We­'ve had more reports that the Transformers Power Core Combiners are out in the UK.  Previously spotted in Toys R Us, they have now been spotted in Toymaster in Exeter.

Hello TF@The Moon!

I thought you would like to know that I spotted the Power Core Combiners [5-Packs, Aerialbots and Combaticons] at my local Toymaster store in Exeter, Devon. No import stuff, it's all from Hasbro UK.

Regards,
Adam­

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Nelson, the admin of Michael Bay's Shoot for the Edit site has posted a few updates regarding rumours on Transformers 3

1. Kup is not in the film and was not the robot seen in these ­pictures
2. The same robot is not Perceptor
3. The Stunticons are not in the movie, nor are the three NASCAR cars the Omnibots

Bryan Baugh has updated his DeviantArt page with the announcement that not only will be be at SDCC but that he has been working as a storyboard artist for Transformers-Prime.

"Since February 2010, I have been working (as a storyboard artist) on a new animation project that has been kept super top secret. But I can now confirm that the show I've been working on all these months is: TRANSFORMERS PRIME. There will be a discussion panel about this show at San Diego Comic Con, on Thursday, July 22nd.

...So there you go... Don't ask me any questions about it cause that's pretty much all I am allowed to say at this point! If you want to know more about the show - get yourself to SDCC and attend this panel! And before you even ask, no I will not be one of the people onstage at the panel answering questions. As a humble storyboard artist I am just one of the many little cogs in the great big machine. But I'll certainly be in the audience and I hope some of you guys will be too.

Later, gang!

-B"

You can check out more of his work by visiting his Official Website

Jim Sorenson has updated his blog, The Disciples of Boltax, with comments regarding his and Bill Forster's appearance at Auto Assembly 2010.

I've got some news that I find incredibly exciting.  This year, both Bill Forster and I have been invited to Auto Assembly, Europe's largest Transformers convention.  As I haven't been to England since 2006, I'm extremely excited to get the chance to go back and mingle with the terrific fan community out there.  In addition to hanging around and making a nuisance of ourselves all weekend, we're tentatively planning to use our time on Sunday to give a brief presentation on some behind-the-scenes artwork from various generations that hasn't been published before, before shifting to a traditional Q&A session.  

Other great guests include Derrick Wyatt, Garry Chalk, Scott McNeil, Simon Furman, Nick Roche, Guido Guidi, and many more.  This looks like a must-attend convention if you're native to the British Isles.  If you were at all on the fence about coming to this con, I strongly urge you to preregister now, as the spots are filling up quickly and there's no worse feeling than having to turn someone away from an event like this. 

I have to extend my warmest thanks to the convention organizers and especially to Steve and David Mapes from Transformers At The Moon for making this happen.  I love smaller conventions, so it really is quite an honor to­ be invited. AA at AA... feels like a natural fit, doesn't it?­

Following on from the blog update of Jose Lopez, David Hartman has annouced his involvement with ­Transformers Prime on ­Deviant Art­

I've disappeared from posting stuff for quite awhile now. I have been working on a very tight-lipped show as both the supervising director and art director. Well I am now allowed to announce that the show is...

TRANSFORMERS PRIME

...for Hasbro studios. I can not answer any questions now but I will speaking at a panel at the San Diego Comicon along with character designer Jose Lopez and executive producers Alex Kurtzman, Bob Orci and Jeff Kline. Please come by and check out the new show we have been working so hard on. Here is the panel info...


Thursday, 4:30-5:30 Transformers Prime— The talent behind Transformers Prime -- executive producers Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, and Jeff Kline -- the new animated series from Hasbro Studios, showcase exclusive footage and character reveals followed by a Q&A session. This original series will premiere in 2010 on the new television network The Hub. Room 7AB

This will be the one day I am at the con and will not have a table this year so please come by and introduce yourself after the panel or if you have a copy of my artbook I would be happy to draw a zombie in there.

entertainmentearth.com has posted a pre-order for the Scout Class Figures of Wave Three of the Transformers Power Core Combiners. The wave is a set of recolours which include.

Darkstream with Razorbeam (a repaint of Skyburst and Chopster), Steelshot with Beacon (formally Bombshock and Backwind), and finally Windburn with Darkray (who used to be Searchlight and Caliburst)

Hello all,

finaly our booklets arieved today and we have the days programm for the C.O.N.S. 2010

We have rented the hall! We have almost booked up them! We have the exclusive figure here! We have invited "Rampage"! We have engaged the comic draftsman "Claude Christ"! We have introduced our programm to you! We have shown you the badges! We have already sent a lot of tickets! We have not shown only one to you yet! Our booklet, now this comes! Today we show you the booklet, what every visitor of the C.O.N.S., on the 25th of July, free of charge by the entry receives. Now thanks to our sponsor Sacha Mozina the booklets have also arrived with us and here we have the pictures in addition and the programm:

11.00 am Opening
11.30 am Welcoming and introduction of the team
00.00 pm Sale of the C.O.N.S. exclusive figure "Cobra"
00.30 pm Start of the BBQ
01.00 pm Jumpstarter challenge
01.30 pm First tombola
02.00 pm Start of the attacktix tournament
03.00 pm Second tombola & End of votings for the contests
04.00 pm Announcement of the winners
05.00 pm End of selling
Aftershow party with rockband "Rampage"

Here is a copy of the latest Auto Assembly 2010 press release.

­Auto Assembly 2010 Announces More Guests!

We're less than four weeks away from Auto Assembly 2010 but that hasn't stopped us from adding even more to our line-up to make this the best convention we have ever put together...

We are now proud to announce the addition of TWO more guests to the convention in the shape of Jim Sorenson and Bill Forster, writers of the Allspark Almanac and it's newly released follow-up! Making their European convention debut, they will be on hand all weekend to meet and talk to fans and sign autographs and they will be taking to the stage on the Sunday to give a presentation and take questions about their work on what is considered to be one of the best Transformers books released for years.

Their appearance at Auto Assembly 2010 has been made possible thanks to the incredibly generous sponsorship from Steve and David Mapes from Transformers At The Moon (www.transformertoys.co.uk) and means that the convention will have THREE major Transformers Animated guests this year, and all of them will be on stage in turn on the Sunday. If you have even the slightest interest in Transformers Animated, you won't want to miss this year's event!

That's not all though, adding to that the convention exclusive edition of IDW's Transformers Issue 9 with an exclusive cover by Nick Roche and Liam Shalloo, a concert by Garry Chalk, a live script performance featuring Garry Chalk and Scott McNeil from a BRAND NEW script written exclusively for the convention by Simon Furman, a Saturday night disco and karaoke with singing by Scott McNeil, dealers, 13 confirmed guests with talks, autographs, competitions, workshops, displays, and a video games area showcasing 25 years of Transformers video games... could you ask for anything more?!

The convention is taking place over the weekend of Friday 13th - Sunday 15th August 2010 at the Holiday Inn Birmingham City Centre, Birmingham, England. There will be Friday and Saturday evening programmes that are exclusive for weekend attendees and the Saturday evening will play host to a massive musical party, costume competition, and the script and disco / karaoke. And we still have lots more to announce...!

We have frozen the ticket prices for the convention from Auto Assembly 2009 and full weekend tickets are £45 for adults and £35 for children, students and senior citizens, with under 5s admitted free. Family tickets (2 adults and 2 children) are available for £145.

One day tickets for Saturday have sold out, but one day tickets for Sunday are still available and cost £25 for adults, £18 for children, students or senior citizens and under 5's as always are free. However as they are limited, if you want to come along for just the day then you need to book NOW!

Because of the rate that bookings are coming in, and the popularity of the one-day passes last year, we cannot guarantee that single day tickets will be available to purchase on the door and it is looking likely that we may not have ANY on-the-door places available for the full weekend so pre-registration this year is a must!

For more details on the convention, to see a full list of all the guests and activities taking place over the weekend, or to book your tickets, visit the website at www.autoassembly.org.uk

We hope to see you all in August 2010.

The Auto Assembly 2010 Team

Web: www.autoassembly.org.uk
Youtube: www.youtube.com/autoassembly
Twitter: www.twitter.com/auto_assembly
Forum: http://autoassembly.proboards.com
Email: autoassembly@aol.com
Tel: +44 (0)7860 948296

Auto Assembly 2010 is sponsored by www.transformertoys.co.uk and www.transformersanimated.com whose generosity have made Derrick J Wyatt, Jim Sorenson and Bill Forster's appearances at the convention possible.

Auto Assembly 2010 is also sponsored by:-

Science Fiction Collectables - www.sf-collectables.co.uk
Toyz And Gamez - www.toyzandgamez.co.uk
Big Bad Toy Store - www.bbts.com
3 Darths Comics - www.3darths.co.uk
Hobby Link Japan - www.hlj.com

Have you got your ticket pre-registered for Auto Assembly 2010 yet?  No? Shame on you, you better get cracking as the latest two guests have just been announced.  Yes that's right in an interview with TFW2005.com Auto Assembly's own Simon Plumbe announced to the world that both Jim Sorenson and Bill Forster, authors of not only both Allspark Almanacs but also the wonderful Ark Compendiums which showcase the design art for much of the original series will be attending Auto Assembly 2010 right here within the UK.

There appearance at the event is sponsored by this very site.  Yes you read that right, Transformers At The Moon and TransformersAnimated.com not only are we bringing over Derrick J Wyatt but also both Jim Sorenson and Bill Forster!!

So if you are a fan of Transformers Animated this is the event to get to.  If you don't like Transformers Animated but you liked the Ark books, this is the event to go to.  If you don't like that either but you like Beast Wars, this is still the event to go to (Garry Chalk, Scott McNeil).  If you liked, and you know you did, the IDW Wreckers mini-series, once again Auto Assembly 2010 is the event to go to as Nick Roche will be there.  So what are you waiting for, head over to www.autoassembly.org.uk  right now and book a ticket before they sell out.

TFW2005.com member davieanix has posted a sighting of the second wave of the Powercore Combiner 5-packs at a K-mart store in Geelong, Victoria, Austraila. The second wave includes Double Clutch with Rallybots and Mudslinger with Destructicons.

The Aus release means that a US release will probably happen within the next few weeks with a UK release in a month or so since the Wave 1 figures are doing the rounds at the moment.

­With the Tokyo Toy Fair almost over, Japanese blogger ?????2010 (Alfes2010) has posted some more images from the event.  The images include Lucky Draw Gold Optimus Prime, as well as Welcome to Transformers 2010 Primus.  Also included on his blog are images of Masterpiece Movie Starscream and a Transformers Animated Bumblebee Cosplayer.

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Derrick J Wyatt has posted a very cool response to one of the latest questions posed to him on Formspring.  When asked "Who's in charge of financial matters on Animated Cybertron? According to the old STARS Tech Spec Manual, the Autobots were traders at one point, and I'd think a planet not at war would have commerce." Derrick replied with a post that introduces the Transformer Universe to a new character ..... Decimus Quadrillon.

"There is commerce on Cybertron. For a great deal of time before Megatron reappeared, the post Great War has been a time where the Autobots have created many ways to entertain themselves. There are refuelery restaurants, energon bars, shopping arcades with every upgrade you could ever think of, as well as various forms of theater, music, and other entertainment.

There is a commerce guild that is in charge of the credit and energon banks.The head of this guild is Decimus Quadrillon, who is the richest mech on Cybertron. Rumor has it that Decimus' cube shaped headquarters is actually a giant bin containing over 30,000 square standard Cybertronian units of raw energon. There are even some wild and unlikely rumors that he dives into and swims through the energon. An act which would be very damaging on a Cybertronian's inner workings.

The Autobots have a distrust of other alien races (organics and non-organics), and do not engage in much, if any, off world trade in modern times. Cybertron has been invaded, conquered, and nearly conquered at different points throughout its vast history, leaving the Autobots with little care to act with outside civilizations." replies Derrick.

Now I'm not sure about you, but I would love to to see how Derrick pictures Decimus now.

Don't forget that if you are in the UK you can meet Derrick first hand by attending Auto Assembly 2010 which takes place next month.