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With 2019 wrapping up and an entire decade in the rear view mirror, the Seibertron.com Twincast / Podcast winds down the last 10 years with trivia, highlights, and more. Join Scotty P as he catches up with Megatronus, Counterpunch, Cobotron and Seibertron himself look back at what has been and make bold predictions of what the next 10 years might bring.
ScottyP kicks us off with a sinister game that tests the crew's mastery of this past decade's events...
It's the 2019 year in review - each member recounts their favorite Transformers toy, favorite piece of Transformers media, and what they disliked most about the past year.
The crew looks forward to their most anticipated known Transformer of 2020, and make one for sure it's-gonna-happen prediction.
Looking back at this past decade, we use Transformers: Prime as a jumping off point, discussing both the show and what it represented, as well as the spottiness (and triumphs) of the toy line.
Our review would not be complete without a movie discussion, starting with Dark of the Moon and extending to Transformers The Ride and the Wahlberg-era films.
This decade has seen a sea change in how Transformers is marketed - we cover the highlights, lowlights, and how the brand has evolved with time.
Also essential to the 2010s: IDW Phase II, including the critically acclaimed More Than Meets The Eye and other works that fundamentally changed the reach of the Transformers brand.
We end with our personal highlights: favorite Transformers moment & bragging right of the decade, and what we look forward to most in the next decade.
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The Twincast / Podcast is caught in a web of awesome new toys as the evil Predacon Blackarachnia has shown up on the doorstep to terrorize our Masterpiece Beast Wars collections. Get caught in the discussion with host Scotty P welcoming Megatronus, D-Maximal_Primal and a short check-in with Jon3.0 as they talk about the latest Masterpiece releases, combining trains and so much more.
Megatronus and D-Max aren't feeling the significance of this year's Haul of Fame
Everyone loves animals, so if Beast Wars were to return in earnest, what cool animal modes would you like to see on new toys that weren't used in the past even if they were characters that never get defined in fiction? While the cast ponders that in ways intended and otherwise, re-live some of the best from the past with WilliamJames88's recent top five list about Beast Wars' toy-only characters.
Black Friday Bragging Rights go quicker than your average doorbuster, but hey, you'll learn something about.. Kiss Players!? Oh no.
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We have some new Transformers listings, including some special hard-to-find and/or expensive items from the personal collection of Seibertron.com owner Ryan Yzquierdo. Check out some of the highlights below!
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Thanksgiving is just around the corner and that can only mean one thing for us Transformers fans - irresponsible spending on entirely too many Transformers toys! Join Scotty P as he catches up with Cobotron, xRotorstormx and Jon3.0 to discuss all the latest and their most anticipated discounted leftovers from our favorite retailers.
Choo-choo! All aboard the rumor train as the crew discusses some potential Earthrise figures that could be on the horizon.
The final Siege blacklight code has revealed a map of Cybertron, but from the looks of it, we might as well just call it planet Norelco.
Continuing on with the discussion of marketing material, the crew discusses what other fun stuff they would like to see make a comeback.
Next up, we dive into some ancient Chinese mythology to figure out what this is all about?
Black Friday is fast approaching which means our shopping lists are getting slightly longer.
Storytime with Grandreams Generation 2 Annual has us ready to user in Generation 11 before another round of bragging rights closes out this episode.
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With 2019's convention season officially in the rear view mirror, the Seibertron.com Twincast / Podcast gears up for the holidays along with the tail end Generations exclusives that come along with it. Join Scotty P as he catches up with Megatronus and D-Maximal_Primal to take a look at the latest Transformers toys after a short look back at TFcon USA 2019.
Walmarts across the country are distributing their 35th anniversary exclusives including the cel-shaded "Animation" deco Voyager Optimus Prime and Megatron. The cast has opinions.
New Botbots? Sign us up. Plus, more connections to the name of the episode - should a team of outsiders interfere to bring a new world order of foreign object Botbots!?
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Hi Jim. Thank you for taking time to answer some questions for the staff of Seibertron.com in which we thought our users might be interested regarding your upcoming book Transformers: A Visual History, which is scheduled to come out on November 12th, 2019. You can pre-order Transformers: A Visual History on Amazon.com or by clicking on any of the images below. Without further ado, let's jump right in!
Seibertron.com: Are there any pieces featured in A Visual History that were brand new to you even after all your years of deep curation and involvement with Transformers?
Jim Sorenson: Oh, absolutely. That's part of the joy of a project like this one. Much of the production artwork from Chapter 5, “The Films,” is from deep in the vaults. To my knowledge no one outside of Hasbro or Paramount has ever seen much of the material presented here.
Seibertron.com: If yes, any that stand out for any particular reason, perhaps due to their being a surprise discovery or something that has a fun story around how it was discovered?
Jim Sorenson: A couple of pieces come to mind. On page 269, we have a couple of Rescue Bots sketches that are just brimming with emotion. They really capture the feel of the series, and I'm delighted that we found room to include them. On page 346, there's an important piece of movie concept art called The Ice Man, by James Clyne. It's one of the first pieces that Michael Bay fell in love with and helped set the visual language for the entire film franchise. The challenge for the production staff was that it's a portrait piece, and of course films are landscape, so they had to figure out how to translate this piece to the big screen.
Seibertron.com: Are there some new items or surprises in this upcoming book that most fans haven't seen before?
Jim Sorenson: Yup! Tons. I won't give away all the surprises, but we've got the never-before-seen alternate modes for Elita-One and Orion Pax from the original series episodes The Search for Alpha Trion and War Dawn, which I'm super proud to bring to the light of day. You'll find them on page 226, in the “Animation” chapter. There's also an amazing sketch by Doug Heart, who did virtually all of the Beast Wars package art, for a 15th anniversary box set that would have included Beast Wars and G1 toys. Alas, it never came to be, but you can see the art here for the first time on page 44.
Seibertron.com: Was there a particular piece that was difficult to come across or that you hadn't seen before?
Jim Sorenson: There were several pieces that I fought hard to procure. On page 334 we've got the promo art from BotCon 1997, High Stakes, which was my very first Transformers convention. It's a gorgeous piece by Andrew Wildman, who was my very first favorite Transformers artist, with modern colors and inks by JP Bove and Stephen Baskerville. There's also a couple of images on pages 106-107 featuring the Siege Starscream vehicle and robot artwork that was a very late addition that I advocated passionately for, because I'd realized we were a little light on both Siege and Starscream. Two birds and one stone later and it's an absolutely gorgeous spread. And you wouldn't believe the lengths I went to in order to procure the Pat Lee Back to the Eighties piece originally published in Wizard Magazine. (Suffice to say, a former editor had to dig it out of a semi-inactive email account.)
Seibertron.com: Of all of the artwork shown in this book, what piece stands out to you the most as your personal favorite?
Jim Sorenson: Which of my children do I love the most, you ask? Jeepers. I'm not even going to attempt to pick a single favorite. But some pieces that have great personal meaning for me are the classic Shockwave cover to Marvel #5, my first comic book EVER, on page 127, a two-page spread of every Gobots character ever in Cybertronian bodies on 294-295 that I commissioned when I was working with the fan club, and a series of Transformers homages to classic comic covers on pages 208-209 headlined by a Liefeld-on-Liefeld recreation of the cover to New Mutants #87 he did for the Dark Cybertron storyline.
Questions pertaining to the Transformers franchise:
Seibertron.com: Since the scale charts shown in The Complete Ark do not address it, how large do you think the individual Scramble City style combiner characters are in relation to other established characters? Are the individual limbs similar in size to the ‘84 cars? Are the torso characters Optimus Prime and Megatron sized? Would enjoy hearing your thoughts on this debate!
Jim Sorenson: This feels like a question that would require research to answer well. WITHOUT having done said research, my gut is that guys like Motormaster are as big as a large Autobot car (think Ironhide Trailbreaker, five meters according to the internal scale guides) and that limbs are probably closer to regular car height, about four meters. But the real answer is that these guys are whatever size the plot required.
Seibertron.com: What was it like to come up with fiction for the TFCC (Transformers Collectors Club) characters? Is there any story that stands out to you as a favorite, or that you're particularly proud of?
Jim Sorenson: Incredibly satisfying. There's something magical about starting with a blank page and building up the robot zombie apocalypse 500 pages later. I think the last two Beast Wars Uprising stories, Derailment (a 179-page novel!) and The Inexorable March, stack up favorably to any other Transformers fiction you might care to read.
Seibertron.com: What's your favorite aspect of the franchise?
Jim Sorenson: The community it has generated. I've got friends on all four corners of the globe, and I'd never have met most of them if not for the incredible franchise that is The Transformers.
Seibertron.com: Transformers fans miss their time with Jim Sorenson at past BotCons! Will you be signing books anywhere in the future or when can fans get some time with you?
Jim Sorenson: I try to keep my dance card full, but I've got no specific plans I can announce yet. This year I did TFCon in Burbank, NYCC in Manhattan, Bubonicon in my hometown of Albuqurque, and TFNation in the United Kingdom. Fingers crossed I'll be able to maintain a similar schedule for 2020. But I'm easy enough to get in touch with. Facebook is pretty reliable (https://www.facebook.com/jimsorenson) and Twitter (https://www.twitter.com/jimsorenson) are two good means of reaching out. So please, don't be a stranger!
Greetings Seibertronians! Today we bring you a gallery of one of the last wave of Battlemasters to be released for the Transformers War for Cybertron: Siege line! This is a completely new mold and isn't a redeco of anyone. For those who don't know, Rung is an original character that debuted in IDWs first Transformers continuity, mainly appearing in More Than Meets The Eye/Lost Light series. In that continuity it is revealed that Rung is actually Primus (the first Transformer) He is yet to appear in any other continuity.
Please check out the images below then head over to the gallery to see the rest.
Stay tuned to Seibertron for more galleries coming soon, including Transformers Siege Rumble, Ratbat, Direct Hit and Power Punch, and Refraktor! Coming to your screens very soon!
Anyone taking their little 'bots out for some goodies? Scaring up some tricks tonight? Then just in time, we have a real treat for you, the newest galleries from Seibertron himself, of the fifth Ghostbuster, Ectronymous Diamatron, aka Ectotron! And we can't forget about the ghost with the most, Slimer! Feast your eyes on the teaser pictures below, then click on any of them to be taken to the full galleries of these two figures.
And while you're ghouling drooling over these pictures, why not pick up Ectotron from our sponsors at Big Bad Toy Store? They have a preorder for this popular figure up, and he's due to ship in December, just in time for the holidays which shall not be mentioned until after tonight.
We at Seibertron wish you a scary good Hallowe'en! Stay safe out there if you're out tonight, and check back with Seibertron for upcoming galleries of a psychiatrist/G-d, the most effective Decepticon Leader ever, and another round of RIRFIB!
My fellow Seibertronians, lend me your listening devices. We are always looking for the best volunteers to contribute as part of the news staff, and it is time to open up the call again. With 2020 right around the corner and Transformers news coming out of the woodwork left and right with so many different toylines and new comics currently running, we could really use some extra hands on deck.
What we're looking for are fellow fans, active members of the boards and keen enthusiasts of one or multiple aspects of the franchise, from comics to cartoons to toys and other collectibles, you name it. You'd be able to tap into your own knowledge pool to present news items, as well as receive support from everyone currently on staff. Ideally, we are looking for fans who are available during the 9:00AM-5:00PM EST timezone to help out with daytime news
Seibertron.com News Staff Requirements:
Knowledge of and love for the Transformers brand - Even if something isn't your cup of tea, you'll need to keep up with and hunt for any piece of news, no matter how trivial, regarding the Transformers.
Dedication to the hobby and the position - You will be a volunteer. The incentives that come with the position are what you can make of it, be it contacts, a name for yourself for your reporting and news sourcing, previews at upcoming figures, and early access to in-stock notifications, pre-orders, etc.
Accessibility to a computer, laptop, mobile or tablet device - the device you use should be a modern device and should be in working order. Seibertron.com's news process currently works best on a traditional computer or laptop, but a phone or tablet can be used as well.
Must be an active member of the Seibertron.com community - You must be an active member of our community, and you must be willing to continue to post on the forums regularly after joining. Staff members of other Transformers fansites are not eligible.
Must be willing to participate on a regular basis - There is Transformers news every day. While we don't expect you to post every single day, it would be great if everyone on the staff could post at least 1 or 2 news stories per day on average. If everyone on staff contributes regularly, there is less burden per individual staff members.
Good writing skills - What it says on the tin. We are an English resource for Transformers news, and need good writing and reading skills to effectively communicate news to the fandom. While we understand everyone makes mistakes with spelling and punctuation from time-to-time, it is expected that you will work to catch errors to the best of your ability. You wouldn't believe how many times the word "Transformers" gets misspelled!
Team first mentality - Remember, you will be an official part of Seibertron.com. You will have several perks that come with the job, but are speaking for Seibertron.com at all times while a member of staff.
Age requirements - While we don't necessarily have age requirements, we would prefer staff members be over the age of 18. However, if you're into everything and anything Transformers, are younger than 18, but still want to contribute, you can still apply.
Must be on good terms with Seibertron.com - Having a forum warning doesn't preclude you from applying, but we will be looking over your board history. You should be on good terms with Seibertron.com.
How to apply:
If you feel like you meet all of the requirements listed above, please contact Ryan (the owner of Seibertron.com) directly via our contact form at /contact/index.php?subject=staff. Please include your name, geographical location and time zone, language skills, and a brief introduction to yourself and why you think you would make a good addition to the Seibertron.com team.
Deadline:
While there is no specific deadline for new applicants, we request that you reach out to us as soon as possible if you are interested in becoming part of the Seibertron.com News Staff.
The position comes with full News Crew privileges and a Seibertron.com staff email, and will include both a training and a test period for you to develop your skills and for us to assess your abilities. We will not turn down anyone without good reason.
Following up with our recent galleries of the Titans Return Decepticon Triple Changers, we have their Japanese-market counterparts from Transformers Legends! These figures were released in Japan as part of the Legends line, which was a set of figures released under the Generations imprint in the U.S., but with premium paint jobs and often, more cartoon accurate paint. This would be one of the last lines Takara would do with decos that differed from their Hasbro counterparts, before the brand unification that sees all figures released between both markets with identical tooling and decos.
Additionally, two of these figures, Blitzwing and Octane, came with Big Fight (a redeco of Titan Master Ramhorn's vehicle) and Titan Master Ghost Starscream, respectively.
Please enjoy these high quality galleries from the hands (and camera) of Seibertron himself and start tuned to Seibertron for upcoming galleries of Siege Ratbat, Rumble, Rung, and the fifth Ghostbuster, Ectotron!
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