Rather than bring you different news stories on the various Botcon panels from today, we've decided to give you one that contains links to various reports as its far easier :p So here goes.

TFW2005

IDW Panel

Activision Panel

Animated Panel with David Kaye and Werid Al

Hasbro Product Preview Panel

Tformers

IDW Panel

Activision Panel

Hasbro Panel

The Allspark

Hasbro Panel

Well, I took a recording of the UK TRU display to get the sound bites. There are some real classics in there with something special at the end.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJOwivbLUdE

Enjoy

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TFWorld 2005 have posted a summary from the first Botcon panel

Just got back from the TFCC Panel, highlights below.

2 things for the end of the year, one cover for the magazine involves Derrick Wyatt

Animated Tech Specs – more planned, 5 at the end of year


Shattered Glass Quintesson Aquarius – Space Hippy, faces look like the Beatles
Shatteredverse Computron

2010 still being worked out

4 more Shattered stories

Blitzwing Bop
Transhuman
Ultimate Salvation
Bonus end of year story

Club exclusives announced tomorrow

2010 toy not ready yet but is being worked on, solid idea.

Not making any more Shatteredverse characters for now – definitely not Omega Doom for now.
Movie toys off limits for exclusives.
Got to see what happens with Animated to see if they can use the toys. Not any time soon.

Heatwave – won’t get a lot of screentime in the comic.
Nexus Maximus – a few names didn’t clear legal, one had Nexus, one had Maximus, Hasbro suggested Nexus Maximus. They ran with it. Didn’t Google it. Ooopssss…
One of the 13, no specific alignment, predates the war.

The 13 are unique over all continuities – there is only one per continuity. Unicron stays evil wherever he is.

Story ideas – not usually a problem.
Names – bit trickier to avoid infringing a mark.

Club board software getting an upgrade.
Might get a fan fiction section.

Can’t touch continuity specific characters like Drift or Mikaela.

Will be a collected edition of the year 3-4-5 comics (if Pete can talk Brian into it)

Razorclaw & Elira-1 were done as a way of covering those characters.
Didn’t want to use the Leo Prime head, didn’t know and was glad about it.

Go-Bots 5 pack – other things they’d want to do first that would sell better

Seacons story would have tied up a loose end from the Marvel comic, still hope at some point of doing it as Part 4 (1 – Crossing Over, 2 – Games of Deception, 3 – Cheap Shots, 4 - ???)

Shattered Glass – idea started as a Mirrorverse GI Joe set, threw around idea for a while, didn’t work for Joe but worked for TF


Comics

Diamond edition split cover old Kup to the left, young to the right, pretty fun looking pencils.

Holligan not Sunstorm (fooled me) but Gaihawk was correct

Sweeps planned for 2 years

Skyquake upgraded from UK bio from Super Evil to Super Evil Super Scientist

Continuity not meant to be certain, just an ambiguous continuity, made sense to leave it open. Future plans for the Elite Guard.

Leozak was originally going to speak in Japanese, way more over the top originally. Compromised with an over the top font instead of having him subtitled.

Pete is extremely happy with how the club comic came out. Look forward to the Diamond Edition content.

Landshark – homage to Steve Martin and Chevy Chase. Cow catcher burrows through the earth.

Sharkticon mold – want to use it, hard to fit it in.

TFW2005 are reporting that US store Target has been told by Hasbro Inc to start selling the Transformers Revenge of the Fallen toys today, earlier than the official release date. You can view the original report here.

Credit to Pete Brown for sending in the following UK Toys R Us sighting report letting everyone know that some TRU stores have their Revenge of the Fallen displays up a day early

poole toysrus has their revenge of the fallen store display up today a day early. Lots of toys and a nice animated display with lights and sounds

Credit to Rancemeister for sending in the following report:

Just back from Toys R Us in Oxford, from where I purchased leader Prime and the 4 Scout class bots: Rollbar, Knock Out, Dirt Boss and Dead En... actually his name on the front is now Detour. Interestingly it still calls him Dead End on the back of the card...

Also of note on sale, in the Oxford branch anyway, where a load of Premium voyagers from the first Movie (Evac, First Strike Prime and Ironhide), the 4 new voyagers from Revenge (Prime, Starscream, Ironhide and Demolisher), Leader Megs, and an interesting 2 pack containing a green repaint of Wreckage and a blue repaint of Evac (renamed Autobot Whirl)...

Thanks to Minion for reporting that "The Transformers Gravity Bots were out at a Tescos in Cambridge today. In addition, Cryotek reported that he saw Leader Optimus Prime & Megatron, Deluxes and Legends at a Tescos in Southampton. The movie toys are starting to hit!"

Our thanks go to Justine Pryce for sending through the following Toys R Us UK press release. 

TOYS R US TRANSFORM FOR TRANSFORMERS 2 REVENGE OF THE FALLEN

25 years after the original Transformers were launched, toy giant Toys R Us has announced it will dedicate a massive 24ft wall of space at the front of their stores to accommodate the latest Transformers toy range…4 weeks prior to the new movie release.

In 2007, Transformers hit cinema screens across the UK with their first movie and became a spectacular success and a big hit with toy shoppers.  Now Toys R Us are set to give Transformers 2, the new live action blockbuster due for UK release next month massive support at store level and online and has tipped Transformers action figures to be top of toy wish lists yet again.

Already available on ‘pre-order’ at the toys giants online store, the latest toy releases have been given an On Sale Release Date for Saturday (30^th May).  New Action figures and key character Bumblebees’ Helmet and Plasma Cannon accessories are just some of the new toys about to hit the streets.

Toys R Us will be the first and only major multiple to create the ultimate in-store experience defining the Autobots and Decepticons on huge visual and audio imagery giving fans both young and old a unique Transformers shopping experience.

Mike Coogan, Toys R Us Marketing Director said “Transformershas been an enormous product conceptsince Toys R Us launched back in ’85,the size of our stores allow us to merchandise a vast selection of products within the Transformers rangefrom action figures and games tohelmets andstationary.If you love Transformers, then you’ll enjoy a trip toToys R Us, the displays will be amazing and the new range is very exciting”.

TRANSFORMERS 2 REVENGE OF THE FALLEN TOYS

Transformers 2 Deluxe Figure Bumblebee £12.99ON SALE NOW

Get ready to roll out with Autobot allies, especially Sam’s pet favourite Bumblebee. This detailed Bumblebee figure unleashes a launching pulse missile in robot mode and converts to a cool, Camaro concept car in vehicle mode.

Also available is Soundwave, Breakaway, Sideswipe, Rampage, and Sideways.

Transformer 2 Movie Leaders Megatron and Optimus Prime £44.99 each

Add to the Transformers collection with these latest Revenge of the Fallen Movie Leader figures. These large scale Megatron and Optimus Prime action figures come with realistic styling and detail. Mech Alive technology reveals inner gearing whilst electronic lights and sounds truly bring the action to life. 

Transformers 2 Bumblebee Helmet £39.99

Kids can pretend to be the fun-loving Autobot character Bumblebee with this role-playing helmet that lets a child mix their own voice with music and includes ‘tune in’ radio phrases from Bumblebee and battle sound effects.

Transformers 2 Bumblebee Arm Blaster £39.99

To complete the fantasy, kids can pretend to battle the Decepticons with Bumblebee’s Plasma Cannon – the awesome arm blaster with its arsenal of weapons to protect humanity with its realistic lights and sounds.

Transformers 2 Movie Construction Devastator

Look out for this new Devastator made up from no less than six construction vehicles.

Also for those within the Brent Cross area you may well like to know that to mark the launch of the new Transformers range Chevrolet will be at the Brent Cross Toys R Us on Saturday 30th May 2009 from 10am until 6pm with an exclusive Transformers branded version of the Camero.  The car will be painted up like Bumblebee (i.e Yellow with black racing stripes) but will also feature an Autobot insignia on the steering wheel, seats and wheel centres.  For thoese rev heads, the car is available with both V6 and V8 engines and in the LT and SS trims.  RS packages are available as an optional extra which would give you the HID Xenon headlights and 20 inch wheels.

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­ACToys.net member B.O.T has posted some new images of the Japanese Transformers EZ collection Devastator on their message board.  The images have been mirrored below.

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