Alternators Grimlock and Swindle have now been officially released in North America.
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Alternators Grimlock and Swindle have now been officially released in North America.
Seibertron.com are reporting a rumour that an official announcement regarding the 2005 official convention should be made at just after the start of the new year. They report that a location has also already been decided. Nothing is official at this stage, but it does tie up with information we receieved several months ago that the state of the official license had been decided. Who got it? We don"t know. More on this story if and when it is announced
Tformers have put up an interview that they conducted with the Transformers: Movie producer Don Murphy. You can read the article here
Whilst work on Sake Comments MKII begins, our sister site, The Visionaries.net will be using the Google Groups for its own community. You can vist The Visionaries.net"s group here
On his official message board, Don Murphy posted the following comment here
Thanks to hyun007 for posting on Sake Comments, our message board, about the 20% off toys currently at Argos.
Hasbro Inc. has laid off about 125 workers, mostly in Rhode Island, as the nation"s No. 2 toy maker concentrates on new toy technologies. "The cuts in the toys, games, international and corporate divisions will give the company more flexibility in developing new products", Hasbro spokesman Wayne Charness said on Wednesday. About 90 people lost their jobs in Rhode Island, where the company is based.
LagunaL8, of the Vector Sigma board, has posted transaltions of the BinalTech Grimlock instruction booklet includnig the story behind why Grimlock is no longer a Dinobot and what happened to the other Dinobots. You can view them here
JD Productions are commissioning some unlicensed Transformer Statues, the first is a reinvented Devastator. You can view the painted
prototype here
Another good example of mainstream acceptance of Transformers in North America can be seen in an advet from Nokia currently running in Canada. Thanks to TF World 2005 you can view following image. Click for the full size view
With only 50 days until the British Toy fair, citizens of the United Kingdom may well find out at the event whether or not 20th Anniversary Optimus Prime will ever be released in the UK. Last year Hasbro UK said 2005 was their 20th Anniversary (as far as they were concerned), how have things changed? What is in store for 2005 in the UK? We"ll all know soon.
As predicted, the Lio Convoy with DVD release is now being listed on internet stores as being a Flash Lio Convoy repaint. Flash Lio Convoy made a very brief appearance in Beast Wars II: The Movie along side Burning Convoy.
You can view an auction for the upcoming Palisades Shockwave Statue on eBay here. Thanks to TFW2005 for the news.
Galaxy Force is rapidly becoming the most leaked line in Takara"s history, you can view yet more images of the toys on TFormers here
TFans have a gallery of Alternator Windcharger which you can view here
Prowl
Ep 18: Optimus Vs Headmaster



