2009 News Archive:

Here it is...the full preview of the Head Turn arounds for our next Club exclusive: Punch/Counterpunch! Click here to see the preview. If you are not a member yet, and would like to be able to pre-order this when it becomes available, be sure to...Join now!

Watch for a full preview of the Head turn arounds for our next Club exclusive figure: Punch/Counterpunch. However, if you are a current club member, be sure to login to the Members Only page for an exclusive first look at the design!

The latest spectacular adventure in the wildly popular TRANSFORMERS franchise will make its highly-anticipated DVD and Blu-ray debut on October 20, in two-disc Special Editions, as well as on a single disc DVD, from DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures in association with Hasbro.

Director Michael Bay delivers non-stop action and fun in an all-new adventure for the whole family...Click Here!

Witness the battles between the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons on the special DVD collectors set from Shout! Factory.

The epic story of good vs. evil that sparked the imaginations of fans worldwide finally arrives in a collectible, out-of-this-world, box set in stores on October 20th...Click Here!

Michael Bay has confirmed the scheduled release date for the third installment of the Transformers movie franchise on his offcial website!


Read the news and other updates on his official blog...Click Here!

Be sure to start checking your mailboxes for Issue 29 of the TCC Magazine. This issue features a look at the Transformers on the big screen, Animated Tech Specs, a 2010 preview as well part 5 of Reunification. Our Club story is reaching its conclusion and the moment five years in the making is almost here!


If you are not yet a member, be sure to...Join Here!

That's right! If you want a chance to have your art (comic, cgi or photograph) as the next cover of the TCC Magazine: all entries need to be emailed or received by August 25th. The winning entry will also receive THREE BotCon exclusive figures! So what are you waiting for?

Get those entries finished up and sent to pete@botcon.com. For additional details, check out Issue 28 of the TCC Magazine!

Issue 28 of the Transformers Collectors' Club Magazine is arriving in mailboxes and members will get their first look in print at our next Club exclusive, Punch/Counterpunch! Featured in this issue is our BotCon 2009 recap, several all new Shattered Glass Profiles, Transformers Animated Tech Specs, a look back at the toylines that were part of the Unicron trilogy and finally, part 4 of this years story: Reunification. Get ready for the twist that no one will have seen coming, not even Megatron!


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Hasbro has announced its full line-up of exclusive products that will be available at the Hasbro booth during the San Diego Comic-Con July 23-26.

Take a look at the full listing and the Official Hasbro Press Release...Click Here!

Paramount Home Entertainment (PHE) will be taking Comic-Con attendees to the final frontier and beyond for out-of-this-world fun celebrating some of the year’s hottest films, including Star Trek and Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen.

Check out the cool promotional items and full Press Release...Click Here!

Check out the retail exclusive Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Comic Book Prequel - only at Best Buy on June 21st! The comic book contains codes for unlocking content with Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, available on packages of associated merchandise. Click to view the comics Front Cover and Back Cover.

All Club Members...be sure to log in to the Club message boards and check out Hasbro's response to this months Q & A. The answers can be found in the Club News and updates forum!

Hasbro's excited to announce that Transformers fans attending BotCon 2009 in Pasadena, California, later this month (May 28-31) will have the opportunity to be some of the first fans anywhere to buy all-new Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie toys! Starting on Thursday, May 28, attendees can purchase the new movie toys at the Transformers Collectors' Club store at BotCon. (Note: While supplies last!)

This special inventory of product will feature an official "First Buy" gold foil sticker, adding to their collectability!

Hasbro and BotCon are thrilled to offer attending fans this opportunity and hope to see everyone in Pasadena in just a few short week! Please visit BotCon.com for more information!

For all you BotCon fans, now is the time to "Dare to Be Stuipd"! Our next big guest? The one, the only "WEIRD AL" Yankovic! You read that right. "Weird Al" is coming to BotCon on Saturday, May 30th! Al will be available for a very LIMITED number of autographs, but only Primus package holders will be able to get in the line...Read More!

Also, Burger King and Paramount Pictures announced their partnership for the summer blockbuster movies, including - Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen...Click Here!

The third in our series of Shattered Glass Prose stories debuts today on the Members only portion of the Transformers Collectors' Club site. Eye in the Sky follows a group of Heroic Decepticons and Evil Autobots as they try and figure out their surroundings on a stange new planet known as...Earth!

Written by S. Trent Troop and Greg Sepelak with Illustrations by Tom Whalen. If you are not yet a member...Join Today!

Fan favorite voice actor David Kaye is scheduled to attend BotCon 2009 in Pasadena, Ca. this May. He's just one of the many special guests that will be at the show to sign autographs and enjoy the exclusive Party at Paramount!

Don't miss this great event. For the latest BotCon news and information...Click Here!

Shout! Factory, in collaboration with Hasbro, Inc., unleashes the original animated TV series that started it all with THE TRANSFORMERS: The Complete First Season 25th Anniversary Edition DVD box set on June 16th.

A must-have for kids and kids-at-heart, the set features all season one episodes in the order they were intended, remastered audio, a collectible AUTOBOTS magnet and special bonus content. Read more...Click Here!

Just a week or so ago, the 25th Anniversary Soundwave Special Edition figure was revealed as one of Hasbro’s exclusive Transformers items for the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con. Today, Hasbro is excited to share with you another awesome Transformers Comic-Con exclusive! Check it out...Click Here!

Hasbro has provided the TCC a "first look" at the upcoming Special Edition - 25th Anniversary: Soundwave available at the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con!

That’s right, this summer fans will have an opportunity to grab the fan favorite G1 Soundwave, but that's not all! Read on for all the exciting details from Hasbro...Click Here!

UPDATE: The Soundwave offered at SDCC will in fact be the 1984 single tape deck version!

Check out the cover for a glimpse at all the Transformers excitement on tap for this year! This months issues has everything from Movie to Animated to BotCon and Shatteredverse...More Transformers than you can shake an energon rod at!

Interested in receiving the TCC Magazine? To get the Magazine, a Free Members only figure and other great perks, you can...Join Here!

With only 5 days left before the deadline arrives to receive this years FREE deluxe membership figure, we are pleased to present "The Desert Heat" featuring Heatwave! While Megatron and the Heroic Decepticons continue their fight against the tyranny of Optimus Prime on the Shattered Cybertron, a group of Decepticons led by Starscream take off in pursuit of Rodimus and his crew of twisted Autobots!

"The Desert Heat" is the comic prologue to our next Prose story, "Eye in the Sky," which will debut in early April. Available only to Club Members, this exciting new adventure will follow Heatwave, Starscream, Soundwave and other Decepticons as they try to stop Rodimus, though he and the Autobots may not be the only thing they have to worry about! The Shattered Universe comic story will continue as well in the pages of the Transformers Collectors' Club Magazine!

To be a part of the action be sure to check out our Benefits page. To see this years exclusive FREE DELUXE MEMBERSHIP figure, Heatwave, you can Click Here. Once you have done all that, be sure to Join Now!

And now, our exclusive online comic prologue, "The Desert Heat"...

All those interested in attending this great event, please take the time to read the brochure and ask questions before you send in your registration form...Click Here!

Here's the latest update from Monday nights Industry event and preview of Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen...Click Here!

Toy Fair Pictures are online now! Check out the best pictures on the web...Click Here!

Chevy is planning on unveiling the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Bumblebee ll at the Chicago Auto Show. To launch the event they will also be displaying the Movie replica used for the movie. To see how they assemble this awesome Autobot, head on over to Jalopnik to check it out.

For more on the Chicago Auto Show, be sure to visit here.

And finally, the video below offers an amazing look at the vehicles from Revenge of the Fallen!

Transformers Club members will need to have an active membership as of the March 16th, 2009 deadline to receive our exclusive FREE membership figure..HEATWAVE!

This Deluxe combiner figure will feature an all new Gestalt head mold and will complete the five year Club Member "combiner" figure set.

Paramount has updated their Transformers Movie website with the official teaser trailer for the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen...Click Here!

Keep watching for more movie updates!

Year 5 of the TCC Magazine starts off with a bang as we head back to the Shatteredverse for the thrilling conclusion to our 5 year story arc. What awaits Landquake, Breakaway and Topspin in this strange, backwards Universe? Has Skyfall truly met his end? Where will they turn for help as things seem to go from bad to worse? All this and more in our next exciting issue!

If you are a member and have not yet read the Shatteredverse prose story "Dungeons and Dinobots", be sure to log in and check it out. The follow up prose story "Do Over" will be available on the members site soon and ends right as the "Reunification" comic begins.

Artist Yuki Oshima of Kiss Play fame did us the great honor of creating an amazing cover for the "Do Over" prose story, which we also used as the cover to Issue 25. To check out the full size art be sure to check out our FunPubComics on DeviantART.

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We are pleased to announce that Robby Musso will be on art duties for the Year 5 TCC Magazine Club Comic story "Reunification". Having worked on Spotlight Ultra Magnus and Ramjet, we are excited for fans to see what he will bring to the TCC Magazine.

Reunification begins in Issue 25 and picks up after the Year 4 story Transcendent. In Issue 25 there will also be a recap of all of the events that have led to this climatic final chapter of our 5 year story arc.

Also, for a look at the final two pages of the Transcendent story - please check out our FunPubComics: DeviantART page...Click Here!

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