Armada Mini-Cons, Super-Cons, and Laserbeak have been sighted at several local Toys R´ Us stores in the Chicagoland area. In addition to Transformers: Armada being available, the all-new Masters Of The Universe line is also available at TRU. UPDATE: Val ...
Detailed pictures of reissue Jazz´s packaging can be found at AmericanDreamComics. Looks like a definite MUST have!
Thanks to tFormers.com, we find out that the Botcon 2002 exclusive figure, CYCLONUS (a repainted ultra Jetstorm), has already been sighted at collector´s stores in Asia. View their full article here.
Here´s a pic of Blurr from the second wave of Armada figures. He´s in vehicle mode only, but he looks to be one of the best Armada figures yet. Courtesy of Thunderous Citizen Iron Moose from the alt.toys.transformers community.
The long-awaited Jazz and Prowl reissues will be released in Japan today. The Gold-Plated Jazz and Anime Bluestreak have been released in Japan last week, and will be making their way to the other parts of Asia and the US ...
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!
ARMADA Mini-Con (Land Military Team, Street Action Team, Air Defense Team) and Super-Con (Hot Shot, Cyclonus, Demolisher) figures have begun hitting Wal-Marts in the Chicago suburbs. Pictures of purchased products with commentaries to be available later Monday (7/15).
BBTS is having a clearance sale with a lot of Transformers and PVC´s to choose from.
Rhino´s highly-anticipated G1 Transformers Season 2 DVD boxset could be delayed till 2003, according to DVDToons.com. It was originally set for a September 2002 release. Thanks to Dai Atorasu for the link.
The hard-to-find short-packed RID Storm Jet figure is available for on BBTS, here. According to the website information, it says: "Our supply is coming from the Japanese market. The Japanese carded version is the same as the US carded version, ...
Zaras´ web site gets updated with pictures of STORM JET. Check out the page HERE.
I know this isn´t a ´rumor´ but I think it´s fairly important. You see, I just got back from Day 2 of Wizard World right here in Chicago. I had the opportunity to check out some of the G1 Reissues. ...
Armada has been reported at a KB (deluxes/mini-cons) in New York and here in Ohio the Mini-cons have made their appearance at Biggs stores. Time for the hunt to begin!
Altered States Magazine has updated thier site with coverage of Wizard World. New Armada figures Blurr, Scavenger, Sideways and Smokescreen can be seen here and here Armada Cartoon promo reels can be seen here
Here´s an IMAGE from the Hasbro booth at Wizard World Chicago. Not bad, seeing God Ginrai at Hasbro´s booth is kind of...Odd. Guess that puts to rest the "is Godbomber going to be included" question.
AmericanDreamComics Wizard World Coverage Begins! You can see 3H´s Transformer Botcon Images here .
Further to an earlier news about the Mega SCF Starscream PVC figure, e-Hobby have started taking pre-orders for it. Check here for a picture of the figure. Yes, the "Emperor´s Crown" is included! Pre-orders outside Japan are available through direct ...
Takara will release Starscream as the next Mega SCF PVC figure after Rodimus Prime. THe figure is scheduled to be release sometime in October/ November. According to rumors, the additional accessories could include an "emperor´s crown".
Hasbro recently announced that they will be releasing the same G1 reissues that will be released here in the US later this summer. The G1 line will be exclusive to Toys R Us as it is in America. Excellent news ...
Statue/ bust fans rejoice. You can now pre-order the Ironhide bust on the HardHero website, here. Thanks to raltherr of the message board for this information.
BigBadToyStore.com has the G1 reissues up for pre-order. Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus are listed at $59.99 each and Rodimus Major for $29.99.
Thanks to aerosurge at Transfandom.com, word from Mark Kimmel is that the second Transmanual has been completed and printed. The book will cover years 4-7 of the Transformer toy line to finish out the G1 series. You can check out ...
I´ve taken pictures of the newly released Mega SCF Megatron for Seibertron.com. Examples of these: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. They´re taken from my site, here.
According to several sources and various reports across the Internet, it appears that Armada figures have begun hitting Specialty Shops already (comic stores, exclusive collector toy shops). In addition to this, reports about the "Heroes Of Cybertron" PVCs showing up ...
Takara´s Mega SCF Megatron have been released in Japan, and some are already available for auction on eBay. They are expected to be available in the US next week. We´ll have pictures of the actual toy available very soon.
Amazon.com are accepting pre-orders for the Toys ´R´ Us Exclusive G1 Transformers reissues of Optimus Prime, Rodimus Major (renamed Hot Rod) and Ultra Magnus. Rodmius Major and Ultra Magnus will be released on August 15th while Optimus Prime, September 1st. ...
Thanks to AmericanDreamComics, you can find pictures of the 3 Mini-Con 3 packs and the Autobot Laserbeak at their web site.
Thanks to Transformers @ The Moon, we find out that that the new mold of Skids to be released in Japan (called "Cross Cut") will actually have a different head mold, and won´t just be a mere repaint. Kudos to ...
The Toys R´ Us exclusive SCOURGE from Hasbro´s Robots In Disguise line is back in stock at ToysRUs.com. You can order this product HERE.
According to ActionFigureXpress, "We just received word from Hasbro that due to quality issues, Fortress Maximus will be delayed until 2003. At this time there is no specific date set." Makes one wonder what Hasbro has planned now ...
Further to earlier news about the new identities of the Takara Road Rage (Red Tracks) and Cross Cut (Silver Skids) reissue, e-Hobby have provided scans of their bio cards, here: 1, 2.
Thanks to Transformers Exchange, "Takara has announced the release of a special edition Metallic Mega SCF Megatron to be offered as a show exclusive at the Hobby Expo on July 28th, 2002 in Japan. The exclusive comes in an all ...
It was reported that the Sixturbo reissue will have a special chase figure include in every case pack. Called the ´Reverse Evolution Sixturbo´, it is the black repainted version of Sixturbo and is marketed as a Destron. Thanks to TF ...
Altered States Magazine has audio clips from and other miscellaneous information about upcoming Transformers: Armada figures at AlteredStatesMag.com.
You can know order the Transformers: Armada "Laserbeak" at ActionFigureXpress. This is NOT a pre-order, but an actual order. Details and ordering information can be found HERE.
One of my sources at Hasbro UK has confirmed that they´ve received the Build Team ready to ship out to stores! At last!
Further to Seibertron´s information about Takara´s Regional 2 Headmasters DVD on Play.com, fans with a multi-regional DVD player can now pre-order this DVD on Amazon UK, here. Amazon ships internationally while Play.com doesn´t!
Thanks to Joel at BigBadToyStore.com, we find out this news about Micromaster Gestalt SIXTURBO: "Pre-Order: Scheduled to arrive in late September or early October. This box contains 12 figures - at least one full set of Sixturbo will be in ...
Find a picture of the soon-to-be released Transformers lunch box. No reason to skip your lunch now! Yes, the good old days...
Toys R Us are having a 2-for-1 Transformers promotion on-going. Buy any deluxe figures (eg. Car Brothers, Mega-Octane, Build Team) and get another one of equal of lesser value FREE. Available in stores and online. This information originally appeared in ...
Pictures of the Transformers: Armada Autobots Street Action Team can be found on Unicron.com, here. The Street Action Team consists of Grindor, Highwire, Sureshock, who combine to form Perceptor.
According to BigBadToyStore.com, "TRANSFORMERS ARMADA: Hasbro has informed me that a few figures (no indication which yet) may be released in late June, Early July. The majority of the figures seem to now be scheduled for a mid to late ...
According to AmericanDreamComics.com, Powermaster Optimus Prime will be the next Hasbro reissue which will be available sometime around Christmas 2002. View their news article here.
That´s right gang! Air Attack Optimus Primal is now available to order at amazon.com! Just click HERE! Thank you to Hasbro for making this product available to us!!!
Toys R´ Us now has Starscream listed as part of their G1 line-up. Skn # 680915 Ex-Starcream G1 Due- End November beginning of December $17.99. G1 is definetly making it´s triumphant return!
Rumors are that the next Micromaster Reissue after Sixliner will be the plane-combiner SIXWING. Thanks to LioPrime from the message board for this piece of information.
Apart from the normal versions of Tracks and Skids, Takara will release Collectors´ Edition of Tracks and Skids in Diaclone colors: Tracks in silver and Skids in red. You can see the pictures of these toys on the e-Hobby website. ...
The next reissues from Japan have been announced after several month´s of speculation! Tracks and Skids will be released on September 27th and will be available through import dealers shortly thereafter. Both figures will be packaged in the same "book" ...
Takara has updated their website with pictures of the upcoming Prowl reissue, Mega SCF Rodimus Prime and SCF Act-8 PVCs. It seems the hard-to-find RiD Storm Jet and Sideway/ Axer 2-Pack are also part of their scheduled released. You can ...
We´re all awaiting the reissues and the incredible Armada figures. But the nagging question is WHEN can we fork over our hard earned money for these fun little chunks of platic (and metal)? Well, I asked a toy distributor and ...
