E-Hobby has it´s New Year Special Edition TFs listed as Deep Cover and Clamp Down. It has been rumoured that this will be a set containing black and police variations of Sideswipe. And no, the "police variation" is not Red ...
As I´m sure you´ve all heard, Unicron is scheduled to make his plastic debut in June. This, of course, begs several questions. Such as... Is it going to be an exclusive? If so where? There´s no information at ALL on ...
BWBMTransformers.com has found this interesting pre-order on an Armada Unicron on Entertainment Earth. Will we see Unicron in the Armada cartoon? Or will this guy be simply a non-show character? Regardless, if this order is not a mistake, we´re in ...
EDIT! It has been brought to my attention that the seller of all these rare items is, in fact, the infamous ´Godraven´ using a new name. You may remember Godraven as the perpetuator of the ´black God Ginrai scam´ A ...
Three more G1 characters have apparently been spotted in Toys R Us computers. The characters are Jazz, Thundercracker, and a character called ´Silverstreak´. All three are priced at 29.99 but this is most likely the canadian price. Figure the US ...
Thanks to the November Previews for this: Dreamwave will be releasing the six-issue G1 mini-series in 3 different hardcover formats. for 49.99 you get the entire G1 mini-series plus a couple of extra pages of sketches in a handsome hardcover ...
Walgreens stores in Illinois have begun putting shipments of the Heroes of Cybertron figures on their shelves. Now you don´t have to order them from online toystores! They´re priced at $3.99 each.
A fan in Hong Kong has apparently snagged some repainted RiD Decepticons. They are painted in ´arctic camo´ colors. The fan says that the store he aquired them from gets test shots like this fairly often. Hopefully I´ll have some ...
Several sources, including Professor Smooth´s Rumors Page and other TF websites, are reporting that the Beast Machines Dinobots (repaints from the US and Japanese Beast Wars toy lines) might have life breathed into their molds once more - this time ...
It seems that Hasbro has once again decided to dump some repaints on the unsuspecting public. Much like Storm Jet, they´re taking some Beast Machines shelf-warmers, giving ´em a new color-scheme, and sticking them in RiD packaging. Chances are, these ...
After searching for Sideways at local Toys R Us stores for a few weeks, a fan calling himself Goldbug decided to contact Hasbro and see what the deal was... Goldbug: According to ToysRUs.com Transformers Armada Sideways has been discontinued. I ...
Hey folks, just heard this rumor from a local toy dealer that Armada WAVE 2 (Smokescreen and Sideways) have already stopped shipping. That doesn´t mean that tons more won´t be popping up in stores near you, it simply means that ...
A member of American Dream Comics says that Takara will be announcing the next four reissues next week. The Dinobot reissues are tentatively set to come out in late 2003. Thanks James!
Supposedly, this rumored Transformers Generation One (G1) video game is an official project in the land of the rising sun. According to AmericanDreamComics who apparently scored an interview with Shinichi Suzuki (General Manager International Division of Takara in Japan). Read ...
There´s a crazy rumor going around the Internet that Takara might be considering reissuing the Headmaster Fortress Maximus figure from 1987. Brave Maximus from Car Robots was released in 2000 so the mold is readily available. Fact or Fiction ... ...
You can read the entire article at AmericanDreamComics. There are some truly awesome new screenshots as well.
UPDATE: This thing may be a future Lucky Draw piece, however, the figure on Ebay most definately is NOT. The Ebay product is (most likely) a prototype or test-shot for the upcoming Lucky Draw figure. As for the short stacks, ...
The following is a RUMOR! As you´ve probably noticed by the stacks of Armada toys piling up in local stores the line isn´t selling as well as planned. You´ve probably also noticed that the Toys R Us exclusive reissues have ...
Online toystores have started taking pre-orders for the Heroes of Cybertron: Wave III. The figures in this wave include Grimlock in T-Rex Mode, Galvatron, Cyclonus, Rodimus Prime, Ironhide, and Soundwave.
I received an anonymous e-mail today containing the following: "Behind the scenes at Hasbro, there is a debate about the direction & future of how to market Transformers. "Much of the current marketing staff view Transformers as their "younger" boy´s ...
Make sure you check out the Professor Smooth Rumor Page for several possible rumors about the Transformers video game and the possibility of an American reissue of JETFIRE (???)! Fact or fiction? You decide! Please remember that these are just ...
As crazy as it sounds, a possible US reissue for the future is JETFIRE. You can bet I´ll have an update on this as soon as it becomes available.
The following is from Gamespot: TGS 2002: Takara to produce Transformers game The company responsible for the Transformers toys is going to make a new game based on the classic robots. Takara has announced that it is working on a ...
I emailed Joel at BigBadToyStore.com and asked him what Hasbro has told him about Fortress Maximus. "They have cancelled it for now, but my rep said it ´may´ be produced in 2004 or beyond - he had no specifics and ...
A new exclusive may be making its way to Target stores before the holidays. The 24.99 exclusive pack features the repainted Starscream/BB! UPDATE! It has been confirmed! This figure is now scheduled to be in Target stores in January 2003! ...
Prof. Smooth thinks other wise. Check out what Prof. Smooth says right here at Seibertrons Prof. Smooth page!!
While it´s true that Hasbro has said that the release of Fortress Maximus is more or less cancelled, longtime fans know that Hasbro has never had the most reliable information... I have recieved word that Fort Max will, in fact, ...
It´s not what you think. The 123 Transformer line has a new television advertisement. In the ad, however, they are called ´Gobots´instead of 123 Transformers. Odd, isn´t it?
A reprint of the EXTREMELY RARE japanese Transformers comics (including Zone and Battlestars) will be released in Japan on October 18th. The price is said to be about 23 dollars (US). Of course, the book is going to be printed ...
Here´s a quote from the latest issue of Toyfare: Never Fear though: Hasbro was very excited, and hopeful about it´s G1 Re-release plans. Fans will also be pleased to hear that Hasbro is looking at ways to RE-MAKE original G1 ...
This is already obvious to those of you who´ve already bought (and read) issue 5. In a surprising ´we´re sorry´ letter, Dreamwave´s staff´s says that they should still have their books out on schedule. Meaning that we´ll have 2 books ...
Thanks to our friends at SG Collectibles, it seems that Hasbro AU has approved a Transformers convention for Australia in 2003. It is to be held on 5-6 April 2003. You can read the news, here.
Here are the Exclusive Transformer skn # for all the products that are due to arrive at all Toys "R" Us stores in Canada. 1. Skn # 679186 Ex-Optimus Prime Due- August $39.99 2. Skn # 679178 Ex-Decepticons Due- August ...
Not only is there an ongoing debate on what "Godbomber" is going to be called (the hasbro PVC calls it "A roller drone"), but now there´s some debate as to what Prime´s Powermaster is going to be named. It appears ...
For those of you who ordered the Unicron statue before Botcon, you´ll be happy to know that the statues will begin shipping next week.
Coming soon to your local Wal-Mart: Transformers Playing Cards. While there´s no set date for their release, they should be in stores soon.
The long-delayed Transformers: Generation 1-issue 5 is scheduled to be in comic book stores on Wednesday. This means it´ll be in Hot Topic stores a week from Wednesday.
Since the news of a reissued G1 Megatron in Japan was announced, the big question has been "At that price point, will it include all of the extra parts?" The short answer seems to be ´yes.´ Simply because the reissue ...
The Bumblebee and Cliffjumper keyrings have begun popping up in Canadian Wal-Mart stores. They carry a price tag of 4.99 (canadian of course) and are found in the toy section.
Some interesting news about the different versions of Armada Optimus Prime that are being released. Only the large Optimus Prime figure will be able to connect with Jetfire. He will also be able to connect with another figure to be ...
When online toystores started offering Pre-Orders on RiD Fortress Maximus (otherwise known as Brave Maximus from the japanese Car Robots line) they listed the item as coming in original japanese packaging. Now that Hasbro can no longer sell the Car ...
This is from an email sent to some customers who ordered this G1 Prime reissue from Amazon.com Subject: Transformers Optimus Prime Generation 1 will not become available Greetings from Amazon.com. We´ve recently learned from our supplier that the item you ...
Rumours of a Build King exclusive repaint are running around the online community. Pictures of the yellow G2 Devestator-styled repaint can be found here. Fact or fiction? Probably fiction, but time will tell.
Contrary to the original belief, Botcon 2003 will not be held in New Jersey, but rather at the Hyatt Regency O´Hare, in Chicago Illinois, July 25-27, 2003!
UPDATE! According to sources, Hasbro changed the name to Apex Bomber as opposed to "Roller" however ´Roller´ is the name given on the HOC PVC fig. Hasbro has decided to call the japanese figure known as Godbomber in Masterforce as ...
They´ve started appearing in Toys R Us stores. Apparently, TRU is putting them out with their Armada (week 2) stuff. Happy Hunting!
According to one of my sources, some of the already released Armada figures may have alterations made to later runs of the figure. Minor paint changes and the addition of some decals mostly. Hot Shot is said to be gaining ...
We´ve got news that Takara are considering the possibility of reissuing the super rare Targetmaster Stepper in the near future. Stepper is a Japanese Exclusive that was never sold in the US before. Most fans will know him as the ...
That´s right. One of my contacts informs me that The Armada leader has been spotted. If you´re in the area they´re in a Wal-Mart in Gurnee Illinois. For some reason, that area always gets stuff early. Happy hunting!
Now here´s an interesting rumor. We all know that if Megatron was to be reissued in the US, it would require some changes. However, according to a source at Hasbro, an altered G1 Megatron may make it´s way to Toys ...
