Although not due to ship until the end of the year, you can preorder from HasbroToyShop right now Animated deluxe Blurr and Swindle, as well as Universe voyager Inferno and Vector Prime. (…more)
Variety reports that a partnership between Universal Parks & Resorts, Hasbro, Inc. and DreamWorks Pictures has put into development a theme park ride inspired by the Transformers movies. The ride will incorperate a fusion of 3D-HD media, special effects and robotics with a ride system to bring the Transformers to life. (…more)
Check out pics of Universe Smokescreen & Dinobot; Animated Waspinator & Samurai Prowl; Animated Wreck-gar; and more. Leo Prime’s re-release has an Optimus head and color scheme. Samurai Prowl is all-new and has a sidecar turning into legoformed armor. (…more)
Repackaged for the big box club stores, it’s 5 Cybertron deluxes (the Armada rehashes with keys instead of minicons) at Sam’s Club, and separately, Cybertron Optimus Prime with Crumplezone at Costco. Check out the full pics and details at the official Hasbro Transformers site.
TFW2005 is reporting that they have confirmed the character Arcee will not only be in the film, but will be made up of 3 different vehicles. (…more)
Here is a list of other sites’ questions from the first round of Hasbro’s Q&A on October 13th, 2008. And if you haven’t already, don’t forget to check out our own Q&A here on TFviews as well. (…more)
Posted in Hasbro Q&A on October 16th, 2008 by JediTricks
TF: Universe Hot Shot and Dinobot were only recently confirmed in Q&A, but already the first photos have leaked. As well, the rumored Transformers Mickey Mouse is shown in all his Disneyfied Optimus Prime glory. (…more)
It has been nothing more than rumors and speculation for years. But now BigBadToyStore.com is reporting via a pre-order page that Takara has officially announced that Masterpiece Grimlock shall be the next Masterpiece Transformer. (…more)
Posted in Toys and Collectibles on October 15th, 2008 by Sparky Prime
TF:U Tread Bolt (yes, 2 words again) has been sighted out there. Our own OnslaughtSix reports that he found the Classics Jetfire repaint at a Pennsylvania Wal-mart. (…more)
Hasbro has put up full-length versions of the first 13 episodes of Transformers: Animated on their Monkeybar website. (…more)
Posted in Entertainment on October 15th, 2008 by JediTricks