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Recent News:
Perceptor  2009-07-02 9:33 am   (page update)
The 2009 Transformers Section has received many updates. As well as box picture additons, linked to sightings/reviews database, over 250 images have been uploaded & database linked to the:
2009 movie package art & instructions archives
2009 Animated package art & instructions
2009 Universe package art &
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Anonymous  2009-06-30 8:25 am
Thanks to Eric Webb manager of Twinprov Comedy for bringing to our attention a fantastic TRANSFORMERS RAP video which addresses the good, the bad and everything inbetween of Transformers to date!  I think, like us, you'll find it very much worth watching!  (10 comments)
TriPredRavage  2009-06-29 7:08 pm
Just so that everybody is aware, pre-registration for the Auto Assembly Transformers Convention, which is quickly becoming the biggest TF convention of the UK, is happening right now.  If enough people pre-register, my buddy Neil Kaplan, voice of RiD Optimus Prime, may attend the convention as a special guest joining Gregg Berger, voice ...  (6 comments)
Anonymous  2009-06-29 8:22 am
In just its first 5 days, Revenge of the Fallen worldwide box office totals have already eclipsed $387 Million!  From Box Office Mojo:

Revenge of the Fallen logged the biggest June opening weekend ever as well as the highest-grossing non-holiday, non-Friday opening weekend, and it ranked seventh overall. With $201.2 million since its
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Anonymous  2009-06-26 11:15 pm   (page update)
Thursday morning, I had the great pleasure to be interviewed with Mark Ryan, the voice of movie Bumblebee (when he speaks) & Jetfire in Revenge of the Fallen on Minneapolis/St. Paul talk radio, AM 1130 KFAN.  Hear the audio, set to photo images of the day available on YouTube or podcast the entire audio segment on KFAN.com, ...  (5 comments)
Sabrblade  2009-06-26 11:15 am

Previously, it was revealed that the Commemorative Series of G1 reissues would be returning to Toys'R'Us later this year, starting with the rereleases of G1 Perceptor and the three Insecticons.

Now, The-Arker has the fist images of the reissue of Perceptor's packaging from nearly all sides, showing off the front, back, inside flap, and one side.

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Sabrblade  2009-06-25 11:54 pm
If you've been a long time fan of Beast Wars, you may have heard of a Japanese spinoff series called Beast Wars II (Beast Wars Second). In this series, there were teams of Maximal and Predacons like the American series, except that they feauted all different charatcers and were led by Lio Convoy and Galvatron. At the time, his figure was made ...  (7 comments)
Anonymous  2009-06-25 10:39 pm
Meg on the Late Show, not to be missed!  We'll post a link as soon as it's available!  (3 comments)
Lord Megatron  2009-06-25 8:25 pm
There has been some criticism of Michael Bay's portrayal of Skids and Mudflap in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen as a straight up racial stereotype. It turns out the bots jive talk, that cannot read, and one sports a gold tooth.

I can't believe what I'm reading!

But Mr. Bay doesn't really see it that way and insists it's just good, ...  (56 comments)
Perceptor  2009-06-25 12:10 am
Mark Ryan, the voice of movie Bumblebee (when he speaks!) and Jetfire in Revenge of the Fallen as well as yours truly, will be interviewed on talk radio station AM 1130 KFAN, Thursday morning 8:25AM CST, during the "Power Trip" morning show.   Not sure exactly how it's going to go down, but the intent is to talk all things Transformers from ...  (4 comments)
Perceptor  2009-06-23 10:07 pm
As you may have heard, Revenge of the Fallen, is finally in theaters!  As I type, it's June 23, a few short hours until midnight.  We thought we'd put our shiny new forum to work. Please log in and tell us what you thought!  Beware, spoilers within!  (73 comments)
Perceptor  2009-06-23 8:15 pm

VENGEANCE HAS ARRIVED AS
TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN GAME
HITS RETAIL SHELVES NATIONWIDE

 New Game Allows Fans to Wage War Online
For the First Time Ever in the TRANSFORMERS Universe 

The fight for global supremacy is officially on with the announcement that Transformers™: Revenge of the Fallen game from Activision

...  (4 comments)
Perceptor  2009-06-23 8:01 pm
Thanks to "Shattered Universe Prime for providing us the following!

On June 27th the Toy and Action Figure Museum in Pauls Valley Oklahoma will be having Transformer Day to commemorate the movie and celebrate the toyline. I will be there on the 27th to join in the fun. Theres gonna be door prizes and other goodies and fun stuff going on. Part
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TriPredRavage  2009-06-23 7:07 am
If you own an Xbox 360 and have a copy of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen the Game (which is on sale today, by the way), you can fight Mike Shinoda from Linkin Park!

If you are an XBox Live Gold member, then send Mike a friend request by this Friday, June 26th, to duke it out with him.  Mike's gamertag is "Mike LinkinPark", so send the ...  (14 comments)
DocWho  2009-06-22 6:31 pm
Looks like our news tip device is working just fine! :-) We got a tip from our friend Bruiser that Tesco's got a sale on Transformers Animated Deuxes and Voyagers, for the sale price of £4.99 for both! Also, Universe Voyagers are on sale for £15

Also, Supreme Prime is on sale for £25, if anyone wants to pick him up as well.
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Perceptor  2009-06-22 3:09 pm   (page update)
There'll always be a special place in my heart for these two as the first Transformers I ever bought.  Now, here we are 25 years later, getting ready for the huge summer blockbuster, and I get to make all new character pages for movie SIDESWIPE & STARSCREAM, which you will find are now available in the 2009 Section ...  (10 comments)
Perceptor  2009-06-21 10:22 pm   (page update)
Just because my 2 lousy brothers, now in Japan, have seen Revenge of the Fallen, doesn't mean that I can't still have fun with the speculation and anticipation of the soon-to-be U.S. released film!  So, who exactly is The Fallen?  An all new character page for the 6" Titanium figure has been uploaded in the 2007 ...  (51 comments)
Byrerprime  2009-06-19 7:19 pm   (page update)
If you use Internet Explorer, there was a problem with the code in the 2004 page and you didn't get the entire page. Sorry. But the problem has been solved, so go see the rest of Transformers Universe, e-Hobby exclusives, and the first half of Robot Masters.  (6 comments)
TriPredRavage  2009-06-19 11:27 am
Head on over to Gametrailers.com and check out the unbelievably awesome launch trailer for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen; the Game.  VERY cool.  (2 comments)
Jason  2009-06-19 4:31 am   (page update)
At Unicron.com we're always working on something behind the scenes. It's five days (one work week) away from the US release of ROTF. To mark the anticipation of this momentous media event, we're opening our next big beta project to the public early! We're proud to announce the brand new Unicron.com Forum! It's still in the midst of early ...  (9 comments)
TriPredRavage  2009-06-18 10:49 am
Hey everybody, head on over to the TF ConVersions' home page to check out some stuff from their now past convention.  There is also a cool little audio intro featuring my pal Neil Kaplan (voice of RiD Optimus Prime & Ro-Tor, RotF Long Haul and Protectobot).  He even mentions his long in the making project "Optimoose" in the intro, so ...  (7 comments)
Perceptor  2009-06-18 8:19 am
Michaelbay.com has posted some really fantastic quotes about the filming of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, including this gem:

Outside of the US, the movie was shot in Paris, Jordan, and Cairo. "I take you to places that have never been shot in a movie. The top of Petra has never been put on film, period. King Abdullah II let us take 36 ...  (9 comments)
Perceptor  2009-06-18 7:48 am
A slough of new High Def ROTF footage is available to dazzle the eyes!  Be warned, clips are pretty spoilerific!

Michael Bay.com has 3 new TV ads:
Bumblebee
Everything 
Ancient Power
Also on Vimeo:
"Your worst Nightmare" (The Wheelie/Mikela clip, in HD)
Space Mom
Save the World
Evolved
Mystery
Wanted
and my favorite Team Kids

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Sabrblade  2009-06-17 5:15 pm
TFG2 has images of several unseen concept art for five ROTF characters. To see each piece of artwork click the following links: The Fallen, Rampage & Sideways, Skids, and the unnamed female purple motorcycle Autobot who is partnered with Arcee and Chromia.


REVENGE IS COMING (in 6 days!)
6.24.09  (13 comments)
Byrerprime  2009-06-17 5:41 am   (page update)
The 2005 page has been updated to include Galaxy Force, BTA, eHobby, Robot Masters, and Beast Wars Returns.  (16 comments)
Perceptor  2009-06-16 10:06 pm   (page update)
Consider this the Unicron.com, Botcon report, part 3.  Our 2009 Transformers Section has been updated with 11 all new character pages!

Botcon Wings of Honor, Boxed Set:  (purchase)
FLAK,  KUP,  LANDSHARK,  SCOURGE, THUNDERCLASH

Botcon Anniversary set: (purchase)
RAZORCLAW & ELITA-1

Wings of Honor
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Perceptor  2009-06-16 4:20 pm
The Live Action Movie Blog is reporting that Susan Blu, voice of Arce in TFTM , G1 season 3, and Animated, will reprise her role in Revenge of the Fallen!  Interesting to note that on the TFW2005 report they use a picture that I took of Ms. Blu holding the Transmutate figure I made, way back in 1998!  Crazy cool!  I haven't ...  (15 comments)
Perceptor  2009-06-16 2:07 pm
She's hot, humble, well spoken AND has a really cool last name!  Check out her interview (by a complete dork, which despite his antics) is worth listening to just to hear all that she has to say!  (4 comments)
Sabrblade  2009-06-14 8:55 pm
A recent report at Breitbart.tv has a very interesting Fox News video clip of a news story that will rock the Transformers fandom like never before! According to the clip, the Pentagon and several universites are trying to create a form of technology that is strikingly identical to the science fiction technology that is the very nature of The ...  (7 comments)
Sabrblade  2009-06-13 6:31 pm
TakaraTomy has launched a new website called the Transformers Channel. This webiste is divided into four individual sections each called "Top", "Profile", "Information", and "Video".

The "Top" section is the main homepage of the site and serves a a hub to the other three sections. It is decorated with a large image of the four Autobots who survived ...  (3 comments)

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