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The Allspark have managed to get its hands on a copy of Million Publishing's Transformers Generations 2013 book which features previews for many of TakaraTomy's upcoming items for 2013. The book also comes complete with two mini-comics by artists / writers Yuki Ooshima and Guido Guidi. You can find the scans here.
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Vivid Reshift of The Allspark have posted a scan from special edition of the magazine kidscreen which confirms that Transformers Prime Beast Hunters will be the final season of the show before a new animated series starts in late 2014.
As for Hasbro's established stable of series, which drive the programming on its US joint venture network The Hub, the 13 episodes of Transformers Prime Beast Hunters due to launch this year represent the final chapter of the Transformers Prime story. It has grown to encompass 65 half-hour episodes that continue to roll out around the world. Look for a 75-minute Transformers Prime Beast Hunters movie to hit DVD shelves in Q4.
But that's note the end for Transformers. Arnesen says a "new iteration of the animated TV series" is slated for delivery in late 2014, which looks like it might be shaping up to be the year of Autobots, given that audiences are already expecting the fourth live-action blockbuster in July.
You can view the scan of the magazine article below.
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This is an important news story for collectors of Generation One figures, espeically anyone who has purchased a Computron in the last two year and comes courtesy of The Allspark. For the last two years an eBay seller by the name of Qiupaul and Mcdolltutu has been selling reproduction Computron boxes, instructions and Styrofoam and putting loose figures into those boxes and then selling them on as Mint-In-Box toys for a large profit. MightGaine has put together a guide on how oyou can identify these reproductions boxes which have been made more complicated by the seller selling other repro boxes (labelled as reproduction) which have slight differences. Here is the full story from the Allspark
"There's a really awful scam that has been going on for over 2 years now with MIB Computron gift sets on Ebay. Seller going by Qiupaul and Mcdolltutu (and other names) has been making repro MIB Computron boxes, styro, and instructions, stuffing a loose Computron inside, and selling it as a legit MIB item:
Some recent examples...
One can tell they're fake because of the missing arrow next to "TECH SPECS Clip and Save!" blurb on the back. TheMint1980 on TFW noticed something was funny with the auctions a year ago, when the same two sellers were selling tons of MIB Computron gift sets. RoboticPlanet on TFW noticed recently that the seller is now selling boxes labeled as repros...
Transformers Autobots Computron Custom Made Box | eBay
While MightGaine was doing the ID guide for the repro box, he looked back at the old "MIB" auctions from the seller, and realized they were missing four of the differences in the clearly labeled repro box, but they still have one of the differences--the missing arrow on the back of the box!! Here's the ID guide...
Quipaul Computron Box ID Guide
It turns out there are actually two versions of the repro box: one used to scam people, and one clearly labeled as a repro box. All those auctions TheMint1980 has been noticing have been scams!!
Conclusion: Qiupaul/Mcdolltutu has been scamming people with fake MIB Computron gift sets for over 2 years now!! Beware!!!"
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The Allspark member Meister79 has posted an image (available below) containing a list of TakaraTomy Transformers solicitations, some of which, were previously unknown about. The full list is:
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The Allspark.com recently visited the Comic Expo which was taking place within Cincinnati where soem of the Transformers Collectors' Club Fans Subscription Service figures were on display. The figures, which were still at the sample phase, were Ultra Mammoth and Slipstream. You can view the images over on the Allsparks facebook page.
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TFW2005.com board member Sasuke has posted some images of two items from the Universal Studios Hollywood store related to Transformers: The Ride. The first item is an "Energon themed commemorative cup" which you can get when you buy a cream soda. The cup has a light which flashes to try to make the drink look .... special. The 2nd item, which we have mirrored below, is a chocolate replica of the Allspark Cube from the Transformers movie!!
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The Allspark are reporting that the Transformers Prime First Edition Vehicon and Bulkhead figures appears to be being distributed again within the US. There have been reportings of sightings of the toys on both ad the TFW2005.com, for the Vehicon and on The Allspark for Bulkhead.
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The Allspark member Corgsopalposted news that the current issue of Game Informer magazine, issue 227, has pictures of the Transformers: Fall of Cybertron Brawl, Swindle AND Bruticus!!! According to Corgsopa, Bruticus is made up of all 5 members of the Combaticons who will be deluxe scale figures. You can view the initial post along with the images on their forum here. Expect more images of these toys, along with the other members, to come out after the US Toy Fair.
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The Allspark are reporting that the wave 5 deluxe figures from Transformers Dark of the Moon, Air Raid, Armor Topspin and Darksteel, are now out in Malaysia retail shops. They are also reporting that Human Alliance
Basic Wave 4 Reverb and Crosshairs has also been sighted.
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The Allspark members NightViper, lonegamer8, Might Gaine and
Powered Convoy have scanned and translated the manga (comic) that came with the recently
released Transformers Generations 2011 Volume 2 book by Million Publishing. The story features TakaraTomy's Transformers United figures and focuses around the Generations Book exclusive figure Stepper with Nebulon figure. The comic outline was written by Simon
Furman and drawn by Guido Guidi who also helped out with the translation.
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The Allspark.com are reporting that the current months issue of Hong Kong lifestyle magazine MILK comes with a cardboard trailer that fits the Transformers Dark of the Moon deluxe
Optimus Prime. As well as reporting the news they have also published a high-resolution scan of the page so they you can print the page out on card and then make up a trailer yourself.
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The Allspark have posted a translation of the comic that came with Masterpiece Movie Starscream in Japan. Here's what they had to say about it
"Thanks to Powered Convoy, lonegamer8, NightViper, and the one and only Simon Furman we now have a translated version of Transfomers: Revenge of the Fallen - Unite for the UniverseYou can view it Untranslated and Translated. online! This comic was included with Masterpiece Movie Starscream released last year. The comic picks up shortly after the movie, with script by Simon Furman, illustrations by Guido Guidi, and colors by Tommaso Renieri.".
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The Allspark have posted a translation of the manga (comic) that came with the Transformers 2010 Generations book. Here is a copy of their announcement.
"Thanks to Allspark members Powered Convoy, lonegamer8, DrSpengler,
NightViper, and Meister79 we now have a translated version of the United Manga (Comic) included within the pages of Generations 2010 book. This manga is written and illustrated by Naoto Tsushima.You can view the manga in low res page 1 and page 2, and in high res page 1 and page 2."
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The Allspark.com are reporting that US cinemas (movie theatres) are now running trailers for the television début of Transformers Prime on The Hub.
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