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Hasbro UK to cancel Transformers Animated?

Posted by i_amtrunks Oct 6, 2008 at 5:42pm CDT 30,338 views
In what would be a heavy blow for our UK counterparts, it appears that the Transformers: Animated line may come to a close far earlier than anticipated.

Red leader of the TFW Boards has posted:

I recieved a phone call from one of my suppliers this afternoon with regard to the Transformers Animated line, many retailers have wave 4.5 on pre-order from Hasbro, this includes Swoop, Sentinel Prime etc, the bad news is that I recieved a warning that the line may be cancelled before wave 4.5 and not to offer pre-orders for the figures.

As yet there has been no official confirmation, or denial from Hasbro. If and When there is Seibertron.com will let you know.

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Comment by mattyc1007 Oct 6, 2008
WHAT!!!

What do you guys mean "no body watches it or the channel" I myself watch spongebob and fairly odd parents evry day aswell as squeezing some american chopper in (i love mikey)and Avatar but that is NOT the subjest.

On the matter, i recently said i did get two voyager figs from my local tesco for £9 each, this may mean they are feeling light hearted or they may be clearing. there no deluxe or any stars wars. they be extending the self barrier for Wall-E.

But dear god please dont cut us off! for once ive nearlly like the cybertron defence team, nearly got all the dinobots and yes! my very first dinobots of all. im enjoying the experience of having a grimlock, snarl and HOPEFULLY a Swoop.

I do hope this is a rumour or hasbro dose change its mind
"because what am i going to spend my money on"
might start buying Gobots or roadbots.

and i do want to start seeing soundwave on the shelves or in back at argos + swoop eventally, sentinal prime and blackarcnia which should be here?

but some good dose come out of this, i may be able to restart collecting my micron legends and galaxy force figs.

after all that i havnt place any emotions in, i feel empty.
I KNOW
ill add my best and most used emotion, i love, hes like richard hammond with his peraly whites. :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Please hasbro dont give up on us, for the past 5 years there been no good toy lines, and when you finally get and make something good, you shun us away! :evil:

please seibertron find out!!
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Comment by Redimus Oct 6, 2008
For f**ks sake Hasbro UK....

You finally get you arse to gether, to distribute ugly ass toys for a film that wasnt very good, then when they bring something transformery that is good, you decide to well and truly drop the ball again.

Im very close to giving up and just orderign the waves from BBTS, cuase this is rediculous.

You dont want my business, fine, I wont give it to you, there's more than one way to snag a tf.
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Comment by Doubledealer93 Oct 6, 2008
could it be to make room for an other TF seires? cus the classics are a big hit. right? they might get their own show. out with the new in with the good and old 8) or i could be wrong and transformers all around the world could stop being made. just throwing it out there 8) :?
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Comment by NuclearConvoy Oct 6, 2008
My question would be "Why?"
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Comment by Laughing Man Oct 6, 2008
Hardly surprising really, a damn shame, but hardly surprising. After going without a show, then with one but on a premium channel, no advertising of any kind, a lack of shelf space at many of the big retailer, the popularity of the movie and so on and so on this line more than any previously unsuccessful in the UK TF line really didn't have a cat in hells chance. I'm surprised the UK got any Aminated figures at all TBQH!
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Comment by Doubledealer93 Oct 6, 2008
could it be to make room for an other TF seires? cus the classics are a big hit. right? they might get their own show. out with the new in with the good and old 8) or i could be wrong and transformers all around the world could stop being made. just throwing it out there 8) :?

pRedimus wrote:For f**ks sake Hasbro UK....

You finally get you arse to gether, to distribute ugly ass toys for a film that wasnt very good, then when they bring something transformery that is good, you decide to well and truly drop the ball again.

Im very close to giving up and just orderign the waves from BBTS, cuase this is rediculous.

You dont want my business, fine, I wont give it to you, there's more than one way to snag a tf.


yeah! i if this is true and i happens inthe states i will just get my tfs of ebay, bbts, action hq and some other site im sure :APPLAUSE:
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Comment by Doubledealer93 Oct 6, 2008
sorry for the double posts guys :-( #-o havin some trouble
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Comment by Baha08 Oct 6, 2008
I don't think they'd be making another series soon. Unless we have another Anime trilogy.
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Comment by Doubledealer93 Oct 6, 2008
Baha08 wrote:I don't think they'd be making another series soon. Unless we have another Anime trilogy.


what trilogy are you talking about? allthough i never watch anime so whatever. any ways they have anime trilogys?! :-?
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Comment by Baha08 Oct 6, 2008
what trilogy are you talking about? allthough i never watch anime so whatever. any ways they have anime trilogys?! :-?


The Armada, Energon, and Cybertron trilogy.
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Comment by Doubledealer93 Oct 6, 2008
Baha08 wrote:
what trilogy are you talking about? allthough i never watch anime so whatever. any ways they have anime trilogys?! :-?


The Armada, Energon, and Cybertron trilogy.


oooooohhhhh. i thought you ment something like gundam or naruto ro somethin like that? :oops:
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Comment by Baha08 Oct 6, 2008
Nope but they way it was put it they might as well made it into Naruto.
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Comment by Zeds Oct 6, 2008
WTF! Hasbro UK really likes to screw with you Brits. I would riot or offer more bullets to the gun that Hasbro UK keeps shooting themselves in the foot with. Maybe in time they will get it right and aim for their collective heads!
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Comment by Crosscheck Oct 6, 2008
This is what I like to refer to as Overlord Syndrome. Way back when, the UK was blessed with the Overlord Powermaster figure that had previously been only available in Japan, and the United States did not get it.

Now, fifteen years later, the people in the UK have to pay the price for it. Ultimately, I don't know why Hasbro seems so intent on screwing over the fans across the pond, but they seem to have perfected the method for doing so.

Part of the solution, a UK fan needs to mail me a G1 Overlord, and perhaps the Overlord Syndrome will be cured.

...HEY! It was worth a shot!

I honestly wouldn't be worried until the UK is a few waves behind the US in terms of Animated.
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Comment by Solrac333 Oct 6, 2008
:grin:
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Comment by leokearon Oct 7, 2008
It seems strange that they would be cancelling it since they showed the show in Ireland during the summer and are advertising and are giving us new stock and it is selling well.
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Comment by Ravage XK Oct 7, 2008
Hmm, our local TRU is alwasys stocked to the gills with figures from Animated, Movie and the odd Cyberton Leader. I havent seen so much TF gear in there ever, including during the height of the movie sales.

I dont know which channel TFA is shown on in the UK but its not one of the main, freely available ones otherwise I would have seen it in the listings.

I have only just in the last week seen a TV advert for TFA and it features the Prime/Megatron + DVD box set which is how old?

Hasbro UK dropped the ball once again. They should all be fired and I will do their job. Honestly, how hard can it be?

1. Ensure a decent supply of figures comes into the UK
2. Make sure that GMTV, ITV or the BBC gets the cartoon, NOT CARTOON NETWORK or whoever and ensure it is aired straight away.
3. Make new or dub the American adverts well in advance of the UK launch.

Oh look. I just did their job for them.
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Comment by Hard Hacker Oct 7, 2008
I hope they don't.
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Comment by Bluevolt Oct 7, 2008
This is why Tesco is selling off stock @ half price then.
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Comment by Fu Manchu Oct 7, 2008
they had a decent stock in Toys R Us at the weekend.
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