Welcome to the March edition of the Transtopia newsletter. This month features Repaints, Customs, Scratchbuilds, Featured Art, and an Artist Interview. Shattered Glass characters are very popular this edition. Remember, to check out the Transtopia forum for the latest action. ...
Seibertron.com member s250 has done it again bringing us the first images of the next Masterpiece figure: Grimlock! These images come courtesy of HK-TF.com and our are first look at the packaging and representation for one of the most anticipated ...
vansch brings to our attention that BTS.Toy has updated with pictures of the heandheld weapons that will come with their trailer for Classics/Henkei Optimus Prime. The guns pictured here are meant for Bumblebee and Sideswipe, however with the standard-sized fist ...
yizhi521 of TF08.net has found a new scout figure for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and has posted an image of it. From first impressions, it seems to be a smaller version of the previously released Landmine figure from the ...
Yizhi521 of TF08.net has posted some new photos of the Robot Replica figure of Megatron from the upcoming Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen toyline. Robot Replicas as highly detailed, highly poseable non-transforming action figures of characters from the film. The ...
An image on HK-TF gives us a look at the very rare chase set variant of the World's Smallest Transformers Dark Retribution set. Out of the 500 Dark Retribution sets that get produced, there will be no more than ten ...
GenZhao has posted some photos of the new Fast Action Battler Mudflap figure from the upcoming Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen toyline. Some photos are mirrored below, but you can see all of them by clicking here.
What started off as a garage kit custom has transformed into full fledge production and more. No more painting and assembling. Hearts of Steel Optimus Prime by Griffith is now going to be offered to the general public. The newly ...
Arlin of Seibertron has let us know that Yayabeee of the-arker.com, has provided new pics of a new Optimus Prime toy and a Cargo Plane NASA Bot from the upcoming ROTF line. The Optimus Appears to be a part of ...
New images of the yet to be released Revenge of The fallen Starscream figure are surfacing from TFClub. Here we can get a rather good look at the toy through high-resolution images, to view the images, use the links below: ...
Our very own S250 has given us a heads up to this new photo of the upcoming Transformers Revenge of The Fallen Chromia figure. This photo gives us a another look at her in her alternate mode. To view the ...
BigBadToyStore.com now has pre-orders up for Topps Transformers 2 Trading Cards. You can pre-order single packs for $2.49 or you can purchase a case of 24 packs for $49.99. These are scheduled to arrive sometime in May 2009. Here's a ...
BigBadToyStore.com now has pre-orders up for the Unicron.com Accessory pack which seems to be listed as a BBTS Exclusive. The set is priced at $29.99 and is scheduled to arrive sometime in the 3rd quarter of 2009. The set consists ...
TakaraTomy has updated their website with their March 26th, 2009 releases. Among the releases are Masterpiece MP8 Grimlock, Henkei C-16 through C-19, and Encore 15 Cassettes They've also updated the Henkei Lineup page, Events page, and their Streaming Video page. ...
Site sponsor Big Bad Toy Store has just updated its new preorder listings with what appears to be Transformers bobble head figures being referred to as Head Wobblers. The listings are for both G1 or "Classic" Transformers and Revenge of ...
Transformers fan site TF08.net has posted more images of upcoming Transformers Revenge of the Fallen figures. Included in the mix is the Fast Action Battler Decepticon Sideways and Robot Replicas Megatron and boxed images of Deluxe figures Sideswipe and Rampage. ...
The latest piece from Unicron.com's Transformers Animated Accessory Set #6 has been revealed, Stasis Cuffs! Click here to see an entire gallery of the item, and the teaser image of the yet to be revealed Allspark.
After a temporary hiatus, the Buried Treasure feature on Seibertron.com has now returned! The year 2009 marks the 25th anniversary of the Transformers franchise. To celebrate this incredible milestone, Seibertron.com will look back at a quarter-century of great Transformers toys, ...
FansProject updates again! This time they are showing us the Roller launch mechanism of the G3 Trailer with a short Youtube Video!
The Official Transformers Club have updated their website with an all new 2 page comic set in their Shattered Glass Universe. "The Desert Heat" is a prologue to the upcoming Club comic "Eye in the Sky", which is due for ...
Site sponsor BigBadToyStore has placed the iGear Autoscout mini-cassette up for preorder, for 19.99. Interestingly that there are two versions, a blue package version and a black package version. The listed differences are that the blue package comes with 3x ...
robotkingdom- Site Sponsor, Robot Kingdom, has sent us an update on what is available for order/pre-order at their store. FOA, don't miss out the MP-08 order which will be available on 26 March, and sales picked up dramatically and I ...
Seibertron.com's very own s250 has provided us with an heads-up to photos of new and previously unseen toys, from both Transformers Revenge of The Fallen and Transformers Animated. Here we can see what would appear to be a new retool ...
On the Transformers Collectors Club Forums, Pete@Botcon has posted about what to possibly expect from the club this coming year. Though it is pretty vague for the most part, one part does stand out: As far as the incentive figure, ...
FansProject has posted some updated images to their website of the back of the upcoming G3 trailer for Classics/Henkei Prime. The shots of the back of the cab begin to reveal the level of detail we can expect to see ...
Seibertron.com member Jenus has shown us new images of the upcoming Henkei exclusive repaint of Universe Cyclonus as Strafe. From the coloring we can see that this is indeed G1 Strafe. The images are from a Japanese blog called ganbo-store. ...
Hasbro- The first question submissions for 2009 have been answered. Seems we get a repeat answer when we asked a question related to one of our previously submitted questions, and a very frank answer to one for you movie line ...
tfcc- Update from the club. Sign up soon for new members, and renewals! Must be paid by this Monday, March 16th to get this year's free figure HEATWAVE. "Here is HEATWAVE - the Transformers Collectors' Club FREE Membership Figure for ...
Seibertron.com member Prime Evil alerted us that a member of the Transformers Fansite hk-tf.com posted images of what seems to be a custom add-on set for the Energon Superion Maximus mold. The set seems to consist of two feet and ...
TCC Online Store- Maybe the world of Transformers Animated is not coming to an end. Maybe it was just our collective downheartedness that we thought this might also be having probelms. One of the signs of the end of Animated ...
The Botcon webpage has been updated with pictures of Landshark, who is a repaint of Energon Landmine with a more military-theme colour scheme. Landshark doesn't know where he got his name from and he doesn't really care. Some bots tend ...
cnn.com- The recession is hitting everyone hard. Choices need to be made in families, and companies alike. With the idea of competing for people's dollars becoming even more important, toy companies are returning to reliable, known brands...in other words its ...
s250 has provided us pictures of TF:ROTF Sideways
s250 has posted a very comprehensive gallery of the soon to be released Masterpiece Grimlock collector's toy. The photos are by Comus. Images in the gallery include dinosaur and robot modes, the light up features, all the extra features like ...
eBay- If you just can't wait to grab these two early release figures before they hit retail, a few weeks in advance of the first retail wave, you can check out each of these auctions for them. But what's even ...
the-arker.com- Even more images of the rumored Botcon Skyquake and Leozack add-on figures have been posted by yayabeee at The-Arker.com. These two figures are both repaints of the Energon Starscream mold. You can see the whole gallery which includes Leozack ...
Third party vendor Nato-bot has released some final production images of their upcoming gun and head set for Universe Roadbuster, which appears to have turned out very nice. To view the images of the final product, click on the link ...
Just when we though that the Transformers Titanium series was over, the ever resourceful s250 brings us images from ACToys that prove that that thought is incorrect. If s250 is correct, there will be at least two new releases. Seen ...
More images surfacing of the upcoming 2009 Botcon exclusive Skyquake, who we last saw here. These new images reveal how he will look in his alternate jet mode, as well as another glimpse at his robot mode. To view him ...
BBTS has sent out newsletters listing their inventory updates. The complete update is listed below. All the Transformer related items have been moved to the top of the list for those of you only interested in Transformers. Hi - Here ...
Amazon.co.jp. has updated their pre-orders for the upcoming RoboQ Optimus Prime and Bumblebee toys. Each are listed at the price of 4,200 Yen (around $40) and may be seen by clicking here for Optimus Prime, and here for Bumblebee.
Our own member Primal_Grimlock says that the TRU in Liverpool, England has Transformers Animated Leader Class figures and Rollout Command Optimus Prime for GBP 19.99 each. This isn't just limited to Liverpool but seems like a TRU sale in general. ...
Amazon.co.jp the Japanese site of amazon.com has a listing for Transformers Alternity Super Black Edition Convoy. The listing has an image which is a edited version of the Vibrant Red Convoy but it gives us an idea of what the ...
Sorry, these guys are not released in the US yet, but the good news is that they have seen release in Singapore which means we'll see them on eBay soon, and see them in the states here in a few ...
In an effort to help our community and Transformers fans everywhere get the items that they want we try to roll out any piece of information that may be useful no matter how trivial it seems. So here's the update. ...
Members are reporting that local Target stores are running sales on the price of Transformers Animated deluxes. The new price is supposed to be $8.99 and last from 3/3/09 until 4/6/09. Sounds like it's time to save some money and ...
unicron.com- The Unicron.com Transformers Animated Accessory Set has yet another piece revealed. Yesterday, it was Ratchet's electromagnet wrist gauntlets, and today we get to see the newest piece...Sari's Allspark Key. You can see the whole gallery here, at unicron.com and ...
Site sponsor BigBadToyStore has placed up a preorder for Gentei (Exclusive Henkei) Strafe which will be a repaint of Universe Cyclonus. Also in the description is how one can expect to get this figure through normal means: "One needs to ...
Seibertron.com- Community member Diem has his recently released Alternity Convoy (Optimus Prime). He shares his thoughts and reviews the overall figure. Diem is also answering questions, and includes some images of the silver version of this evolved Binaltech line. If ...
Cybertron.ca- Pascal, a community member at Cybertron.ca, has posted a small gallery of the Legends Class ROTF Megatron. His gallery features the alt mode, robot mode, and comparison to some other legends class figures. You can view the thread with ...
