Both Michael Bay, via his own website, and Paramount Pictures, via TFW2005 have confirmed that the Twins from Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Mudflap and Skids will not be appearing in Transformers: Dark of the Moon.

After the internet posting of a nice review by someone who saw Transformers Dark of the Moon, the writer had not been clear on one thing. He misstated that the Twins are in the film. They are not.So I am offering a $25,000 REWARD to anyone who can find them performing in Transformers 3, on July 1, when the movie opens.

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If people thought the UK election resulted in mixed signals it has nothing on the Skids and Muflaps possible appearance in Transformers 3.  First it was reported that they were in, then Michael Bay came out stating that they were not back for the third film, and now leftlanenews.com reports, with imags, that they are back in the third film!

"Sporting “Autobot” center caps on the wheels, these two vehicles were captured doing some pre-production work before principal filming starts in a few weeks. We think you are looking at Skidz (green) and Mudflap (orange).

Skidz is looking much sportier than in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, with new front and rear fascias, larger fenders, sportier wheels and a big wing. Mudflap was previously based on the Chevy Traxx concept, but for this installment, it appears both cars will be built off the Chevy Spark.

General Motors will once again be the main vehicle supplier for the latest Transformers movie, so expect to see several other GM-badged vehicles, including a black and yellow Chevy Camaro as Bumblebee."

Transformer fan Ben Brown has posted some ammature footage he recorded from the principle photography shoot that took place in Serman Oaks, California yesterday for Transformers 3. The scene being filmed was in downtown Los Angeles showing ­a car being thrown down the alley shortly after the Autobot Twins cars had filmed a scene.  Ben's blog post stated "Perched on the windowsill of the NeighborGoods office, I recorded this awesome scene from the upcoming Transformers 3 movie. You can even hear Michael Bay yelling at people! We also saw the Autobot “twins” zooming around. Apparently, one or both of them will transform and beat the crap out of this tiny little car. Totally awesome."­

Ben also posted two pictures from the set on his Flickr page that show a cross-out Autobot symbol and the phrase "Go Home", suggesting some anti-Autobot feeling from the humans.­

A coworker of Ben's, mickipedia also filmed the scene at the same time but from a different angle which you can view below.

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Credit to TransformersLive.blogspot.com

The Yahoo! Japan blog "Cyber Gundam" have published the specific Japanese release dates for some Transformers items between April and June.  The items are basically the new pre-orders that Big Bad Toy Store listed recently, but this time Japanese retail prices are available.

24th April 2010 - Transformers EZ Collection Vol. 3 - TBC yen
24th April 2010 - Transformers RA-31 Mudflap and Agent Simmons - 5,000 yen
29th May 2010 - Transformers Alternity A-04 Okamora Orochi / Starscream (white) - 4,500 yen
29th May 2010 - Transformers Alternity A-04 Okamora Orochi / Skywarp (purple) - 4,500 yen
29th May 2010 - Transformers Device Label Transformers USB Flash Memory (2GB) Cheetor - 3,800 yen
26th June 2010 - Transformers Disney Label Buzz Lighyear Spaceship - 3,800 yen
26th June 2010 - Transformers Movie MR-01 Jet Power Optimus Prime - 6,800 yen
26th June 2010 - Transformers Movie MR-02 Megatron - 4,200 yen

TFW2005.com member Kenucme has spotted some Wave 2 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Robot Heroes "scene assortment" figures within a Walmart store in Killeen, Texas. The toy spotted were the Desert Devastation and Shanghai Showdown sets.  Desert Devastation contains Robot Heroes figures of Devastator, Skids, Mudflap and Captain Lennox.  The Shanghai Showdown set contains Demolisher, Optimus Prime, Skids (ice cream truck), Mudflap (ice cream truck, Sideswipe and Sideways.

TFW2005.com member Kenucme has spotted some Wave 2 Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Robot Heroes "scene assortment" figures within a Walmart store in Killeen, Texas. The toy spotted were the Desert Devastation and Shanghai Showdown sets.  Desert Devastation contains Robot Heroes figures of Devastator, Skids, Mudflap and Captain Lennox.  The Shanghai Showdown set contains Demolisher, Optimus Prime, Skids (ice cream truck), Mudflap (ice cream truck, Sideswipe and Sideways.

The new Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen legends class two-packs containing Offroad Skids, Rally Mudflap and Smokescreen with Starscream which will be released within the US as Target exclusives, ad therefore will most likely turn up within the UK at Tesco, have already been released in Target stores within Eastern Australia, according to TFW2005.com board member SydneyY

The Transformers Movie line continues its releases in the UK with the Toys R Us exclusives, Inferno and Mudflap now been spotted. Both toys are in regular European packaging style which substitutes artwork for a photograph of the toy in its robot mode, and are recolours of Cybertron Mudflap and Armada Red Alert.

Credit TFWorld2005

Following on from this morning's update, you will now find another 12 Transformers toy image galleries featuring Transformers from the Galaxy Force and Cybertron series. Here's a full run-down of the new Transformers toys featured.

1. Transformers Cybertron - Jetfire
2. Transformers Cybertron - Landmine
3. Transformers Cybertron - Mudflap
4. Transformers Cybertron - Quickmix
5. Transformers Cybertron - Stripmine
6. Transformers Cybertron - Hot Shot
7. Transformers Cybertron - Red Scrapmetal
8. Transformers Cybertron - Soundwave with Laserbeak
9. Transformers Cybertron - Swerve
10. Transformers Cybertron - Swindle
11. Transformers Galaxy Force - Starscream
12. Transformers Galaxy Force - Thundercracker