Thanks to ACToys.net member 花露水 we can bring you some more images of the knock-off Cyclonus and Scourge figures that have just been released in China.  The bootleg toys will find there way onto eBay very shortly, if they are not already there, so fans and collectors should be on the look-out for these toys, and hopefully these images will help you identify them.

In a follow-up to the promotional Starscream desktop standee,TransformersAnimated.com has been updated with an exclusive Transformers Animated wallpaper supplied by Titan Magazines in preparation for their upcoming Transformers Animated comic.

The art is by John McCrae and colours by Kat Nicholson, both of whom were at Auto Assembly earlier this year.

Derrick Wyatt has updated his blog with some information on Transformers Aniamted season 3.  The information confirms the preview picture of Beachcomber as real, although he points out that the character may not make it into the series at all.

Derrick also states that Season 3 of Transformers Animated is still a while off.

Hasbro have updated the MonkeyBar website with a new Transformers Animated bonus clip entitled Bumblebee Part 1.  The clip features Bumblebee, Sari, Bulkhead and some mimes!

Credit to TFW2005.com

Issue 128 of Figure King was released today in Japan.  The issue contained the first part of a serialised article entitled "The 25 years of transformers" which commerates the 25th Anniversary of the line in 2009.

The article includes images of the 25th Anniversary Cheetor and 25th Anniverary Cyclonus figures.  A silhouette of a mystery figure is also published with a note that the true colors will be revealed in next months issue.

Once again the Alternity Convoy is also shown, but again the figure is not specially named, though the magazine does confrm that the toy will be released under the box number A-01.  The images that appeared in Figure-Oh magazine are also used to display the gimmick of the toy on an unpainted prototype

Masterpiece Thundercracker is shown along with comparisons to MP Starscream and MP Skywarp

On the Henkei front, Ironhide and Galvatron are shown, with their gimmicks being explained with a note of who the next four will be, which include Sideswipe, Streak and Octane.

Images are shown of the new Muisic Label Convoy as well as the Marvel Crossovers are also inlcluded in the magazine.

Credit to Snakas for the report.

Transformers Live Action Movie Blog has been updated with a few images from the White Sands set. It reveals that the White Sands is meant to be Egypt (though reported as Jordan), and that the core cast was there filming a fight scene similar to the desert battle from the first movie.

Many extras were on set, with some dressed up as soldiers and others as a strike force. Rumor has it that Sam's parents (actors Julie White and Kevin Dunn) were present, and a future film location may be in Ruidoso, a location in the mountains surrounded by forest, about 30 minutes from Alamogordo.

Derrick Wyatt, Art Director/Lead Character Designer for Transformers Animated, has posted some images on his blog showing some of the design concepts that he used for Transformers Animated Prowl prior to settling on the final design.  As well as the images Derrick reveals that it has already been decided that Prowl would be a motorbike before he came on-board with the series, that he had originally had him coloured more like the black and white G1 version, but since Ratchet was already going to be primarily white, and the ninja aspect of the new Prowl's character was going to be played up, they decided to go with the black, gold and tan theme.  Derrick also mentions that Eric Siebenaler from Hasbro and Alex Kubalski from Takara requested that they move Prowl's wheels from his shoulders to his legs as it helped blend his design with "a really amazing transformation idea" that Alex had been working on for a motorcycle Transformer.

If you look closely on the image you will see that it is dated 2003, giving you some indication of when the work on Transformers Animated first began.

BigBadToyStore has a listing for a Transformers Animated 2-pack consisting of Jetfire and Jetstorm, ata Battle-in-a-Box style price.

The release data, according to BBTS, is November (for the US).

TransformersItalia point out an article on giocattolivecchi.com that reports that at the Hasbro Italy's 2009 Brand Preview some of the Revenge of the Fallen figures were shown and that it was revealed that Optimus Prime and Jetfire will combine both as toys and within the movie.

To help celebrate the upcoming launch of the UK Transformers Animated comic, TransformersAnimated.com has teamed up with Titan Magazines to bring you the first in a series of Transformers Animated Desktop Standees.  The first 'bot to get the standee treatment is none other than that sneaky Decepticon Starscream.  You can download the PDF exclusively at TransformersAnimated.com here

Further standees will be being sent out by Titan Magazines in a few weeks time, but for now you can enjoy this TransformersAnimated.com exclusive promotional item.

Thanks go to Titan Magazines.