Events & Interviews

Power Core Combiners Bombshock with Combaticons Review

2010-10-15T14:22:00.000-07:00

DocWho Reviews: Power Core Combiners Bombshock with CombaticonsWell, by now, you have all probably seen this toy or some other Power Core Combiner in stores and formed some kind of opinion on it. Lord knows I have. What I think about the concept is irrelevant to the quality of the toy. But that's the question, isn't it? How good is this toy?Well, thanks to the generosity of Hasbro PR, we have the

Botcon LIVE photo update!

2010-06-24T23:35:00.000-07:00

That's right it's time for another other Unicron.com LIVE photo update! Our extended report will be coming out in the days following Botcon, but if you want the most up-to-date coverage, make sure to keep a watchful eye right here on our Botcon 2010 breaking news special report LIVE photo update, uploaded for your eyes as it happens!

Video Game Review: Transformers: War for Cybertron PS3/360

2010-06-22T09:40:00.000-07:00

REVIEW: Transformers: War for Cybertron PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 by: TriPredRavageSo here we are nearly a year after that which was Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and Transformers has once again stepped up to the plate in an attempt to deliver a new video game experience that doesn’t leave us feeling half full. Beware, SPOILERS ahead.War for Cybertron takes an interesting approach to the

Transformers: War for Cybertron - San Francisco hands-on Preview Event!

2010-06-04T08:00:00.000-07:00

Wednesday night, Activation, High Moon Studios, and Hasbro put together an awesome hands-on Transformers: War for Cybertron game event in downtown San Francisco! At this Transformers War for Cybertron hands on event, we all got a lot of hands on time with this extremely cool new game! If you haven’t already seen the 3 part coverage from our previous hands on experience of

TF: War for Cybertron - Hands on at High Moon Studios - Gallery (part 3)

2010-05-08T16:19:00.000-07:00

Unicron.com takes a trip to High Moon Studios

Transformers: War for Cybertron - Unicron.com Exclusive Interview with High Moon Studios Design Team (Part 2)

2010-05-06T10:20:00.000-07:00

Unicron.com High Moon Studios VisitInterview with High Moon Studios’Shawn Miller – Animation DirectorIvan Power – Lead ArtistJim Daily – Lead Concept Artist

Transformers: War for Cybertron - Hands on Story Mode impressions (part 1)

2010-05-06T00:24:00.000-07:00

At High Moon Studios, we had the opportunity to play two levels of story mode; from what I saw of those two levels, I was very impressed! Here are a handful of highlights… · Story mode play consists of your central chosen playable character with 2 (computer controlled or online multiplayer) characters who fight along side you. The computer controlled characters seemed

Transformers Collector's Club Magazine - April Comic Preview

2010-03-16T01:50:00.001-07:00

Shortly after releasing the entire issue of last month's Collector's Club Magazine for public viewing, Pete Sinclair from Transformers Collectors' Club Magazine has sent us two preview pages of this year's comic story from next month's Magazine. Check out the pages below!

Toyfair 2010 Report: War For Cybertron

2010-02-14T21:55:00.000-08:00

At Toyfair 2010 we got all kinds of new info and sneak peaks at the new game Transformers: War for Cybertron, due for release this summer. Here is a summery of what we learned.There are plans to release more figures in conjunction with the game under the generations (new “Universe” catchall series), but the only three they were willing to discuss were Optimus, Bumblebee, and Megatron.Story was

Toy Fair 2010 - Full Report

2010-02-14T00:27:00.000-08:00

We have uploaded Hasbro's Toyfair promo pics in a gallery (embedded at the bottom of this post), but there were some pictures that were shown during this presentation that were not provided. As I understood, we were not to take pictures (tons of people did though), so you can find pictures that are not available as part of Hasbro's Toyfair promotional release or displayed in

Toyfair 2010: Live photo feed!

2010-02-12T20:57:00.000-08:00

We have the technology, so why not use it...This year, keep your eyes pealed as I am bringing along my iPhone 3GS to take some quick first glimpse shots of those new toys you're dying to see! I've taken a few pics to get ready for the trip, and embedded a live feed gallery below. Our tour starts at 12:30, and I will upload as I go, so you can expect pictures of the entry and setup to start

Pre-Toyfair Hasbro Press Release

2010-02-12T05:24:00.000-08:00

HASBRO’S TRANSFORMERS BRAND EXPANDS “MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE” UNIVERSE IN 2010 WITH NEW TOYS THAT CAPTURE THE EXCITEMENT ANDEXPAND THE ENTERTAINMENT OF THE ICONIC PROPERTYNew BATTLE OPS BUMBLEBEE Action Figure and POWER CORE COMBINER ExpressionLead New Introductions For The Innovative And Popular Toy LinePAWTUCKET, R.I. (February 12, 2010) — On the heels of launching 2009’s largest grossing movie

Transformers: War for Cybertron Interview with Hasbro, Activision, and Full Moon Studios

2009-12-18T10:00:00.000-08:00

Unicron.com was contacted by Neil Wood from Step-3 about putting together a phone interview/conference call where we would have the chance to interview some folks from Hasbro and Activision about the upcoming "Transformers: War for Cybertron" video game. We were, of course, quite interested in the opportunity to get an inside scoop from the producers of this exciting new chapter for the

[PRESS RELEASE] TRANSFORMERS: WAR FOR CYBERTRON EXPLORES A BRAND NEW, PIVOTAL CHAPTER IN TRANSFORMERS LORE

2009-12-16T11:39:00.000-08:00

New Action Game Delves Deep into the TRANSFORMERS Universe, Introduces All-New Visualizations of Iconic Characters in 2010 Santa Monica, CA – December 16, 2009 – Experience the legendary battle between the AUTOBOTS and DECEPTICONS as Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) announced today that Transformers™: War for Cybertron is in development by award-winning High Moon Studios. Based on

Hasbro Q&A 10/21/2009

2009-10-21T20:13:00.000-07:00

Hello Transformers Team,Here are our questions for this round of Transformers Q&A. Thanks!Unicron.com, question 1:Over the last few months, we have seen more 'appearances' of characters in their 'Classics/Universe' toy forms appearing in IDW comics (such as Prowl, Sideswipe, Sunstreaker, etc...). Is this a coincidence or is Hasbro making a deliberate attempt to integrate the comics storytelling

Video Game Review: Transformers Revenge of the Fallen PS360

2009-07-31T06:19:00.000-07:00

REVIEW: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360by: TriPredRavageLet’s face it; movie games have a bad rep. It’s true! They not only have to capture the experience of the film, but they have to expand upon it in order to make a completely fulfilling game. And very rarely, has this formula worked out. Now Revenge of the Fallen steps up to the plate. The game follows

Video Game Review: Transformers PS2

2009-07-30T04:55:00.000-07:00

REVIEW: Transformers for PlayStation 2by: TriPredRavageI think by now it’s safe to say that, while the Unicron Trilogy provided us with some great toys and a series to watch, the show plots weren’t all that spectacular. Which brings us to this game. This game was delayed several times before its release, even being delayed for about a year after its original proposed release date. I can

Video Game Review: Beast Wars Transmetals N64

2009-07-29T07:29:00.000-07:00

REVIEW: Transformers: Beast Wars; Transmetals for Nintendo 64by: TriPredRavageSeeing as this game’s story is the same as the PS1 version, let’s get straight to the specifics.Once again, we have eight playable characters, four per team.Playable Maximals include: Optimus Primal, Cheetor, Rattrap, and Airazor.Playable Predacons include: Megatron, Tarantulus, Waspinator, and Terrorsaur.You can play

Video Game Review: Beast Wars Transmetals PS1

2009-07-28T05:28:00.000-07:00

REVIEW: Transformers: Beast Wars; Transmetals for PlayStation Oneby: TriPredRavageThe story goes that in season three of the television show, When Megatron is captured, he sends a message back in time to himself just before the season finale events of season one. As a result, events happen differently with Rhinox, Waspinator, and Airazor all becoming Transmetal, and Terrorsaur also surviving to

Transformers: Beast Wars PS1/PC Review

2009-07-27T08:03:00.000-07:00

REVIEW: Transformers: Beast Warsby: TriPredRavageIn what is probably the worst adaptation of a show to videogame conversion I have ever seen, we have Transformers: Beast Wars for the PlayStation and PC. The game starts up with an opening cinematic featuring clips from season one of the Beast Wars TV show which does nothing to outline the events of anything other than “the robots fight.” No

Botcon 2009, part 2

2009-06-05T21:24:00.000-07:00

We attended our first Botcon way back in the summer of 1996. Wow, how things have changed! Back then, we used to be surprised if anyone from Hasbro even attended. Nowadays, Hasbro and the Transformers marketing team obviously put a ton of time and financial resources into the event. Boasting a (probably) several 1000 square foot display booth with multiple, well-lit glass display shelves,

Hasbro Q&A 06/04/09

2009-06-04T21:48:00.000-07:00

Unicron.com, Question 1: In a previous Q&A, you told us that Rodimus Prime would still get the Transformers Animated toy treatment. We are wondering if you could expand on your plans for Transformers Animated toys through 2009 and 10. Are you still going to produce and sell toys like Animated Arcee, Electrostatic Soundwave, Rodimus Prime, Blackout and that underwater Bumblebee toy (and others)?

Botcon 2009, pt 1

2009-06-02T20:05:00.000-07:00

Highlights of this year's Botcon were, for us, more about the experience and events than any specific news revelations unveiled by Hasbro or other convention guests. We had such a blast, our heads are still spinning trying to process it all! Below is a video from Thursday at the convention center, the night before the the sales floor opened.All things considered, we thought the lines moved in a

TFCon 2009

2009-05-11T22:00:00.000-07:00

It is a busy year for Transformers fans, and we're no exception. Having received many inquiries from fans wondering if we would be in attendance to offer our Accessory Set #6, we figured it was a good time to finally make the trip to TFCon, Canada's largest Transformers celebration.The show was well organized, attended and staffed. Getting through lines for convention exclusives did not take

Derrick Wyatt IMterview part 2

2009-04-12T22:45:00.000-07:00

The following is a continuation of a few IM conversations, outlined in the Derrick Wyatt interview Part 1, now linked to in the Events and Interviews section of Unicron.com.... me: Speaking of awesomeness, now that we've seen and heard him in action, let's go back and talk (my favorite) Perceptor! God, I love him!!! derrickjwyatt: Did you hate the voice? me: No, but I'll admit it took a little

Transformers: Animated; The Game Review

2009-04-12T11:27:00.000-07:00

REVIEW: Transformers: Animated; The Gameby: TriPredRavageThe story begins with our heroes looking for Allspark fragments throughout Sumdac Factories. They soon catch a Decepticon signal drone, through which they discover Megatron has constructed a Spacebridge with the intent of beaming to Cybertron and taking over. The Autobots then re-release the drone in order to follow it back to the

Derrick Wyatt Interview, part 1

2009-04-02T18:58:00.001-07:00

me: Hey DW, you there?derrickjwyatt: Hey, we connect.me: I'd have started sooner but my son just bust into my office with glee, because he found the formerly detached head of Sentinel Prime and needed it reattached; RIGHT AWAY!derrickjwyatt: lolme: I owe you all a big thanks for teaching him how that head has to come off! (And the hours of searching for it when it's lost!)me: Okay, so this

Hasbro Q&A, 3/10/08

2009-03-10T19:18:00.000-07:00

UNICRON.COM: To our dismay, we have heard that a decision has been made not to continue Transformers Animated beyond season 3. In our site's 12 year history, we have never heard such an uproar of fan disappointment that a series is coming to an end since this word got out. Over time, we have seen how very difficult it is for a series to be "firing on all cylinders" in the way that Animated

ToyFair 2009, New York City, NY

2009-02-19T03:17:00.000-08:00

My drive and ride into New York were uneventful, which is a good thing. The Hasbro staff were very accommodating to everyone in attendance. It was interesting to see all the sites represented from Seibertron.com to YoJoe.com and others. Inside the theater, we were treated to a slide-show of the upcoming toys for G.I. Joe, Marvel, Star Wars, and of course, Transformers. Universe started with

New York Comic-Con Review

2009-02-18T16:58:00.000-08:00

The New York Comic-Con is hardly the place for Transformers news. I don’t know why, but there always seems to be very little information about the Transformers world, which is odd because if you wear a Transformers themed T-Shirt, you are bound to get noticed and commented. I made the most of it by picking up a Transformers: Titanium Comic-Con exclusive Menasor as well as buying an entire box of

Transformers Team Interview; December 9, 2008

2008-12-11T07:16:00.000-08:00

We are thrilled to have received answers to questions we posed to the Hasbro: Transformers Team. Here is what we asked and what they had to say! WOW!Sabrblade asks question 1: Since the Japanese-exclusive G1 cartoon series (The Headmasters, Chojin Masterforce, Victory, and Zone) were released on DVD in Europe and Australia, is there any hope of seeing them, and perhaps Beast Wars II and Beast

Transformers Team Interview; October 10, 2008

2008-12-11T07:03:00.000-08:00

Lukis Bros and Site Administrators were thrilled with the opportunity to participate in a question and answer session with the Hasbro: Transformers Team recently. Wo-hoo! There's good news and bad news contained below! Read on to learn what we asked and how they responded.Perceptor (and his 6-year old daughter!) asked Q1: Can you tell us about your plans to produce female character toys for

Reveiw: Transformers: Autobots for Nintendo DS

2008-08-04T17:09:00.000-07:00

REVIEW: Transformers: Autobotsby: TriPredRavageTransformers: Autobots for the Nintendo DS starts you off as an unnamed Autobot recruit who lands on Earth to assist Bumblebee. You begin with very basic capabilities, but through a leveling process, you obtain new skills to help you wage the war against the evil Decepticons.Utilizing the scan ability, you obtain different vehicle forms from the

Botcon 2008, part 3

2008-05-06T14:51:00.000-07:00

Okay, it's time to wrap up our report from Botcon 2008!Starting with a photo gallery of new toys the Hasbro display, which included new toys put out for all to see on the final day of the convention, followed by a quick story and then our notes from the Hasbro/CN Transformers Animated Seasons 2 and 3 Panel. Within this gallery, you'll see I took a lot of pix of Sentinel Prime, the Autobot you

Botcon 2008, part 2

2008-05-01T20:21:00.000-07:00

Starting with pictures, Click HERE to see photo galleries taken by Lukis Bros 2&3.The first two (horizontal) rows are from the Hasbro display case, Robot Heros, Mini-con packs, Classics/Universe and Transformers Animated.The first two pictures included the 3rd row are of the Voice Actor panelBumper Robinson: voice of Blitzwing, the news reporter and BumblebeeDavid Kaye: Voice of TFA Optimus Prime

Botcon 2008, part 1

2008-04-27T20:25:00.000-07:00

Botcon day one (which for us, which was Saturday) was busy and fun! If a picture is worth a thousand words then we've got 153,00 words to share, and that's just from day 1! CLICK HERE for the photo gallery. Listed below are our summary of notes from the first very revealing Hasbro Panel.Greg Lambardo, Director of Marketing for Transformers began the presentation with discussion of the past

Comic Con 2008: Days 2 and 3

2008-04-21T20:35:00.000-07:00

Posted by: TriPredRavage Days 2 and 3 of Comic Con, here we go! Okay, so as I mentioned in Day 1's post, Transformers has a severely lacking presence at Comic Con. That said, there wasn't much to see, but what I saw you shall see now. I was lucky enough to find for the low low price of $20 the Beast Wars Rhinox Bust which you can see again here. I mentioned once before

Comic Con 2008: Day 1

2008-04-19T00:33:00.000-07:00

Posted by: TriPredRavageYo everybody. Comic Con day one has taken place and it was a great time. Transformers didn't have a major turn out today, but there were some pretty awesome things to see still. There were a few memorable moments though, some of which were getting to see the Revoltech Figures on display... that we couldn't buy... I did however manage to find Optimus Prime and

ToyFair 2008: Final Report

2008-03-01T19:33:00.000-08:00

Posted by: Human Error Here we are with the long awaited, exciting conclusion to Unicron.com's Trip to ToyFair 2008! If you missed our first reports check them out:Report From ToyFair 2008, part-1TOYFAIR Reveiw, Part 2After the power point presentation the floor was opened for a quick Q&A. The questions mostly involved Indiana Jones and Star Wars. However, our very own

ToyFair 2008 Report: part 2

2008-02-19T08:10:00.000-08:00

Posted by: TriPredRavage So I got up at 7:30 am (which is probably my least favorite hour of the day because if you wake up early, you can say "oh I've still got XX hours before I have to be awake," and go back to sleep, but 7:30 is just early all around), spent $12 on trains, had one of the best glazed doughnuts of my life, and got lost in New York City. “And for what?” you

ToyFair 2008: Continues!

2008-02-17T11:28:00.001-08:00

Posted by: TriPredRavageHey everyone! I have uplaoded my pictures from Toyfair to the albums. You can view them here! Human Error and I shall be collaborating on our own recap of Toyfair, which should be available soon, so keep your eyes open. You'll also notice I have a video uploaded in my album, it doesn't have sound, but I will be adding audio to it soon, so be patient please!

ToyFair 2008 Report : part 1

2008-02-16T21:08:00.000-08:00

Posted by: Human Error From a run in with Titan of the new American gladiators, to getting trapped in an overloaded elevator, and being under the watchful eye of Darth Vader and his Storm Troopers. TriPredRavage and i had an interesting experience yesterday with Hasbro at their special Collector's Day presentation.We met up in Penn Station, had a Krispy Kreme donut (its sort

Interview: Mark Ryan the voice of Movie Bumblebee

2007-07-18T17:28:00.000-07:00

Sure, his speaking part wasn't exactly the most prominent of Transformers characters in the 2007 live-action movie. But Mark Ryan played a much more prominent role in the making of the film than you or I would have guessed. Besides that, it appears we're going to hear a lot more from the actor with the prospect of Transformers 2, 3+ to come! We had a chance to interview the man

Botcon 2007 Part 1: Dealer Floor

2007-07-01T17:00:00.000-07:00

UNICRON.COM REPORT: BOTCON 2007,Providence, RI, June 28 - July 1 part 1, part 2, part 3, part4 by: Lukis Bros. Botcon 2007 began with a bang and never let up! To the right see pictures of all the sights of the "arrival" phase. After checking in and settling down, Botcon always begins with the excitement and discovery of finally learning about all the convention exclusive

Botcon 2007 Part 2: HASBRO Tour

2007-07-01T16:00:00.000-07:00

Lukis Bro."MintonCard" HASBRO FACTORY TOURUnicron.com report fromBOTCON 2007, part 1, part 2, part 3, part4 by: Lukis Bros. Hasbro Factory Tour; Pawtucket, RI Friday June 29, 2007 Before Botcon 2007 officially opened its doors on Saturday, a number of fans, including us, were treated to a tour of the Hasbro factory. "Making the World Smile!" was an apt sign

Botcon 2007 Part 3: Art Contest...

2007-07-01T15:42:00.000-07:00

Unicron.com report fromBOTCON 2007,Art Contest and Awards Dinner part 1, part 2, part 3, part4 What can we say about the art contest? Besides the fact that as usual, we loved it, we can point out some of the highlights. Among the pencil and ink art, I particularly liked a picture drawn of G1 Megatron versus 2007 movie Megatron, a Fortress Maximus scene with guests including Metroplex, Omega

Botcon 2007 Part 4: David Kaye & Hasbro Panel

2007-07-01T14:44:00.000-07:00

Unicron.com report from BOTCON 2007David Kaye and Hasbro "Future Products Panels." part 1, part 2, part 3, part4 by: Lukis Bros. Even more than most other years, 2007 brought some of the best, most informative guest panels we had ever seen. Check out a few clips, to the left David Kaye talks about what talents to hone if you're trying to earn a living as a voice

Transformers: The Game Promotional Event, Santa Monica, CA

2007-06-06T17:48:00.000-07:00

by: perceptor@unicron.com Not unlike the Transformers Movie Preview Event in Feb of 2007, we were thrilled to receive a "Save the Date" invitation to a special event to promote the upcoming release of Transformers: The Game. It was held in Santa Monica, CA, very close to the Activision Headquarters and office of Michael Bay. We started the day meeting everyone at brunch.

Dairycon 2007 Report

2007-04-14T18:02:00.000-07:00

UNICRON.COM REPORT:DAIRYCON 2007 by: Sean Lorensen, aka Knightwing Dairycon 2007 was put on buy the Dairyland Transfans Club. This is seventh year the club has put on their own show. The organizers are Fred (pic 63), Jack (pic 64), and Shawn (pic 65). You can go to www.Dairycon.com to read some orignal stories about thier own twisted 'con exclusives. This years exclusives included

Transformers Movie Preview Event, New York, NY (part 1)

2007-02-13T19:04:00.000-08:00

A few weeks ago, we were honored and elated to receive an invitation from a P.R. firm working with Hasbro and Paramount on the upcoming Transformers movie. The event description, was a bit vague but more than enough to pique our interest! "...IT'S PRIME TIME! Director Michael Bay, Paramount

Transformers Movie Preview Event, New York, NY (part 2)

2007-02-13T18:06:00.000-08:00

(PART 1) PART 2: This is the story of one fan's dream come true. Actually, truth be told, I never could've envisioned anything quite this amazing, but that's pretty much how the night unfolded. It's like with Peter Cullen, whose voice is ingrained in my psyche as the hero of my youth, the first time I heard him speak live to an audience. It was a relief to me when I found that as

Prequel Comic Review

2007-02-01T18:08:00.000-08:00

Reviewed Unicron.com has been given the opportunity to take a sneak peak at Transformers Movie Prequel comic issue 1 of 4. I plan to review this issue without giving away to many surprises for those who would like their comic and movie experience to remain unspoiled. Art:The art in this issue is first class. Don Figueroa has done a tremendous job giving us a whole

BotCon 2006

2006-10-01T18:10:00.000-07:00

UNICRON.COM REPORT -- BOTCON 2006 What a show. What a great, busy, wonderful, fun show it was! The pictures to the left will give you an idea of what we were up to and some of the fun things we saw. (Each of the smaller pictures are links to a larger higher rez versions). Dang, there were a lot of other things we'd

BotCon 2004

2004-06-30T18:12:00.000-07:00

UNICRON.COM REPORT BOTCON 2004 Day 1: Breakfast dinner, Botcon Exclusive revealed 1 Breakfast dinner, Botcon Exclusive revealed 2 Breakfast dinner, Botcon Exclusive revealed 3 Breakfast dinner, Botcon Exclusive revealed 4 Unicron.com display: Lukis bros at table w/ Energy Cubes & Unicron Stand Energy Cube

Interview: Transformers: Armada Video Producers

2004-05-23T18:32:00.000-07:00

UNICRON.COM, INTERVIEW WITH MARK MORRISON AT MELBORNE HOUSE, PRODUCER OF THE TRANSFORMERS: ARMADA VIDEO GAME FOR PS2 Unicron.com: Well, hello product development folks! Thanks for your time to pass along your wise words! We were told to have 10, ever-so carefully thought-out questions, here we go :) Mark Morrison: Bring

Unicron.com Theme Song - "Unicron's Descent"

2001-02-21T23:16:00.000-08:00

This isn't exactly an Event or Interview, but with the recent demise of the Multimedia section, I wanted a Unicron.com's Official Theme Song, Unicron's Descent, to have a permanent place on our site. I hope you enjoy The unicron.com themesong was composed and recorded soly by Jason Lukis (c) 2001 Download Unicron's Descent4.8 Mb feel free to e-mail me with any thoughts. Ihope you