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Toy News Transmissions

Supercon Bonus Backs Popping up at K-Mart Stores

Posted by Professor Smooth Aug 25, 2003 32,742 views

The Supercon Bonus Packs that´re shipping to K-Mart are NOT the same items that Toys R Us Bonus Packs. While the TRU exclusives feature an additional Mini-Con, the K-Mart ones feature a complete Mini-Con TEAM. There don´t seem to be ...

Armada Bonus Packs Picture

Posted by Professor Smooth Aug 25, 2003 32,748 views

A Ebay auction has popped up for a new bonus pack figure. The Supercon Blurr includes an extra Destruction Tame mini-con. Other Supercon figures with additional mini-cons will also be available from retailers. Variant collectors, it´s time to begin the ...

OTFCC Online Store Open!

Posted by Redstreak Aug 24, 2003 33,922 views

OTFCC.com has updated with the opening of their Online Store! Featured items include the Transformers Universe comic #1, the Rook Keychain, and the HOC Decepticon Air Cavalry Troop Builder Set.

TRU Sale

Posted by ShinjiConvoy Aug 22, 2003 36,301 views

Tformers has notified all of transfandom that Toys R Us is having a sale on all Minicons and Supercon figures. That means everything from the sea team to Demolisher is on sale, and the prices even beat those at Wal-Mart, ...

New Armada Items at TRU Online!

Posted by optimuslives Aug 20, 2003 33,236 views

Toys R´ Us Online has updated their website with some of the harder to find Armada items. For those of you who have been unable to find some of the latest Armada figures, fear not as they are in stock ...

Release Date For #10 Soundwave Reissue!

Posted by optimuslives Aug 19, 2003 36,585 views

Transandom has just confirmed with their sources that the Takara Book-Style Reissue #10 Soundwave has a tentative release date of September 18th. You can still pre-order your own figure of the deadliest Communications expert here!

Universe Wave 2 spotted

Posted by Abrogate Aug 19, 2003 34,815 views

At a Target in North Carolina, the Universe Wave 2 deluxes Black Arachnia and Dinobot Striker were found. Check them out here.

New TF Items from Takara

Posted by Professor Smooth Aug 18, 2003 34,775 views

Takara, long known to Transformers fans as "The company that puts out the Transformers in Japan" or "The company that puts out all those repaints I wish I could afford" is putting out several new Transformers items. Micron Legend underwear. ...

TF:U Omega Prime is out in Hong Kong

Posted by Professor Smooth Aug 18, 2003 34,559 views

Hasbro´s TF:Universe Omega Prime (Repainted RiD Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus) figures have hit Hong Kong. Look for these figures to start appearing stateside at Sams Club stores in the next few weeks.

Series IV Reissues: Unaltered?

Posted by Professor Smooth Aug 16, 2003 38,368 views

Have you been holding off on the Hasbro reissues because of their cosmetic changes? Changes such as the lack of chrome or the shortening of missles? Well, at OTFCC Seibertron.com staff members had the opportunity to check out these upcoming ...

New Products @ KB Toys

Posted by Seibertron Aug 16, 2003 35,613 views

KB Toys in the Chicagoland area have several of the new Transformers: Armada figures including Tidal Wave. But unless you are desperate for these figures, you might want to wait until the figures have more widespread availability at stores like ...

Tracks, Inferno, Hoist - All 3 for $64.95!!!

Posted by Seibertron Aug 16, 2003 34,501 views

Action-HQ.com and SEIBERTRON.com have teamed together for the benefit of Seibertronians worldwide! Action-HQ.com has received their shipments of the upcoming TRU G1 exclusives Tracks, Hoist, and Inferno and is offering them to you for a very awesome price of $64.95! ...

New Tatakai Images and Information!

Posted by optimuslives Aug 14, 2003 37,704 views

Fan to Fan has just posted some new magazine scans and some updates on the upcoming Transformers G1 Game from Japan. While a US release was nixed by Sony, we can still get the import game through online retailer Kicks ...

The Untransformable Unicron?!?

Posted by optimuslives Aug 14, 2003 35,203 views

Thanks go to Raymond of our own message boards as he has informed of us of a packaging error from Hasbro. It seems that with the release of the Armada Unicron figure, some figures were shipped without their instruction manuals! ...

ToysRUs.com Unicron Release Delayed!

Posted by optimuslives Aug 13, 2003 35,459 views

Toys R´ Us Online has pushed back the release date of their Transformers Armada Unicron figure. The new release date is now August 21st. You can still pre-order Unicron here! [Edit by Seibertron:] We are getting various reports from various ...

Micron Legends Rampage to have clear Dark Saber

Posted by Abrogate Aug 12, 2003 34,880 views

A poster on the talk.toysnews newsgroup has posted a picture of the Micron Legends Rampage w/ Dark Saber giftset. Most notable about this picture is that the Dark Saber he comes with is the transparent one used on the US ...

Wal-Mart Has Transformers Sale!

Posted by optimuslives Aug 4, 2003 35,060 views

** UPDATE BY SEIBERTRON ** After not being able to confirm this story, we believe it was a miscommunication. The SUPERcons, the $10 price point figures, can be found for under $9 a figure, but no one seems to be ...

BigBadToystore has Pre-Order for 20th Prime

Posted by Cyber Bishop Aug 2, 2003 52,221 views

Got an email this morning from BigBadToystore.com and one of the pre release items is the Palisades 20th Anniversiary Optimus Prime. He will arrive in December with a price tag of $92.99. In the email they also mention the OTFCC ...

Hard Hero Optimus Prime Statue!

Posted by optimuslives Aug 1, 2003 38,685 views

TFW2005 has shown us the full figure Optimus Prime statue from Hard Hero that is to go hand in hand with the recently announced Megatron statue. Check out Prime leading the attack here!

2 Versions of Alternator Smokescreen

Posted by Redstreak Jul 30, 2003 36,573 views

HobbyLinkJapan has indicated there will be two versions of Alternator Smokescreen, one for each driver, Transfandom reports. Check out the article on HLJ here. Bigbadtoystore has also indicated this on their Pre-orders page with two separate listings.

Toys R Us Online Huge Update!

Posted by optimuslives Jul 30, 2003 36,161 views

Had trouble finding some of those recent Armada or Universe toys? Well, worry no more. Toys R Us has posted a huge update on their website, most notably the preorder pages for Commemorative Series V Transformers. To pre-order the TRU ...

G1 PS2 game at kicks-hobby.com

Posted by Abrogate Jul 29, 2003 35,631 views

While some of us are bummed that the G1 game isn´t coming to America, there are others that don´t care because they´ve got an imported PS2 or a modified PS2. If you´re one of those people who has the machine ...

Unicron ... Found!

Posted by Redstreak Jul 28, 2003 35,384 views

UNICRON! In Target today in the Livonia area (a suburb of Detroit, Michigan), I was pleased to discover one, only one, of the mighty destroyer of worlds - UNICRON!!! Look on the top shelves, people, his box is far too ...

OTFCC Coverage: Hasbro's Display

Posted by Seibertron Jul 26, 2003 71,295 views

What an eventful day! We´ve had a great time at OTFCC so far. To start things off, we decided to provide the images from Hasbro´s display first which include pictures of TRANSFORMERS: ENERGON!!! If you want to view the next ...

Commemorative Series VI Figures In TRU Computers!

Posted by optimuslives Jul 25, 2003 37,364 views

From the TFW2005 boards we have learned that two of the figures in teh Toys R Us Commemorative Series VI are none other than Grapple and Smokescreen! They are listed in Toys R Us computers under the following SKU numbers: ...

Armada Overload and Skywarp have arrived !

Posted by ToXmAn Jul 24, 2003 39,296 views

TF: Armada Overload and Skywarp are being sighted in Target and Walmart stores around the United States. Visit Unicron.com´s Sightings section to add your own or check the confirmed place. Also dont forget to stop by our own Energon Pub ...

Detailed Pic of Smallest TF's

Posted by ToXmAn Jul 24, 2003 41,013 views

DragonX76 from the TFD forum has posted some very nice images of the "Smallest transformers evers" taken by Dennis Tham, including the chases figures cliffjumper and skywarp, check all the images right here.

TFTM Special Edition 2-Disc Set?

Posted by optimuslives Jul 24, 2003 39,739 views

ToonZone has learned that a two-disc, expanded DVD edition of Transformers: The Movie is in development, timed to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Transformers. A late 2004 release date has been tentatively scheduled. What does this mean for us? Possibly ...

Shrapnel & Bombshell Statues Up For Order!

Posted by optimuslives Jul 24, 2003 39,649 views

Comic Statues have just put up a preorder for the second in their exclusive Insecticon Series, the diabolical Shrapnel! Check out the master of electricity in his hauntingly beautiful form now. Bombshell is also up for pre-order as well, so ...

Destructicons in Canada?

Posted by Abrogate Jul 24, 2003 40,133 views

Could Canada be getting the Destructicons as Wal-Mart exclusives? Purgatori of TFW2005 reports finding pegs at Wal-Mart with "Destructicon" Item Sticker labels, priced at normal super-con price point. If this is true, then good news for Canadian G2/RiD fans!

TF Bottle Cap info

Posted by Abrogate Jul 24, 2003 49,622 views

Kabaya, the candy company that included Micron Legends figurines, is now making G1 bottle cap figures. Prime, Megatron, Devastator, Galvatron, Jazz, Bumblebee, Grimlock, Ultra Magnus, Rodimus Prime, and even chase figures. The figures come with a small book and an ...

Transformers: Alternators SMOKESCREEN Pics

Posted by Seibertron Jul 17, 2003 47,846 views

SPOILER WARNING! Professor Smooth provided links to the 20th Anniversary Optimus Prime figure earlier ... but we wanted to give some special attention to a new line of Transformers that seems to bring the Transformers to an all new level. ...

Micron Legends Shockwave and X-Dimension mini-cons

Posted by Abrogate Jul 16, 2003 43,961 views

Micron Legends Shockwave has hit the shelves in Asia and Remy is once again the man with the showcase. Go here to see a few pictures, plus the X-Dimension repaints of the Air Military mini-con team. If that´s not enough, ...

Jet Convoy boxset

Posted by Abrogate Jul 15, 2003 41,202 views

Always one to deliver ground-breaking news, Remy Rodis has come across a Jet Convoy boxset that has been previously unheard of. This reportedly doesn´t have electronics and the windows are painted silver. Check it out here.

Powerlinx figures at Hobby-Link Japan

Posted by Abrogate Jul 14, 2003 46,667 views

Hobby Link Japan has got pre-orders for a few Micron Legends Super figures, known as Armada Powerlinx figures to us Westerners, along with Wheeljack and a few new Gobots. Check out Super Ratchet (Red Alert), Super Hot Rod (Hot Shot), ...

3 new Universe figures

Posted by Abrogate Jul 13, 2003 41,014 views

Small Blue Planet Toys has gotten pre-orders for 3 surprising new Universe figures. Tarantulas, Skydive, and Depth Charge. Skydive, along with Tankor, can be seen here. Depth Charge and Tarantulas unfortunately do not have pictures yet, but you can see ...

Armada Jetfire arrive to Spain

Posted by ToXmAn Jul 13, 2003 42,408 views

Thanks to Knockout for the tip, he have found armada Jetfire in Tenerife, Spain, this is good news for all Transfan in Spain, he also sayd that lots of RID figure has been restocked as well.

New Transformers GoBot Figure

Posted by ShinjiConvoy Jul 12, 2003 42,642 views

Amazon.com has posted pictures of a new Transformers Gobot figured called Hauler. This Gobot Transformer should make you happy if you have a kid, want to appease your inner child, or simply want a new toy. Check out Amazon.com for ...

G1 Transformers Game: ONLY IN JAPAN

Posted by Professor Smooth Jul 9, 2003 42,892 views

The highly anticipated Transformers: Tatakai game will not be released outside of Japan. This comes as a major kick in the selenium shinguards of fans outside of that wonderous asian island. However, if you´ve taken the time to get your ...

Armada Clones

Posted by ShinjiConvoy Jul 9, 2003 41,818 views

The first armada clones have begun to surface on ebay. at the moment it could still be a hoax but this might possibly be the first line of attack in the "cloning" of armada toys.

Hoist's Mystery Lever

Posted by ShinjiConvoy Jul 9, 2003 42,476 views

Hoist´s blue lever has confused many of the armada consumers. I myself found difficulty with the device even after reading about its use. Fortunatly i eventually got it to work without breaking one of my fellow trans fan´s prized possession. ...

Armada Knockoffs: It's Begun

Posted by Professor Smooth Jul 8, 2003 43,055 views

This is in the rumors section because frankly, it doesn´t deserve to be on the frontpage. First of all, Armada Knockoffs have arrived. Because of shipping charges, and the (strangely high) demand for such items, it WILL be cheaper to ...

20% Off Transformers at KB Toys!

Posted by optimuslives Jul 8, 2003 44,395 views

Kay-bee Toy stores are having a sale on ALL Transformers. Get 20% off any and all Transformers toys that they have in stock. I even spotted an Armada Powerlinx Optimus Prime there so you may want to check out your ...

Beast Wars Season 1 DVD Set Pre-Order

Posted by optimuslives Jul 8, 2003 42,421 views

Amazon.com has posted the preorder page for the Rhino Beast Wars: Season One DVD Box Set which is set for release on August 12, 2003. The price of the set is reduced to $44.96 and will include the 26 episodes ...

Crystal Figures: RETURN

Posted by Professor Smooth Jul 5, 2003 63,181 views

After a several month absence from the scene, another of what I´ve personally dubbed "Factory Made Fakes" (although that´s still under invenstigation) has appeared. Once again, this is an all-clear Optimus Prime figure. However, this one is different from its ...

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