Date: Tuesday, April 25th 2006 9:34pm CDT
Categories: Toy News,
Rumors
Posted by: Hotrod |
Credit(s): David of TFAuctions.com and TFormers.com
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Views: 16,339
There is some bad news for Transformers fans in the United Kingdom. David of
TFAuctions.com, who is usually a reliable source of information, reports he has heard that Hasbro UK will not be getting the Transformers Cybertron Galvatron. This has yet to be confirmed by Hasbro UK or anyone else. Keep an eye the
SEIBERTRON.com New Section for further developments.
Date: Tuesday, August 9th 2005 10:47am CDT
Categories: Cartoon News,
Movie Related News,
Toy News,
Rumors
Posted by: Seibertron |
Credit(s): Prime Nova
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Views: 71,333
According to Prime Nova, one of our fellow Seibertronians, "Hasbro has finally secured the rights to the name Bumblebee!
"Minicon Sparkplug will be released under that name in the first or second wave of Minicon Battle Packs to secure the name on store shelves. Hasbro is also looking into releasing the G1 toy somewhere. I'm told there are also designs for TWO new Bumblebee toys as well. One for the Alternators and a second for the tail end of Cybertron.
"I think they're serious about keeping the name this time. :)"
Thanks for the information Prime Nova! Keep the rumors coming!!!
EDIT BY SEIBERTRON:
Thanks to Nevermore, we've found out that there's some additional information regarding whether or not "BUMBLEBEE" is an official name. Apparently this has been part of some long standing debates at the other TF sites.
Some information from the United States Patent and Trademark Office:
http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?regser=serial&entry=76634431
A thread has been started at Transfandom.com by Aerosurge regarding this back on July 20th, 2005:
http://forums.transfandom.com/invboard/index.php?showtopic=30197 and a thread was started by Nevermore at TFArchive.com back on April 7th, 2005:
http://www.tfarchive.com/community/showthread.php?s=&threadid=29877.
The reason this is in the Sludge Report and not in the News section is because it's a rumor - plain and simple. Please keep that in mind when reading this page. When Hasbro or the Government says "no dice" on this name or someone says the name can apply to our favorite yellow Autobot, then it's news. Until then, it's a rumor which has been posted purely for entertainment purposes. Please remember that a rumor is a piece of
unverified information to which we make no claim to the validity of this information. Is this information about the "Bumblebee" name fact or fiction? We provide this entertaining rumor so that YOU can decide ...
Since the writers have included Bumblebee in the story for the 2007 Transformers movie from Dreamworks, I don't doubt for a moment that Hasbro and/or Dreamworks are actively trying to secure this name especially if Volkswagen happens to come around and decide that they'd like the Beetle (new or old) featured in the movie. If they want the name "bumblebee" badly enough, Hasbro and Dreamworks might just get it. Just about anything's possible when money is involved.
Keep your fingers crossed ... we might just yet have a BUMBLEBEE once again just around the corner.
Date: Wednesday, June 29th 2005 12:55pm CDT
Category: Rumors
Posted by: Seibertron |
Credit(s): tfw2005.com
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Views: 15,308
Apparently Burger King is going to take over the Transformers fast food promotional items for the first in the brand history of the Transformers, at least in the United States. McDonald's and Hasbro have worked together throughout the past 21 years bringing us a variety of Transformer premiums. Hopefully, this new venture will bring us some better products than the products we've received in the past few years.
It is odd that the Transformers are being paired with the Care Bears as a promotional item since Hasbro doesn't own the Care Bears brand. Usually the girl and the boy premiums are owned by the same company. This is the biggest reason that this information is being placed in the Sludge Report Rumors section instead of the News section.
It is unknown if this promotion will be at Burger Kings worldwide or in the United States only. Keep checking the News & Rumors at SEIBERTRON.com as more information becomes available.
In the meantime, you can check out the
Point of Purchase schedule at
tfw2005.com. You can discuss this
here at the
Energon Pub.
Date: Sunday, February 1st 2004 11:08am CST
Category: Rumors
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Views: 30,439
In what seems to be a good luck streak (and bankruptcy fears), 20th Anniversary Optimus Prime is being spotted in the United States, such as Virginia (VA) and Arkansas (AR). The figure is being reported as selling from prices ranging from $63.00 to $69.00 (which is about $10 cheaper than previous reports). Stop reading and start searching NOW! Happy hunting Seibertronians!
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