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  2. G.I. Joe - We are also fans of G.I-Joe and so on occasionally we run news stories related to that Hasbro line, primarily related to the live action films.
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  6. The Visionaries.net - The news stories within this category appear on The Visionaries.net as well as Transformers At The Moon
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  8. Trans-Europe Express Group News - The Trans-Europe Express was a Yahoo! Group where a few people collaboration to share information on what was going in within Europe relating to Transformers as well as promoting a united European fan community.
  9. Transformer Toy Sightings - This is where you will find toy sighting related news stories.
  10. Transformers Animated - Transformers Animated was the cartoon / comic / toy form that the Transformers took from late 2007 until 2010. These news stories are published on Transformers Animated.com as well as on Transformers At The Moon
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  17. Transformers Power Core Combiners - News related to the 2010 Transformers subline known as the Power Core Combiners. These news stories are published both on Transformers At The Moon as well as Transformers Power Core Combiners.com.
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  21. Transformers Trademark News - News stories relating to trademark applications that Hasbro Inc have made with the USPTO. These stories are always broken here first.
  22. Transformers: Prime - Transformers: Prime is the name of the 2010 CGI Transformers cartoon which aired on the Hasbro-Discovery joint TV channel The Hub in the fall of 2010 within the US.
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Website Updates

You will find a new addition to our Transformers Toy Gallery area in the form of a Transformers Generation One White Prototype of Octane.

The figure, made entirely of white plastic has 36 images in it's gallery.

Category: Website Updates | Submitted by: Moonbug - on: Thursday, 14th July 2011 at 22:00:17 UTC | Share: | Discuss: Read on

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eBay seller Heerostoyhamker has listed an interesting auction for what he refers to as a Generation One Optimus Prime prototype testshot.

The figure is actually a testshot, not a prototype, and isn't a Generation One mold rather one of the newer reissues of Convoy.  The toy features the head which was designed for the Transformers Music Label Convoy figures.

Category: Website Updates | Submitted by: Moonbug - on: Monday, 25th May 2009 at 09:45:50 UTC | Share: | Discuss: Read on

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Heerostoymaker (aka TinTinHappy and various other names) has placed an auction on ebay for his latest clear/chrome figure.  This time its a clear Transformers Henkei Convoy but with some chrome gold parts.  The figure is not a lucky draw figure nor will it ever been officially released.  This origianl toy was made in the TakaraTomy factories and was then later chromed over. It is not an official Transformers item and can be put into the same category as our recently posted all gold chrome Big Convoy and Silver chrome Big Convoy with blue parts.

If you are intested in bidding on the auction or would like to see the images, you can find them here.

Category: Website Updates | Submitted by: quartz - on: Sunday, 10th May 2009 at 10:35:46 UTC | Share: | Discuss: Read on

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hla2009tf2009 has listed an auction for a Clear Generation One Ramjet toy (actually a clear Reissue or Encore figure) which matches the Transformers Lunchtime Specials, or clear testshots, which were all the rage a few years ago.

The auction includes some great images and we believe this is the first time the Clear G1 Ramjet figure has appeared for auction and includes eToysHunter's watermarked images.

The account has no feedback, so this could be a new account for eToysHunter .. or it could be a fake auction, though we've not personally seen those pictures before.

EDIT:

We've also just noticed that GoldPrime is selling his boxed Collectors Edition Clear Soundwave figure on ebay as well.  If you want to see more images of the Clear Soundwave then take a look at the one we own.

Category: Website Updates | Submitted by: Moonbug - on: Tuesday, 17th March 2009 at 19:04:27 UTC | Share: | Discuss: Read on

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We received several emails after putting out Transformers toy gallery of the unreleased Transformers Universe Smokesceen figure online last year, asking us to let those people know if another one came up for sale.  Well today we've spotted an auction for both the Transformers Universe Smokescreen as well as Drench - so the complete Battle in a Box set.

The auction isn't cheap, but offers you the chance to get this really nice unreleased figure as well as Drench.

Category: Website Updates | Submitted by: Moonbug - on: Tuesday, 17th February 2009 at 19:52:08 UTC | Share: | Discuss: Read on

Website UpdatesWell known and respected Transformers collector and dealer Paul "The Spacebrigde" Hitchens has placed a few prized posessions for sale on ebay.  Up for sale are gems such as the all white Generation Two Grimlock testshot, unreleased Generation Two Blades, Generation Two Combat Hero Optimus Prime on mockup card, unreleased Generation Towo Gobot Rumble and unreleased Generation Two Go-Bot Daytonus along with various other rare items and testshots.

Category: Website Updates | Submitted by: quartz - on: Thursday, 15th January 2009 at 14:12:25 UTC | Share: | Discuss: Read on

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Part three of our January "Build-up to BotCon" features a hand painted sample of the unreleased BotCon Wreckers Rotorbolt figure.

Rotorbolt was a repaint of the Beast Machines Vehicon Obsidian toy, but was never intended to be issued as a convention exclusive. This was handpainted by a former lead deco artist from Hasbro and is the exact toy pictured on the BotCon Web site at http://www.botcon.com/archive/story/characters/catalog.html.

Category: Website Updates | Submitted by: Moonbug - on: Wednesday, 14th January 2009 at 10:32:55 UTC | Share: | Discuss: Read on

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We've updated out previously small (2 images) gallery of the currently unreleased BotCon Wreckers Alpha Trion toy with 44 more images.

The gallery now comprises of the only full image gallery of this toy on the web, as it features the hand painted sample made for 3H, and never put into full production.

The timing of the gallery is perfect, with the BotCon 2009 toys believed to be comprised of the remaining BotCon Wrecker team, of which Alpha Trion was their leader.

Alpha Trion is featured along side Beast Machines Snarl and an all white testshot of Beast Machines Snarl (of which Hasbro put the legs on backwards).

Category: Website Updates | Submitted by: Moonbug - on: Saturday, 10th January 2009 at 11:04:53 UTC | Share: | Discuss: Read on

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Thanks to Senuseret for providing more images of what is listed as an unreleased G1 Triple Changer, but has been identified as one of the unreleased Transformers / GI-Joe Crossover figures (thanks to Ras and Doubleclouder for that).

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 EDIT: 13:53 - updated with corrected information.  Thanks to Nevermore for supplying the link to ToyArchive for more images of the figure.

Category: Website Updates | Submitted by: Moonbug - on: Wednesday, 7th January 2009 at 09:18:25 UTC | Share: | Discuss: Read on

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As a Christmas present to all the visitors to Transformers At The Moon we've uploaded a new Transformers toy gallery to the site.  The new gallery is of the Transformers Henkei Chrome Silver Convoy figure, a few of which have recently appeared on ebay.

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Category: Website Updates | Submitted by: Moonbug - on: Wednesday, 24th December 2008 at 22:39:48 UTC | Share: | Discuss: Read on

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A few more interesting Transformers auctions have appeared on ebay including several Transformers testshots, listed as Transformers prototypes, and Transformers Hardcopies.

The auctions are for a hardcopy Transformers Movie Scorponok figure, a testshot of the Japaneses G1 Killbision toy, and an auction for a testshot of G1 Fortress Maximus along with a testshot of Sixshot and an all black Ramjet (previously seen on ebay).

Category: Website Updates | Submitted by: Moonbug - on: Saturday, 20th December 2008 at 10:03:55 UTC | Share: | Discuss: Read on

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Earlier this year we started what we called our "Lucky Draw Research Project". This mini-project involved us trying to track down any and all hard evidence relating to the Takara Japanese Exclusive campaign prize draw Transformers figures known as Lucky Draw toys.

The project, which we had technically started several years ago with online research, involved us spending quiet a bit of time and an awful lot of money to buy back issues of various Japanese toy , TV and collectors magazines. There were a few issues to get over with the research.

  • Language barrier - though our Japanese is far better than it used to be thanks to some lessons a few years ago
  • Lack of online information, other than on the Lucky Draw Transformers website
  • Age - the magazines we were after date back to 1997, with some issues required from 1987/1988.
  • Range of magazines - the magazines, which are released monthly included TV Boy, TV Magazine, Hyper Hobby Magazine and Comic BonBon (that's over 10 years worth of 4 magazines, at 12 magazines a year), which works out at 480 magazines.

Anyway we bought over 150 magazines over a month and had them shipped into the UK (which was a whole new story) where we had to sort through them, document the information and then scan each of the magazines for evidence. We decided to scan any and every page which featured Transformers on them, as well as a few other series which we liked such as Microman.

Anyway the first batch of updates are now available on Transformers At The Moon in our In The Media section. The new galleries include Lucky Draw Transformers toys, Transformers protype and testshot toys, a Beast Wars II manga and much more. The Issues also include the Hyper Hobby magazine which featured the Black Rodimus Convoy toy currently on eBay:-

Category: Website Updates | Submitted by: Moonbug - on: Sunday, 24th August 2008 at 20:27:38 UTC | Share: | Discuss: Read on

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We've updated our Transformers Concept and Prototype area again, this time looking at Prototype Packaging and artwork. There are two new galleries as well as an addition and renaming of an old gallery.

Category: Website Updates | Submitted by: Moonbug - on: Wednesday, 26th March 2008 at 20:30:47 UTC | Share: | Discuss: Read on

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eBay seller jkhan7 has listed an auction for Transformers Animated Lugnut, though without the head. You can view the auction here, and see the images below.

Category: Website Updates | Submitted by: Moonbug - on: Saturday, 15th December 2007 at 11:37:42 UTC | Share: | Discuss: Read on

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Many of you will know these types of Transformers Collectors Edition Testshots as Lunchtime Specials, and their true nature is still that of speculation and arguments. However there is little denying how cool some of the Clear Transformers testshots are.

You would have already found a vast collection of these "Lunchtime Specials" on our site, and as a few others recently turned up on ebay, we thought it was about time that you got to see some more of our Clear Transformers toy collection. So we present to you the following galleries.

  1. Transformers Collectors Edition - Clear Blue Tracks Testshot
  2. Transformers Collectors Edition - Clear Red Tracks Testshot
  3. Transformers Collectors Edition - Clear Blue Stepper Testshot
  4. Transformers Collectors Edition - Clear Blue Nebulon Testshot
We have others that we'll add in the future, so stay tuned. There are over 180 images for you to look at, and we have another 2800 images of various other Transformers toys which will be added over the next week.

Category: Website Updates | Submitted by: Moonbug - on: Friday, 21st September 2007 at 20:17:21 UTC | Share: | Discuss: Read on

Transformers Toy Galleries
Sentinel Prime Sentinel Prime
Click the link or image above to view the Sentinel Prime toy gallery. The gallery contains 5 images of this figure for your viewing pleasure.
Transformers related trademarks filed with the USPTO
Hasbro Inc submitted a trademark application for AUTOBOT JAZZ with the USPTO on the Tuesday, 22nd June 2004. The mark was submitted within the category toy action figures, toy vehicles and toy robots convertible into other visual toy forms and accessories for use therewith and currently has as status of A Sections 8 and 15 combined declaration has been accepted and acknowledged..
Transformers Cartoon Series
Generation One Character Sheets, Designs and notes from Ron Friedman Generation One Character Sheets, Designs and notes from Ron Friedman
Ron Friedman (one of the head writers for the first two seasons of Transformers Generation One and Transformers: The Movie) has placed several auctions on the website Heritage Auctions.com.  The auctions include the G1 series bible, character sheets ....
Transformers Comics
Choose Your Fate Choose Your Fate
We loved the Transformers Choose Your Fate books as kids, and even wrote a text adventure in their style for an old version of Transformers At The Moon. Here you can find images from these puzzle-books, both UK and US ....
Transformers Videos
Ep 12: Captain Fanzone Ep 12: Captain Fanzone
Captain Fanzone and theh Detroit police department were called into investigate the disappearance of Sari Sumdac. This comic scene features some nice banter between the Captain and a police officer, as well as with Bulkhead. ....
Transformers Conventions and Events
OTFCC 2003 (USA) OTFCC 2003 (USA)
We loved the Transformers Choose Your Fate books as kids, and even wrote a text adventure in their style for an old version of Transformers At The Moon. Here you can find images from these puzzle-books, both UK and US ....
Transformers Toysheets
US Sheet 1 US Sheet 1
The scans contained within this gallery are taken from our own Transformers toysheet collection. This is the first US Transformers toysheet. ....
Transformers Instructions
Transformers Animated Transformers Animated
The instruction scans contained within this gallery with the TF08.net watermark were originally from the Chinese TF08 website. They have been added here as a mirror. ....
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