So, some of you may have seen the news story posted by Joe Moore on ToyArk (sister site of TFW2005) announcing the recent find of Visionaries trademarks and a potential Live Action Movie.  Some of you may get excited about the prospects (we would personally love a film series).  A few of you may have seen our Visionaries talk at Roll Out Roll Call, and a handful would have seen some posts Steve made on Monday, a day after the show, regarding finding Visionaries news that would blow fans away.

So lets look at the facts.  The source of the Trademarks is the USPTO website, however it is no small coincidence that all of this has happened in one week.  How can we say that for sure, well lets take a trip through time.

Travelling back one day

Oct 17 - Toyark post ground breaking news of Visionaries trademarks - is there a movie in the works, maybe new toys? http://news.toyark.com/

Travelling back 2 days earlier

Oct 15 - We update our USPTO page with Visionaries trademarks from the 80's and 2010/2013, after our earlier discovery - http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/resources/trademarks/uspto/index.html

Travelling back 2 days earlier

Oct 13 - Steve discovers "the big one".  News that in 2013 AGE, the company that owns the rights to (and created) The Visionaries, had aquired the rights and had started looking into producing a Live Action Visionaries TV Series.  We discovered futher evidence of the planned series after making contact with the someone who worked as the Production Design and Brand Development on the Live Action Visionaries series in 2013.  His role was to design and pitch for a new Visionaries Live Action Franchise set to be produced by the producers of the TRANSFORMERS franchise.

The plans were that after both the Transformers and GI Joe movies, the next film in the Toy/Movie franchise was to be Micronaughts, directed by JJ Abrahams.  This was planned as a 3 movie franchise and would be followed by The Visionaries.  This never arose.

We are looking into how far the pitch for the Live Action Visionaries TV Series and possible Movie got

Travel back 1 day earlier

The UK Convention Roll Out Roll Call has the first ever Visionaries panel looking at preproduction pieces as well as unreleased Series 2 figures and concepts, by David and Steven Mapes (ourselves)

Conclusion

Although we would love for a Visionaries film to me made, we have found no evidence this got past the 2013 pitch

We shall be covering more on this on TheVisionaries.net soon

Two more clips from Transformers Robots in Disguise have been posted onto You Tube.  Both show the pretty slick animation style, and decent writing .. just a shame the Decepeticons are animal-robot hybrids

Hasbro have now sent out Press Releases containing image packs of the figures which are being shown at New York Comic-Con. You can view the list of figures below and the images after the jump.Angry Bird Transformers

• Bumblebee Bird Telepod
• Optimus Raceway
• Sentinel Prime Bird vs Decepti-hog Bludgeon
• Energon Racer Pack

Transformers Combiner Wars

• Legends Class Huffer (Optimus Prime remould)
• Leader Class Thundercracker (Jetfire remould)

Transformers Robots In Disguise

• Hyperchange Heroes Grimlock
• Legion Class Bumblebee
• Legion Class Sideswipe
• Legion Class Grimlock
• Legion Class Steeljaw
• One-Step Changer Strongarm
• One-Step Changer Grimlock
• One-Step Changer Bumblebee
• One-Step Changer Steeljaw
• Warrior Class Optimus Prime
• Warrior Class Strongarm
• Warrior Class Grimlock
• Warrior Class Drift

Kreons

• Battle Changers Optimus Prime
• Battle Changers Bumblebee
• Battle Changers Starscream
• Battle Changers Grimlock
• Battle Changers Optimus vs Megatron
• Battle Changers Ratchet Vs Soundwave
• RID Sideswipe Roadway Rundown
• RID Underbite Jetpack Takedown
• RID Strongarm Capture Cruiser
• RID Optimus Prime Beast Blaster
• RID Bumblebee Disc Demolishor
• Kreon Warriors Wave 1
• Robots In Disguise Custom Kreons

The Roll Out Roll Call 2014 panel line-up has been announced and is the following

Saturday.

1. Deconstructing Silent Interlude with Larry Hama
2. The Power & The Honor Foundation with Emiliano SantaluciaJoe Declassified with Gary 'Gyre-Viper' Head
3. 3rd Party Transforming Toys with Ceno Kibble & Casey Sark
4. Designing Action Figures with Boss Fight Studio
5. (TFCC / GIJoe CC) Fun Publications Round-Table and Q&A

Thats right, Burger King in both the UK and Turkey are stocking exclusive GI Joe figures!!!
This is the first exclusive GI Joe stuff since Rise of Cobra but, and there is a BIG but, they are really really naff.

The good part is the packaging

The Super Festival 66 is currently taking place in Japan, and via Taghobby, where some exclusive Japanese Transformers have been shown off

First up are the Million Publishing exclusives, Shouki and GoShooter, who are mail in exclusives for Transformers Generations 2014 Volumes 1 and 2 respectively. They are homages to characters from Headmasters and Masterforce, the Japanese Generation 1 shows, and both feature Mini-Con / Targetmaster partners.

Next up are a couple of new images of the fourth set of Transformers Cloud releases. For the fourth releases in the Transformers Cloud line, Generations Roadbuster is getting a repaint as Energon Ironhide aka Super Link Roadbuster, while Generations Sky-Byte is sporting a Skywarp redeco as Hellwarp.

Transformers Writer and Artists Bob Budiansky ,Jose Delbo and Herb Trimp have all been annouced for the October 2014 London Film and Comic Con as well as the October event.  Bob Budainsky wrote the original Transformers comics, before it was taken over by Simon Furman, whilst Jose nad Herb also worked on the comics.

If you don't want to wait though make your way to the Jury's Inn in Southampton for Roll Our Roll Call on the 11th and 12th of October for a Transformers, GI Joe and Masters of the Universe convention where guests include both toy designers and sculpters from present day and the past, writers and artists for all three shows

This months Japanese Hobby magazines come with a fresh and full look at the soon to be released Masterpiece Star Saber figure. The figure we expect to be released in a blackk redeco later to match the Robotmasters figure but the latest offers show the painted figure in various forms giving everyone the best look thus far at the toy.

The Transformers Collectors Club have posted some new images of their "Figure Subscription Service 3.0 Tarantulas" toy over on their Facebook page which includes a revised version based on feedback from fans which sees the figure coloured closer to the original Beast Wars colour scheme.

You can check out the images, along with a comparison created by a TFW2005 member, below

Felipe León Nájera from the Transformers Colombia Facebook group has posted scans from a Hasbro products line catalog which shows the Columbian releases for Transformers Robots In Disguise, the new 2015 toy/cartoon/comic series.

The first piece of news from the scans is that the Cartoon will air on March 15th 2014 in Colombia, so expect a US launch towards the end of 2014 or early 2015.

Three scans were leaked, all of which are attached to this news item, whihc config the 2015 line-up as revealed that which was revealed at San Diego Comic Con 2014. The four assortments are:

1. Warrior (Deluxe)
2. Legion (Legends, 12 figures)
3. Hyperchange (three step transformations)
4. One-Step Changers (14 toys)

The second and third sheets cover the side-line such as "Titan figures", 12 inch Hero figures and a series of 6 inch Titan Guardians. The image accompanying the listing suggests that there will be a 5-pack of 6 inch Titan Guardian Seekers made up of Starscream, Thundercracker, Skywarp, Sunstorm and Acid Storm.

Toys R Us UK have updated their website with the in stock product listing for Masterpiece Sunstorm! Yes UK fans you can pick up this seeker from your local TRU store for £69.99.  They have also sent out a newsletter which hints that the new updated release of MP Grimlock will also see a UK release in the not so distant future.  Stay tuned!

Sunstorm TRU Listing

If you are in the Pawtucket area this Sunday you might want to head on over to the City Hall this Sunday for a special exhibition by Hasbro Inc called "From Sketches to Product Development of a Transformers Figure".  The exhibt will guide attendees through the design and development process of the "Stomp and Chomp" Grimlock figure.

Pawtucket's Advisory Commission on Arts and Culture is hosting an exhibit on the creation and development on the Transformers brand, by Hasbro, Inc.

The exhibit, entitled, "From Sketches to Product Development of a Transformer Figure" will be held Sunday from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m, in the lobby of City Hall.

Hasbro will offer a look at the process of developing the new 'Stomp and Chomp Grimlock' figure, from renderings to finished product.

Concept art from the model artists featuring all the original Transformers will be included.

A drawing will be held for free collectibles from this year's Comic-Con event.

The exhibit will be in place for three months, and is open to the public each day from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

From NBC 10 News

Roll Out Roll Call, the Transformers and G.I-Joe show, have announced more guests for the event taking place in October here within the UK.

First up comes the announcement that Gary Head from Joe Declassified will be attending the show and holding a special panel

"Attending Roll Out Roll Call, The UK Transformers, G.I. Joe & Action Force Show for the first time, we are hugely privileged to welcome Gary 'Gyre-Viper' Head on behalf of Joe Declassified. Expect to see an amazing panel, packed full of pre-production and behind the scenes information into the creation of the G.I. Joe toys. The Joe Declassified Booth is one of the highlights of GIJoeCon (Official), put together by a team of contributors dedicated to preserving the knowledge of G.I. Joe toy history."

Next up is the announcement of a new 3rd Party panel held by the UK's own Cassy Sark and Ceno Kibble.  The pair have worked wih various third party companies designing many of the more popular 3rd party figures. The pair will be holding a new panel for the show which will follow on from their TFCon and Auto Assembly panels which both went down a storm. So for the latest in 3rd Party news, make sure to attend the event.

"This years Roll Out Roll Call, The UK Transformers, G.I. Joe & Action Force Show will feature a special "3rd Party Panel" hosted by Cassy Sark and Ceno Kibble, who have worked extensively with various 3rd party companies.
Cassy Sark is the conceptual designer behind Feral Rex, Hexatron, Citizen Stack, The Air-Raptor Squadron and the upcoming Overlord analogue for Mastermind Creations.
Ceno Kibble is a creative consultant and editor / writer, having written the entire Reformatted line for MMC and several dozen toy biographies.

Mobage have announced the details of their new Unicron Returns event for Transformers: Legends. The event is based upon the Generation One episode "Ghost in the Machine".

STARSCREAM, still a ghost, makes a deal with UNICRON for a new body. He goes to the DECEPTICON base, and takes control of SCOURGE and CYCLONUS. He leads the two DECEPTICONS to Earth, so they can fulfill UNICRON’S commands - for new eyes and a new body.

While SERGEANT KUP and SLINGSHOT fly to Earth to do a routine inspection on AUTOBOT CITY, SCOURGE and CYCLONUS, spurred on by STARSCREAM, head there to steal the mighty METROPLEX’S eyes.

After a fierce battle, the DECEPTICONS manage to escape with one, and head to their next task, to bring TRYPTICON’S body to UNICRON. The AUTOBOTS follow, intent on preventing whatever mayhem they intend to perpetrate.

Will they be able to stop STARSCREAM from reviving the galaxy’s greatest threat? Will UNICRON rise again? Find out on TRANSFORMERS: LEGENDS – “UNICRON RETURNS”!

Mobage also announced changed to the maximum number of players and the team point thresholds:

Please note that we have made some changes to the episode. The team sizes have been adjusted, so that it now takes a minimum of 15 players to form a team, up to a maximum of 20.

In addition, the Team Point Threshold has been increased, from the previous 3500 points to 5000 points.

Thanks! We hope you enjoy the next episode, TRANSFORMERS Legends - “Unicron Returns”.

-The TRANSFORMERS Legends team

TagHobby have revealed that thhe MP-23 Takara-Tomy Masterpiece figure will be .... Exhaust!  Who, you ask? Exhaust is a recolour of the upcoming MP-20 Wheeljack figure with a new head and is based on the Marlboro diaclone Wheeljack figure but as a Decepticon.

The figure may seem like a strange one but TakaraTomy do like to release recolours of the figures to justify the tooling costs.  We are still expecting a Slicer repaint to be released at somepoint, though that may turn out to be a Hasbro figure more than a TakaraTomy one,