Planet Iacon have posted an image, which can be viewed below, of a new Optimus Prime figure from Transformers 4.  The figure is clearly different to the version which has previously been leaked suggesting that this version could be a higher class of figure, perhaps voyager or leader class.

Alfes 2010 has posted an article over on his blog featuring the recently released TakaraTomy Transformers Generations TG-26 Bumblebee Goldbug and TG-27 Trailbreaker & Hoist. The images, he has posted, include comparison shots to their Hasbro counterparts (though he compares Goldbug to Bumblebee and not Goldfire). All of the toys feature alternate decos to their western release with the usual metallic paint applications but also it should be noted that Goldbug coes with a blue Generations Bumblebee head and not the Goldfire one. A Trailbreaker also features a red visor making the toy a close homage to the original G1 figure whilst Hoist features a darker shade of green.  You can view all of the images by clicking the link above.

In an interview with the website SlashFilm, Michael Bay as confirmed that Transformers: Age Of Extinction, the 4th live action movie, will be the first film to be shot in full with IMAX digital 3D cameras. Below you will find an extract from the article that relates to TF:AOE.

Up until now, every feature film shot in full IMAX (of which there have been only a handful – The Dark Knight, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, The Dark Knight Rises, Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol, Star Trek Into Darkness and now The Hunger Games Catching Fire) has filmed with a 65mm 2D IMAX film camera. IMAX has a 3D film camera available, but most filmmakers find it too big and loud to actually use. (Star Trek Into Darkness is the only of those films to be exhibited in IMAX 3D, but it was post-converted.) It wasn’t until recently that IMAX created a 3D digital camera, which will allow 3D capture in full IMAX. The first filmmaker to use that is Michael Bay on Transformers: Age of Extinction. That camera is much smaller and lighter than the other IMAX 3D cameras and will be used quite a bit in the future. There is no 2D digital IMAX camera, but one is being developed. Murray explains some more:

[The 3D digital camera] offers the full height aspect ratio. Our camera is based on a digital camera called Phantom. It’s a 3D camera, so we used two of their sensors and the reason we picked them was they were the closest sensor size to IMAX film frames. They’re not quite as big as IMAX film frames, but they are very close. They allow us to use the same lenses that we developed for our 3D film camera, which is much bigger and heavier. This 3D digital camera is very light and compact and easy to use.

Our thanks go out to Steven Weeks for letting us known about Demon con a small convention that takes place a couple of times a year in Maidstone Kent. The event is organisated by the Graham Beadle who runs the shop Grinning Demon with the next event due to take place in Februrary on the 16th. Here's Steven to let you know more:

Hi there just wanted to let you know about a little convention that's held a couple of times a year by the local comic shop the Grinning Demon run by Graham beadle.
The convention is held in Maidstone , kent , England and is called Demon Con 7
The reason I thought you might find it interesting is because 4 of the guests are or have been involved in Transformers comics.
They are Simon Furman, Nich Roche, Dan Abnett and Geoff Senior.
The convention is sunday 16th February 2014.

You'll find more information on the event in the link below

https://www.facebook.com/events/549656095112449/?fref=ts

If you have any questions please contact Graham Beadle through his facebook page and he will tell you everything you would like to know

Many thanks for reading

steven weeks

The Huffington Post have posted a social media share onto their Google+ account where they share the 2nd interview that we, the Transformers At The Moon brothers, did with the Google Hangouts show Collectors Hangout.  Collectors Hangout now has around 600k followers on Google+ and despite a recent hiatus, is set to return with new episodes very shortly.

You can watch both of the episodes featuring ourselves below.

Episode 9

Episode 22

Thanks to a post on 78dm.net we can now share the first look at three of the Transformers 4 Age of Extinction Power Attackers (AKA Power Battlers) figures. The toys shown are Bumblebee, Hound (using his placeholder name of Duke) and Swoop (AKA Strafe under his alias of Paulie).  The toys confirm that Swoop / Strafe will have two heads in his animal form therefore suggesting that the "Dinobots" will be more like cybertronian beasts than based on Earth Dinosaurs. You can view the images below but please take care when visiting that thread on the 78dm.net website as it images that link to viruses.

The Takara-Tomy Mall and eHobby websites have both been updated with the first official "in-packaging" images of the Transformers CloudOptimus Prime and Megatron figures.  The toys are, of course, exclusive to the  Takara-Tomy Mall and eHobby, respectively. Both packages feature the same character art that has been shown before as well as Takara's version of the 30th Anniversary symbol.

TakaraTomy have pubilshed the first chapter of their "Guardians of Time" story which is being published under the Transformers Cloud banner.  The story is accompanied by an image showing the characters which, if you look close, appears to show Rodimus (Hot Rod) using the Springer Thrilling 30 mold which suggests that a repaint is on the way from TakaraTomy.  You will also spot Blaster, Jazz, SWindle, Soundwave and Thundercracker

ComicBookMovie.com have posted some scans from the Jan 2014 issue of Empire Magazine which show some new on-set images from Transformers: Age of Extinction. The images are from the Chinese shoot and feature Nicola Peltz being menaced by a green "prop claw", that will be replacec by a CGI render, the Autobots Drift and Crosshairs driving with Optimus Prime towards a destroyed vehicle, Jack Reynor and Mark Wahlberg appearing to have a conversation with the Bumblebee, who is in his retro mode, as well as some general cast and crew shots.

You can view the images after the jump along with the other Transformers 4 images.

TakaraTomy have posted two new images of their upcoming Transformers Go! G25 Leo Prime BLack Version. The figure is a black, white and green recolour of Leo Prime but with Kenzan's swords.  The figure will be released in December priced at 4200yen. You can view the images below.