Sending out the remaining batch of booking confirmations for Auto Assembly 2012... we're on target for a massive record-breaking year!!

That's the latest tweet from Auto Assembly

What a massive letdown ... BotCon have revealed Heroic Decepticon Treadshot, the toy we've personally been waiting for (as we're big fans of the original Action Master sculpt).  The toy uses the Reveal the Shield Jazz mold, with a new head, in a Purple and Yellow colour scheme based on Transformers Armada Sideswipe and not the G1 Action Master.

Fun Publications has revealed that Metalhawk from the Classicsverse also sports a new head mold while Evil Autobot Ultra Magnus has "a surprise in store."

Dave Tree from All The Cool Stuff has sent out an email stating that tickets for the G.I-Joe, Action Force and Transformers conventions called Roll Out Roll Call 3, will hopefully go on sale later this week over at AllTheCoolStuff.co.uk.  Don't forget to follow the convention on Twitter @RollOutRollCall

After several hours of waiting BotCon have released images of Shattered Glass Soundwave, complete with Cobra Dreadknock Zartan's face painted on the side.  Zartan is representing the Cobra rock band Cold Slither.

Fun Publications have also announced that there will be a headband accessory available from the club store, and that it will not be fabric.  They also confirm that they have modified the neck joint so that Shattered Glass Soundwave will be able to look forward, rather than always looking down as Classics Ironhide did.

BotCon have updated their Twitter account to remind people that the first Shattered Glass Heroic Decepticon will be revealved today.  Most people are expecting it to be Soundwave, the white Classics Ironhide mold, though I'm wondering if they will through a curve ball and go for Treadshot?  Probably not, as Sounwave's mold is already known.

BotCon 2012 toys

1. SG Soundwave - White Classics Ironhide Mold - confirmed
2. SG Ultra Magus - Diaclone coloured "Movie Preview" - Universe Laser Prime mold (mold confirmed)
3. SG Treadshot - ? Classics Megatron mold ?
4. SG Tracks - Red Universe Tracks mold
5. Gigatron "Overlord" - Reveal the Shield Bludgeon mold
6. Metal Hawk - ? Universe Thunderwing mold ?

Some other possibly toys, for the loose set and customising classes, are

1. Slicer (or Shattered Glass Wheeljack) - Blue Universe Tracks mold (as one of the BotCon recolours)
2. Re-use of Reveal the Shield Seapray mold ?
3. Use of Dreadwind / Mindwipe mold
4. What will be the Army builder set

Botcon have revealed their 2nd 2012 exclusive figure as the evil Tracks.  We predicted the figure uses the Transformers Universe Tracks mold but is recoloured red like Road Rage, the E-Hobby exclusive figure. Tracks is from the Shattered Glass universe which is why he is an evil Autobot

Do not be surprised if you find a black version is also released as an additional toy at some stage. You can view the images below.

The Official BotCon facebook page just posted clear images of the BotCon 2012 exclusive Gigatron "The Overlord" toy.

Botcon have updated their website with a video, hosted on YouTube, that reveals the first of their Botcon 2012 exclusive Transformers Invasion figures.   The first figure to be revealed is Gigatron, who really is Overlord but they could not get the name, a repaint of the Voyager Class Transformer Revenge of the Fallen Bludgeon toy with a new head sculpt  You can watch the video below as well as finding some stills of the toy.

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1. Shattered Glass Ultra Magnus (Classic Laser Prime mold)
2. Shattered Glass Soundwave (what appears to be Classic Ironhide mold)
3. Shattered Treadshot (hopefully based on the Action Master, if so a Megatron repaint)
4. Shattered Glass Tracks (Red version of Classics Tracks most likely)
5. Classics "Overlord" Gigatron (if this is meant to be Overlord, then probably a Straxus repaint)
6. Clasics Metal Hawk (probably a Thunderwing repaint)

Savcon have sent out the following update:

­With great pleasure Savcon would like to announce that Mr. Daniel Ross, The voice of Starscream in the Transformer : The Movie Video Games, will be the 4th Voice Actor to appear at Savcon in 2012.

Mr. Ross also is a Hollywood Actor and master impressionist.
More recently Mr. Ross can be found in the Ninja Vs. movies that are hugely popular.
His future projects include : "Lovely Molly","Ninjas vs Monsters", "Soulmate", "All in the Game"
Some notable Impressions of TF Characters include : Waspinator, Ravage, Terrorsaur, Dinobot, Tarantulas, Quickstrike & Grimlock.

Welcome to the show Mr. Ross!!

Be sure to join Mr. Ross along with our other guests, Gregg Berger, Neil Kaplan and Lee Tockar, June 23-24 2012 only in Savannah, Georgia!!­

Dairycon have announced the first Exclusive for the 2012 Show -  Neoknight - aka G.B. Blackrock.  Blackrock as one of the human allies of the Autobots from the original US Marvel comics and founder of the Neoknights superhero team who played a role in the final issues of the Marvel run.

Dairycon 2012 will be held over April 27-28th, 2012 at the historic Ramada Plaza's Crystal Ballroom in Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin. Registration is open now, head on over to the Dairycon homepage to pre-register yourself today