Scans from this months Hobby Japan have been posted online which include a look at some of the upcoming Transformers figures which are being released by TakaraTomy.

A pair of photos posted on Instagram by Nicole_4_Eva from the Lockhart, Texas set of Transformers 4 have revealed that actor Titus Welliver is on set with Jack Reynor and Mark Wahlberg.  There had been no previous reports of Mr Welliver being tied to Transformers 4, so his actual role on the movie is very much unknown.

YouTube user TheGame2K5 has posted a video highlighting the sound clips which are played by the upcoming Transformers Generations Metroplex figure.  You can watch the video usingf the plugin below.

The Auto Assembly team have announced that attendees to the convention will be able to receive a 20% discount at the bar during the event with a food discount currently being negotiated.  Below you will find a copy of the announcement

Good News! Food And Drinks At Auto Assembly 2013

Let’s face it, hotel bar prices are always that little bit more expensive than what you’d pay at your local pub. Although be honest, if your local pub was hosting several hundred friends and tens of thousands of pounds worth of robot goodness one weekend, you’d probably expect them to charge a little extra too! As fantastic as the Hilton is being, we will never hide from the fact that prices are very important to our attendees. Which is why we think you will LOVE this news!

Working in conjunction with the Hilton, we have secured a generous discount for our attendees, which will cover all drinks bought in the main Lounge Bar during the convention days of Friday until Sunday. Auto Assembly 2013 attendees will receive not 10, not 15, but a whopping 20% discount on all drinks purchased from the Lounge Bar during these times! That should be a huge help to your Transformers laden pockets!

But wait… There’s more…

Remember our Showcase Event on the Saturday evening? You know, that awesome event where we hold the Script Reading, Cosplay Competition and surprise announcements… The one where we have our own PRIVATE bar (which we are christening Swerve’s, for a giggle – musical blasters not supplied). Well guess what, we listened to your concerns and you’re getting 20% drinks discount there too!  No more having to run back to the main bar!

How can we make this happen?

Easy. We listened to your comments from last year and came up with a crazy-complex system. Just show the bar staff your Auto Assembly 2013 pass (which you must be wearing). The bar manager will be provided with a mockup AA pass so the bar staff expect you. That’s it!

Wait… Is That… More…?

Just a teaser for now but… You know how quite a few of you were worried about food prices? And you know how we want you all to be able to afford to buy your meals without having to sell your spare energon…? Well watch this space… Exciting plans are being finalised!

So in summary;

• 20% drinks discount in the Lounge Bar for the duration of the programme days
• 20% drinks discount in Swerve’s on the Saturday night
• New food plans… Watch this space…

The Auto Assembly Team

Thanks to Snakas we now know of a series of campaigns in Japan to promote Transformers Go.  The first is of a Shinning Optimus Prime Blaster and Micron whilst the second is for a Golden Helmet Campaign, which see a Gold Helmet *head and shoulders" of the Transformers Go Combiner which will be given away to the first few customers who spend more than $3000 yen

Big Bad Toy Store has posted up listings for Transformers Masterpiece MP20 Wheeljack and Transformers Masterpiece MP-21 Bumblebee.  The listsings are yet to be confirmed, as BBTS have been incorrect before on pre-orders, although they did correctly list Masterpiece Tigertracks before the figure was annouced.

MP Bumblebee, Bumble in Japan, is expected to be realased as MP20 so the news that he may be MP 21 with Wheeljack as MP 20 is some what of a suprised

We have this filed under rumour at the moment.  If Wheeljack is done then we'd expect a blue Slicer recolour to be released as well.

tagoal.blog have posted three new articles containing lots of in-hand images of the first Transformers Go exclusive combiner Ganoh, Jinbu and Kenzan. You can view a selection of the images after the jump.

The latest Auto Assembly video has been published and is a guest update video which you can view below,

The Allspark have spotted some interesting auctions on ebay for what may be a reissue Transformers Classics Jetfire and a Gold Chrome Chest Version  of Fall of Cybertron Grimlock.

Classics Jetfire has an Autobot insignia on his chest but Decepticon emblems on his wings whilst the Fall of Cybertron Grimlock figure comes with chrome gold paint, akin to the Takara Generations release, but placed a little differently on this figure. This version of Grimlock is thought to be the Platinum Series version mentioned at Toy Fair 2013, which is to be released in a giftset bundled with Fall of Cybertron Bruticus.

Jetfire Auction, Grimlock Auction

Keeping to the YouTube video review theme, we shall switch gears now to Transformers Go thanks to Japanese YouTuber KyoryugerJP. KyoryugerJP has posted video reviews of the remaining members of the of the Transformers Go! Samurai team as well as the combined form of GoKenzan. You can watch the videos below.

Youtube Transformers reviewer Optibotimus has posted his review of the Ultimate Class Transformers Prime Beast Hunters Optimus Prime figure onto the video sharing website. You can watch the video using the plug-in below.

TakaraTomy have published a new 16 second Transformers Go advertisement onto YouTube. You can watch the new toy video using the embedded video below.

eBay seller lena8182 has posted auctions for the Botcon Sandstorm and Botcon Obsidian figures. The auctions, which can be found by clicking those links, contain some additional images to those shown on the TaoBao auctions which had been previously reported.

The Space-Bridge has updated his Prototype image gallery on Facebook to include a look at the official Hasbro library images of what was the planned US release of the Commerative Edition Megatron figure in the early 2000s. The toy had to be repainted orange and blue to comply with US gun safety laws but still failed as it "looked too gun like".  You can view the images over on Facebook.

Don't forget to check out our own unreleased toy galleries whilst you are in the mood.

Peaugh has posted two new video reviews of figures from the nextd wave of Transformers Generations Legends class toys. The videos are of the Starscream and Waspinator 2-pack where Starscream is based on his recent IDW desigsn, with the 2nd video being Megatron with Chop Shop where Megatron is this time based on his pre-war IDW design. You can watch the videos using the YouTube plugins below

Transformers Generations Legends Starscream & Waspinator

Transformers Generations Legends Megatron & Chop Shop