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TakaraTomy Website Updates

Date: Thursday, December 25th 2008 3:31am CST
Categories: Toy News, Company News
Posted by: Stormrider | Credit(s): TakaraTomy

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TakaraTomy has updated their Transformers website with several new listings and pictures.

The Henkei page features: Cheetor, Hound

The Encore page also has two new listings: Trailbreaker, Hoist





These figures will be released this month.

BBTS.com's stand on KO Encore Metroplex!

Date: Tuesday, December 23rd 2008 11:08am CST
Categories: Toy News, Sponsor News, Company News, Collectables, Store News, Knock Offs
Posted by: Dead Metal | Credit(s): BBTS.com

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As response to yesterdays shocking warning concerning Encore Metroplex our Sponsor BigBadToyStore.com has contacted us to assure their Customers that their Transformers Encore Metroplexes are all real.

Read what they have to say:

Hey guys,

This is James over at BBTS (posting on behalf of Joel)

We have checked all of our stock and everything we have is legit and we are 100% certain we have no knockoffs because we buy from dealers we trust that get product directly from Takara. We were approached by the cheap 3rd party company that makes the knockoffs and we declined to buy them.

If you guys could spread this info around the boards we'd appreciate it since we don't post/read on all the Transformer boards.

Thanks and Happy Holidays from everyone at BBTS!

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Ja die First German Transformers Convention!

Date: Saturday, December 20th 2008 6:46am CST
Categories: Event News, Company News, Collectables
Posted by: Dead Metal | Credit(s): NTF-Archive C.O.N.S

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Yes you read that right you're not hallucinating Germany is going to have it's first Transformers convention on 19.07.2009 (07.19.2009 for US).
The convention will be known under the name C.O.N.S and is organized by the German Transformers board NTF-Archive.de.
Currently the convention seems to be held in Brüggen, near the Dutch boarder, but this is likely to change.
Visit the convention site here.

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TF Animated Season 2 DVD Giveaway

Date: Friday, December 19th 2008 12:52am CST
Categories: Cartoon News, Company News, Digital Media News
Posted by: First Gen | Credit(s): Hasbro, Inc., The TMR Zoo

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A new DVD giveaway has just been posted over at The TMR Zoo that, according to the post, comes courtesy of HASBRO, Inc.



Three Transformers Animated Season 2 DVD sets are the prizes available. The contest is now open to U.S. Residents and will continue until 11:59 PM EST, January 16th, 2009. Entrants are allowed to enter once a day, every day until the deadline. Three entrants will be chosen at random and notified by email.

Note: Any entrants found entering more than once on a given day will automatically disqualified from the contest.

View the original post and enter by clicking here.

Entertainment Rights To Cut Jobs.

Date: Thursday, December 18th 2008 10:28am CST
Categories: Cartoon News, Company News, Digital Media News
Posted by: Raymond T. | Credit(s): www.independent.co.uk

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The business section of UK based The Independent News, reports that Entertainment Rights, who own the distrubution rights for broadcasting and DVD's released for Transformers Armada, Energon, Cybertron and Animated in the UK territory and most of the mainland countries of Europe, will be cutting jobs.

According to the article the company will cut one third of its work force in an attempt stay ahead of the losses it has recently endured, partly due to the collapse of Woolworths, one of the largest customers of its UK entertainment business.

New Henkei figures and Cassettes reissues!

Date: Wednesday, December 17th 2008 11:20am CST
Categories: Toy News, Company News, Collectables
Posted by: Dead Metal | Credit(s): ToyWorkers

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The online store toy Workers has new pre-orders for upcoming TakaraTomy Transformers products. First off are the first two Henkei legends figures sets:
TRANSFORMERS C-18 ATTACK TEAM MINIBOTS
Beachcomber, Bumblebee and Brawn

TRANSFORMERS C-19 SPY TEAM MINIBOTS
Cosmos, Wheely and Warpath

And new Transformers G1 cassettes reissues!
These will be a big hit for those that still need some G1 cassettes.
TRANSFORMERS CASSETTE BIG MISSION
Ravage and Lazerbeak
Eject and Rewind


To see the pre-orders and images just click here.

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Transformers Destiny: Alliance Comic Preview, Day 4

Date: Tuesday, December 16th 2008 3:46pm CST
Categories: Comic Book News, Company News
Posted by: i_amtrunks | Credit(s): Transformers Mosaic, IDW Boards

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As we reported earlier, the good folks at the IDW Boards, and Transformers Mosaic, have been posting sneak peaks of the soon to be released "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen prequel comic Transformers Destiny: Alliance #1". (longest comic title ever?).

While Day 1 and Day 2 revealed nothing that (as yet) would seem important, Day 3 gave us a look at Ironhide, while Day 4 gives out a curveball straight out of left field, with a panel focusing on a popular cameo character from the first film.

To check out who this character is, head on over to the Transformers Mosaic DevaintArt page, or IDW Boards.

IDW Publishing Release Dates for 2008 / 09

Date: Monday, December 15th 2008 4:44pm CST
Categories: Comic Book News, Company News
Posted by: i_amtrunks | Credit(s): Denton Tipton

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Thanks to the From the Tip, the blog of IDW Publishing's Transformers editor Denton Tipton, we now know the upcoming comic release date information through to Mid January 2009.

Out this week, the 17th of December 2008 will be the opening issue of the Transformers revenge of the Fallen Prequel Comic:
- Revenge of the Fallen Movie Prequel Alliance #1

The next two weeks do not have dates set in stone, due to the amount of Holidays:

December 24 (or thereabouts)
- Animated Vol. 6 TPB

December 31 (or thereabouts)
- All Hail Megatron #6

Followed by a return to settled dates for January 2009.

January 7
- Maximum Dinobots #2
- Saga of the Allspark TPB
- Escalation TPB (second printing)
- Stormbringer TPB (fourth printing)

January 14
- Revenge of the Fallen Movie Prequel Alliance #2
- Armada Vol. 2 TPB

IDW's Escalation and Stormbringer to be re-printed

Date: Monday, December 15th 2008 3:49pm CST
Categories: Comic Book News, Company News
Posted by: i_amtrunks | Credit(s): Denton Tipton

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Good news for those who have so far missed out on acquiring the IDW Publishing Trade Paperbacks of the Transformers: Escalation and Transformers: Stormbringer series, IDW will be reprinting both series in January 2009.

IDW's transformers Editor Denton Tipton has updated his blog From the Tip, informing us all that both series will be reprinted in the First week of January, with Stormbringer being reprinted for the fourth time.

You can check out Denton's full post by clicking here.

Transformers Comic releases for December 17th 2008

Date: Sunday, December 14th 2008 7:03pm CST
Categories: Comic Book News, Company News
Posted by: i_amtrunks | Credit(s): Chris Ryall, Denton Tipton

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After a bumper year for Transformers Comics, IDW are not resting on their laurels as we enter the festive season.

This week, Wednesday the 17th of December 2008 will only see 1 release from IDW Publishing, but it is a big comic in regards to the year 2009.

Thanks to RyallTime, the blog of IDW's Editor-in-Chief Chris Ryall, we can confirm that this week will see the release of the first prequel comic for the upcoming 2009 release of the second Transformers Movie "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen".
- Transformers Alliance: Destiny #1

Transformers Alliance: Destiny #1 will be written by Chris Mowry, who was also responsible for the Transformers Movie Sequel Comic "Reign of Starscream". Alex Milne is on art duties with colours to be handled by Josh Perez.

As for next week's releases, they remain unknown for the present, as IDW's Transformers editor Denton Tipton has not updated his blog From the Tip with release past the 17th of December. It is not known if the next release date of the 24th of December will see any releases due to it's proximity to Christmas, but stay tuned to Seibertron.com for more information as it comes to hand.