The date for the Finnish premiere of Transformers Animated has now changed, report NTFA.net, the show is now due to start next Sunday, that's the 17th August, taking over from Power Rangers Mystic Force at the 10.25am time slot. MTV3's web site lists the first episode as "1 Roll Out Act 1/3" with no Finnish translation of the title.

Credit NTFA.net

You may, or may not, have noticed that alongside launching our new message board (the third incarnation for the site, which is almost 9) but we have also introduced a new feature to the website. You can now leave comments against most of the image galleries featured on Transformers At The Moon ... and there are litterally thousands of galleries to comment on.

You need to be a member of the site to comment, so go sign up and tell the world what you think of a particular toy or anything else featured on this site.

TFW2005.com members Boardwise and Sinestro have spotted some multi-lingual packaged Transformers Animated toys in Forbidden Planet in the UK. The figures, Lugnut, Grimlock and Blitzwing, are from Wave 3 of Transformers Animated.

Some Wave 2 figures, Blackarachnia and Ratchet have previously been spotted in some stores, and as Forbidden Planet is an import store, who occasionally stock UK products, these could turn out to be imports (possibly from Canada?) or pre-released European toys. Toys R US are known for releasing toys before their official release date (something confirmed to us by Hasbro), so it could be that Forbidden Planet did indeed purchase these figures from Hasbro UK.

For the moment we suggest that this story is treated as an import sighting, though we plan to try and speak to Hasbro next week to see what we can find out.

We are pleased to announce the launch of our new incorporated message board which can be accessed via the message board link on the main menu of the website.

The message board is available across our three Transformers sites combining the visitors into one community. Each site has a unique skin to ensure that the message board is in keeping with the rest of that site.

The board is available at Transformers At The Moon, Transformers Animated.com and Lucky Draw Transformers.com.

The message board gives everyone the opportuntiy to start again, and will allow us to get back to working on the members area of the sites, which have been missing for over 18 months.

We look forward to seeing you all there.

Hasbro.com has uploaded new instruction sheets for upcoming Transformers Universe and 25th Anniversary toys in pdf format.

The instructions are for 25th Anniversary Oprimus Prime, Silverstreak, Springer and Ratbat, Roadbuster and Dirge, Aerial Rivals 5 pack, Team Leaders 5 pack and Stormcloud

Thanks to TFW2005.com for the spot

Seibertron.com member Brazilian has found a new Walmart exclusive Transformers Animated board game in theWatchung New Jersey (USA) branch called The Transformers Animated Game Collection.

The game has been released by Milton Bradley, a division of Hasbro, and retails for 20 USD. The set contains four small figures, Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Bulkhead and Prowl along with the following features:

• 2-story OPTIMUS PRIME vehicle playhouse with roof, doors and inner drawer
• Double-sided gameboard (TRANSFORMERS ANIMATED game on one side; Checkers and Tic Tac Toe on the other)
• Dueling spinner/sliding scorer
• Deck of 50 cards
• 24 Checkers/Tic Tac Toe playing pieces
• 100 Piece puzzle in a matching box
• Instructions for all 3 games

TakaraTomy have told the Reuters newsagency of their post-merger plans which include plans to double their operating profit margin to ten per cent in the year ending March 2011 from 5.3 per cent last business year, in part by reducing the number of products. Other plans include the move of the company’s manufacturing base from China to Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia to reduce costs and improve quality.

Kantaro Tomiyama, chief executive and president of the company told Reuters: "Following the merger we underwent a period of some internal confusion. But things have stabilised and we’ll be more prepared in a few years time for further growth..... With a good procurement and marketing strategy, they can easily achieve double-digit profitability. But I think we should be able to do that, making full use of our merger benefits.".

Whether moving their factories out of China will see a reduction or increase in thhe amount of toys leaked from the factories, only time will tell.

HollyScool.com report that "Injured SHIA LaBOEUF's robot-fighting TRANSFORMERS pal JOSH DUHAMEL insists the young actor is recovering well from hand surgery.
LaBeouf was hospitalised last month (Jul08) after a Hollywood car crash left him with a smashed hand. The accident stalled filming on the Transformers sequel, but co-star Duhamel, who is in constant contact with LaBeouf, insists his pal will be OK. The actor tells HollyScoop.com, "He is at his best. Shia is doing just fine. He's doing great."

Simes has sent the following reminder to all Auto Seembly 2008 attendees to let them know they can now leave their ideas for Auto Assembly 2009 online.

Hi everyone!

Just a quick reminder about the AA2009 questionnaire that was in everyone's packs last weekend... Well, I've just done an online version of it now with a few extra tweaks and questions so if you haven't already completed it or if you want to do the extra version, you can find it here:-

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=DkIO_2b1E485TJD6KbOum8Mg_3d_3d

The free family ticket prize draw still applies and you can enter and do the questionnaire even if you didn't attend AA this year!

Cheers,

Simon

TF08 has been updated with more imags of the Transformers Animated Skywarp figure which appeared on ebay earelier this week. The toy is a recolour of the Voyager Starscream mold in Generation One Skywarp colours and is based on one of the clones from the cartoon series.

Remember to check Transformers Animated.com for news on the Hasbro UK Transformers Animated competition as well as al your Transformers animated news and information.

TFWorld2005 have picked up on a story from The Globe and Mail (a Canadian newspaper), that Canadian Customs have performed a u-turn on the rules which banned the import of Transformers Masterpiece Megatron due to it's realistic look. The Customs report states that due to the oversized nature of the figure it could not be misinterpreted as a replica gun and therefore can be imported into the country.

We'd previously been told about an official press release being sent out regarding the Hasbro ToyShop competition to win Transformers Animated hard-copy figures by Daniel Sharp, and we've now received an official copy of the press release.

Transformers has a massive collector fan base, and Hasbro wanted to do something special to celebrate this by offering a once in a life-time opportunity to win some awesome hand made figures of characters from the new Transformers: Animated series. These amazing rare figures will be displayed in unique collector cases and will only be available to win through a prize draw on HasbroToyShop.co.uk.
	This is the first time ever that Transformers figures have been displayed in this unique way. The figures up for grabs will be: • Megtron Deluxe • Leader Bulkhead • Roll Out Command Optimus Prime Transformers: Animated is a high-octane, animated action-adventure series based on the beloved 1980s ‘robots in disguise’ of toy and cartoon fame. The Autobots continue their battle against the Decepticons on Earth and this time they have human friends to help them in the search for the AllSpark, such as their energetic 8-year-old guide, Sari Sumdac.
The competition launches on Monday 25 August 2008 and will run until Sunday 14 September 2008. No purchase is necessary and the competition is open to residents in the UK, aged 18 years or over. The full competition Terms & Conditions are available on HasbroToyShop.co.uk from 25 August or by contacting Hasbro Consumer Affairs on 0800 2242 7276 If you want a slice of Transformers history make sure you log on!