Well its finally happened, from the looks of things Hasbro's lawyers got onto Facebook and the user who was known as Toys DOTM, who leaked images of the Megatron Dark of the Moon Toy and announced this morning that they would be leaking the DOTM Ironhide tomorrow (probably today in which ever country that are from), has now had their Facebook account seemingly removed along with the images that they were hosting.  The images are still available on Facebook under various others groups as well as on the Internet.  We expect this will be a continuing trend over the next few month as Hasbro would have signed exclusivity contracts within the US so that certain publications can print the first images of the Dark of the Moon figures and characters.  The toys will also, no doubt, be shown off at the various Toy Fairs which take place around the world in Jan, Feb and March including the British Toy Fair.

So far images of Optimus Prime, Megatron and Ironhide have been leaked (that I know off), though there is no doubt that users of 4Chan can expect to find images posted on that site by disgruntled Asian staff wanting to sell stolen samples.

Hasbro.com hsa been updated with a commercial for Transformers Reveal the Sheildhere.

Remember Jazz and Tracks are out in the UK at Smyths ... we just need to find one of their stores.

In an update to his blog, Simon Furman has posted an entry regarding a stand-along one-shot comic that was going to be called "The Enemy Within" that would have been published by Dreamwave back in late 2004.

"I wanted the story to both pick up on what James and Adam has already established and tie G1 and my War Within series tighter together. The outline (it was never scripted) for ‘The Enemy Within’ (yeah, I know, but it fitted) follows. Enjoy!"

The Allspark have posted a translation of the manga (comic) that came with the Transformers 2010 Generations book.  Here is a copy of their announcement.

"Thanks to Allspark members Powered Convoy, lonegamer8, DrSpengler, NightViper, and Meister79 we now have a translated version of the United Manga (Comic) included within the pages of Generations 2010 book.  This manga is written and illustrated by Naoto Tsushima.You can view the manga in low res page 1 and page 2, and in high res page 1 and page 2."

Hasbro have updated their instruction sheet section with entries for Generations Kup and Scourge which have once again contained line-art for their remolds. Scourge will be recoloured with a new head to become Leozak from Transf­ormers Victory with Kup also being recoloured with a new head to become a "tbc" figure, possibly Orion Pax.  You can view the images below.

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Thanks to TFW2005.com for the news.

Two more toys from Transformers Dark of the Moon have been leaked over night.  One, a reported leader class Ironhide, courtesy of 4Chan /toys­ and the other of the tanker trailer courtesy of Facebook user Toys Dotm.

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Yahoo Auctions has gained a listing of a Transformers Dark of the Moon Bumblebee figure (the second of the testshots for Transformers Dark of the Moon toys to be seen in a week). 

TFW2005.com are reporting that the Transformers Reveal the Shield Jazz and Tracks have now been released in Ireland and are available at Smyths stores.

Smyths also have a UK presence so it is possible that these toys might start finding their way across the Irish channel and into UK retail outlets in the coming weeks rather than next Spring as was Hasbro's original plan.

eBay seller Lee's Toy Review has posted three auctions for some unreleased Generation 2 figures, two of which we already own and have photo galleries of.  The auctions are for the Blue Combat Hero Optimus Prime, the Camouflage Combat Hero Megatron and the Soundwave Ninja Cycle.  You can view the auctions for Prime, Megatron and Soundwave by following these links.­