Hero Collector, Eaglemoss' genre collectables division, have announced that they are producing a crowd funded Transformers chess set based on the original Sunbow / MP Transformers cartoon that is officially licenced by Hasbro.  You can find a full press release below as well as the two official videos.

Click the Read More link for all the images and check out the campaign by visiting herocollector.com/transformerschess

The official advert for the video can be viewed below

With the longer Kickstarter video available below.

Press Release

Hero Collector and Hasbro Join Forces

To Bring Transformers Chess To Kickstarter

(London, UK – 13 August, 2021) Hero Collector – award-winning designers and publishers of high-quality collectibles from across the worlds of pop culture – is joining forces with Hasbro to launch their first ever Kickstarter campaign: an all-new Transformers Chess Set!

This epic chess set will feature 32 unique game pieces – 16 for the heroic Autobots and 16 for the villainous Decepticons – created specifically for the Kickstarter and modelled on the classic 1980s Generation One (G1) Transformers animated cartoon! Each model is digitally sculpted, then cast in metallic resin and painted by hand. The sculpts, which show the Transformers in their robot form, were developed with Hasbro and are based on the original animation designs and careful study of the animated series.

Standing 4-6” tall on a base marked with the symbol for the relevant chess piece, these robotic warriors will wage war on an exclusive Cybertron-themed chess board, with color-coded symbols in Autobot red or Decepticon purple. These two warring factions include such iconic characters as:

• Autobot King: Optimus Prime. The beloved commander of the Autobots, Optimus Prime championed freedom in countless clashes across Cybertron – and Earth, where he adopted his famous truck alternate mode.

• Autobot Knight: Hot Rod. A young and brash Autobot with a race car alt-mode, Hot Rod eventually grew to lead the Autobots – as Rodimus Prime!

• Autobot Pawn: Bumblebee. The heart of the Autobots, Bumblebee was quick to befriend their human allies in his iconic yellow beetle alt-mode.

• Autobot Pawn: Prowl. The surly strategist of the Autobots, Prowl’s police car alt-mode suited his no-nonsense personality.

• Decepticon King: Megatron. The feared leader and founder of the Decepticons, and the eternal nemesis of Optimus Prime, Megatron sought nothing less than complete iron-fisted domination of Cybertron!

• Decepticon Queen: Starscream. The scheming second-in-command of the Decepticons, Starscream constantly plotted to overthrow Megatron.

• Decepticon Knight: Soundwave. The loyal comms officer of the Decepticons, Soundwave gathered intelligence using his trio of cassette-minions.

• Decepticon Knight: Shockwave. The ops commander of the Decepticons, Shockwave’s cold logic and laser-turret mode made him a deadly threat.

This Kickstarter launches on 13 August, 2021 – with a delivery date of Q4 2022. A variety of backer gifts are planned for fans who want to go the distance in bringing this game to life – including a Transformers pin badge, Transformers profile book, and more exclusive Gen-1 chess pieces!

Fans and collectors should stay tuned for further information, such as the full roster of characters and details of stretch goals. You can visit the page now at herocollector.com/transformerschess

ABOUT HERO COLLECTOR

Hero Collector is Eaglemoss’ imprint for genre collectables and is one of the world’s leading producers of figurines and fantasy die-cast vehicles. It makes products based on many of the world’s most popular entertainment brands. For more information, visit www.herocollector.com and www.eaglemoss.com.

ABOUT HASBRO

Hasbro (NASDAQ: HAS) is a global play and entertainment company committed to making the world a better place for all children, fans and families. Hasbro delivers immersive brand experiences for global audiences through consumer products, including toys and games; entertainment through eOne, its independent studio; and gaming, led by the team at Wizards of the Coast, an award-winning developer of tabletop and digital games best known for fantasy franchises MAGIC: THE GATHERING and DUNGEONS & DRAGONS. 

The company’s unparalleled portfolio of approximately 1,500 brands includes MAGIC: THE GATHERING, NERF, MY LITTLE PONY, TRANSFORMERS, PLAY-DOH, MONOPOLY, BABY ALIVE, DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, POWER RANGERS, PEPPA PIG and PJ MASKS, as well as premier partner brands. For the past decade, Hasbro has been consistently recognized for its corporate citizenship, including being named one of the 100 Best Corporate Citizens by 3BL Media and one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere Institute. Important business and brand updates are routinely shared on our Investor Relations website, Newsroom and social channels (@Hasbro on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn.) 

© 2021 Hasbro, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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

1. SUNNY STARSCOUT
2. MARK ONLY
3. MARK ONLY
4. MARK ONLY
5. MARK ONLY
6. ZIPP STORM

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.

Below you can listen to the cut dialogue from the Transformers Generation One cartoon episode Dinobot Island Part 2

This video contains audio taken from a slugged tape acquired from a former MP/Sunbow producer. Full and dialogue scripts for the episode can be downloaded from the Sunbow Marvel Archive: - Dialogue Script - https://bit.ly/3dr1WPp​ - Full Script: https://bit.ly/2NFFffK

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BARBARIAN: Ura manamabirno! Ramballalala uramala!

HUFFER: What a great time to hit rush-hour traffic!

** DELETED AUDIO **

SUNSTREAKER: Hey, watch it! I just had my chassis wax and buffed!

DRIVER: Yeah?!? If that hairy elephant sits on you, they'll have to get you out with a can opener... hey, wait a second, whose driving the car?

SUNSTREAKER: I am! Now what's on your mind?

DRIVER: I didn't see what I thought I saw... I didn't... didn't... didn't

** DELETED AUDIO **

IRONHIDE: Now... where's Spike and Bumblebee?

HOUND: I'm getting an Autobot reading... from there.

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** DELETED AUDIO with Wally Direction ** 

BARBARIAN Body English Take 1

MEGATRON: Good work, Decepticons! Continue to harvest this bounty of primeval energies there's no one to stop us now! (laughs)

BARBARIAN: Gunda nah? Naga gunda? Wunga ga dindy! Dindy wah!

** DELETED AUDIO ENDS **  

IRONHIDE: We gott do somethin', Optimus.

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Body English Dialogue for Sideswipe and Huffer - take one

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Isolated body English - take 2 as they push them through the time warp

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SPIKE: Say, Optimus! I know who might be able to figure out what happened! Chip -- and Teletraan I!

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STARSCREAM: Megatron, this island is unstable! We must evacuate!

MEGATRON: You mean that you a Decepticon Warrior First Class, fear a few tremors?

STARSCREAM: Well, not o"fear" exactly

MEGATRON: We stay! Until all the island's energy belongs to us!

** DELETED SCENE **

** DELETED AUDIO **

OPTIMUS PRIME: I am still confused about the cause of the time warp.

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CHIP CHASE: Teletraan I should solve the mystery, Optimus Prime -- with the right input.

SPIKE WITWICKY: You'll do it, Chip.

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OPTIMUS PRIME: Two time warps?

** DELETE AUDIO though Wheeljack was animated to speak in the episode **

WHEELJACK: Two time warps?

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SEASPRAY: I know what you mean, Tracks! 

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SEASPRAY: I actually prefer prefer my Hovercraft form to robot mode

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SEASPRAY: But different strokes for different blokes!

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Wally directing Tracks "push strain" body engligh

OUTLAW GANG LEADER: Whoa there!

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Wally scene 103 Motorcycle gang being routed, take 2 plus lower pitch

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RED ALERT: Not in this direction, boys! Don't you dare! Pitch in, Inferno, or do you want me to do it all by myself?

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INFERNO: Nifty, neat, nice going, Red Alert. Now

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INFERNO: Let me put out their fire for good!

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WHEELJACK: Somethin' is makin' this volcano active again!

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CHIP: Not surprising. Something has disrupted the energies on Dinobot Island... the same energies that kept it unchanged for millions of years. But now holes have been ripped in the "time flow", and if something isn't done fast, the instability could destroy the fabric of time itself!  And the Earth - the entire Universe - will disintegrate into chaos!

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OPTIMUS PRIME: The energy disruptions on Dinobot Island have activated this volcano as well

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MEGATRON: I don't care if the entire Earth explodes! We can always relocate

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MEGATRON: to any place in the Universe!

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EXTENDED SLAG SFX for flames

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Wally directing Dinobot b-dialogue for reactions

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OPTIMUS PRIME: The Decepticons are here! I knew they were at the bottom of this!

IRONHIDE: Those crypto-ferric rat finks!

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OPTIMUS PRIME: If that stolen energy is taken from this area

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BEACHCOMBER: Like, I hope we don't destroy this place before we can study it! Ooh, wow! (chuckles)

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BEACHCOMBER: Hey

WARPATH: ZORCH! ZAP"

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WARPATH: Hang in there, Beachcomber! Here comes the cavalry! (laughs)

** EXTENDED**

WARPATH: Hey, Blitzwing! Tank you! (laughs)

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OPTIMUS PRIME: Stop! Lay down all weapons! The fighting increases the time disruption! This is Optimus Prime, all Autobots cease fire"

MEGATRON: You heard him, Decepticons! Unarmed Autobots will fall before our firepower!

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SLUDGE: Uhh, now, Grimlock? We attack Decepticons now?

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Dinobots marching to war b-dialgoue

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MEGATRON: Victory is near. I want to savour this moment! Never mind the Autobots! Repel those monsters!

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MEGATRON: Back, you three horned horror .. oof 

STARSCREAM Watch out for it's .... tail

DIRGE: Put me down!! Ohh nooooooo

SKYWARP: Nothing slows them down!

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MEGATRON: If only one Decepticon survives this assault, it shall be I!

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Wally Directing 164-A and 164-B

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OPTIMUS PRIME: The Dinobots have not only proved they can control their powers, they have also demonstrated that they have great value to our cause. They will remain at Autobot Headquarters from now on

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OPTIMUS PRIME: Finally, Trailbreaker's forcefield will insure that the myserious energies of Dinobot Island will be secure 'til the end of time.

From 7pm GMT you'll be able to hear the audio that was cut from the Generation One Transformers episode The Immobilizer on our YouTube channel. You can listen using the embeddd video below.

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

1. SNAKE EYES
2. MARK ONLY
3. SNAKE EYES

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.

Transformers writer Flint Dille is starting to sell off some of his personal Transformers items from his days at Sunbow. He's already sold of one of the Transformers posters that was on the wall and has now placed his first auction up on eBay for a Transformers promotional folder with episode summaries from season one of the cartoon.

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

1. G.I. JOE

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.

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

1. BRAVESTARR
2. MARK ONLY
3. MARK ONLY
4. MARK ONLY

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.

In a series of tweets from ToyAnatomy of screenshots from the TFW2005 boards it appears that knock-off toy maker Wei Jiang has been raided and closed down by officials in China after pressure from Disney who were rightly not happy about the KO Hot Toys they were producing of Marvel's Iron Man

Wei Jiang's flagship store, too....

Not Good pic.twitter.com/Xj3xHcWvDc

— ToyAnatomy (@AnatomyToy) June 4, 2020

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

1. BOTCON

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.

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.

Stay tuned for more updates!

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https://tfnation.com/blog/2020/A%20Generation%20and%20a%20Half

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.