When issue 15 of the UK Transformers comic was released last week, Titan Magazines named a new "Website of the Month". This time it was none other than TransformersAnimated.com. Sadly our copy of the comic has not arrived, so we will be trying to track down an issue to bring you a full review, but in the mean time here is a scan courtesy of Hoist of Total Transformers

eBay seller Menasor1979 has listed a few auctions for upcoming Transformers Animated Legends figures including Bumblebee, Optimus Prime, Prowl and a previously unlisted Starscream.

The toys auctions can be seen here on the US eBay site.

Thanks go to Robert Hegarty for dropping us an email to let everyone know that UK high street giant Woolworths are finally stocking the Transformers Animated toys. Robert spotted the Deluxe Lockdown, Bumblebee and Cybertronian Optimus Prime all on sale for £9.99, with the Battle Begins set for £19.99. The figures are not yet listed on the Woolworths website, but means that more of the population should now be able to find the Animated toys in their high streets.

The BBFC have an interesting listing for the UK Transformers Animated Season 1 DVD which is due for release on the 20th October 2008. The listing shows that the DVD only contains four episodes and not the full 13 included on US release which is due out on the 19th August.

The listing is for "Volume 1,Series 1,Episode 4-7" with a running time of 91 minutes and 36 seconds with a PG rating. The episodes listed are:

Episode 4: Home Is Where The Spark Is
Episode 5: Total Meltdown
Episode 6: Blast From The Past
Episode 7: Thrill Of The Hunt

The DVD has been listed on Play.com for some time with a RRP of £9.99 and a listing price of £7.99. This price is less than the 3-part pilot, Transformers Animated: Transform and Roll Out (RRP £12.99, Play price of £8.99). The price on Play backs up the suggestion that the series will be released in multiple parts within the UK rather than an complete series boxset. This is not 100% confirm, as it could be that the BBFC are yet to rate the other discs, however as the US release is confirmed as a 2-disc box set of 13 episodes, it is unlikely that the 2nd disc would contain 9 episodes. We will attempt to clarify the release with Paramount UK.

TFW2005.com has received some more stock images frmo Hasbro's press company containing images of Wave Four figures from the Transformers Animated Activators sub-line. The images linclude Megatron, Grimlock and Bandit Lockdown, a redeco of the original Activators Lockdown.

The Hasbro Toy Shop UK has been updated with listings for Transformers Animated Lugnut, Grimlock and Blitzwing, all priced at £19.99. They also have Crossovers Hulk, Spider-man, Iron Man and Venom for £12.99. All of the items are listed as in stock and ready to ship.

Credit got to Phantomfish for posting the news on our message board.

Unicron.com has posted an article stating that Larry DiTillo and Bob Foward will be writing an episode of Transformers Animated for series 3, which they report will start next Spring.

Bob and Larry wrote many episodes of the fan favourite Beast Wars series, so it is no surprise that the episode is being called "A treat for all Beast Wars fans".

The news of the Spring release goes against previous rumours that YTV will be showing series 3 later this year.

Just a quick update to let you know that you can find a new gallery of Transformers Animated Cybertronian-Mode Optimus Prime on Transformers Animated.com, thanks to Barry Shaw.

We are waiting on our Wave 1 figures to arrive before we can update images of our own, but if you have any Transformers Animated toys that you'd like to photograph for the site then please let us know.

TF08.net have published images of the Transformers Animated deluxe Lockdown repaint called Blazing Lockdown. The images can be found on Lockdown's page on TransformersAnimated.com

The date for the Finnish premiere of Transformers Animated has now changed, report NTFA.net, the show is now due to start next Sunday, that's the 17th August, taking over from Power Rangers Mystic Force at the 10.25am time slot. MTV3's web site lists the first episode as "1 Roll Out Act 1/3" with no Finnish translation of the title.

Credit NTFA.net

TFW2005.com members Boardwise and Sinestro have spotted some multi-lingual packaged Transformers Animated toys in Forbidden Planet in the UK. The figures, Lugnut, Grimlock and Blitzwing, are from Wave 3 of Transformers Animated.

Some Wave 2 figures, Blackarachnia and Ratchet have previously been spotted in some stores, and as Forbidden Planet is an import store, who occasionally stock UK products, these could turn out to be imports (possibly from Canada?) or pre-released European toys. Toys R US are known for releasing toys before their official release date (something confirmed to us by Hasbro), so it could be that Forbidden Planet did indeed purchase these figures from Hasbro UK.

For the moment we suggest that this story is treated as an import sighting, though we plan to try and speak to Hasbro next week to see what we can find out.