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Autobots, Roll Out! Our Top Reasons We're Hyped For Transformers: The Last Knight...
Transformers fans rejoice! This week sees the release of the long awaited new film Transformers: The Last Knight and expectations are suitably high!
Humans are at war with the Transformers, and Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving the future lies buried in the secrets of the past and the hidden history of Transformers on Earth. Now, it's up to the unlikely alliance of Cade Yeager (Mark Wahlberg), Bumblebee, an English lord (Anthony Hopkins) and an Oxford professor (Laura Haddock) to save the world.
Any other plot details are being kept under lock and key but trailers of Optimus Prime fighting Bumblebee has got everyone talking, why are they at war with each other? Could the leader of the Autobots have turned to the dark side? There have been multiple tag lines used on various promotional material for this new film such as 'Rethink your heroes', 'Every legend hides a secret' and 'For One World To Live, The Other Must Die'. These cryptic clues have got us very excited and we can't wait to find out the true story!
It's been reported that this is the last Transformers film that Michael Bay will direct and also rumoured to be following him out the door is Mark Wahlberg, so will the next film follow a new direction? Either way, Transformers and Michael Bay go hand in hand so enjoy his last film in the franchise while you can! He recently said in an interview "Iâve done it enough, and Iâve had a great time doing it. Iâm going out with a bang on this one, and I feel like you gotta go out while youâre ahead, you know." which all sounds positive for an action packed film!
Delightful New LED Wall Lights Now In!
We all have it, that empty looking space on a wall that looks like it hasn't been touched since the building was first constructed. It looks sad, dark and well....pretty boring! But these days are now over thanks to our amazing new range of funky LED wall lights that have been inspired by some of the coolest and most iconic retro characters ever!!
Add some action to your room with the seriously cool looking smashed wall effect stickers that really bring these to life and make them just that little bit extra special.
First up are the totally rad Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles LED lights each with their weapons of choice ready for action. Add a touch of cowabunga cool to your home with your perfect character and maybe even couple the weapon with matching fave LED lights we have!
New Transformers Tees? It's Autobo(u)t Time!
It's nearly here folks! Anyone else getting excited to see...we mean experience the upcoming Transformers flick, Age Of Extinction?? We sure are which is why we just jumped at the chance to get designing our very own and oh-so exclusive Transformers T-Shirts featuring the main man Optimus Prime himself!
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The film begins after an epic battle that left a great city torn, but with the world saved. As humanity picks up the pieces, a shadowy group reveals itself in an attempt to control the direction of history... while an ancient, powerful new menace sets Earth in its crosshairs. With help from a new cast of humans, Optimus Prime (voiced by Peter Cullen) and the Autobots rise to meet their most fearsome challenge yet. In an incredible adventure, they are swept up in a war of good and evil, ultimately leading to a climactic battle across the world.
Featuring artwork from our favourite promo poster, this official t.shirt is on a mission to remind you âTransformers are Dangerous.â Take a peep....
10 Things You [Probably] Didn't Know About...Transformers
Transformer fans unite! To celebrate the release of our amazing new and exclusive Transformers clothing, we've been searching the interwebs high and low for some amazing nuggets of retro information about the coolest Alien robots around. We just love to keep you clued up huh! :)
For over three decades, our lives have been influenced, impacted, transformed by giant robots from the far away planet Cybertron. For them, it has been millennia of civil war, fights and trouble, but for us, it has been decades (scary!) of watching, playing and loving these iconic Autobots and Decepticons.
However you came to love these guys, sit back and enjoy our perhaps slightly hidden treasures of some of the most iconic retro characters ever!
1. According to Bob Budiansky, the writer for the Marvel Comics series, Hasbro originally thought the name Megatron sounded too villainous. Budiansky pointed out that was the point and Hasbro went along with the suggestion. Thank you Bob. The evil Decepticon could be known as nothing else!
2. Fans of the cartoon Robotech found an odd similarity between the Valkyrie jet-transforming-robot suits and the action figure of Autobot Skyfire. In Japan, they used the same model to produce both toys. In the cartoon, the Decepticon-turned Autobot giant jet didnât look like the alien-killing Robotech vehicles. But when kids received Skyfire the toy, many little heads were scratched.
3. The Transformers began with the 1980s Japanese toy lines Microman and Diaclone.
4. Optimus Prime's original name before he became Autobot leader was Orion Pax in the television series. Orion is the mythological Greek hunter while Pax is Latin for peace. In Latin, Optimus means "best"; "Prime" comes from primus, meaning "first".
