KOToys.com have posted the first images of their forthcoming exclusive knock-off figures.  The images show part of their knock-off Black Convoy figure as well as some images of the first in their Glow-in-the-Dark range of knock-offs, Ultra Magnus.  All of the figures will be produced under their KOLD (Knock-Off Lucky Draw) line and are 100% unofficial items made in China.  Even if you are not normally interested in knock-off items its worth having a look at the glow-in-the-dark pieces as these could produce some very interesting figures in the future.

­Tickets for Auto Assembly 2010 selling at an incredible rate. We have just entered our "rush" period for the convention and while we are still five weeks away from the event, it is clear that we are well on target to shatter the European attendance record for a Transformers convention...

In fact, tickets have been selling so well that we have now SOLD OUT of our allocation of one day passes for the Saturday!! What this means is that for any of you who wish to attend Auto Assembly 2010 and have not yet purchased your tickets, you can now only buy FULL WEEKEND or SUNDAY ONLY tickets. Because of space limitations in the hotel, we will not be releasing a further allocation of passes for the Saturday so unless you have already registered, the only way you can now attend Auto Assembly 2010 on the Saturday is to buy a weekend pass. If you can't make the convention at all, we still have our Non-Attendee Packs and there will be no restrictions on the availability of these.

We have frozen the ticket prices for the convention from Auto Assembly 2009 and the one day tickets for Sunday 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! 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.

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 so pre-registration this year is a must!

Spanning the weekend of Friday 13th - Sunday 15th August 2010 at the The Holiday Inn Birmingham City Centre, Birmingham, England, the convention is playing host to a staggering 11 guests including three guests of honour (Garry Chalk, Scott McNeil and Derrick J Wyatt), and will feature toy and art displays, dealers, comic guests, free autograph sessions, a video games area, free workshops run by many of our guests, dedicated childrens programming, video screenings and more! There will also be Friday and Saturday evening programmes, exclusive for weekend attendees and the Saturday evening will play host to a massive musical party, costume competition, our voice actors will take to the stage to perform a BRAND NEW script written by Simon Furman and we still have LOADS more to announce...!

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's appearance 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

Transformers producer Lorenzo di Bonventura recently sat down with Collider.com to discuss some of the latest goings on with Transformers 3, from hirings to how Michael Bay is getting on with filming in 3D.

Our thanks go out to Mike Kazybird­ for letting us know that a new Humph the Cat strip has been created for the first time since April 86.

The SDCC exclusives and panels have been announced in the last week.  The toys will be Masterpiece Grimlock, Mighty Mugg Blaster and Mighty Muggs Prowl.  It was also announced that there would be two panels, a War For Cybertron panel and another one for Transformers Prime that will show the first footage from the series.

TakaraTomy have updated their Transformers websites with the following additions:

Their Generation One website sees updates to the Animated section including updates to Ultra Magnus, Sentinal Prime, Jazz, Blurr, Elite Guard Bumblebee, Wreck-Gar and Leader Class Megatron, all of whom were released at the end of June.

The Summer EZ Collection Campaign page is updated with information on which Jusco stores will have the clear figures.

The Transformers 2010 campaign page is updated with the Sons of Cybertron Classics figures.

Finally the Disney Label Buzz Lightyear product page is updated.

Our thanks go to Snakas for the update.

Seibertron.com have a very interesting article about a new UK exclusive Transformers figure that has been produced as part of the promotional for Transformers Way For Cybertron.  The figure is a repainted Transformers Cybertron (Galaxy Force) Legends Starscream figure. Its unknown at present how you would get the toy, it appears to have been a pre-order exclusive only not from one of the main UK stores.  So the UK finally gets another exclusive item, only its not advertised so hardly anyone would have picked it up.  Expect this little fella to start fetching high prices on the 2nd hand market.