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Sunday, December 31st, 2006 6:22PM CST
Category: Comic Book News
Posted by: Raymond T. |
Credit(s): forums.idwpublishing.com, WindChargerNut
Views: 90,354
Chris Ryall of IDW has given away some
sneak peeks as a new years gift, of the Soundwave Spotlight to be release in 2007. These black and white inkworks were done by Marcelo Matere.
Sunday, December 31st, 2006 3:46PM CST
Category: Site News
Posted by: Seibertron |
Credit(s): SEIBERTRON.com
Views: 82,874
I wanted to take a moment to wish all of you a Happy (and safe) New Year! There's a lot of exciting things in the works on this site as we gear up for what should shape up to be the most exciting year ever in the Transformers hobby. 2007 will be the year that forever changes our "little" hobby. I hope all of you will stick around on SEIBERTRON.com as we continue to grow and change to meet the ever "transforming" needs of the community. On that note, I'm shutting down the ol' laptop to start getting ready for my New Year's plans. Stay safe my friends ... 2007 is almost here!
Sunday, December 31st, 2006 3:21PM CST
Categories: Company News,
Collectibles
Posted by: Raymond T. |
Credit(s): www.businesswire.com
Views: 102,431
Business Wire has reported on the merger between
Corgi International Limited and
Master Replicas earlier this week. Corgi International Limited is best known for manufacturing toy models and Master Replicas for creating Scaled movie models and replica's of movie props for movies/brands like StarWars and StarTrek.
In the press release for this merger, it was also mentioned that Corgi International Limited will develop unique collectibles in 2007 for several well-known brands, including Transformers. The following is the complete press release as
reported on Business Wire.
"
HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Corgi International Limited (Nasdaq GM: CRGID) today announced that the merger with Master Replicas Inc. has closed. Michael Cookson and Jennifer Klatt of Master Replicas Inc. have been named CEO and CFO, respectively, of Corgi.
Cookson commented, “The new Corgi combines three high quality brand names (Corgi Classics, Master Replicas, and Cards Inc.) into a single entity that expands the depth of its licenses, its collectible categories and its range of products.”
The new Corgi now holds licenses for many of the highest grossing film franchises of all time including Batman, Disney Classics, Harry Potter, James Bond, Lord of the Rings, Pirates of the Caribbean, Star Trek, Star Wars, Superman, and others.
The company will be developing unique, collectible products under three brands. New products will begin arriving at retail in the spring of 2007 for Harry Potter, Pirates of the Caribbean, Star Wars 30th Anniversary, and Transformers and in the fall of 2007, for The Golden Compass.
Corgi Classics will focus on collectible die cast vehicles and figurines, Master Replicas will continue to develop and produce movie prop replicas and high end collectibles, and a third brand will develop licensed products for the gift and toy channels.
For more information, please visit www.Corgi-International.com, www.MasterReplicas.com and www.CardsInc.com.
About Corgi International
Corgi International develops and markets a wide variety of both licensed and unlicensed collectible products – ranging from high end prop replicas to toys and gifts. The company holds licenses for many of the top film franchises of all time, including Batman, Disney Classics, Harry Potter, James Bond, Lord of the Rings, Pirates of the Caribbean, Star Trek, Star Wars, Superman, and others. The company is headquartered in Hong Kong, with offices in Walnut Creek, CA, Chicago, IL, and the United Kingdom.
Caution Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this release are forward-looking. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. Such risks and uncertainties include, in addition to those discussed above and without limitation, changes in market demand for Corgi International products, changes in economic conditions, dependence on certain customers and other risks described in the company's annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006. The company undertakes no obligation to revise these forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances".
Sunday, December 31st, 2006 2:57PM CST
Category: Toy News
Posted by: AutobotJazz |
Credit(s): Hot Topic
Views: 90,877
Hot Topic stores are now carrying re-released Heroes of Cybertron figures in their stores. They have one of the earlier waves featuring Optimus Prime, Megatron, Rodimus Prime, Ultra Magnus, and Soundwave. They are retailing for $6.99.
Sunday, December 31st, 2006 2:04PM CST
Categories: Cartoon News,
Site Articles,
Media Vault
Posted by: Hotrod |
Credit(s): Chris McFeely
Views: 167,419
As some of you are aware Metrodome has just released their Victory DVD Boxset. Chris McFeely has dropped by and given us a review of the set. Here is Chris McFeely's review:
TRANSFORMERS: VICTORY
Cert: U
Dir: Yoshikata Arata
Starring: Hideyuki Tanaka, Takeshi Aono, Miyako Endo, Kyoko Tongu, Keiichi Nanba
FEATURE
Transformers: Victory was the third Japanese-exclusive Transformers animated series, originally broadcast in 1989 after ‘88’s Super-God Masterforce and ‘87’s , both previously released in similar box sets by Metrodome. As with Masterforce before it, Victory begins a new story that occupies the Generation 1 animated series universe, with an all-new cast of characters at an unidentified point in the near future. But where Masterforce used repainted, recast American toys to forge its characters, Victory’s new faces are almost entirely originally Japanese. The series introduces a new wave of Autobots under the command of Star Saber (Tanaka), protecting the Earth against the advances of the new Decepticon Emperor of Destruction, Deszaras (Aono), who schemes to steal Earth’s energy to reactive his planet-destroying space fortress.
In contrast to Masterforce, Victory eschews any kind of real continuing plot, returning to the episodic approach of the American series, with the Autobots thwarting the Decepticons’ daily plots before the series culminates in the much threatened attack of Deszaras’s fortress. This, in and of itself, is not a bad thing – it was, like I said, the approach taken by the American series, and I love the American series. Energy imps, mind-control, evil clones, super powers, and all manner of evil intentions and alien devices from electro-cells to flying fortresses always kept the series lively, but the outlandish nature of many of the ideas constantly had the show dancing wildly up and down the quality spectrum. Victory is almost the antithesis of this for its entire first half – there are none of these wacky schemes and plot devices, and the plot is basically the same thing every episode, with the Decepticons attacking a location, and the Autobots turning up to stop them, possibly with the introduction of a new combiner. This keeps the series on a very even keel, not rising or failing in quality, but it’s all terribly flat, and feels very much like a lack of imagination.
Thankfully, this doesn’t go on forever. Just before the series reaches the halfway point, the cast is shot off into space for a trip to Planet Micro, providing a change of scenery and a different style of plot (centred on the Decepticon Brestforce’s rescue of one of their number, Gaihawk) that is very refreshing. It’s uphill from there, with the introduction of Liokaiser, the return of God Ginrai from Masterforce, and steadily more and more imaginative single-episode stories in the style of the US series, with concepts as fun and unusual as deadly metal-eating insects and Leozack pretending to be Star Saber. The final trilogy of episodes, in particular, are especially exciting, energetic and eventful, ending the series with one of the top three Transformers one-on-one fights of all time.
The characters of Victory are, much like the storytelling of the series itself, a mixed bag. The Japanese production team persist in writing the Autobots into an embarrassingly rigid military structure, with everyone referring to each other with titles (“Yes, Supreme Commander!” “Right away, Lieutenant Commander!”), rather than names, which does nothing but grate. All three members of the Autobot Brainmasters are completely interchangeable in personality, and the Multiforce aren’t much better – pretty much all you can say about them is “Uh, Wingwaver and Blacker didn’t get on that well in one episode.” And Star Saber is the stereotypical J-TF Autobot leader, with all the personality of a Jacob’s Cream Cracker and an unending penchant for “OH BURNING HEART I MUST SUCCEED” speeches about the beauty of peace and nature. I said it before, and I’ll say it again – say what you will about Optimus Prime, but at least he had a gentle sense of humour that kept him accessible and entertaining. Star Saber is about as interesting as watching paint dry – except when he’s totally contradicting his own speeches about how great peace is by kicking epic amounts of ass in battle.
Because really, when we get down to it, Victory IS just about kicking ass, in the most thorough and straightforward way possible.
It is those characters whose asses are being kicked that inject the show with life and comedy and make it worth watching. You know what you’re in for with the Decepticons when they make their first appearance in the series in the form of the inept Dinosaur Force. This team’s obvious physical comedy may come as a rude shock to some viewers off the bat, because it is so vastly UNLIKE anything that they will have seen in Transformers before now - I know I certainly felt that way, but I personally found them to become genuinely endearing and amusing as the series went on. The other Decepticon team in the series, meanwhile, is the Brestforce, featuring memorable characters like Leozack (Nanba) and Hellbat (Shioya Yoku), Starscream-style schemers who are constantly trying to one-up each other in the eyes of Deszaras, who they are actually both trying to overthrow as well.
The show also gets points for its token human character, Jan Minakaze (Endo), who is one of the more intelligently-integrated human characters from the many Transformers series. After the death of his parents when he was just a baby, he was actually raised by the Autobots, and rather than just being the human friend that tags along on mission whether they’re needed or not, is treated as a member of the Autobot army, and is given tasks and missions of his own. Ultimately, he IS only usually involved in crowd control alongside his Micromaster chum Holi (Tongu), but it’s great seeing a human character with a defined reason for being there, who is important in his own, consistent, believable way – this stuff is a far cry from Spike suddenly being able to rally the Autobots to action by grabbing Jazz’s gun and planning to fight the Decepticons himself, or the Armada kids being brought into war zones for absolutely no reason.
And of course, a review of Victory would be remiss if it did not mention that it is the most JAPANESE of all the Eastern G1 shows – not just because of the unique characters and toys, but because of the anime facefaults constantly used by the Dinosaur Force, the crazy, super-deformed “chibi” versions of the characters that populate the commercial bumpers and closing sequence, and the closing theme music itself, a bizarre, cheeky tune that constantly chirrups “Chichichichichin pui!” and features an infant Star Saber wetting the bed and using the soiled sheet as a superhero cape.
Mm-hmn.
In summation, Victory is a show that tests you. By which I mean, it tests your patience. Very little of the first half of the show is worth watching on the strength of the story, but if you give up on it then, you’ll be missing out on the much better stuff that comes along in the second half. Similarly, the protagonists are completely uninteresting, with the Decepticons easily being the most enjoyable characters to watch – except they’re not fully assembled, and their characters not fully realised, until that same latter portion of the series. The first half is a slog, but it pays off – if nothing else, you can switch your brain off and just enjoy the fun noises and pretty pictures, since Victory sports a strong soundtrack, and some of the most consistently strong animation of the G1 era. Despite all the hoo-hah the series is smothered in online, however, in no way, shape or form do I consider it to be the best Japanese series – still wears that crown.
DISC SPECS
Thirty-two episodes across four discs, in groups of eight. The video is unremastered, but perfectly watchable, and is complete, with all commercial bumpers and previews. The only audio stream available is the original Japanese audio, with English subtitles translated by Jordan L. Derber, that have previously seen use on TV Nihon’s online fansubs of the series. The subs have undergone a bit of work by me for purposes of Anglicization, changing American spellings and slang to Commonwealth and switching out a few Japanese terms for English ones.
As some may be aware, Victory originally consisted of thirty-EIGHT broadcast episodes, a preposterous SIX of which (including the final ep of the series) were clip shows. Given their lack of any new footage and general utter pointlessness (which is evidenced, I think, by the fact that TV Nihon did not even bother to sub them all), they have been excised from this DVD set, leaving only the main 32 episodes of story. Their removal affects nothing, and the previews for them on the relevant episodes have been jigged around and replaced with the previews for the next main episode to allow the series to seamlessly move forward. If you didn’t know they existed, you’d have no idea they were missing.
PACKAGING
The set is contained within a cardboard sleeve, bearing a lovely bit of work by Nick Roche (by now well know as one of IDW’s artists) that depicts Star Saber, Deszaras, Road Caesar, Liokaiser, Landcross, Dinoking and Jan. It continues the “space background” theme of the previous two sets, rendered this time in magenta, which looks very nice on a shelf with the purple Headmasters and blue Masterforce.
Within the sleeve is a cardboard fold-out tray, holding the four discs and the accompanying booklet. The tray is decorated with Autobot and Decepticon symbols, Roche’s art and images of Star Saber, Dezsaras and the Brestforce (redrawn from screenshots of the show); the discs also bear these images to keep the pictures complete when they are in place in the tray.
The booklet (penned by me) runs to sixteen pages in length, containing a brief introduction to the series; an episode guide (divided by disc and spotlighting those episodes with audio commentary); details on the clip episodes, their content and their original placement with the series; and a short guide to the three series which came after Zone, Battlestars and
EXTRAS
The only extra features on Victory are three audio commentaries for the first episode, “Brave Hero of the Universe, Star Saber,” episode 16 (the mid-point of the series), “Get Back Gaihawk!” and the final episode, “Showdown! The Fortress VS the Victory Unification.” Victory is no Masterforce when it comes to plot, so the commentaries are perhaps not as enlightening or in-depth as that show’s, but I cover all the basic stuff about the show and its characters, the toys, their relation to American fiction, the stories of the Victory manga, and, in the final episode, lengthy discussion of Zone, Battlestars and Operation: Combination. I do trip over my words in a few places (I think I say “Breastmasters” at some point, and I get Sixtrain and Sixliner’s names the wrong way around and had to correct myself in the booklet), but hopefully I’ve learned enough from what I’ve done before to make these easy enough to listen to.
Sunday, December 31st, 2006 1:52PM CST
Category: Toy News
Posted by: Hotrod |
Credit(s): DESTRO of TFW2005
Views: 121,632
DESTRO of
TFW2005 has posted some new information about upcoming Transformers toys. He has posted several new bios for some upcoming toys. Here they are:
TRANSFORMERS The War Within - TITANIUM SERIES Die-Cast ULTRA MAGNUS Figure
No commander could ask for a finer soldier than ULTRA MAGNUS. He is a total soldier – highly intelligent and deadly dangerous, but with a fervent desire for peace and a willingness to sacrifice himself for the sake of a cause or his fellow AUTOBOTS. The death of Sentinel Prime sent him into a tailspin. Certainly the AUTOBOTS hadn't been winning the war, but the pace of their losses had slowed. The hope of a rally was just over the horizon when MEGATRON pulled the AUTOBOT leader's spark core from his ruined body. To hear that Optronix had been passed the mantle of leadership – made OPTIMUS PRIME - was simply another, greater shock. The archivist? ULTRA MAGNUS is on the other side of CYBERTRON, literally a world away from his new leader. As the DECEPTICONS continue slaughtering their way around the globe, he and his men wait for word from OPTIMUS PRIME, hoping only that the new leader proves equal to the challenge of the diabolical will to conquest of MEGATRON. Detailed die-cast metal ULTRA MAGNUS figure changes from warrior robot to monster vehicle and back!
TRANSFORMERS The War Within - TITANIUM SERIES Die-Cast SUNSTORM Figure
Deep within the laboratory of the DECEPTICON genius SHOCKWAVE, SUNSTORM languishes in a sealed cryogenic regeneration chamber. His body covered in rare electrum to protect him from the furious energies boiling from his internal fusion reactors and his mind held in stasis lock, he is fierce potentiality held barely in check. Though SUNSTORM is a clone of the famous air warrior STARSCREAM, SHOCKWAVE has made a number of modifications to his systems. His weapon systems have been upgraded to take advantage of the huge amount of energy produced by the twin tokamak reactors spinning in his torso, each arm cannon delivering the force of a small nuke with a single shot. His mind has been simplified, streamlined, and stripped of the extraneous ego and ambition that so cripples STARSCREAM. He is a pure creature, built the way all TRANSFORMERS would have been had SHOCKWAVE been their designer. He waits, silent and still, for the stimulus that will drive him into action. Detailed die-cast metal SUNSTORM figure changes from warrior robot to monster vehicle and back!
Ultra Magnus G1 6 inch Diecast
No AUTOBOT is more pure a soldier than ULTRA MAGNUS. He is a supreme battlefield commander who combines an encyclopedic knowledge of pure tactics with a talent for improvisation that allows him instant and total control over almost any combat situation. When other AUTOBOTS look at the tide of battle and see a lost cause, he displays a sixth sense for knowing what chances to take and when to pull victory from the certain jaws of defeat. Only rarely do his guesses prove wrong. He is a brave, capable warrior with no interests outside of his command, and no will or desire except victory for the AUTOBOTS. Detailed die-cast metal ULTRA MAGNUS figure changes from warrior robot to monster vehicle and back! Figure comes with display stand.
Megatron WarWithin 6 inch Diecast
For years he waited. For years he planned. For years he sat in the shadows of the arena in Kaon watching as TRANSFORMERS fought and died. As the taste for destruction grew within those who fought, he sowed the seeds of his own rise to power, and the subjugation of CYBERTRON. Those who proved themselves worthy through a talent for viciousness or simple, raw power, he recruited. No more would they call themselves TRANSFORMERS. Now they are DECEPTICONS. When the time came, his DECEPTICONS rose up all over the planet. In that first lightning strike, thousands ceased functioning. So far, all of his planning has gone perfectly. Before his assaults, the AUTOBOTS are helpless, capable of fighting only long enough to barely manage a retreat to the next fallback position. All the while, his plan progresses. The AUTOBOTS will be destroyed utterly, MEGATRON thinks, the universe subjugated beneath my immortal heel, and the history of my conquest read by the flickering flames of a thousand burning civilizations. Detailed die-cast metal MEGATRON figure changes from warrior robot to monster vehicle and back! Figure comes with a shield and a display stand.
RamJet Classics
The DECEPTICONS are known for fielding their craziest warriors in the skies, but RAMJET really outclasses them all. He's a born flier who loves nothing more than crashing. Sure, he's got a whole rack of concussion missiles and argon lasers strong enough to vaporize a DINOBOT, but he'd rather skip all that nonsense and just smash head first into his targets – and anything else that gets in his way. He's just as likely to smash his allies out of the way as he is to destroy any AUTOBOTS in his path, but watching him plow through a battlefield is so fun that MEGATRON keeps him around anyway. Awesome robot-to-jet figure features twin laser cannons with firing projectiles and flip-down landing gear in jet mode! Add this DECEPTICON warrior to your collection!
CliffJumper classics
Don't be fooled by his small size: CLIFFJUMPER is as tough as they come. Always spoiling for a fight, just hearing the word DECEPTICON is enough to get him riled up. He carries a unique gas-pistol that fires a cloud of nano-robots capable of making DECEPTICON armor as brittle as glass, but he'd almost always rather just toss his weapons aside and start swinging. More than one DECEPTICON warrior has ended up with a busted grill from underestimating CLIFFJUMPER. He may not be very strong, but no one is more determined. Awesome robot-to-cruiser vehicle figure features a Wave Crusher watercraft and trailer that convert to a jet pack in robot mode!
Cliffjumper 3 inch
Twenty-five tons of courage in a one-ton package – that's CLIFFJUMPER. He's the short guy who's so ready for a fight that even inanimate objects shaped like DECEPTICONS get him fired up enough to start kicking tailpipe. To him, "negotiation" is just another word for "loser," and "retreat" is something the other guy does. No one has any idea what CLIFFJUMPER is going to do with himself once the war is over and there aren't any more DECEPTICONS to blast. Poseable, die-cast metal figure is an awesome addition to your collection. Figure comes with a display stand.
Alternators SUNSTREAKER 3 inch
There are plenty of mavericks and weirdoes in the AUTOBOT ranks, but most of them are down and dirty warriors fighting for freedom against the DECEPTICONS. SUNSTREAKER is in a totally different class, and he makes no secret of the fact that he knows it. In fact, he thinks he's the hottest thing on wheels. When it comes to a fight, winning is only the second or third thing on his list, after protecting his artillery-resistant hide from scuffs and scratches, and making sure reflected laser light glints just so off his paint job.
RID Optimus Prime 6 inch diecast
Chosen by the Matrix to lead the AUTOBOTS on their mission to Earth, OPTIMUS PRIME is the very embodiment of all that every AUTOBOT strives to be. He is the soul of honor and compassion, dedicated to the preservation of life and freedom for all creatures. His affection for those he protects is matched only by his ferocity in battle. He has faced them many times, and knows that there can be no surrender and no compromise with the treacherous PREDACONS. In addition to being an ideal leader, he is a war machine of incredible power. Nearly unbeatable in single combat, his enemies have resorted to an endless string of dirty tricks to lay him low, only to see him rebound every time, stronger than ever before. His strength and confidence, however, hide a deeply reflective spirit. During solitary moments, he has been known to doubt his skill as a leader, for his deep compassion has – at times – clouded his judgment. Thankfully, his brilliant mind and the dedication of his compatriots have always managed to snatch victory from the evil claws of the PREDACONS. Detailed die-cast metal OPTIMUS PRIME figure features hidden arm blasters and changes from combat robot to vehicle and back!
Starscream 6 inch diecast
One of the first warriors recruited to the DECEPTICON cause, STARSCREAM is a vicious warrior, and gleeful killer. Most DECEPTICONS keep score of how many AUTOBOTS they take out, but STARSCREAM carves himself little trophies out of their pelvic gimbals. As leader of the elite Seeker squadron assigned by MEGATRON to launch high-speed, surprise assaults on AUTOBOT strongholds, and one of the old guard among the DECEPTICON leadership, he enjoys more freedom of opinion than many other DECEPTICONS. MEGATRON is tolerant of his sarcasm and belligerent ambition only because STARSCREAM is simply too efficient an engine of destruction to do without. It is not only his skill as a fighter that gives his AUTOBOT victims pause. Before the war, he was an explorer and scientist, with many friends among the AUTOBOTS – JETFIRE and GRIMLOCK among them. Even then he was a bully and a manipulator, but few who knew him suspected he could be capable of the atrocities now attributed to him. Detailed die-cast metal STARSCREAM figure features changes from combat robot to vehicle and back! Figure comes with display stand.
Sunday, December 31st, 2006 1:05PM CST
Category: Toy News
Posted by: Hotrod |
Credit(s): Nevermore of TFW2005
Views: 86,543
Yesterday we brought you news about color images of the cellphone bot from the upcoming
Transformers Movie here. Well today we have news about new color images of the Handheld Game Bot. Click
here to check out these new images.
Saturday, December 30th, 2006 11:16PM CST
Category: Events
Posted by: Raymond T. |
Credit(s): www.botcon.com
Views: 87,492
The
botcon website has posted an update on BotCon 2007. The following
announcement has been taken directly from their site.
"
We have a few NEW details about BotCon 2007!
The hotel for BotCon is the Westin Providence Hotel in
Providence, Rhode Island. The show dates are June 28 - July 1.
BotCon is not in the hotel computer system, but will be
soon. DON'T CALL YET! There will be a discount code
which we will pass along as soon as we get it from the hotel.
You can then make room reservations by calling (401) 598-8000.
More information about activities and tours will be coming
in a few weeks so check back soon! This is going to be HUGE!
The Westin Providence
One West Exchange Street
Providence, Rhode Island 02903
United States · Phone: (401) 598-8000"
Saturday, December 30th, 2006 8:33PM CST
Category: Site News
Posted by: SeibertronViews: 82,462
Throughout tonight and tomorrow morning, I will be launching bits and pieces of a new registration process. This will entirely replace the phpBB registration process. This is the first phase of launching the all-new SEIBERTRON.com forums over the course of the next month. The reason I am launching the new registration process ahead of the rest of the changes is to help the forum staff deal with the influx of spam-bots that we are receiving on a daily basis.
Getting rid of phpBB has been something I've wanted to do for a very, very long time. The new SEIBERTRON.com forums will enable me to make a sweeping set of changes that will effect the entire website from Heavy Metal War to the Ultimate Caption Contest to the Seibertronian Profiles to the News Section. There will be no more work arounds that deal with limitations of a forum system from a 3rd party. I have every bit of confidence that these changes will be welcomed by the entire SEIBERTRON.com community as you guys start seeing these changes take place.
In order to make the transition a little smoother to the new registration process, I have disabled registrations for the time being. Within the hour, I will be disabling the ability to edit user accounts. Disabling these functions will allow me to download the most current version of the site's master user database to ensure that all of your data makes it to the new version of the user database.
Because this involves one of the most used database tables on the website, there will most likely be errors throughout the various sections of the website.
I will let the community know when I'm ready to have people help finding areas on the website that need to be upgraded to use the new database. Please be patient throughout this process. I will keep the community posted as further details become available. Thank you for your understanding.
Ryan
Saturday, December 30th, 2006 6:27PM CST
Category: Toy News
Posted by: Air Commander Starscream |
Credit(s): Super Megatron of TFW2005.com, Autobot Sarge
Views: 88,445
Super Megatron of
TFW2005 has provided some fantastic images of a Test Shot of the upcoming
Classics Ramjet. There are images of both Robot and Alternate forms.
Check the images out
here.
Saturday, December 30th, 2006 3:55PM CST
Categories: Movie News,
Toy News
Posted by: Air Commander Starscream |
Credit(s): Autobot Sarge
Views: 98,869
Fellow Seibertronian
Autobot Sarge has discovered that Infamous
Ebay seller
SPXtoys has once more "aquired" a test shot for a upcoming release. This time it is the upcoming
Transformers Movie Cell Phone Transformer in all it's colored glory.
It is also worth pointing out that it features autobot faction insignia on each display. But probably one of the more cooler features is the time on the clock is 7:47 foreshadowing the July 4 '07 release date of the movie.
You can view the test shot
here.
Saturday, December 30th, 2006 1:10AM CST
Categories: Site News,
People News,
Media Vault
Posted by: Seibertron |
Credit(s): -Sandman-
Views: 77,655
As many of you know, I like to provide you with major world events when they happen such as 9-11, Hurricane Katrina, the 2005 Christmas Tsunami and the deaths of American Presidents. I think it is important to share this information with the massive worldwide population of Transformers fans that visit SEIBERTRON.com. Yes, there are things that happen in the world that aren't Transformers related.
On that note, a political figure that was head of the country that serves as ground zero for the mid-east turmoil was executed earlier this evening. Weapons of mass destruction or not, ex-President Saddam Hussein is no longer among us.
For more information about this news event, please follow the story at the links below ...
Saddam Hussein on Wikipedia
CNN.com
Drudge Report
Saddam Hussein's execution article on MyWay.com
Friday, December 29th, 2006 7:49PM CST
Categories: Comic Book News,
People News
Posted by: Hotrod |
Credit(s): Comic News International
Views: 72,257
A new interview with comic book writer Tim Seeley has been posted on
Comic News International. In the interview Seeley talks about Devil's Due's G.I. Joe Vs Transformers IV: Black Horizon. To read the interview click
here. For more information about other Transformers related work Tim Seeley has been involved in check out
Seibertron.com's Vector Sigma Database.
Friday, December 29th, 2006 7:31PM CST
Category: Toy News
Posted by: Hotrod |
Credit(s): TFATM of Transformers @ The Moon
Views: 62,541
TFATM of
Transformers @ The Moon has stopped by our forums to let us know that a new gallery and review of
Beast Wars II Bom-Bom Exclusive Gold Lio Convoy has been posted. This figure is limited to 1 or 2 in the world.
Transformers @ The Moon has posted 150 photographs, including comparisons shots with Lio Convoy, Black Lio Convoy, Flash Lio Convoy, Galva-Lio Convoy, a fake yellow Lio Convoy and Silver Galvatron.
When you finish do not forget to check out Seibertron.com's galleries of
Beast Wars II Lio Convoy and
Robot Masters Lio Convoy.
Friday, December 29th, 2006 6:42PM CST
Categories: Toy News,
Retailer News
Posted by: Air Commander Starscream |
Credit(s): Dark Ops, Liege Evilmus
Views: 84,379
Fellow Seibertronian
Dark Ops has picked up Cybertron Primus on clearance at a
Target. The god of Transformers went for $23.98. This is a perfect oportunity for people who passed, or those of us who would like a second to keep minty fresh or to pose in both modes.
Here is what he had to say:
Dunno if I missed the announcement over the holidays, but I just grabbed Primus
for $23.98 at the Target Store in Ames, IA
Good luck!
Also we have reports from fellow Seibertronian
Liege Evilmus that the Alternators are also on clearance at $13.95 and the 6" Titaniums are $10.95.
Now this isnt confirmed to be nationwide, but it is pretty probable since it is that season. It is also worth mentioning that this deal is probably NOT worldwide
yet.
Friday, December 29th, 2006 4:09PM CST
Category: Movie News
Posted by: Raymond T. |
Credit(s): transformersmovie.com, snarlaboo
Views: 102,349
Transformers Movie has updated their site to include the winning lines from the Make Optimus Prime Speak competition of a few months back. These are now voiced by Peter Cullen, the actor who voiced the great character in the original Transformers cartoon and will voice the Autobot leader in the upcoming Michael Bay movie.
To listen to these lines, go to the
main page of the site and click on the link underneath the planet cybertron.
In a related story,... Snarlaboo, a member of the
Don Murphy Board (which are also known as Stooges), also received a thank you letter from Peter Cullen offering to thank the fans for their support. The following has been taken directly from
the post on the DM board.
"
Dear Dave,
I thank you for the Stooges shirt, all all who contributed. Yet there is more than just thank you, for I have deep appreciation and grateful feeling for all of you. To know that after all these many years, you care, leaves me quietly humbled.
There is more however. In your acceptance of Optimus Prime, all of you share with me a mutual respect for what we think a hero should be. That simple bond ties a multitude of meanings together. Of hope, respect, integrity, honor and courage. I am proud to be one of you.
Honorary Stooge. It sounds somewhat odd, but I understand the significance and lighthearted intention. I suppose Curly, Moe, Shemp or Larry is in all of us sometimes, and reminds us not to take life too seriously.
Please send alond my gratitude to Robert Scott, Billy Edwards, Nancy Smythe, Nadja Tegen, Miles Ritchings, Albert Lee, Drew Early, Perter Verdi, Mike Holdcroft, Brian Leichtnam, Kev Johnson, Ollie Hurd and Matt Noades.
There is quite a lot of activity here in Hollywood. Sightings of car chases in the valley, and dry river beds filled with Transformer activity. I can only imagine the emmense work that Michael Bay is accomplishing. He is a gifted and talented man, and judging from the way he treated me in our couple of meetings, I am poised with confidence and eager anticipation to work with him.
I recieve some feedback from some internet hounds, and learn of your enthusiasm and continued support. I share the same hopes for dear friends Frank Welker to join the team, and bring full circle the ultimate dream. "Hold onto your dreams, The future is built on dreams".
I sometimes dream of restoring an old Freightliner, and painting it up like Optimus Prime, to drive among the hills and dirt roads of my liitle town. Perhaps I will. You have all certainly inspired me to do such things.
Well Dave and friends, "Till all are one." I remain your indebted friend, and keep you all in my thoughts as we count down to what I believe will be more than meets the eye!
A proud honorary Stooge,
Peter Cullen"
Friday, December 29th, 2006 3:30PM CST
Categories: Toy News,
Retailer News
Posted by: Air Commander Starscream |
Credit(s): megaconvoy
Views: 84,302
Fellow Seibertronian
megaconvoy has reported seeing 20th Anniversary DVD Optimus Prime on clearance at
Wal Mart. If this is chainwide, this is a great opportunity to snag a second on or a first. Here is what he had to say.
I don't know if it's chainwide, but I just saw 20th Anniversary Optimus Prime on clearance for $50 at Wal-Mart. It's not a bad price if you don't have one already.
Friday, December 29th, 2006 3:15PM CST
Category: Toy News
Posted by: Down_Shift |
Credit(s): Kayotoys-cn
Views: 62,262
Thanks to eBay seller
kayotoys-cn we have more detailed pictures of the un-named camera phone and digital camera Transformers. In the camera phone auction it shows that it does indeed have a face below the lense.
Check out the auctions for the Camera Phone and the Digital Camera
here and
here
Thursday, December 28th, 2006 7:57PM CST
Categories: Comic Book News,
Media Vault
Posted by: Hotrod |
Credit(s): Idwpublishing.com
Views: 78,210
Does your computer have an old wallpaper that you no longer care for but you cann't deal with it now, because you do not have time to search for a new one? Well IDW's got you covered! IDW has updated their
Wallpaper Gallery. This time they have added art from Transformers Spotlight: Ultra Magnus. So give your computer some style and head over to IDW's
Wallpaper Gallery.
Thursday, December 28th, 2006 7:19PM CST
Categories: Comic Book News,
Rumors
Posted by: Hotrod |
Credit(s): Josh, HOOKS of Corvusonline.net and Allspark.com
Views: 79,504
HOOKS of
Corvusonline.net has posted some interesting information, which at this time is just rumor. According to Hooks IDW will be reprinting Target: 2006 under the Generations title. Also the covers will be done by Nick Roche and Josh Burcham. As for now this is just a rumor. If you want to know more about Target: 2006 then check out
Seibertron.com's Vector Sigma Database.
Update:
It looks like this rumor is no longer a rumor but a fact! Our own Josh has dropped by to confirm this with quotes from Chris Ryall.
The first one:
Quote (Ford DeceptiFocus @ Dec. 24 2006,2:02)
Curious--why is Generations getting new numbering after #12 & how will this be done and why?
Ryall: We're going to be reprinting all of Target: 2006 next, so we thought we'd start fresh with those.
And the Second:
Quote (UltraPrime @ Dec. 26 2006,6:05)
How will the Target: 2006 reprints work? I mean, the UK stories were half-size (the US strips were split over two weeks for those not in the know). Target: 2006 was an odd-number of parts, so just putting 2 stories in one issue will leave an odd part.
Ryall: We're gonna do three parts, ad-free, in the final issue.
The orginal posts can be found
here and
here
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