Tuesday, 4 January 2011

Bill Fagerbakke to Make his Return to Transformers in Dark of the Moon

TransformerToys.co.uk has been updated with a new news story called Bill Fagerbakke to Make his Return to Transformers in Dark of the Moon.

Times-New Magic Valley are reporting that Bill Fagerbakke, Transformers Animated Bulkhead, has signed onto the cast of  Transformers Dark Of The Moon as one of the Wreckers.

Fagerbakke is voicing an animated Chevy Impala stock car equipped with machine guns in the third Transformers movie, “Dark of the Moon,” which will be released July 1.

Big Auto Assembly announcements on the way

TransformerToys.co.uk has been updated with a new news story called Big Auto Assembly announcements on the way.

Simon Plumbe, head of Auto Assembly has tweeted the following announcement on the Auto Assembly Twitter page.

\"Big Auto Assembly 2011 news coming soon along with our first announcement about Auto Assembly 2012...!\"

The Ark Addendum - Carly and Chip

TransformerToys.co.uk has been updated with a new news story called The Ark Addendum - Carly and Chip .

As part of his updates to the Disciples of Boltax, Jim Sorenson has added a new entry for The Ark Addendum, Carly and Chip.  Though previously included in The Ark books Jim, via Kjeevahh on behalf of Lexmc, has now been given a new, more complete character sheet of both these characters.

\"I\'ve previously included models for Chip, though the models that I won as a part of the Frieman material were different and, I believe, more finalized than what was published in The Ark.  This is one of those pages that I deeply wish I could go back and insert into The Ark, but alas I suspect that that train has sailed\" Jim himself blogs in reference to the new material­ which you can find here.

Monday, 3 January 2011

The Hub Issue Press Release on Transformers Prime Feb 11th debut

TransformerToys.co.uk has been updated with a new news story called The Hub Issue Press Release on Transformers Prime Feb 11th debut.

The Hub have issued the following press release regarding Transformers Prime series starting on Feb 11th 2011.

The Hub, a television network for kids and their families, will premiere its original half-hour, full CGI animated series “Transformers Prime” in its regular weekly time period with a new episode Friday, February 11 (4:30 p.m. ET).

Announcement of the premiere date was made following the network’s recent record-setting performance of its mini-series event, a five-part presentation of original episodes of “Transformers Prime,” November 29-December 3. The highly anticipated programming event earned the network its best-ever audience deliveries among Persons 2+ and in Households. Also, for the five-day (Monday-Friday, 6â€"7 p.m. ET) time period average, “Transformers Prime” was the top co-viewed program among all kids cable networks with 43% of Kids 2-11 watching with Adults 18-49.*

Prior to the series’ February 11 premiere, The Hub will present an encore presentation of the “Transformers Prime” five-part mini-series, beginning Friday, January 14 (4 p.m. ET) with back-to-back presentations of the first two half-hour episodes of the mini-series. On successive Fridays in the same time period, The Hub will present two additional episodes of the mini-series, leading to the February series premiere.

The new animated series will feature archrivals the Autobots and Decepticons as they once again face-off in their epic rivalry for control of Earth. The all-new mini-series will feature iconic characters of the franchise, including Autobots Optimus Prime and Bumblebee, and the ominous Decepticon Megatron, as well as introducing new human characters to the action series.

The Hub, which rebranded from the former Discovery Kids on 10-10-10, is a joint venture of Discovery Communications and Hasbro, Inc., and is available to 61 million U.S. cable and satellite households.

“Transformers Prime” is produced for The Hub by Hasbro Studios. Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci and Jeff Kline are executive producers. Kurtzman and Orci served as co-writers and producers on the hit feature film Star Trek, and are currently co-writers and producers for the feature film Cowboys and Aliens from Dreamworks/Universal, set for release in summer 2011. Kline is also executive producer of The Hub animated series “G.I. Joe Renegades.”

*(Source: Nielsen Media Research; program based dayparts; most current; 11/29/10-12/3/10, co-viewing in NPower, L+7)

The Hub is a multi-platform joint venture between Discovery Communications (NASDAQ:DISCA - News) and Hasbro, Inc., (NASDAQ:HAS - News) with a goal of entertaining, enlightening, empowering and educating children and their families. The cable and satellite television network features original programming as well as content from Discovery\'s library of award-winning children\'s educational programming; from Hasbro\'s rich portfolio of entertainment and educational properties built during the past 90 years; and from leading third-party producers worldwide. The Hub lineup includes animated and live-action series, specials and game shows, and the network extends its content through a robust and engaging online presence at www.hubworld.com. The Hub rebranded from Discovery Kids on October 10, 2010, and reaches approximately 61 million U.S. households. The Hub logo and name are trademarks of Hub Television Networks, LLC. All rights reserved.

Images of TFClub Opticmax vs Megazoom and Hot Flame vs Screamer

TransformerToys.co.uk has been updated with a new news story called Images of TFClub Opticmax vs Megazoom and Hot Flame vs Screamer .

The Allspark are reporting that \"TFsource has posted new images and pre-orders for TFClub\'s Opticmax vs Megazoom and Hot Flame vs. Screamer Targetroid sets. These are miniature figures of Optimus Prime, Megatron, Hot Rod and Starscream that are Targetmasters and transform into guns for use by larger figures.\"

Transformers The Movie synopsis - Ron Friedman auction

TransformerToys.co.uk has been updated with a new news story called Transformers The Movie synopsis - Ron Friedman auction.

TFW2005.com member kjeevahh has posted some scans of another one of the Ron Friedman auctions.  This time the auction was was the early synopsis for Transformers: The Movie which includes character outlines and a description of the 25 scenes that Ron originally invisioned.

The contents are quite different from the final movie and are slightly different to the draft script that Jim Sorenson published a few weeks ago.

Sunday, 2 January 2011

Masterpiece Rodimus Prrime to be a Toys R Us exclusive within the UK and US

TransformerToys.co.uk has been updated with a new news story called Masterpiece Rodimus Prrime to be a Toys R Us exclusive within the UK and US.

Toys R Us UK worker Omega Prime has posted a list of new Transformers entries within the UK computer system over on TFW2005.com and here they are:

TF Masterpiece Rodimus - 309311
TF3 Activators Asst - 345423
TF3 Battle Mask - 309230
TF3 Cyberverse Commander Asst - 345318
TF3 Cyberverse Legion Asst - 345296
TF3 Cyberverse Ark Set - 346543
TF3 Energon Shock Sword - 309117
TF3 GoBots Asst - 345466
TF3 Mechtech Voyager Asst - 345741
TF3 Mechtech Deluxe Asst - 345709
TF3 Megaverse Evolution 4 Pack - 309265
TF3 Optimus Prime Blaster - 346012
TF3 Revving Robots - 309095
TF3 Robo Fighters Asst - 345601
TF3 Robo Power Bash Bots - 308749
TF3 Scanning Ironhide & Sideswipe

In a follow-up post he then announced that Rodimus was listed as a global exclusive meaning that the toy will also be sold within the US exclusively in Toys R Us stores