[UPDATE – Crazy: Looks like I was wrong, go here to see the theme revealed for the Botcon 2011 Exclusive Box Set!]

Question Mark? Well, it hasn’t been confirmed yet, but it sounds like the theme for Botcon 2011 is going to be Transformers in 3-D, a little known story that took place after G1 that involved a team of Autobots led by Ultra Magnus, a team of Decepticons led by Cyclonus, and a team called the Destructons led by Lord Imperious Delirious, possibly the greatest character name in all Transformers fiction aside from Powerglide.

How do we know this? Well, here are the hints we were given on the @Botcon twitter feed:

Just realized SO many stories and/or TF continuities (as a whole) were told in installments/seasons of 3… Well, get ready for Season 3.5!

G1? AEC? Animated? BW? What could it be? All of this contemplating may make you feel like you got hit by a Delirious Fire Attack

Lord Imperious Delirious’s grand attack was called the Delirious Fire Attack. You can read more about him on the TFWiki here. Also Transformers in 3-D was a unfinished comic story from 1988 with three completed chapters. You can read more about that here.

We’ll know for sure once the next issue of the Collector’s Club Magazine starts rolling out to members.

Side note: @Botcon also revealed the 2011 logo, which never has anything to do with the theme of that year’s convention. (See Above)

Its seems there are rumors swirling about that Stephen Sommers will not be returning to direct GI Joe 2. A few agents for other directors stated that they had been approached about their clients possibly directing the sequel. The Zombieland screenwriters already signed on over a year ago to pen the script. As recent as last August we had word that Sommers would be returning for the second movie, but it appears those plans have changed if the rumors are true.

Many Joe fans seem to have a strong opinion on this one way or another. Let us know what you think in the comments!

The year is wrapping up and I figured that this would be the perfect time to take a look back at some of the year’s highlights.
Think I missed an announcement or important piece of news? Discuss it in the comments! I love to hear what you all have to say.

There are a couple of images that don’t appear to have been encoded properly by YouTube during the Highs/Lows segment. The original video was fine and I could not upload it again to YouTube because they said it was a dupe. Imagine the Battle Beast Minimate with a caption of “I want to buy you!”

It looks like the latest issue of Toyfare not only revealed the April 2011 figure for MOTU Classics, but it also featured the Destroyer figure from the upcoming 3 3/4 inch Thor movie line. It is in scale with the other figures, meaning it is significantly larger. The issue also shows some of the other figures from this line and the Captain America movie line that we had already seen at NYCC this year.
As posable as that Thor figure looks, he seems to only be able to stand thanks to his cape. I’m curious how well balanced he is when posted standing straight up. Destroyer looks pretty solid all around.

[via MarvelousNews]

Telltale Games goes Back to the Future with it’s new five-part episodic game (and Michael J. Fox sound-alike), while Hasbro goes Back in Time with the Hub and new takes on its classic properties and cartoons.

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It looks like Transformers: War for Cybertron is getting a little more life with another 10x XP extended holiday weekend. The game’s official Facebook page updated with the following:

“We kick off another 10x XP blast starting…now! We will keep the XP rewards up to 10x their normal value all the way through this week and into this weekend, ending on Sunday Nov 28th at midnight. Enjoy a leg of turkey while you level your transformers up even quicker this weekend.”

This is going on right now through Sunday evening.
A shame this does nothing for anyone having trouble with Escalation.

I’ve been meaning to post this for a while now, especially because my anticipation has been running high for this figure. The Transformers Collector’s Club revealed their second 2011 Club Exclusive figure, Transtech Cheetor. A character model is shown using a Transformers Animated style. The art was provided by Derrick J Wyatt. While, we have not seen the actual robot mode, they have provided a nice picture of the vehicle mode. The figure uses the Transformers Animated Blurr mold with a newly sculpted head. This will most likely be the only Animated mold to get the club treatment. Transtech Cheetor will be joining G2 Ramjet as figures available for purchase exclusively through the Collector’s Club. If you sign up for the club before March 16, you will also receive the club freebie figure, Side Burn.

 

The Transformers Collectors Club have unveiled the first of the two club exclusive figures for 2011. That figure is Generation 2 Ramjet. He, along with the other, as yet unrevealed, club exclusive figure, will be available for purchase only to club members. We recently posted about the reveal of the 2011 Club Membership figure, Sideburn. Anyone who renews their membership before March 16, 2011 will receive one free Sideburn figure. After that you will have the opportunity to buy G2 Ramjet and the other exclusive figure.

 

As I recall, the other unnamed figure was mentioned at Botcon to be a redeco of Animated Blur as Transtech Cheetor. This is merely what they were planning and has not been officially announced yet.