TakaraTomy have announced another reuse of the Masterpiece Sideswipe (Lambor) mold in the form of MP-14c Clampdown.  Clampdown was a character produce by Part One Limited for e-Hobby Shop.

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TFW2005.com board members are reporting sighting Transformers: Robots in Disguise Warrior Class wave 3 figures Jazz and Sideswipe for sale in Target stores in Maryland and California.  There is no word yet on when a likely UK release will be, though we expect it to happen in the summer.

Two more clips from Transformers Robots in Disguise have been posted onto You Tube.  Both show the pretty slick animation style, and decent writing .. just a shame the Decepeticons are animal-robot hybrids

The San Diego Comic Con resulted in a first look at the toys for hte 2014-2015 Transformers cartoon Transformers Robots in Disguise (not to be confussed with the US release of the 2000 Transformers series Transformers Car Robots / Transformers: Robots in Disguise.

The toys have nicely sculpted faceds to match the show, but fairly simple forms.

Masterpiece Generation Two Lambor AKA Sideswipe has now been released within Japan leading to images being shared across the internet.  Thanks to these in-hand images taken by Hobby Search, Robot Kingdom and  Oscar Fung we can bring you 14 images of the latest Masterpiece figure.

Amazon Japan have posted some new high resolution stock images of the upcoming Masterpiece Generation 2 Sideswipe which gives a good look at the new face sculpt as well as confirmation that the toy will come with a sticker sheet allowing you to Make the toy more authentic to the original figure.

TakaraTomy have sent out an official soliciation image of Masterpiece Generation Two Sideswipe as well as Masterpiece Soundblaster who will come with a Ratbat figure. Both figures will be released in 2014

This is a big warning thanks to X20 Toys who have pointed out that fake MP Lambor (Sideswipes) have been spotted on the market, which they are also selling themselves.  The toys, and it's box, does have some differences to the original figure with the differences being highlighted in a selection of images which you can find below.

The Differences

The KO's box has a smaller "star-burst" effect (see the images below)

The second difference is with the colour of the red plastic which has been used.  The K/O is a slightly lighter shade as shown in this next image.

The next difference to look for is a dark paint application around the headlights which is missing from the knock-off version.

The head sculpt uses the new TigerTracks sculpt which pretty much confirms that it was QA rejects which have been reverse engineed to make this K/O

Another difference with the box, is the hologram which is different as you can see from the image below.

Finally, and this one is for the retailers, the figures are being sold in fake mailers, however these are horizontally stacked rather than vertically

X20 Toys have also given some additional information on the figure which is selling for just under $40 saying that the figure will be released at the end of July 2013 and that the plastic will be a cheaper / lighter quality compared to the TakaraTomy version.

We here at Transformers At The Moon encourage everyone to keep an eye out for these figures being passed off as official and also warn everyone to expect to see K/O versons of Alert (Red Alert) also hitting the market later as well as TigerTracks and possible other recolours in the future if this K/O proves popular.

TakaraTomy have announced that the newest addition to the Masterpiece family will by Generation 2 Sideswipe.  The figure is more than just a black repaint of MP Lambor, as he will be a retool with new weapons and tyres.

In addition to this announcement at the Tokyo ToyShow, TakaraTomy also announced that as a part of their 30th anniversary celebrations of the Transformers line they will be holding a "Fan's Choice" poll to decide which Cybertron (Autobot) leader should be made into a Masterpiece Figure.  The choices are:

Fortress Maximus, God Ginrai (Powermaster Optimus Prime), Star Saber, Dia Atlas, Beast Convoy (Optimus Primal), Lio Convoy, Big Convoy, Fire Convoy (RiD Optimus Prime), Super Convoy (Armada Convoy), Grand Convoy (Superlink Convoy) or Galaxy Convoy (Cybertron Convoy).  you can view some images from the event below thanks to Twitter users GENgoraw, ripetakobozu and MORILEO0814

TF Yuki has been tweeting out some comparison images of the latest Japanese Transformers Fall of Cybertron figures including Kickback, Sideswipe, Starscream and Optimus Prime.  You can view all of the images below with any additional ones being attached after the jump.

Below you can find a video review of MP-12 Lambor (Sideswipe).

YouTuber Bens Collectables has posted a video review of the just released Transformers Masterpiece Sideswipe (Lambor) figure which you can watch using the plugin below.

If the video is not enough of a teaser Alfes 2010 has updated his blog with a full image gallery of this figure as well

The 177th issue of the Japanese hobby magazine Figure King is out now and contains various pages dedicated to the Transformers.  This months articles cover:

• The Transformers Encore release of Fortress Maximus. The images are the same official stock photos as seen on Amazon and other retailers.
• The Transformers Generations Feb 2012 releases are shown, again these are the same stock images used by online retailers of the Fall of Cybertron figures.
• Images are shown of the Masterpiece MP-15 Rumble and Jaguar (Ravage) figures as well as MP-16 Buzzsaw and Frenzy.  There are also imagesa of MP-10b Black Convoy, Lambor (Sideswipe), Alert (Red Alert) as well as Soundwave with Starscream (the same images that were published within Dengeki Hobby). 
• The two cap-bots, officially called Kaputicon's are once again shown.  The toys come with a one-touch transformation gimmick much like the old Machine Wars and Beast Wars figures.
• There are some new imags of the Transformers United figures.
• Build Master Prime is shown as is Assualt Master Prime, Tank Master Prime and Marine Master Prime.
• For Transformers Prime, Smokescreen, Nemesis Prime and Silas Breakdown are also shown.
• Some news images are shown of the EZ Collection Set 2 as well as Cannon / Gattling / Weaponizer Bumblebee.  That toy is out in late November within Japan.
• Finally, some images of the Bic Camera campaign Arcee figure, as well as the chrome gold Transformers Prime Optimus Prime figure, are shown as well as some Toys R Us campaign Arms Micron figures

CyberGundam Blog have put up scans from the December issue of Dengeki Hobby magazine.  You can view the two Transformers pages below.

Takara Tomy have updated their webpage for the upcoming Transformers Masterpiece Lambor (Sideswipe).

The images include some high resolution close up shots of the highly anticipated figure.