The New 'Bee?
Images from the magazine Brandweek are now floating about: including a promotional image for The Hub, the new joint Hasbro/Discovery network. The image features Bumblebee and two other characters (one looks to be a My Little Pony representative) huddling around the Hub logo. Hit the jump for more. (…more)
It's Drift!
Everyone’s favourite (?) new character from IDW’s All Hail Megatron series, Drift, may be getting his own book in the future. Hit the jump for more information. (…more)
We’ve just received the 2010 Hasbro Transformers Q&A program schedule, and the first deadline is in 2 days. Luckily, we’ve already been working on our Q&A for a while, so if you’d like to participate – either voting for a question or suggesting your own – click here to visit this round’s Q&A thread.
From sci-fi wire, animation supervisor Scott Benza of Industrial Lights and Magic discusses changes to the CGI models for Optimus Prime and Bumblebee.
As the third Transformers movie gears up preproduction this month, we’ve learned that Optumus Prime and Bumblebee will get a makeover. (…more)
According to the MTV movie blog:
Last week, Michael Bay claimed he would not let his friends at Paramount down as they look forward to a 2011 release date for “Transformers 3.” Speaking to MTV’s Brian Jacks, Hasbro’s CEO talked about what Bay is planning to put returning stars (…more)
Hasbro has tasked us here at TFV to give away an RPMs Devastator Showdown Track Set, so now is your chance to get one of these things for free! Entry is simple, merely visit the official giveaway thread and post what you are most excited to see in Hasbro’s recent Toy Fair presentation. So click here to enter the drawing. Drawing ends at 9pm on March 15th, 2010, so click here to enter the drawing now!
The Saturn Awards – presented by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films – has seen fit to honor Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen with a nomination for Best Science Fiction Film of 2009. It’s true. That’s ope of the top honors at the Saturn Awards. The winners will be announced at the 36th Annual Saturn Awards on June 24 in Burbank, California. You can read more about the Saturn Awards on the Academy’s website.
Bzzurk.com has an 8-page preview of Transformers #4, due out this week. Unfortunately, only four of the pages are actual story, while the rest are covers and variants. Looks like Thundercracker is due for some character development… (…more)
Thanks to SydneyY and Sol Fury of TFW2005, here’s another translation of an interview with a member of the TakaraTomy staff involved with Transformers, Mr. Shogo Hasui. In this case, Mr. Hasui discusses the Japanese versions of Transformers Animated.
“And what if, unlike these two, I aspire to be more than your little pet warhead?”
Tformers.com has posted a five page preview of “Last Stand of the Wreckers” issue two, due out this week!