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As previously reported back in early June here TakaraTomy has been making mini movies poking fun at the old fable the Three Little Pigs with Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, and Ratchet in their Studio Series molds fending off the villainy of Zoids Wild series Death Rex aka the big bad wolf!
Well we just learned they posted their latest and final episode to their Twitter. Enjoy the embedded prior episodes to get caught up and let us know what you think of this fun little play of pigs in the forum now that it's concluded.
Episode 1:
Episode 2:
Episode 3:
And finally to get you all caught up, Episode 4:
As always stay tuned to Seibertron for the ultimate in Transformers news!
Also manifesting over on iTunes is a two page previews of IDW's Transformers Ghostbusters Ghosts of Cybertron #2! Check out the images below and let us know your thoughts on the series in the forum.
"“GHOSTS OF CYBERTRON” Part 2! Okay. So. It seems as though there are giant robots who can disguise themselves as vehicles out there in the universe, and, as it happens, one of them has taken the place of Ecto-1. When the Ghostbusters discover this replacement, they naturally have a lot of questions—and this time, even the boys in gray might not believe the answers!"
by Erik Burnham & Dan Schoening
GENRE: Comics & Graphic Novels
AVAILABLE: 2019, July 17
LANGUAGE: EN-English
LENGTH:31Pages
PUBLISHER: IDW Publishing
SELLER: Idea and Design Works, LLC
SIZE: 22.1MB
Coming in hot! Things are really about to ramp up and sizzle in this next issue! Or are they? Seems as though fans are finding the current series rather polarizing and haven't hesitated to share their feelings on the matter. Below we have the three page itunes preview for issue #9. Enjoy the preview and chime in with the crew about your feelings on the new series in the forum.
Also included after the preview for issue #9 is the alternate retail incentive cover for Transformers issue #10. This is from artist Jeffrey Veregge's ongoing poster series touring Cybertron. From his Twitter account "My latest Travel poster Retail Incentive cover for @IDWPublishing Transformers issue #10. The Great Cybertron War Memorial."
From Itunes's summary: "Time is running out! Orion Pax, his friends, and the Autobot security forces have to get a grip on their murder investigations as their superior, Sentinel Prime, makes his return to Cybertron!"
GENRE: Comics & Graphic Novels
AVAILABLE: 2019, July 17
LANGUAGE: EN-English
LENGTH: 35 Pages
PUBLISHER: IDW Publishing
SIZE: 28.2MB
There's smoke on the water and fire in the sky as the 226th episode of the Seibertron.com Twincast / Podcast returns to discuss all the latest in an episode that's mostly about toys, toys and more toys. Host Scotty P welcomes regular cast member Megatronus and a last minute assist from special guest and former regular RodimusConvoy13 to look at what's coming soon and what's already here with Generations, Masterpiece and more. Will it be much more than meets the eye? You'll have to tune in to find out!
Bragging Rights close out another episode as we make RodimusConvoy13 give a full accounting of his collecting since his last appearance on the show, except not really.
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Just in from Seibertron's own Podfather Scotty P is news that IDW's Transformers The Last Stand of the Wreckers will be officially released in Japanese via Amazon on July 31st.
Scott states "No cover yet but the official releases of IDW Transformers comics in Japanese continue with a backtrack (last book out was Chaos, wrapping up the Costa/"Ongoing" era) to Last Stand of the Wreckers on 7/31. Found this on Amazon Japan in my recommended stuff, probably from buying the book with "Chaos Theory" and "Space Opera" a while back."
Scott went ahead and ran the description through a translator for us:
"Translation by Hiroto Ishikawa
Cover art (not available yet) by Tajima Masa
75 pages of extras including "Bullets" and "Zero Point""
(US Cover)
For any completists still waiting for the Latin, Pig Latin, and the Esperanto versions, our day shall come, however, for those fans waiting for a version in Japanese you won't be waiting much longer. It's never a bad time to reminisce about some of the best stories to come out of the entire IDW run. Pull out your old copies and take a read then hop back here and share some thoughts on this amazing series.
It's time to properly introduce Rook and Blot into the roster with this weekend's event Welcome Party. Read all the details on their powers and abilities below and log in this weekend for a chance to win these cool new bots. Share your triumphs and tragedies with the Seibertron crew in the forums and good luck on the battle field!
New Bots Rook & Blot live this week!
Bah-weep-graaaaagnah wheep nini bong!
A Top 500 Alliances Leaderboard this weekend includes the arrival of new Bots: Rook & Blot! Welcome Party
Fight in this event to unlock a 2, 3 or 4-Star Rook or Blot and get:
- Up to 2,500 Premium Shards
- Up to 1,500 3-Star Shards
- Up to 800 4-Star Shards
- Up to 2,500,000 Energon
- And Bonus XP per Battle
Want more?
Go for the extra mile and unlock extra Spark from the hardest tiers and rank among the TOP 500 Alliances for guaranteed rewards! Event type: Alliance Leaderboard Start Date: 28/06/19 10:00 UTC End Date: 01/07/19 10:00 UTC Prestige Allowed: None (1) Bonus Experience: Triple XP! How to Participate?
Join an Alliance and reach HQ Level 4!
Tap the Event button!
Select an Event Battle Zone to fight in!
Win your battle and gather Battle Points!
Collect prizes!
Continue to earn Battle Points!
Secure your rank on the Event Leaderboard!
Win amazing guaranteed prizes!
Alliance Leaderboards
Alliance Leaderboards allow you to earn Battle Points after redeeming all of your tiered prizes. Leaderboard Prizes are awarded based on your rank in relation to other Alliances in the game. => Only the top 40 alliance members Battle Point contributions will count towards your Alliance’s Leaderboard score.
Leaderboard Prizes are distributed at the end of the event and may take some time to process and appear. Event Battle Zones Totaliser Prizes Leaderboard Prizes New Bots: Rook & Blot
Ready your team for the two newest recruits to join the Earth Wars - Rook & Blot!
There will be a challenge battle available later this week for you to take our newest Protectobot and Terrorcon for a test ride!
One of the most instinctive strategists in the Autobot Earth forces, Rook's analytical/tactical mind belies his tendency to sometimes break ranks and charge headlong into the oncoming enemy forces.
Not that Rook has much to fear from incoming fire. His durabyllium armor plating can withstand punishing blasts and hold up under crushing weight, and normally at the forefront of his mind is pulling some injured party from harm's way, a feat he accomplishes by switching to his equally armored vehicle mode and utilizing his powerful hydraulic claw. It's all in a day's work for this fearless and selfless Protectobot.
Blot is a mess. No two ways about it. Emotionally and physically.
His unfortunate habit of leaking bodily fluids (oil, hydraulic and Primus knows what else) exacerbates his already low self-esteem, and so he presents a generally apathetic instinct to hygiene generally.
It doesn't help that Blot is unintelligent and slovenly, and prone to suffer breakdowns from lack of fluid. But he is very strong, loyal and agile, his piercing claws enabling Blot to climb virtually any vertical structure, making him overall useful for the Terrorcons to have around. In robot mode he's armed with a slime gun that fires a stream of odious corrosive liquid. Explosive Decoy
Place a decoy that has 65% of your Health and attracts defences. When destroyed, it explodes dealing damage in a large area. Only one decoy can be active at a time. Bug Fixes / Updates
The following bug fixes/updates are coming to the game soon.
Raid Beam Laser may now retarget between each attack, making abilities such as Pipes’ Defensive Rush work on them.
The HQ equipped with the Point Defense Beam or the Omni-Flamer core could target Slash/Rippersnapper even in their stealth mode. Slash and Rippersnapper critical hit in their ability mode was dealing less damage than announced in the ability description. We have increased the damage dealt in order to match the ability description.
We have fixed an issue where Huffer/Lockdown dying was killing Blaster/Soundwave's minions.
We knew Takara's Transformers MP-47 Masterpiece Hound looked good and that he was pricey. What we didn't know was where those wheels went. Well, we know now. A new video reveals what might just be the best leg transformation of all time with the wheel collapsing into his legs. The parts count is so high that even his wheels are made of multiple parts, accounting for the higher level of show accuracy and price.
You can see a breakdown of the leg transformation below the full video. The original video was region blocked so TFND mirrored it on Facebook.
This toy is available at every single online retailer you can think of, including Hasbro Pulse for $169.99. That version is the Hasbro release which will come in an extra box with English writing.
From IDW Publishing, we have news of a brand new Transformers ongoing book set to debut in September! Titled Transformers: Galaxies, the new series is set to explore the origins of various 'bots in the rebooted IDW continuity via story arcs that focus on one character or group- think of it as a series of extended Spotlight-style stories. Galaxies will be written by Tyler Bleszinski, and art duties will be handled by longtime Transformers artist Livio Ramondelli.
The first arc to be featured in the series will focus on the fan-favorite Constructicons (and a certain original combiner is teased) ! Long Haul, Scrapper, Mixmaster, Hook, Scavenger and Bonecrusher long ago emerged from the aftermath of the war against the Threefold Spark to help rebuild Cybertron. But what has become of them since? Find out this September when the series is released. For now, check out the images below, and let your fellow Seibertronians know what you think in the Forums!
Find out which bots are joining the Earth Wars at the end of the current saga!
The Weakest Link
Take part in this weekend's event to win:
- Up to 30 Tool Boxes
- Up to 3,000 Prime Core Shards
- Up to 30,000 Spark
- And Bonus XP per Battle Event type: Individual Totaliser Start Date: 21/06/19 10:00 UTC End Date: 24/06/19 10:00 UTC Prestige Allowed: 30 Bonus Experience: Triple XP! How to Participate?
Reach HQ Level 4
Tap the Event button!
Select an Event Battle Zone to fight in!
Win your battle and gather Battle Points!
Collect prizes!
Event Battle Zones Totaliser Prizes
* Each Tool Box contains one of the following: Prime League: Coming Soon!
At last the new top tier war league - Prime League - will go live this Thursday with a content release. Prime League is no joke, only reserved for our very top and most skilful alliances! If you lose one battle in Prime League you are immediately demoted back to Cybertron League.
Minimum alliance members to join Prime League is 30.
Rewards for winning a war in Prime League:
1,000 Premium Shards
30,000 Spark
400,000 Alloy
400,000 Energon
Prime League Effects Prime League has special effects that apply to defense buildings to make the war there a bit more challenging. The effect at launch will be the following:
All defense buildings get a 5% increase to DPS New Bots: Rook & Blot
One is a fearless Protectobot and the other is a vile Terrorcon, Rook & Blot are joining the Earth Wars at the end of the current saga!
One of the most instinctive strategists in the Autobot Earth forces, Rook's analytical/tactical mind belies his tendency to sometimes break ranks and charge headlong into the oncoming enemy forces.
Not that Rook has much to fear from incoming fire. His durabyllium armor plating can withstand punishing blasts and hold up under crushing weight, and normally at the forefront of his mind is pulling some injured party from harm's way, a feat he accomplishes by switching to his equally armored vehicle mode and utilizing his powerful hydraulic claw. It's all in a day's work for this fearless and selfless Protectobot.
Blot is a mess. No two ways about it. Emotionally and physically.
His unfortunate habit of leaking bodily fluids (oil, hydraulic and Primus knows what else) exacerbates his already low self-esteem, and so he presents a generally apathetic instinct to hygiene generally.
It doesn't help that Blot is unintelligent and slovenly, and prone to suffer breakdowns from lack of fluid. But he is very strong, loyal and agile, his piercing claws enabling Blot to climb virtually any vertical structure, making him overall useful for the Terrorcons to have around. In robot mode he's armed with a slime gun that fires a stream of odious corrosive liquid.
Their Special Abilities will be revealed in the next week’s newsletter! Bug Fixes / Updates
The following bug fixes/updates are coming to the game soon.
Slash & Rippersnapper could be targeted by Raid buildings during their abilities.
The Slowdown Photon Silver Core now changes the beam laser colour from orange to blue (now similar to the Bronze and Gold Core).
Previously, Lugnut received the squad effect of the Warrior cores. Since he is of the Special Class, he is now solely affected by the effect of the Special Class Squad Core.
Previously, Elita-1 received the squad effect of the Warrior and Special Class cores. Since she is of the Special Class, she is now solely affected by the effect of the Special Class Squad Core.
5* Perceptor and Bombshell’s ability cost increase is now 2 instead of 3, in line with the other star level.
Happy Tuesday Seibertronians! Just in from IDW's homepage we have a quick detail summary of issues #8 and #9 of IDW's Transformers!
Here's the summary for #8:
"As Megatron seeks to bring about change to Cybertron, he meets with Termagax, a living piece of Cybertronian history and founder of the Ascenticon movement. Will she set him on the path to peace, or lead him to an unrepairable rupture with the Senate?"
AVAILABLE: June 2019
CREATORS:
Brian Ruckley (Author) • Cachét Whitman (Artist) • Beth McGuire-Smith (Artist) • Anna Malkova (Cover Artist)
IMPRINT: IDW
COLOR: FC
And here's the summary for issue#9:
COMING SOON!
"Time is running out! Orion Pax, his friends, and the Autobot security forces have to get a grip on their murder investigations as their superior, Sentinel Prime, makes his return to Cybertron!"
AVAILABLE: July 2019
CREATORS:
Brian Ruckley (Author) • Cachét Whitman (Artist) • Beth McGuire-Smith (Artist) • Umi Miyao (Cover Artist)
IMPRINT: IDW
PAGE COUNT: 32
COLOR: FC
CATEGORIES: (2019) Transformers , Transformers , Upcoming Releases
Then Thanks to a few posts from IDW Manager, Creative Development / Senior Editor Tom Waltz at #Transformers on Twitter we have this nice preview page showing the introduction of the new character Termagax! Per Mr. Waltz's summary:
"In #Tranformers #8 (in stores, we finally meet the enigmatic #Termagax! Turns out she likes to talk smack about #Starscream behind his fuselage just like everyone else."
Sounds like she just may be the mother of all Decepticons, literally!
Is she the new Fallen?
Is she the new Terminus?
Will she help Megatron finally find his love for violet chest mounted iconography?
Mr. Waltz also posted this nice image of Cyclonus from issue #8 on his own Twitter account with the tag line:
"In #Transformers #8 #TheCracksBeneathYourFeet Part 2, #Cyclonus has some serious #Flamewar issues he needs to tackle. Literally."
And lastly also from Mr. Waltz's own Twitter page he's also provided a nice black and white preview image of Chromia from issue #9 with the summary:
"Join #Chromia to find out what dangers lurk in the shadows below #Cybertron in #Transformers #9."
As always enjoy the peruse and share your views with the Seibertron crew!
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