[ NEWSLETTER ]
22 Mar 2004
Hi guys and welcome to another packed edition of your favourite Transformers newsletter, produced completely free of charge by those nice, toy lovin' folks at TheyAreAmongUs.com in Australia.

We have lots of important updates for you in this issue, including news on Dreamwave's exciting new comics, the latest developments in Atari's up-coming PS2 game, information on recently announced Alternators, plus details on our new 'Release Dates' section and of course another fun interview with a TAAU member, so if you're sitting comfortably, we shall begin...
DREAMWAVE OVERLOAD

How do your socks look? Well, if they haven’t been knocked clean off then chances are you haven’t kept up to date with the slew of Dreamwave news that's been thrown in our direction recently. Dreamwave took a stranglehold of Newsarama in the last week of February, releasing information on each of their new titles for four days straight.

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HASBRO UNVEILS UP-COMING ENERGON AND UNIVERSE FIGURES

Hasbro have again updated their official Transformers website to bring us more sneak peeks of up-coming Energon and Universe figures, so check out our summary of the year so far for a full-breakdown of recent announcements:

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HASBRO ANNOUNCE FIRST DECEPTICON ALTERNATOR, DEAD END

One of the most exciting announcements to come from Hasbro in recent weeks hit their official site on March 11, taking the community by storm. Almost out of the blue came news of two gorgeous new Alternators, and even more astounding was the fact that one of them is to be a Decepticon!

If you haven't seen pictures of Autobot Tracks and Decepticon Dead End by now, then you're in for a real treat!

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SUNSTREAKER PROTOTYPE PICTURES EMERGE?

As speculation continues to mount over various names and additions to the Alternators line, people are no doubt wondering which figures will actually be released.

The very impressive Smokescreen and Sideswipe have already hit the shelves and we are expecting Silverstreak and Hound to appear in the coming months, but speculation continues to mount over the proposed Dodge Viper…

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SUPANOVA 2004 TO PREMIERE ATARI PS2 TRANSFORMERS GAME

Supanova, Australia's largest annual pop culture expo is being held this year on May 1 - 2 at Wharf 8, Sydney.

The huge weekend event will be jam-packed with all things cool, from toys to anime to comics to collectible card games, and the organisers have told me that there's something special lined-up for Transformers fans as well, as Atari will be premiering their up-coming Transformers PS2 game at the event! Woo hoo!

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ATARI TO TRANSFORM ARMADA

As many of you know, Australian development company Melbourne House have been working on a new PS2 game based on the Transformers: Armada series. The game, entitled 'Transformers' (formerly known as ‘Transformers Armada: Prelude to Energon’), has been in the works for the last year or so now, but is finally due to be released in early May.

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LEAVING FRIENDS BEHIND

As many of you may know, I have just recently returned from a six month holiday in Europe. One of the hardest things about going away for such an extended period of time was leaving all my friends behind, shut up in cardboard packing boxes, their limbs bound by bubble wrap and masking tape, locked in a faceless storage facility...

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TAAU MEMBER INTERVIEW 004: CRANK

In this edition we are lucky enough to sit down and share a virtual drink with TAAU's resident Smartarse runner-up and all-round nice guy, Crank. So let's hear what he has to say about Calvin Klein, Red Setters and Jaffle making!

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TAAU MEMBER FEATURES IN DREAMWAVE COMIC

In January of this year, TAAU member Ravage posted a superb piece of Transformers fan art on the board. The amazing illustration depicted a lone Beast Wars Megatron standing beneath a colossal G1 Megatron, which very cleverly referenced and paid homage to the classic Planet of the Apes scene showing the Statue of Liberty buried in the sand.

A few TAAU members suggested he send it into Dreamwave in the hope that they may print it in the Letters page at the back of one of their comics, and lo-and-behold, they have done just that, in War Within: The Dark Ages, Issue #5!

So on behalf of everyone at TAAU, I'd just like to congratulate you on an amazing achievement. We are all continually impressed by your amazing art works and hope this break is just the beginning of a long and successful career! Nice work Mr!

Click here to view the black and white version and here for the colour version, both of which were originally posted in this thread here.

- Story by: Stephen Jesson

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IN THIS ISSUE:
Featured in this week's TAAU newsletter we have:

DREAMWAVE OVERLOAD

HASBRO UNVEILS UP-COMING ENERGON AND UNIVERSE FIGURES

HASBRO ANNOUNCE FIRST DECEPTICON ALTERNATOR, DEAD END

SUNSTREAKER PROTOTYPE PICTURES EMERGE?

SUPANOVA 2004 TO PREMIERE ATARI PS2 TRANSFORMERS GAME

ATARI TO TRANSFORM ARMADA

LEAVING FRIENDS BEHIND

TAAU MEMBER INTERVIEW 004: CRANK

TAAU MEMBER FEATURES IN DREAMWAVE COMIC

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TAAU LAUNCHES NEW 'RELEASE DATES' SECTION

Because TAAU has such a good relationship with many of the Transformers producers here in Australia, from Hasbro to Madman Entertainment to Atari, I have decided to launch this new section so I can share any schedules or product release dates I receive, which, in turn, will allow all of you to not only see what's on its way to our fair shores, but to also start saving those pennies and planning those purchases!

To go to the new 'Release Dates' section, click here.
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Designed and Edited by: Stephen Jesson

Written by: Cameron Booth, Darryl Anderson, Paul Moore, Scott Lingard, Stephen Jesson, Steven Franklin and Steven Watts

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