Our thanks go to Mr Neurie for letting us know that The Entertainer now has the 25th Anniversary Optimus Prime in store for £49.99.  You can view an image of the toy in store below.

TFW2005.com members Locustreign and Unitedbot have posted a response from the Hasbro UK Transformers Brand Manager regarding various Transformers items that should see, and in some cases will not see, a release on this shores with 2010.

The email states that the Transformers Revenge of the Fallen N.E.S.T. Scouts and Deluxes figures will be released and that Masterpiece Grimlock will be released in the 2nd half of the year as a Toys 'R Us exclusive.  The mail goes on to state that both the Transformers Revenge of the Fallen N.E.S.T. Voyagers-class and Transformers Animated Arcee and Autobot Ratchet Cybertron Mode will see not be released within the United Kingdom.

Now even though the email is from the current Transformers Brand Manager this is not a 100% confirmation that those toys will not be released.  In many instances in the past we have been told that figures would or would not be released within the UK which went on to be dis-proven.  This is often because the brand managers do not know specific names of items within assortments, that they simply make a mistake, or that things change over time and certain stores import the figures through US based partner companies such as Target or Walmart.  This is more likely to be the case for the NEST figures as Hasbro were pushing them hard pre the UK toy fair.

Craig's List have posted another listing for a casting call in in Chicago by a company named Joan Philo Casting who are looking for "Ukranian or Ukranian-looking people", who know how to handle firearms for a shoot in April.

The listing should be considered a rumour as there have been scams in the past using this type of advertising to request fees to apply. Either way you can see the post here

Amazon.com has updated their "Transformers: Exodus" product page with the following description of the Exodus novel.

"For twenty-five years the colossal battle between Megatron and Optimus Prime has captivated Transformers fans around the world. Yet the full story of the conflict between the two most famous Transformers—everything that happened before Optimus and Megatron arrived on planet Earth—has always been a mystery . . . until now. Here, for the first time told in its entirety, is the thrilling saga of Optimus and Megatron before they were enemies, before they even knew each other.

“Freedom is every Cybertronian’s right!” After Megatron utters these immortal words, the caste-bound planet of Cybertron is rocked to its foundations. Megatron, an undefeated gladiator thug, gives voice to the unspoken longings of the oppressed masses—and opens the mind of an insignificant data clerk to possibilities previously unthinkable.
Long before becoming the honorable Optimus Prime, Orion Pax is a mere office underling, an unlikely candidate to answer an outlaw’s call to revolution. But Orion is determined to meet this defiant enemy of all that Cybertron stands for, no matter what he has to do, or how many laws he has to break.

What happens between Orion Pax and Megatron forever changes the destiny of all Transformers. This gripping, action-packed novel reveals all the loyalties and treacheries, trust and betrayals, deadly violence and shining ideals, as well as the pivotal roles played by other characters, including Starscream, Sentinel Prime, Omega Supreme, and one of the thirteen original Primes, the last link to Cybertron’s glorious Golden Age.

Discover how meek disciple Orion Pax becomes the fearless leader Optimus Prime; follow the tantalizing clues about the lost Matrix of Leadership and the lore surrounding it; find out why the two allies fighting a corrupt regime suddenly turn on each other, and what triggers their epic war. Transformers: Exodus provides everything fans ever wanted to know about one of the fiercest rivalries of all time."

The german Transformers Fan Convention from Fans for Fans is back!

The next C.O.N.S. is coming on the 25th of July 2010
This convention will be bigger and better with even more Transformers Action.

Here is a small C.O.N.S. Teaser

Ticket and Stand order is online now!

The first specially guest whom we announce is comic artist Claude Christ from Luxemburg

 he is also known from the SDCC "San Diego Convention Center"

More Infos: www.ntf-cons.de  Contact: cons@ntf-archive.de

Everyone is welcome to the C.O.N.S. 2010

Ozformers have posted their coverage from the 2010 Australian Toy Fair with the key points listed below:

First half of 2010 - red packed Movie line continues.
Second half of 2010 - yellow packed Movie line, red packed gimmick figures, Powercore Combiners, Generations, and Speed Stars. (August in America, Jun/Jul in Australia)

Mid year sees a big change in packaging styles for TFs and SW (their biggest two lines at the moment).
Animated - no more new figures to be released here. No Arcee or Ratchet either.
Human Alliance - still a Kmart exclusive here, and they are still committed to the line. But - only releasing 3 mid year and 3 at the end of the year, probably to make them look like a range/variety of figures, instead of one at a time.
Recon Ravage (the mailaway one) will be released here at ToysRUs next month.
MP Grimlock will also be a TRU exclusive here.
TF2 Robot Replicas definitly not being released here.
80% increase in sales for TFs during 2009 ($40mil - $23mil of that while the movie was in theatres), compared to 2008 ($17mil) and 2007 ($17mil).

Credit to TFW2005.com for the summary

The first of the exclusive Botcon 2010 figures has now been revealed.  the toy is a recoloured version of the Transformers Universe Inferno toy in the colour scheme of the European Exclusive Pyro.

The Generation Two figure of Pyro was released under the name Pyro in the UK and Spark in the rest of Europe, and its' his European name which is being used for the BotCon figure Autobot Spark.

The European exclusive figures were released in both G1 and G2 packaging.

From 1984 to 2006, Earth was the biggest, baddest battlefield of the Great War. But after the Rebirth, Galvatron and the Nebulan Lord Zarak beat it, takin' the fight to Nebulos and other civilized worlds beyond. Sure 'nuff, Optimus Prime and the rest were right on their afterburners, leaving only a skeleton crew to man Autobot City against future Decepticons attacks.

As we fought across space a new generation of Transformers arose on Earth, boosted by experimental human and Nebulan science and given the spark of life through technology reverse-engineered from Vector Sigma. Ol' Terra Firma was home to a whole new "Second Generation" led by an Autobot who sees this planet not only as a place to defend, but as the place he considers home!

While things were pretty peaceful for a time, we all know that can only last for so long. And now, through the magic of the Cybernet space cube, the BotCon enhanced stories of the Transformers...Generation 2: Redux!

That's right, Generation 2 returns! While we usually reveal the names of each character in the BotCon brochure, we have decided to give you your first sneak peak right here with..."Autobot Spark," Leader of the Generation 2 Autobots