TakaraTomy have posted an interview on their website with Japanese Transformers designer Hisashi Yuki. Yuki-san's Transformers credits include Beast Wars II Lio Convoy, Beast Wars Neo Big Convoy, Beast Wars Neo Unicron and the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen characters The Fallen, Scalpel (The Doctor) and Sideways.

If you do not read Japanese do not worry as TFW2005.com board member SydneyY has posted his translation over on their website.

Thanks to Yokubarion we have created a new image gallery containing 149 photographs which he took from the Chara-Hobby event in Japan.  The images included items that were on display from Bandai, TakaraTomy and other manufacturers. The images are grouped by the companies displaying them, so you will find all of the Takara Tomy images at the bottom of the gallery.

The images help to show that the strange combiners within the case with the reissued Combaticons appear to be original concept pieces from the design phase of the first combiners which have been previously shown as concept art within the Generations books.

You can view the images here.

We thought we'd bring your attention to two nice ebay auctions for some more of the unusual, technically not official Transformers items.

The first is one of the Transforming watch series, always popular, and this time it the rare Radio Watch. This is the first time I've seen this piece for sale, myself, and it looks great.

The second item is the infamous Four Star Jet, a non-official remolded version of Generation One Starscream.  The FourStar jets have been popular with G1 seeker fans as they create yet another different G1 seaker.

You will now find some updates to some existing Transformers toy galleries on the site.  These include;

• Transformers Animated Blurr - updated with our own images
• Transformers Revenge of the Fallen Ravage - updated with our own images
• Transformers Revenge of the Fallen Human Alliance Bumblebee with Sam - images thanks to Alan Taylor (TheLastAllosaur)

AcToys has been updated with Transformers Generations 2009 Volume 1 Electro Disrupter Liger, the partially clear\black version of Transformers Classics Mirage (Henkei Liger).

Meanwhile HK-TF has been updated with images of Transformers Revenge of the Fallen Hoist, a repaint of Transformers Movie Longarm in G1 Hoist colours.

­You can now find a nice image gallery consisting of 51 pictures of the e-Hobby Exclusive Transformers Encore Guardian Robot toy in our Transformers toy image gallery area.

 The toy is a recoloured version of the Transformers Encore Omega Supreme toy, a minor remold of the original Generation One Transformers Omega Supreme figure (and the fourth version of this mold that we own - fourth coloured version that is).

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Toy-World have posted some photographs from Chara-Hobby 2009 which show the Disney Label Haloween Mickey Mouse, a hard copy of the Donald Duck Disney Label figure, the Device Label toys a­s well as the re-issue of the Combaticons and what appears to be new Constructicons and Aerial-bots! You can view the images below.

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 Update:

More images from the event can be found here, here and here.

Auto Assembly announced the first details for next year's convention, including the date, location, and (subject to commitments) the first guests who may be attending:

Yes, it's on the way... we can now reveal the first official details for Auto Assembly 2010! It will be another weekend convention and this time it will be taking place on Friday 13th - Sunday 15th August 2010 and once again it will be held in the Holiday Inn Birmingham City Centre, on Smallbrook Queensway, Birmingham. The main convention will take place on the Saturday and Sunday again but there will be bonus programmes of events on the Friday and Saturday evenings for weekend attendees only.

We already have our first three guests confirmed for the convention - regular Auto Assembly guest and Transformers artist Simon Williams, colourist Liam Shalloo and making a welcome return to Auto Assembly will be top Transformers artist Guido Guidi!

Remember to book early to make sure you get a place and to help finance more guests (remember Voice Actors need to be flown in from America).

TFW2005.com are running a story, from Kapow Toys that Waves 4 and 5 of the best selling Transformers Revenge of the Fallen toyline has been delayed (wave 4) and cancelled (Wave 5) in the UK!  This is said to be due to the demand in the US for those toys, so stock allocated for the UK will now be sold domestically in the US.

The figures in these waves of the Transformers Revenge of the Fallen Deluxe toys (including the Ice Cream Truck Twins Skids & Mudflap, Dead End, Jolt and Blaze Master) and the Wave 5 Voyagers (Long Haul and Grindor)  No reason is given for the apparent cancellation of the fifth wave of Voyagers.

They also report however that the Wave 5 Deluxes, including Arcee, Stalker Scorponok and Swerve, has begun to creep into stores - although they do not say which or where.

In a follow-up to our story "Transformers Top Toy Property With UK In July," we can now bring you more information regarding the performance of the Transformers brand for that month.

According to NPD figures the Transformers range sold £2.6 million at retail within the UK for the month of July, giving it a 33% share of the entire action figure market.  In fact, 12 out of the top 20 best selling new items for the month of July were from the Transformers range!

In terms of the normal sales charts here are the Top 10 for July.  The Transformers items are marked in a bold, itallic text.

UK July 2009 - £ Sales - Value)
1. Little Tikes Cozy Couple 30th Anniversary Edition - MGA
2. Transformers Movie Deluxe Figures - Hasbro
3. Transformers Movie Legends Assortment - Hasbro
4. First Steps Babywalker - VTech
5. Kidzoom Camera - VTech
6. Hot Wheels Basic Car Assortment - Mattel
7. Smart Trike Plus Girls - Mookie Toys
8. Ben 10 Alien Force 10CM Figures - Bandai
9. Bakugan Starter Pack - Spin Master
10. Ben 10 Alien Force 15cm DNA Figures = Bandai

UK July 2009 (Unit Sales - Volume)
1. Hot Wheels Basic Car Assortment - Mattel
2. Transformers Robot Heroes - Hasbro
3. Gogo's Crazy Bones Evolution Booster - Magic Box
4. Transformers Movie Legends Assortment - Hasbro
5. Gogo's Crazy Bones III Explorer Pack - Magic Box
6. Cars Vehicle Assortment - Mattel
7. Plasticine 8 Pack - Flair
8. Ben 10 Alient Force 10CM Figures - Bandai
9. Transformers Movie Deluxe Figures - Hasbro
10. Bakugan Booster Pack - Spin Master

Transformers is the number one UK property once more!

Yes its official, the NPD sales figures for July 2009 within the UK have shown that Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen has led to Transformers replacing Ben 10 as the top property, a position that Ben 10 held for the five months.  The top five properties for July were:

Robot Heroes fan may well be interested to know that eBay seller t-maxshop has place two listings on ebay for what are currently unreleased and cancelled Robot Heroes sets.  The sets are loose but are­ and the Transformers Victory set of .