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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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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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Some more mirrored images from TransFes2016 in Japan including TAV Hypersurge Optimus Prime, Legends (Titans Return) Hardhead, Skull(cruncher), and Galvatron including some close up photos of the new TakaraTomy heads, the east Wars 20th Anniversary trio of Rhinox, Rattrap, and Waspinator who have the most show accurate decos thus far as well as the prototype for Masterpiece Beast Convoy (Optimus Primal)
Finally thanks to TFW2005 board member Type-R and various Twitter accounts there are also some images of the upcoming Unite Warriors Bruticus and the Combaticons!
You can view all of the images after the jump.
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Via TFW2005 boards member daimchoc and twitter users @azllad, @MASABON2011, @singgg4 and @chromless, we have the first look at the prototype for Takara’s Masterpiece Inferno as is was on display at TransFes2016.
You can view all of the images after the jump.
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Europe's newest and highligh anticipated Transformers show, TFNation, have announced that they are taking over Sci-Fi mega-chain Forbidden Planet for the month of may with in store campaigns that include take over of the store fronts as well as exclusive bags! The announcement, that can be seen below, includes word that their is an exclusive reveal in-store regarding the show!
They have also launched a Social Media campaign called Operation:Selfie where they are asking everyone to share selfies taken either outside FP stores infront of their posters and/or with one of their exclusive bags by using the hashtags #TFNSelfie and #TFNation.
You can read the original announcement here and can buy tickets to the event today.
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Operation: Forbidden Planet Takeover
For the entire month of May, TFNation is taking over Forbidden Planet stores across the country - and we want YOU to be a part of it!
We will be transforming storefronts in Birmingham, Bristol, London, Cambridge, Coventry, Croydon, Liverpool, Newcastle and Southampton -and we need YOUR help to see it unfold!
To highlight how strong this community is, we are initiating Operation:Selfie. We want to see your pictures in front of our giant store displays and with our limited edition FP carrier bags. Please upload your selfies to social media sites using the hashtags#TFNselfie and #TFNation to join in the fun!
As a thank you to those of you willing to take up the challenge... look carefully, and you might just spot an exclusive reveal in store windows.
More announcements coming soon as things get serious during TFN:May-hem!
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Where All Are One
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Frank Welker will receive a lifetime achievement award at the 43rd annual daytime creative arts emmy awards, it has been announced. You can read the full press release below but we would like to say a big thank you to the uber talented voice actor.
FRANK WELKER THE VOICE OF SCOOBY-DOO AND CURIOUS GEORGE TO RECEIVE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD AT THE 43RD ANNUAL DAYTIME CREATIVE ARTS EMMY® AWARDS
New York, NY – April 12, 2016 – The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) today announced that Frank Welker, legendary performer of the voices of Scooby-Doo and many others will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 43rd Annual Daytime Creative Arts Emmy® Awards on Friday, April 29th, 2016 at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites in downtown Los Angeles.
“Every child in America has grown up listening to Frank Welker bring the adventures of Freddy Jones and Scooby-Doo to life,” said Bob Mauro, President, NATAS. “Frank is an audible magician. He has made an indelible mark on the hearts and minds of us all with his ability to bring these and so many other characters into our lives and make them real. It is with great pleasure that the National Academy bestows the prestigious Emmy Award for Lifetime Achievement to him for his great body of work.”
“I have been a fan of Frank Welker’s work my entire life,” said David Michaels, SVP, Daytime (NATAS). “He is a unique person creating very unique characters such as Curious George, Wonder Dog, Shmoo, Megatron and his body of work over the last 40 years is remarkable. It is our great pleasure to acknowledge his long career in front of his many peers at the Daytime Creative Arts Emmy gala.”
Frank Welker
Responsible for creating the voices and sound effects of hundreds of animated characters over a span of nearly fifty years, Welker has garnered the respect of audiences and peers alike for his unparalleled skills as a voice actor. While he has also appeared on television series, variety and talk shows, in pilots and commercials, it is because of his invaluable work behind the camera that Frank Welker has been chosen to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s 43rd Annual Daytime Emmys.
Born in Denver, Colorado, Welker developed a stand-up comedy act in college, which got him started on the concert circuit touring withThe Righteous Brothers and Sergio Mendes. He continued with stand up, appearing in places including Las Vegas and Lake Tahoe as the opening act for such headliners as Sonny and Cher, Diana Ross, Loretta Lynn, Ann-Margret and Neil Sedaka.
Welker’s first on camera film role was as a bar fight participant in Stan Dragoti’s Dirty Little Billy. He played a college kid from Rutgers University in the Elvis Presley picture, and later co-starred with Don Knotts in Universal’s How to Frame a Figg. Welker also appeared in two Disney films, The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes and Now You See Him, Now You Don’t.
His on camera television appearances included Love American Style, The Partridge Family and The Don Knotts Show. He played a prosecutor in the highly acclaimed ABC special, The Trial of General Yamashita, and as ‘Captain Pace’ beside Richard Dreyfuss’Yossarian in Paramount television’s pilot Catch-22. He also made appearances on Laugh In, The Dean Martin Roast, The Mike Douglas Show, The Tonight Show, Merv Griffin, The Smothers Brothers, The Burns and Schreiber Comedy Hour and returned to an on-camera role in the film The Informant, playing Matt Damon’s father.
His first cartoon job was for Hanna Barbara voicing Freddy Jones in the legendary Scooby Doo series. It is believed that Frank holds the record for voicing the longest running character in the history of animation Freddy Jones. Frank is still doing the teenaged Freddy45 years after he began and is currently recording the latest iteration Be Cool Scooby Doo. In addition to Freddy Jones, he has been the voice of Scooby Doo for over a decade. Frank was also voices of Dinky on CBS’s Dinky Dog, Fangface on Ruby Spears’ Fangfaceand he also played Dynomutt in The Scooby Doo/Dynomutt Hour. He was the voice of Jabberjaw and the voice of Bufford on The Bufford Files, Schlepcar on Sid and Marty Kroftts’ Wonderbug, Herbie on Fantastic Four and seven regular voices on Hanna-Barbera’sYogi Space Race.
Other indelible characters created by Welker include Wonder Dog, Shmoo , Doctor Claw on Inspector Gadget, including various G.I. Joe heroes and villains, Baby Kermit and Skitter on the Muppet Babies. Also, he brought many characters alive in Steven Speilberg’sTiny Toons! and in Animatics, including the studio boss Mr. Plotz, and the studio’s questionable “guard” Ralph the Guard. He also played Runt, the sweet but dumb dog, against Bernadette Peters’ Rita the cat; both strays.
His other characters include the wide-eyed monkey Abu in Aladdin to the Green Ghost Slimmer in The Real Ghostbusters. Welker voiced Gargamel‘s cat Azrael in live action/animated film versions of The Smurfs, a role that he will reprise in the upcoming SmurfsFeature Film. He can be heard as Nibbler in Futurama, as well as the very opinionated cat Garfield and the mischievous, curious monkey, Curious George.
Welker voiced many recurring characters in the multiple iterations of Transformers animated series, including eight of the original 14 Decepticons including Megatron, Galvatron, Soundwave, Skywrap, Laserbeak, Rumble, Frenzy, Ravage and Ratbat. Welker also reprised the roles of Megatron and Soundwave in the series Transformers: Prime (retitled Transformers: Prime – Beast Hunters for its third season) and the video game Transformers: Devastation. In the motion picture world he voiced Soundwave in the filmTransformers: Dark of the Moon (2011), and reprised his role as Galvatron in Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014), adding to his already large list of roles within the Transformers franchise.
Responsible for a broad spectrum of character voices, and other vocal effects that have appeared over the last 45 years in American television and motion pictures, Welker was listed as the number one “All Time Top 100 Stars at the Box Office for five consecutive years,” not as a box office draw, but in terms of the total revenue generated by the films in which he has participated.
The Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (part of The Daytime Emmy Awards) recognize outstanding achievement in all fields of daytime television production and are presented to individuals and programs broadcast from 2:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. during the 2015 calendar year.
The 43rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards is a presentation of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
FX Group, Inc., is the official provider of the Daytime Emmy Award Almanac, the official program for the event. Yangaroo, Inc. is the official provider of the Digital Media Distribution System Awards Management Solution (“DMDS”) for the submission, judging and voting of all programs in the 43rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards.
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A full list of all nominees in all categories can be downloaded from our website at www.emmyonline.tv.
Press Registration forms for the April 29th event can be found on the NATAS website at http://emmyonline.com/day_43rd_credentials
About The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) is a professional service organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of television and the promotion of creative leadership for artistic, educational and technical achievements within the television industry. It recognizes excellence in television with the coveted Emmy® Award for News & Documentary, Sports, Daytime Entertainment, Daytime Creative Arts & Entertainment, Public & Community Service, and Technology & Engineering. NATAS membership consists of over 15,000 broadcast and media professionals represented in 19 regional chapters across the country. Beyond awards, NATAS has extensive educational programs including Regional Student Television and its Student Award for Excellence for outstanding journalistic work by high school students, as well as scholarships, publications, and major activities for both industry professionals and the viewing public. For more information, please visit the website at www.emmyonline.tv
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The Planet Iacon Facebook page has shared several images originating from the Weibo account of @GRAVE. These images show upcoming Titans Return figures. In this batch of leaked figures we have the following characters:
Most of these leaked figures are coming from internal color guides, with some images even still stating "design TBD".
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Czech Republic guide website Expats is reporting that part of the principal photography of Transformers 5 will take place in Czech Republic, following an invitation from prime minister Bohuslav Sobotka.
The site also states that producers were spotted location scouting in the country. It's known that part of the next movie will be shot in England as well as across parts of Europe but there has yet to be any official word
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The TakaraTomy Mall listing for MP Alert "anime edition" has been updated with some new images that includes a teaser that an official Masterpiece Inferno may well be on the way! If this is true, which it is looking likely is the case, then a Grapple is also probably not far behind. Autobase Aichi speculate that, if he is released, Inferno is likely to be in stored in November or December.
You can view a mirrored image below.
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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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Acting Auditions have revealed that the Principal Photography schedule for the Transformers 5. Filming of E75 (Transformers 5 Project Codename) begins on the 15th June in Detroit, Michigan before moving to London where it shall conclude on the 15th October 2016. The movie is set to be released on the 23rd June 2017.
The Wrap is reporting a rumour that the fourteen-year old actress Isabela Moner is being considered for the lead female role in Transformers 5 rumoured to be called Izabella. Moner credits include “Dora and Friends: Into the City!” and “100 Things to Do Before High School”.
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The TransformersAsia.com release of MP-32 Beast Convoy has been announced as coming with an exclusive skull flaill just like the original Optimus Primal / Beast Convoy toy.
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TFYuki has been busy on Twitter posting new images of some of the upcoming TakaraTomy Transformers products.
ヘッドマスターギミックを搭載したレジェンズシリーズも続々登場☆
— トランスフォーマー情報局 (@TF_pr) April 8, 2016
こちらはLG26ブラー！さすがのイケメンですヽ(^◇^*)/ pic.twitter.com/HdYgm1fyoS
合体戦士に焦点を当てたシリーズ「ユナイトウォリアーズ」より、UW08 コンピューティコンがいよいよ予約受付開始 (・∀・)！
— トランスフォーマー情報局 (@TF_pr) April 8, 2016
アニメの設定により近づけるため、日本オリジナルの新規造形パーツが使用されていますよ～ pic.twitter.com/hLEEF1mQC4
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(New York) – Power up, energize and roll to the rescue as the fourth season of TRANSFORMERS RESCUE BOTS premieres on Discovery Family Channel with back-to-back episodes on Saturday, April 23 at 8 AM ET/7 AM CT and 8:30 AM ET/7:30 AM CT. Additionally, the animated series will introduce new characters – the first-ever female Rescue Bot “Quickshadow” voiced by Alex Kingston (“ER”) and “Chickadee” voiced by Kristen Schaal (“Bob’s Burgers”). TRANSFORMERS RESCUE BOTS will also celebrate its 100th episode milestone this season.
In the season four back-to-back premiere episodes “New Normal” and “Bridge Building,” the invasion of an evil alien race forces the Rescue Bots to reveal their true extraterrestrial identities to the citizens of Griffin Rock. But before the townspeople vote on whether to let the robots in disguise stay in their town, the Auto Bots are transported to the Sahara Desert and must band together with their human counterparts to get home safely. Throughout the action-packed season, the Bots work tirelessly on a new project, construction of the Mainland Training Center and continue to test the powerful “Groundbridge” portal that allows them to transport between their firehouse headquarters and training center.
TRANSFORMERS RESCUE BOTS follows the adventures of four young Transformers and their human counterparts – a family of emergency responders with 12-year-old Cody Burns at the center. The Rescue Bots – Heatwave, Chase, Blades and Boulder are tasked by Optimus Prime to study the ways of humanity and protect mankind on the island of Griffin Rock, a highly advanced hub of technology located off the coast of Maine. Throughout the series, Cody and his family teach the Bots how to live amidst humankind while learning about teamwork, cooperation and overcoming obstacles along the way. Created specifically for a younger generation of TRANSFORMERS fans, each 30-minute episode of TRANSFORMERS RESCUE BOTS is full of family, heart, humor and adventure as the Rescue Bots support their mission to protect and learn from humans.
TRANSFORMERS RESCUE BOTS is produced by Hasbro Studios for Discovery Family Channel. For Hasbro Studios, Stephen Davis is the executive producer. The series was developed for television by Jeff Kline, Nicole Dubuc and Brian Hohlfeld. To learn more, go to http://www.discoveryfamilychannel.com, on Facebook at Facebook.com/DiscFamily and on Twitter @DiscoveryFamily.
About Discovery Family Channel
The leading television destination for families in the United States, Discovery Family is available in nearly 70 million U.S. homes and is a joint venture of Discovery Communications and Hasbro. Discovery Family is programmed with a clever mix of original series, family-friendly movies, and programming from Discovery’s non-fiction library and Hasbro Studios’ popular animation franchises, including MY LITTLE PONY: FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC, LITTLEST PET SHOP and TRANSFORMERS RESCUE BOTS. The smart entertainment choice for families, Discovery Family attracts children and their parents with the highest-quality, real-world content that appeals to the entire family in the General Entertainment, Adventure and Animals genres at night and award-winning animation programming in Daytime.
About Hasbro Studios
Hasbro (NASDAQ: HAS) is a global company committed to Creating the World’s Best Play Experiences, by leveraging its beloved brands, including LITTLEST PET SHOP, MAGIC: THE GATHERING, MONOPOLY, MY LITTLE PONY, NERF, PLAY-DOH and TRANSFORMERS, and premier partner brands. From toys and games, television programming, motion pictures, digital gaming and consumer product licensing, Hasbro fulfills the fundamental need for play and connection with children and families around the world. The Company’s Hasbro Studios and its film label, ALLSPARK PICTURES, create entertainment brand-driven storytelling across mediums, including television, film, digital and more. Through the company’s commitment to corporate social responsibility, including philanthropy, Hasbro is helping to build a safe and sustainable world and to positively impact the lives of millions of children and families. Learn more at www.hasbro.com, and follow us on Twitter (@Hasbro & @HasbroNews) and Instagram (@Hasbro).
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American electronic music group Major Lazer are set to feature on the soundtrack of the upcoming Transformers movie. Diplo; one of the producers of the group posted the following on Instagram:
“Big meeting about transformers 6 transformers vs major lazer @michaelbay #michealbae at Komodo in miami there u go @davegrutman”
Yes they posted Transformers 6
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