Part One Limited have updated e-Hobby Shop with the first images of their exclusive Transformers Generations Scrap-Head's head

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It's been a busy news day for me, I've not posted this many news stories in years.

HK-TF.com member L-U has posted an extensive look at Reveal The Shield Deluxe G2 Optimus Prime.  The figure is an updated version of the Geneation Two Laser Rod Optimus Prime (one of the best ever Transformers toys).  The figure features amazing articulation and a sword, but i'm not so convinced on the head.

Check out the link for a look.  There is also one on ebay for $150, if you can't wait for it.

Looking for the ultimate Christmas present, well on eBay you will find two auctions (in the UK) for the awesome Transformers 2010 Toy Hobby Market Exclusive Unicron figures.

The first auction is a Buy it now, for £150.00 (inculding free shipping in the UK).

The second auction is a usual auction, start price for £120, with a Buy It Now of £150.

Part One Ltd have updated e-Hobby Shop with images of both their exclusive Autobot (Cybertron) and Decepticon (Destron) 3 packs.

The Autobot set comprises of a Clear Blue HotRod, Kup and Scrap Head (a remold of Wreck-Gar) whilst the Decepticons are Clear Blue Galvatron, Clear Purple Cyclonus and Clear Blue Scourge (representing when Unicron reformated them).

I have updated the website with an image gallery of the latest additional to our ever-expanding collection, the Toy Hobby Market exclusive, "Welcome to Transformers 2010" Universal Dominator Unicron figure.  The toy is a heavily recoloured Armada Unicron with a new head sculpt based on the 1986 Transformers: The Movie cartoon.  If I were to sum up the toy in one word that world would be AMAZING.  TakaraTomy not only gave the figure a much improved head, but the new colour scheme vastly improved what was already a pretty good toy.  The figure is painted in such a way that it highlights many of the details that were hidden on the previous version of the mold.

The image gallery includes comparison photographs with the Armada version of the toy as well as the Lucky Draw Green Unicron figure that we own.  You will also see side-by-side comparison images of the mini-cons to highlight the differences with Dead-End as well.

If you are interested in owning one of these toys, ­we still have some available for £120 including recorded postage within the UK, so just drop us an email .

Thanks to ModXToys I am able to bring you some scans from the Jan 2010 issue of Hyper Hobby Magazine.

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­Our thanks go to Minion for letting us know that the previously Asian exclusives have now been released within the UK at Tescos petrol stations for just £­1.99.­

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­The Rakuten Ichiba toy store has been updated with some images and information on three new Transformers Kabaya figures. The toys are of GodBomber, God Ginrai and Starscream and will be released in March 2011.  You can view the listing here.

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TakaraTomy has just launched a mini-site for their Transformers United line, the Japanese release of Transformers Generations.

So now the Transformers line that sounds like a football team (Transformers United) has it:s own little home on the web.

TakaraTomy have updated their Japanese Transformers website with the following updates.

A new image and information on the Targetmaster Campaign.  The image shows Recoil and  Fracus.  The figures cost 3000yen each with Recoil going on sale on the 1st Jan 2011 at Toys R Us, with Fracus will be the same price from Bic Camera store and will go on sale on the 28th December 2010.  The third figure, Haywire, is yet to be announced as to when and where he will be on sale.

The Autobot Alliance page has also been updated with the December releases.

Finally the 10th episode of the Japanese version of Cybermissions is now available.

e-Hobby have updated their website with a little bit more information on their upcoming Transformers 2010 e-Hobby Exclusive - Autobots and Decepticons 3 Packs. No new images were shown but the information has announce more about the colour scheme of the figures.

The Autobot 3 set will consist of a clear blue Rodimus, representing the scene where HotRod morphs into Rodimus Prime, a battle damaged Kup, representing the wounds he received when Hot Rod and himself crashed on Quintessa, and Scrap Heap the Junkion remold of Wreckgar (he has a new head).

The Decepticon set will consist of clear purple versions of Galvatron, Cyclonus and Scourge representing the scene where Unicron gives them their "new bodies"

An auction has been posted on the Chinese auction site Taobao for the upcoming 2011 Japanese Transformers United Straxus figure.  The auction gives us a good look at the toy in packaging which you can view below.

Tomy UK have announced that Gatcha, the makers of the popular capsule vending machines primarily found within Japan, have signed a license to sell Transformers items in 2011. The capsule toys will be available throughout UK stores that have Gatcha machines.

No further information or images are available at this time but it is interested to hear that Tomy UK have issued the license and not Hasbro UK

­Thanks to The Great Dsetroyer (Gareth Doe) for pointing me to this amazing Warhammer 40,000 custom Ork Trukk which has been kitbased into Optimus Prime, or Orktimus Prime as the creator calls it, on TableTop Geeks.

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The Orktimus Prime is a pretty amazing mod. How did you get the idea for this or what made you want to do it?
Well… the name kinda sounds right doesn’t it? I’m a big transformers fan… so any truck is a potential Optimus. What sealed the idea was that the kit comes with a trailer joint under the flatbed… which will never see the light of day. It was a sign…

How long did it take to put together the whole thing from start to finish?
The building itself didn’t take very long, probably about a month or 2, in between other works. What took a long time however, was getting the courage to sit down and paint it.

What was the hardest part of putting together the Orktimus Prime?
Painting it. I don’t really like painting. And I didn’t want to damage the model with it. But it needed to be completed.

The Orktimus Prime was based on the Ork Trukk, but did you use any additional parts from other models to put this together? If so, what extra pieces did you use?
The only ‘non-GW’ parts are the ball joints, magnets and plastic rod. The joints are from 3rd party Gundam compatible parts (such as Kotobukiya’s M.S.G. Series of parts). The overall conversion scavanged parts from 1.5 ork trukk kits.