In the United States, today is the official release day of Transformers: Dark of the Moon3D Combo pack and Limited Edition Trilogy set. To help promote the release, the DOTM twitter and Facebook accounts have released two more clips from the special features disc. The first clip discusses Optimus Prime trailer and the second discusses some of the practical effects (explosives, etc) used in the film.
Wednesday brings another Transformers comic to the shelves. This time its the return of the Infestation zombies. In the IDW universe the zombies can infect robots. Unlike the previous series which took place during the current TF continuity, this one talkes place in the Hearts of Steel alt-verse. This one 'verse has the Transformers fighting their war during the Industrial Revolution with some often inspired designs that would have been perfect for a toy line. The covers and first 8 pages of the issue can be found here.
Chuck Dixon (w) • Guido Guidi (a) • Livio Ramondelli, Guidi (c)
The Infestation threat has broken the boundaries of time and the Lovecraftian monsters invade the world of Transformers: Hearts of Steel! It's a steam-punk world in the grips of panic as terrifying beings from the depths of the ocean corrupt both humans and Decepticons! Only one man knows how to stop the Infestation, and it's up to him to awaken the Autobots in time to prevent full-scale cataclysm!
Below are three more clips to promote the January 31st in US (Feb. 13th in UK) release of Transformers: Dark of the Moon 3D Combo pack and Limited Edition Trilogy set. The clips come from the DOTM twitter and Facebook accounts. The first video is a look at the challenges of Driller, the second is focuses on re-creating the Moon, and the last is designing the Transformers.
The official twitter account for DOTM has posted three new clips (below) to promote the January 31st release of Transformers: Dark of the Moon 3D Combo pack and Limited Edition Trilogy set. The first clip provides a look at the inspiration and casting for Sentinel Prime, more from filming in Chicago, and a look at the sky diving stuntmen. The clips and links to other released featurette clips below.
Coming February 18th is the launch of Transformers: Prime season 2 on The Hub. The first season ended with a depowered matrix used to defeat Unicron resulting in Optimus Prime losing his memories and returning to his Orion Pax identity. The teaser trailer for the premiere episode is called "Orion Pax - Part 1". Based on the description from MTV (with trailer below) it looks like the TF Prime gain is building to a good old reformat of Cybertron, something that has been used in the Marvel comics, IDW comics, and Beast Wars/Beast Machines. Febuary 18th is a kind of Transformers Day on The Hub with return of Transformers: Rescue Bots (noon EST), TF Prime (8:30pm EST) and Transformers: The Animated Movie (9:00pm EST). Images via Collider.
