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Originally posted by: Sol Fury @ TFW2005.com

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Coverage of the Botcon 2012 Simon Furman panel live from Botcon 2012! Check out the live feed below:

Botcon 2012 Simon Furman

Original Source: Botcon 2012 Simon Furman Panel @ Transformers - TFW2005.com.

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Originally posted by: Tony_Bacala @ TFW2005.com

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Follow the Botcon 2012 Fall of Cybertron Panel live below! Panel starts at 12:00 PM Eastern:

Botcon 2012 - Activision: Fall of Cybertron

Original Source: Botcon 2012 Panel - Activision: Fall of Cybertron @ Transformers - TFW2005.com.

[TFW2005]

Originally posted by: DESTRO @ TFW2005.com

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Live from the Fall of Cybertron BotCon 2012 Panel, we now have images incoming for your viewing pleasure. Also included is images of the upcoming Transformers Prime Video Game.

More Fall of Cybertron images after the jump.

Original Source: Fall of Cybertron BotCon 2012 Panel Images @ Transformers - TFW2005.com.

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Originally posted by: DESTRO @ TFW2005.com

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Just in from the BotCon 2012 Coverage Team! New images of Transformers Prime, generations and SDCC 2012 exclusives

Many more BotCon images after the jump.

Original Source: BotCon 2012 Sunday Hasbro Display Cases Update @ Transformers - TFW2005.com.

[TFW2005]

Originally posted by: Tony_Bacala @ TFW2005.com

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Follow the Botcon 2012 Jagex Transformers Universe MMO Panel live below! Panel starts at 2:00 PM Eastern:

Botcon 2012 - JAGEX: Transformers Universe

Original Source: Botcon 2012 Panel - Jagex Transformers Universe MMO @ Transformers - TFW2005.com.

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Originally posted by: Superquad7 @ TFW2005.com

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Karl Hartman, one of the original organizers of Botcon along with his brother Jon Hartman, updated his Facebook page today with some exciting news: the fan's choice Hall of Fame Award has been renamed as "The Hartman Award" to honor the Hartman's contribution to the foundation and legacy of Botcon!

Jon had this to say:

Each year at the Hasbro Transformers Hall of Fame dinner during BotCon (the official Transformers convention), Transformers characters and the creative people behind the Transformers brand are inducted into the Transformers hall of fame. The fans are asked to vote each year for one character that they want to be inducted into the hall of fame, as a fan's choice.

This year, Aaron Archer, one of the vice presidents and creative directors at Hasbro, declared that the fan's choice award will now be called 'the Hartman Award', named for my brother Jon and my contributions to the Transformers fan community over the years, specifically the creation of BotCon 18 years ago in 1994. We are certainly very honored and humbled by this recognition. This is a picture of Aaron and myself taken at the Hasbro booth at BotCon this afternoon.

Congratulations to the Hartman brothers for this honor, and we celebrate along with you while thanking you for your contribution to our fandom! Your hard work is very much respected and appreciated!

Original Source: Hall of Fame Award Renamed the Hartman Award @ Transformers - TFW2005.com.

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Originally posted by: Super_Megatron @ TFW2005.com

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When his teammates need something special built, they call SHAFTER. After a stunning defeat and exile from the Savage Land, SHAFTER was determined to redeem himself. Called on by STRONGHOLD to completely redesign all fortifications after the breakout of TOXIN and his companions, SHAFTER is hard at work making sure every possible hole is plugged tight. His small size allows him to access many areas others can’t, but belies a strength that allows him to accomplish even the hardest jobs. SHAFTER’s mastery of civil engineering allows him to construct a solution from the ground up, drawing inspiration from the monuments of his home world and the wonders he’s found on Earth. SHAFTER’s abilities at design aren’t just limited to blueprints, either, and his cunning strategies have turned defeat into victory numerous times. Even with all his defensive skills, SHAFTER is no stranger to the front lines. SHAFTER is durable enough for the most toughest jobsite, and can shrug off enemy fire while “giving as good as he gets” with his powerful hydraulic arms or his induction rivet-guns. SHAFTER intends to make sure that the next enemy spy looking for trouble finds a lot more than they bargain for, and to prove once and for all that great things can come from small packages.

Shafter is a redeco of the iGear Rager figure. TFcon 2012 preregistration will go online tomorrow, May 1st.

TFcon 2012 features Canada's largest dealer room for Transformers merchandise, question and answer panels and autograph sessions with many special guests including Transformers voice actor Scott McNeil and Hasbro Canada with more to be announced.

TFcon - Canada's 11th Annual Transformers Collectors Convention is July 27th to 29th, 2012 at the Delta Meadowvale Resort and Conference Centre in Mississauga, Ontario. The TFcon 2012 hotel block is now available.

Original Source: TFcon 2012 exclusive toy will be SHAFTER @ Transformers - TFW2005.com.

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Originally posted by: Sol Fury @ TFW2005.com

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We have received an update from our friends at TFSource, fresh from the Botcon 2012 and Dairycon 2012 convention weekend!

Great News SourceFans!
It was great seeing everyone at Botcon and Dairycon this year! This week we have limited stock of Botcon Exclusives and TFCC 2012 Club Exclusive Shattered Glass Drift! Don't forget to check out the new and improved TFsource 3.0! We are offering two new features on the site, First we have Source points. For all charged orders you will accrue Source points, used towards freebies (free Transformers!). Second we’re now offering free domestic shipping on all orders over $150, and reduced shipping on international orders over $150. So head on over to TFSource and check it out! We also welcome feedback on our new design or usability of the site. Please feel free to contact us directly with your feedback! New preorders, new instock, new recruits and more....in this week's SourceNews!

In this issue of SourceNews:
1. Botcon 2012 Exclusives!
2. Now instock: TFCC 2012 Club Exclusive Shattered Glass Drift!
3. Now up for Preorder - Transformers Generations 2012!
4. Now up for preorder: Make Toys Green Giant!
5. Now up for preorder: MP-11S Masterpiece Sunstorm!
6. Now instock: Make Toys Yellow Giant Set B - Crane and Dump Truck!
7. BTS-05 China Workaholics Exclusive - Yin & Yang - Now up for Preorder!
8. Now up for preoder: Transformers Generations 2012 Guidebook vol 1 and Million Publishing Exclusive - Artfire!
9. Now instock: Universe Hound and Ravage Upgrade Kit!
10. DMK-01 Dual Model Kit Optimus Prime now instock!
11. New Recruits!
12. Beast Saga Figures now up for Preorder!
13. Japanese Transformers Prime udpate!
14. Transformers Prime - RID Voyagers - Wave 2 Preorders Up!
15. Newest Instock items at TFsource
16. Newest Preorder items at TFsource

Click here to visit TFSource and start shopping!

Original Source: TFSource Sourcenews for 4/30 @ Transformers - TFW2005.com.

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Originally posted by: DESTRO @ TFW2005.com

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Tempting Toys will be back from Botcon soon and has some of the exclusives available
for sale. Items will ship between May 3 - 8.

Botcon 2012 Box Set - $449.99 + s/h
Botcon 2012 Box set, Tempting Toys and Collectibles - $449.99
+ s/h

TFCC Over-Run & Runamuck set - $239.99 + s/h
TFCC Exclusive Over-Run & Runamuck set, Tempting Toys and Collectibles

Botcon 2012 Shattered Glass Junkions Set - $169.99 + s/h
Botcon 2012 Shattered Glass Junkion set of 3, Tempting Toys and Collectibles

Botcon 2012 Shattered Glass Optimus Prime/Kick-Out set - $179.99 + s/h
Botcon 2012 Shattered Glass Optimus Prime/Kick-Out set, Tempting Toys and Collectibles


Botcon 2012 Shattered Glass Octopunch/Spinishter set - $149.99 + s/h
Botcon 2012 Shattered Glass Octopunch/Spinister set, Tempting Toys and Collectibles

Original Source: Tempting Toys BotCon 2012 Sale @ Transformers - TFW2005.com.

[TFW2005]

Originally posted by: Sol Fury @ TFW2005.com

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If you knew where to look at Botcon 2012 you might have noticed that a Giant was among us in the dealer room - a Maketoys Giant that is. The second Not-Devastator to reach the market was on show, and our staff member Boardwise got to take a look at the big guy. According to Boardwise this thing is sturdy - one of the people at the booth where this was shown picked it up by the chestplate and shook it, with nothing falling off. The connectors use a button-lock system for stability. On this version, the legs shown are unpainted prototypes, the rest are production models.

One final tidbit that may be of interest is that the green version of Giant is going to be sporting a different head mold for the combined mode, according to the person who was speaking to Boardwise.

Discuss this and all things Giant by hitting the discuss button!

Original Source: Maketoys Giant Combined Mode Images and Information @ Transformers - TFW2005.com.

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Originally posted by: Sol Fury @ TFW2005.com

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News just in from 2005 Boards member Transjazz - three guests have been announced for Slagacon 2012. The three voice actor guests will be Neil Kaplan, voice of Robots in Disguise Optimus Prime, Scott McNeil, voice of a whole bunch of characters including the Beast Wars trifecta of Waspinator, Dinobot and Rattrap, and Jon Bailey Crumpton aka Jon3.0!

Slagacon 2012 will be held at the Mill Creek Civic Center in Chesterfield, IN over the weekend of October 13-14, 2012. Find out more at the Slagacon 2012 homepage.

Original Source: Slagacon 2012 Announces Scott McNeil, Neil Kaplan and Jon Bailey Crumpton as guests @ Transformers - TFW2005.com.

[TFW2005]

Originally posted by: ORIO @ TFW2005.com

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Check out this very cool advertisment posted by the

page for the Transformers Ride opening this month at Universal Studios Hollywood.

Original Source: Decepticons Attack Staple Center Transformers Ride Advertisement @ Transformers - TFW2005.com.

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Originally posted by: Superquad7 @ TFW2005.com

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IDW Transformers artist Marcelo Matere recently updated his deviantArt page with his pencils for the dealer incentive covers of the Transformers: More than Meets the Eye and Transformers: Robots in Disguise books. What is really special about these covers is that they interconnect to reveal a larger image!

He had this to say on his dA page:

"Since IDW showed these covers during their panel at Botcon last weekend, I think there's no problem to show it here!

Do you like Decepticons? Dinobots so here we go!

Interconnected covers pencils for issue #7 of Transformers: More Than Meets the Eyes and Transformers: Robots in Disguise. Those are the incentive covers for the Decepticon and Dinobot month ( July/2012)"

You can view the larger image after the jump!

Also, just a reminder to those of you aspiring artists: several artists who are now working professionally for companies such as IDW and even Hasbro got their start in our very Creative Fan Art Forums here! Be sure to check out the artwork by the many talented artists who frequent our forums, and if you have artwork to share with the fandom, by all means post it up!

Original Source: Marcelo Matere Artwork for IDW Interconnected Dealer Incentive Covers @ Transformers - TFW2005.com.

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Originally posted by: NIBMRatchet @ TFW2005.com

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TVHUB had the opportunity to interview the legend Frank Welker; the man behind the voice of G1 and Prime Megatron. Below are some of the highlights:

When you first started voicing Megatron and other Transformers characters in the 1980s, did you think this franchise would still be living on through big screen features and new television series almost 30 years later? How do you feel about the way its continued to grow into what it is now?

Peter Cullen (Optimus Prime voice actor) and I have often talked about that very thing. We had no idea how big the fan base was or how the franchise was growing back then. We never received any fan mail and the only feedback we got was when and if the show was picked up for another season. We didn't have any invites to Bot Cons and the like until just a few years ago, so all of this attention was a surprise, a very pleasant surprise. With the features and the new iterations of all things TF, the new audience and the old supporters seem to remain enthusiastic and that is very meaningful and appreciated.

Do you have any thoughts on the upcoming Transformers 4 movie? You voiced Shockwave and a few other characters in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, so have you been approached to voice Shockwave or any other character for Transformers 4? Is there a particular character you'd love to voice that you haven't been given the chance to yet?

I haven't been asked to participate in the new features, but usually we don't know until later because the voice work comes at the end of the production process. I'm not sure if any of the TF's I did in the other features will be returning. I would like to see Soundwave get more screen time he is always a fun character. For Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, I did his voice in many foreign languages and that was really fun. Hard, but fun. I didn't have a lot of lines but I tried to make the most of them. Japanese was impossible!!!

Read the full interview at TVHUB.

Original Source: TVHUB Interview - Frank Welker Talks Transformers Prime @ Transformers - TFW2005.com.

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Originally posted by: DESTRO @ TFW2005.com

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The official Transformers Facebook page has been updated woth new official images of the upcoming Transformers Generations 2.0 Fall of Cybertron figures Fireflight (Shockwave remold with new head), Ultra Magnus (Optimus Prime remold with new head), Kickback, Starscream and Sideswipe (all new molds). Click on the link above or read on to check out the images.

Original Source: New TRANSFORMERS GENERATIONS DELUXE CLASS Images @ Transformers - TFW2005.com.

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Originally posted by: NIBMRatchet @ TFW2005.com

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The 15th Episode of Transformers: Prime Season 2 now has a name. It’s called Toxicity. With it, it not only maintains the Season 2 Episode Streak, it is also the 4th episode name to begin with the letter “T” in a row with Tunnel Vision, Triangulation and Triage as predecessors .

Transformers: Prime Season 2 Episode 15; Toxicity will air on May 26, 2012 on Hub Television Network.

Original Source: Transformers: Prime Season 2 Episode 15 Named @ Transformers - TFW2005.com.

[TFW2005]

Originally posted by: NIBMRatchet @ TFW2005.com

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A new image has surfaced for Transformers: Prime Season 2 Episode 12; Tunnel Vision thanks to Comic Book Movie.

Synopsis:
Team Prime splits up in a race to beat Megatron to the next four Iacon relics; the first mission takes Arcee and Bumblebee deep into New York's underground.

Original Source: New Image From Transformers: Prime Season 2 Episode 12 Tunnel Vision @ Transformers - TFW2005.com.

[TFW2005]

Originally posted by: ORIO @ TFW2005.com

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3rd Party Group, CrazyDevy, has updated their website with their next offering for the Hercules project. The CDMW-30 is a G1 inspired Devastator gun and will run you $23.95 on their website.

The gun is also available on Bigbadtoystore for preorder. Check out the image after the break.

Original Source: CDMW30 Hercules Power Parts - Herc sized Gun @ Transformers - TFW2005.com.

[TFW2005]

Originally posted by: ORIO @ TFW2005.com

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Thanks to the Facebook page of Singapore's Planet Iacon and 2005 Board member Ricochet, we have new images of wave 2 of the Arms Micron Capsule figures. Included in this wave are:

• Bulkhead Knuckle
• Arcee Blade
• Megatron Cannon
• Snapping Turtle 1(tentative name)
• Snapping Turtle 2(tentative name)

Check out the images after the break.

Original Source: Arms Microns Capsule Toys Wave 2 @ Transformers - TFW2005.com.

[TFW2005]

Originally posted by: Shin Densetsu @ TFW2005.com

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Earlier today, the listing for the Transformers Prime Entertainment Pack, featuring the 3 kids and:

• Megatron
• Optimus Prime

went back up, so if you wanted this set and missed out last year, now's your chance to get one! Preorder listing at BBTS here! Here's a heads up by them:

"This listing has been revived, we will be able to fill a limited number of preorders."

Original Source: Transformers Prime Entertainment Pack Back Up For Preorder @ Transformers - TFW2005.com.

[TFW2005]

Originally posted by: Super_Megatron @ TFW2005.com

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Registration is now online for this summers largest Transformers Collectors Convention. You can register for TFcon 2012 now by clicking here and reserve the TFcon 2012 exclusive figure SHAFTER.

TFcon 2012 features Canada's largest dealer room for Transformers merchandise, question and answer panels and autograph sessions with many special guests including Transformers voice actor Scott McNeil and Hasbro Canada with more to be announced.

TFcon - Canada's 11th Annual Transformers Collectors Convention is July 27th to 29th, 2012 at the Delta Meadowvale Resort and Conference Centre in Mississauga, Ontario. The TFcon 2012 hotel block is now available.

Original Source: TFcon Toronto 2012 Registration Is Now Online @ Transformers - TFW2005.com.

[TFW2005]

Originally posted by: DESTRO @ TFW2005.com

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The official Transformers Facebook page has been updated with new official images of the upcoming Transformers Generations 2.0 Fall of Cybertron figures Fireflight (Shockwave remold with new head), Ultra Magnus (Optimus Prime remold with new head), Kickback, Starscream and Sideswipe (all new molds). Click on the link above or read on to check out the images.

Original Source: TRANSFORMERS GENERATIONS FALL OF CYBERTRON DELUXE CLASS New Images @ Transformers - TFW2005.com.

[TFW2005]

Originally posted by: ORIO @ TFW2005.com

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The Cybertron Satellite Japanese Prime figures line continue to grow. Now up to number 14, these Primes are available in Japan and are exclusive to certain areas that correspond with each characters name. Each legends figure is available from a Matrix shaped monitor at Japanese retailers. Thanks to Autobot Aichi, we now have a few more of these figures revealed:

• Yokohama Prime
• Itami Prime
• Sendai Prime

For more info on these special EZ Primes you can view our previous coverage where Sapporo Prime, Akiba Prime, Kawasaki Prime, Nagoya Prime,Tachikawa Prime, Umeda Prime, Ginza Prime, Saitama Prime, Mito Prime, Fukutsu Prime, and Ikebukuro Prime were revealed. You can also click the title bar to see all of these exclusive EZ figures.

Original Source: More Cybertron Satellite Japanese Primes Revealed @ Transformers - TFW2005.com.

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Originally posted by: ORIO @ TFW2005.com

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Original Source: ToyArena: Botcon Exclusives Available @ Transformers - TFW2005.com.

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Originally posted by: ORIO @ TFW2005.com

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As revealed over the weekend during our live coverage of Botcon at the IDW panel at Botcon 2012, July will be a fun month for Transformers comics. July will be Dinobot Month as the Dinobots will be romping and stomping throughout all of IDW's title. For those unable to attend and missed out on some of the images shown, the artists for the books have taken the liberty to share their work with us. Andrew Griffith has posted the cover to Robots In Disguise #8 on his Deviantart and now Alex Milne has done the same with an image of the cover to More Than Meets The Eye #8.

Take a minute and check out the images attached.

Original Source: Robots In Disguise #8 and More Than Meets the Eye #8 Covers revealed @ Transformers - TFW2005.com.