The latest edition of the eToys catalogue has revealed the first images of the recoloured Transformers Animated Ultra Magnus and Transformers Animated Megatron figures. The Ultra Magnus will be known as Roadbuster. you can view a scan below.

Credit goes to Linear Ranger of TFW2005 for the report.

Thanks to Oddsey for pointing out that TFW2005 member S250 has posted a censored list of characters that are due to appear in the third season of Transformers Animated.� The list was posted as:

R*da***t,female medic
B***n,very G1,more bulk
B****o**,looks like a big beetle
C*******,big rabbit ears
RP,skinny,head looks like Kup
H*****t,armada head
Sp***or,toad like thing
St***a,very BM
B********er,big G1 head,cute
the “Comic Character” in the show
A****,a big different than previous show,more details I think

Red Alert,
Brawn,
Blackout/Blastoff?,
Cyclonus,
Rodimus Prime,
Hot Shot,
Spittor,
Strika,
Beachcomber,
Oil Slick
Arcee

Chinese site TF08.net have uploaded the first images of Transformers Animated Skywarp toy and Transformers Animated Shockwave toy in packaging. They have promised more images in the coming week which will no doubt show the back of the box and probably both figures out of packaging. You can view the images below.

Don't forget that you can stay up-to-date with Transformers Animated at the number one ranked Transformers Animated website, TransformerAnimated.com

Titan Comics Assistant Editor, Den Patrick, has updated his blog with a post regarding the forthcoming UK exclusive Transformers Animated comic which will be released by Titan on the 23rd October. Here is a rather length quote from Den's blog, but you can click through to read the article in its entirety

"We are launching the new title on the 23rd October, and the regular TRANSFORMERS Comic: UK, will continue to run in it’s current format, published every four weeks.

Find out more about our new comic here.

Presumably Hasbro have created the television show to keep the new generation of fans sated after the Transformers 2007 film, and to keep the fanboys bitching until the sequel – Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Transformers Animated has been on NickToons since March this year, and is rumoured to be available on a terrestrial channel in the UK in the New Year."

Our thanks once again go out to Break for letting us know that Toys R Us UK are now (as of yesterday) stocking the following Transformers items

Transformers Animated Powerbot (Cyber Stomping) Bumblebee

Transformers Animated Arm Blaster (Optimus fire truck)

Transformers Universe Voyagers (Blaster & Heavy Duty).

Hasbro UK Toyshop's competition to win a one-of-a-kind handmade sample of Roll-out Optimus Prime, Deluxe Megatron and Leader Class Bulkhead each in a unique collectors case, started this morning.

The competition runs from the 25th August 2008 until the 14th September 2008. To enter the competition you simply need to purchase a Transformer through the Hasbro Toy Shop. you will then be entered into a draw, with the the winners being pulled at random. Yes, technically you could call this the first UK Lucky Draw competition. You can find out more, as well as entering by clicking on the banner below.

Thanks to an Oddsey for letting us know that the Argos "August Bank Holiday 7 Day Deals" includes 25% of all Transformers Animated items! The offer is also available online, so if you can not get to a store, just visit the Argos website and order the figures direct.

Activators are �3.74, Deluxes �7.49, Voyagers �15.99, Leader Class �29.99 and Supreme is �37.49

Impossibletoys.com have announced their latest fan project, a toy for Sari from Transformers Animated labelled Project TFA-01 S.A.R.I., to be released in a few months.

The toy is said to be in sale with the regular Transformers Animated toys, so it will probably be similar to the fan made Spike and Sparkplug toys.

Marcelo Matere has updated his deviantart page with his cover for Transformers Animated Arrival issue 4 from IDW comics. The cover features Porter C Powell as well as Bulkhead

Following up on the story we broke last week regarding the Transformers Animated DVD's in the UK, the US Boxset of Season 1 has now been released priced at $20. The UK disc, priced at �19.99 ($40) contains only four episodes, where as the US boxset contains 12 episodes for half the price.

Lots of imports of the DVD are expected.

Josh Burcham. has updated his Deviantart page with the cover of Transformers Animated: Arrival Issue 4, the Transformers Animated comic produced by IDW Publishing in the US.

The picture features Lockdown facing off with the Blackarachnia.

Here's a summary of what happens in that isue.

Transformers Animated: The Arrival #4
Marty Isenberg (w) • Dario Brizuela, Boo (a) • Marcelo Matere, Josh Burcham (c)

BULKHEAD is up in arms (or is it servos?) over a gas-guzzling “megavan” created by corporate slimeball Porter C. Powell. Also, DECEPTICON bounty hunter LOCKDOWN searches for “the AUTOBOT who put MEGATRON offline” and stumbles into a surprising and dangerous encounter along the way.

*2 regular covers will be shipped in a 1-to-1 ratio.
*Retailers: See your order form for a special incentive
FC • 32 pages • $3.99

Thanks to Shaun Buckman who emailed us on the 15th regarding a sighting of Transformers Animated voyager Optimus Prime at his local Tesco priced at �19.97.

Neurie has also spotted the figure at his local Tesco and has sent in the following photographic evidence.

The eighth poll at TransformersAnimated.com has now closed. The poll asked the question "How do you rate Season 2", referring to the second season of the Transformers Animated show by Cartoon Network. Well here are the results, and they are pretty conclusive.

1 Star = 3%
2 Star = 0.8%
3 Star = 0.2%
4 Star = 9%
5 Star = 87%

A new poll has begun which asks which DVD release of the Transformers Animated series are you planning to buy.