Thanks to 4Chan we can share with you images of some upcoming Transformers figures.

1. Generations Deluxe Wave 4: Thunderwing, Skullgrin and War for Cybertron Cliffjumper
2. HftD Scouts Wave 4: Windcharger and Chopsaw.
3. HftD Deluxes Wave 4:Special Ops Autobot Jazz, Turbo Tracks, Mindset and Fallback.
4. Power Core Combiner 2-Pack Wave 4:Skyhammer with Airlift and Heavy Tread with Groundspike
5. Power Core Combiner 5-Packs Wave 4: Grimstone (Dinobots) and Steamhammer ( Constructicons)

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Both TFW2005 and Seibertron.com have exclusive images relating to the Transformers United toy line which is the Japanese name for Transformers Generastions.

TFW2005 have images of the various figures courtesy of KapowToys.  Meanwhile Seibertron.com have the first image of the box art that will be used for the line.

Toys R Us is celebrating its 25th annniversary within the UK this year and as a part of the celebration they have compiled a list of the Top Selling toys in Toys R Us stores for the last 25 years starting with Optimus Prime back in 1985.

Mike Coogan, Toys R Us marketing director, commented: "While technology is now more popular than ever before with children, customers who have been with us for the full 25 years will start to recognise some toys which are making a comeback.

Back in the eighties all the kids wanted to own the Transformers robots, and while they died out during the nineties, they are hugely popular once again due to the 2007 movie which was based on the original series.". Not quiet true their Mike, but its good to see him comment on Transformers when talking about top selling toys.

Below you will see the full list of the top toys. How many do you remember, how many did you own and how many do you still own? Let us know on our message board, via facebook or on twitter @transformertoys

­Toy Timeline:

1985: Transformers, Robots in Disguise Optimus Prime £16.87
1986: Football Stickers. 10p per pack
1987: Sylvanian Families. A Family set for £6.97
1988: Ghostbusters Proton Pack £19.87
1989: Batman Bat Mobile £9.94
1990: Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles. £3.78 for each figure
1991: GameBoy. £69.94
1992: Thunderbirds Tracy Island £32.87
1993: Barbie Dolls from £10.97
1994: Power Rangers Figures £4.74
1995: POGS. 49p
1996: Toy Story Buzz Lightyear £23.87
1997: 2 in 1 year - Teletubbies £27.39 and Tamagotchi
1998: Furby, the Interactive Pet £24.87
1999: Who wants to be a Millionaire? £23.78
2000: Teksta the Robotic Dogs £38.74
2001: Bob the Builder £19.97
2002: Bratz Dolls £24.99
2003: Beyblades £5.99
2004: Robosapien £74.97
2005: It's the year for MP3 Players, PSP and Xbox 360 (ranging from £9.99 to £299.99)
2006: Nintendo Wii (ranging from £129.99 to £169.99)
2007: In the Night Garden Iggle Piggle £34.99
2008: High School Musical Dance Mat £17.99
2009: Go Go Pet Hamsters £9.99
2010: Toy Story 3 (priced from £4.99)

The Transformers Collectors Club have updated their website with information on the next issues of their collectors magazine which includes the front covering showing the first image of Transformers Generations Wreck-Gar along with Generations Perceptor in vehicle mode.  The toys are due for release next year and the figures shown will be the prototypes so colour schemes may change.  Below you will find the image and the text from the announcement.

That's right. Hitting Mailboxes right now is Issue 35 of the TCC Magazine. This issue features a first look at some of the great toys that will be available this coming spring! The cover features Wreck Gar and Perceptor, just two of the very cool toys with previews in the magazine. Along with the reveal is a behind the scenes interview with the Transformers brand team as they talk about working on the "Classic" characters and offer official confirmations on some other things we can expect down the road (Another Masterpiece?)

Also featured this issue is an interview with Flint Dille, Andy Schmidt, a huge turning point in "The Coming Storm" story as well as all the other awesome content you have come to expect in the magazine!

Not a member yet? Want to join the thousands of other members who receive the official TCC Magazine? Would you like to get a FREE Classics exclusive deluxe figure just for joining? Well, wait no longer! For all the information...Click Here!

The Allspark and alt.toy.transformers have picked up new Transformers Generations figures in the WalMart system.  On top of this Snakas has given the Japanese names for the Transformers United releases.

TRA DLX PERCEPTOR UPC 6-53569-56571?????????
TRA DLX OPTIMUS PRM UPC 6-53569-56572????????????
TRA DLX BUMBLEBEE UPC 6-53569-57672?????????
TRA DLX FALLBACK UPC 6-53569-55797???????????
TRA DLX MINDSET UPC 6-53569-55799???????????
TRA DLX SPL OPS JAZ UPC 6-53569-5580???????????????
TRA DLX TURBO TRACK UPC 6-53569-55801???????????
TRA DLX WRECKGAR UPC 6-53569-56573?????????

News is coming in that the Transformers 2010 Unicron toy has now been released in Japan.
The figure, limtied to 2010 copies, is a recoloured version of the Transformers Armada anda Transformers Energon Unicron toy featuring the Generation One Unicron colour scheme and sporting a recolour Mini-Con.

The figure sold out on most online retailers with pre-orders, but fear not, we have a shipment of 10 arriving from Japan.

You can pre order these for £120.00 from us, which includes registered postage within the UK.  Whats' more is if we can import them for for less money then we have estimated then we'll refund you back the difference!!  Bargin.

Email news@transformertoys.co.uk  now to make sure you don't miss out

Following on from their Lucky Draw Transformers Animated Optimus Prime Gold Version, TakaraTomy, Sega and Paramount Pictures are working together to produce the third Transformers Animated Lucky Draw figure (after Gold Prime and Silver Bumblebee) which will be a gold chrome delu­xe Megatron.

Much like the Optimus Prime before him, the figure will be officially limited to 1000 pieces with the prize campaign this time running between 1st November 2010 and the 16th Jan 2011.
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I thought I'd bring everyone a qu­ick update on two recent Transformers sightings.

First up thanks to Mr Neurie ­for letting us know that the Power Core Combiner 2-Pack Wave 2 figures are now popping up in Tesco's priced at £9.99.­ You can view an image of the toys on the shelves below.

The 2nd update is from UnitedBot and was posted on the sightings thread of our message board here,which I must confess to often missing (sorry guys), and was of the NEXT 3-pack called "The Ravage Infiltration".  The set is contains Flak, Rollbar and the Legend Ravage toys and is priced at £26.99.

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Our thanks go out to Phantomfish for bringing us the great news that Masterpiece Grimlock is now available from the Toys r U­s website here.  He'll cost you £­59.99 but has also been physically sighted on shelves.  Let the race begin.­

We have updated our image gallery of the unreleased prototype of Green Warrior Lio Convoy from Beast Wars II and Beast Wars Neo.  The gallery was recently updated with some stills from the Beast Wars II episodes where Lio Convoy and Lion Convoy Jr merge into the Green Warrior but now for the first time you can view a complete image gallery of the toy that is sometimes, wrongly,  referred to as a Takara Staff item.

We have also included comparison images with our entire Lio Convoy collection which includes the original release, black, gold, galva, flash, both robot masters and a knock-off.  Enjoy

TFW2005.com board member Magnus' Mate has spotted a new book listing on Amazon UK titled ­­The Transformers Vault: The Complete Transformers Universe.­ The book is listed as being 160 pages and is written by Pablo Hidalgo. The author has received mix reviews for his work in the past, but the publisher ABRAMS, received lavish praise for their Star Wars book which was also called The Valt.

The book, I expect, will cover a wide spectrum of the Transformers Universe from the toys, to comics, cartoons and merchandise. Obviously there is no way you could cover everything in 160 pages, but it will be worth keeping an eye on