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Thanks to YouTuber sy8nsk8 who's posted a video from the Toys R Us Malyasia Transformers Midnight Madness video of the TransMY crew. They were on hand to join the fun at the TRU Midvalley for the Midnight Madness Transformers 4: Age Of Extinction toy launch. Watch the video of the opening and views of their hauls now. Read the Full News Story Here

Transforms from uncomfortable ballpoint pen to action figure and back! A magazine scan has surfaced of a new Convoy/Optimus Prime figure that transforms into a writing implement. You may have had the Transforming Energon Optimus Prime pen back in the early 2000s, but this new design from Sentinel Co., Ltd. easily puts that mass-market item to shame. Click the title for the image! Read the Full News Story Here

Although the second issue does not hit shelves until this Wednesday, Amazon has already posted a listing for the full collected format of the miniseries. The Windblade trade paperback is due on October 14th and is currently priced at just over $14, with a list price of $17.99. No cover image has been posted and the book is described with the blurb from Windblade #1, but we can surely hope the coming weeks reveal at least a new art piece by Sarah Stone for the cover to the trade. Read the Full News Story Here

Third party Transformers news for the week ending May 17th, 2014. Includes the latest news on projects from Ark Studio, Dr. Wu, Get Right Robot, KOncept Art Toys, Keith's Fantasy Club, Mega Steel, Printoys, Reprolabels, Shapeshifters Inc., TFC Toys, Toyworld, Xplayer and X-Transbots. Sorry that I left out the picture of Planet X's Sludge inspired figure. I'll throw it in next week. KAT-01 crowd sourcing page - http://www.pozible.com/project/181359

Today is the official release of Age of Extinction toys in retail stores, and at one store in Mexico City, they kicked it off with a bang! Shoppers were greeted by a moving, roaring Grimlock display outside the store, showing everyone that today is the Transformers' day and they're not holding back! Check out the video below from the Paramount Mexico Instagram page! Read the Full News Story Here

Why buy one $13,000 USD Transformer statue when you can buy two? Kids Logic has posted images of their "Life Size Collection" Age of Extinction Bumblebee statue to their Facebook page, giving us what is probably the best look yet at Bumblebee's new character model. Check out all the pictures below! Read the Full News Story Here

Photos have been posted from Celebration 2014 in the Sunshine City complex in Tokyo! We've got pictures of the design team on hand to sign the prizes and of the 2 meter tall G1 Optimus Prime statue we talked about previously. Check it out below! Read the Full News Story Here

This time our new episode info comes from tv.msn.com - "Changes" is the 19th episode of Transformers Rescue Bots Season 2 and will air on June 28th, 2014. Full listing below! Read the Full News Story Here

Like Age of Extinction Optimus Prime? Got enough money to buy a real (used) car? Thanks to Planet Iacon, we know Kidslogic is releasing a "Life Size Scale Collection" Optimus Prime that is roughly 3 meters tall counting the fancy pedestal it comes with. Estimated SRP is $13,000USD. Check out the full gallery below! Read the Full News Story Here

You didn't think one of the major villains of the film was going to go by without an action figure, did you? Thanks to Singapore fan group Planet Iacon, we have the first images of Lockdown from a promotional catalog given away at the big first-sale event yesterday. Check them out below! Read the Full News Story Here