The Boston Globe gave Transformers movie a bunch of free advertising by with its front page article today titled "The Bots are Back". The articles covers the history of Transformers, its new toys lines and the movie coming out next year along with transfans comments. The article writer mostly got everything right to my knowledge meaning they either are fans themselves or got their info from a knowledgeable source as this article doesn't have the usual inaccuracies nor disdain that most toy-centric articles tend to have.
Highlights of sorts but no movie news:
- Transformers are third largest selling boys' toy in the US behind Star Wars and GI Joe. (GI Joe is beating TFs? That sucks much.)
- Observations of Transformers in pop culture including the TF geek in Clerks II and Dane Cook's "My Son Optimus Prime" skit.
- Few TF centric websites get a shout out.
- Apparently the article has decided that renewed interest in Transformers did not start with Beast Wars but because of retro t-shirts printed in 1999. News to me. I figured it was the constant new lines that Hasbro has been pushing every year.
The full article is here.
Also if want more shoot pics of the Transformers vehicles and the blue Optimus Prime head, click here.
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