
Buster Jones, the voice of G1 Blaster, has been announced as the latest guest for BotCon 2012.
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Buster Jones, the voice of G1 Blaster, has been announced as the latest guest for BotCon 2012.
BotCon: Look out and shout... See who our next BotCon guest is here: http://t.co/6kRPrh7N

ÂFullMetalHero.com have posted some images of what they are calling a non-official Masterpiece Blaster which look a lot like the FanToys Soundwave that was revealed earlier today.

After almost 12 months of delay the reason why the Device Label Broadcast (Blaster) has finally been revealed. According to GetNews.jp the Toshiba licensed Transformers Device Label figure had to be redesigned after a design flaw was found that when you transformed the toy from the USB hub mode into his robot form, that the data cable became damaged around the groin area of the toy. This means that continued Transformations would result in the device failing. So he had to go back into development to fix the problem.
In related news, at the Japanese Toy Award 2010 show, the Device Label line came third in the awards under the Toy Character division.

The SDCC exclusives and panels have been announced in the last week. The toys will be Masterpiece Grimlock, Mighty Mugg Blaster and Mighty Muggs Prowl. It was also announced that there would be two panels, a War For Cybertron panel and another one for Transformers Prime that will show the first footage from the series.
In what has become a joke for TakaraTomy we have received word that the heavily delayed Transformers Device Label Broadblast has once again been delayed, this time until late July. If the figure continues to slip, it will soon pass 12 months of delays.

We have created a new mirror gallery containing 122 scans of the June 2010 issue of Hyper Hobby Magazine which included four pages of Transformers related content which you can below.

ÂThis afternoon a dozen auctions ended on Yahoo Japan Auctions for various testshots and samples of Generation One and Diaclone figures. The auctions ended in total for over $7,600 (ÂŁ5,167)! The auctions were for:
We waited a few days before putting these image galleries online to allow the auctions that were on Yahoo Japan to end to try to help protected the bidders against shill bidding. Before anyone asks, no we did not win any of the auctions as we did not bid. The figures are will soon be in the hands of collectors so keep an eye out for newer images in the coming months, and some items may be sold on via eBay in the future.
For anyone interested in early samples, especially mock-up pieces, the Tracks mock-ups (more likely a Diaclone mock-up) are amazing pieces.
The Japanese online retailer Happinetonline.com have updated their product listing page for the upcoming Transformers: Device Label Broadblast figure with some new inages. The heavily delayed figure (it was never cancelled despite many reports to the contrary by Western fan sites, but not this one) is due out in Japan in May and will most likely be released within the US if the USB Device Labels sell well.
Sad news for Device Label fans, Broadblast (formerly Broadblast aka Blaster) has once again been delayed, now until sometime in the spring or summer of 2010. No specific reason was given for the delay, but this has led to some stores cancelling all of their pre-orders due to the continual delay. Credit to Autobas Aichi.
Sad news for Transformers fans waiting on the release of the the Transformers: Device Label figures as TakaraTomy are sending out word that the figures have slipped. The Jaguar (Ravage) and Tigatron figures have slipped back from September 19th to October 24th with the Grimlock and Trypticon toys slipping from the 19th September to the 28th November. For those after the Blaster USB hub, that figure has slipped back until the 19th December.
Seibertron is reporting on a "Device Label" Transformers line which is currently listed on BigBadToyStore. The line consists of Transforming USB hubs which include Blaster, USB memory sticks (2 gig) Ravage and Tigatron, and Optical Mice, Overkill and Dinobot.
They certainly look interesting
TFW2005 has received more official stock images from Hasbro's PR company, this time consisting of the Generation One and Beat Wars Transformers: Robot Heroes line. The figures include:-
ACToys.net
has posted an image from Justitoys showing a preview of their plans to follow
on from the WST Dinorobots line. . The image has a title of WST
Robots and shows three silhouettes, who appear to be Shockwave, Blaster and Wheeljack. Expect a Twincast recolour if Blaster is done.
Simon Furman has posted a blog entry regarding the upcoming IDW Blaster Spotlight.
"Something happened to Blaster in the past that comes storming back to confront him in the present. Betrayed, left for dead, someone went to great lengths to silence ‘The Voice,’ and now—with Blaster returned to the fold—they set out to finish what they started. With guest appearances by the likes of Silverbolt, Bluestreak, Beachcomber, Trailbreaker and Cosmos, plus a Decepticon or two, Spotlight Blaster has something for everyone: mystery, intrigue, action, character development. Art is by Emiliano Santalucia, making his IDW debut, story is by me."
You can read the full post, plus see the cover art here.

Simon Furman has posted the following update on his blog
The news is out, the next Transformers Spotlight (the first in what is effectively vol 3) is to feature… Blaster. Now already there's been speculation (on various website forums) as to exactly which Blaster this will be.
The rock 'n' roll fixated, amped-up version from the cartoon series or the harder edged but compassionate warrior from Bob Budiansky's Marvel Comics run.
The answer is neither, or maybe an amalgam of the two with a new twist, however you want to look at it. The whole point with these character Spotlights (and the IDW TF-verse in general) is that you don't ever get quite what you were expecting. If it's been done before, the rule of thumb is, don't do it again (or don't do it the same way). So in Spotlight Blaster we meet not one but two new versions of Blaster, a before and after.
Before/after what, you might ask. Well, let's just say there's an element of murder/mystery (without the murder per se) about this particular Spotlight, as a killer (and perhaps even a traitor) stalks the Autobot Command Hub, out finish something they started a while ago. But what about Blaster himself? Well, he's certainly loud and bombastic, and his 'voice' is pretty much what defines him and his role in the larger scheme of things. But, as the story opens, circumstances have left him a shellshocked shadow of his former self, initiating an exploration of who, once you strip away the larger-than-life bluff and bluster, the real Blaster is.
Expect a host of cool cameos, a link to one of the other existing Spotlights and a dramatic new direction for the focal character that will (eventually) affect the 'ongoing.' For those of you who felt Galvatron and Optimus Prime maybe weren't self-contained enough for the Spotlight format, hopefully Blaster will fulfil all the criteria. Transformers Spotlight Blaster ships in January 08, and you can check out some advance art (cover and interior pages) in this thread on the IDW forums.
Mudslinger
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