TFNation have made an announcement that the Angry Birds Transformers team from Exient will be in attendance at their first Transformers convention, TFNation 2016, which takes place in Birmingham between the 19th and 21st of August.

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Hasbro have issued a press release revealing details for the upcoming Cybertron Con 2016 which is set to take place in China at Shanghaimart Expo from July 29th to 31st. You can find a summary of the key points below as well as the full press release underneath that.

·Toy Exhibit – Cybertron Con 2016 will hold a toy exhibit featuring hundreds of Transformers toys from across the franchise's history

·Peter Cullen Appearances – Peter Cullen will hold fan meeting panels and limited autograph sessions, 150 a day, at the event.

·Guest Appearances – Transformers Prime concept artist Walter Gatus, Hasbro Development director of Hasbro’s TV and film division Josh Feldman, Takara Tomy designers Shogo Hasui and Yuki Hisashi and IDW comic collaborators Sara Pitre-Durocher, James Raiz and Alex Milne

·Statues – The event will feature a five-meter high Optimus Prime statue, as well as a number of other costumed Autobot and Decepticon characters roaming the expo floor

·Limited Edition Collectibles – Limited edition Transformers merchandise shall be on sale including the San Diego Comic-Con special edition products.

·TF Tmall –The launch of the TF Tmall flagship store, which will host a series of promotions and other surprises throughout the convention

·Fan Art Competition

·Family Zone – An area for kids and parents to create their own Transformers characters at the 3D Brush Workshop, partake in a coloring game and more

Cybertron Con Landing in Shanghai this Summer

Hasbro Brings Authentic Transformers Global Celebration to Chinese Fans

July 12, 2016, Shanghai – Today Hasbro Inc. officially announced that the 2016 TRANSFORMERS Cybertron Con will be presented to Chinese fans at the Shanghaimart Expo in Shanghai from July 29th to 31st. The convention will be the largest Transformers fan celebration ever held in China, offering attendees the chance to engage with the brand, experience some of the latest toys and consumer products, view exclusive previews of Transformers content and meet some of the most notable names associated with the franchise, including concept designers, illustrators, writers and voice actors.

From the earliest toy series launched by Takara, to Hasbro’s popular G1 TV series, through comics, video games and feature films, the Transformers brand has become deeply rooted in the hearts of fans around the world. The original animated series debuted on TV in the 1980s in China and has become a shared childhood memory for a generation. TRANSFORMERS Cybertron Con will take fans on a journey through the history of the Transformers franchise, exhibiting hundreds of the most iconic toys released between the brand’s launch in the early 1980s through some of the best-selling items available today.

The convention will also offer fans the chance to interact with a five-meter high Optimus Prime Statue and costumed characters of other notable Autobots and Decepticons which are customized for Shanghai Cybertron Con.

One of the biggest VIP guests at Cybertron Con will be Peter Cullen, the voice actor behind Optimus Prime. Peter has worked on the Transformers franchise for more than 30 years and has provided his talents to each of the blockbuster feature films inspired by the brand. He will host fan meeting panels on both days of the convention, with a limited 150 autograph opportunities each day for fans to buy.

Other notable attendees will include Walter Gatus (concept artist of Transformers: Prime), Josh Feldman (Development director of Hasbro’s TV and film division) and Takara Tomy designers Shogo Hasui and Yuki Hisashi from Takara Tomy, who are responsible for numerous well-known Transformers characters. The two designers will attend the autograph session for three days and attend the Q&A session at main stage on Saturday and Sunday.

TRANSFORMERS Cybertron Con will also feature appearances from Sara Pitre-Durocher，James Raiz and Alex Milne, who have each written for IDW’s Transformers comic series.

Fans in attendance can also take part in a fan works contest, in which Transformers-related works of illustration, coating and modeling are to be rated by special guests. Amateur competitors from China can bring extraordinary works with them. If you have some talent to offer, join the Fan Art Competition before July 15, 2016, and showcase your passion and imagination with the best of your works. This Fan Art Competition are endorsed by Hasbro and IDW. Winners will be rewarded with abundant of prizes, as well as potential opportunities to work on official Transformers production. This is truly a dream come true for the fans.

Devoted players will turn the trial play area of the Game Zone into a battlefront. For collectors, Hasbro will bring San Diego Comic Con special edition products to 2016 Cybertron Con. Additionally, over 20 Hasbro authorized dealers will be on hand selling various products, including hundreds of types of authorized toys. Their booths will occupy much of the 8500 square meter exhibition hall.

Fans are also welcomed to bring their children to the family zone at TRANSFORMERS Cybertron Con, which is orchestrated for parent-child interaction. Kids can create their own Transformers’ characters at 3D Brush Workshop, enjoy the unique Transformers coloring game, and send postcards with exclusive stamp on it to their beloved superheroes at Transformers-themed post-office. There are also various interesting games waiting for the new generation of fans to have a try.

Additionally, TF Tmall flagship store will be launched officially on the same day of TRANSFORMERS Cybertron con opening, in which, there will be a series of promotions and some surprises brought from the Cybertron Con. Please visit our Tmall or Cybertron Con Website for more information. Stay tuned!

“TRANSFORMERS Cybertron Con in Shanghai is an important event for Hasbro and the Transformers franchise as a whole,” said Michael Zhang, Country Head, Hasbro China. “The Chinese public has been extremely receptive to the Transformers brand, and it’s exciting to bring such a marquee event to them directly. Hasbro strives to offer fans new and immersive brand experiences, and this convention will deliver on that with rich content, engaging exhibits and live interactions.”

Vicky Au, the Managing Director from FM Group, organiser of 2016 TRANSFORMERS Cybertron Con, said to the reporters: “I’m sure the TRANSFORMERS Cybertron Con in Shanghai will be an unprecedented celebration. FM Event will try its best to ensure that fans and audience at the Con have a wonderful time. There is even one more good news: ‘Transformers Challenge’, the large indoor sport challenge event licensed by Hasbro, will be launched on August in Shanghai and Guangzhou. Every challenger will wear a RFID bracelet which records the score of each challenge to redeem souvenir. Come together with your friends and families in summer!”

To find out more about Cybertron Con, please click www.cybertroncon.cn

TFNation have announced their 13th guest as Ireland's own Nick Roche. You can read the full announcement below.  TFNation takes place in Birmingham, England from August 19th to August 21st with tickets on sale now at tfnation.com

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A quick reminder really for those looking to attendee Roll Out Roll Call the UK convention dedicated to both Transformers and G.I.Joe that the show will take place this coming weekend starting at 8pm on Friday night. The event is located at the Radisson Blu Edwardian at London Heathrow and will see various Botcon and JoeCon exclusives being made available officially within the UK, including items that sold out at Botcon!

Check out the facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/RollOutRollCall/ for more as well as the official website at www.rolloutrollcall.com

Cybertron Con returns to at the end of July.  The event is being held at the Shanghaimart Expo from July 29th to the 31st in China with the lineup of guests scheduled to attend including Sara Pitre-Doucher, Shogo Hasui, Alex Milne, Hisashi Yuki, and Peter Cullen. There are also going to be displays featuring Transformers toys from G1 to Titans Return, panels, art displays and contests, a gaming area, a party for guests, panels of course, and a mystery statue said to be life-size.

Details on tickets can be found here (English version here)

TFNation have made their thirty second transmission announcing that not one but two Third Party Transformers companies will be attending their show in person.  Fansproject, the team behind the amazing Masterpiece Dinobot inspired Dibot line and Maketoys, the company that created the huge Pandinus figure.

TFNation have announced yet another guest in the form of legendary UK Transformers artist Geoff Senior!  Geoff worked on Marvel G1 and G2 series as well as Action Force, Dr Who as well as co-creating both Dragons Claws and Deaths Head with Simon Furman. Geoff's latest Transformers work was on Re-Generation One with some of his other credits including Zoids, Dark Angel, 2000ad and Judge Dredd: Lawman of the Future

TFNation takes place from August 19th until August 21st in Birmingham England.

RollOutRollCall have posted a new status over on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/RollOutRoll...type=3&theater) announcing a giveaway competition on Friday 8th July in association with A1Toys, Hasbro Inc and SDCC where 2 lucky winners will win BOTH SDCC 2016 Transformers exclusives.

According to the announcement the winners will receive their items after the 24th July.

Be in with a chance to WIN the SDCC 2016 Hasbro Transformers Exclusives at Roll Out Roll Call, The UK Transformers, G.I. Joe & Action Force Show.

A special bonus treat on Friday 8th of July for TWO General Weekend, Energon, International Hero and Crossover Ticket attendees. An amazing Prize Draw, courtesy of A1 Toys. Each winner will receive two of the SDCC 2016 Hasbro Transformers Exclusives. Prizes will be dispatched after 24th of July (within UK, International shipping will cost extra). YOU MUST HAVE REGISTERED AND BE PRESENT TO WIN ON THE FRIDAY AT 10.15pm

If you have not booked your room yet, OR need to amend your booking to stay Friday night at The Radisson Blu Edwardian, a limited number of hotel reservations are available shortly at substantial discounts for Roll Out Roll Call attendees.
Early reservation booking is encouraged to avoid disappointment.
£68.00 per room single occupancy (reduced from £180.00)
£78.00 per room double occupancy (reduced from £200.00)
£88.00 per room triple occupancy (reduced from £220.00)
£5.00 per 24 hour parking (reduced from £15.00)
Head to: http://www.radissonblu-edwardian.com/allthecoolstuff to book now.

RollOutRollCall have announced, via their Facebook page, that the "sold out" Botcon 2016 Megatron and Airazor figures will be available bo buy at the show in July. Whilst the prices have been increased since Botcon both figures are cheaper than eBay especially Megatron who has been selling for over £400

You can read the press-release below

OK, so we said there was some exciting news, we can reveal that Energon Ticket & Crossover Ticket holders not only receive Terrorsaur, but as part of the privilege of either the Energon Ticket and Crossover Ticket, you can purchase the following exclusives:

Megatron £110
Airazor for £55
or both together for £150, saving £15

Europe's newest and highligh anticipated Transformers show, TFNation, have announced that they are taking over Sci-Fi mega-chain Forbidden Planet for the month of may with in store campaigns that include take over of the store fronts as well as exclusive bags! The announcement, that can be seen below, includes word that their is an exclusive reveal in-store regarding the show!

They have also launched a Social Media campaign called Operation:Selfie where they are asking everyone to share selfies taken either outside FP stores infront of their posters and/or with one of their exclusive bags by using the hashtags #TFNSelfie and #TFNation.

You can read the original announcement here and can buy tickets to the event today.

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For the entire month of May, TFNation is taking over Forbidden Planet stores across the country - and we want YOU to be a part of it!

We will be transforming storefronts in Birmingham, Bristol, London, Cambridge, Coventry, Croydon, Liverpool, Newcastle and Southampton -and we need YOUR help to see it unfold!

To highlight how strong this community is, we are initiating Operation:Selfie.  We want to see your pictures in front of our giant store displays and with our limited edition FP carrier bags.  Please upload your selfies to social media sites using the hashtags#TFNselfie and #TFNation to join in the fun!

As a thank you to those of you willing to take up the challenge... look carefully, and you might just spot an exclusive reveal in store windows.

More announcements coming soon as things get serious during TFN:May-hem!

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Since neither of us could make it out to this years Botcon we thought that we would post a summary of lins to both Seibertron.com and TFW2005.com's coverage since both US news sites often get "special access" to the show.

Seibertron.com

#BotCon2016 'Dawn of the Predacus' Box Set Images: Tripredacus, Ravage, Tarantulas, plus Terrorsaur

#BotCon2016 Exclusive Souvenirs Images: Megatron, Airazor, Tigatron, Unit-3, Reflector, Custom Class

#BotCon2016 Exclusive Souvenir Bios and Artwork

#Botcon2016 Galleries: Hasbro Floor Display - Warrior Bisk, Warrior Scatterspike, Titans Return, Robots in Disguise and More

#BotCon2016 Hasbro Floor Display: Robots in Disguise Products

#BotCon2016 Titans Return: Powermaster Optimus, Voyager Astrotrain, Wheelie, More

#BotCon2016 Generations Combiner Wars Box Sets: Victorion and G2 Bruticus

#BotCon2016 Generations Alt-Modes, Merchandise and Miscellaneous

#BotCon2016 Confirmation and First Look at Transformers Titans Return Wolfwire and Highbrow

#BotCon2016 Videos: Promotional Clips, Robots in Disguise Windblade, Ratchet, Titans Return Fort Max

TFW2005.com

Botcon 2016 Hasbro Display Platinum and Combiner Wars Images

Botcon 2016 Hasbro Titans Return Display Images – First Glimpses at Wolfwire, Highbrow, Alpha Trion, Getaway Titanmaster & More!

Botcon 2016 Robots in Disguise Display Images – First Looks at Warrior Bisk, Ratchet, Scatterspike & More!

Botcon 2016 – Apparel and Misc Merchandise Display Pics

Botcon 2016 Boxset In-hand Images

Botcon 2016 Souvenir Exclusives In-hand Images

Long time friend of the website Nic "Duckstar" Hughes tweeted out an image of the letter confirming that this year is the last official Botcon Transformers convention. This is the first official statement put out by Hasbro since their decision to expire Fun Publications license between October and December of last year.  Our sources within Hasbro tell us that plans are being made for future celebrations but that is is very much early days and that nothing is finalised.  

It remains to be seen as to whether Fun Publications decide to carry on running a non-official Botcon convention or whether they will simple leave the space rather than compete more directly with other unlicensed shows.

It's official #botcon2016 is the last Botcon in its current format. pic.twitter.com/YDJm2YMd4C

— Nic Hughes (@duck_star) April 7, 2016

Botcon have announced, via their Facebook page, that Aaron Archer shall be a guest thiss years Botcon. Here is a copy of the announcement

"Our other big announcement is that our final guest for BotCon 2016 is none other than Aaron Archer! From the Beast Wars line through Transformers: Robots in Disguise, Aaron has been part of the production of thousands of Transformers toys. Aaron was also part of the Hasbro team that worked with Paramount and Michael Bay to bring the Transformers to life across four films and Transformers: The Ride. During Aaron’s time on Transformers he worked to expand the Transformers mythos beyond toys to publishing, television, movies, video games, and fan conventions."

Having left Hasbro to work on his own thing, Aaron returned to the toy industry giant to work on other brands.

In a series of tweets Fub Publication have announced that this years Botcon comic Dawn of the Predacus will be produced by IDW Publishing. The comic has been written by John-Paul Bove with art by Corin Howell

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We are thrilled to announce that we have partnered with @IDWPublishing to produce this years BotCon Comic Transformers: Dawn of the Predacus

— BotCon 2016 (@BotCon) March 4, 2016

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Transformers: Dawn of the Predacus is written by @wordmongerer and drawn by the very talented @Rin237. It is going to be a GREAT book!

— BotCon 2016 (@BotCon) March 4, 2016

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Transformers: Dawn of the Predacus will be available 1st at BotCon and will have an exclusive cover and all the BotCon program information.

— BotCon 2016 (@BotCon) March 4, 2016

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Lastly, this years story is set within the IDW Transformers continuity that features The Ascending and The Gathering. Going to be great!

— BotCon 2016 (@BotCon) March 4, 2016

TFCon have announced that Frank Welker shall be attending the non-official Transformers convention on the Saturday only with tickets prices being announced at a future time. Much like with Botcon it is expected that it will cost extra to see Frank so stay tuned for more as it's announced.