Fun Publications have sent out the following email regarding them now selling off spare stock which include this years Transformers Animated Botcon set.  Here is a copy of the email

"We have a very limited number of BotCon items that were left over after we finished shipping and replacing all of the problem pieces.  We keep items in reserve in case they are damaged in shipping.  However, these BotCon items are the last of the last so when they ship, we will not have anything to replace them with if there is a problem.  We have checked these items to make sure there are no factory mistakes.

2011 TF Botcon Leftovers-

2011 BotCon T-shirt (Medium) 1 pc$20+shipping

Transformer Magazine 40th Edition (August/September 2011) 1 pc $10+shipping

2011 BotCon Animated Autotrooper Souvenir #2-3 pack (1 pc) $89+shipping

2011 BotCon Animated Sideswipe & Toxitron Souvenir #1-2 pack (1 pc) $89+shipping

2011 BotCon Animated Shattered Glass: Thundercracker & Galvatron Souvenir #3-2 pack (1pc) $92+shipping

2011 BotCon Boxed Convention Set Stunticons: The Con is On! (1 pc) $315+shipping

2011 BotCon Loose Polybagged Stunticons: The Con is On! (1 pc) $210+shipping

One other non-Botcon item:

KRE-O TRANSFORMERS OPTIMUS PRIME Construction Set (1 pc) $59.99+shipping

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Our thanks go out to Gruff for directing me, on Facebook, to a Yahoo Movies article that reveals Frank Welker as the most successful actor in history.  Yes EVER.  Mr Welker's movies have grossed a whopping £­7.9 billion ($12.8 billion) at the box office.  He beats out Samuel L Jackson who is 2nd on the list with £­6 billion ($9.78 billion dollars).

You can read the full article here where I encourage you to comment on the article and help spread the appreciation for Frank's work

Hasbro's have updated the official Transformers Kre-O website with a new Flash browser game called Konquest. In Konquest you need to help Kreon Optimus Prime rebuild the Transformers.

Credit to ­Seibertron.com for the report.

Transformers Universe MMO Panel At Auto Assembly 2011!

You may have thought that you had seen all of our major announcements regarding Auto Assembly 2011, but we said we had a few more special announcements that we had held back - and here's one of the biggest that we have been wanting to tell you all about for quite some time...

The upcoming Transformers Universe MMO is on course to be one of the most eagerly awaited Transformers games EVER. The online MMO will be giving players the chance to take charge of a brand new self-created Autobot or Decepticon and play against thousands of other players across the globe!

The game is being created by Jagex, the British developers who are responsible for Runescape which is the world's most popular free-to-play MMOG and over 40 other online titles.

Jagex will be at Auto Assembly 2011 and will be taking to the stage for a presentation on the game and for a Q&A Session on the Saturday afternoon which promises to be one of the hits of the convention, where they will be revealing some new information about the game EXCLUSIVELY to Auto Assembly attendees!

That's not all though, we can also now reveal that we are being joined by our SIXTEENTH guest! A late addition to our already stunning line-up is Marvel G1 artist and inker Stephen Baskerville who will be making his Auto Assembly debut this year. He will be taking to the stage as part of our revised comic panel on Saturday afternoon joining Simon Furman and Andrew Wildman to talk about Transformers #81...

Auto Assembly 2011 is taking place over the weekend of 12th - 14th August 2011 at the Holiday Inn Birmingham City Centre, Birmingham, England and tickets are available from the website now. For more details on the convention, to see a full list of all the guests and activities taking place over the weekend, or to book your tickets, visit the website at www.autoassembly.org.uk

We hope to see you all in August!

The Auto Assembly 2011 Team

Web: www.autoassembly.org.uk
Youtube: www.youtube.com/autoassembly
Twitter: www.twitter.com/auto_assembly
Forum: http://autoassembly.proboards.com
Email: autoassembly@aol.com
Tel: +44 (0)7860 948296

Auto Assembly 2011 is sponsored by

Toyz and Gamez - www.toyzandgamez.co.uk
Transformers @ The Moon - www.transformertoys.co.uk
TransformersAnimated.com - www.transformersanimated.com
Science Fiction Collectables - www.sf-collectables.co.uk
The Transformers.net - www.thetransformers.net
Titan Books - www.titanbooks.com
Big Bad Toy Store - www.bbts.com
Full Metal Hero - www.fullmetalhero.com
3 Darths Comics - www.3darths.co.uk
Robot Kingdom - www.robotkingdom.com
Xyber Toys - www.xybertoys.com

The website Rabbit Haul has posted images and a review of the Fans Project Thundershred.

Fansproject has released another item, and it’s a stand-alone figure! Released under their Causality Crossfire line, Thundershred charges through the frontline. Thundershred is a clear homage to Transformers Shrapnel from Generation One.  

­Thanks to RobotKingdom images of TFClub's Heavylabor, the next part of Hercule, have been posted along with the release date of September 2011.

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An eBay auction has appeared for the Japanese exclusive Transformers Dark of the Moon Dark Steel (listed as Dark Iron.

Click the link above to see the auction andn the imaes of the Transformers toy.

Snakas has some information on Hyper Hobby Issue 9 (???????9??­)

The issue contains images of Transformers Dark of the Moon toys, including the Premium Megatron (Lucky Draw Megatron)and EZ Collection figures.  Also included are introductions of Transformers Masterpiece MP-09B Black Rodimus Convoy and MP-10 Convoy (though the images have been seen before).

More infomation is also including on the MacDonalds Transformers items and the Sega Card Game, as well as another look at MX Starscream

According to Box Office Mojo, as of yesterday Transformers: Dark of the Moon has now grossed an incredible $982,892,000 at the box office.  This figure is split $337,892,000 within the US and $645,000,000 around the world and makes it the 10th highest grossing movie of all time!

With the world's press all reporting that the latest Harry Potter movie has now taken over $1 billion, attention as moved firmly away from the latest Transformers film which has continued to draw in a bucket load of cash.  The three live action films have now collectively taken $2,528,899,008, that's 2.5 billion dollars and so you can be sure that Paramount Pictures will want to keep the franchise running especially considering each that revenues have increased with each movie instalment.

Stay with us as if Transformers DOTM breaks the $1 billion mark then we will let you know

Auto Assembly 2011 Toy Display

Japanese Beast Wars

Regular Japanese Beast Wars

1. Shadow Panther
2. Tigertron (white version)
3. Convoy Bat (red CD version)
4. Megatron Crocodile (purple CD version)
5. BotCon Japan 97 Grizzly-1
6. BotCon Japan 97 Doublepunch

1. Ratilus (Rattrap) - White Jigsaw Exclsuive
   
2. Ravage

1. Lio Convoy
   
2. Black Lio Convoy
3. Flash Lio Convoy
4. Unreleased Green Flash Lio Convoy
5. Ikard with Tako Tank
6. Diver with Nigara Falls Playset
7. Moon
8. White Lio Jr (Jigsaw Exclusive)
9. Black Lio Jr (Jigsaw Exclusive)
10. Sissorboy
11. Powerhug
12. Big Moss
13. Galvatron
14. Starscream and BB
15. Dirge
16. Thrust
17. Autojetter
18. Autolauncher
19. Autocrunsher
20. Autostinger
    
21. MaxB
22. Diregun
23. Hellscream
24. Thrustol
25. Gigastorm - thanks to Minon
    
26. Yellow Lion Egg Beast
27. Red Bird Egg Beast
28. Blue Robot Egg Beast
29. Green Lion Egg Beast
30. Purple Bird Egg Beast
31. Black Robot Egg Beast
    

1. Big Convoy
   
2. Black Big Convoy
3. Mach Kick
4. Corada
5. Longrack
6. Stampy
7. Break
8. Survive
9. Rockbuster
   
10. Randy
11. Crazybolt
12. Magmatron
13. Guledirt
14. Saberback
15. Sling
16. Bazooka
17. Hardhead
18. Archadis
19. Killerpunch
20. Hydra - thanks to Big Phil
    
21. Bump - thanks to Big Phil
22. Elephorca - thanks to Big Phil
23. Drancaon - thanks to Big Phil
24. Rartorarta - thanks to Big Phil

1. Bloodfang
2. Gimlet
   
3. Motorarm
4. Blackarachnia
   

1. BW2 Pencil Toppers
   
2. BW2 Decoys
3. BW2 Kabaya
4. BW Metals Kabaya - transforming and non transforming
   
5. Windup BW Metals
6. TV Magazine Exclusive Cardboard figure
   

Newsarama is reporting that rather than directly start on Transformers Issue 81, Simon Furman will be starting with Transformers Issue 80.5 as a way for old fans to remember details long forgotten and for new fans to catch up.

Transformers 81 is due for release in 2012.

CHMS, the manufacurer of KO Toys fake Transformers Classics molds, have released images of it's planned 3rd party Ultra Magnus toy (though mainly hand and cgi designs)

You can see the images at KO Toys -  https://www.kotoys.com/forum/index.p...ic,1964.0.html

News in from TFCon is that the first wave of Transformers Prime toys will be releasd in November and December 2011, following by a full main release in March 2012.

Hasbro also confirmed that the Transformers Dark of the Moon toy line wis set to end a the end of 2011, with all the toys off the shelves by March 2012