Last month, Hasbro invited us to submit a question to the TF: Prime cartoon’s producers. The answer was sent back today, just in time for the season premiere of Transformers Prime on The Hub. Keep reading for the answer…

TFviews.com: What is the goal of Transformers: Prime – beyond just capitalizing upon the movie series’ audience momentum, why was TF:Prime created? On its own merits, what is it trying to say, what effect is it trying to have on TF fans, is there an intention to sustain it as a series? (…more)

Various websites today have unveiled exclusive previews of several Transformers: Prime toys, giving fans their first looks at figures from the new series toy line. USAWeekend has our first look at Arcee, Ugo takes a look at Starscream, and IGN shows us Bumblebee.

As a reminder, with “Supercharge Your Gift Card and Cash Too,” Hasbro is rewarding consumers who spend $20 or more in gift cards (or cash) on select Hasbro toys and games with one of more than twenty FREE Hasbro toys and games valued at $10 or more.  The promotion began on 12/25/10 and runs through 1/31/11.  No matter what your kids are into, they’re sure to love receiving a little something extra from one of your favorite Hasbro brands, including TRANSFORMERS, G.I. JOE, MARVEL and STAR WARS! Check out the details at Hasbro.com.

As we at TFV participate in Hasbro’s Transformers Q&A program, we’ve been invited to ask this Friday, January 21st, 1 question of the TF: Prime production teams. This is an exciting opportunity, but only 1 question about the newest Transformers show means we need to figure out what’s the best question to ask. And fast! So please participate in the TF:Prime Q&A thread we’ve got going on, and check back for the answer on February 7th.

The L.A. Times has an interview with Transformers 3 director Micheal Bay, in which he discusses the upcoming Transformers film, as well as his thoughts on Revenge of the Fallen.

“It was kind of a mess, wasn’t it?” an unsmiling Bay said of the 2009 film, which was far from a flop — it grossed a potent $836 million worldwide, finishing third for the year behind only “Avatar” and the sixth “Harry Potter” movie. But the director still talks about the blockbuster in tones of regret. “Look, the movie had some good things in it and it was entertaining and it did very well, but it also failed in some key ways. I learned from it. And now with this third movie we’re going back to basics and I absolutely believe this is going to be a much better film than the second one.”

Read the remainder of his thoughts here.

Happy New Year! For the past 3 weeks, we’ve been reviewing 2010 in Transformers, and it’s still an ongoing discussion. So come on in and share your opinions with us. Who are your favorite figures from this year and why? Click here to check out TFV’s 2010 Year in Review.

From Hasbro comes the following promotion: Spend $20 or more on Hasbro products and they’ll send you a free gift. Transformers is available as an option (looks like Power Core Combiners, Activators, Speed Stars, and Star Wars Crossovers are available). Here is the promotion’s page on Hasbro’s website, which links to a printable form with the terms and conditions.

Thanks to board member BWProwl for the information.

From Simon Furman’s blog:

Not a lot of people know this, but in the final months of Dreamwave (not that we were aware they were the final months at the time), circa November 2004, I was asked to prepare a one-issue fill in for Dreamwave’s G1 book (issue #14 to be precise). Regular G1 writers James McDonough and Adam Patyk had stepped away from the book. (Being closer to the heart of things, Dreamwave-wise, they clearly saw the writing on the wall, so to speak, and stopped pouring work into the rapidly expanding black hole that was Dreamwave.) In the splendid isolation of this sceptered isle, I just carried on regardless.

Follow the link to read the rest of the comments and the summary itself!

Apple’s trailers website has posted the first teaser trailer for Transformers: Dark of the Moon. You can check it out for yourself by following this link.

Hasbro has sent out a correction to the fan community over a recent answer they gave about what continuity TF:Prime is in. Click in to read their statement.
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