San Diego Comic Con

Next up in our coverage from the Hasbro display at the San Diego Comic Con is the display for the Transformers Prime main line! We've got pics of the display of the Robots in Disguise figures here for you to enjoy - including the first non-promotional pictures of Rumble and Sergeant Kup! Both here are listed as October 2012 releases.

Avast mateys! We also be having pictures of Voyager Class Thundertron in this coverage!

Revealed here also is that a third Transformers Prime RC Car is in the works. Optimus Prime will be joining Bumblebee and Knock Out in a future wave of these fun RC Transformers.

Keep it TFW for more updates, and check out our fellow sites Hisstank and Toyark for more SDCC 2012 coverage!

Second up for our San Diego Comic-Con coverage tonight, we have the display of the Universal Studios exclusives. These toys are exclusive to Universal Studios and are promotional tie-ins for the newly opened Transformers The Ride attraction.

Check back often for more new images, and check out our network sites Hisstank and Toyark for more awesome stuff from the SDCC 2012!

Hello everyone and welcome to the TFW2005 coverage of the Hasbro Transformers toy display at the San Diego Comic Con. First up is the big guy himself - the Toys R Us Exclusive Masterpiece Optimus Prime. The big guy is due out later this year in the US and is a full release - trailer and all - of the Takara-Tomy MP-10 Convoy Version 2.0.

Check back often for more new images, and check out our network sites Hisstank and Toyark for more awesome stuff from the SDCC 2012!

The SDCC 2012 coverage begins here on TFW2005, first with a quick tour of High Moon Studios, showing off some concept art for the upcoming Fall of Cybertron game, as well as a quick look inside the studio.

Be sure to stay tuned to TFW2005.com, as well as the other sites on the network as we bring you live coverage from San Diego Comic-Con throughout the week.

The Transformers Facebook page has updated with an image of an exclusive Transformers The Ride souvenir poster that will be given away at the Hasbro booth at San Diego Comic Con. Check out this very cool looking propaganda style poster by clicking the title bar!

Keep checking back as SDCC news rolls in!

San Diego Comic Con officially starts tomorrow night, but we are kicking it off today with some pics from the stores around the convention center. On display were samples of upcoming 59 Fifty New Era hats. These feature Fall of Cybertron imagery. Check out some up close shots after the break.

Make sure to stay tuned with TFW2005, HissTank, Toyark, Thundercats.ws, and Tokunation all week and weekend for our coverage of SDCC 2012!

IDW Publishing has passed on a press release with updated info regarding their autograph signing sessions at San Diego Comic Con 2012.


San Diego, CA (July 10, 2012) – As the comics industry looks forward to another Comic-Con jam-packed with the industry’s greatest talents, IDW Publishing is excited to give fans a preview of the creators that will be available at booth #2643 throughout the show!

Without further ado, ladies and gentlemen, your IDW All-Stars!

Wednesday July 11th Preview Night

6:00 – 8:00 SPECIAL EVENT! Richard Starks’ Parker: The Score Launch Party –
Darywn Cooke (*Check out the show exclusive hardcover!)
6:00 – 7:00 SPECIAL EVENT! Neal Adams’ Thrill Kill: Artist’s Edition Portfolio
Launch Party – Neal Adams
7:00 – 8:00 The Art of Amanda Conner – Amanda Conner (*Check out the show exclusive
hardcover!)

Thursday July 12th

11:00 – 12:00 The Art of Joe Jusko – Joe Jusko (*Check out the show exclusive
hardcover!)
11:00 – 12:00 Deadworld – Gary Reed
11:00 – 12:00 Infestation 2, Secret Battles of Genghis Khan – Sam “Mister-Sam”
Shearon
12:00 – 1:00 The Cape: 1969 – Joe Hill, Zach Howard (Check out the show exclusive Comic!)
1:00 – 2:30 Richard Stark’s Parker: The Score – Darywn Cooke (*Check out the show
exclusive hardcover!)
3:00 – 4:00 Godzilla – Duane Swierczynski
3:00 – 4:00 Love and Capes – Thom Zahler (Check out the show exclusive Comic!)
4:00 – 5:00 TRANSFORMERS – Chris Metzen, Flint Dille, John Barber, Livio
Ramondelli, Brendan Cahill, Andrew Griffith, Scott
Mairghread, Priscilla Tromontano
5:00 – 6:00 30 Days of Night, Frankenstein: Alive, Alive – Steve Niles
6:00 – 7:00 Smoke & Mirrors – Mike Costa, Jon Armstrong
6:00 – 7:00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Kevin Eastman, Tom Waltz,
Dan Duncan

Friday July 13th

10:00 – 11:00 Womanthology Party – Barbara Kesel, Trina Robbins, Anya Martin,
Jolene Houser, Jean Kang, Cassandra James, Mado Pena, Mary
Bellamy, Ma’at Crook, Cat Scaggs, Amanda Deibert
10:00 – 11:00 Kill Shakespeare – Andy Belanger
11:00 – 12:00 Star Trek: TNG/Doctor Who – Scott Tipton, J.K. Woodward
11:00 – 12:00 Memorial – Chris Roberson
12:00 – 1:00 The Cape: 1969 – Joe Hill, Zach Howard (Check out the show exclusive Comic!)
1:00 – 3:00 Richard Stark’s Parker: The Score – Darywn Cooke (*Check out the show
exclusive hardcover!)
3:00 – 4:00 KISS – Gene Simmons, Chris Ryall, Jamal Igle (*ticketed signing – See
employee for details)
4:00 – 5:00 Dungeons & Dragons – Steve Ellis
5:00 – 6:00 Locke & Key – Joe Hill, Gabriel Rodriguez (*Check out the show exclusive
hardcover & exclusive keys by Israel Skelton!)
6:00 – 7:00 Ghostbusters - Dan Schoening, Erik Burnham, Tristan Jones, Luis
Antonio Delgado, Nick Runge
6:00 – 7:00 Crawl to Me - Alan Robert

Saturday July 14th

10:00 – 11:00 Night of 1,000 Wolves – Bobby Curnow, Dave Wachter
11:00 – 12:00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Kevin Eastman, Tom Waltz,
Dan Duncan
11:00 – 12:00 IDW Prose Round Up: Zombies vs Robots – Chris Ryall, Brea Grant,
Jeff Conner In the Shadow of Dracula – Leslie S. Klinger
12:00 – 1:00 The Crow – John Shirley, Kevin Colden
1:00 – 2:00 Locke & Key – Joe Hill, Gabriel Rodriguez (*Check out the show exclusive
hardcover & exclusive keys by Israel Skelton!)
1:00 – 2:00 Silent Hill – Tom Waltz
2:00 – 3:00 Star Trek: TNG/Doctor Who – Scott Tipton, David Tipton, J.K.
Woodward
3:00 – 4:00 Star Trek: The Next Generation – Brannon Braga, Joe Corroney
(Get a free limited signing card!)
4:00 – 5:00 Star Trek – Mike Johnson, Joe Corroney
5:00 – 6:00 Nevsky: A Hero of the People – Ben McCool, Steve Saffel
5:00 – 6:00 G.I. JOE– Mike Costa, Larry Hama (Check out the show exclusive Comic!)
6:00 – 7:00 True Blood – Michael McMillian, Joe Corroney

Sunday July 15th

11:00 – 12:00 Doctor Who – Mark Buckingham, Joshua Fialkov
12:00 – 1:00 TRANSFORMERS – Chris Metzen, John Barber, Livio
Ramondelli, Andrew Griffith, Scott Mairghread, Priscilla
Tromontano
1:00 – 2:00 Zombies! – Craig Yoe, Steve Banes
2:00 – 3:00 Smoke & Mirrors – Mike Costa, Jon Armstrong
3:00 – 4:00 Danger Girl - J. Scott Campbell

*Plus, look for Ashley Wood and the 3A crew signing all weekend!


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Hasbro has issued the Official Press Release for the San Diego Comic-Con 2012 Hasbro Showcase.

TRANSFORMERS

The astoundingly prolific TRANSFORMERS brand from Hasbro will have an equally impressive presence at Comic-Con. From action figures to video games, animated series to comics, the TRANSFORMERS brand in 2012 offers an exciting lineup of new takes on the pop-culture powerhouse that is truly "MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE." Hasbro will present the perennially popular TRANSFORMERS brand panel on Friday at 1:30pm where never before seen action figures from across the TRANSFORMERS PRIME, GENERATIONS, BOTSHOTS, KRE-O and RESCUEBOTS expressions will be unveiled. Newly revealed action figures in this presentation will be featured in the Hasbro booth display cases following the panel. Beyond the news-packed panel, Hasbro is delivering all of the new ways to experience the TRANSFORMERS brand in 2012 to Comic-Con with a lineup of events as diverse at the TRANSFORMERS characters themselves!

TRANSFORMERS PRIME
Towering over all of Comic-Con and the Hasbro booth is a 17-foot tall OPTIMUS PRIME statue in the styling of the TRANSFOMERS PRIME animated series — and he has a lot to celebrate. The hit animated series produced by Hasbro Studios currently airing on The Hub in the U.S. recently wrapped its second season for which it won two 2012 Daytime Emmy© Awards, for a total of four since it first premiered in 2010. Hasbro also "rolled out" an extensive line of action figures based on the series and fans will be able to see the full 2012 lineup of TRANSFORMERS PRIME figures in both robot and vehicle mode in an extensive booth presentation including an intricate TRANSFORMERS PRIME diorama featuring space bridges, VEHICONS and more! Plus, Hasbro will distribute samples of TRANSFORMERS PRIME CYBERVERSE Legion Scale figures to convention goers in the Hasbro booth at various times throughout the show, while supplies last. Fans of the series and the iconic voice of OPTIMUS PRIME won't want to miss the "OPTIMUS PRIME: Up Close and Personal" panel on Friday, July 13 at 6:00pm, presented by Hasbro Studios and The Hub TV Network where Larry King, one of the most recognized broadcast interviewers in the world, salutes legendary OPTIMUS PRIME voice actor, Peter Cullen, in an exclusive one-on-one interview.

TRANSFORMERS RESCUE BOTS
TRANSFORMERS RESCUEBOTS, a new animated series from Hasbro Studios and toy line for younger TRANSFORMERS fans, celebrates its first Comic-Con by offering attendees the chance to meet HEATWAVE, one of the series' characters in the Hasbro booth. The HEATWAVE costume character will be in the booth as well as at "The Hub Headquarters at the Broken Yolk" at various times throughout the convention. The TRANSFORMERS RESCUE BOTS series, currently in its first season, airs on The Hub in the U.S.

TRANSFORMERS: THE RIDE-3D
The TRANSFORMERS brand also saw the opening of its very first thrill ride in the U.S. in 2012 with the recent launch of TRANSFORMERS: The Ride-3D at Universal Studios Hollywood. To celebrate the ride at Comic-Con, fans will have the chance to receive limited edition TRANSFORMERS: The Ride-3D commemorative launch posters beginning at 6:00pm in the Hasbro booth while supplies last.

TRANSFORMERS: FALL OF CYBERTRON
In celebration of the upcoming, highly anticipated and critically heralded TRANSFORMERS: Fall of Cybertron video game from Activision, available August 21, 2012, Hasbro will welcome game designers to the Hasbro booth at 10:00am on Friday, July 13 to present a look at game play. Action figures based on the CYBERTRONIAN style of the video game (and featured in the brand's GENERATIONS line) will be on display in the Hasbro booth. For an in-depth TRANSFORMERS: Fall of Cybertron video game experience, fans will also want to check out the Activision booth (#5344).

TRANSFORMERS COMICS
To wrap up Comic-Con in 2012, the TRANSFORMERS brand goes back to the convention's roots and welcomes amazing talent behind two popular comic series from IDW based on the TRANSFORMERS brand. Chris Metzen (writer) and Livio Ramondelli (artist) from the TRANSFORMERS AUTOCRACY series and John Barber (writer) and Andrew Griffith (artist) from the TRANSFORMERS: ROBOTS IN DISGUISE series will be signing autographs from 1:00-2:00pm on Sunday in the Hasbro booth. (TRANSFORMERS comics will be available for purchase in the IDW booth, #2643). Tickets are required for the session and will be distributed beginning at 9:00am on Sunday in the Hasbro booth while supplies last.

KRE-O
STAR TREK will mark the third major entertainment property to be featured in the KRE-O line. Hasbro successfully introduced the KRE-O brand in 2011 with building sets featuring its globally popular TRANSFORMERS characters and in 2012 introduced the KRE-O BATTLESHIP line. New KRE-O BATTLESHIP and KRE-O TRANSFORMERS sets will be on display in the Hasbro booth including never before seen KRE-O TRANSFORMERS expressions: KRE-O TRANSFORMERS MICROCHANGERS and KRE-O TRANSFORMERS MICROCHANGERS COMBINERS. Fans won't want to miss these new reveals as well a chance to snap a photo with KRE-O character statues including TRANSFORMERS BUMBLEBEE, a BATTLESHIP ALIEN and STAR TREK CAPTAIN KIRK all in their unique KREON expressions! Fans will also want to get their hands on a special edition KRE-O BATTLESHIP BATTLE-BOAT building set sample pack which will be distributed at various times throughout the show while supplies last.

Read the entire Press Release for Panel Times and Show Exclusives, after the jump. Tune in with TFW2005 for the best Transformers SDCC 2012 coverage around.

A special thanks goes out to Hasbro and HPR for sending us a review copy of the soon to be released SDCC 2012 SHOCKWAVE HISS TANK with Decepticon Destro and Devastator B.A.T.!

In the 1980's Marvel Comics produced a four-comic series that told the story of GIJOE and Cobra discovering the existence of the Transformers. This special series briefly brought together these two epic worlds and chronicled the dramatic consequences of this discovery. First there was the "lost episode #5" and now.... The legacy of this meeting continues as the two forces join together again in this exclusive SHOCKWAVE HISS TANK!

San Diego Comic Con is rapidly approaching and with it, hopefully lots of good news about our favorite Robots In Disguise! But when, you may ask yourself, exactly will we get to see new pictures and info? Well fortunately, for you curious bunch, the Comic Con website has updated with all the panel information and what to expect. Thanks to 2005 Board members fallen_revenge and Taziir for putting together all of the relevant Transformers related panels in one handy post. Everything from the Hasbro panel to the new Fall of Cybertron video game. Oh, there's also a panel scheduled for IDW Publishing! After all, what would a Comic Convention be without comic books??

Click on the title bar or the discuss button to read the low down on all of the panels coming the up

Two legends are about to meet. The news buzzing around the Web is that Larry King is going to interview Peter Cullen at the San Diego Comic-Con 2012.

The Hub officially announced this via Facebook:

“Friday, July 13, “OPTIMUS PRIME: Up Close and Personal” (6:00 p.m., Room 23ABC)

The incomparable Larry King, one of the most recognized broadcast interviewers in the world, goes one-on-one with voice actor Peter Cullen (Optimus Prime), a talent who is practically synonymous with Comic-Con itself. In this panel, "The King of Interviews" salutes the beloved Cullen and takes attendees through the actor's early days on the original 1984 animated TV series “Transformers Generation One,” the three box office smash Transformers movies, and his current work on The Hub TV network's Daytime Emmy® Award-winning animated series “Transformers Prime” from Hasbro Studios. Audience Q&A to follow.”

The Hub at SDCC will also feature other popular franchises including Aquabats, Dan vs. and My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic.

Hopefully, this will be the day we hear the return of Transformers: Prime.

Hasbro has just posted up new images of the upcoming Transformers 2012 SDCC Exclusives. View in and out of package shots for Bruticus and Cliffjumper.

More Transformers SDCC 2012 Bruticus Gift Set Fall of Cybertron & Cliffjumper after the jump.

Hasbro has just posted up new images of the upcoming GIJOE SDCC Exclusive ShockWave H.I.S.S. Tank. The new box sports old school Marvel style comic book art to match last years SkyScream with Cobra Commander.

SDCC 2012 Images include:

• SDCC 2012 H.I.S.S. Tank Box
• Devastator B.A.T.
• Decepticon Destro
• Shockwave H.I.S.S. Tank

We have received new official images of this years 2012 SDCC G.I. Joe Exclusive and it will be a GIJOE Shockwave HISS TANK.

The G.I. JOE movie toy line features your favorite G.I. JOE characters, including an all-new, super-heroic take on ROADBLOCK, as well as JOE COLTON, the original founder of the G.I. JOE team, and an imposing COBRA COMMANDER action figure! Also featured is an array of incredible new ninja toys, including an unprecedented line-up of "ninja-tastic" action figures, vehicles, swords, masks, and throwing stars. And don’t forget the action-packed toy vehicles: "Wherever there’s trouble, G.I. JOE is there," whether by land, sea, or air!

Check out www.HISSTANK.com for the complete line-up.

Here's some Transformers War for Cybertron Concept Art that was on display during San Diego Comic Con 2011. While perusing our 1,000+ images we had from SDCC, we came across some that we missed. Check out illustrations of Optimus Prime and Megatron after the jump!