Links
If you're still interested in learning more about TFs (short for Transformers), perhaps even for the first time, and/or want to be more part of the online TF community, here are links to the main sites out there for you to begin:
Official Sites:
Hasbro Toy Company's official web site: Homepage of the American company who own the TF rights, make the toys, etc.
Hasbro's Official Transformers web site: Part of Hasbro's site on the latest TF toys and information.
Mainframe Entertainment official web site: The 3D computer-animated cartoon company in Canada, responsible for the creation of the "Beast Wars" and "Beast Machines" TF cartoons.
BotCon Online: Official web site of Botcon, the annual American Transformers convension.
Japan's Takara Company official web site: Company in Japan that owns and makes Transformers, Hasbro being the U.S. toy/game production portion of the company.
Rhino Home Video: Company that currently sells Transformers cartoons on VHS and DVD (mainly in the United States).
The Internet Movie Database: Use this site to look up any info on all TF shows and/or their different voice actors, producers, animators, and more. In fact, you can use this database site to look up stuff on almost any piece of film-related material!
Hard Hero: Company making the new Transformers mini-bust statues!
Unofficial Sites:
Benson Yee's Unoffical Beast Wars/Beast Machines FAQ Site: Mainframe's official "TF Story Consultant" for Beast Wars and Beast Machines, offers this site to fans to look up all the info you could need on the "Beast" TF lines.
Transfans.com: Official web site for Transformer fans all over the world, *by* a transfan, with extra TF info and other TF resources.
Transformers Archive: Contains even more resources for use by transfans.
Bigbot.com: One of the best places to get the latest info on TFs by fans, with a CTLP section, listing all known TF web site URLs, and more.
Transfandom.com: Another big site for TF info!
Matrix Annex: Online, fan-made, TF fanzine!
Seibertron.com: Another great TF site with LOADS of stuff!
Lexicon: Great place for more TF info!
Jon Hartman's International Tech Spec Archive: Contains most to all existing TF toy tech specs (profiles of different TF characters on the back of their packaging).
The Ark Archives: Contains all TF toy catalogs from all over the world, and more.
The Transformers On-Line Encyclopedia: Encyclopedia web site with story/character(s) info from all official TF shows and comics.
TeleTran 3 Cybersite: A GREAT site for info on the TFs in general, especially the cartoons and movie!
Adequate.com's Transformers Universe
Who's Who in the Transformers Universe
THE RUINS OF CYBERTRON: Great site that contains a fan-made TF role-playing game, and detailed TF toys release order lists from 1984-1997.
Transformers Extreme: Contains many things, such as different TF episodes for download at different times (Need Real Player program to play them on your computer).
Greg Gaub's Transformers Page: One of the best fan-made TF pages on everything TF.
Rob Jung's Transformers Toy List: Currently down.
All Spark Board
Radio-Free Cybertron
Alpha Trion's Database
Ark North: Has old, unused TF cartoon scripts.
Dave's BW Page: Contains the latest info on current, and upcoming, TF toys.
The Lexicon: Another great page that contains links, more unused scripts, and more.
Unicron.com
Rockman666's "Transformers: Robots In Disguise" Site: Rockman666@tfrid.com's personal TF site, and one of the best!
Message Boards:
GI Joe/Transformers Message Board: The first decent GI Joe/Transformers board in quite a long time!
Other TF Fanfiction Groups/Archives:
Marvel Universe: Transformed: Fanfic group revolving around a world where Marvel super-heroes and TFs exist in the same universe. Founded and run by KarlV@uswest.net.
Primus Comics: Fanfic group where everyone does their own thing. About to start a new, shared universe saga very soon. Founded and run by GForce99@hotmail.com.
HotRod2316's Transformers Addendum Fanfiction Archive: TF fanfic archive dedicated to filling-in all the missing gaps in official TF history, and doing some original work as well. Founded and run by me, HotRod2316@aol.com.
UK TF Comics Scans & For Sale Sites:
http://www.homestead.com/deceptitron/UKINDEXG1.html
http://www.liamnet.demon.co.uk
http://www.homestead.com/deceptitron/DECEPTITRONINDEX.html
http://uktfcomics.cjb.net
http://webresources.transfans.com/images/comics/comics.html
http://www.seibertron.com
http://www.daff.net
Newsgroups:
alt.toys.transformers
alt.toys.transformers.fanfic
alt.toys.transformers.marketplace
alt.toys.transformers.classic.moderated