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Monday, March 5, 2001
Robots in Disguise will be boxart free, and news on additional toys in the RiD line
Visit the link to read a discussion, beginning with Cyclonus2010, explaining why there will not be individual boxart for toys in the Robots in Disguise line! Some of the points visited upon were Hasbro's desire of uniformity of the line and savings in cost.
Cyclonus2010 also reveals that "yes, the Machine Wars jets ARE being used and later in the line some BW and BM figures may be repainted as Destrongers."
Jim
Monday, March 5, 2001
Download the Car Robots Soundtrack
The Matrix eZine has uploaded several songs from the Car Robots Soundtrack for your enjoyment. Four songs are currently available for download. By the time the next issue of The Matrix premieres, all songs will be available for download. The songs are zipped and in MP3 format. For a complete track listing and review, please visit Dead Destron Star here.
Tim
Monday, March 5, 2001
Grimlock's New Brain! He's a Genius!
X-E offers another look inside the demented logic presented by the original Transformers TV series. The episode in question is a popular one for fans of the lovable Dinobot commander, and was re-released by Rhino last year on VHS. As a matter of fact, the helmet he wears in this episode will be included with the PVC figure soon to be released by Takara. See a press scan of this figure here
Zac
Monday, March 5, 2001
TF Comic Info Update
Brandon Hammonds has just informed me, via email, that there's some useful information on page 22 of Wizard #115, in the Buzz Bin. According to him, it "said that Top Cow decided to pass on the rights but Pat Lee is still chomping at the bit to work on one." So while it doesn't look like we're going to get that TF comic from Top Cow, it seems instead that Pat Lee (the guy that did that awesome TF piece of art in Wizard a little while ago and longtime Transfan) is still eager for the job! Here's hoping that works out!
Dru
Monday, March 5, 2001
Possible Transformers Comic From Top Cow?
Trentulas of the AllSpark found some discussion at Dreamwave about the possibility of a Transformers comic in the future. In the course of discussion, it was revealed that Top Cow is pursuing the rights on behalf of Dreamwave. Unfortunately, it seems that there's some flaming taking place by more anal members of Transfandom in Dreamwave's guestbook. Please go and offer some words of encouragement, or as Trentulas said, "if you're leery of it, at least post your concerns as politely expressed reservations, not venomous flames and attacks."
Dru
Sunday, March 4, 2001
Beast Wars on PS2 a Reality?
Metroplex of the AllSpark recently found out that a Beast Wars game for the Sony PlayStation 2 remains on track for a fall 2001 release, and was not a misprint as earlier suspected at sources like Electronics Boutique. It is likely a revamp of the Beast Wars Transmetals game released last year, although the man responsible for bringing the original game stateside, RaveStrike, is not involved in it.
Jim
Sunday, March 4, 2001
Up-to-Date Confirmed TF 2001 Toy List
Once again Trentulas of the AllSpark has updated his toy list, which is an accurate representation of all confirmed toys slated to be released under the Transformers name for the year. If you're not up to speed on the latest developments, this will give you all the information you need to know.
Jim
Saturday, March 3, 2001
BeastCon is Cancelled!
Bad news abounds for you Canadians that were planning on a convention other than BotCon. BeastCon, the Canadian version of BotCon, is similar in most respects, though not as hyped or well-known. Unfortunately, as reported by Xychodisqqo of the AllSpark, word is that this BeastCon is cancelled. This comes as a big blow to Canadians that were planning on this instead of BotCon.
Dru
Saturday, March 3, 2001
Final BFTS Toys Ship soon!
This bit was pointed out by Longrange of Iacon Harbor. If you scroll to the bottom of the page, you can find links for preordering cases of the last BFTS toys. If you click on the links, it says that they ship in 4-6 weeks, meaning the final BM toys should begin hitting the shelves from the end of March and onward!
Dru
Saturday, March 3, 2001
Strika and Night Slash Cheetor Images
Longrange of Iacon Harbor seems to be the first one to have found a Strika and a Night Slash Cheetor. Above are the images of the Cheetor, and here are the images of Strika. He found them in a Walmart in Mississippi, so everyone move there if you want one for yourself.
Dru
Saturday, March 3, 2001
Apelinq's War Journal updated
More information continues to drip in from Botcon Beyond. However, the truth behind the 2001 story is still very much a secret.
Zac
Friday, March 2, 2001
Optimus Prime wins!
Last week, we reported on a contest by artist Joe Madureira to let his fans select which character from comics / video games / etc they would like to see him work his magic on. Well the fans have spoken, and our guy Prime has crushed the competition with over a quarter of the vote. The top 5 results:
Optimus Prime 27.8% - (466 Votes)
Trigun 15.4% - (258 Votes)
Spawn 8.6% - (145 Votes)
Spider-man 5.6% - (95 Votes)
Savage Dragon 4.7% - (79 Votes)
We'll keep you updated on when the sketch will be available, and if his next contest features any classic Transformers characters.
- Zac
Friday, March 2, 2001
More Robots In Disguise pre-orders
LongRange found yet another preorder page, this time at Entertainment Earth. Here are all the Spychangers as a case of 12 two packs, priced at $69.99 per case..
And now we know the identity of the mystery truck packed with mini-Speedbreaker. His name is Tailgate. Pretty exciting, eh?
-Zac
P.S. Matrix scooped us on this one too.
Friday, March 2, 2001
Robots in Disguise Toys for Pre-Order at EBWorld.Com
Iacon Harbor admin Longrange found this at EBWorld, and Aerosurge of the Matrix was the first to report on it. EBWorld has two figures for preorder under the Transformers line slated for June release, "Megatron FG" and "Super FG." These are very likely the domestic releases of Gigatron and FireConvoy. Click on the link for more details.
- Jim
Friday, March 2, 2001
JE Alvarez's Guide to Japanese Transformers Out in UK
Death's Head of the AllSpark and the TransFans Guild recently found J.E. Alvarez's second TF guidebook, this one focused on Japanese and other international Transformers, in his native U.K. The book costs 25 quid.
Whatever a "quid" is.
- Jim
Thursday, March 1, 2001
Play the Matrix Challenge 4!
Tonight at 9 PM EST, the AllSpark will be presenting its fourth Matrix Challenge contest. The contest features two separate challenges, one geared for fans of the latter Beast era and another geared for fans of the original and Japanese Transformers incarnations. Black Battle Convoy and the G1 Megatron re-issue are up for grabs, as well as two of the elusive Master Swords, which are being offered as Bonus Prizes.
Addendum: The challenge's winners were HiQ, OptimusPrimeXL3, Gbot and Proudwolf Prime.
- Jim
Wednesday, February 28, 2001
Matrix eZine Wants YOUR Help
They're currently revamping their message board, and want to hear feedback on how to make theirs a message board everybody would want to go to. Ever had an idea that you want to see in a fan forum? They're listening...
- Jim
Wednesday, February 28, 2001
Tom Hanks Praising G1 on Tonight Show- Video Clip!
Thanks to AllSpark member CybertronNeo, the video clip of Tom Hanks hailing Transformers G1 as the pinnacle of children's toys on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno is now online. If you missed it live or just want to keep it on your hard drive, download this mammajamma.
- Jim
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