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New Transformers Books?

Posted by Seibertron Oct 26, 2002 54,487 views

According to AMAZON.com, several Transformers books are on the horizon. One such book, written by Scott Ciencin, appears to be an actual graphic novel, and is titled Transformers Book 1. Given Scott´s other credits (such as "Buffy The Vampire Slayer", ...

McDonald's Happy Meal Toys

Posted by Seibertron Oct 26, 2002 60,930 views

Don´t forget to swing by McDonald´s to purchase the Transformers: Armada Happy Meal toys. The Transformers promotion began yesterday at McDonald´s across America. 2 figures will be offered per week. In the Chicagoland area, Hot Shot and Optimus Prime are ...

New PVCs Announced!

Posted by super_convoy Oct 24, 2002 52,274 views

Great news for PVCs collectors! It appear that Takara´s SCF PVCs are not ´dead´ yet as previously mentioned. There is to be an ´Act-9´ featuring most characters from Wave 1 of the Transformers: Armada toy line, with the chase figures ...

Japanese Origins

Posted by super_convoy Oct 23, 2002 55,439 views

The Japanese names of the Transformers: Armada toys have been revealed, here. You need to use Babbelfish to translate it. Red Alert becomes ´Ratchet´ while Hot Shot becomes ´Hot Rod´, etc. Also note there are some ´special´ repaints meant only ...

Rhino's Transformers Season 2, Pt. 2 DVD

Posted by super_convoy Oct 22, 2002 45,836 views

According to Tformers.com, Rhino´s Transformers Season 2, Part 2 DVD Set is tentatively set for a February 25th, 2003 release. The remaining 24 episodes of Season 2 will be included, with other goodies in this collectors´ edition.

Crosscut & Road Rage images

Posted by Seibertron Oct 20, 2002 44,470 views

Thanks to Snakas, find images of the new Generation One cars CROSSCUT and ROAD RAGE (both originally from Takara´s defunct Diaclone line, the precursor toy line to the Transformers in America and Japan) HERE. The links are translated by babelfish.altavista.com.

US Starscream reissue box image???

Posted by Seibertron Oct 20, 2002 44,117 views

What appears to be a prototype of the upcoming TRU exclusive Starscream reissue´s packaging has surfaced the Internet. It is unknown at this time if this is the final version, a various prototype, OR a fan-made item/knock off. Most notably ...

HOC @ Transformers.com

Posted by Seibertron Oct 20, 2002 46,855 views

Thanks to Rory Adams (who originally notified us about this fun fact 4 or 5 days ago - we´re just lazy), we find out that Hasbro´s Transformers website has the Heroes Of Cybertron listed under the Search By Character feature. ...

Happy Meal Transformers Pic

Posted by Oct 16, 2002 47,657 views

A image can be found at a auction on Ebay for a complete McDonalds Transformers Happy Meal set The complete set includes (8) different Transformers. Included are:Red Alert, Hot Shot, Starscream, Cyclonus, Optimus Prime, Smokescreen, Megatron and Demolishor. Thanks to ...

Unicron Statue Bust Now Available!

Posted by Rhinox Oct 8, 2002 48,798 views

Action Figure Xpress is now taking orders for Hard Hero´s UNICRON full figure statue which was originally only available through BOTCON. You can purchase your Unicron statue HERE.

Information on the clear Optimus Prime on Ebay

Posted by Professor Smooth Oct 5, 2002 49,556 views

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, ...

Clear US Optimus Prime reissue???

Posted by Seibertron Oct 4, 2002 44,574 views

What´s this? A clear (transparent) Optimus Prime US reissue on an eBay auction from tin-tin-happy? Is this for real or just a hoax? Normally we don´t post to eBay auctions from SEIBERTRON.com, but we just couldn´t resist this one: 1, ...

New upcoming ARMADA assortments info

Posted by Seibertron Oct 4, 2002 45,507 views

New TRANSFORMERS assortments! Check out the all-new SEIBERTRON.com Products Page for information about upcoming Transformers products! New Armada assortments and a new Heroes Of Cybertron assortment are now listed. Check it out HERE.

McTransformers ... coming soon!

Posted by Rhinox Oct 4, 2002 45,673 views

Transformers.com posted the following about the upcoming McDonald´s Happy Meal premiums: "Coming October 25th - TRANSFORMERS ARAMDA McDonald´s Happy Meal promotion! 8 cool TRANSFORMERS figures with MINI-CON POWERLINX attachments! Collect them all and load up your figures for battle!"

Starscream bust is in at BBTS, among others

Posted by LioPrime Oct 1, 2002 46,890 views

Joel of BigBadToyStore has sent out his latest newsletter. As far at Transformers go, the Starscream bust is now in stock, a bunch of Japanese Beast Wars items are restocked, and Armada Optimus and the Tracks and Skids reissues are ...

Mysterious RiD ATB to be Target exclusive?

Posted by LioPrime Sep 30, 2002 46,034 views

According to Mouth04 (who is a Target employee) over at the Allspark message boards, Target is set to get a figure being called (at the moment) "Stealth Jet." Could this be the repaint of G2 Dreadwing/Smokescreen we´ve been hearing so ...

Armada Wave 3 SCAVENGER 1st Images!

Posted by super_convoy Sep 29, 2002 44,248 views

I was at a flea market today in Singapore and somehow managed to find an Armada Scavenger from Wave 3 of the toy line. I believe this toy won´t be released until November, so I could have stumbled upon a ...

Quality Images of Reissue Smokescreen & Megatron

Posted by Seibertron Sep 27, 2002 47,616 views

Quality images of the reissues of Smokescreen and Megatron have surfaced on the Internet. Thanks to Blue2ben of the Singapore Collectible´s Transformers Forum for finding these clear images: SMOKESCREEN, MEGATRON.

Skids and Tracks Hit Asia

Posted by super_convoy Sep 26, 2002 47,075 views

The reissue Skids and Tracks have made their way into stores in Asia. 2 day ahead of it´s release schedule. Expect stocks to arrive in the US soon.

RID Scourge hits Canada

Posted by Sep 25, 2002 46,697 views

Ngboy of the message board reports that he has found RID Scourge at Toys R Us in Canada. You can view the message Here.

Transformers Season 2 Box Set: New Details

Posted by Seibertron Sep 24, 2002 54,322 views

Rhino´s Transformers Season 2 DVD Box Set will feature a new digital transfer from original 35mm film plus Dolby Digital 5.1 sound. The extras include: mistake reel Botcon 2002 50 minute documentary Interviews with Neil Kaplan (RID Prime and Ro-Tor) ...

Walgreens Report???

Posted by Seibertron Sep 21, 2002 69,280 views

I never thought the Transformers franchise would get so big again that I´d be doing a Walgreens report. Nevertheless, here it is: the first wave Heroes Of Cybertron figures are now available here in Chicago. Tired of hearing this rumor ...

Hasbro's TRANSFORMERS.com Updated!

Posted by Rhinox Sep 19, 2002 56,259 views

Hasbro´s TRANSFORMERS.com web site gets updated with new images of upcoming products including (1) The Destruction Mini-Con team, (2) the Race Mini-Con team, (3) Sideways w/ Rook & Crosswise, and (4) Smokescreen w/ Liftor HERE. All respective bios have been ...

Next Hard Hero figures

Posted by Ground Zero Sep 19, 2002 61,255 views

From Tim Formas at Transfandom.com, it seems that Hard Hero is working on the following busts - after Ironhide will be Hotrod. There will also be an Arcee (full figure), Grimlock, Wheeljack, Ultra Magnus, Devastator, Shockwave, Ravage, Rumble and Frenzy. ...

Transformers Season 2 Box Set

Posted by Rhinox Sep 16, 2002 52,917 views

Eugene Unick informs the staff of SEIBERTRON.com that Rhino´s Transformers Season 2 Box Set Part 1 is now available for sale at amazon.com and DVDUniverse. The first part of the season 2 box set will be released November 12th on ...

Transformers G1 #6 to ship this month?

Posted by Professor Smooth Sep 11, 2002 55,607 views

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 ...

New info on Transformers "MyClone"

Posted by LioPrime Sep 9, 2002 55,551 views

Joel of BigBadToyStore has sent out another update and has listed the Transformers "MyClone" figures up for pre-order. In the newsletter he had this to say "Act 8 was the last act of the PVC figures and this may be ...

ARMADA Optimus Prime now available!!!

Posted by Seibertron Sep 8, 2002 53,841 views

Transformers: ARMADA Optimus Prime is now available for sale at ToysRUs.com. He is $39.99 and ready to ship within 24 hours. While I have been unable to find this new TF item personally, there are reports widespread that the figure ...

Unicron is coming

Posted by LioPrime Sep 8, 2002 53,234 views

I received an email from 3H Productions, Inc. (the fine folks who run Botcon) today reguarding the Unicron statue. They are ready to ship and shipping charges will be around $16.35 (if you attended the Con. It´s the shipping cost ...

Updated NY Megatron pics

Posted by LioPrime Sep 8, 2002 52,751 views

E-hobby has updated the picture of the upcoming "New Year" Megatron reissue. This reissue will come with red eyes, his mace, a Decepticon mousepad, and a Decepticon sticker sheet. You can view a picture of this here.

Transformers Stickers and Sticker Album

Posted by Ground Zero Sep 6, 2002 55,901 views

According to reports from Transfandom.com, a Transformers Sticker set and album is being solicited to retailers. Each box will contain 50 packs, and each pack will contain 6 randomly inserted stickers. Some of the stickers may be Holofoil. Trading cards ...

MyClone Transformers

Posted by super_convoy Sep 5, 2002 51,036 views

e-Hobby has posted the Kubrick-inspired ´MyClone Transformers´ for sale on their website, here. The set of 6 toys are expected to be released on 13th September.

Jetfire & Scavenger Pics

Posted by Seibertron Sep 4, 2002 52,535 views

Transformers: ARMADA figures Jetfire and Scavenger can now be found online @ Wal-Mart - which is kind of crazy because Wal-Mart has not sold many Transformers figures online in the past. Make sure you click on the ALTERNATE view to ...

Optimus Prime NOW AVAILABLE @ TRU

Posted by Seibertron Sep 4, 2002 53,477 views

That´s right, fellow Seibertronians! The Toys R Us exclusive Hasbro reissue of G1 Optimus Prime is now available in stores. Want proof? Click here: IMAGE 1 / IMAGE 2. What are you waiting for? Get huntin´ bots! Discuss this HERE.

Dlx. Robots in Disguise Wave 6.5

Posted by Sep 4, 2002 49,773 views

Entertainmentearth has preorders up for wave 6.5. This case is almost the same as wave 6 except there will be no Wedge or Heavyload. Replacing them will be an extra Re-Designed Side Burn and Re-Designed Prowl. There is still a ...

SCF Mega VICTORY LEO PVC

Posted by super_convoy Aug 31, 2002 50,235 views

Takara´s SCF Mega Victory Leo is out in stores in Japan and Hong Kong. Expect it to be released in major Asian cities and the US very soon. For collectors who already own Star Saber, Victory Leo is a must-buy ...

No MEGATRON for BBTS

Posted by super_convoy Aug 29, 2002 54,190 views

BBTS will not be importing the Takara reissue Megatron. According to Joel: ... again we will not be able to import or sell them (Megatron) because of the US Toy Gun laws prohibiting the import and sale of any realistic ...

Fortress Maximus release date

Posted by Aug 28, 2002 52,940 views

Entertainmentearth has up dated thier preorder for Fortress Maximus with a release date of April 2003.


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