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

Thanks to an auction on Taobao you will now find four images of the Transformers Hunt for the Decepticons Ironhide figure in our extensive Transformers Toy Gallery area.

TFW2005.com member Terrorcon King came across some images online (the original source is unknown but we expect to be an Asian based forum) w­hich had some news images of some of the Transformers Power Core Combiner figures.  You can view the mirrored images below along with some other recent ones taken by S250.

Smolder with Chopster

Searchlight with Backwind

Combaticons

After a few weeks of having the images offline, you can now find several images of the Headrobots Cobra figure (actually a Prototype and not the final item) in our Transformers Toy Gallery area.

Headrobot Cobra has been photographed with the Japanese Headmaster figures (all official, none of the new fake guys in there) along with the regular Headmaster figures and out knock-off scaled down Fortress Maximus toy.

We are going to add more images to the gallery in the future, showing Cobra with the three Maximus figures, Scorponok, Black Zarak and all the Headmaster Junior toys.

Within the latest issue of Figure King magazine (pronounced figure oh) there was a list of the cast as well as the opening episodes  The three-parter "Transform and Roll Out" has been renamed "New Chapter! Transformers", "Hero, the name is Autobot" and "Secret of the Allspark".  The fourth episode to air in Japan was the 10th episode in the western release "Sound and Fury", but the Japanese episode will be called "Operation: Soundwave".

In terms of the cast these are the names mentioned within the article.

Optimus Prime: Takahashi Hiroki
Bumblebee: Kishio Daisuke
Ratchet: Okawa Toru
Ironhide: Miyake Kenta
Prowl: Yusa Kouji
Ultra Magnus: Ginga Banjo
Sentinel: Suwabe Junichi
Teletraan I: Takagaki Ayahi
Megatron: Wakamoto Norio
Starscream: Yamanoi Jin
Blitzwing: Cho (Nagashima Shigeru)
Lugnut: Itou Kentaro
Blackarachnia: Uzuki Ryoka
Sari: Akesaka Satomi
Professor Sumdac: Nagasako Takashi
Captain Fanzone: Tobita Nobuo 

Credit to Drillbit of TFW2005.com for the report

The Auto Assembly team have sent out the following press­ release

Auto Assembly - "And Here Is The News..."

Once again, Auto Assembly expands its online presence with the latest addition to its Youtube channel...

Auto Assembly, Europe's largest Transformers convention, has been continually looking for new and innovative ways to keep its attendees and would-be attendees informed of all the latest developments with the convention in an easy to digest manner. Through press releases, its own website, its forum, and its new page on Twitter, we are reaching out to more Transformers fans that ever before.

Now, we are adding another outlet for information on Auto Assembly! Every week or two, we will be uploading short news bulletins to the official Auto Assembly channel on Youtube. Each bulletin will last for around 3-5 minutes and will feature several short news stories covering some of the latest developments about the convention, most of which will be revealed before you hear them anywhere else!

The first bulletin is online NOW and you can watch it here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hVth0WlOq4  Further videos will be uploaded every 1-2 weeks as we get more news and stories to announce. If you want to know when these videos are released, just subscribe to the Auto Assembly channel and get an email notification of every new video produced by Auto Assembly, which will also include exclusive convention footage and much more!

For more details on Auto Assembly 2010 which is taking place on 13th - 15th August 2010 at the Holiday Inn Birmingham City Centre, Birmingham, England - or to book your tickets, visit the website at www.autoassembly.org.uk

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.

MTV have posted an article entitled 'Transformers 3' Script Complete, Josh Duhamel Says in which they post some quotes from the Transformers actor when the spoke to him at ShoWest in Las Vegas yesterday.Here is a quote:

"I read it yesterday," he said of the script. "I think that after reading it, I was really pleasantly surprised and happy. They did a great job."

While Duhamel was understandably tight-lipped about plot details, he did reveal that the script includes new robots and story elements from foundational "Transformers" story lines. "Some really cool stuff happens," he said. "They put a lot of time and thought into this. What I think is really cool is they went back into the history of 'Transformers.' They didn't really make anything up. They're using stuff that actually existed in the story from before."

Thanks to Snakas for pointing out that Ami Ami has posted new images within their listings for the Diablock Bumblebee and Optimus Prime toys.

Bumblebee can be see here and Optimus Prime here.

KO Toys has in packaging images of the upcoming Transformers Revenge of the Fallen Battle Ops Bumblebee toy.

You can see the images here.

Two videos of the e-Hobby exclusive MP-03G Ghost of Starscream figure has been uploaded by Cybergundam to Yahoo Hong Kong

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Genzaho of KOToys.com has publicly announced the release of the first KOLD figure (Knock-Off Lucky Draw for those wondering what the name means).  The figure is a gold chromed knock-off Henkei Convoy and is 100% non-official (I.E no parts of this toy are made by TakaraTomy or Hasbro Inc).  The figure is, for now, being sold exclusively through KOToys.com with an original run of 250 items.  If you look quickly you may be fooled into thinking that this is an actual TV Magazine Gold Henkei Convoy or one of the fakes that was around last year, neither is the case.  Here are some of the things to look out for on this figure to know that it is a fake and not an original, official item.

1. The plastic joints are a darker brown that any official lucky draw figure that has been seen.
2. The figure has no copyright markings.  This is because it is using the KO mold.
3. The Autobot insignia are larger than they should be.

One thing to be careful of though is that this figure was chromed whilst on the spruce and not afterwards.  This means that it will have the "snap" marks on the gold chrome which have, in the past, be used to try to help identify some of the fakes.  From speaking to Genzhao we known that between 25 and 50 of these have be sold to one or two people in China so we urge everyone that if you are offered a gold Henkei Convoy to look very carefully at the figure, ask to see the copyright markings.  Compare any images to images of this toy and the ones features in our fake Gold Henkei Convoy gallery.  If the toy you are offered looks like either of these then there is a good chance that it is a fake or knock-off item so ensure that you know before you part with your cash.  KOToys is selling these for $59.99 so if you do wish to get one you can buy them direct from them.

We will create a gallery soon mirroring the images of this figure to help people compare as well as showing images of a sample of the KOLD figure that has no Autobot symbols and different coloured plastic.

Again, this toy is 100% non-official.  If you see a figure looking like one of these for sale as a real item you are being conned.