When the TFCC gave us modern updates of Generation 1 Targetmasters Spinister and Needlenose last year, a few of us were left thinking, “where is Quake”? Here’s the answer to that question – he’s in Titans Return!

Titans Return Quake is a reuse of the Titans Return Hardhead, one of the first Titans Return figures. Quake sports a new head, which does a good job of recreating the features of the original character, and the deco does a good job of recreating the color arrangement of the original Generation 1 Quake figure. The thunderbolt designs from the original Quake make it into this version too. Quake, like Hardhead, has excellent articulation including wrist swivels, which is appreciated. Unfortunately, as a reuse of Hardhead, Quake is no longer his original classic tank form but a high-tech tank. It’s a departure, but it is also to be expected – he’s a very obscure character, and this is probably the only new version of Quake we’re likely to see. Would we have liked a more faithful tank mode? Yes. But are we grateful for having a Quake at all to complete the 1988 Targetmaster Decepticons? Absolutely.

Check out our gallery to see nearly 200 photos of this cool update to this Decepticon Targetmaster.

Titans Return Quake Gallery

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A new comic preview has been uploaded to Apple’s iBooks service, this time for IDW Publishing’s Optimus Prime #12 preview! Thundercracker arrives at the Decepticons’ home of Sanctuary Station to see how things are doing, and we get to say hello to some characters who have been absent for some time, such as Cosmos and Sky-Byte. Theirs are not the only comebacks, however, as Robots in Disguise artist Andrew Griffith returns to Transformers fill in for this issue! The comic’s due for release on November 1, but before then, you can check out the three-page preview after the break.

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Reinforcing the importance of China to the continuing financial success of The Transformers properties, recently noted here and during The Last Knight’s theatrical run here, Lorenzo di Bonaventura talked about how that relationship best functions during a film’s production from script to screen as part of his “Close Ups – A Conversation with…” address at the 4th annual UCFTI in Los Angeles.

“You can guess, but a co-producing partner can help you with that [navigating what material might upset Chinese officials],” said the producer. [He] provided an example of when they were shooting a Transformers scene in Hong Kong. “They didn’t want the Hong Kong police to be shamed, which was never a concern because it’s a very heroic movie. We didn’t have to bend for that; there’s different criteria for different places,” he added.

We also learned about the value of product placement to The Last Knight’s media campaign (a cool $20m) and the robot cast size (4) of a certain upcoming Bumblebee film. Read the full article here, then join the discussion on the 2005 boards!

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TFW2005 friend and sponsor Robot Kingdom have sent through their latest newsletter. Check some highlights below and read on for the full listing!

ROBOTKINGDOM.COM Newsletter #1399

Hi,
Here is a quick update from www.robotkingdom.com.

1. Starting from 11th September 2017, for all Star Wars orders over USD60 will come with a FREE Star Wars plastic folder as GIFT!
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Thanks to a report from fellow 2005 Boards member Collectotron we can inform that Transformers: The Last Knight Legion Class Dragonstorm Spotted In UK.

This small but great figure was found with Legion Megatron at Debenhams in Leicester Highcross for £8 each which is 10.54 UD Dollars approximately. 

Happy hunting for all UK fans. Keep reporting your sightings around the world at the 2005 Boards!

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Good news for all TLK collectors in USA. Thanks to 2005 Boards member GiganGoji for reporting that Transformers The Last Knight Deluxe Cogman Is Out At US Toys R Us.

GiganGoji sent us a picture and receipt of his recent sighting at Toys R Us in Olympia, Washington for 19.99 Dollars.  He also reports 2 Cogmans, 2 Bees, 1 Strafe, and 1 Crosshairs on the store.

Happy hunting for all TLK fans, we hope you can finally add Cogman into your collections. Stay tuned for more sightings at the 2005 boards!

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Newsarama has shared the a new IDW First Strike #6 Full Preview for your viewing pleasure.

This time we get a new 5-page preview of the final issue of the latest mega-crossover in the Hasbro Comic Universe. Scarlett leads a team formed by Transformers, G.I Joe and M.A.S.K to the final battle against Joe Colton and his allies. A lot of action and consequences for the future of all Hasbro franchises.

First Strike #6

Mairghread Scott & David Rodriguez (w) • Max Dunbar (a) • Freddie E. Williams II (c)
War for the Core! Deep within Cybertron, the ultimate weapon to kill all Transformers is about to be activated! Meanwhile, Elita One plans to stop the weapon—by killing every human on Cybertron! Either way, looks like some species on Cybertron is going down unless Optimus Prime and Scarlett can save the day…

FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Bullet points:
– The Hasbro comic book crossover event of 2017 is here!
– The wild ride ends here! Who will live? Who will die? What will happen to Cybertron?
– Expect both a satisfying conclusion and the start of a whole new era!
– Variant covers by Jay Fosgitt, Davide Fabbri, and Leonardo Manco!

You can see the mirrored images of the preview after the jump, and then join to the discussion at the 2005 Boards!

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We’ve got word of a pair of new Rescue Bots toys currently hitting US retail. Rescue Bots Rescan 2017 Wave 3 features a new mold Optimus Prime in a cool Diaclone Powered Convoy blue deco, and a new version of Chase as a stegosaurus, this time known as “Chase the Dino-Protector”. Check out the lightbars on the front legs of the dino mode!

The pair were spotted on the pegs of a Walmart in Martinez, CA, and are doubtless also making their way to other stores across the US. 

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TFW2005 friend and sponsor The Chosen Prime bring you their newsletter for this week. Check out the highlights below and then read on for the full listing!

Greetings from The Chosen Prime!

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Let us know if there’s a particular figure you’re looking for that isn’t listed on the website. Happy shopping!

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Ocular Max PS-11 OMNE
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TFNation have announced the dates for their third UK Transformers convention! TFNation 2018 will be taking place over the weekend of 17-19 August 2018. The venue will once again be the Hilton Birmingham Metropole in Birmingham, England.

Further details will be announced in due course – in the meantime, be sure to bookmark the TFNation homepage and follow TFNation on Facebook for future updates!

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Thanks to fellow 2005 Boards member Mglaighton120 for reporting in our forums that there will be 4K Releases Of The First 4 Live-Action Movies Coming On December 5th.

BestBuy.com has listings for Transformers 2007, Revenge Of The Fallen, Dark Of The Moon, and Age of Extinction 4K versions with HDR. They are scheduled for release on December 5th and you can pre-order them now for $27.99. 

If you are a fan of the live-action movies, don’t miss the opportunity to get them in one of the best video qualities available.

You can check the mirrored covers after the break and then sound off at the 2005 Boards!

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We’ve got a report that a new Transformers The Last Knight toy has finally arrived at US retail. The Last Knight’s Legion class Dragonstorm was spotted in a Meijer in Ft Wayne, IN. Hound, who is included in the Wave 3 case with Dragonstorm but does not carry over to the Wave 4 Legion class cases was not spotted – and given that the recent UK sighting of Dragonstorm is thought to have been the Wave 4 case assortment, it’s possible that Wave 3 – and by extension Hound – has been skipped over and this is Wave 4 arriving.

All we know right now is that Dragonstorm is hitting pegs in Meijers stores. Hopefully Hound just sold out before the boards member reporting this story got there, rather than his assortment being missed in a testament to the line’s noticeably poorer than average distribution.

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A new conventions in Singapore, titled Botfest, has been underway this weekend. Mastermind Creations is in attendance with productions samples from their Ocular Max and Reformatted line. Included with their Reformatted figures is a new reveal, Nitro. Nitro is a retool of Reformatted Calidus (Rodimus) into Nitro Convoy/Override from Galaxy Force/Transformers Cybertron.  Thanks to U. Nem Studios and Butterfly Effect TF Box on Facebook for supplying a ton of new images. Additionally, there are a ton of images of the latest incoming projects from various 3rd party companies like X-Transbots, KFC, Open Play, FansHobby and Maketoys. You can » Continue Reading.

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We are back with our weekly Transformers Universe: Bumblebee Movie News Roundup.

The biggest piece of info dropped on us last week is the fact that there will only be 4 robot cast members for the movie. One of the robots is [obviously] Bumblebee and we know of a possible Decepticon in the form of a red 1971 Plymouth GTX. This leaves 2 more for us to find out who or what they are. But if you direct your memory back to the early days if filming, you may know that the film crew advised not to bring cars to the set that are Yellow, Red, Black and White. Therefore it can be speculated that the remaining two bots are Black and White in color.

Meanwhile composer Steve Jablonsky stated that he may not be able to produce music for the Bumblebee movie since his hands are full with three other movie projects. However, it is worth noting that Mr. Jablonsky is under the impression that the movie will be released in Summer 2018 rather than Christmas 2018. Since scoring only happens during the final stages of post production, we can guess that there is still a chance for him to compose if approached by Paramount.

If we move back onto the set of the movie, we will learn that principal photography has entered what may be the final week. It comes as no surprise since we only learned last week that it was only just 2 weeks of filming left to do. Actor Jason Drucker was spotted heading to the Los Angeles set of Bumblebee Movie. He later uploaded some on set photos along with a photo of him wearing a classic Bumblebee headgear.

We also learned that star actress Hailee Steinfeld‘s brother Griffin Steinfeld is also present on the set for an unspecified role. Griffin is known as a professional race car driver on the NASCAR circuit.

Speaking of which, the actress herself Snapchatted several pics showcasing what looks as though a Blue Screen in the background. Therefore, we can conclude that a closed set is being used in the final days of filming for CGI related elements.

We hope you enjoyed reading our news roundup. We’ll see you next week with the possibility of filming wrapped up for Transformers Universe: Bumblebee. Don’t forget to checkout the images, after the jump. Happy weekend and have a great week ahead.

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Courtesy of Daimchoc via the facebook page of Robin Tham, we have one more new reveal from this years Botfest in Singapore. During the Maketoys panel, the group revealed the next figure in their Cross Dimension line will be their version of GodBomber. This figure will be a separate release from their Thunder Manus with Divine Armor. That release will not feature combining parts, while MTCD-04 will be a fully transformable Godbomber style figure that can also disassemble and form the armor parts for Cross Dimension’s Thunder Manus. Which is ideal for anyone who wants the full Ginrai experience » Continue Reading.

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Late last month we reported the news of Hasbro applying for a new trademarked titled “Movie Edition” along with a logo revealed. Today, thanks to Facebook page TFCN, we get a blurry first look of what could possibly be the first figures to launch with this new movie edition series.

Transformers (2007) Brawl and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Megatron appear to make another toy debute. It’s hard to analyze the blurry images, but it clearly shows that they are now extremely detailed, better proportioned, and have an amazing looking robot and alt mode (at least for Brawl). These are confirmed to be transformable figures due to the popular “number of steps” logo on the packaging. Furthermore, word has it that they’ll be in a voyager sized scale.

Along with the fantastic looking figures, they’ll also come with backdrops and stands for you to pose the figures and have a dynamic setting for displaying. We still do not have solid concrete information on when these will be released or how much they’ll retail for, but stick to TFW to be the first to know.

Check out the images after the jump!

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With Seth’s immediate fire-safety confirmed, he joins Vangelus for a weekend Transformers podcast quickie.

You can download and comment on it here: WTF@TFW – Episode 481

Check out the WTF@TFW blog here.

If you use iTunes and regularly subscribe to podcasts, you can add us to your player and have the software download each episode automatically each time we update. To do that, and give us a reviews on iTunes, click here: Transformers Podcast on iTunes. We’re now also offering ways to subscribe by Android, Email, and RSS!

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Thanks to 2005 Boards member Type-R for sharing with us our first images of the Star Wars Powered By Transformers Tie Advanced X1 Darth Vader Actual Prototype Images in our forum.

We had previously reported full color images of this new crossover transforming figure, but via Twitter and Facebook this is our first look at the actual gray prototype that let us have a good look at the details and parts of the mold.

One thing to notice is that we can catch a glimpse of the transformation sequence shown in a panel behind the prototype. It looks like a fun figure to transform.

You can check the mirrored images after the break, and then let us know your impressions at the 2005 Boards.

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Thanks to 2005 Boards member griffin-of-oz we can report some new Australian sightings: The Last Knight Deluxes Wave 2, Robots in Disguise and Rescue Bots.

Australian Movie fans had to be very patient, but after 4 months of waiting TLK Deluxes Wave 2 figures (Drift, Slug, Steelbane, Sqweeks) are finally available at BigW stores together with TLK 1-step Wave 3 (Scorn, Drift, Cogman).

BigW stores are also carrying the final Wave of RID Warrior toys with Bludgeon, Thermidor and Twinferno.

And for Rescue Bot fans, Kmart stores got Rescue Bots Stegosaurus Chase and the new Optimus Prime truck.

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And it’s time for our weekly round up of concept art images of The Last Knight. We are sure you will enjoy thise week’s set of images of Transformers The Last Knight Concept Art: Barricade Alternate Head & Glasses, Dead Knight Climb Down.

As usual, thanks to all members of our 2005 Boards for sharing these great images in our forums. You can find the pictures on the next threads:

– Barricade Alternate Head & Glasses By Josh Nizzi. Barricade had an early idea for his head, similar to the one we saw in previous movies, but Josh Nizzi surprised us with the inclusion of a cool pair of shades for the popular Decepticon bad cop. None of these ideas got into the final production but we are sure you will have a lot to comment about it.

– Dead Knight By Furio Tedeschi. We have 3 big views of a long dead Cybertronian Knight, showing the great amount of details that the artist put into this art. Great and creepy scene at the same time.

You can also check the mirrored images after the jump and then sound off at the 2005 Boards!

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