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Seems the response was pretty well heard all the way to the top. A response to the leaked picture of the movie Optimus Prime confirms that it is indeed one of the vehicles from the movie. The staff member does explain that particular truck style was used because they wanted a BIGGER truck. It was also stated that the version seen is not the final incarnation of the vehicle and there may be changes to the coloring etc. Check out the post at Bay's official Web site ShootForTheEdit.com. Read the Full News Story Here

Reported by DeluxeBrawl On Transformersmovie.com website, after selecting the language, you can now hear the 10 phrases submitted by fans for the "Make Prime Speak" competition a few months back.I really wish "These pretzels are making me thirsty" had made it in there... Listen Now!

We have just received some official Transformers Universe Deluxe Smokescreen images, and we have posted them for your visual enjoyment. Take a look at the images now in the figures Universe 2.0 database. Read the Full News Story Here

Cartoon Network put out a press release today, which announces their 2009 and 2010 Season development slate. The network announced a "dramatic expansion to its 2009-2010 content development strategy," according to the statement. While the press release detailed a sleuth of new and returning shows, Transformers Animated was left out of the latter category. This is not a definitive statement that the show in cancelled, but it certainly doesn't hurt putting additional nails in the coffin that the series will end after this season. Read the Full News Story Here

Roberto Orci has confirmed a persistent Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen rumor that has been floating around on the Internet. One-third of the scriptwriting team for the Transformers sequel has confirmed that a new kind of Transformer will make an appearance in the film. Click "Read More" to jump in and read about it all. Spoilers! Read the Full News Story Here

Could this mean that it will be showing up soon? http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3870072

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While we are in attendance at the British Toy Fair we got speaking to a good friend of ours from Hasbro. We got talking about a possible chess set to be made in the way of transformers. Now the questions are what would everyone like to see in a transformers chess set? Would you like it G1, Armada or a mixture of all? What would you like the board to look like? Would you like the idea of upgrades to replace existing pieces? Hasbro would like to hear all your comments on this subject and when the thread has had enough time to build on post we will submit all entries to them. Thanks, TFAuctions.com :tfgrin

Thanks to 52toys who have posted a batch of new images showing us more of the mysterous blue motorcycle that we reported on before. There's been a bit of speculation as to what, if any, relationship these toys have to the Arcee character in the movie. Rumor has it there is another cycle figure and they may combine in some fashion that is still yet to be revealed. Read the Full News Story Here