We have found some new Transformers related trademarks filed with the USPTO by Hasbro Inc. The trademarks are:

1. OVERRIDE

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.

Whilst this doesn't guarantee any intent for a new toy or character using the name, Hasbro often file for Trademarks to help protect IPs, it is an indication of Hasbro's continued USPTO application activities which often take place at this time of year.

For those wondering the previous application for the mark OVERRIDE was in October 2003 with Hasbro last filing a "Combined Declaration of Use & Incontestability" in November 2010 against that mark.

With a lot of the marks coming up for their 5 year renewal, or 5 years since their last renewal, I expect to see a lot more applications for older marks over the coming months.

So it's the 13th of October which means that it is day 2 of our 17 day celebration for the forthcoming 16th year anniversary of Transformers At The Moon being launched.  The celebration sees us take a look back at the events of year where we will cover what was happening within the Transformers brand, this website, the wider fandom in general as well as which toys we were buying and some general world events.  We shall also be holding spotlight gallery focusing on a toy that was released within that calendar year.

Click the headline to read this article in full as well as seeing a new gallery of the toy we chose to be our spotlight for the year 2000.

Hasbro have released the first official renders of the upcoming Titan Returns Sentinel Prime figures which you can see below.

To view all of the official images Hasbro Inc have released since the New York Comic-Con, click the headline.

Over the next 17 days we shall be shall be celebrating the 16 year anniversary of Transformers At The Moon which takes place on the 29th of October.  The celebration will see us taking a look at different toys from the 17 calendar years in which the website has been online (1999-2015) (16 years, 17 calendar years).  We shall also talk a little about what happened in each of the years, both Transformers brand wise and our personal history with Transformers.

Before we do that though let's first unveil our Toy for the Year 1999 - Beast Wars Transmetal II Dinobot!

Click the headline to read this article in full as well as seeing a nice new gallery of the second Beast Wars Toy of this standout character.

We have updated the Transformers toys instruction sheets section of the website with some new PDF instructon sheets entries.

Of the updates, the following new entries were added into the database:

1. Playskool Heroes Transformers Rescue Bots High Tide Rescue Rig Instructions

You can download copies of the instruction sheets from our Transformers toys instruction sheets section of the website.

We have found some new Transformers related trademarks filed with the USPTO by Hasbro Inc. The trademarks are:

1. AUTOBOT TRACKS
2. COMBATICONS

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.

After New York Comic-Con last weekend, Hasbro Inc sent out a whole host of official product images including:

    Warrior Class Fracture
    Warrior Class Megatronus
    Warrior Class Optimus Prime (Arctic Camo redeco)
    Warrior Class Drift (Stealth redeco)
    Warrior Class Thunderhoof
    Warrior Class Quillfire
    Warrior Class Bumblebee (Night Strike redeco)
    Minicon Class Windstrike
    Minicon Class Blu
    Blizzard Strike Optimus Prime
    Ratchet
    Terribull
    Nightbeat
    Crashbash
    Loudmouth
    Skullcruncher w/ Grax
    Hardhead w/ Duros

You can view these images and more after the jump

A Roll Out Roll Call has finished and the UK is now without another Transformers show until TFNation next August (which gives everyone time ot save some pennies again).  RORC was a blast one again for us as we both love Transformers, G.I.Joe and Masters of the Universe so there is always something going on that we want to see.  Now this year was the first time that a representative from Fub Publications appeared at the event in person, that person being Pete Sinclair who appeared via Skype last year. Having Pete at the show was great for both the Transformers and Joe brandns in the UK as attendees got to ask him questions over the weekend as well as listen to not one but two panels.  During those panels some details were revealed directly, or indirectly regarding some of Fub Publications upcoming plans.  Below you shall find a small summary of thhe key points.

1. They hope that the trouble regarding booking from this years shows are over as they haved changed host and IT solutions contractors.

2. The theme for next years Botcon was revealed during the show prior to the Facebook/Twitter announcement as an exclusive (which was a nice touch). The theme is Beast Wars and is a homage to their own previous Botcon set which featured the Maximal team prior to arriving on Earth with next years set being DAWN OF THE PREDACUS and featuring the Predacons. The first  figure was also revealed at the show as being Ravage.  It will be a combiner was set with 5 new head sculpts (including the combined form) for the box set.  The set was going to be a Beast Wars theme but it was then changed to become a Combiner Wars theme more recently.  A mockup of the Ravage figure was on display during the show with a low quality head sculpt.

3. Next years Botcon set shall have the most amount of new heads out of any set.

4. Hasbro, currently, want Fub Pub to work closer with them and the product that they are putting out at Retail, hence the Combiner Wars theme.

5. Pete once  again stated that there will probably be no Animated themed Botcon Box sets again in the future however TFCC and show-exclusive twin pack figures may be an option

6, Hasbro want to try to engage more with their non-US fans as well as US fans in general.  Fun Pub are also looking at ways to try to improve "things" for non-US based fans.  Europe and Japan were specifically mentioned but Pete was referring to spreading their global fan-base / membership

7. Subs for the new Collectors Club figures are up on the previous year

8. There will be more Pretenders coming in the future. He was kinda tricked into revealing this through some clever questioning

9. Pete mentioned that the 2018 Botcon theme is alreadty set and that they were still finalising the 2017 theme. This seemed  to be missed by most of the audience.

10. More Joe/TF cross-overs will be coming. One of the characters from the "90s themes comic set" was revealed at the show which was not planned.

11. Pete showed off some more plans that did not make it, so different ones to the Botcon panel as these had a more European Centric feel. There were lots of groans but it did give him feedback on how differences between the US and European collectors regarding cerrtain characters.

12. Joecon information shall be announced soon, though they are in full Botcon mode at the moment. The location wasn not revealed but hints included that it was somewhere new, where Pete had never been before, and that landmarks would  give it away.

We have found some new Transformers related trademarks filed with the USPTO by Hasbro Inc. The trademarks are:

1. TITANS RETURN

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.

Roll Out Roll Call have revealed, via Faceboo, that Pete Sinclair wil be offering new product revealed regarding both Transformers and G.I.Joe during his Saturday and Sunday panels this  weekend in Southampton England!

Saturday, Transformers Collectors' Club Panel at 16:00

Join Pete Sinclair from the Transformers Collectors' Club as he gives you an insight into the Club, offers up NEW PRODUCT REVEALS and discusses the 2016 official Collectors’ Convention, BotCon.

Sunday, Transformers & G.I. Joe Collectors' Clubs Q&A Panel at 15:00

Once again join Pete Sinclair from Fun Publications who will field your questions relating to both Collectors’ Clubs, with A SPECIAL FIRST LOOK AT UPCOMING ITEMS for the G.I. Collectors’ Club.

Does this mean more information about Botcon and Joecon are going to be announced shortly? Just what will be shown? Find out this weekend At RollOutRollCall.

We have found some new Transformers related trademarks filed with the USPTO by Hasbro Inc. The trademarks are:

1. BREAKDOWN

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.

K-Hobby Twitter feed and hobbylog.jp have posted images of grey prototypes for two new Transformers Masterpiece figures from TakaraTomy. The first is a new look at the recently announced new Hot Rod figure with the second reveal being an official Masterpiece Shockwave. Yes, we are finally getting a NEW Decepticon Masterpiece character.

You can view the images after the jump

RollOutRollCall have announced that artist Guido Guidi will be flying in from Italy to attend the UK Transformers and G.I.Joe show which takes place in Southampton England on the 3rd and 4th October 2015.  Guido has contribute to many Transformers projects over the years with some of his more recent work including the awesome Transformers: Devastation game from Activision!

Jaguarshoes Collective have put on an exhibition called Industrial Origami that is currently running in Shoreditch here in London England that features some work from Transformer designer Alex Kubalsky (Classics Mirage, Animated Black Arachnia, Real Gear High Score).  Alex will be holding a Q&A as well as a presentation this Thursday (September 24th) about transformable toys. The exhibition runs through November 1st. You can find more information below.

As part of London Design Festival and the Shoreditch design triangle 2015, Alexander Kabulsky will be showcasing an all new transformation design, a personal work for JaguarShoes.

Destined to be produced by a toy company later this year the new design will feature as part of Alex Kabulsky's product showcase and talk during design week, titled Industrial Origami at old Shoreditch and subsequently as part of an exhibition at DreamBagsJaguarShoes.

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For more than 30 years transformation has been a staple part of the pop cultural landscape in the shape of Rransformers a toy and movie franchise, born in 1984 which grew from Japanese designed Takara toys, rebranded and distributed in the USA as Transformers.

However, the art of transformation design is an ancient practice, rooted in the well documented paper folding traditions of origami.

Today this highly specialised practice is permeating the design of both purposeful and frivolous objects in society. Since metropolitan living grows increasingly dense within it's confined spaces, it is an art form that will continue to grow across all mediums.

JaguarShoes Collective believe that this design practice is long overdue some well deserved admiration and celebration. Therefore we will be hosting a talk and Q&A on 24th September alongside an exhibition of work by prop and toy designer Alexander Kubalsky.

An accomplished product designer Alex specialises in the art of Transformable design and is commissioned by numerous commercial clients inc. Hasbro, Warner Films and many other multinational toy and film franchises.

For anyone with a love of Transforming, a desire to introduce this art to their practice or to pursue and career designing transforming objects' we recommend that you book a ticket in advance.

The  Taiwanese Transformers Fan group on Facebookhave posted two photographs of the Year Of The Monkey Platinum Edition Optimus Primal on the shelves of Taiwan.

Thanks to an Autobase Aichi for the initial report