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Tformers Presents: the War for Cybertron DLC Giveaway! [/booming announcer voice]
We have been provided five total Playstation3 codes for Transformers: War for Cybertron DLC that just came out this week! This is a really easy, simple contest: post in here anytime between now and 11:59 PM Eastern on Thursday, August 5, 2010, and you will automatically entered to win one of three DLC codes! Read more for further details!
Thanks to Youtube member lowfatoreo, we have our first look at another new Transformer that will be seen in Transformers 3. The video, around the 3:50 mark, shows a brand-new, never-before-seen head. Could this be the head for the robot that uses the the Ferrari 458 Italia as a vehicle mode? The Montoya #42 Target Wrecker? Rollbar? Speculate!
Third-party customization iGear Toys has announced their next Partner Product, PP-03 Attack. The PP-03 is a conehead mold that started with E, Elegy (Dirge); J, Jet (Ramjet); and now A, Attack, a paint job based on Thrust! No release date yet, but we'll let you know when we get a release date! Take a look in the gallery after the jump!
After shooting down multiple guesses of the names of the NASCAR trio vehicles sighted during the filming in Chicago, we may have finally gotten a name: Wreckers. Posting on Transformers World 2005 forums, an individual posting under the name "Nelson," the same handle used by Shoot For the Edit administrator, posts that the vehicles were referenced as the Wreckers on set. This name was also dropped in Hip-Hoptimus Rime's set report, although the name at that time was heard through the grapevine, so it could not be confirmed at that time. What do you think of this trio being named the Wreckers? Does it fit? Discuss!
Following the news from the Transformers Cybertron Con in China of the Masterpiece MP-09 Rodimus action figure coming our way. We have yet more pre-order listings opening up with retailers BigBadToyStore and TFsource.com. Be sure to get your pre-order in before they are all gone. You know this one is gonna sell really well.
ROBOTKINGDOM .COM Newsletter #1123 - Takara Transformers Masterpiece MP-09 MP-9 Rodimus Prime. Takara Masterpiece MP-M01 Transformers the Movie Edition Starscream. Hasbro Transformers Deluxe 2010 2 Pack Asst Set of 4. Hasbro Transformers Animated Deluxe Rodimus Minor. More!
Keep on guessing folks! We have seen the Transformers 3 NASCAR trio throughout the filming in Chicago for the final installment of the live action series, and fans have speculated who they are. Stunticons? No. Omnicons? No. Rallybots!? "No," Nelson simply writes on the Shoot For the Edit forums. He wrote this simple one word response in a thread on the official boards of Director Michael Bay that the trio were named the Rallybots. Guess we will know the name of them eventually.
Hasbro is kicking off the start of the first ever official TRANSFORMERS fan convention to be held in Asia, “TRANSFORMERS Cybertron Con,” at the East Asia Exhibition Hall at the
Shanghai World Expo. Building on the tremendous momentum and enthusiasm for Hasbro’s popular brand around the world, the Company is presenting an extensive collection of historical TRANSFORMERS items from throughout the brand’s 26 year history.
Remember when we first saw the blue Mercedes Benz E350 on the set of Transformers 3 while filming in Chicago? Some believed it was the Chevrolet Volt (we did at one point), and some thought it would replace the Volt as Jolt's vehicle mode. It turns out that we were a bit off, according to the administrator of Director Michael Bay's Shoot For the Edit Nelson. "[The] Mercedes is not Jolt," Nelson posts on the forums. Read more.
Thanks to Peaugh who has posted one of his marvelous video reviews. This round features the much anticipated release of the BBTS Exclusive G1 Seacons and Piranacon Gestalt action figures team. Hasbro surprised everyone with these release at BotCon. With the figure set to arrive next month, this video is a good way to get the scoop on what this toy is all about.
This year, Hasbro have generously supplied us with no less than THIRTY sets Of the eagerly anticipated Challenge At Cybertron boxed set featuring Universe Cyclonus, Galvatron and Rodimus! This set is not being released in the UK and at the moment, it's not even released in the US and when it is, it will be a Target exclusive!!
Thanks to a new video posted on YouTube, we have learned that the Superfund armored truck first sighted in Milwaukee and then seen throughout this week in Chicago is indeed a Decepticon. Unlike Barricade, which was a Saleen Mustang police car that read, "To Punish and Enslave," the armored truck does not indicate anything menacing except the Decepticon faction logo on the passenger door (it is assumed it is on the driver side door, too). Read more.
Thanks to yizhi521 and ACToys member runnie, we have our first looks at TakaraTomy's Masterpiece Rodimus Convoy! Yesterday we were given a teaser of the figure, but today, we have a full blown look at the figure's robot mode. Take a look after the jump!
Thanks to TFClub's Tsina, we have our first looks at some upcoming Transformers Generations, Power Core Combiners, Generations 1 Legends, and good ole' Transformers line figures from CybertronCon China! These figures were described in our report of the BotCon 2010 Hasbro Designers Panel, but these are the first public views where pictures were allowed. We see Generations Jazz, Perceptor, Scourge, Thunderwing, Tracks; Power Core Combiners Grimstone/Dinobots, Steamhammer/Constructicons; Generation 1 Legends Gold Bumblebee, Megatron, Optimus Prime, Starscream; Scout Windcharger, and Voyagers Grapple and Lugnut! Take a look at the images after the jump.
We talk all the latest news including Masterpiece Rodimus, IDW News from SDCC, Seacon Reissues, Transformers 3 Rumblings and more! Check the episode out in video! (Beta. Not betamax just...beta)
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The CybertronCon China convention is going on right now and thanks to HK-TF, we have learned that Toys R Us Hong Kong and Hasbro Hong Kong will be offering a one-off Gold Transformers Hunt For the Decepticons Battle Blade Bumblebee at the Hong Kong Animation-Comic-Game Convention! An image of a poster announcing this one-off figure states that the person who spends the most at the Hasbro Booth (managed by TRU Hong Kong) will receive this one and only in the world figure. The convention is scheduled to take place this weekend, July 31 through August 3, 2010. Read more.
Our very own forums member Hip-Hoptimus Rime shares his personal report on working as an extra on the Transformers 3 set! Get the scoop on what goes on during filming and the intimate details of some of the filming that was directed by none other than Michael Bay. Read the extensive report after the jump.
Activision has just sent word that starting tonight, 9:00PM Eastern/6:00PM Pacific, you can play with developers of Transformers: War for Cybertron. XBox Live Gold membership is required, but luckily it will pay off, since this weekend is also double XP weekend for the game! Beginning at 9:00PM Eastern/6:00PM Pacific, Friday, July 30th through 3:00 AM Eastern/12:00AM Pacific, Monday, August 2nd, and playing in multiplayer matches on the Xbox 360, PS3 or PC versions of the game will earn double XP rewards. For more information on playing with the developers, go to XBox.com.
Thanks to ACtoys who have posted more news via images from that Transformers Cybertron Con that is being held this weekend in Shanghai, China. On show is what looks like a large Transformers display with lots of product from Hasbro and Takara Tomy. As previously reported, the MP Rodimus grey prototype is there as well as some new looks at the
2010 Transformers celebration figures Primus and Unicron. Check out the images of them both and more. 























