HASBRO BRINGS ‘MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE’ EXCITEMENT TO DALLAS WITH THE 18th ANNUAL TRANSFORMERS CONVENTION
The TRANSFORMERS Global Entertainment Phenomenon Rolls Into Texas With Special Guests, Interactive Experiences and Much More

Thousands of TRANSFORMERS fans from around the world will celebrate the iconic brand from Hasbro, Inc.  in Dallas as the TRANSFORMERS fan convention known as “BOTCON” serves up a Texas-sized helping of AUTOBOTS and DECEPTICONS from April 27-29. Hasbro and the TRANSFORMERS Collectors’ Club, will be offering opportunities to engage in and learn about the TRANSFORMERS brand that can only be experienced at BOTCON.

In 2012, the TRANSFORMERS brand continues to deliver innovative and world class entertainment experiences based on its characters and compelling storyline.   (…more)

LEGENDARY VOICE ACTOR TO RECEIVE FIRST POSTHUMOUS INDUCTION INTO HASBRO’S TRANSFORMERS HALL OF FAME

Chris Latta, the Voice of Starscream, to Be Honored, Along With Prolific TRANSFORMERS Comic Writer Simon Furman and a New Crop of Robots, at Ceremony in Dallas, Texas on April 28

Hasbro, Inc. is proud to announce the induction of two legendary figures in the evolution of the iconic TRANSFORMERS franchise—comic book writer Simon Furman, and legendary voice actor Chris Latta—into the TRANSFORMERS Hall of Fame. Furman has written TRANSFORMERS comics on and off for almost 30 years, and has written more TRANHSFORMERS comic books than anyone else.  Chris Latta voiced ten Transformers characters in the early animated series, including STARSCREAM and WHEELJACK. Unfortunately, he passed away in 1994, however his posthumous award will be accepted by his family at the TRANSFORMERS Hall of Fame ceremony, April 28, 2012, during BOTCON, the Official TRANSFORMERS Convention, in Dallas, Texas. (…more)

Transformers Hall of Fame 2012 voting is now closed on the official site, so now we wait for Botcon to learn who won.

Beast Wars Megatron, Wheeljack, Arcee, Rodimus, and Sky-Byte, that’s the official verdict from the fan sites’ polls, including our own (maybe that’s what pushed Wheeljack over the top! Then again, BW Megs and Sky-Byte came very close to our top 5, so maybe this is just the destined list); and now it’s your turn to turn 5 nominees into 1 winner. Voting is easy, vote once a day on Transformers.com for the character you think is most deserving (yes, you get one vote EVERY DAY) and the winner of the fan’s choice for Hall of Fame entry will be announced at Botcon in Texas, April 28th.

Vote at Hasbro’s official Transformers website now! (And again tomorrow.)

Then go discuss it in our forums thread dedicated to the Hall of Fame voting.

To the G.I. Joe and Transformers fan communities and Fun Publications customers,

Thank you for bringing your concern to our attention and for giving Hasbro the opportunity to respond to a matter that impacts its G.I. Joe and Transformers brands.  Please know we take all consumer concerns very seriously and are in regular contact with Fun Publications (our licensee) about the possibility of a breach in security to their online purchasing system for the G.I. Joe and Transformers Collectors’ Clubs.  Fun Publications is also taking this matter very seriously and is diligently working at identifying any problems, the number of customers affected and ways to ensure it does not happen to any more customers. Hasbro wants consumers to have a positive experience at all touch points for its brands, including transactions with its licensees.  As such, we are confident that Fun Publications has detailed instructions and pertinent information available for those consumers who believe they may have been targeted by credit theft via their portals.

Based on our extensive conversations with the Fun Publications team Hasbro wants to convey the following to the fan communities: (…more)

Well, the results are in for our part of the official Hall of Fame voting, and we’ve sent this list off to Hasbro. Because the requirements were for an ordered list of our top 5 choices, the tie for 4th and 5th place was worked out by a tiebreaker vote.

1. Barricade
2. Rhinox
3. Prowl
4. Wheeljack (tied)
5. Mirage (tied)

Now, Hasbro will take our site’s results, combine them with the other fan sites’ results, from that create a master top 5 and let us fans vote on it on the official Transformers website some time later this month.  We’ll keep you up to date on when that happens.

TFV has been invited by Hasbro for the 3rd year in a row to participate in this year’s Transformers Hall of Fame. We’re polling our readers to find out which Transformers character should be included in the third TF Hall of Fame alongside Hasbro’s 2012 choices of Grimlock, Jazz, and Shockwave. Click here to cast your vote!

Past winners include Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Megatron, Starscream, Beast Wars’ Dinobot, Ironhide, Ratchet,  Soundwave, and Waspinator, so your vote will determine who gets to be in some illustrious Transformers company!

Michael Bay’s website tonight confirms that after directing “Pain & Gain”, Bay will be returning to Transformers for its fourth installment. The site gives us a tentative release date: June 29, 2014.  You can see the whole press release from Paramount after the cut. (…more)

This just in from Hasbro regarding the TF:Prime First Edition figures…

TRANSFORMERS fans,

As we greatly value our TRANSFORMERS fans and consumers, we appreciate the opportunity to clarify and explain the current situation with TRANSFORMERS PRIME First Edition figure availability in the U.S.

We very much apologize for the miscommunication with our great retailers in the U.S.  Regrettably, as a result, the TRANSFORMERS PRIME First Edition Wave 2 Deluxe, Wave 1 Voyager and Entertainment Pack figures were posted for pre-sale in error.  Final product was not produced for these figures to ship within the U.S.  As such, (…more)

Paramount Pictures’ float in the 2012 Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California, celebrated the Hollywood studio’s 100th anniversary by highlighting some of their best-known properties. Among them was Transformers movie Bumblebee, right in the middle of the float. As all Rose Parade float elements have to be covered in living things, Bumblebee was decked out in yellow Strawflower as well as poppy and chive seeds. Los Angeles’ KTLA channel 5′s long-time Rose Parade commentator Bob Eubanks, former host of the classic TV gameshow The Newlywed Game, revealed that his son, stuntman Corey Eubanks, was coincidentally the stunt driver for the Bumblebee Camaro in the 2007 Transformers film.