Kadokawa.co.jp have updated their stores listing for Transformers Animated: The Cool Special Edition which will come with a crystal Transformers Activator Optimus Prime so that they are now taking orders.

Weird Al Yankovic completed his first ever UK and European tour last night with a headline date at the HMV Forum in Kentish Town.  Al put on an awesome show, as always, for the sold out arena with possibly the biggest pop of the night coming when he played a clip of Transformers Animated showing Ratchet and then Wreck-Gar which was, of course, followed by Dare To Be Stupid.

Though a loose link to Transformers, I enjoyed the show so much I thought I'd mention it here.  If you could not see Al this time do not worry as he has stated his desire to return to the UK within the next three years to play more venues.

Paramount have announced the release of Transformers Animated Vol 6 on DVD within Japan.  The DVD will be released on the 21st Jan 2011 for 3129yen.  The DVD includes the episode "Mix Master and Scrapper" which has never been shown on Japanese TV.  The episode was called "Rise of the Constructicons" in the original English language, for those who don't recognise the name.

You can view an image of the cover below.

TFArchive have posted a translation of Transformers Animated The Cool chapter 8.

This chapter is Naoto Tsushima's adaptation of the second half of  the Transformers Animated cartoon episode A Bridge Too Close, Part II

Thanks to Tokuma-EC images of the Hyper Hobby Exclusive Transformers Animated Black Rodimus toy.

Function: Decepticon Darkness Commander

Profile
"Hoping to create a new powerful warr­ior, Megatron utilized a shard of the Allspark and Starscream's cloning techniques. The result of that, Black Rodimus is given the assignment of assassinating Rodimus Prime. Believing himself to be deserving of Decepticon leadership, Black Rodimus seeks kill the real Rodimus and take control of his team as the first step."

Tech Spec
Strength: 10   -   Intelligence: 10   -   Speed: 9   -   Endurance: 10   -   Rank: 9
Courage: 7    -   Firepower: 10   -   Skill: 10

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You may remember a month or so ago we announced news that Paramount Pictures published details of a gold deluxe Transformers Animated Megatron figure.  Well the page was pulled after four days of being online from their server and nothing was ever officially said again, that is until now as TakaraTomy have updated their own site with the same images and information on the competition which you can find here.

The toy will be officially limited to 1000 pieces, though like the Gold Animated Optimus Prime, more will be made

IDW has annouced more details of it's interlicence cross over which will see Zombies invade the universes of Transformers, GI Joe, Star Trek and Ghostbusters.

Comic Book Resource has more information.

Good news for fans of mail-away Transformers as Hyper Hobby have announced that the December issue of the Japanese magazine will contain a mail-away slip for a black repaint of Transformers Animated Rodimus.  The toy will most likely be black and silver like previous Japanese exclusives.

Credit to TFW2005.com for the news.  The also have a small scan of the page though no actual toy is shown.

Higekuma Toy Toy blog have posted lots of photographs of TakaraTomy's Transformers Animated Samurai Prowl toy including comparisons with both the regular  TakaraTomy Prowl and the Hasbro release of the same toy.  You can view he images here.

Credit to The Allspark for the news.

To commemorate the release of the Transformers Animated Optimus Prime Gold Version, Sega have announced that they will be releasing two special cards for their Transformers Animated card game.  The cards will be of the Old Optimus Prime and are both numbered A-021 with one of the cards being a chase card, i,e itself limited.  The cards feature Optimus Prime in both vehicle and robot modes.  You can view the card below.  The vehicle mode will be the chase card

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Next month two Transformers Animated Jigsaw puzzles will be released in Japan priced at 1575yen (roughly ­£12).­  The jigsaws will be of the Autobot and Decepticon cast.  They can be pre-ordered now from the amiami website here and here.