Auctioneer Profiles in History said it expected the 3,200 pound (1.45 ton) Hero Bumblebee robot from the first movie in 2007 to fetch $60,000 to $80,000 at the Oct 8–9 auction.

The motorcycle costume worn by Fox as Mikaela Banes in the blockbuster 2009 sequel “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”, along with her shorts and tank top, have an estimate of $3,000 to $5,000.

Joe Maddalena, president of Profiles in History, said anything worn by Fox was in great demand by collectors.

“‘Transformers’ made her a star and I expect her costumes to perform very well at auction. The 17-foot Bumblebee robot speaks for itself … it’s such an amazing spectacle and a pop culture icon that I expect bidders to go crazy,” Maddalena said.

Bids can be placed in person at the auction in Calabasas, outside Los Angeles, by phone or live on the Internet.

Ice Cream truck

Arcee

Arcee

Jolt

Contest to win tickets to US Premiere, June 22nd

One Grand prize winner will receive:

# Two (2) Round-Trip Airfare Tickets
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Merchandise

I’ve included some of the best shirts below, available for $19 each at the moment. Click the images below or view all the Hot Topic gear. I particularly like the Freedom shirt:

TF2 cut complete

This Friday actors viewed the fruits of their efforts, as reports Tyrese on his twitter:

What is gonna be the best part of your Friday?? I’m gonna go first. Today @3pm me ; the cast are gonna see the final cut of Transformer 2!!

Chevy Camaro commercial

GM have started airing a new Chevy Camaro commericial that features Bumblebee and a slither of new footage.

Toy news

New Blaze Master pictures (view gallery)
Deluxe Jolt pictures (view gallery)
Deluxe Stalker Scorponok pictures (view gallery)
Power Bots Sideswipe (view gallery)

Twins Ice Cream Truck Toy

The first pictures of this toy in the wild:

Michael Bay talks to Forbes

Bay has been talking money with Forbes — interesting facts from the interview; Bay takes approximately 8% of profits from toys based on the movies. As a producer Bay brings in an average 8% of a film’s net earnings. Bay also made a whopping $40m from the atrocious Pearl Harbor movie.

Transformers 2 contests

The Vancouver Province newspaper are offering two passes to a Revenge of the Fallen screening two days prior to release, posters and video games for runners up. View contest

Total Assault are giving away a Linkin Park and Transformers 2 themed guitar. View contest (Thanks Deanna!)

More video game footage from E3

New Divide Making of

Shia & TF2 secrets

Talking with Yahoo movies, about injuries on and off set:

“He hurts his hand in the middle of a human transfer,” LaBeouf explains cryptically. “Sorry this is so mysterious. There’s just certain words I can’t say.”

“Revenge of the Fallen” begins with LaBeouf’s character, Sam Witwicky, heading off to college to distance himself from his shape-shifting robot friends. Sam’s beloved Camaro, which transforms into Bumblebee, sits in the garage “sort of like his (parole officer), his guardian,” LaBeouf said during a recent interview.

While at school, Sam starts seeing symbols through “epileptic seizure-type fits of information transfer,” LaBeouf said. “He just becomes a factual volcano.” The symbols form a map to an energy source the robots need to control sentient beings, LaBeouf said.

The actor becomes visibly excited when talking about “Transformers,” his slight frame buzzing in a button-down shirt and skinny black tie. His left hand is wrapped in gauze, with a splint propping up one finger. “It’s like 11 days out of surgery,” he said, referring to a procedure to remove screws that stabilized his digits after the accident. “It’s not broken, but it’s newly not-broken,” LaBeouf said.

“There’s far more stunts this time,” he said. “Aside from the fact that I was making the whole movie with a broken hand, my knee has stitches, my eye had stitches, my back was gouged.”

During one scene, LaBeouf said he “literally stabbed myself in the eye” and had to be treated at a military hospital. Though credit may be due for toughness, it’s LaBeouf’s natural warmth that makes him perfect to play Sam, the film’s screenwriters say.

LG have also launched their tie-in website that focuses on NEST with various missions, wallpapers and ringtones.

Images

Some of the shots in their images section are new:

Wallpapers

Examples of LG’s Transformers wallpapers (1280x1024 resolution)

The crazed toaster that transformers into some maniacal brainless pest has been photographed in detail by yayabee.

Arcee

TF08 are back with more toy shots, this time its Arcee in a particularly strange pose: