IDW Transformers comic book artist Alex Milne has updated his DeviantART site with the the concept drawing for Springarm, who features in issues 22 and 23 of the ongoing Transformers comic.  You can view a mirrored copy of the image below.

Jim Sorenson has updated his blog, Disciples of Boltax, with the transformation sequence for the trainbot Yukikaze.  Previously Jim has posted the transformation sequences for four other members of the Trainbots, Shouki, Getsui, Seizan and Suiken but he is missing the sequence for Kaen and the gestault form Raiden. We will check through our own character / model sheets to see if we have the missing pages but in the meantime here is Jim's thoughts on the character.

BTW, Yukikaze translates roughly to "Snow Breeze."  It's a fairly common name in Anime and Manga, especially for cold-based characters.  The name itself would be reused in Beast Wars II as the space ship (non-sentient) for the Maximals.

Our thanks go out to Rohan Mohindra, Bluestreak56, for submitting the following news

"I was just doing some BW research on Depth Charge and came across a good old G1 fav Devcon. To no surprise he was voiced by John Stephenson (very similar to Windcharger's tones) and I was saddened to learn from wikipedia that he passed away just 10 days ago. John voiced many G1 characters including: Alpha Trion Bosch Devcon Hector Ramirez Huffer Kup Professor Haley Thundercracker Windcharger Of all the voice actors who participated in all four seasons of the G1 cartoon, John Stephenson was the only one who did not lend his voice to The Transformers: The Movie. I particularly enjoyed his Windcharger, Kup, Thundercracker and Devcon voices.. Thanks John"

I thought I would take a moment to explain about the lack of updates to the website.  For the last month I have been extremely busy with my job which has had a massive impact on the time I spend maintaining my websites.  This was then followed by Auto Assembly, for which I was on the committee, and led to the lack of updates to the website since Thursday.  Since being back from AA, which has only been a day, I've been busy putting things back that I had to get out or move around in order to take to the event.  Do not worry though, I will be getting back to the site and updating both the news and resource sections very shortly.  I do apologise for the lack of updates this year which has primarily been caused by the change in responsibilities at my work, but I will strive to find more of a balance and so you should start to see the results very soon.

Thanks

Steve AKA Quartz

First of all I would like to say thank you to everyone who attended Auto Assembly in one capacity or another.  Everyone worked their butts off from the committee, the volunteers, the dealers and their helpers to try to make the show as smooth as possible despite the problems that were faced.  The guests were once again warm and welcoming and once again went out of their way to entertain everyone.  Finally everyone who attended the convention needs to be thanked.  There were a lot of first-timers this year and the general consensus was overwhelmingly positive.

During Auto Assembly it was announced that David Kaye is voicing a role in Transformers Prime, but it was also hinted, during his promo video, that David Sobolov, voice of Beast Wars Depth Charge, may also have a role in the current Transformers show.

We have updated theTransformers toys instruction sheets section of the website with some new PDF instructon sheets entries.

Of the updates, the following new entries were added into the database:

1. Transformers DOTM Sideswipe 29707 Instructions

You can download copies of the instruction sheets from our Transformers toys instruction sheets section of the website.

Are you in the UK? Are you attending Auto Assembly 2011?  That's right, Auto Assembly 2011 kicks officially kicks off today in Birmingham and if you haven't already purchased your ticket(s) to the event do not worry, you can buy them on the door tomorrow.

With over a dozen guests ranging from voice actors to cartoon episode writers, comics writers and comic artist there will be someone there for you.  The event will also have plenty of dealers so you can pick up some Transformers figures form which ever line(s) interest you and hang out with fellow fans of the Transformers line.

If you do attend, don't forget to drop by the toy display where Transformers At The Moon will be running a display this year based around the Japanese Beast Wars figures.

We've waited for over 10 years for this news, but finally Beast Wars II will be getting a release on DVD.

Rakuten has posted an interesting new listing, Transformers Beast Wars II DVD Boxset containing all 43 episodes and is scheduled to release on October 20th for 29,400 yen.

If you want to see the characters from Beast Wars II then head to Auto Assembly, starting tomorrow, as the toy display theme for this year in Japanese Beast Wars!

G1Uppers have updated their blog with an image of the sculpt for their add-on head for the add Menasor upgrade kit for the Botcon 2011 Stunticons.  You can view the image below:

We have updated theTransformers toys instruction sheets section of the website with some new PDF instructon sheets entries.

The following entries were update with PDF scans that were previously missing:

1. Transformers Chopsaw 28579 Instructions

You can download copies of the instruction sheets from our Transformers toys instruction sheets section of the website.

Simon Plumbe has sent out another press release regarding Auto Assembly 2011 and the possible effects that the recent disturbances in Birmingham may have on transport to and from the hotel

Birmingham Update Press Release