I a move which would make Hasbro happy, TakaraTomy have asked some Japanese resellers to stop  stocking 3rd Party Products (unlicenced items sold as Transformers).  One such retailer, Red Murcury, has cancelled all pre-orders of particular items after receving notification form TakaraTomy to stop selling 3rd party products due to copyright and trademark violations.

With the devasation caused by the Tsunami and both recent earthquakes in Japan, this move would help protect legitimate Japanese business, at a time that their country and economy needs it.

It will be interesting to see what other steps are taken.  Will TakaraTomy look to stop more items, what does this mean for the WonderFest (though they are all licenced goods) and will Hasbro start to try and stop US retailers from stock the non-official and unlicensed items (with the run up to Transformers: Dark of the Moon and it's impending increase on Transformers sales).

The following items appeared on TakaraTomy's list

1. Kup Head Set
2. SFX Scouting Force X - Camera Set
3. Primary School: Primars
4. Head Robots: Blood
5. Bee 01
6. CDMW-16
7. CDMW-17