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Seibertron has been supplied scans of the February 2007 Empire Magazine featuring an article on the Transformers Movie. The article talks about the fans' reaction of the designs and how dedicated the creative minds are to the movie among other things. "We took the animated versions of [the robots] and we put them into a real world to see what it would look like and it looked silly," says Producer Lorenzo DiBonaventura of the changed movie designs. Check out the scans in the article. The scans are big enough to read the article when fully magnified on the site. Read the Full News Story Here

In the Bayverse, we have been treated to both good (Blackout) and not so good (Blazemaster) helicopter bots. In an effort to show that Hasbro can make a Deluxe class chopper with Voyager size desirability, they have introduced Tomahawk. Read this review to see if their efforts paid off.

Just in are a whole bunch of images showing pending figures from the Takara Tomy Transformers Movie Catalog. Get a look at some new figures in robot and alt modes including Bumblebee 2008, Arcee?, Swindle, a new Game Pad figure, the old faves Megatron, Starscream, Convoy and many more in the image gallery! Read the Full News Story Here

TFans member davidt has found & purchased the lastest assortment of Transformers Alternators which include Meister in bubble blister package, Optimus Prime & Mirage at a Walmart in Tyler, Texas. Photos including receipt proof of purchase can be seen here. Read the Full News Story Here

(submitted by TFormers member solidsnake422) Big Bad Toy Store has listed new pre-orders for TFC #20 as Kup with Wheelie as well as a brand new listing for Robotmasters RM-25 G1 Skywarp and Thundercracker two pack! Looks like the wishes for Takara to repaint the RM Starscream mold into other seekers has come true! Check out the preorder listings over at BBTS here View Preorder Page Here

Thanks to rock of Toy Daily Boards for magazine photos of the November 2006 edition of Dengeki Hobby featuring shots of MP-3 Starscream and MP-4 Convoy Complete Edition. Original thread may be viewed here. Read the Full News Story Here

Thanks to spx_toys, we have in-package pictures of Rodimus vs. Insecticon and Optimus Prime vs. Ravage. To view the images, click into our full article. Read the Full News Story Here

Thanks to Dragon X76 and RadioactiveRavage for the news. Japanese retailer Ami-Ami has put up a pre-order page for the "Transformers" movie MA-01 Leader-Class Convoy. The pre-order details include a couple of new images of the figure, the retail price of 6,500 Yen and the release date of June 2nd in Japan. Check out the images in our local image gallery. Read the Full News Story Here

Hasbro has released pictures of FOC Soundwave and Sounblaster on their Facebook page Soundwave and Soundblaster (maybe one of the admin here can mirror the images) - Done my good sir! -bwbm Looks like instead of the usual cassette holder in the chest. Soundwave and Sounblaster are designed to carry the CD versions of Lazorbeak, Buzzsaw, Rumble, and Ravage The only thing I do not like about them is the arms they seem skrawny

Despite news of Megan Fox departing from the Transformers 3 film, forced or otherwise, The Wrap and Ain't It Cool News report that there are already front-runners to replace her. The former site reports that Gemma Arterton, the lead actress in the upcoming film Prince of Persia: Sands of Time. The site also names Bar Rafaeli, Miranda Kerr and Brooklyn Decker as other potential candidates. Read more. Read the Full News Story Here