Just in is our first look at the VNR Fan Exclusive Optimus Prime figure – a redeco of the previous Holiday Optimus in his more traditional color scheme!
Thanks to Jtprime17, we had info on this from before:
“TRA GEN FAN EXCL 2 Optimus Prime
Product Number: F7144
EAN: 5010996137968”
Let us know your first impressions on the boards and stay tuned for more!
And the flow of Rise Of The Beasts character art images continues! And thanks to our very own 2005 Boards member Pixelmaster and Fc203 we can share for you our first look at Rise Of The Beasts Stratosphere & Transit!
We finally have a clear look at the new Autobot Stratosphere and a new Terrorcon named Transit, together with Wheeljack’s control art piece which was missing from our first batch of images we posted earlier.
What are your thoughts on these new characters? Sound off your impressions on the 2005 Boards!
Via the official Takara Tomy Website we can share for you new Transformers Rise Of The Beasts official character art images for your viewing pleasure.
We have images of the control art of:
Not much left to say, so see all the mirrored images after the jump and let us know your impressions on the 2005 Boards!
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New Pre-Orders & New Arrivals
Via Figsogu.net and Amazon Japan we have quite an extensive gallery of new stock images of the official Takara Tomy Transformers Rise Of The Beasts Mainline release for the Japanese market. To our surprise, we also have some new toys revealed here.
Rise Of The Beasts mainline (gimmick toys); renamed “Beast Awakening” in Japan; pre-orders are live via Amazon Japan and the figures are planned for release just in April. We have quite an extensive list with a some new reveals and some differences in the way the toys will be released compared to the US market.
The stock images show no discernible differences compared to their Hasbro counterparts. The new toys may be released in the US in the upcoming new Rise Of The Beasts waves. See all the mirrored gallery after the jump as well as a funny Takara Tomy commercial of the toys. Let us know your impressions on the 2005 Boards!
The exclusive Transformers figure news continues on today as thanks once again to TFW’s Jtprime17, we have a few new listings to share. Nacelle is unfortunately the only one with an actual name attached, while the others can only be speculated on for now.
“TRA GEN ECOMM SDCC 1
Product Number: F6964
TRA GEN ECOMM SDCC 2
Product Number: F7015
F7828 TRA GEN SDCC DTC
Product Number: F7828
And a Amazon Exclusive
Tra Gen Ecom Capsule Voy Nacelle
Product Number: F6962”
Let us know if you’re interested Nacelle and what you think the others could be in the discussion thread!
Thanks to 2005 Boards member Leobreaker1977 we have quite a surprise to share with you. A new Transformers Legacy: Evolution War Dawn 2-Pack has just been found a Gamestop in Canada.
From what we can see in the box art, this pack consists of Dion and Ariel Erial. Unfortunately, we still have no images of the toys yet. Also, according to the information shared by some of our fellow 2005 Boards Canadian members, GameStop wasn’t allowed to sell this pack until April 7th.
Update: Back of box image added, giving us our first look at the toys. It’s good to notice that Ariel has been renamed as Erial. TFW’s Jtprime17 has also provided some product info:
“TRA GEN FAN FEST WAR DAWN 2 PCK
Product Number: F7829
EAN: 5010996116314″
See the images after the jump and then share your first impressions on the 2005 Boards!
Magic Square Toys have shared, via their Weibo account, images of the color prototype of their new MS-B21G Golden Intelligence Officer (“Golden Lagoon” Bumblebee).
This is a shiny “Golden Lagoon” redeco of Magic Square MS-B21 Intelligence Officer/G1 Bumblebee. This a pretty chubby cartoon-accurate representation of the small Autobot scout.
See all the mirrored images after the break and then share your impressions on the 2005 Boards!
Bologna Book Fair 2023 concluded recently and upcoming Transformers-related publishing materials were on display for the public.
Some of the highlights:
Speaking to the press, Michael Kelly, Hasbro’s VP of global publishing likens the movie to the more family-friendly original 2007 Transformers movie or the younger-skewing Bumblebee (2018), rather than some of the recent sequels. “It’s close to those in tone and feeling,” he explained. “It’s not one of those films that’s just brushing the R rating; there’s still lots of action and the stakes are high, but it’s solidly PG-13.”
Unfortunately, no news was shared regarding the comic book license.
You can read the full article at Publishers Weekly.
You can check out all the new book covers with this news post.
Porsche 911 Carrera RS 3.8 is a rare car. So rare that only 55 of them were produced and distributed worldwide. So, it was a daunting task when the producers of Transformers: Rise of the Beasts requested 5 of them to be used for filming and stunts.
Owen Shively, CEO of RTTM, which represents Porsche Cars North America in entertainment and product placement, took on this mammoth task to reproduce five Porsche 911 Carrera RS 3.8 cars using other existing Porsche chassis.
“I’ve never even seen one, but I had to go out and make five of them in a very short order,” he said. It helped that, while the 911 Carrera RS 3.8 is unique, it shares a chassis with 911s across more than three decades. “It has the same general shell. What allows us to do that is the 911 tub from 1965 to 1998. You can use that base and build it into a RS 3.8.”
Porsche owners came together to provide parts for the cars.
Thus, Mirage came to be.
You can read all about it via Autoblog.