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Chris McFeely has posted his latest episode of Transformers: The Basics and it's an attendees guide to TFNation covering everything any first timer needs to know about the convention from buying tickets, booking accommodation to what's happening over the weekend itself. You can watch ti below.
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TFNation have revealed their 13th guest for their 3rd show as Lew Stringer! Lew created such Marvel UK delights as Robo-Capers and Combat Colin
TFNation 2018 takes place August 17th-19th at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole just outside of the NEC here within the UK. You can read the full press release below.
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Joining the line-up of comics guests for 2018, TFNation is pleased to announce the presence of another UK based artist – well known to fans of the original Marvel UK Transformers comics series – Lew Stringer!
Famous predominantly for his humour work, he was a stable component of the Marvel UK Transformers issues, providing a light-hearted relief to the stories in the form of two featured strips: Robo-Capers and Combat Colin (initially in the pages of Action Force, the UK incarnation of G.I. Joe, then replacing Robo-Capers in Transformers).
His very first venture onto the comics stage was Brickman, which ran from the 1970s up until 2009 in various forms. Stringer is well known in the UK for his work as an independent comics creator, but also for his work appearing in the pages of The Beano and The Dandy weekly kids’ comic magazines, alongside other licensed magazines such as Spider-Man, Epic, Lego Adventures and more. Internationally, his work has appeared in the likes of Elephantmen and Grindhouse in the US market, Herman Hedning in Sweden, and Nemi in Norway.
Thanks to his comics work as a creator, Stringer is well-versed in the history of the British comics industry and scene, and regularly offers insights, analyses, and discussions of current and past trends on his blog, Blimey! It’s Another Blog about Comics!
Lew Stringer will be attending TFNation 2018 all weekend, talking capers,silly jokes, and sketching for fans of his work, as well as discussing comics history in general!
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Longtime Hasbro Transformers team member Aaron Archer has been announced as the 12th guest for TFNation 2018 which takes place August 17th-19th at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole in Birmingham England.
You can view the full press release below and purchase your tickets over at tfnation.com
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TFNation have announced their 11th guest as Mairghread Scott for their 3rd show which takes place 17th-19th August 2018 at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole in Birmingham England.
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Adding another international name to the line up for TFNation 2018, this guest hails from the IDW Publishing comics section of the Transformers franchise, and is an author of several other media iterations of the transforming robots too – please welcome writer Mairghread Scott!
Her writing credits, on the comics side, include the entirety of Windblade's story so far and one of the most charismatic Starscreams in robot history, as told in the pages of Transformers: Windblade volumes 1 & 2, and the fan-favourite sequel series Till All Are One. Scott was also co-writing the second IDW/Hasbro crossover event First Strike, and has been behind the Transformers Prime: Rage of the Dinobots and Beast Hunters mini-series.
Working as an assistant writer of animated series Transformers: Prime, Robots in Disguise and Rescue Bots, she has also directly contributed to bringing the character of Windblade into the animated universe too (in Robots in Disguise).You will find her work on several other animated series, such as GI Joe: Renegades, and most notably Marvel’s Ultimate Spider-Man, Avengers Assemble, Guardians of the Galaxy and the upcoming Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors.
Back in comics, Scott has published for some of the major publishers in the business, with the likes of Green Arrow (DC), Guardians of the Galaxy (Marvel), Wonder Woman (DC), and Power Rangers (Boom! Studios) on her resumé, and creator-owned projects such as Toil &Trouble (Boom! Studios), The City on the Other Side (First Second), and more. Her upcoming work will be seen in the pages of DC comics' Batgirl, starting with issue #25 in July 2018!
Mairghread Scott will be present at TFNation 2018 all weekend, signing books, talking Starscream, raising dark stories, and talking to fans of her writing – including those still saddened by the end of Till All Are One.
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Tickets for TFNation 2018 are now on sale. You can register online via Mobile, Tablet, Laptop or Desktop. There are two payment options available, credit card (via the secure payment gateway Stripe) or Paypal.
If you have a login to the website from previous shows then you can make use of the handy Quick Book buttons which will remember your preferences from previous years.
This year there are additional options when checking out, so you can choose if you want to attend the exclusive Stan Bush concept which takes place on Saturday Night after ClubCon.
We look forward to seeing you all there.
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TFNation has issued the following press release announcing Stan Bush as their 2nd guest for TFNation 2018.
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If you attend TFNation in 2018 you'll have the touch! You'll have the power! Most importantly, you'll also have the Emmy award-winning, Transformers Hall of Famer, Stan Bush!
To Transformers fans, Stan is best known for performing iconic songs "The Touch" and "Dare" which featured prominently in 1986's Transformers: The Movie. He has subsequently released additional tracks inspired by the Cybertronians, perhaps most notably, 2007's "Till All Are One".
As well as appearing on countless releases of Transformers: The Movie, his work can also be heard during the Transformers: War for Cybertron video game.
Of course, there is much more to Stan's arsenal than giant robots! He is an Emmy award-winning artist who has released fourteen studio albums over an incredible 35-year career. His most recent album, "Change the World", was released in 2017 and is available at www.stanbush.com and on itunes.
Stan has also lent his considerable talents to various movies such as The Wraith (1986) and Kickboxer (1989). He provided music for the US dub of Sailor Moon and most recently, the Netflix series GLOW. In the video game world, as well as the aforementioned Transformers: War for Cybertron, his work has also been included on Saints Row IV and even Guitar Hero!
We'll be putting Stan right in the eye of the storm for the full weekend of TFNation 2018, where he will be participating in panels, meeting fans and signing autographs at no additional cost.
In addition, Stan has kindly offered to perform a full concert for his fans at TFNation!
The concert will take place on the Saturday evening of the convention, after the conclusion of our "Clubcon" evening entertainment for weekend pass holders. Like all events taking place at TFNation, attendance is strictly subject to availability and room capacity.
We appreciate this may be a once in a lifetime opportunity for many of our attendees so, to ensure the concert is as impressive as it deserves to be, TFNation has hired suitable function space, instruments, a professional audio set up and a full live band. This is an additional event, taking place beyond our usual budget, so to accommodate these extra measures (and to avoid a price rise across all ticket types) there will be an additional concert entrance fee.
Tickets will be available from our website, in addition to regular TFNation packages, on 3rd February 2018. For Saturday only attendees, concert tickets will be £20.00. For full weekend pass holders, concert tickets will be on sale at the reduced price of £15.00.
At this time we do not have plans to open ticket sales to non-attendees, as we believe demand will be extremely high and it is important to us that TFNation attendees have first option to watch Stan in action. We may reassess the position closer to the event, but only if available places and capacity allow.
After all is said and done, Stan Bush will be joining TFNation for the entire duration of the convention, from 17th to 19th August 2018, at a place where dreams survive; the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel!
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TFNation have announced plans to hold a custom toy display at TFNation 2018!
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TFNation have announced at their first guest for their 2018 convention is going to be DC Douglas!
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The first reveal of this new season of TFNation comes from the voice acting world, for fans of all ages: introducing, D.C. Douglas!
Famous in the Transformers franchise for his role as Chase the Police Bot in Rescue Bots, Douglas has been a regular go-to resource for updates about the show itself and is also well known beyond the transforming robot world.
If you're a videogame aficionado, you will recognise him as Legion in the Mass Effect series - a gestalt artificial intelligence unit. Both Chase and Legion were similarly influenced by Leonard Nimoy's approach to Spock, in their respective ways.
He has also appeared in seven Resident Evil games as Albert Wesker, as Kamoshida in Persona 5, Pod 042 in Nier: Automata, Azrael in Blazeblue, Zero in Zero Time Dilemma 3, Raven in Tekken 6, and foxy grandpa Gunter in Fire Emblem: Fates.
If cartoons and anime are more your thing, you will have heard him voicing X Drake in One Piece, The Professor in Cyborg 009, Jasley in Mobile Suit Gundam: IBO, Genji Kamogawa in Hajime no ippo, Shori Shibuya in God, Save Our King!, and Colonel Rawls on Regular Show, Superman on Family Guy.
His on camera roles include the seminal cinematographic masterpiece Sharknado 2 (Bud), plus Zepht in Star Trek: Enterprise, Pa Kettle in Z Nation, and Aiden Wexler in SyFy’s Isle of the Dead.
D.C. Douglas will be joining TFNation for the entire duration of the convention, offering autographs, photo opportunities where possible and joining panels over the weekend.
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TFNation has announced that applications for both their trader and forge (art and craft) stalls are now open!
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Come and join us for C.O.N.S. IX on 8th of october 2017 in Kolpinghaus/Josefshaus in Viersen-Süchteln in Germany. Many European dealers will be present and offer a huge variety of all kinds of Transformers merchandise. Whether you are looking for an old school G1 fugure or an all new third party collector’s item, C.O.N.S. has something for you! Actionfiguren24, Gerrut Camaro, TF Robots, The A Factor Shop, Teletoys and many more of Europe’s finest dealers will be present.
Like every year there will be two big raffles with all sorts of fantastic prices.
Our stage program features a live quiz show, our annual cosplay contest, a live review and a live presentation by our special guests John-Paul Bove and Jack Lawrence.
Our friend John-Paul Bove and his fellow IDW colleague Jack Lawrence will be present all day at their own booth where you can go and visit them to have a nice little chat, buy some unique artwork, get your comic book treasures signed or to even pick up one or two new treasures.
C.O.N.S. IX exclusives are free give aways, a sticker sheet from Toyhax.com with faction symbols and a special postcard.
Tickets and all further information are available at our website www.ntf-cons.de or at the entrance booth on the day!
C.O.N.S. IX The Program:
10:30 am - Admittance for the participants of the Cosplay & Contests
11:00 am - General admittance
11:15 am - Official welcome
11:30 am - Cosplayers model show on stage
12:00 pm - Live Quiz Show
12:30 pm - IDW Artists John-Paul Bove & Jack Lawrence Presentation & Interview
02:00 pm - 1st Raffle
03:00 pm - Live Review with Reyjin on stage
04:00 pm - Transformers Quiz sheet turn-in
04:15 pm - End of voting for the Contests
04:45 pm - Announcement of the Contests Winners
05:00 pm - 2nd Raffle & Star Price raffling
06:00 pm - Thank Yous & Goodbyes
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Below you will find some photographs, vidoes and news coming out from Hascon which is taking place from today in the US.
The Full Force Podcast
The Full Force team have taken some Facebook Live videos during the VIP early bird period around the area, which is why there are not many people around, but it gives you a good idea of what is currently on display at Hascon
Hascon Map - https://www.facebook.com/TheFullForce/photos/a.906272296117055.1073741850.473210869423202/1482642608480018/?type=3
Transformers Area - https://www.facebook.com/TheFullForce/videos/1482777961799816/
G.I.Joe Display Area Video - https://www.facebook.com/TheFullForce/videos/1482757308468548/
General Floor Video - https://www.facebook.com/TheFullForce/videos/1482775168466762/
Marvel - https://www.facebook.com/TheFullForce/videos/1482805791797033/
Star Wars - https://www.facebook.com/TheFullForce/videos/1482820081795604/
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Seibertron has a report from the Transformers panel which revealed the Power of the Prime Dinobots and their combined form Volcanicus along with Orion Pax. The images can be viewed after the jump.
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TFW has posted some images of the toys that are on display at Hascon along with some more details from the panel.
Check out the latest photos on Twitter here.
Monizmischeif has taken a photograph of the upcoming Generations Autobot Jazz figure which you can view after the jump whilst garret_sander has taken a collection of photographs of the 2-up G.I.Joe figures
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Marcelo Matere has confirmed that he will be at HasCon this coming weekend at Artist Alley booth number 9. Marcelo has worked on toy packaging artwork from Armada through to next years Power of the Primes. You can find out more below
Marcelo Matere - Artist Alley Booth #9
HASCON 2017 Pre-order Commission List
I will be there all the 3 days selling prints, original artwork ( package art and comics), signing and doing sketch commissions!
Since I will be in 2 panels during these days I will have very limited spots for this list.
Please see below the prices:
- SIZE - 9″X12″ Art Board, Sketch Cover or Personal Sketchbook:
- SINGLE CHARACTER minor background
- BLACK AND WHITE - INKS NO MARKERS
Head Shot $50
Half Figure $80 - Extra Character - $50
- INKS AND GRAYSCALE MARKERS
Head Shot $60
Half Figure $150 - Extra Character - $70
Full body: $200 - Extra Character - $80
- INKS AND COLOR MARKERS ( only Pre- List)
Head Shot: $80
Half Figure: $200 - Extra Character - $90
Full body: $350 - Extra Character - $100
For another kind of sketch, please email me with all information and I will send back the price.
If you are interested please email me back with the information below:
- Character
- Size
- Your name
- Day you plan to pick up your sketch
If you are interested, email me at mmatere@gmail.com with the subject: HASCON 2017 Sketch List
I’m gonna take these commissions ONLY BY EMAIL, NO FACEBOOK, NO TWITTER, since this is the best way for me to keep all requests organized.
Please LMk if you have any questions!
Thanks!
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With the inaugural Hascon rapidly approaching starting the 8th September in Providence, Rhode Island from September, Hasbro Inc has now published the full schedule of events with several changes from initial announcements. The Transformers side starts off with an early morning with a panel highlighting Transformers toys for 2017/2018 which will include the Power Of The Primes, Transformers: Cyberverse andthe final figuers from Robots In Disguise.
The full Transformers related schedule can be found below.
Friday, September 8th
Get a glimpse behind the scenes of the Transformers toy line, sneak a peek at never-released development process imagery, meet the team behind the magic, and be the first to get a glimpse of the future toy range. Hosted by the Transformers brand team
Have you ever wanted to know how a comic book comes to life? Hear from the artists and writers that create the Transformers comics. Learn how story ideas are developed and brought to life by the amazing team of writers and artists at IDW.
Transformers designers Shogo Hasui, Takashi Kunihiro, and Hideaki Yoke
It feels good to be bad. Dive into the history of some of the most evil bots in the Transformers universe. Hosted by the Transformers brand team.
Meet and greet autographs from Marcelo Matere and Chris Mowry, some of the creative minds at IDW involved with bringing Transformers comic books to life
Immerse yourself in the world of Transformers where things are “More than Meets the Eye”! We take you behind-the-scenes through the latest entertainment from movies to animation to comics, and have fun with the latest toys, hearing from the designers themselves how they bring this amazing brand to life! Ready to roll out? Highlights and hands-on experiences include:
Plus, enjoy Transformers panels and VIP/add-on experiences, including:
The powerful voices behind two of the most iconic adversaries — the heroic Autobot Optimus Prime and villainous Decepticon Megatron — come together as friends and share stories around the legacy they have helped create. With more than 30 years of Transformers voice acting history and decades of friendship, these two will fill the air with untold stories and glimpses behind the microphone of some of the most memorable recording sessions.
Discuss the making of Transformers: ‘The Last Knight’ with producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Mark Wahlberg, Isabela Moner and special guests.
VIP or Add-On Ticket Purchase Required (Price: $200)
Celebrate 10 years of Transformers film magic at this special VIP event! Join celebrities and producers, including Mark Wahlberg, Isabela Moner, Brian Goldner and Stephen Davis, from Transformers: The Last Knight as we look back at the magic moments from the franchise’s cinematic legacy. Peter Cullen and Frank Welker will give a special introduction to the first ever HASCON Transformers Hall of Fame ceremony, with a special appearance from past inductee Yoke-san, famed toy designer from TakaraTomy, along with a special guest. The Transformers design and brand teams will offer a sneak preview of select 2018 toys and this special evening will be capped off by an exclusive live performance from Stan Bush. Dinner will be served. Plus, participate in a raffle for special prizes including signed posters from Mark Wahlberg, Transformers merchandise, and more. Each VIP attendee will receive a special Transformers Super Fan gift bag including a pre-signed autograph from Peter and Frank, Special Comic reprints for HASCON, and a VIP HASCON-exclusive pin set.
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10AM : Stan Bush Autograph Session (Location: Transformers Brand Area)
11AM : THE PRIME WARS TRILOGY: See the story come to life! (Location: FANmily Stage Room)
Enjoy designs behind the celebrated Combiner Wars chapter of the Prime Wars Trilogy, animated in partnership with Machinima, as well as a peek at the upcoming Titans Return animated series. Learn how Hasbro enlisted the fan universe to expand their story world and the beloved characters that have brought the story to life. Fans in attendance will also be the first to see exciting reveals from the popular mobile game Transformers: Earth Wars published by Backflip and developed by Space Ape games.
12PM : PETER AND FRANK SOUND OFF: The Voices of Optimus Prime & Megatron! (Location: HASCON Main Stage)
12:45PM : Susan Blu Autograph Session (Location: Transformers Brand Area)
1PM : IDW – Transformers Comics: How Artists and Writers Bring Stories to Life (Location: Discovery Family Stage)
Have you ever wanted to know how a comic book comes to life? Hear from the artists and writers that create the Transformers comics. Learn how story ideas are developed and brought to life by the amazing team of writers and artists at IDW.
2PM : The Women of Transformers (Location: FANmily Stage Room)
These amazing women have brought to life some of the most memorable and iconic stories and characters in the Transformers Universe. From film to comics to animation and toys, these talented women have helped shape the modern day Transformers franchise. For the first time together, hear the inspiring commentary from fan favorite Susan Blu and the 1980’s G1 Animated Series and go behind the design with Hasbro toy development, engineering and marketing teams.
2PM : Peter Cullen and Frank Welker – Autograph session (Location: Transformers Brand Area)
3PM : More than Meets the Eye (Location: Discovery Family Stage)
Get a glimpse behind the scenes of the Transformers toy line, sneak a peek at never-released development process imagery, meet the team behind the magic, and be the first to get a glimpse of the future toy range. Hosted by the Transformers brand team
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It's been a while since we have posted about TFNation, partly because we've been so busy working on the show, that we thought we would post a quick round-up of recent press releases.
This evening TFNation have announced a new full-length Transformers Animated fan graphic novel will be available at the show called Trial and Error. The story has been written to tie up the Transformers Animated series. You can watch a trailer below.
Yesterday they announced that pre-orders are now open for their official convention T-Shirt which is available for just £15!
On a guest front they have now announced 17 guests for the show, yes 17! The last two have been Geoff Senior and Mark Ryan!
Cosplay Contest Applications are also now open and the first panel was announced as covering the Brave series.
The full schedule for the event is set to be released tonight so keep checking for further updates
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Hasbro has finally confirmed their combined universe cross-over set for SDCC is real! We first heard rumours of this set back around February but it only today that Hasbro have confirmed that it is happening with the release of a series of images of the SDCC 2017 Shared Exclusive set called Revolution Toy Package. The set features:
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