Auf der diesjährigen Auto Assembly wird es ein Exklusiv von einer 3rd Party Firma geben. Keiths Fantasy Club und Sensible Collectibles haben ein Upgrade Kit entworfen, mit dem man aus dem First Edition Transformers Prime Vehicon einen Transformers Prime Barricade machen kann. Dazu gehören ein neuer Kopf, Licht und neue Sticker. Das Set wird es in zwei Varianten geben, in Gold und in Silber. Das Goldene Set wird es nur auf der Convention geben und das dann auch noch limitiert pro Person 1 Stück. Das Silberne Set wird es in den nächsten 24 h auf der Web Seite der Auto Assembly zum bestellen geben. Das ist auch limitiert, aber hier bekommt man dann schon 2 pro Person.

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Wir haben ein weiteres Interview mit Peter Cullen gefunden, in dem spricht er auch über die letzte Staffel von Transformers Prime Beast Hunters, aber er spricht auch über Transformers 4.

IGN: When last we saw Optimus on Transformers Prime, things weren’t going so well for him, to say the least.
Cullen: Yeah, he had a rough go last season, but I think he gets up on his feet… You wouldn’t have a Season 3 without Prime getting on his feet! But it was a surprise to me too, because I’ve been through that once before in my life many, many years ago. I croaked and didn’t come back for 20-odd years, but that’s not the case with our Season 3 and Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters.

IGN: What are you most excited about this season?
Cullen: We’re introducing whole new characters. I can’t get into too much detail about it, but I know the kids will be excited and the adults as well. Certainly there are great characters and great acting. The Predaking character is phenomenal and Frank Welker as Megatron is back at his best, making it difficult for me. Steve Blum is full force, as usual. And I’m really looking forward to the viewing again tonight. It’s something that I think everybody is going to enjoy on March 22nd.

IGN: This is the last season. Does it build towards a big finale for the Transformers story?
Cullen: I don’t think there’s ever going to be a big finale. I think, as all series go, it’s always a transformation – there’s a good word! – into another environment. But it’s pretty much like man going to the moon, you know? "Well, that was one season, but now we’re going to Mars! Now there’s a whole new adventure there!" Who knows? I think it’s just as exciting to be wondering where it’s going to go next, you know?

IGN: We know the next feature film is coming. Have you had any conversations about that and Optimus’ role?
Cullen: I just know that I’m going to be part of it and I’m very happy about that and I’m looking forward to getting into production. I think that is sometime in the late spring and for a 2013 premiere. So Michael Bay has an awful lot of time to do his magic.

IGN: What do you think it is about Transformers that has made it so long lasting and able to keep reinventing itself?
Cullen: Some very brilliant, genius people, years ago, conceived this idea that drilled a great space into youthful imagination and it has stayed alive all these years because it is something that had never been done before... Certainly for a kid to play with a toy that became a character that he could relate to, one way or the other, whether mischievous or whether good or whatever – all of the characters took some form of popularity, to one person or another. But the ability for a franchise to pick up on that so many years ago and to keep it alive, I think is a blessing and I don’t see it ever failing or going anywhere. It’s a wonderful franchise that Hasbro came up with and The Hub network is doing a wonderful job of displaying that along with Discovery, so it’s just a great opportunity and I hope it keeps up for another 30 years!

Quelle: ign.com

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Hier haben wir zwei Interviews mit Peter Cullen zu Transformers Prime Beast Hunters.

Quelle: comicsonline

MTV Geek: You have a couple generations who know your voice acting as Optimus Prime. What goes through your mind as you’re processing that?
Cullen: I would have to say a mixture of feelings. Certainly, it’s an honor and I never forget that fact. It is staggering when you isolate a thought like that and think about it. But there’s responsibility to it, there’s gratitude, there’s that sense of awe that it could actually happen.
When you really do think about it, you ask the same questions: “How did that happen?” and “Who do I thank?,” “Who are the many, many people and the many ingredients that were necessary to allow all that to happen, where does the gratitude actually go?” But I do take it quite seriously, as you can tell. (laughs)

Geek: What has changed for you as Prime over the years, and even since doing The Hub show?
Cullen: Well, I think the ingredients changed, but certainly not the good versus evil, and the way we approach that. That seems to be always relevant and predominant. We’re going into Season 3 and it really is kind of exciting because it’s not just Autobots and Decepticons. We’re getting into something else … just the hint of the name, Beast Hunters. That’s a prequel to what’s going to happen imaginatively. We’ve done that before, we dealt with it in Dinobots, and things like that. But this is huge. This is much, much bigger, and it takes it to a new level.

Geek: Has your approach to voicing Prime changed over the years or it is very much the same as in ’84?
Cullen: It’s exactly the same. And, you know, the ingredients that I used way back then are the same ingredients that temper my interpretation and my feeling, and in the end result, the expression of it. It’s a feeling. It’s a feeling that I have when I put all the ingredients of his character together. It’s what comes out of me that comes from other places, and my past, and my life, my upbringing.
Everybody’s going to approach a character differently, depending upon what they bring to it on their own intellectual level or their feelings from their heart and soul. And this just happens to be mine, and it just stays with me. I can’t stray from it, it comes up because that’s the way I feel it and that’s the way I interpret it. I always will, I always try to stay very true to what he says, and I fight for his character traits because sometimes there are written-down lines that I would take exception to because I would say, “in my gut, I don’t think he’d say that.” I’m sure that goes for a lot of other characters as well; people want to fight for maintaining that integrity that they’ve had since the beginning.

Geek: When you first began, did the voice of Prime feel like any other job, and what was the moment where it struck you that this was bigger and not like other gigs?
Cullen: I could feel that at the very beginning in the audition. The way it was written. The way the character was drawn out. The way his whole character traits were portrayed; I felt something about that and I felt tuned to it immediately. I just felt very good about it. The originators had probably had enough in their lifetime of big, brawny, yelling, or over-the-top hero stuff. This all of a sudden was a subtle calm, in my interpretation. I exercised the instincts that I had easier than any other character that I have ever done.
I remember auditioning for Batman at one time, and I delivered that sense of calmness, but I didn’t get the job. I thought, “Well…” Prime came along, and I said “Gee, whiz! This is a great opportunity, because it’s written better.” And I felt more comfortable with it. I was surprised, because, as you said, a lot of people go out and audition every day and do lots of different jobs, and you never really rely on anything at any time. But this I really felt comfortable with.

Geek: As the fandom has grown over the years, and people approach you with questions, have you had to become a Transformers encyclopedia?
Cullen: Gratefully, no. Because that encyclopedia is (laughs) about 3 inches thick. There’s so much written down … I went on the Web one time, and looked up the first one; I think it was Wikipedia. And I just saw how huge the Transformers information, storylines, were. And I’m sure that “Beast Hunters” is going to be as big.

Geek: If this is the third and final season of “Transformers: Prime,” does this then mean that we’re going to see future seasons of “Transformers: Beast Hunters”? Is this going to be a reboot that will continue into a new series?
Cullen: I just say “Transformers: Prime” is a title, and it could be the title of one episode, or it could be the title of 65. But Transformers, I’m sure, is gonna continue, and Beast Hunters, I would just look at it as another chapter … every show is a spin-off from the last one. We’re always looking forward to doing more. It doesn’t seem to be a finality from anything that I’ve seen.

Geek: Since you’ve worked with so many, what differentiates this voice cast from others?
Cullen: This is probably one of the great casts that I’ve ever worked with, and one of the most fun times of any show I’ve ever done … I think it’s just an excellent selection of talent. There’s just, from the creative team, to the cast itself, it’s just people that really care for each other and really get along well. And the talent in the room at any given time: I’m used to working with Frank Welker and Steve Blum and people like that. But the introduction of so many other people into this new season … The guest stars, for example, have always been fantastic, and it’s such a great respect that everybody has for each other and that doesn’t interfere with the fun.

Geek: And are you going to be involved in the new “Transformers” movie?
Cullen: Yes I am! There’s talk of three more, and it’s official. We’re very optimistic. We don’t know recording times exactly but they’re in pre-production now. And Michael Bay will be directing again as his splendiferous self! But that’s all down the line.

Geek: Is there any direction you’d like to take Prime that we haven’t seen before?
Cullen: Nothing that would contradict his character: the way it’s been received, respected, and the loyalty that has been shown. I don’t think you should mess with anything that works with so many generations. I mean, the new kids coming up today feel the same way that the kids did back in the early ’80s, so if something’s working right, I think that’s a phenomenon and it should be respected and continued. I’m just so grateful to be at the helm of it right now, and I wouldn’t want to do anything to change it or disappoint anybody.

Geek: And what else are you working on, or are there other Prime project for you out there?
Cullen: I’m always involved with the Aerospace Program and NASA and Goddard Space Flight Center. And if kids feel so inclined, they can log onto NASA and the Optimus Prime Spinoff Award which we present every year to some of the brilliant young minds that are taking up into the academics of space, science, technology, math. I love promoting that for the United States of America; it’s a great thing we can do for our country and I think the space program is a way of showing it, and I’m so happy that Optimus Prime is working with NASA.

Geek: Finally, is there another Transformer that you might like maybe as much as Prime, or another you wish you had the opportunity to voice?
Cullen: That’s a difficult question because I think he really does stand alone.

Quelle: mtv.com

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Es gibt neue Bilder zum Takara Transformers Go Decepticon Ninja Combiner. Hier sieht man den ersten Combiner Modus und im einzelnen die drei Roboter.

Quelle: Planetiacon

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Hier haben wir eine 30 Sekunden Vorschau zur kommenden Transformers Prime - Beast Hunters Episode 8 - Thirst. 

Zum Inhalt gibt es folgendes zu sagen: "Knock Out and Starscream experiment with synthetic lead and threaten to take over the Decepticon ship and unleash an old enemy." 

Quelle: youtube.com

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Laut einem Artikel von Hollywood Reporter wird Transformers 4 unter anderem mit einer Palm-Sized Novo Kamera gedreht. Diese ist nicht größer wie eine Handfläche und soll große Weiten besser darstellen können. Nähere technische Informationen erhaltet ihr unter dem verlinkten Artikel.

Diskussion: hier!

Wir haben hier ein erstes Bild zum Takara Tomy Transformers Generations TG-20 Deluxe Ratbat. Diese Figur ist eine Redeco vom Generations Scourge.

Quelle: TFYUKI

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Die 3rd Party Firma Mach 5 hat auf ihrer Facebook Seite ein großes Fragezeichen gepostet mit den Worten: From Gauntlet & Piston we will have 2 remolds!. Jetzt dürfen wir also gespannt sein, wann und ob von den beiden Gauntlet & Piston weitere Versionen heraus kommen und vor allem welcher Art.

Diskussion: hier!

Jetzt können wir euch eine komplette Bilder Galerie zum Maketoys Mobine Paladin / Chaos zeigen. Und dazu haben wir ein kurzes Video.

Alle Bilder sind unter Mehr.

Quelle: toyboxcollection.com

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Wir haben hier einen sehr interessanten Artikel gefunden, in dem es um den Charakter von Transformers 4 geht. Er wird wohl einen sehr bedeutenden chinesischen Bestandteil haben, weil er hauptsächlich in China gedreht werden soll. Aber lest selbst:

"The film has a great deal to do with China. Effectively, China is a character in it," said Marc Ganis, president of Jiaflix Enterprises.
Paramount Pictures, the China Movie Channel and Jiaflix Enterprises announced in April that they had entered into an agreement regarding the production of "Transformers 4" in China.
The three agreed that the movie will feature a number of Chinese actors and actresses, with a public casting competition launched to select potential stars. Well-known actress Li Bingbing has already been confirmed to play a significant role in the film.
"So much of the movie takes place in China and the character she plays is a Chinese national. So it's a very natural position for her to have," Ganis said.
"Transformers 4" will take a different approach than "Iron Man 3," which had a special Chinese version featuring extra footage starring Chinese actors. However, many Chinese felt that the extra parts were too contrived.
"There is going to be a single version (of the film) worldwide with a very significant Chinese component," Ganis said.
... In order to truly tap into the Chinese film market, Hollywood studios and filmmakers should tell stories that are more culturally connected to Chinese people and culture, Ganis said.
"Work on story lines. Work on demonstrating what Chinese culture is like, what the Chinese people are like and show that to the world as part of the natural art of the story," he said.
Ganis said Chinese culture has featured strong storytelling for thousands of years.
"But they need to get assistance in sound, video, editing, budgeting and publicity in order tell their stories to a worldwide audience in a way that they are used to having stories told," he said.

Quelle: xinhuanet.com

Diskussion: hier!