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Win a Trip To San Diego Comic-Con Through SciFi.com

Date: Thursday, May 15th 2008 1:45am CDT
Category: Event News
Posted by: Air Commander Starscream

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The SciFi Channel website is offering a sweepstakes to win a free trip for 2 to the San Diego Comic-Con. The Comic-Con Fly Away Sweepstakes includes free weekend passes, round-trip airfare and a 3 night stay in San Diego. To enter you must be at least 18 years of age and a resident of the United States. you can enter the sweepstakes here.

Just a reminder there are 2 Transformer exclusives this year at the SDCC including 6" Titanium War Within Skywarp and Nemesis Prime (Repaint of Classics Prime), Diamond Select will also be offering a exclusive Optimus Prime Bust at the SDCC as well. You can also keep up to date on all of the Comic-Con news at their website.

Botcon Bagged Sets Bios

Date: Friday, April 25th 2008 12:32pm CDT
Categories: Toy News, Event News
Posted by: Air Commander Starscream

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Here are the bio specs for the 2 additional figure sets that you could purches at Botcon. Megatron, Rodimus and Divebomb came in a pack for $112 and Sideswipe, Blurr and Rampage came in a pack for $73. To view the images please visit the front page news story.





Megatron
Decepticon Leader

Strength 9
Intelligence 9
speed 9
Endurance 9
Rank 10
Courage 9
Fireblast 9
Skill 8

"Peace will come for all Cybertronians"

As a young mathematician, Megatron lectured at one of Cyberton's most prestigious universities. During the course of his studies, he had developed a set of equations that could predict social trends in a given society. He was alarmed when these trends pointed to a Civil War on Cybertron. His colleagues dismissed his work as the paranoid ranting of a lunatic. He saw them as simply misguided and he retreated underground to prepare for the coming war. When Optimus Prime began his march across Cybertron, Megatron was ready. He had developed the art of transformation, refashioning his own body into one capable of converting to an aerial vehicle of tremendous power. While Optimus spread the gospel of destruction and conquest, Megatron championed compassion, courage and freedom. His Charisma and humor in the face of a war helped him form a united front against the Autobots. Though Megatron is a pacifist at heart, he has the soul of a warrior as many have discovered time and again.





Sideswipe
Warrior

Strength 8
Intelligence 7
Speed 9
Endurance 7
Rank 8
Courage 9
Fireblast 8
Skill 8

"There is only one rule now; revenge!"

Once part of Prime's elite seeker unit, sideswipe was feared as the most ruthless of the trio. French, the teams leader, believed that there should be a balance between a stern hand and compassion. Though there was a difference in philosophy between the two, there was also a mutual respect. However, for Optimus, these were not traits he found appealing in his sub-commander and when the opportunity arse, he had drenched killed. Sideswipe, though ruthless, was loyal and did not agree with the fate that had been dealt to his fallen leader. Sensing a conflict in Sideswipe's "loyalties," Prime let Sideswipe walk into a staged ambush in which he and a fellow Autobot were left to die. Though the companion, who was there by mistake, was killed, Sideswipe survived and ended up being accepted into the ranks of the Decepticons. While Sideswipe fights for different reasons than his his new comrades, he fights nonetheless. As a tribute to his former commander, Sideswipe has taken the colors Drench once bore as a constant reminder to Prime that vengeance is coming.





Divebomb
Aerial Combat

Strength 6
Intelligence 7
Speed 9
Endurance 6
Rank 5
Courage 8
Fireblast5
Skill 8

"Soar above those who would bring you done."

Divebomb was a daydreamer who would often come up with brilliant theories as he stared happily as the sky. When the war came, his only escape from it's horrors would be to dream of a better time, both in his past and future, when destruction would not be a part of his every day existence. There is a deep sadness inside Divebomb's Ember that he masks with a cheerful exterior. He understands his importance in the Decepticon/Autobot conflict and never wants his personal sorrow to a affect anyone else. The only time he will let his true feelings show are when he is alone, soaring above the world in the sky that he could one dream about touching.






Rampage
Gunner

Strength 7
Intelligence 9
Speed 7
Endurance 7
Rank 3
Courage 9
Fireblast 8
Skill 9

"Thought preceding action equals success."

Rampage's mind is always working furiously. During his time as one of Razorclaw's students, he would often begin on a new assignment before finishing the previous one. The war did not diminish his enthusiasm; it allowed him to simply reorient his focus on warfare. He would often destroy twice as many Autobots as Razorclaw or Divebomb by constantly trying out new and more efficient ways of dispatching with his enemies. Watching alien transmissions tends to clam him down. It was Rampage who presented Razorclaw with transmissions showing Predators that became the basis for the alternate mode designs for the Predacons when they joined the Decepticon Army.

Botcon 2008 schedule announced

Date: Tuesday, April 15th 2008 7:04pm CDT
Category: Event News
Posted by: Seibertron | Credit(s): BotCon.com

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The BotCon folks have posted the full BotCon 2008 schedule at BotCon.com or you can download a PDF of the schedule by clicking here. Seibertron.com will be there in full force ... see you in 8 days at BotCon!

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2008
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8:30AM - 5:00 Cincinnati "Fun" Tour Hyatt Lobby
9:00AM Transformers Figure Customizing Class Hyatt Wolverine
9:00AM Molding and Casting Class Hyatt Bearcat
9:00 - 10:00PM Check In/Registration forWed. or Thurs. Tour people DEC Junior Ballroom Foyer and Wed. or Thurs. Custom Class attendees


THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 2008
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9:00AM Transformers Figure Customizing Class Hyatt Wolverine
9:00AM Molding and Casting Class Hyatt Bearcat
7:45AM - 5:15 United States Air Force Museum Tour Hyatt Lobby
6:00PM Registration/Package Pick-Up Begins DEC Junior Ballroom
8:30 - 9:30 Dealer Unload and Drop DEC Loading Dock
9:00PM Message Board/Room-to-Room Trading Info Lobby Hyatt/Millennium
10PM Package Pick-Up/Registration Closes DEC Junior Ballroom
10:00 MSTF DEC Room 206


FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2008
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7:30AM - 2 PMDealer Set-Up DEC Junior Ballroom
8:00AM - 9AM Club Store open for Dealers Only DEC Junior Ballroom Foyer
9:00AM Club Store opens for all Registered Attendees DEC Junior Ballroom Foyer
9:00 - 12:00 Contest Check in/Set-up DEC Junior Ballroom
9:30AM Late Package Pick-Up DEC Junior Ballroom Foyer
9:30AM Walk-up Late Registration DEC Junior Ballroom Foyer
9:00 - 9:50 Audition for Transformers Idol DEC Room 206
10:00 - 10:50 Panel: IDW Publishing: All Hail! DEC Room 206
11:00 - 11:50 Panel: Cartoon Network Guests DEC Room 206
12:00 - 12:50 Panel: David Kaye, Tara Strong, Bumper Robinson DEC Room 206
12:00PM Contest Judging DEC Junior Ballroom
1:00 - 1:50 Lunch
2:00 - 5:00 Private Sales Room Experience DEC Junior Ballroom
2:00 - 3:30 Autographs: Derrick Wyatt, Marty Isenberg DEC Junior Ballroom Foyer
3:30 - 5:00PM Autographs: DavidKaye, Tara Strong, Bumper Robinson DEC Junior BallroomFoyer
5:00PM Private Preview ends DEC Junior Ballroom
7:00 Faction Feud - Battle of the Boards Game Show DEC Room 206
8:30 Transformers Film Fest DEC Room 206
9:30 Cartoon Network Animated Preview DEC Room 206
10:00PM Hasbro Transformers Team DVD Commentary DEC Room 206


SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 2008
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7:30AM Dealer Set-up DEC Junior Ballroom
8:30 Walk-up Late Check In/Registration DEC Junior Ballroom Foyer
8:30 SALES ROOMOPEN for Private Preview DEC Junior Ballroom
9:00 Video Room open DEC Room 211
9:00 "Early Bird" Admission DEC Junior Ballroom Foyer Hourly Door Prize Giveaway DEC Junior Ballroom
9:30 - 11:00 Autographs: David Kaye, Tara Strong, Bumper Robinson DEC Junior BallroomFoyer
10:00 General Admission DEC Junior Ballroom Foyer
10:30 Hands on Demonstration: How to Draw Transformers DEC Room 210
11:00 - 11:50 Panel: David Kaye, Tara Strong, Bumper Robinson DEC Room 206
11:00 - 12:30 Autographs: DerrickWyatt,Marty Isenberg DEC Junior BallroomFoyer
Noon Hands on Demonstration: How to Draw Transformers DEC Room 210
12:00 - 12:50 Panel: TCCMagazine and Comic Q&A DEC Room 206
1:00 - 2:50 Panel: Hasbro Toy DEC Room 206
1:30 - 3:00 Autographs: DerrickWyatt,Marty Isenberg DEC Junior BallroomFoyer
3:00 - 3:50 Transformers Collectors’Club Roundtable DEC Room 206
3:30 Hands on Demonstration: How to Draw Transformers DEC Room 210
3:00 - 4:30 Autographs: David Kaye, Tara Strong, Bumper Robinson DEC Junior BallroomFoyer
4:00 - 4:50 Panel: IDWPublishing: All Hail! DEC Room 206
5:00PM Show Closes
7:00PM Casino NightAwards Dinner DEC Room 202-203
10:00PM Auction DEC Room 202-203


SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 2008
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9AM Dealer Set-up DEC Junior Ballroom
9:30AM SALES ROOM&GENERALADMISSION OPENS DEC Junior Ballroom
10AM Video Room opens DEC Room 211

Turn in evaluation form and get your entry "2 Trips to 2009 Convention" ticket

10:00 - 11:50 Panel:Animated Hasbro Cartoon Network DEC Room 206
10:00 - 11:30 Autographs: David Kaye, Tara Strong, Bumper Robinson DEC Junior BallroomFoyer
10:30 Hands on Demonstration: How to Draw Transformers DEC Room 210
11:30 - 1:00 Autographs: DerrickWyatt,Marty Isenberg DEC Junior BallroomFoyer
1:00 - 2:30 Autographs: David Kaye, Tara Strong, Bumper Robinson DEC Junior BallroomFoyer
1:00 - 1:50 Panel: Hasbro Designers DEC Room 206
2:00 - 2:50 Hands on Demonstration: How to Draw Transformers DEC Room 210
3:00 Draw for Trips to 2009 Convention DEC Junior Ballroom

DRAWING: 2 TRIPS TO 2009 Convention,Must Be Present toWin!

(2 drawings, for one person each: 1 airfare (limited to $450), hotel 3 nights, & 1 Primus package)
3:30PM ALL EXHIBITS & SALES ROOM CLOSE

Stan Bush UK Concert Dates CANCELLED!

Date: Saturday, October 6th 2007 1:43pm CDT
Categories: Event News, People News
Posted by: Raymond T. | Credit(s): Stan Bush

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The musician best known to Transformers fans for "Dare" and "The Touch" from the original Transformers movie soundtrack (1986), Stan Bush, had some sad news to report on his MySpace Blog.

The UK Concerts set for Oct 5th at Rio's in Leeds and Oct 6th at Rock City in Nottingham have been cancelled. Because of an immigration policy, the singer was denied entry into the United Kingdom.

The following has been taken directly from his MySpace Blog.

"I was denied entry into the UK because of an immigration policy
involving a work permit, so my shows there were canceled. I apologize for any inconvenience to
my fans, many of whom traveled great distances. I did everything I could, but it was
beyond my control. We're looking ahead to arrange something there in the near future.

Yours,

Stan Bush".

Win Tickets To See Transformers In IMAX!

Date: Friday, September 7th 2007 7:00pm CDT
Categories: Movie Related News, Event News
Posted by: Jedi Kermit | Credit(s): Starscream_8_my_Dog, ComingSoon.net, Superhero Hype!

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ComingSoon.net/Superhero Hype! and Paramount Pictures have teamed up to give away 50 pairs of tickets to director Michael Bay's Transformers in IMAX.

Along with one pair of the tickets, one Grand Prize winner will also receive the following:
1 Megatron Toy
1 Hat
1 Optimus Prime Key Chain
1 BEEOTCH Air Freshener

Transformers has been digitally re-mastered into IMAX’s immersive format will be released to IMAX® theatres on September 21. The Michael Bay-directed movie, which has already generated $310 million in gross box office receipts domestically since its premiere in conventional theaters on July 3, will be enhanced into the unparalleled image and sound quality of The IMAX. Experience® through IMAX.’s DMR® (Digital Re-Mastering) technology. It will include 2 minutes of extra footage not seen in the original version

You can enter the contest by clicking here!

There are certain restrictions though. You must be at least 13 years of age to enter and a resident of the United States.

Demo of Transformers Movie Game to be at London Expo

Date: Thursday, May 24th 2007 6:59pm CDT
Categories: Movie Related News, Event News, Game News
Posted by: Hotrod | Credit(s): Transformers @ The Moon

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We have some interesting news for Transformers fans in the United Kingdom. Activision will be at this year's London Expo. That is not all! The Transformers Movie video game will be on display and fan will have a chance to play the game.

Dan Abnett Signing Announced

Date: Thursday, April 5th 2007 7:12pm CDT
Categories: Comic Book News, Event News, People News
Posted by: Hotrod | Credit(s): Forbidden Planet and Transformers @ The Moon

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Dan Abnett, who worked on Marvel UK's Transformers #189 "Dry Run" and the 1989 annual "The Chain Gang!" as the writer, will be at a signing. The signing will take place at Forbidden Planet in the United Kingdom on Saturday May 19th from 1:00pm to 2:00pm. For more information about the event click here.


To learn more about Dan Abnett check out the SEIBERTRON.com's Vector Sigma Database.

Hasbro to have Webcast from Toy Fair

Date: Wednesday, February 7th 2007 5:34pm CST
Categories: Toy News, Event News, Press Releases, Company News
Posted by: Hotrod | Credit(s): Hasbro and Yahoo.com

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Toy Fair 2007 is right around the corner. The event is set to begin Friday Feberuary 14, 2007. Hasbro has issued a press release reagrding the event. In the press release Hasbro anounced that they will have a webcast from the event. Here is a copy of the press release:

"Press Release Source: Hasbro, Inc.


Hasbro, Inc. Announces Webcast from Toy Fair on February 14, 2007
Wednesday February 7, 9:46 am ET


PAWTUCKET, R.I.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE:HAS - News) today announced that it will webcast its management presentation from Toy Fair via the internet on Wednesday, February 14, 2007 at 8:00 am EST. The webcast will be available to investors and the media on Hasbro's Investor Relations home page, at http://www.hasbro.com, click on "Corporate Information" on the bottom of the page and then click on "Investors," then click on the webcast microphone.
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The audio webcast platform is Microsoft's Windows Media Player(TM). To install Windows Media Player prior to the webcast, log on to http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/en/download/default.asp and follow the directions.

An online playback and podcast of the presentation will be available on February 14, 2007 after 4:00 p.m. on the Hasbro website.

Hasbro, Inc. is a worldwide leader in children's and family leisure time entertainment products and services, including the design, manufacture and marketing of games and toys ranging from traditional to high-tech. Both internationally and in the United States, its PLAYSKOOL, TONKA, MILTON BRADLEY, PARKER BROTHERS, TIGER and WIZARDS OF THE COAST brands and products provide the highest quality and most recognizable play experiences in the world.



Contact:
Hasbro, Inc.
Investor Relations
Karen A. Warren, 401-727-5401
or
Media
Wayne S. Charness, 401-727-5983

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Source: Hasbro, Inc."

Click here to see the original report by Yahoo.com.

Auto Assembly 2007 Cancelled

Date: Wednesday, February 7th 2007 5:57am CST
Category: Event News
Posted by: Calenatarion | Credit(s): Dough-bot, Auto Assembly

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SEIBERTRON.com member Dough-bot received an e-mail from the Auto Assembly stating there will be no convention this year.

This is sad news for fans from the United Kingdom, as this is the second convention being cancelled after Transforce 2007 was cancelled as well.

Hi Everyone,

We've had a lot of people ask us lately about Auto Assembly 2007, so we thought we'd contact you all and let you all know what's happening...

Auto Assembly, Europe's largest Transformers convention, has sadly decided to have a break and not go ahead with running a convention in 2007, the year of the release of the long-awaited live-action Transformers movie...

Since Auto Assembly 2006, convention organisers Simon and Sven have had to deal with a large number of personal issues that have placed a great deal of strain upon themselves and many of these are likely to continue well into 2007 including many personal health issues. This is going to place a great deal of pressure on both of them and we both feel that this would place too many compromises on the quality of any Auto Assembly convention that we would want to run and that we wouldn't be able to dedicate as much time to it as we would want to.

Rather than delivering an event that might not live up to the standards that we would want to bring you, we have decided to have a "gap year" and come back refreshed so Auto Assembly WILL be back in 2008, bigger and better than ever!! We're looking at past events to se how we can improve on what we've done before, how we can add new activities and events, we'll bring you the best dealers and guests we can and as we'll have longer to prepare we'll be able to bring you the best charity auction EVER!!

We know that all of you who are regular Auto Assembly attendees and those of you who were planning on attending your first Auto Assembly convention in 2007 will be disappointed, but we think that it's better for you all to be able to attend an event where we, as organisers are in one piece physically AND mentally and we're properly prepared than something that's rushed and where the team really aren't in a state to be there and do anything and give 100% to the event so you get the best convention we can possibly give you and we all hope that you'll join us in 2008...

However, we're not going to sit on our laurels and do nothing in 2007 and we DO have some great plans in store for the forthcoming year...

First up, we've been quiet with them for a while, but we're going to start recording the Auto Assembly Podcasts again! We've already got the second half of our interview with Transformers artist Simon Williams lined up that we started in the third show and we've got a massive library of almost 500 pieces of music at our disposal so expect to see the fourth show online for downloading soon...!

Show four is already in the pre-production stage with the music currently being selected and the show notes being prepared. We'll be editing the interview with Simon Williams shortly, and all being well, we're hoping to start recording soon and the show should be online in the next 3-4 weeks!

We're also going to be doing a "stock-take" of everything we have here at Infinite Frontiers/Auto Assembly and find out exactly what we have lying around! Once we've done this, you can expect to see all sorts of goodies on sale ranging from back issues of our convention fanzine The Cybertronian Times, our latest fanzine MiniCT, the Auto Assembly Pin Badges, postcards from all our conventions and other goodies including TF graphic novels, PC games featuring work from Andrew Wildman, and much more. All the proceeds from these will go towards our annual running costs and towards our guest budget for Auto Assembly 2008 and you'll find items on sale through the AA website, eBay and TFAuctions.com

The stock-take will also give us the chance to see what leftover items we have from our goodie bags from past conventions... and all of these will end up in early goodie bags for Auto Assembly 2008 and we can already confirm some items for the first 80+ attendees so we think we're already going to have a great selection of free gifts for all of you when the convention returns!!

We're still going to carry on with our publishing activities and we've got some great ideas planned here. The first thing we're working on here is to take all of the entries from the Auto Assembly: Target 2006 fiction competition and put them all together in a FREE downloadable fanzine that will be available on the website in the next 3-4 weeks! Once it's online, you'll be able to go to the Auto Assembly Forum and vote on your favourite story and the entry with the most votes will be declared the belated winner of the fiction competition from the convention!

After that, we'll be working on Issue 9 of The Cybertronian Times. While we won't be having a convention in 2007, we will still be looking at producing a fanzine and this will be out some time during the year and this will be available to pre-order and buy online sometime during the year with proceeds going towards Auto Assembly 2008's guest budget. At the same time, we are going to be looking at producing more issues of our low-budget fiction-based fanzine MiniCT which again you can order online.

Finally on the fanzine front, we are hoping to take some of the back issues of The Cybertronian Times that are now out of print and converting these to PDF files. Some of these may be made available freely, the others will be available for a nominal charge but more news on these when they're ready!

For those of who who want to keep in touch with us online, our forum is still going strong and we've recently given it a small restructure to make things easier to find and if you're not already a member, you're more than welcome to join. Naturally, all the latest news and developments on Auto Assembly will appear on the forum FIRST!!

To tie-in with the forum, we're hoping to arrange a series of informal meets and get-togethers for our members throughout the year, and hopefully doing something to coincide with the movie if anyone is interested in seeing it as a group.

Finally, while there won't be an AUTO ASSEMBLY in 2007, there WILL be an event from us here at INFINITE FRONTIERS... we are currently in the early concept stages of preparing to run a small scale sci-fi and collectors fair here in Birmingham some time in 2007!! It will be a similar event to those found across the UK with dealers and VERY cheap admission price covering Transformers, comics, sci-fi merchandise and everything else.. but we'll release more details on this as we have it so watch this space!!

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From a UK fan point of view, sadly Transforce 2007 has also been cancelled so right now the UK is without a convention for 2007, there is still a chance that Paul Cannon will re-schedule his convention for later in the year and if he does we will give him our backing and support 100% and and help him promote that instead. Right now, we don't know if there will be any other events taking place in the UK in 2007 but if there are, rest assured that we will be giving them our complete support.

We know that 2007 won't be a quiet year for Transformers fans in the UK, especially with the increased activity from Hasbro UK and other related companies, which has in some way contributed to our problems with Auto Assembly as well, which had left us little room to decide when we could have held Auto Assembly 2007 had we been able to but at least there will be things taking place, especially with Hasbro's expected presence at Memorabilia at the NEC in Birmingham in July.

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Well, feel free to get in touch and we hope to see some of you on the forum, at some of our forum meets, at our collectors's fair later this year, and at Auto Assembly 2008!

Simon and Sven
Auto Assembly

New Information About Transformers Movie Racing Set

Date: Tuesday, January 30th 2007 5:46pm CST
Categories: Movie Related News, Toy News, Event News
Posted by: Hotrod | Credit(s): Break of Transformers @ The Moon

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Recently we reported here that Scalextric would be releasing a slot car set based on the upcoming Transformers Movie in the United Kingdom. At that time not much was known about the set. Now new information about the set has come out of UK Toyfair. Break of Transformers @ The Moon reported the following:

"I went to the UK Toyfair too and the scalextric set was there but was 'hidden' in a secret room on the Hornby stand apparently by Hasbro's request. The set features Bumblebee and Barricade and the figures/cars are very similar to the old scalextric set of the 80's as in they flip up to robot mode but can carry on racing. The Hornby rep. said there were plans for other sets (featuring other characters) depending on the films success. The secret room was decked out with pictures of Bumblebee & Barricade on the walls and they really looked impressive. Someone also commented on how amazing the 'bots look in the film."