Beast Megatron's Christmas Greeting!

12.25.2015 – If you’ve been a long time Transformers fan chances are you’ve seen every iteration of the franchise since 1984, which includes the Beast Wars era. If you’ve skip that and you’ll never know what really is to be a TransFan. This Christmas the fans who have seen the entire run of Beast Wars would probably appreciate David Kaye’s gesture a greeting card to every Transformers fan all over the world as the spark behind Beast Megatron’s voice. Ah… Yes.

TF Fan Stories: What's an Autobot Pacifist?

06.14.2015 – Ever wonder what was your first Transformers? How did you acquire them or have a significant story that affects you personally? I got one story to share that has something about how Generation One toys was ahead of it time. You see growing up it must be unnoticed to anyone but have you read the TECH SPEC cards found in the boxes of the figures? If you haven’t the way its written is rather complex for a 5 year old and yet interesting to realize their story…

TF Culture | Autobot Jeepney Sighted!

FILIPINO drivers love Transformers--specifically, the Autobot faction symbol (copyright issues aside, of course). Check out any shop or kiosk that make automotive decals, and you will see the iconic red sigil looking back at you. Many Filipinos decorate their cars with the Autobot symbol, many choosing the heroic face on the gas tank door instead of that naughty version of Calvin peeing. The really hardcore Transformers fans place the Autobot symbol where you would find it on an Autobot's car mode, either on the left side near the front wheel or on the back window to the right. Of course, others just place it wherever they want, like on the rear end or--for the truly brave ones--a larger-than-usual symbol on the hood!

TransFan Stories: From Cardboards to Complete Collection.

06.03.2015 – Every aspiring fan has their humble beginnings why they are so passionate about one hobby that started a growing collection of these interesting characters. Transformers have been one of those brands that have been relevant. For more than 30 years Hasbro kept this brand going, but not everyone can afford to ‘collect them all’ so for a young Neil Dela Cruz it must be something that inspired him like a quote “If you can’t buy `em I’ll build `em” and he did…

ThrowBack: TransFormers PH 2003 Geocities Site!

10.09.2014 – Transformers Philippines originally started as a community in 2002, which went online in the old Yahoo Groups. After a year it expanded with its original website that was launched in October 2003 at the former GeoCities site. The site was originally named “TransFans PH” short for "Transformers Fans Philippines", which evolved to what it is today. It also contains the original details how the group was founded and some early news and toy reviews.

KRE-O Transformers: Prime Talks About Movies!

10.05.2014 – Rarely you’ve noticed the newer Kre-O Transformers sets creeping into Philippine retail since the toy launch last summer. There’s nothing Earth shattering about the current ones but once in a while you might see something interesting. In other countries there has been sets that are based from the G1 cartoon, but mostly its dominated by sets based from the Age of Extinction film. Hasbro keeps on churning up new sets that with a motion digital short…

Megatron Takes Over Universal Studios!

08.08.2014 – If you have been to Universal Studios the best place in this theme park is Transformers: The Ride and not all have one. The experience in Singapore is much different from the one in Hollywood, but what’s interesting is The Ride certainly captures the imaginative concept of the live action films. Of course there’s no story or plot that would disappoint you. If you happen to be in one of the Universal Studios theme parks in the US probably you might encounter a certain Decepticon in one of them. In Singapore you get to see a life size EVAC greeting you across the entrance to The Ride or a custom yellow with racing stripes of a Chevy Camaro parked nearby.

Throwback Thirst-Day: Pepsi Convoy!

07.24.2014 – If you’ve been a long time Transformers Fan to see some early releases in the 1980s you won’t be surprised about the collaboration with Hasbro and another brand shall we say Pepsi. For those who have been drinking another beverage maybe it’s time you support Pepsi Convoy. Transformers had been once had a tie-up with the famous soda beverage in 1985 when they released a redeco of the original Optimus Prime toy with Pepsi stickers featured on the side of the trailer. Twenty years later in 2005 Takara has similar in mind only this time Optimus Prime delivers Pepsi.

Top Five Best TRANSFORMERS Toy Photography!

07.12.2014 – Transformers Age of Extinction has dominated the Philippine cinemas, and around the world raking box office tickets like it was an energon goodie that Hot Rod was giving away. This is when he was stuck with Kup on the planet where they crashed in the Transformers: The Movie in 1986.

Back in the Philippines you can definitely see the passion of each fan to share their adoration for the TRANSFORMERS brand. There’s a local community that promotes a similar passion through ‘Toy Photography and here are some compositions that made it to the TOP FIVE BEST Toy Photography.

MIAS 2014: Yokohama TF GT-R Maximus Contest!

04.04.2014 – If you happen to be free this weekend drop by the Manila International Auto Show (MIAS). It’s the biggest car show event that opened its doors to the public and launched some new models courtesy of this year’s car manufacturers. Though there hasn’t much any Transformers-related cultural inspired goodness that you’ll immediately see at the showroom floor. There is one Transformer spotted at the Yokohama booth that you might take home for yourself and his name is Maximus!

See Lightbringer, The Meralco Bot!

03.01.2014 – Transformers has a huge influence in culture and you have to look at it in a bigger picture. Some would only think about the comic books and the cartoons that built the brands rich history but outside of it there are others who share that “Fan Love.” Take for instance is the Meralco robot that was first seen in 2010 during their annual Christmas light show. Meralco is an electric company that supplies power to Filipino homes in the Philippines and the only provider who has robot in their company grounds.

Start Them Young: Life Through Transformers!

02.18.2014 – In 2012 Ben Harpold joined the BotCon 2012 Film Fest, which featured his then 2 year old son Statler. The video shared on YouTube was the first place winner having a video of his son talking about Transformers. The toddler starts with naming the characters accurately and shares his thoughts. Hasbro markets their toys to young kids and mostly they promote Bumblebee, but the little boy said his favorite is Optimus Prime since Bumblebee only turns into a car…

Transformers Collectors Club Timelines: Dion & Cop-Tur!

08.28.2011 - The 2010 Transformers Collectors Club Exclusive is none other than Dion with “Micromaster” partner Cop-Tur. For anyone who is not familiar with Dion he is the best friend of Orion Pax. Your guess is that familiar name which synonymous with Optimus Prime’s former identity after he was damaged in the original Generation 1 cartoon from the 1980s. Dion was announced in late 2009 as the exclusive free toy as part of applying or renewing for the club membership on or before March 16, 2010.