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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Operation: Forbidden Planet Takeover

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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Our thanks go out to Burton Munday, National Account Manager for Paladone Products Ltd for letting us know that they are distributing the Transformers 30th Anniversary Collectibles here within the UK.  The products, which can be seen below, will be available from Game, Next, Forbidden Planet as well as Amazon UK.  The figures consist of a combination of Generation One, Movie-verse and Transformers Prime themed characters. Each one comes with a trading card that, when reversed, forms part of a "3D Puzzle Piece". 

Series one of the figures are already available at Amazon and Forbidden Planet with Game and Next set to stock the blind packs within the next couple of weeks. Series Two in the line is due for release in October.

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Below you will find a copy of the official Paladone description of the series.

"Paladone will be launching a 30th Anniversary Collection of Transformers Figurines in 2014. The collection will be released in two series comprising fifteen different figurines in each. Collectors will need to buy or swap every figurine from each series to build up the entire collection.

Series 1 of the Transformers Collectables will be available from March 2014. The series is available in foil packs, single packs or five packs. Series 2 will be available in October 2014.

There are three styles of figurine: Generation 1, Prime and Movie. The foil packs and single packs come in mixed CDUs of all three styles. The five packs are available in each style. Each series contains five figruines of each style.

A 30^th anniversary logo will be applied to each figure and each pack will contain a fold out checklist of all 30 figures to help collectors keep track. Each pack also contains a matching collector’s card with details on the character and which forms part of a 3D puzzle on the reverse."

"This has yet to be confirmed directly by Hasbro but Forbidden Planet UK have listed the following prices via their wholesale arm as the official price points, the wholesale prices supplied which we cannot give out would back up this price point if retailers are to make any money

1) Deluxe - £14.99
2) Voyager - £29.99
3) Leader - £59.99
4) Cyberverse Ark set - £44.99
5) Cyberverse Legends Basic - £5.99
6) Cyberverse Scouts - £12.99

Now this seems like a crazy move on Hasbros part if true, especially after retailing RTS between - £10.95 - £12.95 on the domestic market."

Thanks to Phill for posting the following toy sightings on our message board.

"Edinburgh Forbidden Planet had the Deluxe and Leader classes of the Hunt for the Decepticons in. Leaders were £44.99 and Deluxes were £12.99. Starscream looks a lot better than the Voyager one.

On another note I spoke to someone in Tesco, and they said that if there's no Generations in the catalogue, then they're unlikely to get them in the store. Also was told that they're likely to only have 3 HftD Voyagers in between now and Christmas as the catalogue only says 3 to collect. So that's Seaspray, Payload and the redeco Ratchet."