The people of the BotCon Convention, to be held april 24th through 27th in Cincinnati, Ohio, have made the following statement through their news letter. "Hello _______! This is going out to all members: Demand continues to outstrip supply for ...
Unlike our earlier news story which linked through to an April Fools version of the Botcon 08 comic, this one is the real deal. The Official Botcon website has updated with a 3 page preview of their "Timelines" comic that ...
Botcon.com has once again been updated, and it is NOT an April Fools joke. The voice of Sari from Transformers: Animated, Tara Strong, will be in attendance this year accompanying other Animated voices such as Bumper Robinson and David Kaye. ...
Chinese Auction site, Taobao.com has two auctions right now for Minicons that are supposedly part of the Botcon '08 souvenir sets. Both figures are repaints from the Predator Attack Team, which makes sense, to go with previously revealed Razorclaw. Here ...
Update! April Fool'd By The Club...Forgiveness Possible. Don Figueroa is to be 'real' artist for convention comic, making a brief return for the club, and the 3 page preview should still be happening on Thursday. End Update The Fooled--Yesterday, on ...
IDW Publishing scribe Simon Furman has announced on his blog that he will be attending Botcon 08, to be held in Cincinnati, Ohio, at the Duke Energy Center, over the weekend of April 25-27. Furman will be there all 3 ...
Wonder what them crazy Cheeseheads have been up to this year? Wonder no more! Every year, it has seemed like the event has grown, and now it has gotten to the point where we had 2 dealer rooms! Come check ...
Botcon.com has been updated with an announcement of the second guest to appear at the convention this year. This time it's Bumper Robinson, another cast member from Transformers Animated. Mr. Robinson does the voices of Bumblebee and Blitzwing in the ...
Botcon.com has been updated with confirmation of the first guest that will be attending Botcon '08 in Cincinnati and it is the one and only David Kaye! Most know him for his voice talents in previous Transformers television series, especially ...
Can't get enough of the latest Japanese Transformers and toy trends? Well, the Summer Wonder Festival is back and will be held on August 3rd, 2008. An official announcement has been placed on the Winter Wonder Festival website, which over ...
And the rumors continue... Make an effort to join in Counterpunch's already existing thread here. Botcon attendees and those not going can sound off on your like or dislike for the previewed set, and rumored releases by submitting on the ...
As reported earlier on Seibertron, the Dutch/Belgian Transformers convention that was known as Transformations, was asked earlier this month to change their name by Hasbro US. To determine the new name a competition was created. The new name is B.O.T.S. ...
Just a reminder that the 2008 Canadian 80s Toy Expo is this weekend, Sunday, March 16th at the Holiday Inn Burlington Hotel and Conference Centre. The show features 2 halls filled with dealers selling Transformers (vintage and Japanese imports), Star ...
Have you gotten your hotel reservations for Botcon in yet? If not, you better start looking for a new place to stay. The 2nd Botcon Hotel, the Millenium Hotel is now sold out of their Botcon Block from the 25th-27th. ...
The popularity of Transformers is continuing to grow. In today's issue of the Cincinnati Enquirer there was a small article about this year's BotCon. There is not much new information given in the the article. However you can check it ...
The dutch/belgian Transformers convention, which will be held June 8th 2008 in Nieuwegein in the Netherlands, is no longer called TRANSFORMATIONS. According to their site, although they are fully backed by Hasbro in the Netherlands, Hasbro in the US have ...
More Botcon Mold Rumors... Please ignore this if you do not want to possibly be spoiled...continue on at your own risk. 'Darthconvoy', a source that posts on another site --A source who also just happens to have had CORRECTLY predicted ...
eBay seller etoyshunter has posted an auction for the new 2008 Botcon exclusive Optimus Prime, from the "Shattered Glass" convention set. See the auction page by clicking here.
We have received another update on the status of the BotCon Primus Package. As was confirmed earlier it is indeed sold out. Below you can read what alternatives will be provided for people who didn't get their registration in on ...
The Canadian 80s Toy Expo will be helt March 16th at the Holiday Inn Hotel and Conference Center in Burlington, Ontario Canada. This event is one of Canadas largest conventions featuring tons of new and vintage figures from Transformers, G.I. ...
There is a rumor floating around the Official Transformers Collector's Club Member Forums that all the Botcon sets are sold out, or will be sold out this week! At this time there is no confirmation from club officials and no ...
E-Hobby is running a contest purchase the Wonderfest 2008 Exclusive Movie Arcee (G1 Repaint) by lottery, meaning there is no guarantee that every order will receive a figure. All entries must be in between March 3rd and March 7th, only ...
The Official Botcon website has been updated with images of two more figures in the Botcon 2008 convention exclusive set. They are Starscream (Repaint of Cybertron Starscream) and Razorclaw (Repaint of Classics Minicon Overbite). See the images by clicking here.
The official website for the Benelux (Dutch/Belgian) Transformers Convention called Transformations is now online. Complete in Transformers Animated theme, the site announces that Hasbro will be part of this second convention, just as it was last year. Information on some ...
Photos from the Japanese Wonder Festival Winter 2008 have been posted online on FantoFan.jp. The pictures include detailed photos of the Trans-scanning Transformers Movie toys, as well as our first look at the figures in-package. Also on display were the ...
The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films will host their 34th annual Saturn Awards on Tuesday June 24, in Universal City, California, USA. The Michael Bay Transformers movie has been nominated for two of these Saturn Awards. Namely ...
The 105th annual Toy Fair which was held in New York City handed their awards for best toy of 2008. Transformers Movie Toys made the list at spot number eleven for the Toy Of The Year awards. You can see ...
Seibertron.com has updated its events Galleries with photos from Toy Fair 2008. We have posted all of the official images from Hasbro's press pack for Transformers! Stay tuned for Seibertron's own gallery from the event itself! Click here to view ...
Here are the first pics of Animated Jazz and Oilslick from Hasbro's Press material!
This just in from Seibertron at Toy Fair 2008! Classics Galvatron was unveiled today and apparently looks awesome. Hasbro is now taking the Star Wars Transformers and combining them with the Marvel Transformers and they will now collectively be known ...
Two new tidbits of information to add: Blaster will be a repaint of Cybertron Soundwave, and Heavy Duty is a repaint of Cybertron Quickmix. You can see these and more color picures of the new CLASSICs figures at Wizard's update ...
Previously reported here, we have a new update concerning one of the exclusives for Dairycon this year. A package sample of a Dairycon Exclusive toy was found on ebay today. To see the auction, click here. Dairycon staffers confirmed that ...
Like a spy with the power to disappear at will, these sets seem to be disappearing out of Fun Pubs hands at the blink of an eye. According to news from the Botcon '08 website: "UPDATE: 02-15-08 Due to unprecedented ...
Here are the first images of BotCon GoldBug, a slight remold (the head) and recolor of Cybertron HotShot!
Botcon.com has been updated again today with a new image of the Botcon exclusive figure, Optimus Prime, in vehicle mode. The most noticeable details, previously unknown, are a crooked Autobot symbol on the side of the truck, green headlights, and ...
Our own Seibertron will be in attendance of Toy Fair 2008 in New York City this weekend. If you are attending, be sure and stop to say hi! For the rest of us, continue to check out Seibertron.com as our ...
Botcon.com is reporting that the loose convention sets of the 2008 Botcon-exclusive figures have already sold out. See the announcement on the officialy Botcon website by clicking here. As of today, the Loose Convention sets are now SOLD OUT! The ...
Jizai Toys have announced that their "Perfect Transformation" Powerglide figure kit set will be available for 10,000 Yen, and that they will also be re-offering their "Perfect Transformation" Wheelie figure kit set for 7,000 Yen at the 2008 Winter Wonder ...
Get ready for something totally different! The first promotional picture for the Botcon set is up, and it is... EVIL OPTIMUS PRIME Check out the official Botcon web page here. Stay tuned in the coming weeks as they reveal more ...
Good News for fans of Transformers Movie star Shia LeBouf, as he has just won the BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) "Orange Rising Star Award". LeBouf edged out other nominees such as Sienna Miller and Ellen Page ...
The Dutch Transformers convention called Transformations have announced its plans to open its doors once again in 2008. The date has been set at Sunday June 8th to be held in Nieuwegein, the Netherlands. More details will soon appear on ...
Transformers at the Moon have posted their report following the 2008 British Toy Fare. Unfortunately no Pictures were allowed to be taken, but the Moon Crew have posted some previously unknown detailed information on upcoming Transformers lines. Below is a ...
Artwork for one of the Dairycon 2008 exclusives was revealed today: Though the specific character name wasn't mentioned, it was revealed in a previous post that 'Domino' would be the PreReg exclusive. Once again, it looks as though the folks ...
It has been been revealed that IDW's Transformers Comic to be given out on Free Comic Book Day (May 3rd 2008) will be a 30 page Transformers: Animated Comic. To check out all the free comics to be released on ...
Following our earlier report, Botcon 08 Registration is now Open. To register simply head to the Botcon 08 Registration Page, fill out your forms and Fax them back in. There is also a FAQ to help you incase you get ...
Get ready, get set... FAX! Very, very soon the registration forms for Botcon 08 will be available for download (promised today at some point). It is suggested that you read up on the FAQ section of the Botcon website, so ...
TakaraTomy has updated their Transformers website with official images and information regarding Movie Exclusive Arcee. As reported previously, Arcee will be a limited exclusive figure featured in her G1 Anime colors and will only be sold at the Winter Wonder ...
Botcon.com has been updated and now has the Botcon 2008 available for viewing. Some of the highlights of the brochure are as follows: Convention box set - Shattered Glass, featuring: Evil Autobots: Optimus Prime Grimlock Jazz Goldbug Heroic Decepticons: Starscream ...
According to a report from IESB.net Paramount Studios and Hasbro are in early discussion about creating a Transformers Movie theme3d Amusement Park ride. The early plans lead towards the creation of what is known as a "Dark Ride", which according ...
The nominees for the 80th annual Academy Awards were announced this morning, and this past summer's Transformers Movie has been nominated for not one, not two, but THREE Oscars. They are: Best Achievement in Sound - Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. ...
