The NTFA Store takes orders for July comics -- posted by Groundsplitter on 23 April 2008, 02:33

The NTFA Store is now taking pre-orders for the July 2008 comics.

"The Decepticons have won, the Autobots are defeated, and the time for conquest is at hand!" This period I'm taking orders for All Hail Megatron #1 - the first issue of a 12-issue limited series set in the main Transformers continuity, about a year after the end of Revelations. It's an entirely new direction for the Transformers. How will humanity fare under Decepticon rule? And where are the Autobots?

How did we even end up in such a situation? Another piece of what happened in the missing year may perhaps be found in Transformers: Revelations, which continues with issue #2 - Spotlight: Hardhead.

Just like last month there are two comic books related to the Transformers movie in July - Movie Sequel: Reign of Starscream #3, plus Movie Prequel UK #1. The latter book presents the comic strips from the UK-exclusive Transformers Magazine - two stories will be collected in each issue (10-11 pages per story), with Optimus Prime and Megatron taking the spotlight in the first issue. Also in July, IDW offers Best of UK: Space Pirates #5.

Three trade paperbacks will be released in July. The Ark, volume 2 is the sequel/continuation to last year's compendium of Transformers animation models. This volume covers the Japanese series, from Headmasters in 1987 to Operation: Combination in 1992. A necessity for Transformers artists and fans of the cartoons. In addition to that, Classic Transformers, vol. 2 reprints issues #17-30 of Marvel's old Transformers series, and Transformers: The Animated Series, vol. 4 features another two episodes from the popular cartoon.

The last day to pre-order these items is Thursday 22 May.

New TF:Animated comic book coming soon -- posted by Groundsplitter on 19 April 2008, 11:48

A couple of days ago, IDWs new Transformers editor Denton J. Tipton revealed that a new Transformers: Animated comic book is in the making.

We already have a series of pocket-size trade paperbacks based on the televised cartoon and illustrated with images from that show, but this mini-series will feature original content, by the show's own writer Marty Isenberg, and original artwork, by Marcelo Matere and others. According to IDWs editor-in-chief Chris Ryall the mini-series will be in continuity and feature multiple stories.

The NTFA Store takes orders for June comics -- posted by Groundsplitter on 26 March 2008, 22:28

The NTFA Store is now taking pre-orders for the June 2008 comics.

Finally! After a number of slow months IDW is shaping up again, with a larger assortment of Transformers titles. The most eagerly awaited title this time is probably Transformers: Revelations - the sequel to Transformers: Devastation. Revelations is built up as a series of four Spotlights, and in the first issue the Spotlight is on Cyclonus.

There is also a regular Transformers Spotlight in June, this time starring one of the least(?) favourite characters in the Transformers Universe: Wheelie!

The Transformers Movie Sequel: Reign of Starscream continues with its third issue, but there is also a Special Movie Prequel issue, which collects two prequel stories previously only available exclusively from Target stores in the USA. In addition to this there is also Best of UK: Space Pirates # 4 (contents unknown), and G.I. Joe: America's Elite # 36, which is not only the final chapter of the 12-part World War III story arc, but also the final issue of Devil's Due's G.I. Joe series!

The last day to pre-order these items is Tuesday 22 April.

The NTFA Store takes orders for May comics -- posted by Groundsplitter on 26 February 2008, 15:58

The NTFA Store is now taking pre-orders for the May 2008 comics.

May offers the continuation of two already started Transformers titles, plus a quartet of trade paperbacks, of which one is Transformers: Animated, volume 3, featuring another two episodes from the popular cartoon.
The two Transformers comics are Transformers Movie Sequel: Reign of Starscream # 2 and Best of UK: Space Pirates # 3, and the remaining paperbacks are Transformers: Devastation, Best of UK: Dinobots, and Beast Wars: Sourcebook. In addition to this, we also get the eleventh and penultimate chapter of Devil's Due's World War III event, in G.I. Joe: America's Elite # 35.

The last day to pre-order these items is Saturday 22 March.

Marvel/TF Crossovers coming to the Nordic countries! -- posted by Fighbird on 25 February 2008, 17:02

Latest word from Hasbro Nordic is that the Nordic countries -- besides Animated and Classics/Universe -- also will be getting the Marvel/TF Crossovers toys! A tentative release date for the Crossovers says August/September 2008, in close proximity of the release date of August 2008 for the other Transformers lines.

On a related note, Transformers' old "sibling" line, G.I.Joe may appear on shelves once we get closer to the upcoming G.I.Joe movie premiering in 2009.

No Oscars for Transformers -- posted by Groundsplitter on 25 February 2008, 05:40

Transformers was nominated in three categories in the 80th Academy Awards, but lost all three:
"Best Visual effects" went to The golden compass, and "Best Sound" and "Best Sound editing" went to Bourne Ultimatum.

Toy Fair 2008: The next Transformers toy crossover - Marvel/Transformers. -- posted by Groundsplitter on 17 February 2008, 11:30

The 2008 Toy Fair is going on this weekend, in New York, USA. Two things of particular interest have been presented so far:

The upcoming Transformers Universe Classics toyline was on display, including two repainted Cybertron Voyager figures we didn't know about before (Soundwave repainted as Blaster, and Quickmix as Heavy Duty). WizardUniverse.com has a gallery of the present figures.

The other item of interest, the big surprise, is that Hasbro is following up on the Star Wars/Transformers series with another toy crossover: Marvel/Transformers. Apparently there were just two figures on display - an Incredible Hulk that transforms into a tank, and an Iron Man that transforms into a plane. The two crossover toylines will now be collected under the common label Transformers Crossovers, a name that at least hypothetically leaves a opening for even more toy crossovers in the future. Marvelous News has images of the Crossover toys.

TFW2005 has more coverage of the event, including more Movie toys and (regular) Universe toys.

G1 story editor/writer Steve Gerber passed away -- posted by Fighbird on 12 February 2008, 11:04

On Sunday, veteran comic book writer and story editor/writer for Sunbow (working on cartoon shows like Dungeons & Dragons, G.I.Joe and The Transformers), Steve Gerber, passed away after a long illness. He will be missed.

Read more here.

The NTFA Store takes pre-orders for April comics -- posted by Groundsplitter on 27 January 2008, 14:38

The NTFA Store is now taking pre-orders for the April 2008 comics.

The comics drought continues. In April we get a mere three Transformers comics, of which two are reprinting old stories.
The one new book is the Transformers Movie Sequel: Reign of Starscream # 1, which picks up where the Movie ended, with Starscream still at large, trying to gain new allies so the Decepticons can exact revenge on Earth and the Autobots.

As for the reprint books ... we have Best of UK: Space Pirates # 2, which continues the story from UK # 182-187 from 1988 (still no word on the series' length, so I'm guessing three issues for now), plus Best of UK: Dinobots # 6. Issue 6?? Yes, IDW has changed their mind again, and is re-extending the series - a necessity, since the clods added an 11-page story too many to #4 ("Victory", from the 1986 UK Annual), and now need a sixth issue for the final 11 pages of "In the National Interest". Issue 6 also contains a reprint from US # 8, "Repeat Performance".

From Devil's Due we get part ten of their World War III event, in G.I. Joe: America's Elite # 34.

The last day to pre-order these items is Friday 22 February.

Animated and Universe toy release date! -- posted by Fighbird on 24 January 2008, 14:05

Hasbro Nordic informs us today that Scandinavia will see Transformers Animated and Transformers Universe (aka Classics 2.0) toys on shelves around August 1, 2008.

No information on actual assortment contents, nor if we will get the TV show or not.

New "Animated" section with profiles -- posted by Groundsplitter on 31 December 2007, 07:51

Because of the start of Transformers: Animated last Wednesday, I have opened up a new section on the website. It has a little bit more content than the last few series - in addition to an episode list and a cast list, I have also uploaded profiles for 14 of the characters in the series.
Check it out here.

The NTFA Store takes pre-orders for March comics -- posted by Groundsplitter on 29 December 2007, 06:18

The NTFA Store is now taking pre-orders for the March 2008 comics.

In March IDW, by way of a change, offer two issues of the Transformers: Spotlight series - both Grimlock and Mirage gets a solo story each this time. March also offers Focus on... Decepticons, which gives us a sneak peek on what IDW has in store later this spring, with preview art, interviews and design sketches. And then there's a new reprint series, Best of UK: Space Pirates, which reprints UK # 182-187 from 1988. This story was collected in a trade paperback from Titan Books which is now sold out, so if you don't own the trade you may want to pick up this series.

Fun Publications goes quarterly with their third issue of Transformers: Timelines, which this time focuses on Nightbeat. And from Devil's Due we get part nine of their World War III event, in G.I. Joe: America's Elite # 33.

The last day to pre-order these items is Tuesday 22 January.

The NTFA Mini-Con movie is here! -- posted by BigPete on 20 December 2007, 22:02

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, the moment you've all been waiting for is here, just in time for Christmas!!!

Through the hard and very appreciated work by fellow NTFA member TFormer, the movie that documents the Arlöv NTFA Mini-Con is ready for your downloading and viewing pleasure!

It can be downloaded from Megaupload:

Click here to download the movie!

Size: 468.8 MB
Format: .wmv

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank TFormer for the work he put into this, and I'd also like to thank all the people who came and supported this event.

See you next year!

New footage from TF:Animated episode 1 -- posted by Fighbird on 11 December 2007, 15:15

Cartoon Network has opened up their website for the upcoming TF:Animated series with an episode guide for the first 29 episodes and a 3-minute peek at the first episode. The videoclip has been transferred to YouTube, and can be seen below, or alternately at Cartoon Network's TF:Animated website.

Of special interest to those who attended the NTFA Arlöv Mini-Con back in November, it would seem that this clip picks up right after where our special preview edit ended. Also seems to be from the exact same edit of the episode the we had access to, as there is still the "echo-effect" on all sounds except the speech. The theme song playing on the CN website seems to be a slightly different edit than what we were presented, but that could be because it has been modified for that particular website.


Direct link

Credits to NTFA member Super Optimus Prime and TFW2005.com for the YouTube link.

The NTFA Store takes pre-orders for February comics -- posted by Groundsplitter on 27 November 2007, 20:13

The NTFA Store is now taking pre-orders for the February 2008 comics.

A quite unremarkable month, February offers two trade paperbacks plus the continuation of a few already started titles - including one which IDW had led us to believe was finished already in December: Beast Wars: Sourcebook # 4. Regretfully it's becoming increasingly evident that you can never take IDW's information at face value - it's not the first time they've changed the length of a series in mid-run.

The other comic book titles are Transformers: Devastation # 6, Transformers Spotlight: Arcee, and G.I. Joe: America's Elite # 32. The two trade paperbacks are Transformers: Spotlight, volume 2 (with stories on Soundwave, Kup, Galvatron, Optimus Prime, and Ramjet) and Beast Wars: The Ascending.

The last day to pre-order these items is Saturday 22 December.