http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/all-news-21/ en 60 http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/images/2011/misc/rss.jpg http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/all-news-21/ http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/bot-shots-45/bot-shots-2013-three-packs-wave-2-official-images-177508/ http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/bot-shots-45/bot-shots-2013-three-packs-wave-2-official-images-177508/ official Transformers Facebook page has uploaded official images of the Bot Shots 2013 Three Packs Assortment, wave 2. This second wave is already out through Hasbro Toy Shop and was shown off at Toy Fair 2013, none the less, here are official images of the two sets, Sergeant Kup, Scourge and Blitzwing, and Optimus Prime, Cindersaur and Jazz. Those who collect Bot Shots may spot that Blitzwing is a reuse of the 2012 Decepticon Brawl in clear purple, Kup is a redeco of Spin Shot Ironhide, and Scourge is a redeco of his single packed release. In the other set, Optimus Prime is based on Transformers Cybertron Optimus Prime - a cool touch!]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 22:19:12 Bot Shots Bot Shots Sol Fury en http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/sponsor-news-19/tfsource-sourcenews-for-20-may-2013-177507/ http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/sponsor-news-19/tfsource-sourcenews-for-20-may-2013-177507/ TFSource have sent us their latest update. Check out the highlights below and read on for the full update:

Greetings SourceFans!
This week we've restocked Fansproject CA-09 Car Crash and CA-10 T-Bone, as well as new instock items like Encline Designs - Customizing Instructional DVD - Vol 01 and Encore #23 Fortress Maximus! We also have a new preorders from Fansproject and Dr. Wu Customs. Our Spring Cleaning Sale continues with over 150 items at up to 75% off along with a TF Prime RID Clearance Sale! Check out the Source Blog for our latest Source Article, Source Review and Source Interview! All this and more... in this week's SourceNews!

In this issue of SourceNews:
1. Fansproject Update! CA-10 T-Bone Back Instock!
2. Now instock - Encore #23 Fortress Maximus - regular release!
3. Now up for preorder - Make Toys Paladin/Chaos!
4. Masterpiece Update!
5. New Transformers Generations Preorders!
6. The TFsource Spring Cleaning Sale and TF Prime RID Clearance Sale!
7. Encline Designs - New Instock and Preorder Items!
8. 3rd Party Update! Dr. Wu Restock!
9. Mastermind Creations Update
10. TFC Toys Uranos Update!
11. Now Instock - Unique Toys - UT-W01 War Hawk!
12. Source Blog Updates!
13. Newest Instock items at TFsource
14. Newest Preorder items at TFsource

]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 22:16:31 Sponsor News Sponsor News Sol Fury en http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/conventions-15/botcon-2013-machine-wars-termination-comic-panel-177506/ http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/conventions-15/botcon-2013-machine-wars-termination-comic-panel-177506/ Botcon has tweeted a panel from the 2013 Timelines comic, Machine Wars Termination. In this panel the Cybertronian general Obsidian briefs a group of select Autobots on their new roles as City Commanders. The Autobots include Hardhead, Backstreet and Dogfight, Guzzle, Red Alert and Jazz. The art draws all of these in their Generation 1 looks, except Jazz who seems to be taking a few cues from his Reveal The Shield toy's Ultimate Gift Set release. We're told that these are just cameos, and not any indication of toys that are coming as at-show souvenir figures.]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 17:46:10 Conventions Conventions Sol Fury en http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/conventions-15/matt-frank-to-attend-tfexpo-2013-177505/ http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/conventions-15/matt-frank-to-attend-tfexpo-2013-177505/ TFExpo, the unofficial Transformers convention being held in Wichita, Kansas on 3 August 2013. TFExpo are proud to announce that artist Matt Frank will be attending TFExpo 2013. Matt's work includes IDW's Godzilla titles, the Beast Wars Sourcebook, Mars Attacks The Transformers! and Spotlight Trailcutter.

Matt joins already announced guests, Gregg Berger (voice of G1 Grimlock) and Flint Dille (G1 Cartoon Writer and Story Editor, IDW Writer). All will be meeting and greeting Transformers fans at TFExpo 2013!

But that's not all - TFExpo have announced a special pre-registration only preview night on 2 August 2013 from 7 pm. This will be a sneak peek of what is in store - and it is completely free to pre-registered attendees!

Head over to the TFExpo homepage to find out more and pre-register today, and read on for the full release from TFExpo.]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 16:55:49 Conventions Conventions Sol Fury en http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-just-movie-31/li-bingbing-joins-transformers-4-177504/ http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-just-movie-31/li-bingbing-joins-transformers-4-177504/ news post regarding Transformers 4. Back then, she was auditioning for a role on Transformers 4 at the Chinese Talent Search, but now Miss Li Bingbing has confirmed she is starring on the upcoming Michael Bay Transformers Live Action Movie.

"A report on m1905.com -- a Chinese film-related portal operated by the state-owned China Movie Channel, one of the film's three co-producers -- quoted a statement from Paramount Pictures, Sid Ganis’ Jiaflix Enterprises and China Movie Channel as saying that Resident Evil: Retribution star Li Bingbing will board the production. She will soon be joined by other well-known actors as well as newcomers recruited from a talent-scouting competition."]]> Mon, 20 May 2013 09:31:43 Transformers Movie (Just Movie) Transformers Movie (Just Movie) NIBMRatchet en http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-prime-39/transformers-prime-beast-hunters-legion-class-air-vehicon-177503/ http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-prime-39/transformers-prime-beast-hunters-legion-class-air-vehicon-177503/ official Transformers Facebook page is the eagerly awaited Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters Legion class Air Vehicon coming to a store near you this summer.

Check out more images of the Beast Hunters Air Vehicon after the jump.]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 23:58:15 Transformers Prime Transformers Prime DESTRO en http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-masterpiece-47/rumor-speculation-masterpiece-mirage-in-the-works-177502/ http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-masterpiece-47/rumor-speculation-masterpiece-mirage-in-the-works-177502/ Masterpiece Speculation Thread - where rumors and speculation on upcoming Masterpiece Transformers releases are shared and notes are compared. 2005 Boards member iGrimlock has come up with a very interesting theory that we thought we might share with you - it might be a coincidence, or it might be the first hint that a Masterpiece Mirage is coming our way in the future.

Takara-Tomy have been uploading Generation 1 episodes on to their Youtube channel. They are not always in order, not always uploaded on a strict schedule or anything. Generally, the episodes are going up roughly in sequence and roughly monthly, but once in a while, a random episode gets thrown in. They started on September 30 2012, not with the first episode but with A Plague of Insecticons. This was the episode where Sideswipe used his piledrivers that the Masterpiece toy came with - and it was uploaded the month before the release of Masterpiese Sideswipe.

After this episodes were uploaded in order until December 2, 2012. The episodes uploaded at that time were Auto-Bop, an episode where Soundwave got a lot of focus fighting Blaster, and Auto Berserk, the Red Alert focus episode. December was the month when Masterpiece Soundwave was originally planned for a release and the month of Masterpiece Red Alert's release.

The next batch of episodes to be uploaded came earlier than might be expected from the previous trend and included Roll For It, which is an episode where both Prowl and Bluestreak were prominently featured. This time, the upload preceded the announcement of the Masterpieces by about a month.

Coincidence, or a deliberate move on Takara-Tomy's part, these episode uploads all corresponded to toys which were either about to be released or shortly afterwards announced for the Masterpiece line.

Which brings us to the point of this whole speculation - Takara-Tomy just uploaded another out-of-sequence episode, the episode Traitor. Traitor focuses on a few characters including Bombshell and Cliffjumper, but it is the episode that is most strongly identified as the characterization of the Autobot Mirage.

Given the established trend, is this a coincidence, or is this a subtle hint that a Masterpiece Mirage lies ahead, in our future? Bear in mind there are also whispers of Takara-Tomy having licensed the alternate mode for Generation 1 Mirage...

Join in the speculation and be sure to keep it TFW for more news and rumors as they surface!]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 16:44:54 Transformers Masterpiece Transformers Masterpiece Sol Fury en http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/generations-classics-44/generations-trailcutter-colored-images-177501/ http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/generations-classics-44/generations-trailcutter-colored-images-177501/ ACToys member 11-11 we can now share with you some out of package in-hand images of Generations Trailcutter, or as he was known in Generation 1, Trailbreaker. The Autobot force-field specialist is a part of the IDW comics themed Generations Deluxe Wave 5 - one of the most anticipated assortments of Deluxe class toys in recent memory! Check out the images at the link above or mirrored attached to this post.]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 16:03:52 Generations / Classics Generations / Classics Sol Fury en http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-prime-39/beast-hunters-ultimate-optimus-prime-and-predaking-prices-target-dcpis-177500/ http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-prime-39/beast-hunters-ultimate-optimus-prime-and-predaking-prices-target-dcpis-177500/ Beast Hunters Ultimate Class - which will feature Beast Hunter Optimus Prime and Beast Fire Predaking - drawing ever nearer, Target have begun to put out the shelf tags for both of these releases. By way of 2005 Boards member JamesBenjamin who passes this information to us we can confirm that the price for both toys will be $59.99. The Target DCPIs are also as follows:

Beast Fire Predaking: 087-06-1976
Beast Hunter Optimus Prime: 087-06-1967

No word as yet on when these can be expected - but with them out in Australia and now the shelf tags appearing in Target, a first sighting at US retail is potentially days rather than weeks away.]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 15:57:20 Transformers Prime Transformers Prime Sol Fury en http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/site-updates-18/wtftfw-podcast-episode-251-now-live-177499/ http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/site-updates-18/wtftfw-podcast-episode-251-now-live-177499/
You can download and comment on it here: WTF @ TFW - Episode 251

If you use iTunes and regularly subscribe to podcasts, you can add us to your player and have the software download each episode automatically each time we update. To do that, and give us a reviews on iTunes, click here: Transformers Podcast on iTunes.]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 06:21:28 Site Updates Site Updates Sol Fury en http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-prime-39/beast-hunters-autobot-driller-with-bumblebee-official-images-177498/ http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-prime-39/beast-hunters-autobot-driller-with-bumblebee-official-images-177498/ The Official Transformers Facebook page has posted official images of the new Beast Hunters Cyberverse vehicle set, the Autobot Driller. It's a redeco of last year's Decepticon Driller and it comes with a redeco of Beast Hunters Cyberverse Bumblebee. Check out the images at the link above or attached to this post.]]> Sun, 19 May 2013 06:07:17 Transformers Prime Transformers Prime Sol Fury en http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-prime-39/beast-hunters-ultimate-predaking-and-optimus-prime-in-hand-pictures-177497/ http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-prime-39/beast-hunters-ultimate-predaking-and-optimus-prime-in-hand-pictures-177497/
Beast Hunter Optimus Prime by griffin-of-oz and Kal El of Krypton
Beast Fire Predaking by griffin-of-oz, LMiura, and Ozformers' member Colin78


Also, check out Kal El of Krypton's video review of Beast Hunter Optimus Prime:

]]> Sat, 18 May 2013 21:37:43 Transformers Prime Transformers Prime Sol Fury en http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-prime-39/transformers-prime-beast-hunters-season-3-episode-6-chain-of-command-preview-177496/ http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-prime-39/transformers-prime-beast-hunters-season-3-episode-6-chain-of-command-preview-177496/
]]> Sat, 18 May 2013 19:01:56 Transformers Prime Transformers Prime Sol Fury en http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-just-movie-31/transformers-4-principal-photography-underway-in-austin-177495/ http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-just-movie-31/transformers-4-principal-photography-underway-in-austin-177495/ posted an article mentioning that Transformers 4 filming is underway in Austin, Texas. That’s not the only thing the article reveals; it also highlights the character name of Mark Wahlberg.

"Di Bonaventura Pictures and DreamWorks SKG in association with Hasbro are set to begin production on the Paramount Pictures science fiction action film "Transformers 4". Casting directors are auditioning actors in Los Angeles, as well as Austin, TX where filming will take place beginning late May, 2013. The extras will be cast throughout filming. Additional shooting will take place in various locations including China. This project is currently being referred to as "Untitled Transformers Sequel," and will the first feature film to be shot using smaller digital IMAX 3D cameras.

Starring in "Transformers 4" is Jack Reynor in the starring role of a race car driver. The talented and beautiful Nicola Peltz has been cast in the female lead role of Reynor's girlfriend. Mark Wahlberg has signed on to play Nicola's father Flynn Vincent. Sophia Myles will play a major role as a scientist. Peter Cullen returns as the voice of Optimus Prime, and Glenn Morshower reprises his role as General Morshower. Kelsey Grammer was recently cast as the lead villain named "Harold Attinger". Directors Guild of America DGA Award winner Michael Bay will return to direct his fourth installment of the film series from a screenplay written by Ehren Kruger."

For more information and how to become an extra, visit Examiner.com.]]> Sat, 18 May 2013 15:14:12 Transformers Movie (Just Movie) Transformers Movie (Just Movie) NIBMRatchet en http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/generations-classics-44/generations-trailcutter-test-shot-more-images-177494/ http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/generations-classics-44/generations-trailcutter-test-shot-more-images-177494/ 2005 Boards member Cobra Zartan has shared with us more images of the test shot of Generations Trailcutter. These new images show both modes of Trailcutter, and of interest to many of you will be the size comparison images, showing how Trailcutter scales up against Prime mainline Bumblebee and Generations Fall of Cybertron Soundwave. Read on to check out the images. Sat, 18 May 2013 13:21:10 Generations / Classics Generations / Classics Sol Fury en