In a follow-up to the news story we bought you yesterday announcing the poll running over on Michael Bay's website, we thought we would bring you an update of the results thus far.

At 10:10am BST on Friday 5th July 2013, the poll results looked like this:

Well a day later and the poll now looks like this:

So whilst Optimus Prime continues to lead with almost 1/4 of the votes, Bumblebee has lost ground to Hound, the Lamborghini and the Argosy Freightliner.

Michael Bay has posted a poll over on his website to find out which of the vehicles revealed thus far is proving to be everyones favourite for the fourth live-action Transformers film  The poll is ongoing but right now the results show Optimus Prime and Bumblebee out in the lead as was to be expected, but with only 428 votes cast thus far these figures are expected to change:

Which is your favorite #transformers vehicle so far? Vote: http://t.co/SEdDaIPf6c #tf4 #transformers4 #michaelbay pic.twitter.com/x86qMAIsSR

— Michael Bay Dot Com (@S4TE) July 5, 2013

This is a big warning thanks to X20 Toys who have pointed out that fake MP Lambor (Sideswipes) have been spotted on the market, which they are also selling themselves.  The toys, and it's box, does have some differences to the original figure with the differences being highlighted in a selection of images which you can find below.

The Differences

The KO's box has a smaller "star-burst" effect (see the images below)

The second difference is with the colour of the red plastic which has been used.  The K/O is a slightly lighter shade as shown in this next image.

The next difference to look for is a dark paint application around the headlights which is missing from the knock-off version.

The head sculpt uses the new TigerTracks sculpt which pretty much confirms that it was QA rejects which have been reverse engineed to make this K/O

Another difference with the box, is the hologram which is different as you can see from the image below.

Finally, and this one is for the retailers, the figures are being sold in fake mailers, however these are horizontally stacked rather than vertically

X20 Toys have also given some additional information on the figure which is selling for just under $40 saying that the figure will be released at the end of July 2013 and that the plastic will be a cheaper / lighter quality compared to the TakaraTomy version.

We here at Transformers At The Moon encourage everyone to keep an eye out for these figures being passed off as official and also warn everyone to expect to see K/O versons of Alert (Red Alert) also hitting the market later as well as TigerTracks and possible other recolours in the future if this K/O proves popular.

Michael Bay posted out images announcing the Bumblebee would be a 2014 Concept Camaro in Transformers 4 with the comment Trumpets please . . . Bumblebee, a 2014 Concept Camaro! . . . the final jewel in the Transformers 4 crown. over on his Flickr account.

He also tweeted out regarding the announcement using the tweet you can see below.

Meet the new Bumblebee, 2014 Concept #camaro http://t.co/64FIPyLmty #michaelbay #tf4 #transformers #transformers4 pic.twitter.com/05WX76lPi4

— Michael Bay Dot Com (@S4TE) July 2, 2013

You can view the two new images below:

UK Transformers and G.I.Joe convention Roll Out Roll Call have updated their Facebook page with a new album of images titled "Collecting Transformer & G.I. Joe in the 90's".  The image gallery contains scans from various catelogues, owned by Dave Tree (All The Cool Stuff), from a variety of years featuring Transformers, G.I.Joe, Action Man as well as other toy lines, along side some photographs from early BotCon's , JoeCons and Memorabillias.

Check it out as it contains some interesting testshots as well as some G2 artwork you may not have seen before.

Fans Project have sent both Peaugh and Vangelus early release of Glacialord Fangro and Tailclub respectively.  You can watch the video reviews below which take you through the first two figures from the Retro-Future line.

The figures, as well as being combiner toys, are also headmasters as well as being compatible with the G1 figures.

Fans Project have updated their website with the first preview image of their upcoming Retro Future line. The figures appear to be an a combiner set called Glacialord which consists of Ice Age period animals in Microchange style designs both for the figures as well as the box art.  You can view an image of the first two figures Tailclub, a Doedicurus, and Fangro, a Saber-toothed Tiger below.

"For all those who have been waiting so patiently, we would love for you to come and see the first reveal of the Retro Future FPC has envisioned @ Botcon. You can find us beside the A3U booth near the back wall tomorrow morning (Sunday June 30, 2013). Thanks for all your support!"

The Transformers Collectors Club announced their two exclusive figures for this year will be Protoform X  (a recolour of Transformers Prime First Edition Megatron) and Transmutate (a recolour of Transformers Prime First Edition Arcee)

Also annouced were three of the six figures of the Subscription service (that servie in which fans wait and wait for the exclusive figures to be made).  Series 2 of this line include

- Chromedome from Transformers Prime Wheeljack, will feature a new head.
- Action Master Treadshot from Generations Warpath
- Ironfist from Generations 2.0 Roadbuster / Swindle

Some of the Hasbro toy reveals have now been posted online such as IDW Skids, Goldfire (Goldbug), Waspinator and Dreadwing, whilst others haven't.  The news is pretty much as we had anticipated, with Transformers Beast Hunters being dragged out until Transformers 4 has been released whilst the main focus for the toys will be the 30th Anniversary line, focusing on the IDW Designs.  Surely the one many fans will love is the annoucement of More Than Meets The Eye Whirl, along with his shipmates Tailgate and Swerve.

Hasbro also confirmed that they want to simplfy the Transformation os Transformers, as they don't like them being too complicated.  They want the kids to just be able to play on the floor - of cause other reasons will be that it costs more in RND

Other toys annouced were

1. Whirl
2. Swerve
3. Tailgate
4. Skids
5. Waspinator
6. Goldfire (Goldstar)
7. Dreadwind
8. Cosmos
9. Skywarp
10. Scooop (with Double Targetmasters)
11. Doubledealer (recolour of Blitzwing)
12. Rhinox (Voyager Class)
13. Armada Starscream

latimes.com have the scoop on the SDCC exclusive Transformers figures which are bound to leave some fans disappointed.  This years offering see's three sets of figures.  The first is a tribute set to Generation 1 with a release of "Titan Guardians action figures" which are non-transformable versions of G1 Optimus Prime, Megatron, Starscream, Soundwave and Grimlock.  Think ActionMaster but with less articulation.  Next up is a Transformers Prime Beast Hunters offering in the form of "Shockwave's Lab".  The set consists of Shockwave a legends class transparent Predaking  and his "cloning chamber".  Finally, the third release is the figure which has been expected for some time in the form of Titan Class Metroplex with two guns and chromed legs.  Whether this release will be convince fans especially with the 3rd party Six-Gun set on the way remains to be seen.

The images havw been mirrored after the jump

Michael Bay has posted an image of the 2014 Argosy cab-over truck by Freightliner onto his website / twitter and Flickr account with the caption The adventure continues to transform with a very different offering from Daimler Trucks North America . . . the imposing 2014 Argosy cab-over truck by Freightliner. The truck, which can be seen below, would make a good Nemesis Prime or Motormaster and with the sheet number of sports cars which have been spotted thus far, the chances of seeing the Stunticons feature is certainly increasing.

Amiami.jp have posted a new listing for an upcoming Kabaya combiner figure from the Gaia range.  The range is being called Gaia Scramble and is based on the "Scramble Union Warriors" of the past (so Scramble City).  Gaia Scramble figures will be released at 300 yen each and can be combined to for "Superion", "Menasor" and "Bruticus".  There are molds being released, in one will come in two colours with the molds being called Brawl, Firebolt, Air Raid, Dead End, Drag strip and Bolter.

The toys will be released in late August 2013

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The official Transformers 4 revealed keep coming as Michael Bay has announced that the Pagani Huayra will feature in the fourth live-action Transformers movie.

"Considered a masterpiece of design and engineering, this fierce, 2013 blood red Pagani Huayra, is named after an ancient Andean God of Wind. High resolution photo: http://bayhem.com/15BERvQ" posts Michael on his website.

YouTuber, MrTbone81, has gotten his hands on a leaked released of the upcoming Titan Class Transformers Generations Metroplex figure and has posted a 25 minute video review onto YouTube.  The video ended with a size comparison to Brave Maximus.

Amazon have published a trailer and indepth description of the Covenant of Primus book which will be released at the end of the year. You can order the book by clicking on the previous link.

Book Description:
The Covenant of Primus delves into the depths of Transformers mythology to reveal the backstory that’s previously only been hinted at.

Encased in an interlocking Autobot emblem that when pulled open emits Transformer sounds, this tome is a gift to humans from Alpha Trion, one of the ancient Thirteen Primes—the first of the Transformers. Little is known about Alpha Trion, and the rest of the Thirteen Primes have been shrouded in mystery—until now. The Covenant of Primus reveals the stories of these ancient heroes for the first time. It chronicles the saga of Optimus Prime and Megatron and covers the full history of the Transformers. Never-before-seen illustrations depict battles, portraits of the Thirteen Primes, and detailed scenes of the Transformers’ world. Offering insight into their origins, the Golden Age of exploration, the great civil war between the Autobots and Decepticons, and much more, this book is the definitive in-world history of the Transformers.

Product Features:
Autobot shield case with three-part interlocking manual opening system and three classic Transformers audio effects
Hardcover book with newly commissioned cover art, 20 newly commissioned illustrations, and many never-before-seen images from the Hasbro archive

Release Date: December 10, 2013
Hardcover: 176 pages
Publisher: 47North
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1477805990
ISBN-13: 978-1477805992

About the Author
Justina Robson was born in Yorkshire, England in 1968 and grew up watching the original Transformers TV series. After completing school, she dropped out of Art College, then studied philosophy and linguistics at York University. She sold her first novel in 1999. Since then she has won the 2000 Amazon UK Writers’ Bursary Award. She has also been a student (1992) and a teacher (2002, 2006) at the Arvon Foundation in the UK, a center for the development and promotion of all kinds of creative writing. She was a student at Clarion West, the US boot camp for science fiction and fantasy writers, in 1996. Her books have been variously shortlisted for the British Science Fiction Best Novel Award, the Arthur C. Clarke Award, the Philip K. Dick Award and the John W. Campbell Award. An anthology of her short fiction, “Heliotrope,” was published in 2012. In 2004, Justina was a judge for the Arthur C. Clarke Award on behalf of the Science Fiction Foundation. Her novels and stories range widely over science fiction and fantasy, often in combination and often featuring AIs and machines who aren’t exactly what they seem. She still lives in t’North of England with her partner and three children and a cat.