The SDCC Hasbro conferences took place yesterday.  Below you will find a round up of the Transformers Prime information.

1) Images of the Transformers Prime characters were shown.  These consist of

Autobots: Arcee, Bumblebee, Cliffjumper, Optimus Prime,Ratchet,
Decepticons: Megatron, Decepticon Troopers (like Drones)
Humans : Jack Darby, Miko Tezuka, Rafael Raf Esquivel
2) The show takes place in the Transformers War for Cybertron universe, but is said to be very Transformers Movie like.

You can see the teaser trailer below.­

Now for some pictures

Higekumatoytoy blog has been updated with images of the Transformers Device Label Broad Blast (Blaster) which goes on sale tomorrow.  The figure has been delayed several times, but never cancelled (as reported on most other western sites) which was a mistranslation.

Devlce Label Broad Blast is able to hold the original cassettes and as fairly good articulation and transforms into a working 8 port USB hub.

The Transformers Collectors Club has posted the bio for BotCon 2010 Shattered Glass Ravage online.

Ravage- Good Kitty
"Out of Sight, out of mind. GTG TTYL"

Ravage always wants you to know exactly where he is, and what he is doing. An endless attention seeker, he can always be found perching from the top of the most visible structure, excitedly waving his little paw, hoping you catch a glimpse of him. Megatron has long since ordered Decepticons to maintain eternal radio silence, not only because of the possibility of Autobot interference, but because Ravage can't stop sending radio communications, telling others his location and what his current moos is. Now that he's on Earth, he's become addicted to social networking and micro-blogging. Unsurprisingly, none of his fellow Decepticons have followed through on his friending requests.

Strength 5
Intelligence 8
Speed 6
Endurance 6
Rank 7
Courage 7
Fireblast 8
Skill 10

Thanks to an auction on TaoBao by TFclub, there are more images of the clear plastic Transformers Animated Sons of Cybertron Rodmus toy.

Follow the link above to see the auction and images.

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TFW2005.com has images of the Transformers Power Core Combiner­ toys on display at Hasbro's booth at the San Diego Comic-Con.

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Toy-World.com.hk has confirmed that TakaraTomy are working on a Transformers Masterpiece Rodimus Convoy figure by posting concept art for the toy.

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The first day of San Diego Comic-Con has come and gone, and you'll find a round up with links below.  Some of the information includes Transformers Prime.

>Outside of SDCC was a Giant S­tatueof Transformers Prime Optimus Prime.  The designed showed that the look is a similar to Transformers Movie designs but with the smooth roundness of Transformers Animated.

TFW2005 have various images from the Hasbro Booth here­.

TFormers coverage can be found here.­

Seibertron's coverage can be found her­e.

News has come in of the Summer Wonderfest 2010 exclusive Generation One Arcee Resin,  The resin is 24 cms tall and will be on sale this weekend at the 2010 SUmmer Wonderfestival in Japan.

Height: 24cm
Series: Transformers
Maker: Jamming Off
Release date: 25 July 2010

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IGN.com is reporting that Activision /High Moon Studios will be releasing the downladable content for Transformers War For Cybertron on the 27th July.  The DLC will cost $10 on the PS3 and 800 points on the XBox.  The DLC will be many of the previously "pre-order exclusive" skins as well as some new maps.  Here is a quote from the article.

"As detailed in the original leak (by the Xbox Live Marketplace) of the DLC release here, the New Map and Character Pack DLC includes new characters Scattershot and Onslaught, as well as Shockwave, Jazz, and Demolishor, who were originally exclusive to pre-order customers at particular retail locations. The DLC also contains two new multiplayer maps, and also doubles the number of maps for the Horde-like Escalation mode to four".
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As well as emailing regarding the Power Core Combiner problem, Adam Forse also reported finding the Deluxe Generations figures in his local Toymaster store (Exeter) priced at £9.99!  Adam has rightly asked the question is this a "mistake, or a new price point?".

Let us know about sightings in your area whilst we try to find out from Hasbro UK

Many thanks to Adam for pointing out a bug, and his fix, for the Transformers Power Core Combiners Combaticons figures - in which the toys legs pop off.

 Hello TF@The Moon,

I'd like to report a problem with the Power Core Combiners sets [or at least the Combaticons], and the resultant fix. I haven't heard of this from anyone else, so perhaps it's just early days, or perhaps my toy was unique in it's fault.

With my Bombshock, I found that his combiner legs would spring off very easily, in fact, while he was being held [or even standing on his own!] his legs would slowly ease apart at the knee and the combiner drone would shoot off. This is due to the springs in the 'leg drones' being way too powerful, and the blue joint being too loose. Here's my fix:

With the grey tracked vehicle, the spring is visible towards the rear end. Simply get a drawing pin or sewing needle, and ease the arm of the spring away from the inside wall of the vehicle. The arm can then be folded away or cut off with clippers.

The yellow jeep is a bit more complex. The two pins at the front end need to be tapped out. I did this [again] with a drawing pin and a hammer. The second pin can be tapped out with the first one. This will cause the levers inside to fall down, and the spring with come out. To re-assemble, simply push the pins back inside, making sure that the black lever lines up again [easier than it sounds!].

The legs will no longer be spring loaded, but gravity and the internal levers do the job just as well, if not better! They still won't take much pulling around, as the blue pegs are simply too loose, but the won't come shooting off at the slightest touch.

I hope this helps anybody who's had a similar problem!

PS: Deluxe Generations were found in my Exeter Toymaster yesterday, priced at £9.99! Mistake, or new price point?

Regards,

Adam

Snakas has posted information from the latest edition of Giga Hobby regarding the Hasbro Hong Kong event.

Including in the information is that the previously UK Exclusive War For Cybertron Starscream (Legends of Cybertron figure) will also be on sale in Hong Kong.  The figure is a recoloured version of Transformers Cybertron Legends Class Starscream. along with a Transformers Monopoly Deal set

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The SDCC Exclusive Blaster (Broadcast) will also be for sale at the event for 540 HKD, along with the Transformers Classics 3 Pack of Galvatron, Cyclonus and Rodimus.  There will also be three 2-packs from the Hunt for the Decepticons line.

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A new campaign has been annouced in Japan called Transformers Museum, in which stores around Japan will be running exhibitions on the Transformers toy line.  Included in the delbrations is a limited edition  Black Voyager Class Transformers Animated Optimus Prime.



So far not much is known about the event, though it will be occuring at Otsu Western Store in Kyoto from the 3rd of August to the 8th and at Yokohama Sogo Store from the 10th to the 16th. So far it is unknown if further stores and dates will be added.

In addition to Optimus Prime Black Version being on sale in limited numbers for 4200 yen, attendees will be able to see a Camaro painted up as Bumblebee and 6ft models of Prime and Bumblebee, and will be able to purchase Masterpiece Convoy as well as Transformers T-shirts and cups.

The Otsu Store's page can be seen here and a .pdf of Yokohama's event can be seen here.

A Rakuten store has uploaded images of the Welcome to Transformers 2010 Predaking figure which has a pre-order with a ship date of November 27, 2010.

You can see the images here.