More information has become available now on the upcoming Masterpiece Lambor (Sideswipe) figure, thanks to a better image of the recent solicitation.  The images contains the following Japanese paragraphs which talks about how the figure is licensed by Lamborghini who will be overseeing the paint applications to ensure they are correct,that the toy will fit inside the trailer of MP-10 Convoy and that he comes with the following accessories:

1. Piledrivers - Yes as seen in the Generation One cartoon
2. Flare Gun
3. Missile Launcher

Here is the Japanese description.

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3rd Party group Perfect Effect recently teased fans on their blog of a possibly planned remold of Perfect Effects Motorbot (Arcee) into Blackarachnia, using the Transformers Animated colours.

The Transformers Facebook page revealed the third and final Insecticon yesterday for Transformers Fall of Cybertron  This time Shrapnle is shown off, under his new name of Sharpshot

Tagoal Blog have posted an extensive image gallery of the wave one Transformers Prime Arms Micron capsule toys Optimus Prime (who becomes a gun), Bumblebee (who is a sword), Gob ( the black and pink cobra) and Zad (the black and pink lizard.  Click the link to check out the full images or click read more to view a mirror of several of them.

There is one other image that was posted on 4Chan which shows the figures combined into a quasi-robot form which you can view below.

Our thanks go out to Duckstar for letting us know that he spotted the Cyberverse Ironhide figure for sale in Tescos earlier this afternoon, so if you are after the figure he just got a lot easier to find.

The Planet Iacon have shared an image from weibo.com/botcon which shows some new re-colours of the third party Targetdoids of Optimus Prime and Rodimus in their Shattered Glass colour schemes from Botcon.  You can view the image below and can compare them to the original Botcon figures using our Transformers Toy Gallery section.

Youtuber Optibotimus has posted a video review of Transformers The Ride exclusive Evac figure. The toy, which is deluxe class, will be given away and is sure to bring in some money on the 2nd hand market. You can watch the review below.

Youtube Transformers reviewer, Mitch Santona, has posted his video review of the Transformers Prime Dreadwing Cyberverse Commander class figure onto the social video sharing site. You can watch the video below.

Full Metal Hero user foxdie has scanned a magazine article showing off an image of Transformers Fall of Cybertron Metroplex

Tudou.com has uploaded a video of the highly anticipated, and very much delayed, Igear Weapon Specialist prototype. This video demonstrates the figures weapons and how all of them will interact with the figure. His sawblade attachment, movie-esque cannons, sniper rifle, bazooka and knife are all shown here. You can watch the video HERE

July 15th is the most recent release date given from Igear

Planet Iacon have posted and image, thanks to Toys2Mail Station, of the upcoming Walmart exclusive "Ultimate Giftset" which features two deluxe class  and two Legions class figures.  Release in Q3 of this year, the toys are Generation 2 Jazz (a recolour of from Reveal the Shield Jazz), Combat Hero Optimus Prime (from RTS Optimus Prime), Motormaster (also from RTS Legend Optimus Prime) and Thundercracker (from RTS Legend Starscream).  You can view the image below.

Meteor Operations Facebook page has updated with a full gallery of the soon to be released Iron Army from third party group, TFC Toys. This gallery shows off all four figures from the two sets in very nice close up detail.

TakaraTomy have issued a press release of their forcoming colaboration with the ice cream manufacturer IceCandy on the upcoming GariRobo figure.  Gari is the mascott for Ice Candy and the figure is a cross between him and Transformers Prime Optimus Prime, only rather than transforming into a truck he transforms into ..... an ice lolly.  The toy is available in two "flavours" regular and Cola, cost 1890yen and is out this month. You can view some images below and will find the full press release (in Japanese) here and can view the official Takara product page here.

Last weekend saw the MCN London Expo take place here within the UK.  During the event on Saturday Jagex held a panel regarding Transformers: Universe.  Whilst we were in attendance at the event we missed the panel as we were at Nickelodeons panel on the 2012 TMNT show at the same time.  However thanks to YouTuber Apollon1 you can watch a video of the event below.

Hasbro Inc. (HAS) appears all set to boost its Entertainment segment via Hasbro Studios for television and alliance with movie studios like Paramount, Universal Pictures, Sony and Relativity. Hasbro started the year on a positive note and will likely perform better in the coming quarters on a strong sales momentum from the 3D version of Star Wars, Battleship worldwide launch in April (with the U.S. launch in May), Avengers Assembled (May release) and Spiderman 4 (set to debut in July 2012). Other films in the queue are Ouija, CandyLand, Stretch Armstrong, Clue and Monopoly.

Added to this, Hasbro, in association with Paramount Pictures, was nearly ready for the big screen appearance of G.I. Joe Retaliation on June 29 this year. But the premiere has now been pushed to the next year.  To cash in on the global popularity of 3D versions, .I. Joe Retaliation will now appear in 3D suit on March 29, 2013. The strong pipeline ensures that Hasbro’s entertainment initiatives will contribute to its revenue as well as toy-sales.

However, the last moment delay of G.I. Joe Retaliation could be the result of the recent box-office underperformance of The Battleship movie in the U.S. We believe, management does not want to lose any single chance to make the recent G.I. Joe edition a huge success and seeks to go bigger with the brand. As a point of reference, the first G.I. Joe garnered sizable revenue in 2009. So far in the year, Star Wars and Avengers were flourishing in box-offices with Avengers being one of the well-accepted boys’ toys brands at the current level. Battleship delivered strong starts internationally, in particular markets like Asia and Europe.

Revenue from the Entertainment and Licensing segment increased 19% year over year to $29.3 million in first-quarter 2012 backed by the sales of television programming globally, as well as movie and  licensing revenue from Transformers. According to management, there are various strong motion picture and television entertainment backed properties doing well at retail.

For full year 2012, Hasbro reiterated its target to grow revenues and earnings per share excluding foreign exchange fluctuation. However, we are a bit doubtful about the magnitude of the growth as G.I. Joe is now out of the 2012 show. The apprehension is also reflected in the analysts’ estimate. Following the news, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for the full-year 2012 was slashed by 3 out of 11 analysts in the last 7 days while none went for any increment. Coming to magnitude of revision, the estimate was cut by 2 cents to $2.88 per share for the fiscal year.

Hasbro, which competes with the likes of Mattel Inc. (MAT), currently retains a Zacks #3 Rank, which translates into a short-term Hold rating. We are maintaining our long-term Neutral recommendation on the stock.