Transformers News - 2009-07-03
ROTF Kitahon-cho 7-11 Convenience Store Trading FiguresJust saw these at Kitahon-cho 7-11 convenience store in Funabash, Chiba Japan. Contrary to a recent law concerning companies not being allowed to blind-pack "free" figs that come with sweets, Takara-Tomy have bypassed it by not having sweeties with them! I didn't see any "chase figs" either. Also attached is TRU Japan, Funabashi Lalaports and Ueno Tokyo Tamashiroya's Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen displays.
New Look at the TFClub Gears of War Set with Alternity 01B Convoy
TFclub.com has updated their site with a bunch of new images for their New Look at the TFClub Gears of War Set that is shown with the Alaternit Convoy action figures in black / nemesis and the red colored versions. The new pictures show us Gears of War Set that includes two light-up guns along with a number of good shots of the Alternity 01B figure.
Transformers x Nike Basketball Sneakers - Bumblebee, Megatron & Soundwave
Nike Basketball has collaborated with Hasbro’s Transformers II movie to release a pack of three shoes that will feature various logos from the Transformers. The best part about this Nike Basketball x Transformers II Pack is that not only do the shoe's come with various Transformers logos on them but the shoeboxes that the shoe's come in.
ROTF : Supreme Devastator pic, text, and video reviewSo here's the text review, while I wait impatiently for youtube to finish uploading. Pros: he's a monster, huge! about 13 ½ inches when hunched over. Great sound chip (in mixmaster) he says a few lines of text and sounds while in Devastator mode... Cons: Really weak vehicle modes (pretty much blocks of plastic). Little to no paint apps (hightower is solid yellow). Sorta "back heavy" (mixmaster is heavy).
Read the full review here.
Revenge Projected to Have Biggest Worldwide Gross of 09 in 2 Weeks
Critics be damned. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is poised to be the biggest film grosser at the box office of the 2009 year and all within two weeks of its release date. The film has amassed $448.4 million to date, with the film performing extremely well in the US domestic and overseas box offices. Read more.
Another Iteration of Revenge of the Fallen Arcee Figure?
"Vansch" of the HK-TF forums has posted a few shots of a never-before-seen Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Arcee figure. Unlike the previous figures we have seen before, this version actually has feet with wheels located above each of them. The figure also seems to have a full body, rather than the hollow-behind-the-chest-plate design the combiner motorcycle versions embody. Other iterations of the character include the
Deluxe version and the one packaged with
Human Alliance Skids.
ILM Peaked at 83% Rendering Capacity For Revenge IMAX Shots
Seeing Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen in IMAX may be a treat for moviegoers, but it was also the biggest project Industrial Light and Magic (ILM) has ever done in the entire history of the digital effects studio. "Getting our pipeline to handle IMAX resolution has been quite a challenge," says Jeff White, associate visual effects supervisor. To transfer these robots onto the IMAX prints, the studio did 4K resolution scans (yes, really) for the IMAX film. Read more.
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We recently got our hands on a Jetfire, and now have updated the database with new images! Check out Jetfire in both robot and jet mode, as well as his combined mode with Optimus Prime, at the database now!
Thanks to EasyNet, we have new in-package shots of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Scout Nightbeat. We also get a look at the character's bio. Take a look in the figure's database entry.__scaled_100.jpg)
We just received official shots of some upcoming Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen figures for you to feast your eyes upon. The shots include Wave 4 Deluxes Jolt, Blazemaster, Dead End, and Skids and Mudflap ice cream truck. Wave 5 Voyagers are Long Haul and Grindor. Robot Hereos and more are in the full article.