Thanksto TFW2004 for pointing out concept images of a 3rd party Transformers Micromaster Countdown figure, named Moonraker.

According to Mr. Hazard, prototype pictures will be available next week. This figure will be produced by an as of yet unnamed 3rd party group. Moonraker will be scout sized and come with a small turret to operate, which is compatible with the recentlty released Transformers Generations Metroplex

Transformers license holder, Vilsco Textiles have posted a collection of content which includes merchandise they are releasing for Transformers: Age of Extinction but also slides which are believed to be from the Australian Toy Fair which reveal Hasbro's plans to have two animated shows (one in 2015 and another in 2016) to fill the gap between the fourth and fifth live action Transformers movies.  What is also interesting is the faction logos used for each of those series which are new "beast like" faction logos.

You can view all of the images after the jump.

BotCon has shared with us the following about the guest announcement:

Joining us at BotCon 2014 is the writer behind what has quickly become one of the most celebrated ongoing Transformers comic series of all-time, IDW’s Transformers MTMTE. With that, we are thrilled to announce that British writer JAMES ROBERTS will be our guest this year in Pasadena. He will be on hand all weekend for autographs, panels and hanging with fans from around the world! You won’t want to miss this rare opporutunity to meet James and to discuss his amazing work which has brought a new level of excitement to Transformers comic fiction!

Click the Guests menu link to view his bio and keep checking back as there is so much more news, toy reveals and show information to be announced!

Fun Publications have posted the image of their latest Botcon 2014 figure to be revealed and it is Scorponok!  The toy is a recolour of the Energon Scorponok, decoed up to look like the Generation One figure but with sa special suprise in the form of a brand new Headmaster head! That's right the head is Olin Zarak who is made from the Encore Spike figure that was, of course, released with Fortress Maximus in Japan but with a new face plate to look like Scorponok.  As big fans of G1 Scorponok this toy is now a must buy for us as the colour scheme alone makes it an awesome homage but the new head just finishes it off.

"@BotCon: The first Headmaster in 25 years... Scorponok w/ Olin Zarak #PVK #BotCon2014 http://t.co/uEV7c6vsP8 pic.twitter.com/lsgdMvPimo" sweet!

— Transformers Toys (@transformertoys) April 3, 2014

Takara designer Shogo Hasui has tweeted out some more images of the upcoming MP-21 Bumblebee figure. The images include a size comparison wirth MP-17 Prowl, confirming that Bumblebee will be half his size, a look at the read of the figure as well as a profile image of Spike's Exo-Suit. You can view the news images below and all of the images of this figure by following the jump.

Botcon have revealed their third exclusive figure from the 2014 convention boxset as Devcon.  Devcon is a retool of the Generations Scourage figure and will be relased as another member of the "Knight" faction.  Devcon is based on the character from the Generation One cartoon episode "The Gambler" and has been a planned exclusive at two previous Botcons, the most recent being in 2005 when he was going to be released as a recolour of Energon Slugslinger when 3H still held the license.  They lost their license and so that incarnation of the toy was never released.  The original Botcon figure was going to be a recolour of the Machine Wars Mirage toy. They toy was also not released but a handpainted mockup, painted by a former Hasbro lead deco painter, was made and photographed for the Botcon website. It use to be owned by the Hartmans but they sold the figure to us back in December 2008 where it has been featured in a toy gallery ever since.

We have updated the Transformers toys instruction sheets section of the website with some new PDF instructon sheets entries.

The following entries were update with PDF scans that were previously missing:

1. Transformers Generations Megatron - A2377 Instructions
2. Transformers Generations Orion Pax - A2376 Instructions
3. Transformers Generations Springer - A2562 Instructions
4. Transformers Generations Trailcutter - A2375 Instructions

You can download copies of the instruction sheets from our Transformers toys instruction sheets section of the website.

Million Publishing have announced, via their website, that shipping of their Transformers Generations 2013 exclusive figure, Rebel Infiltrator Starscream, has been delayed from March 25th to March 31st.

Fans of the Fans-Project "Core" line will be pleased to know that pre-order for their Riftshot Core & Recoiler Core are now available from the FPCore website.

The toys are being sold only as a set for $189.99 for members and $209.99 for non-members. Order by can placed here.

Alex Milne has posted his design for Dark Cybertron Arcee onto his Deviant Art account. The design is adopted by Arcee in In More than Meets the Eye issue 27 and is based on a concept design created by Hasbro for the character.  Whilst this does not confirm that a toy will be made of this form, it does mean they some of the design work may have already been done which could be adjusted based on Alex's changes.

Newsarama have posted a collection of preview pages from the post-Dark Cybertron IDW Transformers universe in the form of Robots in Disguise issue #28.  The issue is the first to be released under the "Dawn of the Autobots" banner, which is set to see the action return to Earth and reintroduce a character who we have not seen a great deal of in the last two years since the Transformers left Earth.  To view the preview images simply head on over to Newsarama.

2chan have posted some scans from the latest issue of Figure King which show MP-20 Masterpiece Wheeljack in full colour, the line-art for Masterpiece Star Saber as well as a little snippet on the "phase 6" Masterpiece Ultra Magnus.  You can view the images below.

A new image of the upcoming Transformers Masterpiece Soundblaster has been tweeted out by one of the TakaraTomy staff members

Maketoys have now shown off offiical, coloured, images of their Utopia figure (theie take on Metroplex) with word that this is the first in a line of "City Transformers"

The toy is shapped more like the original Metroplex figure compared to the latest release from Hasbro / TakaraTomy, though in many ways this one looks more basic in base and battle station mode.

You can see a lot more images by visiting the Maketoys website, but we've mirrored each mode below for you to see.

The Teambots Facebook page has been updated with loads of vidoes of the 3rd Party Transformers Masterpiece Slag figure from Fans Toyscalled Scoria.  There is also a YouTube video, below, showing off the toy.

Here are a few images but you can see the rest on the Teambots Facebook page