Kapow-Toys have announced that the Wave 2 Hunt For The Decepticons figures are now hitting UK retail.  The wave includes

1) Elita 1
2) Hailstorm
3) Sidearm Sideswipe
4) Tuner Skids

Kapow also pointed out that they received a solid case of just Sidearm Sideswipe so it looks like some it might prove difficult to track down some of these figures

TFW2005.com and TFormers.com have both received a press release containing details on the story and voice actors for Transformers Prime.  TFormers sister site ENewsInternational actually received the full list of credits which includes Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as Cliffjumper.

MAIN CHARACTERS

AUTOBOTS

Optimus Prime - Peter Cullen
Arcee - Sumalee Montano
Bulkhead - Kevin Michael Richardson
Ratchet - Jeffrey Combs
Bumblebee - Rumored as Josh Keaton
Cliffjumper - Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (More Info)

DECEPTICONS
Megatron - Frank Welker
Breakdown - Adam Baldwin
Knockout - Daran Norris
Starscream - Steve Blum

HUMANS
Jack - Josh Keaton
Miko - Tania Gunadi
Raf - Andy Pessoa
June - Markie Post
Agent Flower - Ernie Hudson 

THE SHOW

The Transformer saga continues as Optimus Prime and the Autobots battle the evil Decepticons, led by Megatron. With the future of the human race hanging in the balance, three young teenagers become critical in helping the Autobots prevent the Decepticon Army from conquering Earth. Prepare to experience the world of Transformers like never before.

The Transformer franchise sees the triumphant return of the Autobots characters to television in cutting edge computer-generated animation. The series both deepens the epic mythology of Autobots and Decepticons, while starting fresh for a new generation of viewers and future Transformers fans. With a bold and modern new look, Optimus Prime, Bumblebee and others are back to roll out against Megatron’s latest plots to conquer Earth. The Autobots may be few against the Decepticons menace, but they find increased strength here on their home away from home via bonds they've forged with three human teenagers. Make no mistake, the Transformers series will deliver heavy metal action and nail-biting suspense

Produced by Hasbro Studios

PRODUCTION CREDITS

Developed for Television By:
Alex Kurtzman
Roberto Orci
Duane Capizzi
Jeff Kline

Executive Producers:
Alex Kurtzman
Roberto Orci
Jeff Kline

Supervising Producer: Duane Capizzi

Supervising Animation Producer: Therese Trujillo

Producers:
Steven Puri
Mandy Safavi

Staff Writers:
Nicole Dubuc
Marsha Griffin
Joseph Kuhr
Steven Melching
Supervising Director: Dave Hartman

Music By: Brian Tyler

Main Title Theme By: Brian Tyler

­­­Thanks to images published on Amazon the world has its' first look at some of the Transformers Prime characters, via an IDW Comic.  The designs are sure to get tongues wagging, with the micture of Animated and Transformers Movie confirmed.

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­­The characters include

• Bumblebee
• Cliffjumper
• Arcee
• Starscream
• Megatron
• Ratchet
• Bulkhead
• Optimus Prime
• Cybertron

Though not directly related to Hasbro or Transformers I thought I would bring the following advert to everyone's attention.  It was published within this months Toy News Magazines which is an industry trade and is from Bandai and directed at UK sellers importing their items.

Bandai Notice
We have discovered that a number of companies are trading in Bandai products such as Power Rangers and Ben 10 toys that have been unlawfully imported into the UK from outside the EEA (mainly from the US).

Over the last few months, we have taken successful action against a number of retailers and importers.  In each case, we have prevented them from trading in such products and have recovered a significant amount of compensation.

We would remind all readers that you are not permitted to import into or sell in the UK any Bandai products that have not been placed on the EEA market by us or with our consent (including Bandai products originating from the US)m as such acts will constitute trade mark infringement. Further, these acts may amount to a criminal offence.

Should we discover that any other companies are trading in such products, we will not hesitate to take further legal action.

If you have any questions about this notice or the issues raised, please contact Amy Allbon, Operations Manager at Bandai UK.

Now if this continues to be successful, especially at bringing Bandai in more revenue, its possible (if unlikely) that Hasbro UK may start to do the same with their items.  If they do, we will let you all know.

The second set of Downloadable Content is due for the game Transformers: War for Cybetron over the next two days  (7th September in North America, 8th September in the UK).

Update:

This pack includes five new maps for multiplayer, as well as two new characters for Escalation mode - Dead End and Zeta Prime.

Yahoo Japan Auction seller nihaohuwen has posted a listing for a loose set of the Transformers Power Core Combiner Dinobots

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To commemorate the release of the Transformers Animated Optimus Prime Gold Version, Sega have announced that they will be releasing two special cards for their Transformers Animated card game.  The cards will be of the Old Optimus Prime and are both numbered A-021 with one of the cards being a chase card, i,e itself limited.  The cards feature Optimus Prime in both vehicle and robot modes.  You can view the card below.  The vehicle mode will be the chase card

Bought to you in association with TransformersAnimated.com

Another Gold Transformers Animated Optimus Prime­ has been listed on eBay.  This is the 2nd auction in as many days from TheCrowGirl and has a Buy It Now price of $448 more than yesterdays auction which sold for $398.  This is the 14th figure that we know of.

The toys were suppose to have been limited to ­1000 yet they are packed in cases of 12.  This means 84 cases would make 1008 toy.  Therefore there will certainly not be 1000 of these toys, and its perfectly plausible that 100 cases may have been made making the toy limited to 1200 pieces.

The original campaign was run by TakaraTomy in association with Sega and Mountain Rose with 1000 names being draw at random to receive the figures with the campaign running between the 18th August and 30th September 2010.

Next month two Transformers Animated Jigsaw puzzles will be released in Japan priced at 1575yen (roughly ­£12).­  The jigsaws will be of the Autobot and Decepticon cast.  They can be pre-ordered now from the amiami website here and here.

Thanks to Mr Neurie for letting us know the Transformers Hunt for the Decepticons Ironhide, Wingblade, Battle Axe Bumblebee are out in Entertainer.

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Thanks to Omega Stoopreme for letting us know that Tesco has Wave 1 for Hunt for the Decepticons.

TESCO have just got wave 1 of the Hunt For The Decepticons Deluxe figures for £12.97. The one near me in Southend-on-Sea had Deluxe Ironhide, Battle Blade BB, Sea Attack Ravage and Jetblade. I picked up BB, All new mold, very nice best BB deluxe so far in my opinion.

The Auto Assembly team have posted two new official videos on YouTube with two of the guests of honour from Auto Assembly 2010 Scott McNeil and Derrick J Wyatt.  You can view the videos below and don't forget that you can book now for Auto Assembly 2010.