese book, is due to be released in August. Though very little is known about the book, it is being published by Million Publishing, the company responsible for the Transformers Generations books and Transformers Visualworks. Their ...
Our good friend Jim Sorenson just sent us the following message which we'd like to pass along. Hey, guys. I'll be seeing you at BotCon in just a few days, hopefully. In the interim, I've updated Disciples of Boltax (boltax.blogspot.com) ...
Takara Transformers Animated Wave 4 has officially hit the Japanese stores this weekend, this article we have a good look on Japanese version of Skywarp, one of the Starscream's clones. Notable differences in term of paint work compare to Hasbro ...
Our friend Jim Sorenson has made another update to his Disciples of Boltax blog, this time featuring a behind the scenes look at the soon to be released AllSpark Almanac II. How time sneaks up on us! The AllSpark Almanac ...
The flying Elite Guard brothers are here on earth to the rescue, and yes, they speak Japanese too. Thanks to Japanese Transformers collector Alfes 2010, we get to see Takara Tomy takes on the Animated version twins. Same like previous ...
Our Japanese friend and fellow Transformers collector - Alfes 2010 has informed us that he has uploaded his website with images from his latest acquisition - Takara version Transformers Animated Activator class Sound Blaster. This is a repaint version from ...
Our good friend Jim Sorenson has sent us the following info on a special AllSpark Almanac II book signing that we wanted to pass along. Hey, fellas. Bill and I, Marty Isenberg and Derrick Wyatt will be signing copies of ...
Through his blog, Disciples Of Boltax Jim Sorenson has been giving us lots of detailed information on the making of various Transformers series. The latest snippet he gives us is a look at the transformation of Blood. Though Blood's western ...
Derrick Wyatt will once again be attending TFcon this year. Wyatt was the Art Director and Lead Character Designer for Transformers Animated. He will be appearing in Q&A panels and autograph sessions. TFcon's site can be seen here. For the ...
Site Sponsor Robotkingdom have let us know about a new special offer they are running. Included as a free gift for anyone who spends $60 or more on their website will be a DVD. The DVD includes 13 episodes of ...
We'd like to thank Sharon Dean, appearances manager for Michael McConnohie for sending us the following press release. TRANSFORMERS VA Michael McConnohie is scheduled to appear at AnimeLand Makiba in Las Vegas July 16-18. He will have a special Transformers ...
New editions of Japanese magazines Telebi-kun and Telebi-magazine (TV-kun and TV-magazine) have come out with profiles of Blitzwing and Lugnut and images of Wave 4 of Takara's Animated figures. They also show images from Sega's card-game/arcade-game with what may be ...
The Amazon.com listing for the upcoming Graphic Novel for Transformers: Prime has been updated. We get a clear look at it's cover page, featuring none other than Bumblebee. The cover reveals more of Bumblebee's artwork, a mix between his designs ...
Takara Tomy & Paramount Pictures Japan will release the Japanese version of Transformers Animated DVD in the second quarter of the year. So far 2 DVDs has been announced: DVD Volume 1: - Consists of Episode 1 to Episode 4 ...
Numerous sources, including Energon Pub member sabrigami, have discovered Animated Arcee at Canadian Toys'R'Us chains. Not only does that mean that these rare toys are finally in the hands of collectors in Canada, but also future Animated store exclusives, including ...
At Jim Sorenson's blog Disciples of Boltax Bill Forster has taken a turn at the keyboard to tell us some interesting facts and secrets about the making of the book The Allspark Almanac, including previously unseen images. You can see ...
When The Hub was first introduced to us, only Transformers: Prime - Bumblebee's upper proportions were revealed. Thanks to Hisstank member gunslingercbr, we get to see the fully figured Bumblebee, along with other characters of Hasbro's property. The pictures were ...
The Amazon listing for the upcoming Transformers: Prime Graphic Novel has been updated. With it comes a synopsis of the novel, Is the supposed plot of Transformers: Prime? Judge for yourself below! "This all-new graphic novel adventure leads directly into ...
Disciples of Boltax, the blog of Jim Sorenson, has been updated to showcase new drawings of Masterforce GoShooter and Cab. You can see the full entry by clicking the excerpt below: Seibertron.com: celebrating 10 years of being the ultimate Transformers ...
It is sad that we must report that Robert Smith, known by Transformers fans as the voice of Cybertron Soundwave, has died at the age of 67. Garry Chalk, (Cybertron Optimus Prime) tells us on Smith's Facebook page that he ...
Action Figure Checklist have posted a gallery of the Takara version of Animated Skywarp, due to be released later this month. The Takara version features several visible differences including purple faction symbols. You can see more images here. For the ...
Bill Forster, co author to The hugely successful Transformers Animated Allsparc Almanac has set up a Formspring Q%A in which you can ask questions about the upcoming Allspark Almanac 2. All you have to do is follow this link here, ...
Nagaoka Bookstore will publish a brand new Japanese encyclopedia for Transformers Animated. The book will contain 24 pages and will be available on the 10th June 2010. Amazon Japan has opened the pre-order page for this encyclopedia. Stay tuned to ...
Move aside Hasbro, there's a new Transformers Animated distributor in town. With Transformers Animated in full swing in the Land of the Rising Sun, it was simply time until Takara would be releasing superior Transformers toys. Takara's version of Animated ...
Japanese site Rakuten has an image of some upcoming figures of Optimus Prime, Megatron and Bumblebee based on Takara's version of Transformers Animated. The figures are due to be released in August, will be around 8 centimeters tall and will ...
Jim Sorenson has updated his blog with some concept art showing off Pretender Metalhawk's weapons. Click the thumbnail for the full blog post: You can check out our gallery of Metalhawk and see if the toy designers got the weapons ...
With Transformers Animated now immersed in Japanese culture, the merchandise has been pouring in from left and right. The latest happens to be a group of keychain plushies, revealed by Dengeki Online. So far there are two Autobots and two ...
Jim Sorenson has updated his blog with one final piece of his unused design for Autobot City. Here's a teaser featuring the Crow's Nest: Head on over to Jim's blog to see the rest.
Telebi Aichi, the official Japanese Transformers Animated cartoon website has updated their dedicated homepage. The new information added includes "Character Profile" for the following: - Arcee - Grimlock - Snarl - Swoop For Japanese readers, you can check out TV-Aichi's ...
Toy blogger and Transformers collector - Fatguy has updated his blog with more images of recently released Transformers Animated figure keychains. This series include: - Optimus Prime - Prowl - Bumblebee - Ratchet - Ironhide (Bulkhead) - Starscream Check out ...
Roberto Orci continues to reveal information on Transformers: Prime. He has previous revealed the Frank Welker will be voicing Megatron, and that Starscream will have his typical treacherous Generation One persona. The latest leak from Orci was also posted on ...
When Dinobots Attack. Grimlock, Swoop and Snarl will be released in Japan this weekend, and Alfes 2010 has gotten a head start. You've seen Grimlock earlier today, and now it's time for the other two, Swoop and Snarl. There aren't ...
As the 3rd wave of Takara version Transformers Animated figures will be officially released this weekend in Japan, Japanese Transformers collector - Alfes 2010 once again gives us a closer look at the leader of the Dinobots - Grimlock. Takara ...
Writer Roberto Orci teases us a little further today about the upcoming Transformers: Prime cartoon. When asked if the classic character Starscream will retain a personality similar to his Generation One self, Orci responds with a short "Yup". To view ...
The staff of Seibertron.com hopes everyone in Japan has an extra power generator, they're about to get a Blackout. In all actuality, this long weekend sees the release of another Takara Animated Wave, mainly featuring the Dinobots and Voyager Blackout. ...
Hot on the heels of our report that Peter Cullen would voice Optimus Prime in the upcoming "Transformers: Prime" cartoon on Hasbro's "The Hub" network, we get a statement from Roberto Orci that Frank Welker would be joining the cast, ...
Japan Toy Hobby Market has revealed the Takara Tomy version of Unicron, with a more Generation 1 cartoon movie accurate color scheme. This new repaint version of Armada Unicron also comes with a new head sculpt. Unicron is part of ...
