Thanks to new father Paul Hitchens (The Spacebridge) for reporting the Transformers Dark of the Moon­has now already been launched in the UK (2 days early).  The toys were spotted in Sainsbury last night.

Evening guys

It's been mentioned already in the UK sightings thread but I thought I would confirm with some pictures DOTM TOYS ARE OUT IN THE UK!

I found them in Sainsburys but there have been sightings in other stores

I found voyagers (Prime, Megatron, Ironhide) Deluxes (Lots of Bumblebees!, Starscream, Roadbuster, Crankcase, Ratchet) and loads of the lil Cyberverse toys (They also had the larger Cyberverse Prime's and Megatrons)

Prices all gone up sadly, Voyagers £22.99, Deluxe £12.99 and Cyberverse £4.99. The bigger Cyberverse were £7.99 I think

Pictures below, happy hunting!!!

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As promised, the big one, this Japanese Magazine update includes what we believe are the first ever images of the five Gold Beast Wars Transformers Prize toys as well as the origin of the Lucky Draw Red Convoy figure.

You will find scans of TV Magazine from the 5 of the first 6 months of 1998 (the second half of the year will be available in the next 3 days).  Follow the link below for the images that you would have never seen before.

• TV Magazine February 1998 - 29 images
• TV Magazine March 1998 - 40 images
• TV Magazine April 1998 - 26 images
• TV Magazine May 1998 - 29 images
• TV Magazine June 1998 - 39 images

These magazines include images of the Cardboard Convoy (Optimus Primal figure), Gold Convoy (Gold Optimus Primal), Gold Megatron, Gold Cheetor, Gold Rhinox, Gold Ratrap and Gold Dinobot.  The scans of this magazine confirm their existence and explains why they have never been seen for sale.  Also included are the campaign for Lucky Draw Red Convoy (not Burning Convoy), the Cardboard Lio Convoy figures.

For reference

• Gold Optimus Primal (Convoy) - limited to 10. 1 in a set of 5, 3 in a set of 2, 6 individual
  
• Gold Megatron - limited to 3 (only available in a set with Convoy)
• Gold Cheetor - limited to 1 (part of the set of 5)
  
• Gold Dinobot - limited to 1 (part of the set of 5)
• Gold Rattrap - limited to 1 (part of the set of 5)
• Gold Rhinox - limited to 1 (part of the set of 5)

­Thanks to Chinese Transformers site HK-TF images from the Dark of the Moon release in Toys R Us are now available.  These images include the first in-hand images of the Lucky Drar Silver Dark of the Moon Bumblebee toy.­­

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BotCon's next guest has been announced, as it's Stan Bush (famous amongst Transformers fans for The Touch and Dare from Transformers The Movie).

BotCon promise more details on Monday

Thanks to Cth, a member of TFW2005.com for publishing images from the Rainbow Comics promo­tional Transformers: Dark of the Moon comic, we now get the first images of DOTM Wheeljack in robot mode.

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­Thanks to Snakas for point out more images and information on the Transformers Dark of the Moon First Day Sale Silver Bumblebee Lucky Draw figu­re, limited to either 5 or 24 (as its unclear how many are in the Hong Kong campaign) in the following breakdown

• 1 in Malaysia (top spender)
• 1 in China (If you purchase Transformers Dark of the Moon (DarkSide Moon) items during the Mid-Night madness on the 13th May you will be entered into the draw to receive the Silver Bumblebee)
  
• 1 or 20 in Hong Kong (Purchase $400 between 9:30am and 11:30am on the Movie Launch day to be entered into the draw).  The details say there will be 1 winner but that 20 sets will be available so its not quite clear how many will win
  
• 1 in Singapore (first 20 customers in the line go into the draw)
• 1 winner in Taiwan (only to customers spending more than TWD 6000 on the first day.)
  

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Information on Transformers Dark of the Moon First Day Sales Silver Bumblebee

Malaysia­

Top Spender of Hasbro TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON items* between May 14th - 23rd will win 1 Limited Edition 6" Silver Plated. ­ Submit personal details (name, Star Card #, email address, handphone #) and scanned receipt via star@toysrus.com.my.

China

Join the TRANSFORMERS Mid-Night Madness, get a chance to win the lucky draw. Only valid for the customers who purchase TRANSFORMERS 3 items during the Mid-Night Madness on 13/5

Prizes:

Transformers Prize (1 winner):
• Silver Bumblebee

AUTOBOT Prize (20 winners)
• Each winner get a 3D mask and coupon

DECEPTICON Prize (20 winners)
• Each winner get a TRANSFORMERS movie ticket voucher

MEGATRON Prize (100 winners)
• Each winner get $50 cash coupon for TRANSFORMERS 3 products
Lucky Draw for Silver Bumblebee @ 2/F West Wing Podium of Super Brand Mall 5

Hong Kong

With purchase over $400 between 9:30am - 11:30am @ Movie Toy Launch Day, customers will get 1 lucky draw ticket.

Grand Prize (1 winner) : Special edition Bumblebee. Special Prizes (10 winners) : each winner get 4 pcs of "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" movie tickets

Singapore

Be one of the first 20 persons in queue to stand a chance to win the exclusive Silver Bumblebee.

Taiwan

Thanks to Toys R Us Hong Kong, we can now all read the profile (bio) for Transformers: Dark of the Moon Voyager Class Fireburst Optimus Prime

OPTIMUS PRIME® fights with the utmost valor, courage and power. His dominance over the DECEPTICONS® is due to countless centuries of battle experience, a mighty armament and a virtuous Spark. Even so, widespread threats to the AUTOBOTS® and OPTIMUS PRIME still exist - there is no time to rest, there is no time for defeat, there is only time for victory!

Having recently been voted the sexist woman in the world by both FHM and Maxim magazines, Transformers: Dark of the Moon leading lady Britain's own Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Director Michael Bay both attended the Maxim Hot 100 party last night in Hollywood, California.  Thanks to Image.net and Getty Images, we can bring you some photographs of the pair at the event as well as a surprise appearance by Optimus Prime himself, well the truck at least.  The photographs were taken by Getty Images photographers Chrley Gallay, John Shearer and Angela Weiss.

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Botcon have announced their fifth guest as Generation One voice actor Neil Ross.  Mr Ross supplied the voice for Springer, Hook, Slag, and Bonecrusher in the original series.

An auction has appeared on ebay.co.uk for the three ­Japane­se Dinosaur Cassettes.  Though that is special enough, the seller has listed them for 99p for all four!!

The auctions are for Dial, Gurafi,  Noise, and Saur

Truly a potential Transformers bargain.

­A new trailer for Transformers Dark of the Moon has appeared from the Cannes Film Festival

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Watch Transformers Dark of the Moon online trailers with Transformers At The Moon

The Hub, and subsequently YouTude, has been updated with a longer promotional video for Transformers Prime Episode 15 Shadowzone.

YouTube - Transformers Prime Ep 15 Shadowzone Hub TV Promo

In this episode The kids are trapped in an alternate dimension with a reanimated Skyquake in the middle of a GroundBridge failure.

BotCon has annouced it's fourth guest as Morgan Loftin, better known to many of as as The Baroness from the original GI Joe / Action Force cartoon series.

She voiced Firestar and Moonracer, two of the female Autobots in the G1 episode "The Search for Alpha Trion".

Though a bit of an off Transformers guest, having the voice of the original Baroness set to voice Drag Strip at the BotCon script reading will be interesting.