Thanks to ebay seller TransformersKing1977 and an exceedingly overpriced auction, $299, for a Transformers Animated Prowl toy, we can bring you the third official Transformers Animated profile. This time it's Prowl's profile, motto and abilities.

Name: Prowl
Motto: Through stillness you will find truth
Function: Spy
Profile:
Prowl has spent his life studying the secrets of the ancient art of Circuit-Su. Through its teachings, he has discovered the beauty of pure logic, and the invincibility of reason. All things - even combat - are subject to reason. If one is willing to calmly apply one's mental faculties to any problem, the solution will soon reveal itself. He often finds the chaotic antics of humans and other AUTOBOTS frustrating, but he will stop at nothing in their defense.

Galactic Powers and Abilities:
Master of Circuit-Su
Projects holograms for use as camouflage.
Can use any object as a weapon.

Don't forget you can find all three of the confirmed Transformers Animated Character Profiles over at Transformers Animated.

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Thanks to The Allspark for finidng close scans of the packing for Transformers Animated Bumblebee and Lockdown, we can now bring you their official profiles.

Bumblebee

Moto: Enough talk. It's time for action!
Function: Speedster
Profile: The youngest robot on the crew, BUMBKLEBEE is what some - especially AUTOBOT RATCHET - would eall over-eager. It's not his fault he prefers action over talk. Talk is just, you know, boring. Especially when you could be racing at top speed into a fight, or boosting into the air to launch a few well-placed energy stingers at an enemy. Nothing scares BUMBLBEE, not even MEGATRON.

Lockdown

Moto: Run all you want. It'll make the chase more fun.
Function: Bounty Hunter
Profile: LOCKDOWN could care less about MEGATRON and his grand goals of universal domination. He's in this game for upgrades, pure and simple, and he wears the DECEPTICON badge because they're the ones who can get him the systems he wants. For the right price he'll unt down any targer and bring it in - functioning or not. As a bonus, every new target means new trophies his workshop wall. he enjoys his work, and he's traveled from one end of the universe to the other doing it, which is why he's got a collection of weapons and functions second to none.

eBay Seller TFCToys listed another two auctions yesterday for two more of the Wave 1 Transformers Animated figures. The auctions were for Lockdown and Prowl. You can find the images below.

UPDATE:

3rd December - Links corrected to full sized images of the packaging

A ebay auction, by new seller tfctoy, has shows part of the backing card from Transformers Animated Bumblebee. The auction listing can be found here, with the image mirrored below.

We have just had it confirmed by the UK Kids Entertainment Press Officer at Turner Broadcastings that the 2008 Transformers show Transformers Animated will not be airing on Cartoon Network here within the UK. Cartoon Network UK are not aware of whom, if anyone, currently holds the right to air the series within the UK.

We hope to have more on this soon.

Edit: Just to clarify things, this does not mean that Transformers Animated will not not air within the UK, it simply means that Cartoon Network will not be showing it. Entertainment Rights still hold the UK distribution rights, its just not known which station(s) have signed up the series.

TFW2005 member Kenucme reports that in the December issue of the Transformers Collectors Club Magazine it is reported that the Transformers Animated toys have had their US release date delayed from February / March to June 2008.

Turner Broadcasting have sent out the following Press Release for Transformers Animated

There’s more than meets the eye when Cartoon Network premieres a 90-minute feature presentation of Transformers Animated Movie “Transform and Roll Out!” on Wednesday, December 26, 2007 at 8 p.m. (ET, PT). The adventure begins when Optimus Prime and his small crew of Autobots come into possession of the AllSpark, a powerful Cybertronian artifact that attracts the attention of their long-forgotten enemies, the Decepticons, and sends them crashing to a strange and distant planet known as Earth.

The movie kicks off the brand new series, Transformers Animated, set to premiere on Cartoon Network Saturday, January 5, 2008 at 10:30 a.m. (ET, PT). Set on Earth in the near future in Detroit, the series begins when the alien Transformers are thrust into a world populated by humans and automatons. As visitors to Earth, the Transformers --Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Prowl, Bulkhead and Ratchet-- work in the human world, interacting with the ‘natives’ in exciting and humorous ways. Following the Autobots across the galaxy to their new home, is the megalomaniacal Megatron and his army of ruthless Decepticons, a brutal race of war-mongering robots who seek to use the AllSpark as their ultimate weapon of destruction!

The Autobots unlikely guide through Earth society is a brash, energetic 8-year-old girl named Sari Sumdac, the adopted daughter of a robotics magnate. Setting the Autobots up with their headquarters in an old abandoned auto plant on the outskirts of town, Sari not only becomes an “honorary Autobot” by enlightening them on such mysteries of Earth life such as megamalls, holovision, hoverboards, junk food, and basic hanging out, but also becomes a vital component of the team in their adventures. For the AllSpark endows Sari with a very special power, one the Decepticons would love to get their hands on, not to mention the AllSpark itself.

Transformers Animated is jointly developed by Cartoon Network and Hasbro, Inc. and is co-produced by Cartoon Network Studios. Matt Youngberg (Teen Titans, The Batman) is supervising director, Derrick Wyatt (Teen Titans) provides the character designs and Sam Register (Ben 10, Teen Titans) serves as executive producer of the series. Marty Isenberg (Danny Phantom., X-Men, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) acts as head writer.

Hasbro and HPG, its licensing division, will expand the action-packed Transformers Animated series through toys, games, licensed merchandise and promotions around the world.

Hasbro (NYSE:HAS) is a worldwide leader in children’s and family leisure time entertainment products and services, including the design, manufacture and marketing of games and toys ranging from traditional to high tech. Both internationally and in the U.S., its PLAYSKOOL, TONKA, MILTON BRADLEY, PARKER BROTHERS, TIGER and WIZARDS OF THE COAST brands and products provide the highest quality and most recognizable play experiences in the world.

Cartoon Network (CartoonNetwork.com), currently seen in more than 91 million U.S. homes and 160 countries around the world, is Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.’s ad-supported cable service offering the best in original, acquired and classic animated entertainment for kids and families. Overnight from 11 p.m.-6 a.m. (ET, PT) Sunday-Thursday, Cartoon Network shares its channel space with Adult Swim, a late-night destination showcasing original and acquired animation for young adults 18-34.

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner company, is a major producer of news and entertainment product around the world and the leading provider of programming for the basic cable industry.

eBay seller etoyshunter has placed some auctions on eBay for the three Transformers Animated Prowl and Bumblebee figures. He also has, or had, several Optimus Primes. You can view all of the images used in the auctions here on his photobucket account.

Amazon.com have added new pre-order pages for the for the third and fourth volumes of the Transformers Animated Paperbacks, which feature still shots from the cartoon series.

Volume 3 is due out on 25th May 2008 with volume 4 planned for 25th June 2008.

eBay testshot / sample seller Paranooid has listed two new Transformers Animated auctions over on eBay. The first if for Bumblebee, the second is for the earth mode Optimus Prime. You can view the auctions here and here. We've mirrored the images below.

Transformers Animated.com has received it's second update this week with yet another new Transformers Animated wallpaper, Earth Mode Megatron (based on the Transformers Animated Trade Paper Back).

You can find the new wallpaper, and various other Transformers Animated wallpapers in the Transformers Animated Wallpaper section of Transformers Animated.com.