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The Transformers facebook page has uploaded a gallery of screenshots from next Fall's highly anticipated Transformers: Fall of Cybertron. Most if not all of these images appeared in Gameinformer's month long Transformers: FOC coverage, but just in case you missed them or didn't check out each article we've mirrored them below, enjoy.
Meet the Rescue Bots! Chase, Heatwave, Blades, and Boulder are given a very important mission by Optimus Prime: Protect and learn about mankind. Stationed undercover on a technologically advanced island, they team up with a family of first responders, including a police chief, fire fighter, helicopter pilot, and engineer. With help from Cody, the family's youngest, the Rescue Bots keep the peace and keep people safe in their new home. And along the way, they learn what it really means to be a hero.
On December 19th, the Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights posted an article on their website accusing Hasbro of poor working conditions and less than adequate pay for workers at the Jet Fair Factory in China. The article can be read here.
In a press release last week, Hasbro addressed the claims of dire working conditions in their Jet Fair Factory stating they have taken the allegations very seriously. They deployed a team to work with I.C.T.I (International Council of Toy Industries) to examine the conditions of the facility. After an unannounced, nine hour inspection, both Hasbro and the I.C.T.I. determined the facility met "Hasbro's rigorous requirements."
The press statement goes on to say "While Hasbro is committed to continual improvement in all facets of corporate social responsibility, including continued ethical product manufacturing at Jet Fair and all factories that produce Hasbro products, the inflammatory allegations made by the NGO in their report were unsubstantiated by our investigation. As a matter of course, Hasbro will continue to monitor conditions at Jet Fair and all of our factories."
As soon the article surfaced, Seibertron.com members began discussing it in the forums. We immediately contacted Hasbro and they sent the following message to Seibertron.com in response to our inquiries to this matter on December 19th, 2011:
"Thank you for checking in with us on this matter. Hasbro takes all claims involving working conditions very seriously, and we are immediately investigating. The Company has a strong track record and has had long-standing policies and processes in place for years to help ensure good working conditions, including health and safety, at factories making our products. We strive to conduct business throughout our supply chain in accordance with the highest ethical standards, and we utilize not only ICTI-- but also our own on-the-ground workforce-- to monitor social compliance. For more information about Hasbro’s comprehensive corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities, including more detail regarding Hasbro’s policies and practices related to ethical product manufacturing, please visit Hasbro.com/csr."
Site sponsor Kapow Toys has provided a very nice gallery of Deluxe Class Transformers DOTM Que/Wheeljack. The figure features a MechTech weapon and three smaller clip system accessories. Still no domestic retail sightings of this guy or his wave mate Soundwave. For now you'll just have to enjoy the images mirrored below, unless you invested in the Takara version that is.
It's shaping up to be a good week for Japanese fans. The Takara Transformers Prime "First Edition" figures have been released, the Campaign Arm Microns became available, and now Million Publishing's exclusive Stepper has started to arrive. TFW2005's GENgoraw has posted some in-hand images of the new Microns and Stepper with Nightstick. We've mirrored a few of the images below, more are available for viewing by click the following: Microns - Stepper
According to the Finance section of Yahoo.com, The Sears Holding Corporation will be closing between 100 to 120 stores due largely to a poor holiday shopping season. The article states "The closings are the latest and most visible in a long series of moves to try to fix a retailer that has struggled with falling sales and shabby stores."
In an internal memo Tuesday to employees, CEO and President Lou D'Ambrosio said that the retailer had not "generated the results we were seeking during the holiday."
As parts of the national economy continue to struggle, jobs are still being lost. As this is unfortunate of many people, it might lend a hand to some Transformers collectors looking to find the silver lining in the shape of discounted toys in a closing K-Mart or Sears store. To read the entire article click here, and share your finds in the Toy Sightings forums here.
Good news for our Canadian members, thanks to the Toys"R"Us Boxing Week Sale you can pick up Transformers Prime "First Edition" figures at close to half price. Voyagers are discounted to 17.97 and Deluxes are discounted to 5.97. The sale runs from December 26th to January 2nd. Images courtesy of Seibertron.com staff member Blurrz.
The Official BotCon facebook page just posted an up close and personal image of the recently revealed BotCon 2012 "Invasion" Boxset exclusive Gigatron (Overlord). Take a look below, they've promised to post more images of this guy to the Official BotCon 2012 website soon.
Update: Images from the BotCon homepage added and mirrored below.
From the press release we received earlier today from Paramount:
7-Disc Limited Collector’s Edition Blu-ray Trilogy
The 7-Disc Limited Collector’s Edition Blu-ray Trilogy includes all three films in high definition, Transformers: Dark of the Moon in high definition 3D, more than 10 hours of bonus material, as well as a plaque of movie images signed by director Michael Bay. Disc specifications are as follows:
Two-disc Special Edition Blu-ray of Transformers presented in 1080p high definition with English 5.1 Dolby TrueHD, French 5.1 Dolby Digital and Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital and English, English SDH, French, Spanish and Portuguese subtitles.
Two-disc Special Edition Blu-ray of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen presented in 1080p high definition with English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, French 5.1 Dolby Digital and Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital and English, English SDH, French, Spanish and Portuguese subtitles.
Three-disc Combo Blu-ray 3D/Blu-ray of Transformers: Dark of the Moon presented in 1080p high definition with English 7.1 Dolby TrueHD, English 5.1 Discrete Dolby Digital, English 2.0 Discrete Surround Dolby Digital, French 5.1 Dolby Digital, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital, Portuguese 5.1 Dolby Digital and English Audio Description and English, English SDH, French, Spanish and Portuguese subtitles.
Synopsis
A mysterious event from Earth’s past threatens to ignite a war so big that the TRANSFORMERS alone will not be able to save the planet. Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) and the AUTOBOTS must fight against the darkness to defend our world from the DECEPTICONS’ all-consuming evil in the smash hit from director Michael Bay and executive producer Steven Spielberg.
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