But maybe this will be close enough for a while?

As reported previously, Hasbro Pulse magnanimously brought the four original Transformers episodes they removed from their YouTube channel back, around a month after their short-lived 40th anniversary theatrical run was completed. There was hope that when they brought back the first episode, which saw a table reading redub as part of the theatrical event, that said table reading would be a part of it.

Alas, it was not to be.

That is, until now! Or rather, until soon! About a week from when this post goes live, anyway.

Here, have a trailer:

Transformers Generation 1 S01 E01: Table Read! With special guests: Arif S. Kinchen & Frank Todaro

Transformers fans prepare yourselves…

Our 40th Anniversary celebration continues with the release of the Transformers Generation 1 Season 1 Episode 1: Table Read on June 28th 12 noon ET/9am PT!!!

We can’t wait to bring our big screen celebration to the Pulse Channel with the release of the full Transformers Generation 1 Season 1 Episode 1: Table Read, featuring the voices of Arif S. Kinchen, Frank Todaro, Peter Cullen, Frank Welker and many more!

But that’s not all! Arif S. Kinchen (Jazz) and Frank Todaro (Starscream, Wheeljack, Reflector and Sparkplug) will be joining us live to chat with you during the screening!

The screening starts at 12 noon ET/9am PT, but Arif and Frank will be joining us from 11:30 ET/8:30am PT so you, the fans, have plenty of time to chat!

Don’t forget to turn your notifications on, this is one you don’t want to miss!!!

If you’re game to check it out when it goes live and participate in the chatroom fun, then you’ll want to go here at the time of the event.

In the meantime (or after it goes live, your choice), if you’d like to talk to others about the best makeover this episode has had since Generation 2, then head over to the “G1 Episodes Available on YouTube! Again! (And Again!)” thread in our forums!

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Too quiet.

Quiet enough to make moves like Hasbro offloading the Power Rangers toy license to rival Playmates instill worry in the Ranger Nation.

Well, it would seem that there has been a reason for that quiet, according to a report from TVLine.

According to them, the Power Rangers/Netflix deal to develop a new series is donezo. The project, which had been in development for more than two years, is no longer moving forward. Instead, Hasbro Entertainment is looking to explore “a new creative direction for the series” with a new partner.

The as-yet unnamed series that had been in the works prior had Daisy & the Six co-executive producer and veteran Supernatural story editor Jenny Klein acting as its showrunner. They are said to have been working in collaboration with Jonathan Entwistle, co-creator of Netflix’s I Am Not Okay With This and The End Of The F***ing World, who has been overseeing the franchise’s television and motion picture prospects.

Allspark forum member Steevy Maximus weighs in with their thoughts on the matter: “THAT’s probably why Hasbro gave Playmates a license to make toys. Their big media plans fizzled and they’re passing the franchise off for cheap license dollars until… they do something?”

“It’s not entirely unprecedented,” Steevy continues. “Mattel kicked Masters of the Universe to Super7 for about [four] years until Mattel started their renewed initiatives in 2020. We could be looking at a similar situation with Power Rangers, get Hasbro some easy license dollars until they figured out what they want to do with Power Rangers. Be it a continued effort at an American initiative or go back to converting Super Sentai.”

For more details, be sure to check out the full TVLine article, brought to us by new Allspark user Ookalf.

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It all began back in March, when some eagle-eyed fans noticed that the first four episodes had been removed from (well, set to “Private”) the official Hasbro Pulse YouTube channel. What could this mean? Was this going to be the beginning of more takedowns of archived Transformers episodes, or even episodes from other Hasbro properties?

We reached out to Hasbro themselves to see if they could provide an answer. That went about as well as you’d expect.

Then in April, it was revealed that the same four episodes that had been removed would be shown in cinemas! Well, some cinemas. Depending on how lucky you were. And for three non-consecutive days in May, no less!

When the time finally came, fans ventured forth to take in this new experience, and… well, it was an experience.

At the very least, the redubbed first episode went over well. Well enough to leave some wondering why they didn’t just redo the other two parts of “More Than Meets The Eye,” if not all four episodes being shown.

Then, just as quickly as it came — well, quicker, really — it was gone. Over. Finished.

Yes, I’m invoking Furmanisms when talking about the cartoon, and you can’t — won’t — stop me.

As I was saying, the 40th anniversary experience came and went, and the episodes that Hasbro opted to remove from YouTube remained gone from the platform.

But now, hope shines anew!

It all happens on Friday, June 14th at 12pm EST, and you can be a part of it!

“But,” we know you’re asking, “will the newly redubbed live voice reading version of the first episode be included this time?”

We don’t know! They haven’t really said here one way or the other.

If you’re ready to give Hasbro Pulse the heroes’ welcome they so richly deserve, then head on over to the “G1 Episodes in Select Theaters in May” thread (because why not? It’s close enough) in our forums to plan the ticker-tape parade in their honor. (I get to drive the float.)

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Be sure to watch all ten episodes of season 2 of Earthspark on Paramount+ that released today!  The episodes are titled:

Aftermath

In Ruins

Control Alt Delete

The Butterfly Effect

Togetherness

Spitfire

The Imposters

Dude Where’s My Trailer

Witwicky, Part 1 and Part 2

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Looks like this Transformers/GI Joe crossover is really happening, still. Paramount producers are closing in on the the God of Lightning himself to star in their next franchise endeavor.

While some say they don’t know Hemsworth outside from his Marvel work, he has starred in some pretty impressive pictures as of late. If you want to see what else he’s made of, I suggest you see him as the deranged cult leader, Dementus, in the latest Mad Max film spin-off from visionary George Miller, Furiosa. A fantastic action flick about the title character’s origin, and her quest to find her home and seek revenge against Dementus, who took everything from her. Everyone should just check out, regardless.

And, of course, he will be Orion Pax in the upcoming Transformers:One animated film, due out Sept. 15th 2024.

Whether that means he’ll appear as a Joe or a human in an Optimus Prime Party City costume remains to be seen. It would be funny but cool to see Transformers go the tokusatsu route in live action.

Source: Deadline

Do you want to see this Chris in a Transformers/GI Joe crossover movie? Who do you want to see him as? Join in for discussion on our Transformers forum, our Discord Server, our twitter, or our Facebook group!

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Rather than a reshowing of the original 1986 feature film, Hasbro has instead elected to celebrate the 40th anniversary of their beloved franchise by going all the way back to the beginning. Back… further back… wait, are you grabbing a copy of Marvel’s The Transformers #1? Okay, while accurate to the time of year, that’s too far back. Push it up a bit. Yeah, there we go.

Ahem. Rather than reshowing the original movie, they’re reshowing the first four episodes of the original smash-hit syndicated cartoon television show.

Something about that ring a bell? Yep, those are the same four episodes they pulled from their YouTube channel back around March or so, but with some bells and whistles, or at least some variety of party favors and noisemakers added.

So, how is it? Here’s Internet Personality and fellow Torontonian Vangelus with his debriefing of the event he attended:

Overall, the atmosphere of the room was… formal. I had originally wanted to get there early so I could hang out and chat with other fans before it started, but IRL stuff kept me from getting there any sooner than about five-to-ten minutes before it started. When I got there, the room was real quiet as the typical pre-trailer ads were playing, with no one talking to each other and everyone keeping to themselves. The guy sitting to my right even moved over one seat during the first episode. The only people in the room who seemed to be having any fun enjoying themselves were a small group sitting toward the middle-right of the room (I was up in the back row), who could be heard chuckling at some of the zanier points in the episodes, and one of them made a “Ha! Superhuman Spike!” joke when Spike punched Rumble in the first ep. But other than them, the room was fill with dead silence from everyone else. And when it was over, we all got up from our seats to leave and nobody said a single word to anybody in the room. Only a few folks said they had fun to some of the ushers standing outside the theater room waiting to come in and clean up, but the total vibe of the room was really introverted and unfriendly, very much the opposite of how TF fans act when at conventions, in my experience. It felt less like a fan event and more like a formal opera experience where nearly everyone is on their best behavior and really stiff.

The redubbed first episode of “More Than Meets The Eye” sounds like it’s not to be missed, and yet, maybe not worth the price of admission, especially as the revitalized episode seems to leave the rest of the apparently Rhino-quality episode presentation feeling a little lackluster for the expected experience by comparison.

If you do decide to go, however, and you’re into this sort of thing, be sure to grab the Transformers 40th Anniversary Event popcorn bucket and cup combo (especially since they’re reportedly going for $50 on eBay right now)!

I’d consider going for the cup alone, but it would seem that we don’t have those in Canada.

You can also get them, along with other neat Transformers merch, online at the Cinemark Shop for $12.99.

Also, that’s for the U.S. only, too. Bah.

Anyway, have you checked the Transformers 40th Anniversary Event out for yourself already? Were you even planning to? Are you still planning to, or planning to go again? Or have these testimonials warded you off, and you’re just going to hope they do an online showing of it or something? Tell us all about it and find out what your fellow fans think over in the “G1 Episodes in Select Theaters in May” thread in our forums.

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Former Transformers Creative Manager Rik Alvarez is back, and this time, he’s not alone! This time, he’s teaming up with Peter Chavez IV to bring you all sorts of weird, wild, and downright wacky stuff from not only the American run of Beast Wars, but Japan’s Beast Wars II and Beast Wars Neo as well!

How many of these do you have? Heck, do you have anything shown here? Did you ever get to try Beast Wars II sausages? We don’t have a thread for it (as of this writing), but you can always start one over in the Transformers Discussion section of our forums, and tell (or even show) us all about it!

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Coming to theaters this September, check out the trailer below:

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Well, folks, after a good long while of wonder what this film will look like, Paramount Pictures decided to move this trailer up…past the sky.

Yes, you will be able to view this trailer right now in space as it ascends the atmosphere. I hope nobody here gets motion sickness from viewing this.

Right now, it is needing a little more time as people wait patiently in chat for this viewing experience.

We will have more details on the trailer updated later on this article

Want to share and talk about what will be shown in this preview, head over to the AllSpark Discord, Transformers forum, our Twitter, or our Facebook group to discuss with other great fans like ourselves!

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40 YEARS. ONE LEGACY.

HASBRO ANNOUNCES TILL ALL ARE ONE: TRANSFORMERS 40^th ANNIVERSARY EVENT FEATURING EPISODES FROM THE TRANSFORMERS CLASSIC TV SHOW

Relive the Magic of the 1984 Animated Series Featuring an Exclusive Behind-the-Scenes Table Read with Peter Cullen, Frank Welker and Other Original TRANSFORMERS Voice Actors – Only in Theaters Starting May 15

PAWTUCKET, RI — April 3, 2024 — Hasbro Inc., a leading toy and game company, announced today a special cinema experience to celebrate four decades of the TRANSFORMERS franchise with TILL ALL ARE ONE: TRANSFORMERS 40^th ANNIVERSARY EVENT. Honoring the brand’s legacy in bringing continuous action and adventure to fans of all ages, the theatrical event will provide limited screenings of episodes from the classic 1984 animated series “THE TRANSFORMERS.” Screenings will be available in select cinemas across the US, UK and Mexico, along with select territories in Europe, Latin America and Asia starting on Wednesday, May 15. Tickets for the TRANSFORMERS 40th Anniversary Event will go on sale at Transformers40thCinemaEvent.com on Wednesday, April 10 at 9.30am Local Time.

This special cinema experience will take fans back to the very beginning as some of the TRANSFORMERS original voice-over talent, including Peter Cullen (original voice of Optimus Prime) and Frank Welker (original voice of Megatron), team up for the first time in decades to revisit their characters and recreate the enduring magic of the classic 1984 animated series. An exclusive behind-the-scenes table read appears on a split screen for the pilot episode, More Than Meets the Eye, Part 1, followed by a traditional screening of the next three episodes of the series. Fans can experience the original Saturday morning cartoon on the big screen and get a glimpse of its evolution with a sneak peek of the new season of the original animated kids’ series TRANSFORMERS: EARTHSPARK. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to celebrate 40 years of TRANSFORMERS action, humor and legacy at an anniversary event that is truly… More Than Meets the Eye!

“For decades, the battle between the Autobots and Decepticons has come to life in movies, comic books, innovative toys, live experiences and digital media, elevating the TRANSFORMERS brand to a global powerhouse franchise with millions of fans around the world. To celebrate 40 years, we’re bringing fans back to where it all started,” said Alyse D’Antuono, Vice President, Global Franchise Strategy & Management, Action Brands at Hasbro. “THE TRANSFORMERS animated series captured the imagination of fans of all ages when it premiered in 1984, introducing a timeless battle between good and evil fueled by action and adventure. Ask any longtime fan, and they can probably tell you where they were when they first heard Optimus Prime’s iconic phrase ‘Autobots, roll out’ or what it felt like when they first converted a bot character into its alt mode. With exclusive content featuring the series’ original voice actors, this theatrical event is truly for our fans and invites audiences to experience the fun that started it all.”

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