Fanatic Films - Transformers G1 Returns!

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Found these floating about in the Youtube ether a few weeks ago, they're from around 2014-2016. An attempt at doing a 'proper' extended fourth season of Transformers G1 that follows on direct from "The Rebirth", it makes use of original voice acting and footage recycled from G1 as well as Headmasters to tell original stories

They managed at least two full episodes and begun work on another before everything dried up.






Does anyone in the Transformers community know what happened to these guys? Did Hasbro shut them down?

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A quick Google links to the the Transformers 2005 forum where the guy who was working on the voice work says his HDD crashed and he lost all the assets and was too heartbroken to re-do it all.

So, likely that.

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May 23, 2022 8:54:25 GMT -5 Legion said:

A quick Google links to the the Transformers 2005 forum where the guy who was working on the voice work says his HDD crashed and he lost all the assets and was too heartbroken to re-do it all.

So, likely that.

...Bummer.

I did find the man in charge had been trying a kickstarter for it due to being too busy with a job promotion, and wanted to split the work among professional editors. The funding didn't get within a whiff of the projected goal and he said there wasn't much point in funding the rest if he couldn't fund episode three or something.

Sad. It got further along in content than a lot of other fan projects could hope for. 

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An update from their YT channel

Hello Everyone,



I've got an announcement that I know many of you have been waiting a long time to hear: We are FINALLY back..... Yes, for REAL!!!



I've actually been back to work on the project full time for several weeks now but I didn't want to get anyone's hopes up if there was any doubt that I'd be able to finish all the remaining episodes. I'm happy to say, everything is going to plan and there's no foreseeable obstacles that will prevent the remainder of Season 4 (unofficial, of course) from being completed.



I'm about halfway done the current episode "Pretender to the Throne" Part 2 and it should be done sometime in August. I will post an update when I have a more specific timeline and may even schedule a premiere so we can watch it together and I can answer any questions you may have.



Well, it's been over 5 years since the last episode was posted. In that time, the channel has grown by over 6,000 subscribers (nearing 10K in total!) with ZERO new content. More amazingly, the channel has gained more than 2 million views in that time! I wanted to take this opportunity to thank you all once again, particularly those of you who have been here from the beginning of the project wayyyyy back in 2013.



I'm looking forward to interacting with ALL of you again.





Til all are one!

Chris AKA "The main guy"

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Latest update:

Next video is approx 75% done! Still targeting a mid-August upload date.

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Latest update and premiere date for latest episode:

Good news: The new episode is nearly finished and will be uploaded 1 week from today! More specifically, it will be going live Friday August 19th at 1pm PST/4pm EST, sharp. It will be set up as a 'Premiere' which means we all get to watch it together and at least one member of the cast (hopefully more!) will be in the live chat answering any questions you may have. Anyone with notifications turned on for the channel will get an invitation to the premiere within the next few days. Click 'Attend' in the invitation to ensure you receive a reminder shortly before the premiere begins. If you don't have notifications turned on, or you're unsure, just go to any of our videos and click the bell icon, right next to the 'Subscribe' button.

So book it in your calendar, come hang out, watch the new episode and have a chat with us!

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And they're back!



I had a lot of fun watching this. I forgot to view it this morning while eating cereal, but an afternoon showing worked just as well too.

They opened up a new patreon also, insisting all funds go to the voice cast

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Latest update from their community page

Hi Folks,

Apologies for the lack of communication lately - had a ton of stuff going on in real life so haven't had as much time to work on the episode lately as I would have liked but we're only about 3 - 4 weeks behind schedule so nothing too bad. Now aiming for early January for the next upload.

For you generous Patrons, we will be uploading the first 3 minute segment of the episode of the episode on Patreon (including dialogue and music but no sound fx as they are added last) so if you don't mind seeing some minor spoilers head of time, head over there next week for that sneak preview.

Regardless if you're a Patreon supporter, YouTube subscriber or a casual viewer, thanks again for your interest and support!

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A special preview of the next instalment of "Pretender to the Throne", music and dialogue is there, but the SFX is not

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Concluding part of "Pretender to the Throne"

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The plan is to approach Hasbro to see if we can get commissioned for an official web-series in the same vein as our project. We're really lucky to have Kirk Bozigian (legendary co-creator of the G.I. Joe ARAH toyline) on board to help us with our pitch. Some exciting stuff on the horizon for us and fans of our little project!

Source: Fanedit.org

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