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Date: Tuesday, December 18th 2007 6:48pm CST
Categories: Cartoon News,
Digital Media News
Posted by: i_amtrunks |
Credit(s): allspark.com
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The Official
Hasbro Video Site has updated with the Intro Video to the Transformers: Animated series.
The Video runs for 30 seconds, and contains Optimus Prime, Bulkhead, Bumblebee, Starscream and the previously unseen Megatron transformations.
To check out the video, please
click here and select "Transformers Animated Intro Part 1", which can be found just under the listing for "Generation 1 Webisode 6".
Date: Tuesday, December 18th 2007 2:07pm CST
Categories: Cartoon News,
Toy News,
Auctions
Posted by: Skowl |
Credit(s): heerotoysmakers, eBay.com
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eBay seller heerotoysmaker has once again given us an advance look at an upcoming Transformers figure, this time the voyager-class Starscream figure, from the new Transformers: Animated series.
See the auction
by clicking here.
Date: Monday, December 17th 2007 4:03pm CST
Categories: Cartoon News,
Game News
Posted by: i_amtrunks |
Credit(s): Cartoon Network
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Cartoon Network have updated their site with a new Transformers: Animated based card game.
The game seems to be a duelling game based on points gathered from selecting cards of the same colour. The decks contain cards of many of the Transformers:Animated cast, from Optimus Prime and Prowl to Megatron, Blackarachnia and Starscream as well as previously unseen humans such as Headmaster, Nanosec and Prometheus Black.
Other new characters that have been revealed in this game include Ironhide and the Constructicon Scrapper, the aforementioned human characters and known, but unseen characters of Soundwave and Sentinel Prime.
So head on over to
CartoonNetwork.com to check it out.
Date: Saturday, December 15th 2007 6:08am CST
Category: Cartoon News
Posted by: Tigertrack |
Credit(s): Unicron.com
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Want more information about the TRANSFORMERS ANIMATED cartoon?
Unicron.com has updated with bios, and still pictures from a press release package that they received from
Cartoon Network about TRANSFORMERS ANIMATED.
You should note that there may be what some would consider story 'SPOILERS' contained within a couple of the new bios.
You can view the 4 part breakdown
HERE at Unicron.com.
Part 3--Includes Decepticons Starscream, Megatron,and Lugnut.
Part 4--Includes Blitzwing, Black Arachnia, and Lockdown.
Here are the links to
Part 1 and
Part 2 which have the AUTOBOTS bios--which we have seen before, I believe.
Catch all your
Transformers Animated information
herein the Cartoon News!
Date: Monday, December 10th 2007 8:08pm CST
Categories: Cartoon News,
Company News,
Digital Media News
Posted by: Raymond T. |
Credit(s): www.cartoonnetwork.com
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The official
Cartoon Network Transformers: Animated site has been updated to include a complete
cartoon episode list. The following is the episode list. Be warned of spoilers...
Episodes 1, 2 & 3: Transform & Roll Out!
Optimus Prime & his small crew of Autobots come into possession of the AllSpark, a powerful Cybertronian artifact that actracts the attention of their long-forgotten enemies the Decepticons and sends them crashing to a strange & distant planet known as Earth.
Episode 4: Home is Where the Spark is
The Autobots settle into their new home base - an abandoned automobile manufacturing plant but the ancient assembly line machinery seems to have developed a mind of its own.
Episode 5: Total Meltdown
A bio-engineering genius experiments with some of Bumblebee's hydraulic fluid & accidentally transformers himself into Meltdown, whose corrosive touch can melt anything - including Autobots!
Episode 6: Blast From the Past
Professor Sumdac Upgrades a trio of animatronic dinosaurs from a local theme park, but the creatures develop minds of their own & become rampaging Dinobots, bent on destroying the Autobots.
Episode 7: Thrill of the Hunt
While Autobots encounter a mysterious muscle car creating havoc in Detroit, Ratchet keeps flashing back to his "tour of duty" in the Great Autobot-Decepticon Wars.
Episode 8: Nanosec
Bumblebee's self-proclaimed title as "fastest thing on wheels" is threatened by Nanosec, a super speedster crook on a deadly mission that could destroy all of Detroit.
Episode 9: Along Came a Spider
Bumblebee & Bulkhead's first Halloween turns even spookier when they encounter a giant spider that turns out to be the deadly Decepticon Blackarachnia.
Episode 10: Sound & Fury
Sari's new toy musical robot seems to have an evil streak - and the ability to control other machines - but Bulkhead is the only on who sees it.
Episode 11: Lost & Found
The Autobots clash with Decepticons Lugnut & Blitzwing, who come to Earth searching for their missing leader Megatron.
Episode 12: Survival of the Fittest
Sari is kidnapped & the evidence points to the Dinotbots. So Prowl & Bulkhead head to a mysterious island to investigate - with a highly suspicious Captain Fanzone on their tail.
Episode 13: Headmaster
A disgruntled Sumda employee seeks revenge & profit by taking control of one of the Autobots & sending him on a rampage.
Episode 14: Nature Calls
Prowl, Bumblebee and Sari get more than they bargained for when they head out to the remote woods to investigate a mysterious energy signal.
Episode 15: Megatron Rising, Part One
Prime begins to doubt his leadership abilities as the Decepticons mobilize for a big invasion of Earth.
Episode 16: Megatron Rising, Part Two
The Autobots are decimated by the Decepticon invasion, but still must rally to prevent the AllSpark from falling into their clutches.
Episode 17: The Elite Guard
The Cybertron Elite Guard arrives on Earth to retrieve the AllSpark & relieve Prime & his crew of their post, but they prove less than adept at blending in with the human world.
Episode 18: Return of the Headmaster
Optimus Prime is forced to team up with his rival Sentinel Prime after Sentinel has a humilliating - & potentially fatal - encounter with the Headmaster.
Episode 19: Mission Accomplished
Convince there are no Decepticons left on Earth, the Elite Guard prepares to take Optimus Prime & his crew back to Cybertron - unaware of the increasing Decepticon activity taking place uner their very noses.
Episode 20: Garbage In, Garbage Out
AllSpark energy turns junk pile into a sentient robot who tries to help the Autobots, but ends up doing more harm than good.
Episode 21: Velocity
Investigating a mysterious race car, Bumblebee gets involved with an illegal underground street racing circuit, which also captures the attention of the Decepticons.
Episode 22: Rise of the Constructicons
Bulkhead befriends a pair of construction vehicles brought to life by AllSpark energy. But the Decepticons have their scanners set on the duo for their latest construction project.
Episode 23: A Fistfull of Energon
Prowl goes off on his own to capture the fugitive Starscream, but finds some competitions in the form of a Decepticon bounty hunter.
Episode 24: S.U.V. - Society of Ultimate Villainy
Aided by a mysterious benefactor, Detroit's B-level villains team up to take down the Autobots once & for all.
Episode 25: Autobot Camp
On the trail of an escaped Autobot traitor, Bumblebee flashes back to a previous encounter with the traitor when he first met Bulkhead in Autobot Boot Camp.
Episode 26: Black Friday
Blackarachnia enlists Prometheus Black - aka Meltdown - to aid her with a dangerous experiment, while Prime & Dinobot Grimlock are force to team up to stop them.
Episode 27: Sari, No One's Home
Left along in the Autobots' home base, Sari must defend it against an intrusion by the Constructicons.
Episode 28: A Bridge Too Close, Part One
The Decepticons kidnap Bulkhead to aid in Megatron's ultimate plan to take over Cybertron.
Episode 29: A Bridge Too Close, Part Two
The fates of Cybertron & Earth lie in the balance as Optimus Prime & his Autobots battle Megatron & his Decepticons in a fight to the finish.
Date: Sunday, December 2nd 2007 10:46am CST
Categories: Cartoon News,
Toy News
Posted by: Down_Shift |
Credit(s): roguetradertoys
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Over the past few days we've been reporting on more and more TFA carded figures showing up on
eBay. Well, now's the time we start to see more complete loose figures showing up thanks to e-seller
roguetradertoys. Don't be surprised if you start seeing more and more of these floating around on internet auction sites as the show will shortly make its debut. Check out the different auctions below.
Lockdown
Bulkhead
Deluxe Optimus Prime
Bumblebee
Prowl
Starscream
Keep in mind that you will most likely see these figures jump from auction to auction until the figures hit the market.
Date: Monday, November 5th 2007 4:21am CST
Categories: Cartoon News,
Event News,
Company News
Posted by: i_amtrunks |
Credit(s): Groundsplitter, nfta.net
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Groundsplitter from
ntfa.net has posted some bad news from the NTFA Minicon held on the 3rd and 4th of November:
We regret that we will have to back out on the exclusive showing of the first episode of Transformers: Animated at the Arlöv Mini-Con this weekend. Both we and Hasbro Nordic thought we had permission to show the full episode, but it seems there was either some miscommunication or just a case of conflicting opinions at Hasbro USA. First one party told us yes, but later another party said no.
We want to emphasize that Hasbro Nordic's manager wanted to make the exclusive showing possible, and thanks to his efforts we can still show a partial preview of the episode, just not the full episode. So you will still get a taste of Transformers: Animated at Mini-Con!
Following this bad news, Groundsplitter posted a short review of what was shown at the NFTA Minicon:
It was a very interesting preview though, and I can tell you that even though I were very sceptical when I saw the first posters for the series a while ago, I think the cartoon may turn out to be quite entertaining. What struck me the most is that it seems all the characters will be portrayed with distinct personalities - a very welcome change compared to the three latest series, were most of the characters were blank slates.
There were also quite a few nods to the old fans - I haven't seen the clips on YouTube so I don't know what has been shown before, but the show actually starts with Optimus Prime looking at some archive clips from the war that ended a few hundred years ago - clips that are taken straight from the original G1 cartoon! And Ratchet is said to have taken part of that war, which poses the question if this is the original Ratchet, or just someone who shares the name.
To read GroundSplitter's original post, please
click here.
-UPDATE-
More People who attended the NTFA Minicon have also posted in
this thread, with more details about the preview Emerging:
Animated takes place in the 22nd century (or was it 23rd?). Some notes (I don't know what is already known so bear with me):
Blitzwing has three faces, although the third wasn't very clear (the entire Decepticon scene is in the dark). First is the strict monocled guy, the second is a very clichéd Arnie "stupid" German accent and the third was just crazy and singing. Not too sure about this guy, but he might make a cool toy.
Allspark looks vaguely Matrix-shaped with handles, but it's much bigger. So far the only Allspark-carrier has been... Ratchet
Blackarachnia is exactly her BW self (her alt mode is considered organic, btw) and Starscream is exactly his G1 self, personality-wise.
Ratchet has a mix of Ironhide/Kup with the "old-timer" personality thing going on. As mentioned, not clear whether he is actually THE Ratchet.
Sentinel (Prime) is an officer in the Autobot army and Ultra Magnus is the Supreme Commander who bosses Optimus around.
Optimus trained at the Autobot academy and is going about doing heroic stuff from the very beginning, but there must be a reason why he's stuck on a crappy repair mission...
Optimus' axe has quite a few features except the energon blade. It has a rocket thruster on it, and the handle can extend Dragonball style for him to do polevaults. Somehow Optimus can also fire nets.
Date: Thursday, November 1st 2007 10:24pm CDT
Categories: Cartoon News,
Digital Media News
Posted by: i_amtrunks |
Credit(s): Lawson
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Seibertron's own Lawson has found a new Transformers Animated Clip on
Youtube.
The clip starts of with the new Theme song, showing new footage of Optimus Prime vs. Megatron, as well as better shots of Starscream.
The Allspark is referenced as well...
To check out the clip please
click here.
Date: Sunday, July 29th 2007 9:56pm CDT
Categories: Cartoon News,
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I want to help you guys watch Transformers DVDs no matter where in the world they are released. I see many of you who express their frustration about foreign releases of Transformers DVDs that we don't have available here in the States yet. Well, there's really no reason for it since there's an army of inexpensive DVD players available just down the street from you that can easily be modified to play DVDs from anywhere in the world. All it takes is a little research on the Internet to find out which DVD players can be modified that are currently available at Best Buy, Target, Walmart or whatever major retail store is near you.
Keep in mind that the cheaper the DVD player, the easier it is to "hack". Obviously, you don't want a complete piece of crap, but if you stick to some brands that you recognize such as Phillips, you should be all set. The higher end DVD players are far more difficult to hack (or altogether impossible) so I would stay away from the Pioneers, Sonys and Toshibas for example.
Australia's Region 4? Not a problem! UK's PAL format? Never worry about it again. UK's Region 2? Region what?!?! I've been enjoying DVDs from all over the world for the past 2 years. I own all of Metrodome's Headmaster, Masterforce, Victory and RiD sets, Metrodome's "Transformers Movie Reconstructed", as well as all of Madman's incredibly flawless Beast Wars sets, their very awesome G1 boxset and their version of the animated movie. For those of you who don't know, Metrodome is based out of the UK and Madman is based out of Australia.
I'm also able to play DVDs from China or Japan flawlessly. I'm able to easily just pop-in DVD extras that come with my Japanese Transformers right into my primary DVD player and watch whatever I want. Heck, I can even download videos from the Internet, burn them directly to a DVD-R as their native format (i.e. AVI, MPEG, etc) and watch the actual raw videos on my home TV without ever havign to convert the video to a DVD format.
Without further ado, here is a message I had posted on these forums before the big forum crash in January. I had the foresight to save this message on the Metrodome forums a while back so thanks to that, I'm able to repost my message here on Seibertron.com. One of our latest sponsors is none other than our friends at Madman. I promised I'd help share how you guys can watch these DVDs on your players at home regardless of where you live in the world. You should be just as exceited about a DVD set from Madman as you are from a company here in the States or whatever country you live in. Yeah, it's a little expensive to import the DVDs but it's most definitely worth it. It certainly beats the alternative of not owning sets like Headmasters (which Madman will be releasing later this year) or RiD.
If you have any questions, please let me know. I'll do my best to help you find a region free DVD player so that you can enjoy watching these Transformers DVDs from other countries while Sony figures out what they're doing with the license here in America.
| Ryan in 2005 wrote: |
Hey guys,
Once Metrodome announced the upcoming Headmasters DVD set, I started doing some research into figuring out a standard way to play foreign DVDs. I've been anxiously awaiting a Headmasters DVD set that's not as expensive as the Japanese version for quite some time so I can assure all of you that I wasn't going to let a little thing like Region 2 or PAL video stop me from figuring out a way to play the Metrodome DVDs here in the States (NTSC video, Region 1). While it was great news that Metrodome was going to release the Movie and Headmasters as Region 0 (just like the Robots in Disguise RiD videos were released unbeknownst to many fans), but that would only allow most of us American fans the ability to watch the DVDs on our computer. I wanted to watch the DVDs on my television with my sound system dammit!
So I talked to a few of my friends at work who are from Poland. A few of them started pointing me toward the DVD player that is sold locally at Target, Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Circuit City or Amazon.com. This DVD player can EASILY be hacked to play any region AND it automatically converts PAL formatted videos to NTSC. PLUS IT'S CHEAP and comes with tons of other features that have totally changed my DVD experience. I highly recommend this DVD player:
Philips DVP642 DivX-Certified Progressive-Scan DVD Player
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000204SWE/ref=pd_sxp_f/002-0964654-9456061?tag=seibertron07-20&v=glance&s=electronics
http://www.google.com/products?q=phillips+DVP642
| Quote: | 1. Turn on the player.
2. Open the tray.
3. Press the following sequence on the remote: 7 8 9 OK 0
4. The number 0 will appear on the lower left side of your screen.
5. Your player is now region free! Put in a DVD and enjoy! :) |
NOTE: The 0 in the sequence above represents the region code. 0 = region free. If you want to change your player to just a specific region code, replace the 0 with the region number you want.
The hack should be perfectly safe, but USE IT ON YOUR OWN RISK!
It plays my RiD DVDs from the UK perfectly as well as my various Takara DVDs that came with my Robot Masters figures and TFC-9 Starscream. I can't say enough great things about this DVD player.
And no, I do not work for Phillips. I'm just trying to spread some information about this DVD player out to the community so that you guys can get your DVD player before the Headmasters set is released.
Apparently the cheaper the DVD Player, the easier it is to region hack and to find a player that will convert from PAL to NTSC. I bought one that was a little more expensive with a brand that I recognized even though several of my friends recommended the Cyberhome DVD players. However, I read so many bad reviews about the Cyberhome DVD player that it didn't matter that it was only $40 or less ... I wanted a player that would last and look decent. |
Date: Friday, July 27th 2007 9:17am CDT
Categories: Cartoon News,
Event News,
Rumors
Posted by: Tigertrack |
Credit(s): Cataclizm1 at TFW 2005
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We knew it was going to happen, but the Decepticon designs have made there way out, in the form of a flyer for SDCC that advertises the new 'Transformers: Animated' series.
Here is the link to the
thread that has a scanned picture of the cons.
It looks like from left to right we have:
Starscream, Black Arachnia, Blitzwing, Lugnut(?), and of course, Megatron!
Stay tuned as we keep you updated on SDCC, and if any more comes out about the new animated series in the
Seibertron.com Cartoon News Section.
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