Below you will find three scans from the latest issue of Figure King (Figure Oh) Magazine which recently came out within Japan. The scans include a look at the following figures

• Transformers Generations Voyager Soundwave and Soundblaster.
• The new Masterpiece Black Convoy, who is actually a Destron this time, as well as the Frenzy and Buzzsaw 2-pack.
• Transformers Alternity Super-GT Megatron.
• New images of Japanese Be-Cool line (Bot Shot's in the West).
• Another look at the upcoming Encore Fortress Maximus who is shown along side some of the Be-cool figures.

An ebay auction has been posted for a testshot of the upcoming Voyager Class Transformers Prime Beast Hunters Shockwave figure which gives a better look at some of the detailing on the figure even though it's not cast in the final plastic.

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After years of trying to find the best way to share some of his archive, and decades collecting, Paul Hitchens AKA The Space-Bridge has finally started uploading images to his newly created Facebook page.  If you are a fan of prototypes, unreleased figures, concept art, early artwork then I urge you to check out his images as it includes many things you will never have seen before. 

TF Yuki has been tweeting out some comparison images of the latest Japanese Transformers Fall of Cybertron figures including Kickback, Sideswipe, Starscream and Optimus Prime.  You can view all of the images below with any additional ones being attached after the jump.

BotCon.com have updated the page for their 2013 Machine Wars Skywarp figure with an image of his jet mode. The toy plays homage to the Generation One Skywarp by transitioning to translucent purple plastic wings tips to mimic his teleportation abilities.

Vivid Reshift of The Allspark have posted a scan from special edition of the magazine kidscreen which confirms that Transformers Prime Beast Hunters will be the final season of the show before a new animated series starts in late 2014.  

As for Hasbro's established stable of series, which drive the programming on its US joint venture network The Hub, the 13 episodes of Transformers Prime Beast Hunters due to launch this year represent the final chapter of the Transformers Prime story. It has grown to encompass 65 half-hour episodes that continue to roll out around the world. Look for a 75-minute Transformers Prime Beast Hunters movie to hit DVD shelves in Q4.

But that's note the end for Transformers. Arnesen says a "new iteration of the animated TV series" is slated for delivery in late 2014, which looks like it might be shaping up to be the year of Autobots, given that audiences are already expecting the fourth live-action blockbuster in July.

You can view the scan of the magazine article below.

We have updated the Transformers toys instruction sheets section of the website with some new PDF instructon sheets entries.

Of the updates, the following new entries were added into the database:

1. Transformers Bot Shots Blitz Bot A1637 Instructions
2. Transformers Bot Shots Jump Shot A1634 Instructions
3. Transformers P Beast Hunters Optimus Prime A1979 Instructions
4. Transformers P Beast Hunters Shockwave A1982 Instructions

You can download copies of the instruction sheets from our Transformers toys instruction sheets section of the website.

Just to prove that there will be more Transformers coming out this year than we all saw at the US Toy Fair, ACToys.net have posted three images of a previously un-announced Transformers Generations Beast Wars Megatron which will be a recolour of the FoC Grimlock with a new head .  Will this figure be a general release? an Asian exclusive? Could it be part of the Asian TV series which is in the works? Time will tell.

There are lots of official Hasbro images for the Transformers toys which were shown off yesterday at the New York Toyfair across the web.  Click on the headline of this story to view all of the official Hasbro stock images of the figures shown at the event as well as the fan taken photographs we shared yesterday

Hasbro have now held their Fan Event for the US Toy Fair 2013 which include a huge announcement of the biggest Transformers figure since Fortress Maximus, the 2 foot tall Titan Class Transformers Fall of Cybertron Metroplex!  Metroplex will be a triple changer (like the original toy), based on the Fall of Cybertron design (there will be differences). He will be released in the fall of 2013 priced at around $125 and is said to be in scale with the Legend class figures.  Click the headline to view all of the images.

Metroplex aside the other annonuncement, per line, were

Construct-A-Bots - Priced between $9.99 and $39.99
• Generation One themed Scout Class Ironhide and Starscream
• G1 themed Elite Class Wheeljack and Soundwave
• Blitzwing and Bumblebee will both be released as triple changers as well win "Ultimate Vs Set" of Optimus Prime and Megatron

Transformers Generations
• The figures will use a special Transformers 30th Anniversary logo and packaging for all 2014 releases.
• Hasbro have teamed up with IDW for the creatives behind the line
• The Deluxe Class figurs will come with comics and includeBumblebee, Megatron Jet, G1 Trailcutter and Orion Pax.
• Legends Class G1 Optimus Prime with Roller and Bumblebee with Blaster
• Voyager Class G1 Triple Changers Springer and Blitzwing
• Transformers Platinum Edition Ultra Magnus with the "Forge of Solus"
• Transformers Platinum Edition Grimlock vs Bruticus
• Confirmation of the Transformers Masterpiece Acid Storm which was reported by Ozformers a while ago.
• Confirmation of a US release for Transformers Masterpiece Soundwave - with ALL of the Cassettes (Ravage, Rumble, Frenzy, Buzzsaw, and Laserbeak)
• Titan Class Fall of Cybertron Metroplex

Transformers Kre-O
• Micro Combiners
• Beast Hunters Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Trailcutter, Ripclaw
• Micro Changers including Kickback, Guzzle, Huffer, Nemesis Prime, Ramjet, Sharkticon, Nosecone, Blot, Bombshell, Acidwing, Bulkhead, Groove, Arcee, Powerglide, Scourge and more
• Micro Change Combiners including Defensor, Piranacon, Abominus for Fall 2013
• Autobot Kreon Command Center
• There will also be some customisable Transformers Beast Hunters Kreons who will come with metal pieces. The figures wil feature Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Ironhide, Megatron, Starscream and Soundwave.

Images thanks to T16skyhopp

TFW2005 have posted an article covering what was shown during Hasbro Incs Toy Fair 2013 Investor Event Webinar. There was not a great deal of new information coming out of the event with the exception of the announcement of a brand new Chinese exclusive Transformers TV series which is currently in production.

"We have Transformers: Prime in China" said Goldner. "And we are also developing a new TV Series for Transformers indigenous to the Chinese Market. Transformers is one of the popular brands there. The brand was there in the 80s so we are making a Brand New TV Series that is produced in China with Chinese partners and will air in CCTV [China Central Television]."

Whether the show will be dubbed into English as Car Robots was when it became Transformers: Robots In Disguise or whether the show will remain exclusive to the Chinese like Beast Wars II and Beast Wars Neo did for Japan will not be known for a couple of years though in our estimation I would not expect it to be dubbed.

Whether the series will be based around the Chinese MMO, the Asian exclusives, toys not used within the main show or new characters and toys remains to be seen, but since Hasbro are pushing heavily into the Asian market, especially China, we would not be suprised to see the line feature new recolours as well as some exclusive molds much like Beast Wars II and Beast Wars Neo.

The Botcon website has been updated with the first image of Botcon 2013 Machine Wars Skywarp. You can view the image below,

You can compare this updated version to the original figure by checking out our gallery of Machine Wars Skywarp.  On their Twitter page Pete Sinclair tweeted out that this years set will be both a homage and an upgrade for the figures after there were some questions raised regarding the figures

He promised that they were coming and ProtomanX has not failed to deliver as he has posted some new images of the upcoming third party figure BTS Novalord (no-Overload) onto his Twitter account. The images, which can be seen below with all of the images thus far of this figure being attached to this news story, include a robot mode comparison to the original Generation One figure as well as confirming that the toy will be able to hold the original Powermaster / Godmaster figures within his chest area. Enjoy!

We promised you more guests for Auto Assembly 2013, and we can now confirm that Regeneration One colourist John-Paul Bove is making a welcome return to Auto Assembly. As with all of our comic guests, he will be on hand all weekend in our guest area and no doubt will be on stage at some point during a Q&A Panel with some of our other guests… For more details of who else will be at the convention with him, check out the Auto Assembly 2013 Guest List.