Hasbro Nordic informs us today that Scandinavia will see Transformers Animated and Transformers Universe (aka Classics 2.0) toys on shelves around August 1, 2008.

No information on actual assortment contents, nor if we will get the TV show or not.

The Transformers Collectors Club big surprise last night consisted of listings for Transformers Universe (Classics 2.0).

Wave 1 will consist of:-
Deluxes:
Sunstreaker
Prowl
Tankor (Formerly Octane)

Wave 2 will consist of:
Ultras:
Onslaught
Powerglide

They also mentioned the TFCC are hoping to get pre-orders for the Seacons and Nightbeat in March, with them shipping in April.

You need to be a member of the club to view the images.

In a thread over on TFW2005, LocustReign posted a report a stock list which he says was sent across from his toy shop's wholesaler. The lists showed the Transformers Animated figures has having a release date within the UK of April 4th, with the Transformers Classics 2.0 figures due on May 9th. Previously Hasbro UK told us that they had no plans to release the Transformers Classics 2.0 figures within the UK. With the UK Toyfair being held next Friday, confirmation of dates and items will probably be available after the initial press day.

Here's the post

"Just had an email from my toy shop's wholesalers saying that Animated Deluxe, Voyagers and the 2-pack are to be released (in the UK at least) on 4th April 2008. The price list also mentions leader class Bulkhead and Megatron - not sure if we've heard of these before???

Universe (aka Classics 2.0) deluxes are listed as having a release date of 9th May (just after my birthday, YAY!). Ultras and Voyagers are down as release date TBC."

Dark Prime of The Allspark has an image from a Japanese magazine hosted on image shack showing the Winter Wonderfest Transformers Movie G1 Coloured Arcee toy as well as Trans-Scanning Optimus Prime.

You can see the image here.

Simon Furman has posted a blog entry regarding the upcoming IDW Blaster Spotlight.

"Something happened to Blaster in the past that comes storming back to confront him in the present. Betrayed, left for dead, someone went to great lengths to silence ‘The Voice,’ and now—with Blaster returned to the fold—they set out to finish what they started. With guest appearances by the likes of Silverbolt, Bluestreak, Beachcomber, Trailbreaker and Cosmos, plus a Decepticon or two, Spotlight Blaster has something for everyone: mystery, intrigue, action, character development. Art is by Emiliano Santalucia, making his IDW debut, story is by me."

You can read the full post, plus see the cover art here.

Below you will find some newer, larger images of Transformers Movie Bulkhead in packaging.

Motto: "I kinda broke this thing. And those things. And that pile of stuff over there. Sorry"

"If there's one thing BULKHEAD is really good at, its smashing stuff. It's his specialty. In fact, he's so good at it that he's even good at it when he doesn't mean to be. In a fight, you can count on him to smash the DECEPTICONS nearby parked cars, other AUTOBOTS, low-bloating billbords, and occansionally himself. The irony of it is that he's a natural builder who loves to make things, He'd much rather be creating something, but when you're as big and strong as he is, stuff just sort of seems to get smashed."

AcToys have a nice image gallery comparing the Voyager Class and Deluxe Class Transformers Animated Megatron toys. The later some in the two pack featuring pink battle damage.

You can now find a video showing an extended version of the fight between Lockdown and the Autobots from Transformers Animated Episode 7, Thrill of the Hunt, at both Transformers Animated.com and Transformers At The Moon.

The video combines several sequences from the latest Transformers Animated episode into one lengthy sequence.

AcToys member 无翼天使 has posted a magazine scan of an image of a blacked out G1 Grimlock boxart with Masterpiece Series in Katakana (マスターピース　シリーズ - Masuta-pi-su Shiri-zu)

The Allspark state that the text next to the toy is about Gundam, probably from an article next to the advert. Japanese Transformers expert Buster Hydra also states the following in The Allspark's discussion thread.

I'm almost certain this is true, I heard it months back from a Japanese dealer whose information I trust a lot.

We can always wait and see though.

-Hydra

Comics Contiuum have a listing for the Transformers Animated episodes to be shown in February

February 9th - Episode 5 - Total Meltdown
February 16th - Episode 3 - Blast from the Past (repeat)
February 23rd - Episode 9 - Along Came a Spider
March 1st - Episode 10 - Sound and Fury

Thanks to TFWorld2005 for the original spot.

Arcee, who made her debutin Transformers Animated in episode 7 Thrill of the Hunt, of which you can watch every scene featuring Arcee in the Video section, is featured for the second time in a Transformers Animated Wallpaper, available exclusively on Transformers Animated.com.

The new wallpaper can be found at the bottom of the Wallpaper page, but here is a small preview linking to the 1024x768 version.

The wallpaper is available in 800x600, 1024x768 and 1280x1024 resolutions.

You will now find another exclusive video from the latest Transformers Animated episode Thrill of the Hunt in the Video section of both Transformers Animated and Transformers At The Moon.

The video combines all four lookback sequences, which Ratchet has during the episode, into one large clip. This video also features Arcee, voiced by Susan Blu, and Lockdown, voiced by Lance Hendrikson, as well as showing the first on-Cybertron footage in the Transformers Animated series.

Transformers Animated's character section has seen various characters updated with new cartoon stills, but there are also two brand new character cartoon galleries for you. These are of Transformers Animated Arcee and Lockdown making sure that it's the only page you'll need to visit for images of those characters.

You will now find 237 images from the Transformers Animated episode 7, Thrill of the Hunt, on both Transformers Animated.com and in Transformers At The Moon's Transformers In The Media section.

This episode introduces Lockdown and features a guest appearance by Arcee.

Here are a few preview screens.