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Remember the 2014 Million Publishing exclusive Shouki with Daniel Witwicky? We have our gallery here for a refresher, but the news we receive today via the X-Hero Twitter account that the Tokyo Super Festival 73 this January will include a limited run of G1-styled bio card as part of the Generations book initiative (Shouki being from Vol.1, in 2014, and now getting ready for 2017). Check it out below!
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We have a couple of updates from TFNation 2017 headquarters, as the team released some more guest announcements and a whole botta housekeeping information - check it all out below, and get ready to start planning your UK trip soon!
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The TFNation crew wish you all a Merry Christmas and, in celebration of this festive season, we have two announcements lined up. The first is to announce that one of our most popular guests will be returning for next year’s event.
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JOHN-PAUL BOVE to attend TFNation 2017
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Currently bringing colour to classic UK stories as part of Hachette’s Hachette Transformers: The Definitive Collection, John-Paul Bove is not only an extremely talented colourist and writer, but his positive and engaging approach to meeting members of the Transformers community represents much of what the TFNation team work towards…. So it’s no surprise that JP is the first returning guest we are pleased to announce!
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John-Paul was the principle colourist for Transformers: ReGeneration One, including its’ stunning issue zero, Drift: Empire of Stone, several Bot Con comics and a host of cover colours for many other IDW transformer titles. Outside of Transformers, John-Paul’s work has graced subjects including G.I. Joe, Dr Who, Action Man and Judge Dredd.
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As a writer he has lent his talents to the likes of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, as well as the Beast Wars BotCon 2016 story “Dawn of the Predacus. He has also written and coloured his own independent one-shot comic, UNEARTH - https://www.comixology.com/UnEarth/digital-comic/260925
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If that news doesn’t leave you full of cheer this festive season, just image JP and Perez, sat in our convention, cooking up mischief….. good isn’t it?
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Present no.2? Well that is the announcement of our first voice actor guest for TFNation 2017. Expect that gift to be flying your way, on 1st January.
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Dear attendees,
Your road to TFNation 2017 just got real.
This will be a longer and more detailed post than usual, because we have a lot of information to convey, and we want to do this as clearly as possible. Over the next few weeks, we will be releasing more posts on this topic, to answer any questions that arise.
OVERVIEW: TFNATION 2017 TICKET RELEASE SCHEDULE
11th January 2017 – We will announce our updated ticket pricing for 2017.
18th January 2017 - We will announce prices of the TFNation allocation of Hilton hotel rooms, along with advice on booking your stay at the Hilton, or elsewhere.
1st February 2017 - We will release TFNation 2017 tickets for general sale. (Exact time to be confirmed nearer the date).
Applications for The Forge and for other events such as our Cosplay competition will be announced at a later date. Likewise, volunteer applications shall be dealt with later.
TICKET TYPES AND PRICES
After our first year, we have looked at our ticketing structure and made some adjustments, based on attendee feedback.
WEEKEND TICKETS will still afford access to the entire convention from Friday 11th to Sunday 13th August, with entry times to be confirmed. This includes access to the Saturday night event. A weekend ticket is the ONLY ticket which will grant you access to the Friday programme and the Saturday night event. Weekend tickets also give you earlier access to the trading hall on both SATURDAY and SUNDAY.
DAY TICKETS will be available from the first day of sales. This year we will be introducing a SATURDAY ticket as well as the SUNDAY ticket. Day tickets will allow you access to the hall and convention activities, with a delayed entry time (compared to the weekend ticket), on either SATURDAY or SUNDAY. They will NOT grant access to the Friday programme or the Saturday night event.
To clarify, FRIDAY is a non-trading day and we will NOT be releasing day tickets for this date. Access to Friday’s convention events will be for weekend ticket-holders only.
AGE BRACKETS
We will be expanding the age range for free child tickets, allowing more adults (the big kids) the chance to bring their families with them. Further details to follow.
TICKET PRICES
Due to the impact of Brexit (many of our guests and suppliers are based overseas) as well as our desire to implement more ideas, we will be amending our adult ticket prices. As a fully registered UK company, we have to ensure we are run efficiently… but as members of the community ourselves, we’d rather let you know that there will be a price adjustment ahead of time.
USING THE TFNATION SITE TO BOOK TICKETS
This section is incredibly important, so please read it carefully.
IF YOU ARE NEW TO THE TFNATION SITE, you simply need to head over to www.tfnation.com on release day, to book your tickets. Once your payment is received, the website will automatically create an account for you, to make the process easier for you in the future.
IF YOU HAVE AN EXISTING PROFILE, please sign in and check your information is up to date BEFORE release day. If you cannot remember your password then there is an option to reset it.
PLEASE NOTE – everybody who booked a ticket to TFNation 2016 should already have a website profile. We strongly recommend that you go to the website NOW, to check that you know your log in details. If you have forgotten your log in, the TFNation Tech-Bots will have more opportunity to help you now, than if you wait until the date tickets go on sale, when our team will be incredibly busy.
The following issues were all experienced by attendees last year, in the months after booking tickets:
1) Signed up under a fake name (to preserve identity) and then forgot fake name meaning they could no longer access the website.
2) Booked ticket under a friend’s profile then forgot which friend or assumed they had booked themselves.
3) Used parental email (for security) and then forgot their details.
4) Changed email server due to house/job changes, but did not update TFNation with their new email address.
If you think any of these issues may apply to you, we advise you to try to log in as soon as possible.
Remember, if you cannot retrieve your log in details, the TFNation Tech-Bots can assist. We simply ask that you please do you best to minimise their workload, by checking BEFORE ticket release day. If you fail to check your details now, and then find you cannot log in on release day, you may well miss out on that all important hotel room.
HOTEL ROOMS
Once an attendee has purchased their ticket, they will then be directed to a TFNation section of the Hilton’s booking website. We will explain this process (and hotel room prices) in more detail closer to the time.
We will also provide information on alternative accommodation as we expect the Hilton allocation to sell out very quickly.
GUESTS, EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES
Over the next 9 months, we will be rolling out more guests, including voice actors and other notable members of the Transformers community. Along with this, we will also be providing more information on the convention’s structure, as well as guides to travel and advice on how you can submit your own ideas for TFNation 2017.
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Thanks to regular suspects TFND.net and their Facebook page, we have a series of new images from Bahamut Gamer Expo in Taiwan, showing off the new voyager Transformers Titans Return triple-changing figure Broadside! Also shown at the event were Titan Masters Shuffler and Repugnus, which we've seen before, but you can check them out again below.
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The Prime 1 Studio folks have been busy showing off their wares at the Tokyo Comic Con these days, bringing out in force a lot of their statues from the various licences they hold - from Batman to TMNT, to The Witcher and G.I. Joe, and of course, Transformers! Mirrored below are images of the latter output, ranging from movieverse Shockwave, Ironhide, Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Ratchet, plus their recently seen Optimus Primal, and the re-imaginings of the Autobot and Decepticon leaders themselves. Check it all out!
Prime1 team would like to thank you all visitors and fans for spending your time visiting our booth at TCC 2016, held in Tokyo, Japan. It was our pleasure and honor of us to show to you all our new and current products.
We consider our participation in TCC 2016 to be our success and thanks to you the number of visitors exceeded all our expectations. You can still have the chance to visit us until Sunday, December 4, 2016.
If you have further inquiries or more information about our products, please feel free to message us at anytime. Enjoy!!
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UK Transformers fans rejoice! Along with the Orbital Comics event in London this month, as reported here, and as anticipated by IDW artist Jack Lawrence himself in our interview with him here, Travelling Man Manchester will be hosting a second signing, with the addition of troublemaker Nick Roche himself on 17th December, 2 to 6 pm, followed by a screening of the original 1986 animated movie at 7pm. Check out the poster below for more details!
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We have more news from TFNation 2017, featuring another guest announcement for their second event coming this summer in Birmingham, UK - the new artist on the Lost Light: Jack Lawrence! Check out more info below, and find out more about him in our interview on Seibertron.com.
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Making his first appearance at a Transformers convention, we are thrilled to announce artist and creator Jack Lawrence as a guest of TFNation 2017!
Jack first came to the attention of TF fans through his work with the TRANSMASTERS community in the 1990s, working with the likes of Nick Roche and James Roberts. His comics journey has come full circle recently, joining James and Alex Milne as part of the new creative team for the MTMTE follow-up LOST LIGHT, issue#1 of which will be released shortly.
Along the way, Jack has worked for a wide range of publishers, from Dark Horse to Image comics, Panini, 2000ad and many more, covering characters such as TMNT, Dr Who, Sinister Dexter, Skylanders and Jackie Chan... Tell us you wouldn’t like to see those last two in a crossover! In addition, you can also find Jack’s work in many reference books, from the likes of Eaglemoss Publications and Hatchette UK.
Fans of independent comics may also be familiar with Jack’s ongoing collaboration with Adam Lawrence, TINPOT HOBO, following a crew of Custodians as they try to enforce the law in the chaos of space. For those unfamiliar with the project, check out the official website at http://www.tinpothobo.com/home.html where you can find character bios, ship descriptions and much more about this well thought out and immersive universe.
Jack will be signing autographs and selling sketches and artwork in our guest area all weekend. Launch tickets, bedrooms, pricing, further guests and activities will be announced in the coming months. Keep monitoring this frequency.
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In other event news, we back across the pond to the UK, and TFNation 2017 - with their first guest announcement: IDW colourist and artist Josh Perez! Read more below on Bumblebee's biggest fan, and one of the staples of the IDWverse.
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We are super-excited to reveal that Transformers colourist extraordinaire Josh Perez will be making his UK TF convention debut at TFNation 2017!
Josh began his time with the Cybertronians by providing colours for several Dreamwave titles, most notably various issues of Transformers: Energon and Transformers: Micromasters.
With the dawn of IDW, Josh was able to apply his talents to a wealth of new material, starting with the darkest of all backstories, Megatron Origins. He went on to add his very own (All)spark of magic to several movie-verse titles such as The Reign of Starscream and Tales of the Fallen. Afterwards, he hopped back to the regular IDW-verse to breathe life into a new fan favourite in the Drift mini series.
Josh is perhaps best known for his work on the Transformers: Robots in Disguise comic series where he served as regular colourist for most of the run – even the book’s name change couldn’t stop him! A keen Transformers: Animated fan, Josh also provided some additional character designs for The Complete AllSpark Almanac.
Josh will be signing autographs and selling sketches and artwork in our guest area all weekend. Just don’t be surprised if you catch him chowing down on a slice of pizza at his desk… he tells us it’s essential.
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The folks over at TFcon USA have sent us some news about their 2017 edition, and we now have both location and dates for the fan-run event, robot fans: September 29th-October 1st in Reston, Virginia! The hotel is the Hyatt Regency, and not far from the airport - and the area also featured in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Check out more info below!
Save the dates! TFcon America's largest fan-run Transformers convention will take place in Washington DC the weekend of September 29th to October 1st, 2017. TFcon USA will take place at the Hyatt Regency Reston in Reston, Virginia.
The hotel is located down the road from the Washington Dulles International Airport which is next to the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center (National Air and Space Museum), home to thousands of aviation and space artifacts, including a Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, a Concorde, and the Space Shuttle Discovery. The center made its first media appearance in the 2009 film Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and the SR-71 that is on display in the museum was used as the Autobot Jetfire.
Discounted hotel block information will be available shortly. Dealer bookings and attendee registration information will also be available in the near future.
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With the first preview for Optimus Prime released and Till All Are One coming out next week, we bring you news on the third IDW Transformers ongoing in the form of the release date as well as a chance get the first issue signed by the writer and artist!
That's right folks. Lost Light #1 is set to be released on December 14, a little under a month away. Lost Light will pick up where issue 55 of More Than Meets The Eye left off, and will serve as a "season 3" to the series, a similar pattern that Transformers: Prime went through with Beast Hunters. To go along with the release of the first issue, James Roberts and Jack Lawrence will be visiting Orbital Comics that Friday, December 16, to sign issues of Lost Light from 5 to 7pm.
Orbital comics is located in London, and the address is: 8 Great Newport Street, London WC2H 7JA.
You can read the description that Orbital Comics provided below, and stay tuned! We can expect a preview of the first issue to be coming up very shortly!
To celebrate the release of Transformers: Lost Light #1, Orbital Comics is pleased to welcome writer James Roberts and artist Jack Lawrence to the store!
They will be signing copies of the comic on Friday December 16th, from 5-7pm.
Also, while you’re in store, check out our gallery, featuring an exhibition of artwork from Jack Lawrence.
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With TFNation rolling its dates out for 2017, as reported here, we were also finally able to get round to uploading a small album of images from the 2016 event, including some that were seen on the boards, some that were reported during the Toys Alliance reveal, and some that are definitely blurry - Va'al's camera is to blame for that. Or Va'al directly. Check out a preview below, including rare toy displays, fan area The Forge, James Roberts, Alex Milne, Simon Furman, Jim Sorenson, Richard Newman, Paul Eiding, backstage shots, and more, and click on any of the images to check out the full gallery!
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Some quick news from TFNation headquarters in the UK, with the announcement of the dates for their second event - scheduled for August 2017, on the weekend of 11-13th! Check out more info below, and stay tuned for more updates as they are announced.
TFNation will return from Friday 11th to Sunday 13th August 2017.
Base of operations: The Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel, UK.
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Launch tickets, bedrooms, pricing, guests and activities will be announced in the coming months. Keep monitoring this frequency. If you want to ensure all communications are intercepted, join our mailing list at https://tfnation.com/
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We're reminded that next weekend - 5-6 November - is time for Shanghai Comic Con, and Tranformers artist Andrew Griffith, from IDW's The Transformers and multiple more, will be attending as a guest. Check out more info here and below!
Andrew Griffith is a freelance comic book artist, designer and illustrator currently working on Transformers comics for IDW Publishing.
After he did well enough to arrive on IDW’s radar, he was brought on as an inker and fill-in artist on prequel comics for the film “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” and the critically acclaimed mini-series “Last Stand of the Wreckers.”
He is best known for his own mini-series to illustrate, a prequel comic to the “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” film. Griffith also has worked on various projects for Hasbro, illustrated Transformers DVD covers for Shout! Factory, and contributed professional work on properties including G.I. Joe, TMNT and Back To The Future. Griffith’s pencils can currently be seen in the IDW Publishing’s Ongoing Transformers series, “Robots in Disguise.”
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Here's a different thing for your reading optics: Hasbro Italy has just released its participation info for this weekend's 50th edition of Lucca Comics & Games, including a Transformers specific celebration - featuring Titans Return Fortress Maximus (we're so up to speed you guys), fellow fansite Autorobot.it, artists Guido Guidi and Emiliano Santalucia, Machinima Combiner Wars, and more! Check out the full press below, and a translation of the relevant section from yours truly.
relevant Transformers section wrote: Saturday 29th October is Transformers Day, seeing fans from all over Italy gathering under the auspices of Autorobot.it. The day includes an exhibition of the evolution of the franchise from the 80s to this day, a drawing contest with sole Italian artists Guido Guidi (comics) and Emiliano Santalucia (toy designer), who will also take part in live paintings. Special guest Marco Guercia will be bringing his giant life-size Bumblebee costume. Visitors will have the opportunity to admire the new Fortress Maximus, a titan-sized robot of incredibile strength and amazing transformations, and to view some early footage of the new Machinima web series featuring the Transformers Generations line.
HASBRO FESTEGGIA LE NOZZE D’ORO DI LUCCA COMICS & GAMES FACENDO DIVERTIRE IL MEZZO MILIONE DI APPASSIONATI VISITATORI
Una cinque giorni all’insegna di entusiasmanti giochi in scatola, con il Monopoly Ultimate Banking che manda in pensione le banconote a favore delle carte di credito e offre a tutti l’opportunità di vincere ben 10mila euro in monete d’oro. In calendario i raduni dei fan più affezionati alle Principesse Disney, ai Transformers, ai My Little Pony e a Star Wars, con mostre di giocattoli, contest di disegno e gare cosplay. Per i bambini protagonisti di Lucca Junior, oltre alla Nerf Arena dove provare gli adrenalinici blaster, un’area dedicata al tormentone Yo-Kai Watch.
Lucca, ottobre 2016 – Il countdown in vista della 50esima edizione del Lucca Comics & Games 2016 è partito da un pezzo, d’altronde è l’evento più atteso dell’anno per centinaia di migliaia di appassionati provenienti da tutta Italia. Ed è proprio per loro che Hasbro ha in serbo tantissime sorprese, per divertire e coinvolgere tutti, dai più piccoli ai più grandi, che ogni giorno potranno ballare a più non posso sulle note della Yo-kai Dance, la colonna sonora del fenomeno del momento, Yo-Kai Watch: l’imperdibile linea di giocattoli con ben quattro diverse modalità di gioco tutta da collezionare ispirata alla famosissima serie tv.
L’appuntamento è sia nell’Area Games (Padiglione Carducci), sia a Lucca Junior (Family Palace). È così che Hasbro renderà felice chiunque: tutti troveranno pane per i loro denti, anche in giro per la città. Basterà fare un salto nelle aree dedicate a Star Wars per ritrovarsi in compagnia dei membri della 501 Italica Garrison, il gruppo di costuming ufficiale, e imbracciare insieme a loro la nuova Spada Laser Rotante o quella Blaster, l’unica che lancia gli esclusivi dardi Nerf.
Fin dal primo giorno, venerdì 28 ottobre, gli amanti dei giochi in scatola potranno provare in anteprima le elettrizzanti novità in vista del Natale, giocando con un Cluedo fresco di restyling che dice addio a Mrs. White e dà il benvenuto alla Dr. Orchid, o con il coinvolgente Fuori dai Denti, che insieme a Torte in Faccia rappresenta il primo esempio di gioco di società “social e viral”. A catturare l’attenzione di tutti sarà di certo il rivoluzionario Monopoly Ultimate Banking: in perfetta linea con il tema dell’edizione 2016 di Lucca Comics & Games (Gold), offre l’esclusiva possibilità di vincere da 100 a 10mila euro in monete d’oro dal valore numismatico, oltre a introdurre un’innovativa tecnologia contactless, con tato di carte di credito e banca elettronica, per una gestione dei flussi di denaro del tutto automatica.
Sabato 29 ottobre sarà il Transformers Day, un mega raduno di fan provenienti da tutta Italia organizzato dallo storico forum Autorobot.it. In calendario una mostra sull’evoluzione dei mitici robot-veicolo dagli anni ’80 a oggi e un contest di disegno con la partecipazione degli unici disegnatori di Transformers italiani Guido Guidi (fumettista) ed Emiliano Santalucia (toy designer) che si esibiranno in diversi live painting. Special guest il cosplayer Marco Guercia con il suo mastodontico costume da Bumblebee in dimensioni reali. Le centinaia di appassionati si rifaranno gli occhi ammirando per la prima volta in assoluto il nuovissimo Fortress Maximus, un titanico robot dalla forza poderosa capace di trasformazioni incredibili, o guardando in anteprima alcune mini clip della nuova web serie Machinima dedicata ai Transformers Generations.
Da indiscussa icona pop, anche i My Little Pony, il giocattolo più collezionato in assoluto con ben oltre 100 milioni di pony venduti in tutto il mondo dal 1983 ad oggi, hanno in serbo tantissime sorprese per i loro fan sfegatati, i Brony. Sarà un happening a tutti gli effetti quello di domenica 30 ottobre, come avviene da oltre 5 anni. Al centro ci saranno i nuovissimi Guardians of Harmony: i pony addicted si rifaranno gli occhi ammirando la neonata linea di action figures, tratta dalla seguitissima serie animata e in uscita dal 2017, che potranno toccar con mano in anteprima assoluta. Le più piccole, invece, potranno giocare con il must have del Natale, il Castello di Cristallo e, sognando di trovarlo sotto l’albero, potranno nel frattempo iscriversi al Club dell’Amicizia, per diventare ufficialmente una cittadina del magico mondo di Equestria ed entrare a far parte delle prima vera grande community italiana. Per tutti, grandi e piccini, in programma un’imperdibile contest dedicato alle centinaia di cosplayer che indossano i panni delle intramontabili Applejack o Twilight Sparkle. E non solo, è anche prevista una speciale mostra ricca di pezzi davvero unici e imperdibili laboratori di disegno, oltre al magico corner per truccarsi proprio come un pony. E al pomeriggio, dalle h 16.00 in poi, tutti al Palco Centrale per ballare in compagnia di migliaia di cosplayer sulle note della coinvolgente Yo-kai Dance, il tormentone del momento per migliaia di bambini italiani.
La cinque giorni toscana targata Hasbro continua all’insegna del mondo disneyano. Lunedì 31 ottobre, infatti, ad animare la giornata dell’Area Games ci saranno ben due gare cosplay dedicate a Star Wars e alle Disney Princess, organizzate dagli esperti maestri di lightsaber della Jedi Generation e dalla storica community italiana delle Principesse Disney. I più piccoli, ma anche gli eterni Peter Pan, potranno approfittare delle esperte makeup artist a disposizione per farsi truccare proprio come i loro beniamini, a cominciare dalle protagoniste di Frozen, Anna ed Elsa. Il momento clou arriverà martedì 1° novembre, quando sul Palco Centrale si terrà il contest cosplay Be a Superhero, organizzato dai ragazzi di Marvel Cosplay Italia in collaborazione con Hasbro e Panini.
Andando in giro per la città, di sicuro salterà all’occhio l’Arena Nerf che spicca nel cuore di Lucca Junior: sarà il ritrovo per tutti quelli che amano azione, adrenalina e divertimento allo stato puro, emozioni che solo i blaster Nerf sanno dare. Un vero e proprio campo d’addestramento all’interno del quale mettere alla prova le abilità nel tiro a bersaglio imbracciando tra i tanti a blaster a disposizione il gigantesco Mega Mastodon, l’unico davvero oversize e perfetto per difendersi dai continui attacchi dei temibili Zombie che vagano per il borgo medievale. Soprattutto in occasione della Zombie Walk prevista nel pomeriggio di lunedì 31 ottobre, quando orde di minacciosi morti viventi assaliranno l’Arena Nerf.
La grande novità per i piccoli ospiti della fiera sarà Yo-Kai Watch: in collaborazione con Nintendo, il must have del momento per gran parte dei bambini italiani avrà uno stand completamente dedicato nel Family Palace, con tanto di corner photo booth dove scattare foto ricordo che i genitori potranno poi condividere sui social per ricordare la bellissima esperienza in compagnia dei figli. Per loro la possibilità di provare il videogioco Yo-Kai Watch e la magnifica linea di giocattoli in mostra. I veri fan di Nate, il protagonista del seguitissimo cartoon, con tanto di orologio al polso e guidati dal costume character dello Yo-Kai Jibanyan, lo spiritello che si aggirerà per le vie della città distribuendo simpatici gadget, ritireranno un prezioso passaporto grazie al quale far tappa in diversi punti della città (dallo stand Hasbro al Pala Panini): chi lo riempirà riceverà un fantastico premio dedicato Yo-Kai Watch.
Insomma, gli ingredienti per un’indimenticabile Lucca Comics & Games ci sono tutti. Bambini, adolescenti, adulti e giovani-adulti: con Hasbro al mezzo milione di appassionati non mancheranno certo occasioni per divertirsi.
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After a lot of speculation, rumours, whispers and CybertronCon in the way, we have official confirmation on Hasbro's plans for its licensed properties and their event showcasing: HASCON 2017 has just been announced! The event's website is already active, and can be found here, the press release is avaliable below, and the details are: 8-10 September 2017, Rhode Island Convention & Dunkin Donuts Center. Check it out below, and join the discussion in the Energon Pub!
Hasbro to Create the Ultimate Entertainment and Play Experience by Bringing Its Iconic Brands to Life with First-Ever ‘HASCON’
First-of-Its-Kind Convention Will Bring Fans and Families Together for Three Days of Immersive Entertainment Experiences, Talent and Character Appearances, Panels and More in September 2017
PAWTUCKET, R.I.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ:HAS), a global play and entertainment company, announced it is creating the first-ever HASCON fan and family convention in September 2017. The massive event, which will be held in Providence at the Rhode Island Convention Center and Dunkin Donuts Center from September 8-10, 2017, will treat attendees to three unforgettable days featuring a celebration of Hasbro’s powerful characters and stories, including live interactive experiences, exclusive products, talent appearances, panels and much more.
From bringing the first action figure to life with G.I. JOE, to creating a world where robots are truly ‘more than meets the eye’ with TRANSFORMERS, Hasbro’s brands have always overflowed with rich stories and dynamic, multi-faceted characters, providing an incredible platform to capture the imaginations of fans of all ages. The premiere HASCON event will bring the magic of decades of storytelling under one roof for the ultimate, immersive Hasbro fan and family experience. Hasbro’s top properties, including TRANSFORMERS, MY LITTLE PONY, NERF, MAGIC THE GATHERING, PLAY-DOH, MONOPOLY, G.I. JOE and many others will be reimagined through dynamic stage performances and unique opportunities for fans to engage with their favorite characters. In addition to interactive experiences designed to offer attendees a glimpse into Hasbro’s imaginative storytelling in action, visitors will have the chance to see first-look previews of Hasbro’s biggest television and movie series, attend panels and meet-and-greets with celebrities and creative talent associated with Hasbro brands, take part in Hasbro Gaming competitions and purchase special limited-edition Hasbro products.
“Hasbro is home to many of the world’s most recognizable brands, each of them with their own group of passionate and engaged fans,” said John Frascotti, President of Hasbro Brands. “HASCON will deliver an extraordinary peek behind the curtain of our brands, storytelling, and iconic characters while giving us the opportunity to invite fans and families to our hometown for the most memorable, unified Hasbro experience ever.”
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Categories:Movie News, Events Posted by:william-james88 | Credit(s): arun09345 Topic Options: View Discussion · Views: 60,430
The 2016 Brand Licensing Expo is on and Hasbro has a big display. For Transformers fans, the biggest take away so far are new character portraits based on what Megatron, Bumblebee and Optimus will look like in the upcoming Transformers: The Last Knight film. These are giant cardboard cut outs and they are very reminiscent of the character profiles from Age of Extinction promotional posters. These were found on arun09345's instagram page.
Categories:Events, People News Posted by:D-Maximal_Primal | Credit(s): TFcon Chicago Topic Options: View Discussion · Views: 26,400 TFcon has provided us with another update for the upcoming TFcon Chicago, and his name is Josh Burcham! Burcham is a colorist over at IDW Publishing and is well known for his inks in many on-shots and on some issues of More Than Meets The Eye. You can check out his profile for TFcon below, and remember that TFcon Chicago is only a few weeks away, so get your tickets if you haven't already!
We are happy to welcome IDW Publishing colorist Josh Burcham to TFcon Chicago 2016. Transformers fans will recognize his work from the pages of Transformers More Than Meets The Eye and dozens of other one shots and mini series. He will be in attendance all weekend and offering prints and commissions to the attendees.
Categories:Comic Book News, Events Posted by:Va'al | Credit(s): IDW, Tom Scioli, TFU.info Topic Options: View Discussion · Views: 40,415
Reporting from the floor at New York Comic Con 2016 overnight , a number of social media accounts - including TFU.info and the official IDW and Tom Scioli ones on Twitter - we have some summary coverage of the IDW Publishing panel at the event. There wasn't too much talked about in terms of Transformers, as expected from the schedule, as the big emphasis was on Revolution and its aftermath, but there are some notable points below:
- Some covers shown for Revolutionaries, the book that sees the continuation of Kup, Blackrock, Action Man GI Joe's stories after the main crossover. Art shown by Fico Ossio, Andrew Griffith, and Tone Rodriguez.
- A one-shot (?) issue in the style and from the creators of Aw Yeah Comics! Art Baltazar and Franco Aureliani, titled Aw Yeah, Revolution! No more info on this yet, other than the cover.
- Annuals planned for February 2017 for The Transformers (with John Barber and Priscilla Tramontano on the team) and MASK (with David Rodriguez and Andrew Griffith).
- A one-shot, annual but not really, 'movie adaptation' but we're not sure how, spearheaded by its creator and sole comicsmith Tom Scioli, for Transformers vs G.I. Joe. In the words of Chris Ryall: some crossovers creators are straightforward, and some are Tom Scioli.
Categories:Events, People News Posted by:D-Maximal_Primal Topic Options: View Discussion · Views: 31,457
After seeing some stills from the Hasbro Twitch presentation, we are now able to bring you a video of the full event! Seibertron.com was able to get up to the second row from the designers themselves as they spoke about Transformers and what is to be coming soon. Unfortunately the room was loud and the microphones were not working fully, so the audio might be a bit tricky to hear, but you should be able to get all the important stuff you need from the video. Check it out below, and let us know what you think in the comments section below!
Categories:Movie News, Toy News, Events Posted by:Va'al Topic Options: View Discussion · Views: 69,780
Even across countries and timezones, the Hasbro Transformers panel is still a thing that we can attend, thanks to the livestream from New York Comic Con 2016 - and here is a summary of what went down during the robotic half hour in NYC!
- Showing off the Transformers: The Last Knight Optimus Prime voice changing helmet just revealed by Hollywood Reporter, with some of the voice clips, and some talk about Optimus in general.
- Talked about the process from movie to toy, what appeals to newer generations (with mentions to the 1986 animated movie, and the new Shout! Factory remastering).
- Dipping into the Machinima Combiner Wars animated series to segway into Prime Wars trilogy as a toy-first element (pretty much) Combiner Wars, Titans Return. Driving into Deluxe Twinferno, Perceptor (who is a working microscope!) - and finally, Sixshot.
- Sixshot: compared with G1 version, showing off the poseability, Phase Sixers name-dropped, Black Shadow brought out for comparison too. Shown how it splits in half for tank + jet sections, and Titan Master.
- Trypticon revealed! Well, his leg anyway (with ratcheted ankle tilts). Release is Fall 2017.
Categories:Toy News, Events, Company News, Media Vault Posted by:Va'al | Credit(s): Hasbro Topic Options: View Discussion · Views: 41,865
Directly from Hasbro over at New York Comic Con 2016, we have a reminder that they will given the spotlight for NYCCLive - a streaming service organised by the event - for their Transformers panel taking place. You will be able to tune in via this link, and the panel takes place at 1.15 to 1.45 pm ET - so make sure to pop by!
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