Amazon UK have now cancelled ALL orders for the Masterpiece Optimus Prime figure stating that mispricing as the reason.  A new listing has not yet been added and is not expected, so it turns out that the UK will once again have to continue to play the wait-and-see game as to whether Toys R Us UK actually put the figure out on the shelves.

In a follow-up to the story we published regarding Masterpiece Optimus Prime being released at Amazon UK a string of posts aimed at Hasbro UKs wall including this one by Chris Barrett, Hasbro UK replied stating that "Hi Chris, we can confirm that the Masterpiece Optimus Prime IS exclsuive to Toys R Us in the UK. If you have found it on Amazon, it must be via an international reseller using their marketplace. We have just done a quick search, and can only find the Tomy Takara line at £215, so maybe you got a lucky break!". 

Chris then responded with "No i was told that basicly, TRU dont know how to sell it has gone on a firesale. i spoke to someone from amazon via phone and long story short its from them not an external seller", which lead to Hasbro UKs come back of "Hello Chris, contrary to the info you have received elsewhere, we have NOT shipped any stock to Amazon UK. The MP Optimus Prime will appear in Toys R Us stores at some point soon.".

The original listing, which can be found here, is now listed as being out-of-stock with an unknown restock date but the figure is the number 1 selling toy on Amazon.co.uk.

We will update you on this story as more develops.

Update 10:33am: Hasbro Inc have replied to another post over on Facebook by Hector Hanslon after we replied pointing then in the direction of the actual listing on Amazon UK and posted the following response:

"Hello Hector, we are investigating this issue and will confirm the situation to fans as soon as we are able to. We can confirm that we have NOT shipped any stock to Amazon at this point in time. Please bear with us while we investigate the situation and find the right solution."

We thought we're share some of the more crazy priced auctions which are currently on eBay with you all so you can start the year with a smile.

First up there is an auction for the Transformers Prime Arms Micron Gaia Unicron for the low low price of just $3,640!! Don't worry too much though, the seller is offering free shipping.

If Transformers Prime is not your thing and you are more of a G1 collector then how avout a never been opened Scattershot for the bargin price of $5000 (free shipping within the US, no international shipping is available). The toy comes complete in a damaged box, and credit options are available ....

Are you looking for Transformers Victory figures? Well how about a MIB Doryu for the low price of £1500.00, because you couldn't possible pick up the giftset for that price or less if you waited.

Are you a fan of the Transformers Universe Classics series? Well how about getting 23 loose figures, with Onslaught missing weapons, for the low price of $2,499.99. That is just $113.63 per figure. Granted there is a Collectors Club subscription figure and club exclusive in the set, so lets say it's $100 for each of the other loose figures. Again, shipping is free.

Still got money to burn? Then how about a Botcon bargin? You can pick up the Transformers Botcon 2008 SHATTERED GLASS Box Set for just $1,999.96 I mean it's under $2k it must be worth it right ...

Still not convinced? How about a loose Fortress Maximus for just $1,999.95 because it's not like there will be many complete Fortress Maximus' around soon ....

UPDATE: The last auction we covered earlier as for RotF Devastator was actually for a set of quite a few figures so it's not as bad as it seemed at the time and thus it has been removed

Disclaimer: If you run any of these auctions and do not appreciate the sarcasm contained within this news post then you really shouldn't have posted the prices so high in the first place should you.

YouTube reveiewer TJ Ducket has posted a video review of the upcoming Fans Project Function X-1 Code figure, who is better known as Not-Chromedome.  You can watch the video 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 Flip Shot 37663 Instructions
2. Transformers Bot Shots Spin Shot Series A1636 Instructions
3. Transformers Fall of Cybertron Autobot Blaster SteelJaw A1603 Instructions
4. Transformers Fall of Cybertron Grimlock A1602 Instructions
5. Transformers Marvel Avengers Captain A0224 Instructions
6. Transformers Marvel Avengers Thor A0225 Instructions
7. Transformers Prime Bumblebee Battle Suit En, Fr, Sp, Pt 38903 Instructions
8. Transformers Prime Soundwave A1972 Instructions
9. Transformers Rescue Bots Boulder The Construction-Bot 33653 Instructions
10. Transformers Rescue Bots Heatwave 33059 Instructions

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

Thanks to RobotKingdom and toy-world.com.hk we can bring you some scans of the latest issues of Figure King magazine as well as Dengeki Hobby Magazine.  Both publications feature similar contents this month and you can view the images below.

In a strange turn of events the delayed UK release of Masrterpiece Optimus Prime (the MP-10 version) who was going to be released as a Toys R Us exclusive is now looking like he will be released on Amazon.co.uk for an amazing price of just £35!!  The listing for Masrterpiece Optimus Prime cab be found by clicking the link. Below you will find the product description for the figure.

Product Description

Box Contains

1 x OptimusS Prime figure
1 x Autobot Roller
1 x Spike Witwicky mini-figure
1 x Energon
1 x Instructions

Yesterday we were invited to take part is a special episode of Collectors Hangout. Collectors Hangout is a Google Plus Hangout OnAir broadcast which normally takes place at midnight on Tuesday in the UK. The Hangout is available live on YouTube as well on Google Plus where members of the Collectors Hangout page can participate within the hangout. The special episode yesterday took place at 5pm GMT (Noon EST) and consisted of host Domingo Rogers chatting with Steve (of Transformers At The Moon) about our collection history as well as showing off a few pieces.  The recording of the Collectors Hangout is now available on YouTube and can be watched using the video plugin below.

Please feel free to leave any feedback over on YouTube or on the Collectors Hangout Google Plus page.

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 Rescue Bots Heatwave 33059 Instructions

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

TFW2005 board member Yobuster has recently picked up Soundwave from Wave 1 of the Beast Hunters line and to his suprise, the backing card revealed a new Transformers Prime Beast Hunters figure in Ripclaw.  Ripclaws profile reads as "Unquestioningly loyal to the PREDACON causee, RIPCLAW crushes her enemies and leave their circuits burning with her mech-venom!"

Hi Everyone, Picked up my set of TF Prime Beast Hunters wave 1 today. Picked up deluxe Soundwave, Wheeljack, Bumblebee and Laserback. Great figures. And as i was admiring the figure i turned Soundwave's packaging around and i realised they got the wrong filecard/backing. Instead i see Deluxe Class Ripclaw. Picture attached for proof. Not sure if this was announced before but a quick search of the forums didn't show any.
Hope this is news for everyone!

Two images have been published of the upcoming Takara Tomy exclusive Transformers Prime Arms Micron Nightmare Unicron figure.  The toy, which can be seen below, is a recolour of the Gaia Unicron figure, will be released in March as a Bic Camera store exclusive and represents the spark of Gaia Unicron when he was sealed away after his appearance in the TV show.

Are you on Google Plus? If so, and you are free next Friday, why not join me for a special edition of Collectors Hangout where I will be chatting to Domingo "DakMank" Rogers about Transformers in general, our collection, and well as taking your questions LIVE.

I will joining the hangout from "The Transformers Museum" (so the display room) where I will hightlight some pieces of the collection, perhaps sharing a few things you have never seen before and generally chewing the fat.

The Hangout will broadcast on Friday 28th December from 5pm GMT (9am PST / 11am CST / 12pm EST / 3pm BRST / 1am JST (on the 29th December)) which is a special time for Collectors Hangout and should make it more easily available for European Transformers fans as well as fans from both South and North America.

You can check out the link for the Hangout here.

CYBERGUNDAM BLOG - Yahoo! Blog have posted up an image which shows the design for an Alternator GTR Megatron figure. The figure is a retool of existing toys but the name Megatron (?????) is clearly visible on the right hand side where the full name reads as Scanning "S ROSD Raito MOLA GT-R" Megatron. You can view the image below.

Hasbro Inc have filed a new trademark application with the USPTO within the Video Game category for "Transformers Prime Beast Hunters" which you can view here.

Fans Project have unveiled the first image of one of their new Function X series of figures. The first figure to be revealed is X1 AKA Chromedome. You can view an image of this figure below.