We know that a lot of TFNation revolves around toys, too, so we hope you'll join us in welcoming to our 2020 edition someone from the design side of that story: former Hasbro designer, development and product manager, Andy Couzens!

Couzens has been involved in toy design and production since the mid 1970s, working on preschool development for Kiddy Craft. He then moved over to Milton Bradley - the earliest distributor of continental European Transformers toys - and to the new position of Senior Designer and playing a crucial part in the development of childhood staples Playskool and Robotix, whose key features he had a significant hand in designing. As of 1984, with Hasbro acquiring Milton Bradley, Couzens retained his position, and was later promoted to Group Product Manager for research and development in the unfortunately termed Boys Toys section, before becoming Category Development Head of Boys, Girls Toys and Creative Play sections for Hasbro Europe!

How does this relate to our favourite robotic friends? Couzens has been in charge of action figure and toy development for a sizable chunk of their first golden age, and has working knowledge of most of the late 80s through mid 90s in those categories, including Transformers, G.I. Joe, and Action Man. During his time on the franchise, several Japanese releases saw their release in European markets, including the likes of Overlord, the Motorvators, and the Energon figures that North American audiences knew as Powermasters - and what has come to be known as Generation 1.5 among fans and collectors.

Andy Couzens will be attending the convention all weekend, revealing what he can from old toy design lore, discussing bringing Transformers to (plastic) life, and how much the industry has changed during his time! We look forward to welcoming him and all of you to TFNation 2020.  This will be Andy's first ever convention appearance.

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We have found some new trademarks filed with the USPTO. The trademarks are:

1. MARK ONLY - M.A.S.K. MOBILE ARMOURED STRIKE KOMMAND

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.

You can view the application here http://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=88744476&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch

TFNation have announced Peter Cullen as their latest guest for TFNation 2020! Read the press release here and the FAQs here.

We have found some new trademarks filed with the USPTO. The trademarks are:

1. UNICRON

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.

For the eleventh time C.O.N.S. will open its doors for you!

On 8th of September 2019 C.O.N.S. will open its doors in Kolpinghaus/Josefshaus, Ostring 33, in 41749 Viersen-Süchteln at 11 am.

There will be many dealers selling various Transformers from old to new. In addition we prepared a fun program for you and we will hold various contests live at C.O.N.S. with the chance to win some awesome prices.

All information and ticket presale can be found at www.ntf-cons.de.

The special guests:

We introduce to you our Special Guest for C.O.N.S. XI. This year Frederic Pham Chuong, from france, makes his return to C.O.N.S. Currently he works for 3rd Party Company Mastermind Creations as comic artist.

Jack Lawrence will make a return to germany for C.O.N.S. XI. The lovely comic book artist from england always brings good mood with him. You can see him live, ask about his work and have your favorite character drawn by him.

On 8th of september 2019 one man must not be missed. John-Paul Bove will return to C.O.N.S. for the sixth time. By now he has become part of C.O.N.S. family and we are really looking forward to welcoming him again. He always is looking forward to meet his fans and will answer all their questions. Also you can purchase his works at C.O.N.S. XI.

The contests:

You like playing cards? You like playing the new Transformers Trading Card Game? Than C.O.N.S. XI on 8th of September 2019 is the right place for you. Not only can you get starter decks at C.O.N.S. you can also play the game at our convention. Tables will be set aside for everyone interested in trying the game or simply playing a few rounds with his friends and new opponents.

We hope you will have a lot of fun playing the Transformers Trading Card at C.O.N.S. XI.

The popular Cosplay Contest may not be missing.

Each visitor of C.O.N.S. XI can participate in our Transformers Quiz.

The Program of C.O.N.S. XI:

10:30 am - Admittance for the participants of the Cosplay Contest

11:00 am - General admittance

11:15 am - Official welcome

11:30 am - Cosplayers model show on stage

12:00 pm - Comic Artists Frederic Pham Chuong, John-Paul Bove & Jack Lawrence Presentation & Interview

01:30 pm - Teutonicons Podcast Live on the C.O.N.S.

02:00 pm - 1st Raffle

03:00 pm - Live Review with Reyjin on stage

04:00 pm - Transformers Quiz sheet turn-in

04:15 pm - End of voting for the Contests

04:45 pm - Announcement of the Contest Winners

05:00 pm - 2nd Raffle & Grand Price raffling

06:00 pm - Thank Yous & Goodbyes

At C.O.N.S. XI we have many dealers for you in store offering a huge variety of Transformers from old to new. Including of course our sponsors Actionfiguren24, Gerrut Camaro and TF Robots. In addition there are Bram Bossers, Thats Cult, Ying Zhu the jewellery dealer, the team of Velsercon and Transformers Universe with our announcer Philister. That is not all by far. There is still TeleToys from the Netherlands and many more Transformers Dealers.

We are looking forward to the 8th of September and hope to great many guests to C.O.N.S. XI.

Source and all Infos: www.ntf-cons.de & www.ntf-archive.de

We're fixed a bug this morning so that our instruction archive is now back working again here.

You can find instructions from 6031 Hasbro products including 1081 Transformers instructions and hundreds of G.I.Joe instruction manuals

We have found some new trademarks filed with the USPTO. The trademarks are:

1. DINO RIDERS

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.

The mark comes three years after a Mattel applied for a toy related mark which recently became a registered trademark once again.

You can view details of the application below:

Richard Irvine-Brown has written an article for the BBC covering the Transformers comic The Lost Light and the rising diversity of fans within the Transformers franchise which you can read here.

Whilst it has come into criticism from some areas of the Transformers community, The Lost Light comic series and More Than Meets The Eye before it has been some of the best selling and highly praised Transformers comic series for many years with a diverse and loyal fan base and has been a series that many deem to have been an important player in the growth of diversity within the fandom and especially at conventions around the globe

We have found some new trademarks filed with the USPTO. The trademarks are:

1. THE TRANS FORMERS MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE!
2. THE TRANS FORMERS MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE!

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.