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TFCC issue 31 available for public viewing

Sabrblade — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:42:29 CST

The latest issue of the Hasbro Transformers Collector's Club magazine, issue 31, has been placed on their website in its entirety for full public viewing. This act is to encourage those who have not yet joined the club to becoem a member if they so desire. The contents of this magazine issue include an image of the upcoming Generations WFC Bumblebee figure in robot mode (seen previously), "Sound the Bell" - an interview with G1 voice actor Michael Bell, an interview with High Moon Studios's Matt Tieger that also serves as a preview to the upcoming "War For Cybertron" video game, MTMTE profiles for G1 Runabout and the G2 Decepticon Jetstorm, the latest club comic story "The Coming Storm - Part 1", and LOTS more!

To see/read this 16-page issue for yourself, click here, and then ,as it says, "Click the Cover!"

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Comic Book Wednesday 3/10/10

Mainframe — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:25:33 CST

Fresh ink for this week is the final installment (#4) in the Bumblebee mini-series. Nothing new is scheduled for release on St. Patrick's Day next week.

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Transformers: Prime - Bumblebee first glimpse!

Jason — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:34:49 CST

&Thanks to Allspark forum member, Monocle, who uploaded an ad for Hasbro and Discovery's new network, Hub, from Brandweek, we get the very first glimpse of not only a My Little Pony, and some random dog, peeking around the hub logo, but none other than Transformers: Prime Bumblebee in what appears to be his fully CGI rendered new character model glory! What do you think of BB's new look?

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IS THIS A JOKE?

Fallen — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 20:46:16 CST

ROTF recently won three Raspberry Awards (Razzies) for being the worst picture in 2009, worst director, and worst screenplay .

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Covers for Upcoming "The Allspark Almanac Vol. 2" and New Listing

Jason — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:56:27 CST

Thanks to Searchlight for finding out that Amazon.com has now posted a cover picture for the much anticipated Transformers Animated: The Allspark Almanac Vol. 2, and along with it come an all new listing for Transformers Animated Omnibus Volume 1 which appears to be a collection of the first four smaller episode books that have been released.

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Where do you get your news?

Jason — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:11:33 CST

For ages here at Unicron.com, we've offered news streaming using an RSS feed, but if you're anything like most people I know, you get your news from one of a variety of Social Networking sites. You may have noticed, not only our new War for Cybertron site background in the last week, but the added Facebook, Twitter, and RSS buttons! Time to get out there and friend the destroyer of worlds, because Unicron is now on the loose on Facebook and Twitter. Don't forget to become an official fan of Unicron.com to keep up on all the upcoming Transformers news with out ever leaving your favorite Social Network site!

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Final Shattered Glass Cyclonus

Jason — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:05:33 CST

The Official Transformers Collectors' Club shows off the final production version of their upcoming exclusive Shattered Glass Cyclonus figure, with an announcement that a pre-order for both Cyclonus and the much anticipated Punch/Counterpunch figure will be coming very soon.

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Cyber Mission 3: on line at Hasbro's Monkeybar TV

Jason — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:50:59 CST

Hasbro just posted their third installment to the Transformers Movie related computer animated shorts with Cyber Missions #3 featuring Ratchet and Lockdown. In case you missed them, make sure you check out Cyber Missions #2 and #1 as well.

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WHOSE RESPONSIBLE THIS?

DocWho — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:56:24 CST

You all know we here at Unicron.com try to keep our opinions out of our news posts as much as the next guy. But I think this is a special occasion.

Now, TFW2005.com has some scans and information up of the latest TV Magazine, which has information about Japanese Transformers Animated. It states that TFA will actually be a prequel to the live-action movie series, so it'll be interesting to see how the writers tie it in.

But this is all just filler until the bad part, and our second part of news. You see, Masahiko Yamazaki, a marketing officer working for Takara Tomy related to the series, gave an interview with Figure King recently. He had this to say:

"It might be possible to release the products canceled by Hasbro to the Japanese market"

That means that Hasbro will be canceling some of the TFA toys previously announced to have been released. So who do you think it's going to be? Repaints like Thundercracker and Vortex Blurr? Or even worse, the new molds like Rodimus and Blackout? Let us know what you think in our forums!

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Transformers: War For Cybertron - Roundup

Jason — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:22:42 CST

There's all kinds of news on the highly anticipated Transformers videogame "War for Cybertron" that we didn't want you to miss, so get comfy because this game has made quite the splash in the last few days!

• Recap: We already posted this, but if you haven't see the new gameplay trailer, hold on for the ride, and check it out at YouTube (don't miss the 720p resolution option)!

• In a great article from kotaku.com entitled "Transformers: War for Cybertron Preview: A World Without Michael Bay's Robots" we get some great screen caps, more info about how the Multi-player interaction will work, origin stories for Starscream & Jetfire, character special abilities, and more. "No humans. No Michael Bay. Two campaigns. Three-player online (only) drop-in/drop-out co-op Transformers with a link to the past and a Gears of War amount of gunfire. Happier?"

• Check out this short article from 3News in New Zealand that discusses the games various play options including multiplayer and a Create your own Transformer / head-to-head multiplayer mode "choosing among four distinct character classes, personalising its look and selecting from a huge variety of weapons, skills and abilities"!

• A new video Interview with Director of High Moon Studios, Matt Tieger, talking about the game from the development perspective.

• Another article from kotaku.com where Matt Tieger lets us know that we won't be seeing playable combiners in this installment. "Consider the gamer who would play as the Mixmaster or Scrapper, the Constructicons who formed Devastator's legs. Said Tieger: 'They guy who is the kneecap, what does he do?'" Good point.

• And last, but not lease, Kotaku.com wins the gold by showing off the very first look at the upcoming Nintendo DS version of "War for Cybertron" in their article "Transformers: War for Cybertron Preview: Grimlock goes Portable"

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TF3 "Less Bedlam, More Character"

Perceptor — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:25:18 CST

When it comes to the Transformers live-action films, one thing all fans seem to all agree on, is that we'd like more of a (robot) character (/personality) driven story. Apparently that's just what they have in mind; so says our good friend, Brian Goldner, Hasbro COO in a recent interview with MTV. Check it out and see for yourself!

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TF: War for Cybertron Gameplay!

TriPredRavage — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:30:54 CST

I don't know about you guys, but I've been waiting for some gameplay for WfC, and thanks to an exclusive video from Gametrailers.com, we finally get some! So what are you waiting for? Check it out!

(Yay! I finally had the time to post something!)

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More Animated!

Perceptor — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:33:58 CST

Having *finally* found Animated Arcee & Ratchet, we turn our attention to the hunt for the next round. Check out a new ebay listing for TFA Blackout! "Oops, Sorry!" (if you were planning on bidding on this sweet auction and didn't want others to know!)

While you're picking up the latest round of Japanese/Takara version of these characters at BBTS, be sure to round out your collection with our very own TFA Accessory Set! On sale now.

...Shucks, still no signs of Hydro-Dive Bumblebee, Rodimus or Wasp...

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Preview of IDW's Transformers On-Going Issue #4

Jason — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 17:44:06 CST

BZZURKK.com has posted a preview of IDW's Transformers on-going Issue #4, including three covers, the credits page, and four in book pages.

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Trailer for GLU Mobile's iPhone version of Transformers G1 Awakening

Jason — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 01:20:21 CST

If you're an iPhone or iPod Touch user, make sure to check out GLU's trailer for their upcoming release of Transformers Generation 1 Awakening retooled and updated for your device! The release date is said to be the end of February so it should be any day now.

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Slag-A-Con 2010

Sabrblade — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 11:27:43 CST

News in the forum regarding a new Transformers convention called Slag-A-Con 2010.

Located in Chesterfield, IN, set to occur October 9, 2010, this new convention will feature attractions such as a dealers room, an art contest, a custom robot contest, a costume contest a "Who Am I" trivia contesting using G1 bio info, "I Got the Touch" karaoke, a Timed Combiner Contest with a KO Devistator and more.

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New Codes for

Jason — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:35:37 CST

Thanks to Unicron.com forum member PTaros for pointing out:

80'sGeek from Seibertron.com gives new codes/decodings to see special pictures and video at the official War for Cybertron video game website.

"New 'transmission decoder' on the site. The concept is to decode transmissions with an inner and outer dial to gain access to videos and screen shots/concept art. You rotate the outer blue dial until you gain a blue circle, then rotate the inner yellow to focus the cube image until you get a yellow circle.

Following gives 100% total recovered data:

Default trailer transmission code (given when you hit ?): blue-351, yellow-327

Note: The art transmissions are brief (and I mean BRIEF- 2 seconds max) glimpses.

Image/art codes: b-018 y-088, b-40 y-328, b-51 y-110, b-073 y-190, b-085 y-298, b-096 y-347, b-107 y- 035, b-120 y-040, b-162 y-359, b-173 y-003, b-192 y-147, b-203 y-094, b-214 y-004, b-225 y-199, b-236 y-015, b-265 y-011, b-284 y-021, b-306 y-041, b-328 y-221

Video: b-249 y-101 (transformation pulse confirmed in clip)"

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War for Cybertron History

Fallen — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:13:24 CST

Amazon has listed a new Transformers book. The book, titled "Transformers: Exodus: The Official History of the War for Cybertron" . It's a hardcover book, 352 pages long, and due for release on June 22nd, It will be priced $27.00, or $17.82 on Amazon. The link you will be connected to is randomhouse.com you may also purchase this item at Amazon.

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Unite For The Universe Optimus Prime and Megatron

Sabrblade — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:25:00 CST

Forum memeber PTaros has stumbled onto some interesting images:

"Jason Canty from 4chan found new pictures of Unite for The Universe Prime!"

I myself have found images of the Unite For The Universe Megatron figure on Amazon Japan.

Both figures are beautiful redecos of the Movie Voyager Optimus Prime figure and the ROTF Voyager Megatron figure.

Optimus comes in a color scheme similar to that of Buster Optimus Prime, and comes with new Jetfire parts to form his combined "Jetpower"/"Power Up" OP form, as well as a weapons platform and jet boosters for his vehicle mode.

Megatron comes in a much more movie-accurate color scheme of silvers and grays, unlike the greens and teals that the first version of this mold came in.

Both figures are currently TakaraTomy exclusives.

See the images in the forum here.

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Hasbro update

Fallen — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:18:10 CST

Here's a little extra news to ad to Jason's awsome report. New pics of our favorite robots of 2010.

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Toyfair 2010: Transformers: War For Cybertron Special Report

Jason — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 02:38:59 CST

There was so much new info, media, sneak peak action, and buzz surrounding the upcoming Transformers: War for Cybertron game at this year's Toyfair 2010, that it needed it's own special report. We were given the very first very revealing sneak peak at three levels of actual gameplay. Read the report, hear about newly revealed characters, see the toys, and catch all of the new screen shots/info they provided at our Transformers: War for Cybertron Special Report, then let your voice be heard over at the forum.

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Toyfair 2010: Final Report!

Jason — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 02:08:45 CST

I have just put the finishing touches on our final Transformers Toyfair 2010 report, packed with media, complete with full-blown galleries of photos shot in the showroom, Hasbro promotional promo pictures, video demos of new figure features/playpatterns, videogame screenshots and more! I have also updated my pannel report included in the full report, so don't forget to look for new information. Check it out and let the world know what you think over in the forum!

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Toy Fair - Pannel Information

Jason — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 03:18:31 CST

Check out the information we learned from the Transformers pannel at Toyfair In the Event's and Interviews Blog... Much more to come tomorrow!

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ToyFair TFCC Members Only Preview

DocWho — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 14:35:04 CST

If you're a member of the Transformers Collector's Club, then you should log on here to get a sneak peek some official images of product that's going to be shown at ToyFair while we wait for Obsidian's report.

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Toyfair 2010 live photo update!!!

Jason — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 07:35:04 CST

UPDATE: Drift, Human Alliance Jazz, Power Core Combaticons, and more! Now in our LIVE PHOTO FEED! Check it out, then share your thoughts!

We have the tech, let's put it to good use!

This year, keep your eyes peeled on our live photo feed on the Events & Interviews blog as I am bringing along my iPhone 3GS to take some quick first glimpse shots of those new toys you're dying to see! I've taken a few pics to get ready for the trip, and embedded a live feed gallery. Our tour starts at 12:30, and I will upload as I go, so you can expect pictures of the entry and setup to start rolling in around noon Eastern Time. I will also be taking pictures with a much better camera to upload after the event. STAY TUNED for our ongoing updates from TOYFAIR 2010!!!

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Pre-Toyfair Hasbro Press Release

Jason — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:21:57 CST

Check out Hasbro's new pre-Toyfair Press Release including new information about POWER CORE COMBINERS, TRANSFORMERS OPTIMUS PRIME CYBER SWORD, ACTION FLEET TRANSFORMERS BUMBLEBEE BATTLE TRACK Set, and ACTION FLEET STEALTH FORCE OPTIMUS PRIME Vehicle.

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Gentei! Gentei! Dark Skyfire mini-gallery

Sabrblade — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:27:13 CST

ACToys.net has put up a short gallery of images of the new Gentei! Gentei! Dark Skyfire exclusive figure. The images show the figure in its jet mode, super jet mode, robot mode, and super robot mode, as well as his helmeted and helmet-less heads.

Dark Skyfire is a redeco of the Classics Jetfire figure in a beautifully glossy black and purple Decepticon color scheme (kinda "Skywarpy", isn't it?). Similar to the Henkei! Henkei! Skyfire figure, Dark Skyfire features vacuum-metalized chrome paint on some of his parts, namely his jetpack's exhaust nozzles.

This color scheme represents his time as a Decepticon scientist before the faction became militarized (and "evil").

To see the gallery of Dark Skyfire, click here.

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War for Cybertron - GameStop preorder bonus Character!

Jason — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:47:12 CST

GameStop.com just updated their preorder page for Transformers: War for Cybertron with information that if you preorder TF: WFC from them, upon purchase, you will receive a code to download the extra bonus character ~ Shockwave ~ GameStop has the following to say about this promotion: "Reserve Transformers: War for Cybertron and gain access to the GameStop Exclusive multiplayer character SHOCKWAVE. Serving as the Decepticon’s military operations commander, SHOCKWAVE is 2nd in power only to MEGATRON, and is playable only in Escalation mode in Multiplayer mode. Available online and in-store while supplies last."

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Tony Todd interview:

Fallen — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:51:55 CST

Den of geek interveiws Tony Todds return to Transformers 3. Read more about it here.

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Unicron.com News

TFCC issue 31 available for public viewing

Comic Book Wednesday 3/10/10

Transformers: Prime - Bumblebee first glimpse!

IS THIS A JOKE?

Covers for Upcoming "The Allspark Almanac Vol. 2" and New Listing

More info about War for Cybertron video game

Where do you get your news?

Final Shattered Glass Cyclonus

Cyber Mission 3: on line at Hasbro's Monkeybar TV

WHOSE RESPONSIBLE THIS?

Transformers: War For Cybertron - Roundup

TF3 "Less Bedlam, More Character"

TF: War for Cybertron Gameplay!

More Animated!

Preview of IDW's Transformers On-Going Issue #4

Trailer for GLU Mobile's iPhone version of Transformers G1 Awakening

Slag-A-Con 2010

New Codes for

War for Cybertron History

Unite For The Universe Optimus Prime and Megatron

Hasbro update

Toyfair 2010: Transformers: War For Cybertron *Special Report*

Toyfair 2010: Final Report!

Toy Fair - Pannel Information

ToyFair TFCC Members Only Preview

Toyfair 2010 live photo update!!!

Pre-Toyfair Hasbro Press Release

Gentei! Gentei! Dark Skyfire mini-gallery

War for Cybertron - GameStop preorder bonus Character!

Tony Todd interview:

Toyfair 2010: Transformers: War For Cybertron Special Report