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Day Three of 2014 UK Toy Fair: More Transformers: Age of Extinction Robot Faces Revealed?

Date: Thursday, January 23rd 2014 3:47am CST
Categories: Movie Related News, Toy News
Posted by: ScoutBumblebee | Credit(s): Va'al

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While it may be the third day of the 2014 UK Toy Fair, it is our second day of live coverage from the floor. We'll be updating you as Seibertron's own Va'al walks the floor and takes in all of the cool new stuff that we’ll see premiered today.



First up are offerings from IMC Toys. Available in either Optimus Prime or Bumblebee, will be intercom masks, walkie talkies, and a laser tag gun and chest pad set. Also available will be an Optimus Prime mask with a sound chip and effects. From an interesting poster inside of IMC Toys’ stall—Transformers: Age of Extinction will be the first film in a new trilogy, with the next one due out in 2017, and an animated series to be released in 2014.

More will be posted, as we know it.

RUMOR:
A reliable source at the Toy Fair has informed us that the grey cab-over truck we've seen pictured for months now is none other than Ultra Magnus.

UPDATE:
The following pictures come from the company Character. Pictured are “mashable” Transformers ball-like toys, called MashEms. Six characters are available (we can pick out Drift, Bumblebee, Optimus Prime, Lockdown, and Grimlock), and will be blind packed in a plastic capsule. There will be slingshot launcher available in both Optimus Prime and Bumblebee variants. Two series will be available; one for Prime and one for Age of Extinction. Also pictured are Bumblebee Rumble Fists, made of soft material and with sound effects, and sparring bags. Sparring bags were shown in both Optimus Prime and Lockdown variants.















While it may be the third day of the 2014 UK Toy Fair, it is our second day of live coverage from the floor. We'll be updating you as Seibertron's own Va'al walks the floor and takes in all of the cool new stuff that we’ll see premiered today.



First up are offerings from IMC Toys. Available in either Optimus Prime or Bumblebee, will be intercom masks, walkie talkies, and a laser tag gun and chest pad set. Also available will be an Optimus Prime mask with a sound chip and effects. From an interesting poster inside of IMC Toys’ stall—Transformers: Age of Extinction will be the first film in a new trilogy, with the next one due out in 2017, and an animated series to be released in 2014.

More will be posted, as we know it.

RUMOR:
A reliable source at the Toy Fair has informed us that the grey cab-over truck we've seen pictured for months now is none other than Ultra Magnus.

UPDATE:
The following pictures come from the company Character. Pictured are “mashable” Transformers ball-like toys, called MashEms. Six characters are available (we can pick out Drift, Bumblebee, Optimus Prime, Lockdown, and Grimlock), and will be blind packed in a plastic capsule. There will be slingshot launcher available in both Optimus Prime and Bumblebee variants. Two series will be available; one for Prime and one for Age of Extinction. Also pictured are Bumblebee Rumble Fists, made of soft material and with sound effects, and sparring bags. Sparring bags were shown in both Optimus Prime and Lockdown variants.















UPDATE:
Some information from HTI: They will offer two track sets, subject to approval. One track set will be an Optimus Prime Challenge, consisting of a truck with a trailer and red track pieces with loop. The track will emerge from the front grill, and the goal will be to hit the target that has Bumblebee artwork. Set to include two diecase cars, Bumblebee and Lockdown, the grey Lamboghini (named as Lockdown on the package.)

In addition, a Grimlock track will be offered. It will contain a red track that ends at a Grimlock T-Rex. Cars will go up the dino's back for a jump, and Bumblebee car will be included.

Transformers: Age of Extinction First Edition Optimus Prime Amazon Exclusive Pre-Order

Date: Wednesday, January 22nd 2014 3:50pm CST
Categories: Movie Related News, Toy News
Posted by: El Duque | Credit(s): Amazon

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Amazon has just listed their first Transformers: Age of Extinction exclusive! Transformers: Age of Extinction First Edition Optimus Prime features healthy amounts of chrome and is priced at $59.99 with a February 4th release date. Just around the corner.

Check out the official images below:

Transformers Movie 4 Optimus Prime Action Figure, First Edition

Product Details
Product Packaging: Standard Packaging
Product Dimensions: 4 x 9.5 x 12 inches
Shipping Weight: 6.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
Origin: China
ASIN: B00EPDJYKU
Item model number: A6519
Manufacturer recommended age: 5 years and up

Product Description
Product Packaging: Standard Packaging
From the Manufacturer
Transformers Movie 4 Platinum Edition Optimus Prime [Amazon Exclusive]. Brand new Optimus Prime as seen in the new Transformers 4 Movie.

Toy Palace Showcases a Few New Age of Extinction Based Toys

Date: Wednesday, January 22nd 2014 1:01pm CST
Categories: Movie Related News, Toy News
Posted by: ScoutBumblebee | Credit(s): Toy-Palace.com

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On the heels of all of the new pictures from the 2014 UK Toy Fair, we bring you some interesting little items featured on German website, Toy-Palace.com. These items consist of magnets, keychains, and coin banks, featuring Optimus Prime and Bumblebee. They give us another good look at the anticipated appearance of those two characters in the upcoming movie, Transformers: Age of Extinction.

Take a look at the images below:


Optimus Prime and Bumblebee magnets that light up:





Optimus Prime and Bumblebee keychains. Move the arms, and the body turns:





Optimus Prime and Bumblebee Coin banks complete with movie sounds:

Images and Product Info from the UK Toy Fair

Date: Wednesday, January 22nd 2014 10:58am CST
Categories: Movie Related News, Toy News
Posted by: ScoutBumblebee | Credit(s): Va'al

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Our very own Va’al is, as we type this, checking out the UK Toy Fair. We will continue to bring you updates on what he sees as he sees them, with pictures and descriptions.
At the first stall is Paladone.They are displaying a variety of collectibles for the 30th anniversary. There are two series, one that will be rolled out in April/May; one to be rolled out in October. There will be 30 mini figurines from three generations: G1, Prime, movie (Dark of the Moon.)

There will be 15 characters per wave; each one in blind pack with lenticular card. The cards will combine together into a first generation poster of Megs or Optimus. Pricing for the blind pack is £2, £2.50 for bubble pack, with mini stand included. They will also released as 5 packs.

But the figurines aren’t all. Also on display are a heat activated mug (featuring an Autobot logo with glasses and moustache which disappear when hot liquid is poured in), a hard foam build kit, G1 character pencil eraser set, notebook, water bottle, car magnet (not shown), egg holder and toast cutter Optimus!

Take a look at the images (and updates as we get them!) posted below:



















UPDATE:Subject to Change
From Winning Moves: We may see the following games available in the next year. They are unofficial and subject to change, but we are hearing they are possible: Monopoly, Risk, Connect 4, Top Trumps - Saga edition (would be heavily based on the four movies and /or G1 animation, and similar to Star Wars trilogy edition products. And if you take a look at the box pictured, you'll note that there is even a picture of Drift featured.





UPDATE:
Check out these R/C toys, on display from Nikko:
Word is that there will be five figures. Two that transform will be Optimus Prime and Bumblebee. They'll have lights and sounds; voicechips along with transformation noises. They are expected to retail for $59.99 and $49.99, respectively. They will be boxed in robot mode.

The helicopter is said to be a character, but there is no name at this time.

The other two RC cars shown are Lockdown and Bumblebee, and will not transform.

Transformers: Age of Extinction Not a Reboot, Says Producer

Date: Tuesday, January 21st 2014 12:22am CST
Category: Movie Related News
Posted by: ScoutBumblebee | Credit(s): theHollywoodNews.com

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In an interview today with The Hollywood News, Lorenzo Di Bonaventura, producer of Transformers: Age of Extinction, made it clear that the fourth installment will not be a reboot. While he was mainly chatting about upcoming film Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, Di Bonaventura was asked if he could share anything about the upcoming Transformers film. Specifically, if it will be a completely different story line, or if it would share past events with the other films.

Di Bonaventura states that while the film does have a whole new cast, and none of the human characters from the previous movies, it is a continuation. A continuation of an existing story line, in an existing story universe, just with fresh faces and a new story.

The Hollywood News]

See the full excerpt below:

It’s definitely not a reboot. It’s an interesting question about what you should call it. On a certain level it’s a continuation of the previous stories, in the fact that it acknowledges what has transpired before it. It acknowledges in the last movie, the destruction of Chicago, it’s actually something that carries through the sort of emotional repercussions of that, not unlike 9/11 has emotional repercussions in the real world. In a fantasy world there are repercussions to what occurred.

That plays into the movie, moving forwards with a totally different human cast, who doesn’t know anything about the other humans, it’s not a reboot, but a continuation, yet you’re continuing with a new cast and group of characters. It was a big decision to do that.
We miss our friends that we did the first three with, and they were great, and they probably could’ve done more. But the advantage of doing it this way is that it feels almost like a first movie. It’s a very different dynamic than I’ve seen in a movie, I’m very curious. I guess Star Wars did that a little bit, but not so close together, the way we’re doing it.’

Hasbro Confirms New Look and Simplified Design for 'Age of Extinction' Toys

Date: Sunday, January 19th 2014 7:21pm CST
Categories: Movie Related News, Toy News, People News, Interviews
Posted by: Va'al | Credit(s): New York Times

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In an article on the New York Times, Hasbro's chief executive Brian D. Goldner discusses how the complexity of the transformation process in previous toys (think ROTF Leader Optimus Prime) may have detracted from the enjoyment of its intended target audience, and confirms that the new toy lines will feature streamlined, simplified designs (though not all of them, as they keep adult collectors in mind) in both figures and branding. The new products will be hitting the shelves in May, a couple of weeks before Age of Extinction will be released in cinemas - read some relevant quotes below, and the full article here!

But as the brand evolved over the years, the toys became more complex, some involving dozens of steps to complete a single transformation. In the eyes of Brian D. Goldner, Hasbro’s chief executive, they had lost their magic.

“We’ve made incredibly sophisticated robots,” he said, “but it can be like a 1,000-piece puzzle.”

Enthralled by the special effects in three big-budget “Transformers” movies that enabled the robots to convert in a matter of seconds, Mr. Goldner decided the toys needed to return to their roots. So he challenged his design team to reconceive them. Now, on the 30th anniversary of the brand, Hasbro is revealing a new look for the toys, including simple maneuvers that will complete a transformation with the push of a button or flick of the wrist.

The remake of the line, which includes new branding and packaging, is meant to coincide with Paramount Pictures’ release of the fourth movie in the franchise, “Transformers: Age of Extinction.” Retailers will get their first look at the line in London this week at Toy Fair, an annual industry trade show.

“Our retail partners, they are getting very excited,” said Joshua Lamb, the senior design director for the toy line. “This rethinking of the brand is setting the stage long-term.”

The toys are expected to land on retail shelves in May, a few weeks before the release of the movie. Hasbro says it will build on the promotion for the movie with a marketing campaign of its own that will include ads on television and in theaters as well as on digital platforms, like mobile and social media.
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Hasbro will continue to make complex Transformers for adult fans who have collected the toys since their inception 30 years ago. But the new design is intended to re-engage parents and children, who found the transformations too challenging.

Transformers 4 Filmed In Utah? Seems So, And No One Knew.

Date: Saturday, January 18th 2014 12:45pm CST
Category: Movie Related News
Posted by: Autobot032 | Credit(s): The Salt Lake Tribune, Va'al

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According to the Salt Lake Tribune, Michael Bay & Crew did just that, filmed in the great state of Utah and no one knew until it was over and they were gone.

Here's what writer Vince Horiuchi had to say:

Now news has come out that a new blockbuster shot a week’s worth of footage here in Utah last May — Michael Bay’s "Transformers: Age of Extinction," the fourth in the series of rock-em, sock-em robot movies based on the line of toys.

Marshall Moore, executive director of the Utah Film Commission, said the film crew slipped in, shot the scenes, and were out before anyone noticed. The film company did not get any tax rebates for shooting here.

You can read the article, in its entirety at this link: http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogssunda ... d.html.csp

It's unknown at this time what purpose the desert landscape of Utah will provide for the film, but one can at least entertain the possibility of a fossil dig or something of that nature.

Transformers Age Of Extinction will release in US theaters on June 27, until then the news just keeps making it more and more difficult to wait for this film. Speaking of making it harder to wait, don't forget, the teaser trailer will debut during the Super Bowl on February 2nd.

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Composer Steve Jablonsky Discusses Transformers 4 (and More)

Date: Friday, January 17th 2014 12:36pm CST
Category: Movie Related News
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In an interview with Joblo.com, Steve Jablonsky, composer of scores for Transformers, The Island, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and many more, talks about Transformers: Age of Extinction and working with director Michael Bay.



Calling the work he’s done on the Transformers scores “all big fun,” Jablonsky went on to talk about his plans for work on the upcoming Age of Extinction score. While he hasn't entered the planning stages yet with Bay for it, Jablonsky confirmed that he will definitely be doing the score for Age of Extinction. Jablonsky was considered for the next Spider-Man movie, but while in talks with Spider-Man director Mark Webb, Jablonsky states he literally woke up and realized the film would share a schedule with Transformers 4. Both huge projects, both highly anticipated films, and Steve Jablonsky decided that he needed to stick with Michael Bay on Age of Extinction. And while Jablonsky says he has no expectation of Bay telling him he is Bay’s “go-to” composer, he does recognize that prior to working with Jablonsky, Bay did not regularly use any one composer. Now, Jablonsky says,

…yes, I think I’m his guy. I never assume, I never take it for granted.

And after he completes the score for Age of Extinction? Jablonsky says he has a few possibilities, one of them being a few themes for a project with Bay called, “The Last Ship,” an action TV show.

Lucasfilm Singapore Up and Running; Working on Transformers 4

Date: Thursday, January 16th 2014 1:48pm CST
Category: Movie Related News
Posted by: ScoutBumblebee | Credit(s): StraightsTimes.com

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The new Singapore facility of Lucasfilm opened up today, and is running at "full swing," according to Kathleen Kennedy, company president. The facility is currently working on Age of Extinction, amongst other projects like a Hitman sequel, Jurassic Park 5, and Avengers: Age of Ultron.



Lucasfilms special effects area, Industrial Light & Magic, reports that this will be their biggest year yet. They are also in process on an animated feature that is yet unnamed, as well as a movie that will be screened as part of a theme park ride.

First Look at Age of Extinction Drift via Party City Catalog

Date: Wednesday, January 15th 2014 9:40pm CST
Category: Movie Related News
Posted by: Mindmaster | Credit(s): Charticon

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Here's tonight's second piece of Age of Extinction news! The folks who run the Charticon convention Facebook page announced that in an upcoming Party City catalog for Halloween 2014, Age of Extinction Drift is featured. As it happens, this also gives us our first good, albeit heavily pixelated, look at how Drift will appear in the upcoming film.



Based on this image, as well as the SD figurine image from a while back, it appears that rumors of a samurai motif are confirmed, as he sports armor much like those that follow the code of bushido.