Thanks to Rich for confirming a few details regarding the Transformers items that will be listed in the new Argos Catalogue that is released this coming Saturday, Jan 19th 2008. Rich has confirmed that there are no Transformers Animated figures or Masterpiece Starscream in the catalogue, both of which were only ever an outside chance. He has confirmed that most of the figures are Transformers Movie toys.

More on this story will follow

We have added yet another three video clips from the first episode of Transformers Animated to the video section of the site. The clips are entitled "Ep1-3: Autobots Trans-scan", which is 25 minutes into the the episode when the Autobots are awoken on Earth for the first time, "Ep 1-3: Starscream's Discovery" which is when Starscream discovers the location of the Allspark and finally "Ep 1-3: Starscream Transscan" which is the scene in which Starscream receives his Earth alt mode. As always the videos are available at both TransformersAnimated.com and Transformers At The Moon.

We have added another clip from the first episode of Transformers Animated to the video section of the site. We've entitled the clip "Ep1-3: History", and is the from the start of the episode where Optimus Prime is watching the history video, the scenes from the Generation One show, and talks to Ratchet about what he remembers from the Great War. As always the video is available at both TransformersAnimated.com and Transformers At The Moon.

In the Transformers At The Moon video section you will also find other video clips that are not Transformers Animated related, and those videos appear in date order. On Transformers Animated .com, the videos are ordered by episode, so you will need to scroll down a little to find the Ep1-3: History entry.

Movie Deluxe Stockade - wave 2 for 2008
Movie Deluxe Longarm - still TBC
Movie Deluxe Landmine - wave 1 for 2008
Movie Deluxe Payload - still TBC
Movie Deluxe Dropkick - still TBC
Movie Voyager Incinerator - wave 2 for 2008

Of the three figures that Hasbro UK mark as TBC, Payload and Dropkick are out now in the Entertainer with Longarm being available in the double-pack with Bumblebee in several stores, most notably Toys R Us

With the new Argos catelogue out this Saturday, it will be interesting to see if that contains any of these figures.

You can now find another Transformers Animated clip in the video section, this time from Transformers Animated episode 1 (Transform and Roll Out). The video shows the Decepticon attack on the Ark and is the longest video clip so far, so it may take a while to stream for those on slower connections.

The video is available on both Transformers Animated and Transformers At The Moon

It's taken us a while to decode the episode, but we can finally bring you a whopping 635 images from the Transformers Animated mini-movie (episodes 1-3).

You may want to check out the rest of our Transformers In The Media section for various other images, articles and general resource which you may not have previous seen. Transformers At The Moon is far more then just the 1,874 Transformers toy galleries featuring 1,991 Transformers toys.

Snakas has picked up on an article on the blog of Japanese Idol Mei Morishita. On the blog she reveals that one of TakaraTomy's Wonder Festival exclusive toy will be a Transformers Movie Arcee G1 Color Edition (repaint of the Deluxe Movie Arcee).

These will be exclusively sold at the event on February 24, 2008 at the TakaraTomy booth and limited to 1,000 pieces.

Be sure to check Transformers At The Moon around the time of the WinterWonderfest, as we'll be looking to add to our unrivaled Japanese Convention gallery area.

Fan2Fan are reporting on a 2-day toy forum for retailer which just took place in Japan. At the event TakaraTomy were displaying many of the figures that will be released in Japan over the next 6 months. They included the Transformers Classics (HenKei "Transform!") series where Astrotrain and Hot Rodimus (Rodimus) were shown off. They are out in April and June respectively. Fan2Fan also report that Starscream and Grimlock will feature chrome parts. Encore figures 9 and 10 were also announced, Encore 9 will be a minibot set, released in May, with Encore 10 being a reissue of Omega Supreme. Like Skylynx, he will be a special release and is due for June. Also shown were MA-21 Optimus Prime Battle mode, with show accurate head and sword arm, MA-22 Bumblebee battle mode, new head sculpt, TS-01 Optimus Prime (Trans-Scanning), TS-02 Bumblebee and the movie screen battle packs

Carrying on from yesterday's announcement of a few of the International channels that Transformers Animated will air on, it gives us great pleasure to be able to bring you exclusive news of which channels will show the series in 13 international territories. So without further-a-do, here's the list.

1. Asia Pacific - Cartoon Network
2. Croatia - Magma
3. France - Gulli
4. Germany - Super RTL
5. Hong Kong - TVB
6. Latin America - Cartoon Network
7. Malaysia -TV3
8. Middle East - MBC
9. New Zealand - TV3
10. Philippines - GMA 7
11. Singapore - TV12
12. South Africa - SABC
13. Spain - Cartoon Network
14. UK - Nickelodeon

We'd like to say a big thank you to the great folk over at Entertainment Rights especially Chloé and Pem for all of the help they've been over the last few months and for sending us over the details.

Don't forget to check out our sister site, TransformersAnimated.com for more Transformers Animated goodness.

Titan Books have published the first colour images from Issue 8 of their UK Transformers Comic over at their MySpace site. We've mirrored the images below.

Thanks to BigPhill for posting images of the back of the packaging on the Transformers Movie Jetstorm and Wingblade re-coloured figures.

You can see the images at TFWorld2005 here and here

Transformers Animated.com has been updated with it's first image gallery, this one focusing on the Dinobot commander Grimlock.

You will find Grimlock's profile page also received an update, of an image, and will have text updated to it shortly.

Simon Furman has updated his blog with an entry entitled "bla" in which he promotes Transformers Devastation issue 4 in which seven Autobots go up against the mighty Sixshot. Here's a quote:

"At the end of last issue, the Autobots (a bit waterlogged, but otherwise undamaged after the crash landing/detonation of Ark-19 in the Gulf of Mexico) rose to challenge the Decepticons’ living weapon Sixshot (and save Ratchet from a messy end to boot). But the question remains, can even seven Autobots (one of whom is the mighty Optimus Prime) prevail against a one-bot weapon of mass destruction (with no less than six alt. modes) like Sixshot? And what’s more, can they really expect their ’secret’ war to remain a secret for much longer? The answer to the first question is ‘wait and see.’ The answer to the second question is ‘no.’ This is where it all hits the fan… big-time! Expect a full on battle royal, plus more Headmasters, more Hunter, a cameo appearance from the headliner in a recent Spotlight, Reapers aaand Starscream!!! Story is by me, drawings by guest artist Robby Musso (who does a simply outstanding job filling in for EJ, who’s back next issue)."