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Yup, read that headline right. While these were not supposed to go online till July 18th, you can grab one now from the official Toys R Us account seller on Ebay,com! So wait no longer, these will go very fast. You can use the Buy It Now at these link to get Acid Storm for $74.99 USD while the supplies last. They also had MP Soundwave up, they have sold out by now. Click on the See other items link to check if more have been relisted. View the full article

MLive is reporting a very interesting update on the construction that has been going on in downtown Detroit. What as believed to be a small town setting in rural America is actually shaping up to be what looks like somewhere in China? Judging from the architecture that is emerging on the construction site at Washington Boulevard at Clifford Street, one can only assume this is someplace other than Detroit, and very possibly another country or city like Beijing? Check out the images and View the full article

Thanks to the Kfcfanpage who has posted a new image of the Third Party toy makers KFC Toys Evil Ironpaw MP Class Tape Bot Figure. As expected, there would be more Tape bots following their Evil Rhinohorn figure that will work with the Takara Tomy MP-13 Soundwave. Get a look at the test shot of the Justice and Evil Ironpaw figure in beast mode. You can orders these now at bigbadtoystore.com View the full article

A new Kre-O KO line has surfaced from a Canadian company named Brictek. The toys are all clearly based on Hasbro models with slight changes and added alt modes... Megatron has a bulldozer mode, Sideswipe a gerwalk... etc. Most of the first wave of Kre-O figured have been copied, here are a couple samples...

The next big in-game event from DeNA and HASBROs TRANSFORMERS: LEGENDS mobile game is about to commence! Beginning today, Monday, July 8th at 5 pm PT through July 15th at 5 pm PT, players can jump into the Nemesis Prime in-game event to defeat the sadistic creation of Dr. Arkeville. View the full article

The next big in-game event from DeNA and HASBROs TRANSFORMERS: LEGENDS mobile game is about to commence! Beginning today, Monday, July 8th at 5 pm PT through July 15th at 5 pm PT, players can jump into the Nemesis Prime in-game event to defeat the sadistic creation of Dr. Arkeville. View the full article

Just up on Amazon Japan are some new official images of the TG21 Springer and TG22 Blitzwing Takara Tomy Transformers Generations action figures. Get a look at the Japan editions of the voyager class triple changes with the signature metallic paint schemes that Takara Tomy have been remaking their releases with. See the robots and both of the alternate mode images in the gallery below. View the full article

The offical BotCon Twitter page have posted an image with name for tthe 4th seeker from the Transformers Timelines Issue 8 - Machine Wars: Termination comic book. Check out the image of the Red flyer below for the full look. Considering how fast the Rainmakers set sold out, it is highly likely we will be seeing more characters like this one that are modeled on the Classics / Henkei figure molds. View the full article

Thanks to Youtube member walruslaw who has posted the first episode of the new Transformers Go! cartoon that has been released exclusively in Japan. Watch the 12 minute cartoon that is said to be titled "01: Cubed Combination! Swordbot - Samurai!" that follows on our report from yesterday with hikers that accidentally unleash the Predicons when visiting an active volcano. Only to be detected by Optimus Prime! Pursued by the Predicons for the special disk, we learn about its special power. The cartoon culminates in a battle between the Swordbot and Goradora (Abominus). View the full article

Just up on Amazon Japan are some new official images of the TG21 Springer and TG22 Blitzwing Takara Tomy Transformers Generations action figures. Get a look at the Japan editions of the voyager class triple changes with the signature metallic paint schemes that Takara Tomy have been remaking their releases with. See the robots and both of the alternate mode images in the gallery below. View the full article