Original Refine have published some more images of their upcoming "Star Emperor" (Unicron) head bust to their Facebook page, though these new images are in colour. The "Star Emperor" is reported to measure 33cm in height and has removable panels to expose the inner structure of the face.  You can view the images below,

Thanks to Twitter user pile_of_butts for revealing that the latest Transformers Collectors Club Subscription Figure who is shipping is the Generation One Breakdown toy.

The Transformers Collectors Club has updated their website with the official reveal of Chromedome, who is the final toy in the second Subcription Service. Chromedome is a remold of Transformers Prime Wheeljack with a new head.  Pete, from the club, has stated that they may shrink the Autobot insignia that appears on his bonnet

Having briefly been hinted at fans the original concept of Megabolt Megatron has now been publicly revealed for the first time over on the Robot Points blog.  Robot Points blog is run by, arguably and most likely, the worlds leading collector of Transformers hardcopies, prototypes and un-released items, and is an update on a website he use to run many years ago.  If you are a fan of unreleased and pre-production items, especially from the Generation One era then it is worth bookmarking the blog and having a look around the various articles which are already there as you will see some amazing things.

For those wondering a little about the Megabolt Megatron concept it is a hardcopy figure (resin and finished in grey) which is much closer to the original animation model than the final figure that was released.  Just click the lead and check it out.

Hopefully over the coming months and years more articles will be share on this blog by the own much like The Space-Bridge is now finally able to do on Facebook, as between them they have so many rare, "unseen" (by most fans), amazing pieces of Transformers history it is genuinely an honour to see what they share next.  Both have live extremely busy lives over the last couple of decades so don't expect daily or weekly updates, but when those updates do come, they will be amazing ... trust us.

Next month the G.I-Joe / Action Force / Transformers Convention known as Roll Out Roll Call takes place in Southampton and with this year also debuting the sub-convention called Twins of Power which is dedicated to Masters of The Universe the event organiser Dave Tree has announced that, in conjunction with Mattel (who are already providing the shows first licensed exclusive Strobo), the new MOTU Classics Castle Greyskull will be on display for the first time anywhere within the UK!!

Not to be outdone, Mr Tree, via Goodleg Toys, has also revealed the first full look at the shows  second exclusive figure .... Slaughtor!! Slaughtor is made by Goodleg toys and is a homage to all three lines being featured at this years event.  The toy is designed after the 5 1/2 inch He-man (MOTU) figures from the 90s, with a head sculpt based on Sgt Slaughter (G.I-Joe / Action Force / WWF) with a robotic arm (Transformers).  You can view a preview of this figure below 

TakaraTomy have announced that they will be producing limited edition black versions of Transformers Go Kenzan and Gekisoumaru.  The figures are suppose to be powered-up thanks to the "Black Regency Disk".  The figures will be store exclusives with Gekisoumaru being released in early November as a Ion Toy Department exclusives (though he will not be available in all stores), where as Kenzan will be a Toys R Us exclusive and will be available nationwide in mid-November

ACToys user laomaocsh has shared some photographs from the first day of the Transformers Expo 2013 which is currently taking place at the China Millennium Monument Museum of Digital Arts in Beijing China.  The Expo consist of what is probably the world largest single display of Transformers toys ever as well as dioramas and full and partial size set recreations.

The displays also include some of the prize campaign figures known as Lucky Draws including a Black Galaxy Convoy of unknown origins.

You can view a mirror of the images after the jump.

This is a Knock Off Warning for Generation One collectors as the fake Scorponok which has been in development is now completed are are waiting their packaging to be made before they start shipping and hitting the open market!  The below image comes from an Wiebo user, so keep an eye out for "cheaper" MISB figures.

We expect to see fake Black Zarak's to start hitting the market within 6 months of this figure

In 2004 an auction appeared on eBay (Item Number 5919935901) for PVC Unicron with a price of $2000 (USD). The seller described the item as an unreleased product and when asked on the 4th September 2004 by the eBay user "Chris" whether the figure was from Generation One, a Custom figure or one of the unreleased Super Hybred Models (which it isn't) he was told:

"Nobody did not make it "Custom".Only could make "Company" for sell. Because make prtotype cost,spend made time and made cost was not free.It is a cancelled toys.Do you understand? It is easy!"

Not exactly the clearest of descriptions from the seller, but he basically meant "No it's not a custom item, it was made for a company to sell who cancelled the item.

Currently we do not have images from that auction, just our notes :(

However in 2008 a grey "prototype" was posted by a seller who is well known for selling testshots, hardcopies, prize items but also "lunchtime specials". In that auction, the seller claimed that the figure was a prototype from the 1980s and had it for sale for what worked out at $5000 (again USD).

In September 2013 a painted version was listed on Yahoo Japan for 10,000yen (roughly $1000 USD). The auction ended on the 13th September with no bidders. The seller was the same person who was trying to sell the grey prototype in 2008. This time the description was given as:

２０００年前後の特大３０ｃｍサイズのユニクロンの試作品になります。未発売に終わった幻の品です。ＳＣＦロディマスコンボイは付属しません。

This roughly translates as
"It is a 30cm prototype of Unicron form around 2000. The item was cancelled before it would have been released. SCF Rodimus Convoy is not included in the auction"

So at this point the Unicron is being described as a unreleased SCF figure which is possible considering the design and articulation it has, though we do not have any proof of it being a legitimate TakaraTomy product, whether it was created to be a One-day licensed Winter Wonderfest garage kit, or whether it was a planned unlicensed kit.

Either way it's a pretty cool piece and we're glad that after 5 years additional images appeared.

You can view the images on our Facebook page where we will be hosting the images exclusively for a little while before creating a gallery here.

Ahh what comes around goes around.  Big Bad Toys Store have once again had to pull a pre-order for a non-existent Transformers reissue (something of a trend for them every few years).  This time it is the fan favourite Super Fire Convoy from Transformers Car Robots (Robots in Disguise in the West).

Hello,

The purpose of this message is to inform you that we unfortunately will not be able to fulfill your preorder for product TAK11741 C-001 Super Fire Convoy - 2014 Reissue - Preliminary Preorder. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this cancellation has caused. We have recently been informed that Takara will not be producing this product, which is why we are unable to fulfill our preorders. Due to this matter, all remaining preorders have been cancelled accordingly.

Thank you for your understanding during this matter and have a wonderful day!

Sincerely,

BBTS Customer Care

Having preview the latest TFCC Subscription figure Thrustinator yesterday in comic format, the Transformers Collectors Club have now posted a mock-up of the toy which you can view below.

The figure is a redeco of the Beast Wars II Dirgegun toy but with a new head.

Amazon Japan have posted some new high resolution stock images of the upcoming Masterpiece Generation 2 Sideswipe which gives a good look at the new face sculpt as well as confirmation that the toy will come with a sticker sheet allowing you to Make the toy more authentic to the original figure.

TransformersAsia.com have announced that the initial Asian exclusive release of Metroplex (TG-23) will come with a free Metroplex cord / cable holder shaped into the head of the giant robot.  The figure will be released on the 28th September across Asia with the exclusion of Japan.

With just 3 weeks for Transformers: Age Of Extinction principle photography left, lead actor Mark Wahlberg has been interviewed by MTV where he discusses his Children's appearance in the film as well as making a brief mention to the Dinobots.

"My kids just did a cameo, just scared people in the street looking up, but they did a great job. I was so nervous because Michael doesn't have time for bad performances," he said. "You have to understand; you're shooting a $300 million movie. You've got a lot going on. He's got five, six takes. If you ain't got it, you're done. I didn't want to see my kids get clipped. They were excited about, but they started to get mad at me because I'm trying to over-direct them. It went great."

Regarding the Dinobots, when they were bought up his response was the following:

"You can't say that, dude. Did you leak it? Did you leak it? You leaked it," he said. "Somebody leaked it, dude. Somebody was on the set leaked it, and it is not OK. It's not cool."

You can watch the video of the interview at MTV.

In response to a question asked by Goktimus Prime on Faceboko Madman Entertainment have confirmed that they will be releasing Transformers Animated Season 3 on DVD in 2014. They incorrectly state that this will be the first time it is released anywhere as it has already been released in Japan, however it will be the first release with the original US audio language track.

Goktimus Prime August 6 at 9:59pm
Dear Madman,
Will you be releasing Season 3 of Transformers Animated on DVD?
Thanks.

Madman about an hour ago
Yes! For the first time anywhere. First half of next year.