Mirage (Transformers) first to rush into battle, Mirage was destroyed by a flamethrower to his neck; his death was soon avenged in battle by Ironhide. Mirage is one of the light blue robots in the 2010 card game "Monopoly Deal Transformers". The first truly new, different character to bear the name of Mirage appeared in the 1999 "Beast Machines" toyline, a portent of the frequent reuse the name would soon receive. A member of the evil Vehicons, with the requisite (albeit stylised and alien) racing car alternate mode, this Mirage did not appear in the accompanying animated series, but was characterised as
Transformers: Dark of the Moon on July 1, 2011, the release was brought forward to June 29, 2011. It was announced in November 2010 that unlike "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen", no scenes in the film were shot with IMAX cameras. "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" had grossed $352.3 million in North America, and $771.4 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $1.123 billion. It is the 20th-highest-grossing film of all time, as well as the second-highest-grossing 2011 film, the highest-grossing film of the "Transformers" series, the second-highest-grossing film by Paramount (behind "Titanic"), the fourth highest-grossing third instalment of a series (behind "",