Fun Publications have revealed the first figures from the 5th Figure Subscription Service (FSS) as Double Pretender Optimus Prime with Hi-Q and Paradron Medic with Quickslinger.

The double pretender Optimus Prime is a re-paint of the 2015 Botcon figure Oilslick with a recoloured Swerved figure with a new Optimus Prime head and paint job based on the Generation 2 Lazer Rod figure. Hi-Q is a recolour of Flanker. You can view the images below.

The Transformers Collectors Club have updated both their Facebook and Twitter accounts with images of their upcoming FSS 4.0 figures the Combiner Wars Mayhem Attack Squad. The figures are not of the final products but are close to them. You can view the mirrored images below.

The convention rumours continue it seems as a report over on The Allspark points that the rumour that Fub Pub will be loosing its Transformers Convention license just doens't seem to want to go away.  We find that unlikely considering howPete Sinclair mentioned that the Botcon 2018 theme was coming along well whilst at RORC 2016.

The Allspark reports though that the Official Collectors Club, the TFCC, will be ending in December next year regardless of when you renew your membership with the same happening for the G.I.Joe Club.  The membership normally runs for 12 month but as the US fansite points out BOTH the Transformers and G.I.Joe collectors club stores report that "all memberships will terminate with the December 2016 issue of the club magazines".

What does this mean? Who knows. There is no specific mention of Botcon, JoeCon or the figure subscription services so it may just be the end of the printed magazine no doubt time will tell and rumours will continue to fly around.

You can view their post here as well the TFCC listing here.

A Roll Out Roll Call has finished and the UK is now without another Transformers show until TFNation next August (which gives everyone time ot save some pennies again).  RORC was a blast one again for us as we both love Transformers, G.I.Joe and Masters of the Universe so there is always something going on that we want to see.  Now this year was the first time that a representative from Fub Publications appeared at the event in person, that person being Pete Sinclair who appeared via Skype last year. Having Pete at the show was great for both the Transformers and Joe brandns in the UK as attendees got to ask him questions over the weekend as well as listen to not one but two panels.  During those panels some details were revealed directly, or indirectly regarding some of Fub Publications upcoming plans.  Below you shall find a small summary of thhe key points.

1. They hope that the trouble regarding booking from this years shows are over as they haved changed host and IT solutions contractors.

2. The theme for next years Botcon was revealed during the show prior to the Facebook/Twitter announcement as an exclusive (which was a nice touch). The theme is Beast Wars and is a homage to their own previous Botcon set which featured the Maximal team prior to arriving on Earth with next years set being DAWN OF THE PREDACUS and featuring the Predacons. The first  figure was also revealed at the show as being Ravage.  It will be a combiner was set with 5 new head sculpts (including the combined form) for the box set.  The set was going to be a Beast Wars theme but it was then changed to become a Combiner Wars theme more recently.  A mockup of the Ravage figure was on display during the show with a low quality head sculpt.

3. Next years Botcon set shall have the most amount of new heads out of any set.

4. Hasbro, currently, want Fub Pub to work closer with them and the product that they are putting out at Retail, hence the Combiner Wars theme.

5. Pete once  again stated that there will probably be no Animated themed Botcon Box sets again in the future however TFCC and show-exclusive twin pack figures may be an option

6, Hasbro want to try to engage more with their non-US fans as well as US fans in general.  Fun Pub are also looking at ways to try to improve "things" for non-US based fans.  Europe and Japan were specifically mentioned but Pete was referring to spreading their global fan-base / membership

7. Subs for the new Collectors Club figures are up on the previous year

8. There will be more Pretenders coming in the future. He was kinda tricked into revealing this through some clever questioning

9. Pete mentioned that the 2018 Botcon theme is alreadty set and that they were still finalising the 2017 theme. This seemed  to be missed by most of the audience.

10. More Joe/TF cross-overs will be coming. One of the characters from the "90s themes comic set" was revealed at the show which was not planned.

11. Pete showed off some more plans that did not make it, so different ones to the Botcon panel as these had a more European Centric feel. There were lots of groans but it did give him feedback on how differences between the US and European collectors regarding cerrtain characters.

12. Joecon information shall be announced soon, though they are in full Botcon mode at the moment. The location wasn not revealed but hints included that it was somewhere new, where Pete had never been before, and that landmarks would  give it away.

Roll Out Roll Call have revealed, via Faceboo, that Pete Sinclair wil be offering new product revealed regarding both Transformers and G.I.Joe during his Saturday and Sunday panels this  weekend in Southampton England!

Saturday, Transformers Collectors' Club Panel at 16:00

Join Pete Sinclair from the Transformers Collectors' Club as he gives you an insight into the Club, offers up NEW PRODUCT REVEALS and discusses the 2016 official Collectors’ Convention, BotCon.

Sunday, Transformers & G.I. Joe Collectors' Clubs Q&A Panel at 15:00

Once again join Pete Sinclair from Fun Publications who will field your questions relating to both Collectors’ Clubs, with A SPECIAL FIRST LOOK AT UPCOMING ITEMS for the G.I. Collectors’ Club.

Does this mean more information about Botcon and Joecon are going to be announced shortly? Just what will be shown? Find out this weekend At RollOutRollCall.

Roll Out Roll Calll have announced that they are teaming up with the Transformers Collectors Club to sell some of the Botcon 2015 exclusives at Auto Assembly here within the UK!! Yes that is another UK show working directly with the Official Club to sell the Official Shows exclusives at another UK event!  The figure are very competitively priced as well

You can find the announcement below

Attending Auto Assembly but never before been to Roll Out Roll Call, The UK Transformers, G.I. Joe & Action Force Show???
As a little taster on what is available at Roll Out Roll Call we have organised a range of BotCon (Official) show exclusives to be available at Auto Assembly. Roll Out Roll Call would like to thank the Transformers Collectors' Club (Official).in helping make this available to Auto Assembly attendees.

The first figure from the latest batch of Transformers Subscription Service collection is now arriving at the door of US residents.  The figure is Carzap a homage to the cancelled Takara G2 "Blocktown" figure.  The original toy was due to come with Lego and so the homage comes instead with a mini Kreo set including G.B. Blackrock. Carzap himself uses the Generations Thrilling 30 Bumblebee mold.

Once again sorry for the delay, professional deadlines have be coming thick and fast over the last couple of months though we hope to get back to regular timely updates soon.

First up Jose Lopez, Art Director/Character Designer on Transformers Prime and Robots in Disguise, shared on his Instagram concept art of Optimus Prime and design sketches of Windblade of their appearance in ongoing TV series Robots in Disguise.

Next up the french episodes titles and synopsis have been released for Transformers: Robots In Disguise episodes 16 - 18, translations of which can be viewed below.

#16: Sideswipe perd la tête (Sideswipe Loses His Head) "When the last team training leaves Sideswipe without strength, the young Autobot realizes that he can not always rely on his physical strength."

#17: L'honneur avant tout (The Honor Above All) "Drift returns to Earth in pursuit of a fugitive Jetstorm. At the same time Team Bumblebee faces Springload and Quillfire who escaped."

#18: La blessure de Grimlock (The Injury to Grimlock) "Unaware that Grimlock hides a serious injury, Bumblebee and the team make their way to the ocean in pursuit of an escaped Decepticon."

Credit to TFW2005 for the story

3rd on the list of update is new that the TFCC Lio Convoy figure is starting to arrive to memberrs of the club within the United States so he should start turning up at doors internationally in the next month.

Finally, Transformers Combiner Wars Leader Class Ultra Magnus has been spotted at US Retail in Texas.

D.Tye-Qoon has posted some images of the upcoming TFCC Leo Convoy (Lio Convoy) figure onto his Facebook page "DT Learns to Shoot". The figure is a recolour of the Generations Orion Pax figure and the images can be seen after the jump

The Transformers Collectors Club have posted some new images of their "Figure Subscription Service 3.0 Tarantulas" toy over on their Facebook page which includes a revised version based on feedback from fans which sees the figure coloured closer to the original Beast Wars colour scheme.

You can check out the images, along with a comparison created by a TFW2005 member, below

The Transformers Collectors Club have announced their exclusive figure for 2015 subscribers.  The toy uses the Transformers Generations Orion Pax mold, has a new head sculpt and is coloured to represent Lio Convoy in a pre-beast form.

They also placed what they say is a fake image of Rodimus Prime, though its actually a pretty nice mockup

So BotCon had several panels yesteday, so here's a round up

Fun Pubs - Transformers Collectors Club Round Table

This presentation showed off some of the toys for the Fan Subscription service 3, as well as talking about production problems with Scorponok from this years BotCon set.

* Generation One Krok from Generations IDW Megatron (sports a new head and comes with Gatoraider, a redeco of the crocodile Arms Micron)

* Generation 2 Starscream from Classics Starscream

* Nacelle from the Classics Seeker mold, this toy has the Starscream head but with Thursts wings and is painted like the original concept toy (red, white, blue)

* Serpent O.R. from Takara's Generations Ratbat (who is G.I. Joe Serpentor homage and an homage to Devils Due Comics' GI Joe vs. the Transformers crossover series)

* Zap with G.B. Blackrock from Generations Bumblebee mold and is an homage to a canceled Block Town toy line that Takara was going to come out with in 1995. Blackrock is a Kreon companion for Zap.

* Tarantulas from the Junkion mold, and will be accompanied by Prime Airachnid's Arms Microns

A seventh mystery figure to be shipped with the sixth and final figure.

The Transformers Collectors Club have revealed that the theme for this years Botcon, Botcon 2014, will be Pirates Vs Knights.

The BotCon 2014 reveals begin this issue! Pirates vs Knights is the theme, and a selection of amazing characters and molds are what fans will get at this years 30th anniversary celebration! Issue 55 will give fans there first look at Cannonball, Captain of the Star Seekers! Stay tuned to BotCon.com for more details!

In addition to the BotCon reveals, we kick off our “Thrilling 30” coverage with two great pieces, an article by Jim Sorenson and an interview with Flint Dille. We also have the Prologue to the 2014 Club story “Alone Together”. The story will focus on Rampage and Transmutate in a whole new way, in a VERY different universe. We think you will all enjoy this brand new take on these classic characters.

The Transformers Collector's Club has updated their website with the cover of issue 54 of the Collectots Club magazine with what wil contain a "very revealing interview with Duane Capizzi from the Transformers: Prime series (including an exclusive coupon code for the Predacons Rising DVD), a two page spread featuring the G1 Predacons, two all-new MTMTE profiles and the final installment of BEAST WARS: Shattered Glass featuring a most epic conclusion, and a cameo appearance, that you won't want to miss!"

The cover of the magazine features Generations Rattrap who was designed by Emiliano Santalucia who confirmed the figure during Roll Out Roll Call 2013 here within the UK.