TOYS: Hasbro wants you to help design a new Transformers character

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For the first time in history, the Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS) TRANSFORMERS brand is inviting fans of all ages around the globe to help create a new TRANSFORMERS character that will be forever added to the TRANSFORMERS world. In anticipation of the TRANSFORMERS’ brand 30th anniversary in 2014, the “Fan Built Bot” Poll kicks off today, and will run through May 5th on TRANSFORMERS.com/vote. Hasbro invites fans to vote daily to shape this new TRANSFORMERS character. The new character will be made into an action figure featured in the “Thrilling 30” line of toys to celebrate the anniversary.

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Major Spoilers Question Of The Day: Upsetting The Apple Tart Addition

During a recent evening of television, the Widget and I took in an episode of Transformers, during which she asked me which ones were the Democrats and which the Aristocats.  This was quite possibly the funniest thing I had heard all day (and, it should be noted, that this was a day during which I burped while using voice text and laughed for half an hour as my Android dutifully spelled out “burp” in my tweet.)  These sort of malapropisms have been the bread and butter of many public figures from Yogi Berry (who famously remarked that “I really didn’t say most of the things I said”) to Ringo Starr, whose misappropriation of language led to one of the most famous songs in rock history, ‘A Hard Day’s Night.’

The MS-QOTD (pronounced, as always, “misquoted”) once saw an allegory on the banks of The Nile, which apparently IS just a river in Egypt, which makes this deja vu all over again, asking: What’s the most awesome and/or ridiculous slip of the tongue you’ve ever made/heard?

MOVIES: Michigan reveals plot details for Transformers 4

We know there is a new Transformers movie on the way, and we know it isn’t a reboot.  What we don’t know is what we are going to see in the movie.  The Michigan Film Office released a press release this week that sheds more light on what Michael Bay and company are planning for the fourth Transformers flick.

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DIGITAL COMICS: Transformers: Monstrosity available now!

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Hot on the heels of TRANSFORMERS: AUTOCRACY, IDW Publishing is pleased to bring fans of the fierce Cybertronians a sequel with TRANSFORMERS: MONSTROSITY! The twelve-chapter, digital-first series, from the veteran creative team of writers Chris Metzen and Flint Dille and interior and cover artist Livio Ramondelli, is packed with the explosive robot action that made the first series a roaring critical, commercial, and fan success.

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SOLICITATIONS: Dinobots return to IDW Publishing

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TRANSFORMERS fans hungering for more thrilling adventures with GRIMLOCK and his fierce DINOBOTS cohorts are in luck this May, when IDW Publishing presents TRANSFORMERS PRIME: BEAST HUNTERS! In this tie-in series to the upcoming season  of “Transformers Prime” television show featuring the new BEAST HUNTERS saga, fans will get to experience a brand-new set of cyberfang-gnashing adventures based on the iconic brand from Hasbro!

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SOLICITATIONS: IDW Publishing heads to Cybertron

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IDW Limited announced its plan today to offer a deluxe limited edition of TRANSFORMERS: Art of the Fall of Cybertron. Based on the TRANSFORMERS brand from Hasbro, the book is a collection of the art and set descriptions for the smash-hit videogame of the same name, produced by High Moon Studios and published by Activision. The limited-edition book will be offered in a special IDW Red Label edition complete with slipcase, new cover and a portfolio of 10 limited-edition lithographs.

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TOY FAIR: KRE-O Transformers on the way

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Inspired by the new TRANSFORMERS PRIME ‘BEAST HUNTERS’ story, the KRE-O TRANSFORMERS line from Hasbro in 2013 features  re-imagined AUTOBOT characters and new PREDACONS, in brick and KREON form, based on the award winning animated series from Hasbro Studios.

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REVIEW: Transformers Spotlight: Orion Pax

IDW’s TRANSFORMERS SPOTLIGHT series focuses on the individual lives of the Autobots and Decepticons, often taking place before the war that tears their homeworld of Cybertron apart. The story of Orion Pax (now known as Optimus Prime) is one such story, taking place generations before the Transformers arrived on Earth. Hit the jump for the review!

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SOLICITATIONS: IDW Publishing announces Transformers hard cover collections

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IDW Limited announced its plan today to begin “rolling out” a series of TRANSFORMERS deluxe hardcover books (http://idwlimited.com/series/transformers.html) starting with TRANSFORMERS: The IDW Collection, Volume 1. This first TRANSFORMERS title from IDW Limited sets the tone for what’s to come by tapping six key TRANSFORMERS artists and writers to provide signatures and original artwork. With a second volume already in development, IDW Limited is letting TRANSFORMERS fans know they’ll have plenty to be excited about in coming months.

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REVIEW: Transformers – More Than Meets The Eye #11

Or – “Awww, YOOOU GOT THE TOUCH!  YOU GOT THE POWAAAAH! YEEEAAH!”

Things on Cybertron haven’t gotten any simpler since the end of the Autobot/Decepticon war, and the former Autobots’ lives are still difficult ones.  Can the Autobot once known as Orion Pax keep his people from becoming worse than the Decepticons ever were?  Your Major Spoilers review awaits!

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