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The Mary Sue blog have posted an interview with IDW's comic writer Mairghread Scott about her work on the Transformers comics and the development of the fan-built Windblade character. Learn some of the details about Windblade how was developed for the comic series, her role in the story and some of the ideas around female Transformers. Read the Full News Story Here

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Just in are some new images of the Twitter user Akira T 2716 who has shared images and video from the 55th Asahikawa Snow Sculpture Festival held recently in Japan. Takara Tomy was there with a Transformers goodies for sale, including out first look at the Transformers 4 Age of Extinction Premium Opimus Prime figure. We also get a look at the many robot themed snow sculptures including the GIANT Optimus Prime that was part of the special night time show. See the images and video clip below for the full looks now. Read the Full News Story Here

The BotCon 2014 Twitter feed have released a strange image with the topic asking a question: "So the question is... Who is Squirm?" The image shows what appears to be a rather rusty scupper that may or may not be one the Pirates if you the Tweet before that says every captain needs a crew. See the image and post your best guesses about who this might be in the comments. Read the Full News Story Here

When Takara Tomy's Transformers 4: Age of Extinction preview figure, Lost Age Premier Optimus Prime figure was announced it was shown as a silhouette with no details about the features. More recently Takara Tomy released an mock-up image that didn't give us much more info. Thanks to Twitter user Akira T 2716 Asahikawa 55th Winter Festival images, we have a first look at the figure that appears to be the same as the First Edition Optimus Prime Amazon exclusive figure released here in the USA. See the images of both toys below for the full compare. Read the Full News Story Here

Kids Logic have released a promotional video for their Mecha Nations 001 - Transformers Optimus Prime Action Figure. While we're already familiar with the figure that we have reviewed here. The real news in the video comes at the end when the lightening flashes and we see other characters in the background including Bumblebee, Soundwave, Megatron, and others. No surprise really as even the name, Mecha Nations 001, suggests we will be seeing more. See the video and more details below. Read the Full News Story Here

Thanks to our very own ShartimusPrime who has posted a video review of the Transformers 4 Age of Extinction Optimus Prime First Edition leader class figure. Get the scoop on the first figure to be released in the Transformers 4 Age of Extinction series. Fans have been wondering about these new easy Transformation / Simplified figures. Now you can get the details from ShartimusPrime who breaks it down from un-boxing to robot to vehicle modes and everything in between now. Read the Full News Story Here

Thanks to Youtuber Tunglebrek who has posted a video of every single transformation from the Hasbro Cinematic Universe Transformers Film Trilogy, Directed by Michael Bay, in Stunning HD! Props to ILM, Digital Domain and co for their good work, also sound designer Erik Aadahl and his team, and to Excedrin (for Tunglebrek's head). Read the Full News Story Here

Thanks to good fellows at TF@Moon we have a couple of images giving us first look at Transformers 4: Age of Extinction die-cast cars from the movie. Sorry, we know you're sick of non-transforming products but these look pretty damn nice with highly quality paint jobs that portray the alternate modes in detail. Unfortunately, there's no disclosure on who's making them. Get a look at four different models in the images below. Read the Full News Story Here

THE WAR TO END ALL WARS! Can the Autobots prevail against JHIAXUS� New Cybertronian Empire? The disastrous invasion ends in dramatic and shocking fashion with twists, shocks and surprises galore, and STARSCREAM right in the thick of things. Dark forces are stirring for the final chapter of the original TRANSFORMERS epic! Read the Full News Story Here