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Stan Bush's "In This Life" Voted RockUnited's Album of the Year

Date: Monday, February 18th 2008 5:59pm CST
Categories: People News, Digital Media News
Posted by: Hotrod | Credit(s): RockUnited.com

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Stan Bush made his name with Transformers fans with his music in the orginal Transformers Movie. Since that time Stan has always remained in touch with the fans and remains popular with Transformers fans. Recently, RockUnited.com has released a list of their top albums of 2007, and Stan Bush's "In This Life" topped the list at number one! Check out the entire list by clicking here.

To Strike or Not To Strike?!

Date: Monday, February 11th 2008 5:24pm CST
Categories: Movie Related News, Company News, Digital Media News
Posted by: Raymond T. | Credit(s): www.upi.com

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Contrary to some of the more recent and more popular public reports in regards to the Hollywood writers strike of the The Writers Guild of America, the strike is not yet over!!!

According to a report by United Press International, although, as previously reported, a new contract has been drawn up that looks to settle the current dispute, a vote will be made this tuesday by the members of the Writers Guild to determine if the strike is to end or to continue.

"Remember: until the votes are counted, we are still on strike, although picket lines are suspended. We will announce the vote count later Tuesday night," Michael Winship, president of the WGA East, said Monday on the WGAE Web site.

Transformers Movie Criticized For Martketing Towards Kids Too Young

Date: Wednesday, January 9th 2008 5:38pm CST
Categories: Movie Related News, Digital Media News
Posted by: Raymond T. | Credit(s): www.thestar.com

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An article on the entertainment section at TheStar.com has appeared about The Federal Trade Commission and guidelines for Marketing towards young children. The article states that the FTC is naming the Michael Bay Transformers movie as the focus of their complaint.

According to the star, the Federal Trade Commission is urging the Motion Picture Association of America to reconsider their guidelines that allow some PG-13 movies in the United States to be marketed towards young children. The issue was taken notice by the FTC after a complaint from an advocacy group that claimed that the movie was advertised towards childeren as young as two years of age. This conclusion was drawn after commercials for the movie was aired during kids shows like Fairly Odd Parents and Jimmy Neutron.

Read the full article here.

Transformers Animated Makes ToyFare Magazine Cover Story

Date: Sunday, December 23rd 2007 12:33pm CST
Categories: Cartoon News, Digital Media News
Posted by: Skowl | Credit(s): Atomic Hobbies & Games, ahgcomics.com

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The cover story for Toyfare magazine issue #128 will be none other than the new Transformers Animated series.

You can read the original post over at Atomic Hobbies and Games by clicking here.

TRANSFORMERS ANIMATED BEHIND-THE-SCENES • To paraphrase Doug E. Fresh, the Transformers are back and they're all brand-new! We interview Hasbro and Cartoon Network about bringing these totally redesigned Transformers to television and what challenges they faced in creating toys that captured the stylized look of the show while still transforming into trucks. The new Optimus Prime will appear on the cover of this issue. WOMEN OF ACTION! • We run down our 50 favorite females in fiction, including the characters who have action figures, the ones who look like action figures, and the ones who need action figures! From She-Ra to Ripley to Wonder Woman, it's an estrovaganza! RETRO: M.U.S.C.L.E. • Remember those little pink guys that came in garbage cans? They were intergalactic wrestlers, and they were awesome. We look at their sordid history, their failed comeback bid and the awesome toys we never got in America! A DECADE OF DC DIRECT • The comic toy makers turn 10, and we're celebrating along with them! We'll talk to them about their 10 years in toys, and we run down our 10 favorite DC Direct toys from the last 10 years! Twisted ToyFare Theatre! • Each month is an insane trip inside our toy library, as classic toy lines of yesterday and today come to life…and have to deal with all of the same junk we do. What crazy adventure will the toys of 'TTT' go on next?

Transformers Animated debuts January 5th on Cartoon Network in the United States, and on January 1st on YTV in Canada.

New Clip From Transformers Animated Premiere Episode

Date: Thursday, December 20th 2007 9:13am CST
Categories: Cartoon News, Digital Media News
Posted by: Skowl | Credit(s): Cartoonnetwork.com, Youtube.com, danish-liokaiser

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Cartoon Network website has updated its podcast section with a new preview of the Transformers Animated premiere. You can download the podcast from cartoonnetwork.com by clicking here.

Or you can view the clip on Youtube.com by clicking here.

Transformers Animated debuts January 5th on Cartoon Network in the United States, and on January 1st on YTV in Canada.

US House of Rep's Passes New Bill for Toy Safety Regulation

Date: Thursday, December 20th 2007 12:33am CST
Categories: Toy News, Press Releases, Digital Media News
Posted by: Bed Bugs | Credit(s): Yahoo.com

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On Wednesday, the United States House of Representatives voted 407-0 in favor of a new bill regarding toy safety. The bill was created due to the lead fiasco, compliments of Mattel and other toy makers. Here's some of the highlights of the story posted at Yahoo.com.

"The House's bill would require a gradual reduction of lead content in children's products, with the limit going down to 100 parts per million effective four years after enactment."

Stricter regulations may cause toys in general to go up in price as it will be the corporations and factories that will have to monitor the products more closely.

"It would also require manufacturers to include tracking labels on products to speed recalls of toys for children aged 12 and younger, while mandating independent safety testing of toys by labs accredited by the CPSC."

Again, more costs. Transformers are marketed to the 5-12 age range. Also, the tracking labels on products does not state whether the labels will be just on the packaging of the products. Since most people do not keep their boxes, could we see additional markings showing up on the toys themselves?

"The bill would steadily increase the CPSC's budget to $100 million by fiscal 2011. Plus, it would raise penalties for failing to cooperate with the CPSC to $10 million from the current $1.25 million, while giving the beleaguered agency $20 million to modernize its toy-testing laboratory."

Currently, the Senate is also looking into the bill as well. We'll keep you posted regarding this bill as it moves from the Senate to the White House.

Watch transformers on AA in November

Date: Thursday, October 4th 2007 5:48pm CDT
Categories: Movie Related News, Digital Media News
Posted by: i_amtrunks | Credit(s): Tim Formas from tfw2005

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American Airlines has a treat for all their passengers travelling to destinations such as China, India, and Japan as well as Boeing 777 flights to Brazil, Central and South America, Germany, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom... The Transformers Movie will be shown as the in-flight movie!

To see the full flight listings with Transformers as part of the in-flight entertainment, please click here.

See Stan Bush Perform LIVE in Europe!

Date: Friday, September 14th 2007 8:50am CDT
Categories: Press Releases, People News, Digital Media News
Posted by: Professor Smooth | Credit(s): Stan Bush

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Our good friend Stan Bush has let us know that he'll be performing show live concerts in Europe. If you're in the area, check him out!


STAN BUSH LIVE IN EUROPE:
upcoming Stan Bush dates for the Uk. They are:
Oct 5th at Rio's, Leeds, UK. www.rios-leeds.com
Oct 6th at Rock City, Nottingham, UK. rock-city.co.uk
Stan also plays Germany September 30 at the United Forces Of Rock
festival www.united-forces-of-rock.de.

The new STAN BUSH - "IN THIS LIFE" CD
Available at www.stanbush.com and on iTunes

Transformers in 3D World Magazine

Date: Monday, September 10th 2007 6:15pm CDT
Categories: Movie Related News, Digital Media News
Posted by: Hotrod | Credit(s): TFormers.com

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Over the past year articles about the Transformers Movie have been featured in a number of magazines. The latest magazine to feature an article about the film is the United Kingdom magazine 3D World. 3D World's article is about ILM's work on the robots for the film. The cover features a picture of Bumblebee. To read some of the article and to view the cover click here.

Transformers: The Game Tops U.K.'s All Formats Game Chart

Date: Wednesday, August 8th 2007 3:04pm CDT
Categories: Movie Related News, Game News, Digital Media News
Posted by: Hotrod | Credit(s): Transformers At The Moon

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Transformers At The Moon has reported the results from the United Kingdom's All Formats Game Chart. The Transformers Movie game adaptation, Transformers: The Game is now number one on the United Kingdom's All Formats Game Chart. Transformers: The Game - Autobot for the DS is ranked 17th on the list.