Bei Toy Palace gibt es schon Magnete, Schlüsselanhänger und Spardosen zu Transformers Age of Extinction zum vorbestellen (31.7.2014). Sind nicht besonders detailliert aber man kann schon das neue Design von Bumblebee und Optimus Prime sehen. Hier haben wir die Bilder für euch zu den: 

Bumblebee-Magnet
Bumblebee-Spardose
Bumblebee-Schlüsselanhänger
Optimus Prime-Magnet
Optimus Prime-Spardose
Optimus Prime-Schlüsselanhänger

Einen Dank an Bulkhead, der das gefunden hat.

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Heute hat in England die Toy Fair ihre Tore geöffnet und wie chon angekündigt, werden dort einige Transformers 4 Age Of Extinction Figuren und auch das Zubehör gezeigt. Den Anfang macht das Transformers 4 Age Of Extinction Track Set was von HTI-Gruppe und Hasbro hergestellt wird. Wir haben hier das erste Bild dazu.

Quelle: tfw2005.com

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Jetzt hat auch der Produzent von Transformers 4 Age Of Extinction, Lorenzo Di Bonaventura, das der 4. Transformers Movie kein Reboot ist. Es ist eine Fortsetzung der Movie Trilogie. 

"It’s definitely not a reboot. It’s an interesting question about what you should call it. On a certain level it’s a continuation of the previous stories, in the fact that it acknowledges what has transpired before it. It acknowledges in the last movie, the destruction of Chicago, it’s actually something that carries through the sort of emotional repercussions of that, not unlike 9/11 has emotional repercussions in the real world. In a fantasy world there are repercussions to what occurred.

That plays into the movie, moving forwards with a totally different human cast, who doesn’t know anything about the other humans, it’s not a reboot, but a continuation, yet you’re continuing with a new cast and group of characters. It was a big decision to do that.

We miss our friends that we did the first three with, and they were great, and they probably could’ve done more. But the advantage of doing it this way is that it feels almost like a first movie. It’s a very different dynamic than I’ve seen in a movie, I’m very curious. I guess Star Wars did that a little bit, but not so close together, the way we’re doing it.’"

Quelle: The Hollywood News

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In einem Artikel der New York Times hat der Hasbro-Chef Brian D. Goldner beschrieben, warum Hasbro nun die Simplified Figuren auf den Markt bringt. Der Grund ist, das die älteren Figuren die Zielgruppe, die Kinder, verfehlt hat. Wir haben hier einen Auszug aus dem Artikel für euch.

But as the brand evolved over the years, the toys became more complex, some involving dozens of steps to complete a single transformation. In the eyes of Brian D. Goldner, Hasbro’s chief executive, they had lost their magic.

“We’ve made incredibly sophisticated robots,” he said, “but it can be like a 1,000-piece puzzle.”

Enthralled by the special effects in three big-budget “Transformers” movies that enabled the robots to convert in a matter of seconds, Mr. Goldner decided the toys needed to return to their roots. So he challenged his design team to reconceive them. Now, on the 30th anniversary of the brand, Hasbro is revealing a new look for the toys, including simple maneuvers that will complete a transformation with the push of a button or flick of the wrist.

The remake of the line, which includes new branding and packaging, is meant to coincide with Paramount Pictures’ release of the fourth movie in the franchise, “Transformers: Age of Extinction.” Retailers will get their first look at the line in London this week at Toy Fair, an annual industry trade show.

“Our retail partners, they are getting very excited,” said Joshua Lamb, the senior design director for the toy line. “This rethinking of the brand is setting the stage long-term.”

The toys are expected to land on retail shelves in May, a few weeks before the release of the movie. Hasbro says it will build on the promotion for the movie with a marketing campaign of its own that will include ads on television and in theaters as well as on digital platforms, like mobile and social media. [...]

Hasbro will continue to make complex Transformers for adult fans who have collected the toys since their inception 30 years ago. But the new design is intended to re-engage parents and children, who found the transformations too challenging.

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Erst jetzt ist heraus gekommen, das Michael Bay und seine Crew auch in Utah gedreht haben. Welchen Sinn die Wüstenlandschaft im Movie jedoch haben wird, das weiß keiner. Es ist nur erstaunllich, das die Dreharbeiten geheim bleiben konnten.

Now news has come out that a new blockbuster shot a week’s worth of footage here in Utah last May — Michael Bay’s "Transformers: Age of Extinction," the fourth in the series of rock-em, sock-em robot movies based on the line of toys.
Marshall Moore, executive director of the Utah Film Commission, said the film crew slipped in, shot the scenes, and were out before anyone noticed. The film company did not get any tax rebates for shooting here.

Den ganzen Artikel könnt ihr unter sltrib.com

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Wir haben hier ein Interview gefunden, in dem Steve Jablonsky über den Score zu Transformers 4 Age Of Extinction spricht.

I would argue that TRANSFORMERS was your "he's done it" score. Do you feel that's accurate?
I have heard that before and I appreciate it. Even Hans Zimmer had said to me one day, like, "You realize you have written something that's now part of the culture?" I said, "Wow I didn't know, I didn't actually realize that" but especially coming from him who has done that time and time again.

What was the process of doing TRANSFORMERS like?
I don't know, I didn't even know if I was doing it until he [Michael Bay] called me one day and started talking about it like I was doing it. I said, "oh, am I doing it?" [laughter] And he said, "Oh, yeah what do you think?" [laughter] I thought great. And of course TRANSFORMERS is- I had known about it since I was a kid. My brother was way into it, my younger brother. That was another level of...there is going to be a lot of people looking at this movie.

I wrote a ton of themes for that, I just started writing and writing as much as I could and because I really wanted to...and as Spielberg was involved and I always had that in the back of my mind. I wanted to give them many options, I just remember writing a lot of stuff. I think most of it ended up in the film but the main theme, it's interesting. I wrote this piece that is now considered the main Autobot theme. I just wrote it, it came out and I didn't really know what I was going to do with it.

And Michael picked up on that and Hans came into my room one day he is like that right there saying "that is good." Everybody told me that, that part was good. I didn't realize...I didn't think it was any better than anything else in the score so far.

Then, there's TRANSFORMERS 4...
Yeah, it's definitely-I haven't quite met with Michael on Transformers 4 yet, but I have heard probably he wants to do something new which I am totally up for. I think it's a....I don't know if you call it a reboot, but it's all different actors and I haven't seen it yet. We will see if, if you even hear that theme in the new ones or not. I am not sure yet.

Are you doing the score regardless or this is still unknown?
Am I doing the score for TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION ?

Yeah.
Yes, I am.

Quelle: joblo.com

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Jetzt wird uns auch die Takara Tomy Figuren Liste zum Transformers 4 Age Of Extinction Movie gezeigt und wir haben sie hier für euch.

Quelle: tfw2005.com

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Der Schauspieler Marcelo Matere hat über die Age of Extinction Dinobots einen Satz verloren, der an die Fans der Dinos gerichtet ist. Er meint:

I saw the concepts of all the Dinobots. Guys who likes dinosaurs will freak out with Transfomers 4!

Wir dürfen also gespannt sein, ob es uns vom Hocker reißt oder eher nicht.

Quelle: Marcelo Matere

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Heute können wir euch das erste Bild zum Robot Mode vom Transformers: Age of Extinction Drift zeigen. Das Bild zeigt ein Halloween Kostüm, welches unter dem Namen Movie 4 Drift läuft. Aber man erkennt das Schwarz Blau des schon gezeigten Bugatti. Und der Samurai Kämpfer ist zu erkennen.

Quelle: Richard Marsh

Diskussion: hier !

Es gibt einige neue Bilder zum TF4 Movie Leader Optimus Prime, die wir euch nicht vorenthalten wollen.

Quelle: TF Upgrader

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