Kre-O Transformers: The Quest for Energon Part 2

Part 2 of "The Quest for Energon" has finally been released after what I believe has been a couple months after part 1. The stopmotion series has once again proven to be very comical.

Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters Trailer

Hasbro has released a teaser trailer for season 3 of Transformers Prime, which is supposedly called "Beast Hunters". The fuzzy parts in the trailer most likely are of a dragon, whose toy was featured yesterday at the New York Comic Con (see pics here). The new season will be starting in Spring 2013.

Transformers Prime Christmas Ornaments

Christmas is only a few months away, so why not start preparing to decorate your Christmas tree Transformers style! American Greetings has created a five piece ornament set which includes Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Arcee, Bulkhead and an Autobot logo for $7.99. Sadly there is no Ratchet ornament. Check out the listing on the Toys 'R Us website here.

Kre-O Transformers: Quest for Energon

Kre-O has uploaded a fun little video for the Kre-O Transformers toyline. This is part 1 of a mini-series.

Asia Exclusive DOTM Toys

Some new Dark of the Moon toys are in the process of being released in Asia, which include a G1-colored Starscream and Dark Energon Edition Megatron. For those that don't live in Asia and want to get their hands on these, they will most likely be popping up on Ebay and online toy stores. You can see packaging screenshots below thanks to AC Toys.

Bruticus Toy and Gameplay Trailer

Gameinformer has posted a very interesting trailer that includes a small sample of Brutcus gameplay along with a montage of some FOC toys, which includes the construction of the Bruticus toy. Stan Bush's "Til All Are One", which was the credits song for War for Cybertron, plays throughout the toy portion of the trailer. The video cannot be embedded here so to view it, click here.

Toys: Transformers Avengers, Revoltech OP DX and More

I'm here with some toy news this Sunday afternoon. Some very interesting Avengers/Transformers crossover toys were spotted at an Albuquerque Toys 'R Us. One was Thor which turned into a jet called "Thunder Bomber" and the other was Iron Man that turned into a car called "Arc Racer". These toys are priced at $22.99 in the US.



Also, a new Optimus Prime figure has been revealed for the Revoltech line called "Optimus Prime DX". This figure sports the jetpack that Optimus used during the Chicago battle in Transformers: Dark of the Moon. The release is scheduled for October 1st but no price has been announced yet.



The official Transformers Facebook page has posted a first look at the upcoming Transformers Prime Voyager figures, Thundertron and Dreadwing. See the rest of those images here. Thundertron will be released with Voyager wave 3 and Dreadwing will be with wave 4.

Lastly, a Transformers Bot Shots "Battle for the Matrix" set has been spotted at a few Target stores in the US. This set is $19.99 and includes Bumblebee, Brawl, Megatron, Optimus Prime, two launchers and a Matrix trophy card.

FOC Strategy Guide and Toys

BradyGames is releasing a 208 page Fall of Cybertron Strategy Guide on August 21st. I've never bought a strategy guide for a video game before and they're really not necessary at all to play the game well. If you're interested though, it is listed on Amazon for $17.46 and you can preorder by clicking the above link. Also, Fall of Cybertron toys have hit the shelves. Optimus Prime, Jazz and Shockwave have all been spotted so far. Thanks to Jangonate from TFW2005 for the photo.

Dark of the Moon Robo Fighters Wave 3 Released

Here with some somewhat odd news. A TFW2005 boards member has spotted the two unreleased wave three DOTM Robo Fighters toys at a Toys 'R Us in Indiana. The toys are Nightwatch Optimus Prime and Elite Guard Bumblebee. With the release of these DOTM toys and the Asia release of the deluxe Wheeljack, maybe the rest of the unreleased DOTM toys will reach the shelves in the future.

DOTM Will Probably Fall to 5th (Updated)

Transformers: Dark of the Moon is the 4th highest grossing movie of all-time, but it might not stay there for long. The Avengers, which has grossed $642 million, is quickly closing in on the top grossing movies and has shattered the domestic opening weekend record, previously held by the last Harry Potter film. If (and most likely when) The Avengers passes up TF3, it will fall to 5th on the all-time list, which is still a very big achievement. We all knew this day would come. DOTM can't hold fourth forever.

In other news, if you would like to get your hands on the Takara version of DOTM Autobot Que, robotkingdom.com has a preorder listing for it. Note that this is not the cancelled Hasbro version of the toy.
Update: Robot Kingdom has confirmed that it is the Hasbro version, not Takara.

Kreo Megatron's Revenge

Here is a another funny commercial from Kreo Tranformers titled "Megatron's Revenge."

Texas Rangers TF Giveway

On April 23, the Texas Rangers will be taking on the New York Yankees and fans 13 and under will receive a Transformers Bot Shots figure upon entering the stadium. This happens to be the same week as Botcon, which is happening in Dallas, Texas on the 26th.

DOTM Revoltech Bumblebee

Official images have been released for the Sci-Fi Revoltech Bumblebee figure. The figure is made to look just like how Bumblebee appeared in Transformers Dark of the Moon. To see all of the images, click here. It definitely looks like a great model and I might have to look into buying it.

DOTM Toys Cancelled

Deluxe Que, Soundwave and Leadfoot and Human Alliance Soundwave will not be hitting the shelves. Hasbro has cancelled their distribution. The toys were sold in Japan, but I'm not sure if they are still being sold there or not. I was looking on eBay and it looks like the deluxes are being sold for $75 to $100. That's pretty expensive. Also, this probably means that a Dino toy will never see the light of day. So, definitely not good news, but maybe these toys will appear scattered throughout stores like Ross and Marshalls.


Source: TFW2005/ Seibertron

DOTM Highway Battle Stop Motion

I posted this on the Transformers News Facebook page a while ago and forgot to post it here for those of you without Facebook. So, hear you go! My second Transformers stop motion!

Happy Holidays From Hasbro & Transformers

Soundwave, Que in Package

Here are some photos of Soundwave and Que in their packaging. Both figures will be in the wave 6 release sometime soon. I must say, Que's head design on the box is a bit creepy! As a little side note, I've been hearing that the toy would be named "Wheeljack", but according to the packaging, it is indeed "Que".
See the rest of the photos here.

Photos from TFW2005

Kre-O: A Gift For Megatron

Here's another funny Kre-O Transformers commercial featuring Megatron unwrapping Christmas presents.

Dark of the Moon Wheeljack Bio

Walmart has updated their site with a listing and bio for Wheeljack (Que):

When he first learned about the laws of physics, Wheeljack took them as a challenge to his intelligence. Laws, after all, were made to be broken. The Autobot technician had dedicated his life to pushing the limits of science. More often than not, his inventions have failed spectacularly, but when they succeed, they often change the course of millions of robots' lives.
There is no official release date set, but it is expected to be February 2012.

HA Soundwave Video and Deluxe Soundwave Photos

I have some good news! The deluxe Soundwave in the photos that were posted a couple days ago was indeed transformered wrong. In these new images the figure looks so much better. See the rest of the images here.
Also, check out a Takara-Tomy Human Alliance Soundwave video review. The toy will also come with Dylan and Laserbeak.