For the eleventh time C.O.N.S. will open its doors for you!

On 8th of September 2019 C.O.N.S. will open its doors in Kolpinghaus/Josefshaus, Ostring 33, in 41749 Viersen-Süchteln at 11 am.

There will be many dealers selling various Transformers from old to new. In addition we prepared a fun program for you and we will hold various contests live at C.O.N.S. with the chance to win some awesome prices.

All information and ticket presale can be found at www.ntf-cons.de.

The special guests:

We introduce to you our Special Guest for C.O.N.S. XI. This year Frederic Pham Chuong, from france, makes his return to C.O.N.S. Currently he works for 3rd Party Company Mastermind Creations as comic artist.

Jack Lawrence will make a return to germany for C.O.N.S. XI. The lovely comic book artist from england always brings good mood with him. You can see him live, ask about his work and have your favorite character drawn by him.

On 8th of september 2019 one man must not be missed. John-Paul Bove will return to C.O.N.S. for the sixth time. By now he has become part of C.O.N.S. family and we are really looking forward to welcoming him again. He always is looking forward to meet his fans and will answer all their questions. Also you can purchase his works at C.O.N.S. XI.

The contests:

You like playing cards? You like playing the new Transformers Trading Card Game? Than C.O.N.S. XI on 8th of September 2019 is the right place for you. Not only can you get starter decks at C.O.N.S. you can also play the game at our convention. Tables will be set aside for everyone interested in trying the game or simply playing a few rounds with his friends and new opponents.

We hope you will have a lot of fun playing the Transformers Trading Card at C.O.N.S. XI.

The popular Cosplay Contest may not be missing.

Each visitor of C.O.N.S. XI can participate in our Transformers Quiz.

The Program of C.O.N.S. XI:

10:30 am - Admittance for the participants of the Cosplay Contest

11:00 am - General admittance

11:15 am - Official welcome

11:30 am - Cosplayers model show on stage

12:00 pm - Comic Artists Frederic Pham Chuong, John-Paul Bove & Jack Lawrence Presentation & Interview

01:30 pm - Teutonicons Podcast Live on the C.O.N.S.

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 Contest Winners

05:00 pm - 2nd Raffle & Grand Price raffling

06:00 pm - Thank Yous & Goodbyes

At C.O.N.S. XI we have many dealers for you in store offering a huge variety of Transformers from old to new. Including of course our sponsors Actionfiguren24, Gerrut Camaro and TF Robots. In addition there are Bram Bossers, Thats Cult, Ying Zhu the jewellery dealer, the team of Velsercon and Transformers Universe with our announcer Philister. That is not all by far. There is still TeleToys from the Netherlands and many more Transformers Dealers.

We are looking forward to the 8th of September and hope to great many guests to C.O.N.S. XI.

Source and all Infos: www.ntf-cons.de & www.ntf-archive.de

Richard Irvine-Brown has written an article for the BBC covering the Transformers comic The Lost Light and the rising diversity of fans within the Transformers franchise which you can read here.

Whilst it has come into criticism from some areas of the Transformers community, The Lost Light comic series and More Than Meets The Eye before it has been some of the best selling and highly praised Transformers comic series for many years with a diverse and loyal fan base and has been a series that many deem to have been an important player in the growth of diversity within the fandom and especially at conventions around the globe

CBR are reporting that Mairghread Scott and David Rodriguez will be writing the next Hasbro Universe cross-over arch called FIRST STRIKE which focuses on Cobra, led by Baron Ironblood, deciding to directly target the Transformers. The artwork shall be provided by Max Dunbar withissues solicited as coming out from September.

IDW Publishing has a new Hasbro crossover on the way, and it doesn’t sound like good news for the Transformers.

CBR has the first details on “First Strike,” announced Thursday at the Diamond Retailer Summit in Chicago. The story starts with two issues in August, from the writing team of IDW Transformers vet Mairghread Scott & David Rodriguez (Narrative Director at Vicarious Visions, the game company best known for the “Skylanders” franchise) and artist Max Dunbar, recently of IDW’s “Micronauts” series.

Following 2016’s “Revolution” event — which saw IDW’s licensed Hasbro properties united in one shared universe — “First Strike” picks up with Earth about to join the Cybertronian Council of Worlds. That peaceful event is interrupted by Cobra, as Baron Ironblood — historically the British counterpart to Cobra Commander — has targeted all Cybertronians for termination, putting the Transformers in serious jeopardy. The G.I. Joes, led by Scarlett, and the Autobots, led by Optimus Prime, stand in the way in the face of extinction — enlisting help along the way from, apparently, an unlikely ally in the form of Soundwave of the Decepticons.

While this certainly sounds like the comic book equivalent of a blockbuster summer movie, Scott said it’s also a “deeply personal character story.”

“One man attempts to dominate, one woman stands against him,” Scott said in a statement to CBR. “Watch as Scarlett leads her G.I. Joes on a daring mission to save all of Cybertron from their gravest threat yet. ‘First Strike’ is a fast-paced, hard-hitting, and deeply personal character story set against the backdrop of intergalactic war with all the giant robots, cyborg ninjas, and massive explosions you could ask for.”

IDW Publishing Editor-in-Chief David Hedgecock described “First Strike” as the natural progression from what the company started in “Revolution.”

“In ‘Revolution,’ we united our Hasbro comic book titles into one shared universe,” Hedgecock said. “In ‘First Strike,’ we see what it’s like to live in the shadows of a massively powerful, ancient, alien race that has been warring with itself for millions of years and, in doing so, has brought death and destruction to every planet it has touched.”

“What, if anything, can one man do to save his planet? What depths will he go to in order to save mankind? How do you destroy all the Transformers?”

True to the “Revolution” spirit, it won’t just be Transformers and G.I. Joe getting involved in “First Strike” — the M.AS.K. team will also be involved.

“‘First Strike’ is your childhood toy box exploding onto the [comic] page: the Transformers, G.I. Joe, and M.A.S.K. teams brought together, each of them positioned on different sides of this planet-spanning conflict,” Rodriguez said in a statement. “Sometimes the groups will line up along expected party lines, but other times, you’ll see them being torn apart from the inside, as they are forced to face the impossible concept of one human man declaring war against Cybertron and then being really good at it.”

“First Strike” will run for three months, with six issues planned to ship on a twice-monthly schedule. Tie-ins to the event will be revealed at a later date. Covers for each issue will be illustrated by “Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” artist Freddie E. Williams II, along with multiple variants.

TFNation have announced another guest for their upcoming convention which takes place from 11th August 2017 until 13th August 2017 at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole hotel in Birmingham England.

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With IDW’s universe of Transformers comics going from strength to strength, the depth of talent involved in creating them grows ever greater and now we at TFNation are pleased to bring more of that greatness to you, in the form of Kei Zama, returning for our second year.

Starting with her series of covers for IDW’s Transformer line in September 2015, Kei-sensei has rapidly gained a large fan following, due to her mean and gritty artistic style, as well as her stunning commission work. Following on from her cover work, she is now bringing the continuing adventures of Optimus Prime to life (along with writer John Barber and colourist Josh Burcham) in his current titular series.

Outside of Transformers, Kei-sensei made her Marvel comics art debut with last year’s Scarlet Witch #10, has provided art for Sparklight comics, as well as covers for IDW’s Atomic Robo, and recently achieved a personal dream in working on an ABC Warriors-related piece for Fleetway/2000ad. Her Blackblood-themed story (written by the mighty Patt Mills) is set to show off her undeniable talent for monochrome imagery and prove a perfect fit for the tone of this title.

We advise all our attendees to keep an eye on Kei-sensei’s blog http://steelandstarlight.com/ for details of her commission list, as the event draws closer.

Kei Zama will be signing autographs, discussing classic British rock bands and selling artwork (including her highly-prized sketchbooks) at TFNation 2017 at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel. We look forward to seeing you there!

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On 9th of october 2016 the german Transformers Fan Convention C.O.N.S. will return. For it’s eight iteration it will come to Viersen-Süchteln in 41749 at Kolpinghaus/Josefshaus on Ostring 33. This time we prepared an all new Live Quiz Show which will be held on stage for the first time ever in germany. As usual our masters of disguises can participate in our trademark Cosplay Contest. For all of the creative types we offer the chance to partake in our Fanart and Custom Contests. And to continue the tradition we will hold an on stage raffles which offer you the opportunity to win a fine selection of Transformers related Items. Ranging from DVDs to rare collectors figures.  We also invited many European Dealers, including some of europe´s finest, who will offer all sorts of Transformers Items from old to new and used to MISB. And if that’s not enough! We also invited John-Paul Bove from IDW Publishing who will hold a live stage presentation. He will be joined by Mister Lohmaier from Hasbro Germany. We will be doing a live Q&A with Mister Lohmaier containing the questions we collected on our website and every question you have to ask live at C.O.N.S. VIII.

For more information check our website here.

Tickets are on sale here.

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

12:15 pm - Live Quiz Show

01:00 pm - IDW Artist John-Paul Bove Presentation

02:00 pm - 1st Raffle

03:00 pm - Hasbro Interview - Question & Answers

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

We are looking forward to each and every one of you and wish you a warm welcome to Germany and C.O.N.S. VIII.

Source: C.O.N.S., C.O.N.S. on facebook, Event on facebook

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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ew.com have posted an article covering the six property comic cross over that IDW will be pubilshing from September featuring Transformers, G.I.Joe, Micronauts, ROM, Action Man and M.A.S.K. You can read a snippet below but follow the link at the start of this article for more.

IDW has been teasing a mysterious “Revolution” banner for the past few months, and now EW can exclusively reveal the meaning. Revolution will be a five-issue biweekly event series, starting this September, that will bring together all of the company’s Hasbro properties: G.I. Joe, Transformers, Micronauts, ROM, Action Man, and M.A.S.K. (Mobile Armored Strike Kommand)). In its wake, all the series will kick off with new number one issues and a new status quo. But IDW editor-in-chief Chris Ryall insists this isn’t a reboot.

“We didn’t want this to be what fans have seen from so many others, which is a reboot or a relaunch where you’re asked to forget about all these characters and stories you’ve been following for years,” Ryall says. “It’s just now everybody will be acknowledging each other in a much greater way than ever before.”

TFNation have announced another guest for their first Transformers convention as Simon Furman!

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We are honoured to announce that Simon Furman, one of the most significant contributors to Transformers and its rich mythos, will be joining us for our inaugural convention! 

It really does feel right for somebody who has worked so hard from the Cybertronian's earliest days be here with us to celebrate the bold new era of TFNation. 

We would keep you here all day if we were to list Simon's complete Transformers credits. Much of his work comprises the bedrock of the comics, animation and films we all enjoy today. Simon's writing has stood the test of time and his work is still held in high regard today. He has worked for the successive publishers Marvel, Dreamwave and IDW.

Simon has also lent his comic talents to many other titles including Scream, Thundercats, Alpha Flight, Doctor Who, as well as co-creating Dragon's Claws and of course a certain Freelance Peacekeeping Agent who Marvel keep teasing may return...

In addition to his writing, Simon also served as an editor for Marvel UK and Titan Books.

Away from comics, Simon has been involved in the world of animation from Beast Wars, X-Men: Evolution, Dan Dare to most recently serving as both Head Writer and Script Editor for CITV's The Matt Hatter Chronicles.

Over the course of the weekend, you will have the opportunity to hear more about this storied career from the man himself and in much greater detail.

To keep up with Simon's current work, he maintains a blog over at:
https://simonfurman.wordpress.com

Simon will be signing autographs and selling comics and script packs from Friday 19th until Sunday 21st August 2016 at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel at TFNation 2016. We look forward to seeing you there!

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Today is the day that fans of the Wreckers have been waiting for as IDW release Sins of the Wreckers.  So whether you buy digital copies of physical comics it's out so go and buy it, enjoy it and share your love across Social Media.

e-Hobby have updated their website with their latest exclusive figure Deadlock as in Drift when he was a Decepticon.  The figure is a black and purple repaint of the Generation toy  and will come with three guns along with his sword and features the Decepticon insignia on his chest.  The toy will also be packaged with a free comic book by Wakabayashi Makoto, who previous worked on the Transformers Unite Warrior Grand Scourge comic, with the package art by 佐々木心  (Sasaki-san).

You can view still pictures after the jump or visit the e-Hobby product page for two 360 degree turnarounds of the toy.

The toy is available will be released between March and May 2016

The Twitter account of IDW Publishing have posted a preview for the upcoming Sins Of The Wreckers Issue1 comic book. The title is the sequel to one of the most praised Transformers comics ever, The Last Stand Of The Wreckers. You can find the full preview here.  Story by Nick Roche with art by Josh Burcham, the title is released in November.

Chinese Transformers Fansite T.F.N.D have posted in-hand images of the upcoming Transformers Combiner Wars Streetwise figure. The toy is a slight retooling of the Combiner Wars Wave 2 Stunticon Dead End figure.

Takara Tomy have announced a new campaign which they will be running which includes some Generation One Collectible Cards.

78dm.net have posted some images of the upcoming 3rd party Overclocking figure from SXS. The figure is a homage to Blurr from the Generation One toyline.

Amazon.com have posted new pre-orders for Wave 3 of the Transformers Combiner Wars figures including Hotspot

Ozformers have confirmed that both MP-06 Bluestreak and MP-24 Star Saber will both be released within Australia

Mitmunk is releasing a new line of Official Transformers Apparels.

"Autobots, roll out! Mitmunk is excited to bring you our new line of official TRANSFORMERS printed apparel. We’re launching our new women’s and men’s long-sleeved shirts, vests, and leggings based on the Generation 1 Optimus and Megatron artwork. There will also be T-shirts featuring a range of Transformers from the original box art, quotes, and of course the iconic Autobot and Decepticon insignias.

Pre-order from our website starting Thursday, April 9 at 7:00 am Pacific Time to get in on the first print run. We’ll accept pre-orders until we reach the limit of what we can handle in one production run, or while supplies last, and go into production until we’re ready to accept the second round. The first 20 pre-orders will also come with a free t-shirt! The estimated completion time for the first print run is mid- to late-May (subject to change but we’ll update you along the way).

If you’re headed to Fan Expo Vancouver this weekend, you’ll be able to shop our new Transformers line first! Come visit us at Booth 714, April 3-5 at Vancouver Convention Centre."

Georgia Ball has been announced as the new regular writter on the IDW comic Transformers: Robots In Disguise (the tie-in book to the 2015 cartoon series), with her taking over after issue 0.  She will be joining artist Priscilla Toramontano on the book and made the announcement herself via Tumblr

This was actually announced Easter Sunday at Wondercon but the word hasn’t gotten around: I’m writing this series after issue #0. My childhood parked in front of Transformers G1 is now justified. I can bring Starscream back from the dead right?

The Brazilian fansite Transformers Dioramas has shared some images from the 32nd ABRIN LAtin American Toy Show where three new photographs of the upcoming Transformers Combiner Wars Devastator was shown off.

ACToys.net have posted some new imaes of the upcoming Transformers Platinum Edition two-pack release of Astrotrain and Blitzwing. The figures appear to be homages to Flywheels and MachTackle (Transformers Victory) and it should be noted that the firing mechanism on Blitwzing's weapons have been removed due to safety regulations.

E-Hobby and the Takara-Tomy Mall have posted new images of the upcoming Transformers Unite (the Japanese name for Combiner Wars) Stunticon team. The figures are slight redecos with Motormaster being more black and Dragstrip having no purple on him

TFW2005 have posted a nice little image gallery of the Combiner Wars Blackjack figure.

TFND have posted an in-hand image gallery of the upcoming  Combiner Wars Protobot Rook figure.

TFW2005 reported on the 10th April that Netfliex has the first 14 episodes from Season Three of Transformes Rescue Bots

Singaporean online store SimplyToys has images of the three pack Transformers Platinum Edition Seeker Squadron which contains the latest reissues of G1 Thrust, Dirge and Ramjet

Hasbro Studios have updated their You Tube channel with a promotional video for a new character in Transformers Rescue Bots, Servo the rescue dog.

Brazilian Transformers fansite Transformrs Dioramas has posted more images of the upcoming Transformers Combinerwars Devastator.

HissTank have reports from the 2015 JoeCon which included some more of the upcoming GI-Joe Transformers Crossover toys.  The latest offering is "Old Snake" Cobra Commander (based on his appearance in the Transformers Cartoon Only Human) with Stealth Bat (a BAT recolour of Transformers Prime Soundwave)

You can view the images of all of the above figures after the jump.

Comic Book Resources have posted an interview with Mairghread Scott and John Barber the creators behind the upcoming Transformers: Combiner Wars crossover. The key points are:

• The Combiner Wars will be on two fronts - both an information war, a "war of influence", and a physical war. Starscream is at the heart of all of it, of course - with Optimus, Windblade and Prowl all being key players.
• Superion has a few new moves - he's described as a cross between "an NBA star and Godzilla"
• The seeds of Combiner Wars have been sown since Windblade first appeared in Dark Cybertron.
• On an unrelated note, we'll also be seeing more Transformers of more body types - not only female characters but more diversity in general, more religions, creeds and classes.

Credit to TFW2005.com for the summary

Hasbro have released new official product stock images of the following upcoming Transformers Generations Figures.

• Arcee
• Chromia
• Jhiaxus
• Nightbeat
• Windblade

Along with the first Transformers Angry Bird tie-in set, in this case a race track.

You can view all of the images after the jump