Well its been over a week since the British Toy Fair 2008 took place and what a toy fair it was. As we previously reported, Transformers won the best film license of 2007, the Movie Legends was the number 1 selling Action Figure within the UK, and a lot of new and some previously unseen items were displayed at the event. Now, with a big thanks to Minion, we can bring you information on exactly what was shown off at the event by Hasbro UK. Photos were not allowed at the event, so you'll have to wait for the US toy fair for those to be leaked out, but here's the good stuff.

Transformers Animated

Bulkhead was shown in three sizes. Deluxe, Voyager and Leader class. The leader size had a large jetpack with four wing blades coming out.

Optimus Prime was also shown in the same three sizes.

The voyager scale Megatron was on display along with what was probably the leader class, due to its size, helicopter version which had a cannon on the underneath of the cockpit. Minion asked the Hasbro representative who is was and she confirmed it was Megatron. It reminded him of the Miles Mayhem chopper in MASK.

Transformers Animated Fast Action Battlers were on display, though the line has officially bene renamed, only Minion can not recall exactly what to. They now have electronics and sounds as well as the pull back action and pop-out features. Three figures were on display, though Bumblebee is the only one he can recall at this time.

Jazz was also shown off in vehicle mode looking very sweet and G1 like (colour wise).

Other Animated figures were also on display, but nothing else was new as was the packaging.

Transformers Movie

Hasbro confirmed that the Transformers Movie line will run, within the UK, up to the launch of Transformers Animated, at which point it will be phased out. The Robot Heroes Optimus Prime / Bonecrusher 2-pack was part of the display.

Transformers Universe Classics AKA Classics 2.0

Sunstreaker, Prowl, Onslaught and Powerglide were all on display.

Powerglide was fully coloured and was pretty big, comparable to Jetfire. Not enough red for Minion's tastes as they made a lot of use of silver on his colouring.

Onslaught was much chunker than expected, the SWAT APC mode looked much better in person than the official images.

Sunstreaker had been over-handled by the end of the weekend and had fallen to pieces (it was a prototype being displayed).

Prowl looked great

Robot Heroes

Blitzwing and Galvatron were on display, as were a few others. They all looked great and continue the tradition of these collectable figures

Marvel Transformers

The Marvel Transformers were also on display, the first three figures being Hulk, Venom and Iron Man. Much smaller than the metamorphs and comparable to the Star Wars Transformers. Venom turns into a jeep/APC, Hulk a Tank and Iron Man a jet. They all looked pretty cool

We'd like to thank Minion for his report and hope you enjoy this awesome report of the 2008 British Toy Fair. We'd like to thank you in advance for linking to this article rather than copying its contents

Singapore based seller, The Falcon's Hangar, has published an image of Transformers Henkei 07 Astrotrain which shows that the figure will be recoloured from the original white version to a grey version, thus making him appear more like the TV Show. Click on the image below to view the full size version.

Credit to Nevermore for his eagle-eye spot over at TFArchive, that the recently spotted Transformers Movie Legends single pack figures of Cliffjumper and Bonecrusher who are said to be on sale right now in Singapore appear to be on European card backing, meaning that these figures will probably start finding their way onto European shelves in the coming months.

Here within the UK, the Transformers Movie Legends line was the number 1 selling Action Figure for 2007, as we reported exclusively last week.

Japanese hobby site Amiami has uploaded some new images of the Japanese exclusive Trans-Scanning Bumblebee figure which will be released on the 8th March. You can view the mirrored images below.

A Japanese boxset of Transformers themes is now available for ordering online. The DVD will be released on the 26th March 2008. You can view the official listing page at Columbia Japan. Details of the tracks can be viewed over at CDJournal.com, though here is a summary.

Music from the Original Series (Fight. Super-robot life Transformer)
Headmasters (Fight. Super-robot life transformer 2010)
Victory (Fight. Super-robot life transformer V)
Masterforce (Transformer Super-god Masterforce)
Beast Wars (Beast Wars Super-life Transformer)
Beast Wars Metals (Beast Wars Metals Super-Life Transformer)
Armada (Super-Robot Life Transformer Micron Legend)
Energon (Transformers Super-Link)
Transformers Zone (Transformer Z New Captain General Dai-Atlas appears)
Beast Wars II the Movie

Thanks to Snakas for the report.

TFW2005 member, MegaHavok, has reported that Transformers Movie Leader Class Desert Brawl is out now in Wal*Marts in Corona, California.

TFWorld2005 have received some stock images of the latest wave of Transformers Robot Heroes line, which include Dispensor (the Mountain Dew robot from the Transformers Movie).

You can see the images here.

Hasbro have updated Transformers.com with the first official images of the Transformers Universe Classic Deluxe and Ultra Wave 1 figures. The images are of the unpainted prototypes and can be seen below.

Sunstreaker

Prowl

Powerglide

Tankor (Octane)

Onslaught

Here is a copy of the press release.

Get the inside scoop on wave 1 of the Transformers Universe Classic Deluxe and Ultra figures with first looks of grey model images, character names and design notes from the toys’ lead designer – Bill Rawley.

The Classic Series is back in Transformers Universe with updated versions of your favorite characters. We chose G1 characters that translate well into today’s world with realistically-styled “alt modes” and cues from the characters’ heritage to create awesome, updated robots. Wave 1 will hit stores in August 2008.

Transformers Universe Classic Deluxe

SUNSTREAKER
For SUNSTREAKER, the design team sought to create a cool concept sports car that was reminiscent of the character’s G1 form. In robot mode, the team modernized Sunstreaker’s head from G1, but originally weren’t able to achieve the proper fit to allow for the toy’s conversion. A final change to convert part of the “ear” panels allowed the team to capture the look it desired.

PROWL
In robot mode, it was important that Prowl have his shoulder mounted missile launchers, as he did back in G1. The design team also worked with TakaraTomy to create an innovative head reveal as part of the conversion process.

TANKOR
This triple-change converts to a robot, airplane and tanker truck. Originally planned as Octane, the team ended up having to change the name to Tankor. Like Prowl, this character also features an exciting head reveal. Painted with all the details, this guy looks like a mean Decepticon ready to blast and cut something to shreds.

Transformers Universe Classic Ultra

POWERGLIDE
For POWERGLIDE there were a few important design considerations. First, the design team wanted POWERGLIDE’s head to still have a dome-like point, but in a more updated way. Second, his wings needed to be in his shoulders as they originally were in G1. To stay true to the realistic nature of the Classic Series, the deco will be more silver than red, but with multiple red cues to connect to POWERGLIDE’s original look.

ONSLAUGHT
Bill chose ONSLAUGHT because he always loved his design and the two large signature barrels on the character’s back. The design team worked to retain that very characteristic silhouette in this new Ultra scale version of ONSLAUGHT. In choosing a vehicle mode, design went with a cool S.W.A.T. Urban assault vehicle to set it apart from the tanks in other TRANSFORMERS product lines. The vehicle choice and theme lent itself to the creation of a riot shield in robot mode. The final version does an excellent job recalling the G1 characters the design team grew up with.

The first large images of the Japanese exclusive Generation One coloured Transformers Music Convoy are now available over at Japanese retailer Amiamir. The figure is due to go on sale on the 27th March 2008 priced at 15,750 yen, about �80.

Type-R has uploaded some scans of the latest Japanese collectors magazines showing off the Transformers Revoltech Starscream and Hot Rodimus, Encores Sky Lynx and Jazz, Transformers Movie Trans-Scanning figures, Masterpiece Starscream USA Edition, Wonderfest G1 Colors Arcee, Allspark Power Black Arcee, and Transformers Henkei to TFWorld2005

Part One Limited, the company behind e-Hobby Shop, have a listing for Transformers Encore 08 Meister (Jazz). The description below the image states that the toy will have a "new head" and speaks about the Transformers Movie incarnation of Jazz.

It is strongly believed that the head will use the Stepper mold, rather than the original Meister head.

At the bottom of the page it states, Transformation Robot x1, Condor x1, although this could simply be a misprint from the Encore Soundwave listing.

Remember: e-Hobby Shop are no longer taking orders from customers outside of Japan

The Transformers Collectors Club big surprise last night consisted of listings for Transformers Universe (Classics 2.0).

Wave 1 will consist of:-
Deluxes:
Sunstreaker
Prowl
Tankor (Formerly Octane)

Wave 2 will consist of:
Ultras:
Onslaught
Powerglide

They also mentioned the TFCC are hoping to get pre-orders for the Seacons and Nightbeat in March, with them shipping in April.

You need to be a member of the club to view the images.

AcToys member 无翼天使 has posted a magazine scan of an image of a blacked out G1 Grimlock boxart with Masterpiece Series in Katakana (マスターピース　シリーズ - Masuta-pi-su Shiri-zu)

The Allspark state that the text next to the toy is about Gundam, probably from an article next to the advert. Japanese Transformers expert Buster Hydra also states the following in The Allspark's discussion thread.

I'm almost certain this is true, I heard it months back from a Japanese dealer whose information I trust a lot.

We can always wait and see though.

-Hydra

The Argos Website has been updated with the new Transformers listings from the Argos catelogue - out today - which re reported yesterday.

The new listings include the Transformers Movie Screen Battles, as well as Transformers Movie deluxe Cliffjumper (shown in the catalogue, not on the website preview image).