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.

Part Two of our exclusive Japanese Collectors and Television Magazines archive is now online.  You will now find 10 issues of TV Magazine from 1996 and 1997.

The magazines include the first appearances of Beast Wars in TV Magazine.

• TV Magazine December 1996 issue - 12 pages
  
• TV Magazine February 1997 issue -  11 pages
  
• TV Magazine March 1997 issue - 13 pages
  
• TV Magazine April 1997 issue - 15 pages
  
• TV Magazine May 1997 issue - 29 pages
  
• TV Magazine June 1997 issue - 25 pages
  
• TV Magazine September 1997 issue - 26 pages
  
• TV Magazine October 1997 issue - 21 pages
  
• TV Magazne November 1997 issue - 18 pages

Thanks to Duckstar we can reveal that Toys R Us will be stocking the Transformers Dark of the Moon figures from next Monday, the 16th of May 2011.  Here is what he has said.

I was wondering if the UK release date was the same as the US over here. I emailed Toys R Us to see when they would be out. This is what I was emailed back:

Dear Mr Hughes, Thank you for your recent e-mail. I can confirm that the release date for the range in the UK is also 16/05/11.

I hope that this is of help to you.

Should you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact us again.

British Model turned actress Rosie Huntington-Whiteley recently appeared on the Ellen Degeneres show in the States where she briefly talked about Transformers: Dark of the Moon and confirmed that her character talks with a British accent in the film.  Watch the clip below of the woman recently voted the most sexist woman in the world by both FHM and Maxim.

Thanks to Takara Tomy and AC Toys we get more looks at some of the upcoming Transformers Dark of the Moon toys.

AC Toys show off Trans Scanning Ironhide

Takara Tomy show off Nitro Bumblebee and Skids

Thanks to Kapow Toys the first images of Transformers Masterpiece MP-10 Convoy have now surfaced (on their shops's site).  The figure is said to include.

• Smaller and in scale with Masterpiece Rodimus Convoy
• Transforming gun that fits in back compartment
• In-scale Spike figure
• Energon Axe
• Trailer with Repair Bay Bot and Roller
• More Animated look, less kibble
• Chest opens, Matrix of leadership visible

T Sina China has updated it's website with a listing of a Red Dark of the Moon Ratchet toy.

­­FullMetalHero.com, the website / community front-end for Kapow-Toys, are reporting that they have received wholesale listings from Hasbro UK for 4 Transformers Prime assortments.  The assortments listed were

1) Prime Deluxe Assortment
2) Prime Voyager Assortment
3) Prime Entertainment Pack
4) Prime Role Play Blaster.

No release date was given for the toys though.

We have updated our Transformers Instruction section with a brand new Transformers Dark of the Moon instruction sheet.  The entry is for the upcoming Nitro Bumblebee figure and you can download the PDF instructions here.

Below you will find a few images that we have taken from the instruction sheet for those who just wish to see the figure in robot and vehicle mode as well as using his MechTech weapon.

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eBay seller kit11670 has posted an auction for an upcoming Transformers Dark of the Moon Arcee figure complete with MechTech Weapon.  The figure appears to be a blue and silver repaint of the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Chromia figure. You can view some mirrored images below.

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Thanks to Snakas we can bring you news that the Japanese store Lawsons is going to have another exclusive figure, this time a black Hunt For The Decepticons Voyager Class Battle Blades Optimus Prime figure from Transformers: DarkSide Moon (Dark of the Moon in the West).  You can find the original listing here on Lawsons website, with some images below. 

The toys is available for pre-order with the advance screening tickets for Transformers Darkside Moon with the first pre-purchase period starting on the 1st May and running until the 28th July.  The figure is 6760yen which also include the ticket to see the film.  The toy will be released on the 14th July

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Thanks to TF_TF for the corrections