Dengeki Hobby have posted some new images of the latest announced diaclone inspired Masterpiece figure MP-42 Cordon. Cordon is a police Sunstreaker who comes with less accessories than the original MP figure.
If you haven't already taken advantage of our 2011 Christmas Sale to get your tickets for Auto Assembly 2012 saving 20% on the Adult weekend ticket prices then you'd better hurry! This fantastic offer runs out at midnight on New Years Eve so you've got just over 24 hours left!
Auto Assembly 2012 is shaping up to be our biggest and best convention ever. With a stunning guest line-up including our THREE confirmed voice actors - Michael Bell, Townsend Coleman and Paul Eiding, a great selection of comic guests including the entire creative team from Transformers Regeneration One together for the first time ever at a Transformers convention and all the usual activities you'd come to expect from Auto Assembly - dealers, toy and art displays, our script reading, cosplay competition, Saturday night party with our karaoke, video games area, free workshops, competitions, charity auctions and much more, this is a convention you won't want to miss!
You can book your tickets here.
The convention is running on 3rd - 5th August 2012 at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel, Birmingham, England.
Roll Out Roll Call, the UK convention show for Transformers, GI-Joe & Action Force is back, announcing their main guest line up for the 10th and 11th of March 2012 at The Jury's Inn in Southampton, United Kingdom.
The main guest line up has now been confirmed and announced:
Meet Transformers ReGeneration One Team:
Simon Furman - Transformers ReGeneration One writer
Andrew Wildman - Transformers ReGeneration One artist
John-Paul Bove - Transformers ReGeneration One colourist
Meet The Legendary GI-Joe writer at his first ever UK show:
Larry Hama - GI-Joe writer - 1st ever UK show
Meet the IDW Team that helped create the new look Cobra Commander:
Robert Atkins - IDW GI-Joe artist - 1st ever UK show
Simon Gough - IDW GI-Joe colourist - 1st ever UK show
Bill Forster - Transformers Ark & The AllSpark Almanac Author & Artist
Jim Sorenson - Transformers Ark & The AllSpark Almanac Author
James Eatock - Cereal:Geek Animation of the 80's Magazine Editor
There may be more guests to come and additional features for the show, including traders, presentations and panels will announced soon.
Roll Out Roll Call 2 featured several exclusives for the show and Roll Out Roll Call 3 is no different.
Find out the latest RollOut / Roll Call news on twitter @rolloutrollcall
Dengeki Hobby have posted some new images of the latest announced diaclone inspired Masterpiece figure MP-42 Cordon. Cordon is a police Sunstreaker who comes with less accessories than the original MP figure.
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The third episode of Machinima’s Power of the Primes series, "Without Warning" is now available via the go90 app within the US and on tumblr for everyone else.
The official synopsis for the episode was:
Still without Megatron, the team must now fend off both Volcanicus and Predaking. Meanwhile, Megatronus arrives at the Well of Sparks to forge a new device that will help him accomplish his nefarious plan.
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Imaginarium Arts have revealed, via their Facebook page, their upcoming Wheeljack statue which we have mirrored below
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TFNation have revealed their 13th guest for their 3rd show as Lew Stringer! Lew created such Marvel UK delights as Robo-Capers and Combat Colin
TFNation 2018 takes place August 17th-19th at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole just outside of the NEC here within the UK. You can read the full press release below.
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Joining the line-up of comics guests for 2018, TFNation is pleased to announce the presence of another UK based artist – well known to fans of the original Marvel UK Transformers comics series – Lew Stringer!
Famous predominantly for his humour work, he was a stable component of the Marvel UK Transformers issues, providing a light-hearted relief to the stories in the form of two featured strips: Robo-Capers and Combat Colin (initially in the pages of Action Force, the UK incarnation of G.I. Joe, then replacing Robo-Capers in Transformers).
His very first venture onto the comics stage was Brickman, which ran from the 1970s up until 2009 in various forms. Stringer is well known in the UK for his work as an independent comics creator, but also for his work appearing in the pages of The Beano and The Dandy weekly kids’ comic magazines, alongside other licensed magazines such as Spider-Man, Epic, Lego Adventures and more. Internationally, his work has appeared in the likes of Elephantmen and Grindhouse in the US market, Herman Hedning in Sweden, and Nemi in Norway.
Thanks to his comics work as a creator, Stringer is well-versed in the history of the British comics industry and scene, and regularly offers insights, analyses, and discussions of current and past trends on his blog, Blimey! It’s Another Blog about Comics!
Lew Stringer will be attending TFNation 2018 all weekend, talking capers,silly jokes, and sketching for fans of his work, as well as discussing comics history in general!
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Longtime Hasbro Transformers team member Aaron Archer has been announced as the 12th guest for TFNation 2018 which takes place August 17th-19th at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole in Birmingham England.
You can view the full press release below and purchase your tickets over at tfnation.com
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Hasbro announced yesterday via press release that they have reached an agreement with Saban to purchase Saban’s Power Rangers and several other entertainment brands, including My Pet Monster, Popples, Julius Jr., Luna Petunia, Treehouse Detectives and others, in a combination of cash and stock valued at $522 million. The first set of products from Hasbro will be available in spring 2019.
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We have found some new trademarks filed with the USPTO by Hasbro Inc. The trademarks are:
You can view all of the details of these and other trademarks within our exclusive Trademark Application area of the website which features trademark applications from 1984 through until the present day.
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TFNation have announced their 11th guest as Mairghread Scott for their 3rd show which takes place 17th-19th August 2018 at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole in Birmingham England.
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Adding another international name to the line up for TFNation 2018, this guest hails from the IDW Publishing comics section of the Transformers franchise, and is an author of several other media iterations of the transforming robots too – please welcome writer Mairghread Scott!
Her writing credits, on the comics side, include the entirety of Windblade's story so far and one of the most charismatic Starscreams in robot history, as told in the pages of Transformers: Windblade volumes 1 & 2, and the fan-favourite sequel series Till All Are One. Scott was also co-writing the second IDW/Hasbro crossover event First Strike, and has been behind the Transformers Prime: Rage of the Dinobots and Beast Hunters mini-series.
Working as an assistant writer of animated series Transformers: Prime, Robots in Disguise and Rescue Bots, she has also directly contributed to bringing the character of Windblade into the animated universe too (in Robots in Disguise).You will find her work on several other animated series, such as GI Joe: Renegades, and most notably Marvel’s Ultimate Spider-Man, Avengers Assemble, Guardians of the Galaxy and the upcoming Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors.
Back in comics, Scott has published for some of the major publishers in the business, with the likes of Green Arrow (DC), Guardians of the Galaxy (Marvel), Wonder Woman (DC), and Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) on her resumé, and creator-owned projects such as Toil &Trouble (Boom! Studios), The City on the Other Side (First Second), and more. Her upcoming work will be seen in the pages of DC comics' Batgirl, starting with issue #25 in July 2018!
Mairghread Scott will be present at TFNation 2018 all weekend, signing books, talking Starscream, raising dark stories, and talking to fans of her writing – including those still saddened by the end of Till All Are One.
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It's time for another one of our deleted and extended scene releases with today's episode covering MP700-13 Heavy Metal Wars. The audio was taken from an original unslugged Marvel Productions cassette tape that we own and is reproduced here for fellow fans to enjoy hearing the audio for the first time.
The tape was used by fellow fan Chris McFeely alongside the storyboards, which are available online, to produce his panel that was held at TFNation 2017. This collaboration was planned to allow some of the missing audio to be heard for the first time during Europe's largest Transformers fan convention. This video contains audio that was not covered by that panel.
Gregg Burger was not present during for the recording session captured on this tape.
You can download a full copy of the script from the Google Drive share created by Chris McFeely and Jim Sorenson by visiting https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B79xUmpyNnZMV2o3TjVFdDlvcDg/view
You'll find a transcript of the audio below the video.
Transcript:
WALLY BLURR: We're rolling this is 700-13 from the top
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SCRAPPER: We return to our master Megatron!
FOREMAN: They're... they're with the Decepticons!
*NEW* Scavenger: I have reading Scrapper, it must be the secret entrance
*NEW* Scrapper: It's about time you did your job, Scavenger. Hook -- activate the entranceway
*NEW* HOOK: With my usual finesse, Scrapper?
*NEW* MEGATRON: You see Starscream,
MEGATRON: My Constructicons have returned to our temporary base right on schedule. They were worth the time we spent building them in these caverns.
*NEW* STARSCREAM: That remains to be seen oh mighty Megatron
MEGATRON: Scrapper, report!
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MEGATRON: Unload and attach them to your new invention at once.
SCRAPPER: I am honoured to serve, Megatron.
*NEW* SCRAPPER: Interlock the components and synchronize the pulse linkage
MEGATRON: Soon, Starscream, soon, Scrapper's invention will give me the power to defeat the Autobots...
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*NEW* OPTIMUS PRIME: You've got us curious, Wheeljack, what's your big surprise? And what does it have to do with -- the Dinobots?
*NEW* WHEELJACK: Well, Optimus Prime, fellow Autobots, human friends Spike, Sparkplug and Chip --
*NEW* IRONHIDE: Oh, get on with it! You take longer to say something than a slow-motion mechano-mouth with the glitch!
*NEW* WHEELJACK: Uh, yes. As you know the Dinobots have always been unpredictable ... and kind of clumsy sometimes ... But I've been reprogramming them ... so just watch!
*NEW* IRONHIDE: Big deal. SO now we got us a Dinobot baseball team that eats the ball!
*NEW* CHIP: Well I'm impressed
*NEW* SPIKE: Me too, Wheeljack
*NEW* SPARKPLUG: Right! You did a good job with the big guys
*NEW* OPTIMUS PRIME: I'm also pleased, Wheeljack. Well done!
*NEW* WHEELJACK: Thank you, Optimus Prime. I try to do my best. Okay Dinobots ... Transform!
*NEW* GRIMLOCK: Next time. Me, Grimlock, do even better
*NEW* IRONHIDE: Hmmphtf! Now that the Dinobot beauty pageant's over maybe we can ..
IRONHIDE: Huh?! Those signals spell trouble and I'm talking Decepticons!
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SPIKE WITWICKY: Looks like just one, Dad. One's one too many when it's Megatron!
*NEW* CLIFFJUMPER: I got the speed so follow my lead!
*NEW* IRONHIDE: Okay, So you're faster, Cliffjumper -- But Iim tough!
*NEW* OPTIMUS PRIME: Bumblee -- Take out friends out of danger!
*NEW* BUMBLEBEE: You heard Optimus. Let's go!
WHEELJACK: Let's see how he likes my new shock-blast cannon! Uhh! Hhh... that's a shock, all right.
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MEGATRON: I have come to talk, not fight, Optimus Prime.
OPTIMUS PRIME: Autobots, hold your fire!
*NEW* OPTIMUS PRIME: Megatron wish to confer... he says
*NEW* MEGATRON: Perhaps you will do me the courtesy of hearing me out before you doubt me?
OPTIMUS PRIME: Very well. Speak, Megatron.
MEGATRON: I come about a matter of Cybertron law, Optimus Prime. Our war has gone on for millions of years -- Decepticons fighting Autobots
*NEW* MEGATRON: with no end or victory in sight
*NEW* OPTIMUS PRIME: A sad but unavoidable truth so long as you seek to dominate the universe.
*NEW* MEGATRON: Nuy Cybertron Law may provide a solution to our seeming dilemma. I refer to the age-old code of combat
MEGATRON: in which opposing leaders -- you and I, Optimus Prime -- may do battle. The loser must exile himself and his army to deep space for eternity. The winner may stay where he chooses. Do you have the courage for that?
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MEGATRON: I now have the strength of all my Decepticons.
*NEW* MEGATRON: The unsuspecting Optimus Prime is as good as beaten! (laughs)
*NEW* STARSCREAM: With all due respect, Megatron -- I suggest you not celebrate your victory prematurely ... as there might be one flaw in your otherwise flawless plan.
*NEW* MEGATRON: And what might that be, "loyal" Starscream?
STARSCREAM: The Autobots' computer, Teletraan 1... if it detects your deception, it will alert Optimus Prime.
MEGATRON: It won't!
*NEW* MEGATRON: Teletraan 1 has already been accounted for in my master plan.
MEGATRON: Scrapper, you and the others have your orders. Constructicons, transform!
*NEW* MEGATRON: I chose these caverns as a temporary base because of their nearness to Autobot Headquaters.
MEGATRON: While all the Autobots are assembled to watch my combat with Optimus Prime, my Constructicons will tunnel their way beneath those headquarters, then enter the control room and destroy Teletraan 1! (Laughs) Optimus Prime won't know what hit him! (Laughs)
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OPTIMUS PRIME: The code specifies a fair battle, Spike. Under those rules I'm confident I can beat Megatron.
*NEW* IRONHIDE: And if Megatron tries anything cute, we'll rotate his circuits!
*NEW* OPTIMUS PRIME: No, Ironhide. The law of Cybertron must be obeyed and Autobot honour must be preserved. I will fight Megatron alone. I have given my word.
OPTIMUS PRIME: Besides, if he does not abide by the rules, Teletraan 1 will tell us.
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*NEW* CHIP: According to my calculations, you shouldn't have much trouble Optimus. Your strength is far greater than Megatron's.
*NEW* SPIKE: Stomp him good, Optimus! He's had it coming for a long, long time.
*NEW* OPTIMUS PRIME: I will do my best not to fail you -- the other Autobots -- or the Earth.
*NEW* SPIKE: I know you won't! You're not a quitter!
*NEW* SPARKPLUG: Hey, guys, I think we're here!
OPTIMUS PRIME: Autobots, transform!
IRONHIDE: Okay, we're here! Where's the opposition?
CHIP CHASE: That answer your question, Ironhide?
*NEW* STARSCREAM: Without our power chip rectifiers we're lucky we can still fly, Megatron!
*NEW* MEGATRON: I wouldn't want you walking to the show, that might tip our hand!
*NEW* STARSCREAM: You will remember to return our chips ounce you've used them against Optimus Prime, won't you?
*NEW* IRONHIDE: Strange -- some of those crumbs usually like to show off by changing to their jetplane modes.
*NEW* RATCHET: No biggie, Ironhide. They probably don't want to take the spotlight away from Megatron.
MEGATRON: Hail Optimus Prime, and welcome to defeat!
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*NEW* CHIP: Give it to him!
SPARKPLUG WITWICKY: Go, Optimus!
STARSCREAM: And the use of my null ray, too.
*NEW* OPTIMUS PRIME: He never .. did that before!
*NEW* RATCHET: This doesn't print out right! How'd Megatron get so versatile?
*NEW* SPARKPLUG: C'mon, Optimus! You can do it!
SKYWARP: You should see me do that when I've got my power chip.
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IRONHIDE: Way to go, Prime! You're not down yet!
*NEW* MEGATRON: Foolish move. I knew you were going to do that!
*NEW* WHEELJACK: Megatron read Prime's thoughts just like Soundwave!
MEGATRON: (Laughs) You cannot blast what you cannot see!
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SPIKE WITWICKY: I can't believe it.
CHIP CHASE: Optimus Prime... beaten by Megatron.
*NEW* RATCHET: Prime's gonna need repairs, Wheeljack
OPTIMUS PRIME: Ohhhh...
SPIKE WITWICKY: He's functional
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SCRAPPER: There's Teletraan 1! For Megatron, destroy it!
*NEW* LONGHAUL: *Dialogue missing*
*NEW* SCRAPPER: Then fight! But remember -- the computer is our main objective!
SLUDGE: Sludge not see these Decepticons before.
SNARL: Not see again, either, because we dynamite them to pieces!
*NEW* SWOOP: Let's finish 'em fast!
*NEW* BONECRUSHER: Blast him! Reduce him to metallic dust!
HOOK: It's bad news, Scrapper. They've brought out the heavy artillery.
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SPIKE WITWICKY: Hey... check that out! What is it?
*NEW* SLAG: Dinobots no fool around!
IRONHIDE: Our Dino-buddies! We gotta help!
*NEW* OPTIMUS PRIME: No, Ironhide! Remember the law!
*NEW* MEGATRON: That's right -- you must keep your honor ... and obey the law!
*NEW* STARSCREAM: We could join the battle -- if we still had out powers.
*NEW* MEGATRON: My Devastator needs to help in vanquishing these Dinoboy oafs
IRONHIDE: Uhh... sorry about that.
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WALLY: Okay, let's have all the Autobots say "let's go to it", here we go 1, 2,3
AUTOBOT SFX
WALLY: Humans .. mix in with that, the same thing, humans at 155 and ...
AUTOBOT SFX
*NEW* OPTIMUS PRIME: I have a plan to defeat that giant robot.
DEVASTATOR: Nothing defeats the Devastator! Nothing!
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It has just been announced that the administrators have failed to find a buyer for the 100 UK stores of Toys R Us and so all of the remaining stores will close within the next six weeks with 1/4 of the stores having already been closed or being due to close by the end of this week.
Buyers are still being sort for the US stores and the Canadian side remains open at this stage.
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Choose Your Fate
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