A new ebay auction has appeared containing some new images of a testshot for the upcoming Transformers Generations 30th Anniversary Beast Wars Megatron figure.  The images can be seen below.

The toy is a recolour of the Transformers Fall of Cybertron Grimlock toy with a new head scuplt

Auto Assembly have issued the following Press Release to announce their first ever exclusive toy!

Auto Assembly Unveils It's First Ever Exclusive Toy For 2013
 
After listening to requests from our attendees for over a decade Auto Assembly, Europe's largest Transformers Convention, is proud to announce that it is able to unveil that it will have its FIRST EVER Exclusive Toy available for its 2013 convention taking place this August...
 
ROBOT MANUEL X is an exclusive repaint of the critically-acclaimed third party toy Demolition Crue Apex from Mech Ideas and is being produced into the Robot Manuel X convention exclusive being brought to the convention in conjunction with Sensible Collectibles.
 
Supplies of this toy will be extremely limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis and to ensure that as many of our attendees are able to get this toy, they will be limited to a maximum of ONE per person. Robot Manuel X is available to pre-order from the Auto Assembly website NOW for those of you who have already purchased tickets for the convention for just £45 and you can then collect your toy when you arrive at the convention. When ordering you will need to provide your Auto Assembly 2013 ticket number or we will not be able to process the order and it can be ordered from http://www.autoassembly.org.uk/auto-assembly-2013-exclusive-toy-order-form/
 
If you have not already booked for the convention, tickets are still available and they can be purchased from the site at: http://www.autoassembly.org.uk/auto-assembly-2013-ticket-bookings/
 
Please note that as this is a third party toy, our normal restrictions for the sale of third party products apply so they can not be supplied to anyone under the age of 18.
 
The toy will be available to fans who attend the convention and those who purchase the Auto Assembly 2013 Non-Attendee Pack which will be made available through the convention's website shortly which will include the toy, one of our exclusive t-shirts plus other mystery items which will be announced in the near future.
 
Any supplies of the toy remaining after pre-orders and Non-Attendee Pack orders close may be available at the convention while stock lasts.
 
This toy is one of a two-part set and his “spark-mate” will be made available at another Transformers Convention this Summer which will be announced at a later date.
 
We will be joined at Auto Assembly 2013 by Dan Gilvezan (G1 Bumblebee), Neil Kaplan (RiD Prime) and Steve Blum (TF: Prime Starscream), as well as comic guests Simon Furman, James Roberts, Andrew Griffith and many more.
 
Auto Assembly 2013 is Europe's largest EVER Transformers convention and is taking place over the weekend of 9th - 11th August 2013 at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel. To book your tickets or find out more including details of all the dealers attending, all of our guests and a full schedule for the weekend, visit the website at www.autoassembly.org.uk
 

Hope to see you all in August!
 
The Auto Assembly Team
 
Web: www.autoassembly.org.uk / www.ct-alpha.com
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Forum: http://www.autoassembly.org.uk/forum
Email: contact@autoassembly.org.uk
Tel: +44 (0)7860 948296
 
Auto Assembly is sponsored by
 
Calloway Custom Designs - www.shapeways.com/shops/callowaycustomdesigns
Big Ds Toy Chest - www.bigdstoychest.co.uk
Toyz And Gamez - www.toyzandgamez.co.uk
Kapow Toys - www.kapowtoys.co.uk
TF Source - www.tfsource.com
Robot Kingdom - www.robotkingdom.com
Transformers @ The Moon - www.transformertoys.co.uk
TransformersAnimated.com - www.transformersanimated.com
Titan Books - www.titanbooks.com
Big Bad Toy Store - www.bbts.com

Mastermind Creations have posted new images on Facebook  of Leo Dux (Razorclaw) who makes up the main torso of their Feral Rex (Predaking) third party toy.

Mastermind Creations have confirmed that Terminus Hexatron has been delayed until May.  They informed US TF Store TFSource with the news along with a picture of the packaging

BotCon have updated their website with an image of the BotCon set box.  This time around the packaging is designed to look like a traditional Machine Wars box, with the window on the front.

E-Hobby have updated their pre-order page for their upcoming Transformers Classics Magnificus figure with a sneak peak as some artwork from the comic that will accompany the figure. The comic cover, which can be seen below, uses a?”Wild West" wanted poster style, with the picture of Magnificus being torn by an unseen human hand.  The Transformers Collectors Club will be stocking the figure for fans outside of Japan pricing him at $90 plus shipping.

IDW have sent out the following previews for their July 2013 Transformers releases.

Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye #19
James Roberts (w) • Alex Milne (a) • Milne, Sean Chen (c)
BETRAYAL! The Lost Light may be occupied by enemy forces, but that’s the least of RODIMUS’ problems! As he awaits execution, the one-time Matrix holder realizes how little he knows about the people he once called friends. Is there anyone left he can trust? And where does the legendary STAR SABER fit into all this?
2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio

FC • 32 pages • $3.99


*Variant Covers:
Nick Roche variant cover!

Bullet points:
• The game-changing epic REMAIN IN LIGHT continues!
• Major revelations within!

Transformers: Robots in Disguise #19
John Barber (w) • Dheeraj Verma (a) • Verma, Casey Coller (c)
THE DEATH OF A WORLD! Gorlam Prime—the entrance to the so-called DEAD UNIVERSE—holds many secrets… and now ORION PAX—the ’bot who was once OPTIMUS PRIME—pries it’s secrets loose. But will it be too late for CYBERTRON?
*2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio

FC • 32 pages • $3.99


*Variant Covers:
Phil Jimenez variant cover!

Bullet points:
• The countdown to the biggest TRANSFORMERS comic ever continues!
• Who is WASPINATOR—and what is his secret?!

Transformers Regeneration One #93
Simon Furman (w) • Guido Guidi (a) • Andrew Wildman, Guidi (c)
BATTLETIDE! Opposing factions and forces meet head on, as the battle for
Cybertron (and indeed the future) begins in earnest. BLUDGEON, SOUNDWAVE, GALVATRON, STARSCREAM, and—caught in the middle—the Autobots, most crucially their greatest warrior ULTRA MAGNUS! And HOT ROD meets his maker. Literally.
*2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio

FC • 32 pages • $3.99


*Variant Covers:
Geoff Senior variant cover!

Bullet points:
• Shock follows shock as total catastrophe looms large!
• The entire universe holds its collective breath!

Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters #3
Mairghread Scott & Mike Johnson (w) • Agustin Padilla (a) • Ken Christiansen (c)
THE BEAST WITHIN! After the Fall of CYBERTRON, GRIMLOCK and his DINOBOT allies are tasked with protecting the last remaining Cybertronians from the dangers of the demolished planet. But as time passes, GRIMLOCK grows more and more uneasy with the rage and power that he’s forced to hold back. Can the AUTOBOT leader learn to control his power or will the beast take over?

FC • 32 pages • $3.99


*Variant Covers:
animation art variant cover!

Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters #3—Subscription Variant
Mairghread Scott & Mike Johnson (w) • Agustin Padilla (a) • Michael Lark (c)
For subscription customers only… enlist up at your local comic shop! A variant cover by artist Michael Lark! Only for loyal subscription box customers!
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye, Vol. 4
James Roberts (w) • Alex Milne, Guido Guidi (a) • Alex Milne (c)
The journey continues as the crew of the Lost Light confronts a band of rogue DECEPTICONS—with terrible consequences. Plus, a visit to the planet Hedonia—and a chance to put recent events behind them. But all the while, locked in a secret cell underneath the Lost Light, hidden from the crew, a DECEPTICON psychopath is talking...without opening his mouth. And, Rodimus and his crew are confronted by the enemy within—and not everyone will survive the encounter.
TPB • FC • $19.99 • 128 pages • ISBN 978-1-61377-691-9

Bullet points:
• Collects issues #12–15.

Transformers Classics Vol. 5
Bob Budiansky & Simon Furman (w) • Jose Delbo, Jim Fern, Geoff Senior (a) • Guido Guidi (c)
The historic comic book roots of THE TRANSFORMERS are re-presented for maximum Cybertronian enjoyment. Rejoin The AUTOBOTS and The DECEPTICONS as their war stretches across the cosmos. Freshly re-mastered and re-colored, these stories are accompanied by an in-depth introduction as well as select issue notes by Mark W. Bellomo.
TPB • FC • $24.99 • 276 pages • ISBN 978-1-61377-633-9

Bullet points:
• Collects issues #51-62 of the Marvel series.

Transformers: Monstrosity #2 (of 4)
Chris Metzen & Flint Dille (w) • Livio Ramondelli (a) • Ramondelli x 3 (c)
MEGATRON—DEFEATED? Never! The DECEPTICON leader battles through SHARKTICON hordes, while on CYBERTRON, OPTIMUS PRIME struggles to unite his people—and GRIMLOCK and his rogue DINOBOTS go on a rampage!
*3 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1-to-1 ratio
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Bullet points:
• In print for the first time!

Fub Publications have updated the Botcon website with two new images of their Obsidian exclusive figure from this years set.  When the toy was first shown off, the figure's colour scheme was based upon the original toy, however it seems, from this photoshopped mock-up, that fan reaction has caused them to re-think the colour scheme so that the toy will now be decoed to look much closer to the CGI animated show.  You can view the new images below and all of the Botcon 2013 images after the jump.

With his recently re-issue in Japan, you have probably come across all of the photographs on various social media channels of smiling faces with their re-issue Fortress Maximus'.  Are you feeling left out but do not have over £300 to spend on the figure? Well help is at hand thanks to some overseas eBay sellers.

Seller Animetroplis has placed a figure up for sale for £249.99 with £29.99 postage and packing, so a grand total of £279.98 which is available through their eBay store ANIMETROPOLIS.

Not to be outdone however is crosszgundam who has a Fortess Maximus figure up at £184.98 with a postage charge of £75, bringing the total price to a reasonable £259.98.

Another cheaper listing comes thanks to toyercity who has the toy up for $409 which works out at around £267.41 with free shipping.

Back in March it was reported that a Paramount Pictures crew had visited GM's Grand Blanc Weld Tool Center plant as a possible locations for the fourth live-action Transformers film.  However it is now being reported by mlive.com that the location will not be used for the movie due to the film crew's schedule and the timeline for General Motors Co. to clear out the, soon-to-be-closed, Grand Blanc Weld Tool Center not being compatible according to Robert Wheeler, a spokesman for GM.

The latest issue of the Transformers Collectors Club Magazine features an image of upcoming Generations Hoist figure.  Whilst the final figure will most likely vary from the stock image, it does give us all a good look at the molding differences to Trailcutter (Trailbreaker) including the wonderful head homage. The scan is from Optibtimus on Twitter.

Last night the special "Transformers episode" of Collectors Hangout took place live over Google Hangouts On Air and ran for an incredible 2 hours!!  The episode can be viewed on YouTube by using the plugin below.  We would like to Domingo Rogers for inviting us back onto the show which aims to help collectors find pieces to add to their collection, help sellers to connect to a larger audience of potential buyers, and help all to have a better appreciation for pieces by guest hosting appraisers and artisans on a regular basis

Collectors Hangout is apart of the Hangout10 network and is now a featured and suggested Google+ Hangout by Google themselves.

The Collectors Hangout Transformers special will start soon, you can join us by visiting http://goo.gl/aDfLS or via the Collectors Hangout website at www.collectorshangout.tv or you can watch the stream live using the YouTube link below

A quick reminder that the Transformers special of Collectors Hangout takes place in 6 hours. You can check what the time will be in your timezone by visiting EveryTimeZone, can join us on Google Hangouts On Air and find out more about Collectors Hangout on HOA by visiting CollectorsHangout.tv

Cybertron.CA are reporting that the "Year of the Snake" Optimus Prime has been released in Canadian retail. The figure, which was originally an Asian Exclusive, is a part of the exclusive Platinum Series of premium redecos and was sighted at Toys R Us in Red Deer, Alberta by Cybertron.CA