Idws flagship storyline was, for thirteen years, a rebooted continuity, which. Tfnation, europes largest transformers convention scheduled for august 1416, 2020 at the hilton birmingham metropole, posted the following update today in response to the ongoing covid19 pandemic, we have taken the decision not to proceed with this years event, which had been scheduled to run from 14th 16th august. See more ideas about transformers masterpiece, transformers and transformers 3. The transformers cartoons comics have fifteen silo continuities, so third parties can really pander to one beloved character representation. The transformers was a comic published by marvel uk for 332 issues, from 1984 to 1991. The amazing, the mighty, the incredible, the invincible marvel comics has brought us some of the most recognizable comic book characters. Kfc eavi metal phase 6b dumpyard metallic version 3rd.
They are definitely for the dedicated collector and for those willing to spend the, sometimes, extortionate price they are, but in my eyes they are fantastic. The war within marks an interesting point in transformers history. There were transformers tshirts, transformers bedspreads, a cartoon series and a movie. Mar 30, 2009 star saver is masterpiece and victory leo is a third party from kfc. Third party company shockwave lab have uploaded, via their weibo account, images of their new shockwave lab sl75 upgrade kit for earthrise ironworks. Transformers masterpiece, transformers optimus prime, super robot, cartoon pics, reference images, action figures, third party, life, birthday cakes. Popular features include daily news, toy galleries, a message board, a podcast, and more than meets the eye. Despite the grumblings of some of the fans, especially on this board, the 2019 ongoing series is performing notably stable in its sales. Revenge of the fallen, written by simon furman with art by carlos magno.
Megatron 3rd party submitted 1 year ago by gamertoons. Id also recommend backtracking to transformers 22 and 23 by the more than meets the eye writer if you enjoy that series, ties into it a bit regarding optimus and megatron. I had 300 of the g1 transformers at one time and still retain many new and third party toys. For those who have been waiting for idw publishings transformers animated. Transformers marvel uk reprint transformers classics. Between my transformers collection, online comic book sites and. The american cartoon was the core fiction or tree trunk. Devil saviour ds04 smash revenge of the fallen long haul color prototype. Dark of the moon movie adaptation 2011 a fourpart comic adaptation of the film released in july 2011. Unique toys is a chinese toy company specializing in third party transformer toys established in 2012.
It contained a single transformers story, along with varying backup strips. Transformers is a comic book series by idw publishing, based upon the 2007 transformers movie. May 31, 2017 generation one marvel uk comic book 19841991 the uk transformers comics were created as original content filler material to fit around reprints of the american marvel transformers comic book in the uk. Featured brands include wwe, power rangers, transformers, my little pony, star wars and many more. Marvel uk strips which were originally printed in blackandwhite have been. Get the scoop on all the popular comics, games, movies, toys, and more every day. James is known to fans for his work on dreamwaves transformers armada, has provided hasbro with packaging art, and does cover art for idws transformers books.
The transformers generation one matrix transformers generation one or g1 means different things to different fans in the various transformers communities. Transformers comic was a british comic book series based on the transformers toyline and film series, published monthly by titan magazines from 2007 to 2014. The transformers generations voyager class autobot springer is the first figure by hasbro based on the characters in the idw publishing comic book universe rather than the franchises current trend focusing on the transformers video games, cartoons, and live action movies. See more ideas about transformers masterpiece, transformers and transformers g1. This article is about actual licensed third parties. The stories were written by forrest lee and illustrated by dan khanna. Storm collectibles mortal kombat sektor 112 scale figure. Cybertron balancing act edit balancing act, released by idw in april 2007, is a collection of stories from the hasbro collectors club magazine that were published from 2005 to 2006. The first part is just okay, but the third part is not very good. These toys can be completely original designs, new molds based on existing characters, addon sets for existing transformers toys. Transformers comic creator online game make your own comic. Want your advice on these optimus prime transformers gi joe, 80s cartoon shows. Toy dojo online toy store for transformers, 3rd party.
These parts are inspired by the original design of g1 micromaster ironworks station. See more ideas about transformers, transformers toys and transformers g1. Maketoys downbeat and sunstreaker badcube sunsurge third. The general plot and story might be proceeding at a glacial pace, but the title demonstrates a stability that the brand has not seen since the mtmte and rid. Recommended to fans of deaths head, the marvel uk comics, and the more obscure transformers characters. The transformers wasnt just a huge hit for marvel stateside, but around the world, particularly in the uk. When the well of reprintable material ran dry, british talent was. The stories of their lives, their hopes, their struggles, and their triumphs are chronicled in epic sagas that span an immersive and exciting universe where everything is more than meets the eye. There would be flashbacks or references, but this series was the first to explore and explain the era. To celebrate the debut issue of transformers 84 comic book miniseries. Something original and exciting with a cool look and plenty of accessories. For those not in the know, third party transformers refer to unlicensed action figures and accessories produced by smaller companies including fansproject, justitoys and maketoys.
Easy to connect via 5 mm ports and they are compatible with siegeearthrise blast effects. A third party is a non hasbro or takaratomy company that produces transformers branded product under a license from either hasbro or takaratomy. This was followed by a second volume titled transformers. For unlicensed toys based on transformers, see ip theft. Sure, hasbro and takara not to mention third party sellers are as devoted. I only own maketoys quantron at the moment, however he has a few issues. An interesting teaser image has appeared on the chinese toy forum actoys of what could be a third party star saber. Thankfully, the legendary 3rd party company xtransbots has you covered. As warned by members of the transformers trading facebook group i frequent, purchasing one of these things is never enough. I hope they release a bigger version or another third party makes a.
Ive owned or still own every transformers issue thats ever been in print, and at my height my total comic collection was about 20,000. Justitoys has posted some interesting information on their facebook page regarding the third party predacon project mentioned at the tfcon third party panel. Many transformers fans in the uk and eu wanted to get unicron, but now. The collection aims to republish every single generation 1 comic ever made. Arriving off in response to the storming success of galoobs micro machines toyline, the micromasters were tiny transformers covering just about every vehicular corner imaginary. Place of registration united kingdom registered office address 4 the square, stockley park, uxbridge middlesex ub11 1et united kingdom vat number. Thirdparty unlimited is a page dedicated to the transformers thirdparty community, bringing the latest news, rumors, pictures and toy. Tfsource is the best place for 3rd party transformers collectible toys and figures. Transformers artist james raiz to attend tfcon orlando 2020. Published largely biweekly from 1984 to 1990, marvel uk s the transformers was, like most of the imprints titles, comprised of choppedup reprints of the us comic. Unfollow third party transformers to stop getting updates on your ebay feed.
Transformers based on the toy lines of the same name. Transformers best of uk omnibus dinobots, space pirates, time wars idw. Which leads me to the main problem with these third party transformers. His youtube channel theboxofficeartist has over 1 million subscribers. Idea and design works, llc currently holds the transformers comic book license as of may 2005, following the financial collapse of the previous license holder, dreamwave productions, at the tailend of 2004. Transformers official website more than meets the eye. Xtransbots 3rd party transformers collectible figures. Still relatively costly for a toy her size, in the world of third party transformers shes a steal. Aug 9, 20 transformers masterpiece takara mp09 rodimus prime transformers.
It initially featured strips reprinted from american comics and graphic novels, but later included original comic strips. What makes a transformer a transformer the hobbydb blog. My first thirdparty transformer is a complicated woman kotaku uk. This figure will be produced by an as of yet unnamed 3rd party group. Nefarious is scheduled to be out in comic book stores on wednesday, march 17th, although it does not appear on some stores shipping lists for the week.
Play transformers comic creator online game to make your own comic book transformers. One of the questions i am asked most often is my opinion on so called third party transformers. Generation 2, which ran for 12 issues starting in 1993. As time and again so many other transformers are copied by third party companies, there is apparently. These toys can be completely original designs, new molds based on existing characters and addon sets for existing transformers toys. From their longstanding comic book series or todays record setting box office hits, bigbadtoystore has more than a few marvel action figures and collectibles you may be interested in. Jun 10, 2019 after ending their previous ongoing comprehensive transformers universe series in 2018, publisher idw decided to immediately reboot the ip in order to tell a new tale involving the coming of the great decepticonautobot civil war, and coincidentally attempt to reboot the transformers readership and interest which had been flagging significantly in the final year of their past publications. New third party company devil saviour formerly known as bombusbee is really working fast. Anubis was available exclusively at kapow toys in the uk unsurprisingly, as he is mostly a uk guy and i couldnt resist getting him. The first issue of this 4part miniseries will be available april 1st 2020. His other comic book credits include doctor who, deaths head, deaths head 3. These are the 15 best transformers stories of all time. Tfcon is pleased to welcome transformers comic book artist james raiz to tfcon orlando 2020.
The format of the comic changed several times during its. Shockwave is tasked with reassembling the fractured decepticons. This wednesday, the comic will ship to comic book in three covers, two. Some of the stand out figures were the voyager sized g1 skyfire but a yet unnamed 3rd party company, make toys showing off their computron figure, make toys swerve with drinks tray and additional damaged faced head and fans project revealing their quickswitch figure. All this and much, much more on this episode of transmissions alt mode. Third party products are openly displayed by various sellers at botcon in plain sight of hasbro, and even though some fans insist on asking hasbro about third party products at every botcon panel, hasbro have tried to dodge the issue, referring to their s and generally just trying to ignore those third party products existence. Some collectors will not have them anywhere near their transformers as they arent official hasbro or takara product. Im a massive fan of the transformers generation 1 comic book series in particular the uk run of the book which featured the autobots crack commando team the wreckers, of which twin twist was a key original member, and having already collected the rest of the team through a combination of official and third party figures, i couldnt wait to add this action figure to my collection. Every collector wants exciting new figures that wont break the bank. Taken from television, film and over thirty years of comic books, these are the best transformers stories of all time.
Hot toys movie masterpiece 16 scale figure avengers. All are in good condition and were used for display purposes. The micromaster transformers are some of my favourite toys ever and the bases were a big part of that. There have been three main publishers of the comic book series bearing the name. Feral rex is regarded as the godtier 3rd party combiner. As you can see in the image mirrored below the project is labeled db201 armored.
If youre searching for parts, upgrades or addons weve got you covered. We stock anything from limited edition collectables and comic con exclusives to minifigures. Until you earn points all your submissions need to be vetted by other comic vine. A third party transformer toy is a transformable toy created intended to be part of the transformers series by an unlicensed 3rd party toy company. They have uploaded via their weibo account images of the color prototype of their ds04 smash revenge of the fallen long haul. Originally reprints of the us comic, the uk comic eventually. Thirdparty unlimited is a page dedicated to the transformers third party community, bringing the latest news, rumors, pictures and toy. Transformers robots, transformers prime, rare comic books, gi joe, transformers collection, transformers masterpiece, video game cosplay, third party transformers masterpiece transformers g1 anime travel viajes cartoon movies anime music traveling animation. Through more than twenty years of comics and tv shows, audiences were never given a look at the early days of the great war. Transformers masterpiece takara mp09 rodimus prime. With more than 1,000 unique 3rd party transformers from more than 60 brands, tfsource offers whatever youre looking for. Transformers are living, humanlike robots with the unique ability to turn into vehicles or beasts. Challenging the notion that fans cant spend enough money on transformers, the third party transforming robot market produces highquality dream toys with hefty price tags. See more ideas about transformers, transformers toys and transformers masterpiece.
My first thirdparty transformer is a complicated woman. Unique toys was created in 2012 from a company called chms, who specialized in copying hasbro classic transformer molds and releasing them in new colors. Sl75 kit adds a new windmill and rocket launcher for ironworks. Hazard, prototype pictures will be available next week. There is starsaber in there but im not sure if its a ko or not. Downbeat and sunstreaker badcube sunsurge third party transformers. The sonic drill figure is finicky as hell, and i cut off a hunk of plastic on his combiner joint because it was incredibly hard to disconnect from leg mode, cutting off a chunk just made life easier and you dont. Feb 10, 2015 challenging the notion that fans cant spend enough money on transformers, the third party transforming robot market produces highquality dream toys with hefty price tags. Behind the scenes of transformers 84 comic book miniseries. Soul of chogokin gx89 space battleship yamato garmillas warship. In summary then, the third party transformers arent for everyone.
Whether youre seeking a masterpiece scaled warrior with an ultra cool alt mode like xtransbots toro or a seafaring bot. Also, giant alien robots kick the crap out of each other. Azalea, an obvious homage to arcee, the original female transformer, is actually one of three thirdparty creations my wife allowed me to purchase from toy dojo after a nonstop barrage of web. It consisted of reprinted material from the american transformers comic, as well as original uk material. The transformers, the monthly comic book published in the u. The majority of g1 fans think of the 1980s sunbowmarvelhasbro cartoon when they hear the term, or the toys that cartoon was designed to sell.
Airplanespacecraft mastermind creations neutral reformatted third party. Whether youre searching for parts, accessories, upgrades or addons for your existing stash, or hunting for new fully transforming robots and figures, our selection of 3rd party transformers has you covered. The 15 best transformers stories of all time screenrant. The first series was produced by marvel comics from 1984 to 1991, which ran for 80 issues and produced four spinoff miniseries. St01 statue apollo series sdt03 add on fan style ph03 articulating hand mp18. Adult collectors have been a factor in the toy collecting market for a long time, but in 2014, thirty years after optimus prime rolled out, the 3050 aged. Dec 15, 2016 the transformers boast a deep mystical mythology akin to star wars and the weighty concepts of war philosophy and moral ambiguities of star trek. The uk, like japan, often serializes stories in comics and magazines, with several unrelated stories or features in each issue. Transformers comic dub till all are one starscream seduces blastoff. A third party 3p transformer toy is a transformable toy created intended to be part of the transformers series by an unlicensed third party toy companies. Introduction for many collectors in the world of socalled third party. Kapow toys brings unicron, super 7 nycc exclusive, new. Balancing act, released by idw in april 2007, is a collection of stories from the hasbro collectors club magazine that were published from 2005 to 2006. Thanksto tfw2004 for pointing out concept images of a 3rd party transformers micromaster countdown figure, named moonraker according to mr.