Full Metal Hero have some nice images of Transformers Prime Arms Micron Nemesis Prime

Summary

An underrated figure gets even better with a new black deco and massive Arms Micron blade! Powerizer Optimus didn't set the world alight due to a number of things, 1) Megatron looked better 2) The First Edition kicked butt 3) He had that hideous weapon and loads of horrible grey visible on him, but he was still a good toy that a lot of folks missed out on, hopefully this will rectify things with Nemesis reaching a wider audience. Coming with the obligatory sticker sheet Nemesis is primarily black and dark charcoal grey with the chest being broken up via the red windows and light grey border. It works very well, so well that you may chose not to apply your stickers, I prefer them applied as they add a little more detail and help bring out the red on his forearms more.

Articulation wise Nemesis is very capable with lots of ball joints allowing him to twist and turn into a variety of poses, he is also very well balanced which might come a surprise due to the large back pack made up of the trucks side panels. The Micron is makes a very cool weapon but not such a cool Micron looking a little like a pelican in its robot mode but I'm not displaying him that way and the blade mode is pure win!

Truck mode again can either have stickers on or off and it looks great, I've taken some pics with and without so you can check it out and make your mind up. I personally like the stickers on as it gives it that higher level of detail and contrasts well with the black, a really nice touch by Takara is the inclusion of 5 M.E.C.H stickers which you can place on Nemesis to your hearts content giving him that nice link to the TV show.

Overall he is a repaint so automatically becomes less desirable for some but he is Nemesis Prime, a character thats always been popular, we score him 8/10

TFW2005 have a review of Transformers Prime Arms Micron Smokesceen and S2 which you can read by following the link

Summary

Smokescreen is a remolded version of Transformers Prime Knock Out. This presents an immediate issue with show accuracy, because even with remolding, Smokescreen lacks a few design elements from his CG model on the show - the most notable being the door wings on his back. But let's not linger on the negatives - Smokescreen does manage to look different from Knock Out with his stickers, remolded rear end in vehicle mode and his new head. The head sculpt captures the character well - I'd have personally given him a smirk rather than a serious determined look - but it goes a good way to giving Smokescreen his own identity. The head is spot-on to the look of the character in the show. Stickers give Smokescreen the rest of his deco.

Smokescreen comes with Arms Micron S2, a Micron with a slender and "ornate" look. He's only poseable in the arms, but that seems to be average for the Arms Microns. S2 turns into a high-tech bow weapon for Smokescreen, which I don't recall ever seeing used in the show - yet - but if you fold S2's "wings" in you get a laser weapon that looks like an arm cannon that Smokescreen might equip for battle. In any event, the option to make it into a "gun" or "bow" lends a bit of appeal to the character.

Overall, Smokescreen is an alright release. If you disliked the design on Knock Out there is not a lot here that will change your mind, and the lack of show accuracy is a detractor. However it could be far worse, and as of the moment, this is the only Smokescreen toy available outside the upcoming Legends class in Beast Hunters.

Auto Assembly have posted the following press release regarding the 2013 Convention exclusive T-Shirts

As well as our convention magazine, comic and postcards that will be forming part of the Auto Assembly 2013 goodie bag, there are going to be several other convention exclusives available to accompany next year’s event! We are proud to be able to announce the first of these today which is the first in a series of t-shirts being produced for us by Big Ds Toy Chest. Featuring several different designs and coming in a range of sizes, they are available now to pre-order and will be available for collection when you arrive at the convention.

If you’re not too sure about ordering in advance, there will be limited quantities available at the convention itself but we’re expecting these to be very popular so we’d strongly recommend you get your orders in sooner rather than later. There will be four different designs in total, all illustrated by Auto Assembly artist Ed Pirrie, and will be just £14.99 each irrespective of the size or t-shirt colour you order.

You can see the first t-shirt featuring  Generation One Bumblebee on the Auto Assembly website

We are pleased to announce that we has finished revamping our Hasbro Instruction Sheet archive so that you can now view just the instruction sheets belonging to the Transformers series, just the G.I.Joe instruction sheets or, if you wish, you can browse through all of the Hasbro Instruction sheets which we have to offer.

The search functionality has also been fixed, which will help you find the sheets you are looking for.

We currently have 1040 Transformers instructions, 308 G.I.Joe Instructions and a grand total of 3019 overall Hasbro Instruction sheets from a variety of toy and game lines.  This number will expand to over 6000 by the end of the day

Enjoy!

We have updated the G.I. Joe 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. SKY SWEEPER JET Instructions
2. SMOKE SCREEN TRANSPORT Instructions
3. SURE FIRE and COBRA SLICE figures Instructions
4. SWAT TEAM SILENT ENTRY Instructions

You can download copies of the instruction sheets from our Hasbro Toy Instruction Sheets section of the website.

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

Of the updates, the following newentries were added into the database:

1. Kre O Transformers Battle For Energon Book 1 98812 Instructions
2. Kre O Transformers Cycle Chase 36954 Instructions
3. Kre O Transformers Decepticon Ambush 38781 Instructions
4. Kre o Trnasformers Battle For Energon Book 2 98812 Instructions
5. KRE-O TRANSFORMERS BATTLE FOR ENERGON Instructions
6. KRE-O TRANSFORMERS BATTLE FOR ENERGON Instructions
7. Kre-O Transformers Battle For Energon Revised Parts List 98812 Instructions
8. KRE-O TRANSFORMERS CYCLE CHASE Set Instructions
9. KRE-O TRANSFORMERS CYCLE CHASE Set Instructions
10. Kre-O Transformers Decepticon Ambush Parts Listing rev 38781 Instructions
11. KRE-O TRANSFORMERS DECEPTICON AMBUSH Set Instructions
12. Kre-O Transformers Destruction Site Devastator Parts List Revised 36951 Instructions
13. Kre-O Transformers Destruction Site Devastator 36951 Book 1 Instructions
14. Kre-O Transformers Destruction Site Devastator Book 2 36951 Instructions
15. Kre-O Transformers Destruction Site Devastator Book 3 36951 Instructions
16. KRE-O TRANSFORMERS DESTRUCTION SITE DEVASTATOR Instructions
17. KRE-O TRANSFORMERS DESTRUCTION SITE DEVASTATOR Instructions
18. KRE-O TRANSFORMERS DESTRUCTION SITE DEVASTATOR Instructions
19. KRE-O TRANSFORMERS DESTRUCTION SITE DEVASTATOR Instructions
20. Kre-O Transformers Micro Changers Galvatron A1008 Instructions
21. Kre-O Transformers Micro Changers Sunstorm A1009 Instructions
22. Kre-O Transformers Rotor Rage 36959 Instructions
23. Kre-O Transformers Rotor Rage Parts Listing rev 36959 Instructions
24. KRE-O TRANSFORMERS ROTOR RAGE Set Instructions
25. Kre-O Transformers Spinister A1007 Instructions
26. Kre-O Transformers Stealth Bumblebee 98814 Instructions
27. KRE-O TRANSFORMERS STEALTH BUMBLEBEE Set Instructions
28. KRE-O TRANSFORMERS STEALTH BUMBLEBEE Set Instructions
29. Kre-O Transformers Street Showdown Knock Out and Wheeljack 38771 Instructions
30. Kre-O Transformers Street Showdown Parts Listing rev 38771 Instructions
31. KRE-O TRANSFORMERS STREET SHOWDOWN Set Instructions
32. KRE-O TRANSFORMERS STREET SHOWDOWN Set Instructions
33. Transformers Bot Shot Ironhide Launcher 38742 Instructions
34. Transformers Cybertronian Bumblebee 34084 Instructions
35. Transformers Cybertronian Megatron 34084 Instructions
36. Transformers Cybertronian Optimus Prime 34084 Instructions
37. Transformers DOTM Air Raid 32363 Instructions
38. Transformers DOTM Autobot Ark 37686 Instructions
39. Transformers DOTM Autobot Armor TopSpin 36106 Instructions
40. Transformers DOTM Bumblebee 34074 Instructions
41. Transformers DOTM Ironhide 32138 Instructions
42. Transformers DOTM MechTech Shockwave 34074 Instructions
43. Transformers DOTM Mechtech Voyager Cannon Force Ironhide 36871 Instructions
44. Transformers DOTM Optimus Prime 34074 Instructions
45. Transformers DOTM Sentinel Prime 37686 Instructions
46. Transformers DOTM Starscream 32031 Instructions
47. Transformers Fall of Cybertron Autobot Jazz A0170 Instructions
48. Transformers Fall of Cybertron Optimus Prime A0169 Instructions
49. Transformers Fall of Cybertron Shockwave A0171 Instructions
50. Transformers Generations CC FOC 2012 Bruticus Onslaught A0743 Instructions
51. Transformers Generations CC FOC 2012 Bruticus Blast Off A0743 Instructions
52. Transformers Generations CC FOC 2012 Bruticus Decepticon Brawl A0743 Instructions
53. Transformers Generations CC FOC 2012 Bruticus Swindle A0743 Instructions
54. Transformers Generations CC FOC 2012 Bruticus Vortex A0743 Instructions
55. Transformers Generations Junkheap 38275 Instructions
56. Transformers Masterpiece Optimus Prime A0782 Instructions
57. Transformers Masterpiece Rodimus Prime 32108 Instructions
58. Transformers Masterpiece Thundercracker A1052 Instructions
59. Transformers Prime Airachnio En Fr Sp Pt 98742 Instructions
60. Transformers Prime CliffJumper 37977 Instructions
61. Transformers Prime Dead End En Fr Sp Pt 98739 Instructions
62. Transformers Prime Dreadwing 38696 Instructions
63. Transformers Prime Megatron 37993 Instructions
64. Transformers Prime Megatron Decepticon Leader 37998 Instructions
65. Transformers Prime Megatron Decepticon Leader Fr, Sp, Pt, En 37998 Instructions
66. Transformers Prime Optimus Prime 37992 Instructions
67. Transformers Prime Shadow Strike Bumblebee En Fr Sp Pt 98741 Instructions
68. Transformers Prime Starscream 38693 Instructions
69. Transformers Prime Ultra Magnus En, Fr, SP, PT AO183 Instructions
70. Transformers Rescue Bots Electronic Fire Station Prime 38743 Instructions
71. Transformers Rescue Bots Hoist The Tow Bot 37155 Instructions
72. Transformers Rescue Bots Medix The Doc Bot 36797 Instructions
73. Transformers Turbo Tracks 25960 Instructions
74. Transformers Universe Blurr 89450 Instructions
75. Transformers Universe Runamuck and Buzzsaw 89450 Instructions

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

Kapow Toys have received, and shared, official images of the upcoming Transformers Alternity Super GTR Prime and Star Saber figures via their Facebook and Twitter accounts.  The images, which have been mirrored below, give us the first good look at how the final versions of these toys appear, especially for Star Saber

Auto Assembly 2013 Major Updates
 
We've been quiet for a little while here at Auto Assembly. We've spent the last few months trying to recover from Auto Assembly 2012 and making plenty of plans for next year's convention, and taking a look back at some of the things we did this year so we can make 2013 the best convention we have ever organised.
 
Anyway, onto Auto Assembly 2013 and we have some fantastic things lined up for all of you. As you may know, back in August we confirmed our three voice actors who are joining us - Dan Gilvezan (G1 Bumblebee), Neil Kaplan (RiD Prime) and Steve Blum (TF: Prime Starscream), but since then we've been fairly quiet. Until now...
 
Over on our website, we've been busy making a lot of announcements about the convention and this is going to continue for the next few months with something new coming from us every few days!
 
One Day Passes
Until now, we have only been selling full weekend tickets for Auto Assembly 2013, but as of 22nd November 2012 we have now made one day passes available for the convention. However, these are limited so if you are interested, you'll need to book these sooner rather than later!
 
Guests
 
Starting things off are our guests. We deliberately held back on announcing our comic guests for 2013 so we still had guests to announce after our voice actors! Anyway, our first two confirmed comic guests are Simon Furman and James Roberts with more to come over the next few days.
 
Convention Exclusives
 
We've just unveiled the artwork for the first of our convention exclusive postcards for Auto Assembly 2013 and you can find this on our website. It's already been extremely well received and we'll be showing you the artwork for the rest of the cards over the coming months. That's not all though - we have more convention exclusive merchandise that we'll be announcing, starting tomorrow...
 

Full details on all of these stories and many more are on the Auto Assembly website, as well as more news to come over the next few days!
 
Auto Assembly 2013 is Europe's largest EVER Transformers convention and is taking place over the weekend of 9th - 11th August 2013 at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel. To book your tickets, to enquire about dealers tables or sponsorship / advertising opportunities or to find out more including details of all the dealers attending, all of our guests and a full schedule for the weekend, visit the website at www.autoassembly.org.uk
 
If you can't make it to the convention, we'll be offering a Non-Attendee Package early in the new year and running other online activities that you'll be able to get involved with!
 
Hope to see you all next year!
 
The Auto Assembly Team
 
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Official "in-packaging" images of the Transformers Prime Beast Hunters figures are now being distributed by Hasbro.  You can view all of the 8 images which have been released thus far after the jump

BBTS have updated their website with some image of the upcoming Kreo figures.  First up is a look at Transformers Prime Beast Hunters Beast Blade Optimus Prime.

Following on from that, BBTS have also posted a series of images of the new Combiner (gestalt) figures coming in the new year including Devastator, Superion, Bruticus and Predaking

Japanese retailer ToyHobbyShop have posted two new stock images of the upcoming Transformers Alternity GT-R Prime and Star Saber figures in vehicle modes.  They have also updated the product pages for both of these figures.  The images have been mirrored below.

Hobby Ark's Facebook Page has been updated with more images of the upcoming releases of Takara-Tomy's exclusive Transformers Prime Arms Micron Ultra Magnus and Lio Convoy (a recolour of Thundertron).

I'm certainly liking Lio Convoy

Fellow UK Transformers fansite, FullMetalHero.com (run by the folks behind KapowToys), posted a new image of the upcoming Transformers Prime Beast Hunters Optimus Prime Cyberverse Commander toy yesterday which you can view here.  The image, whilst small gives us a better idea of what a fullsize version woulld look like.

They have also updated the KapowToys website with some new product listings for the series

1) Weaponizers Ultra Magnus with Battle Hammer - Transformers Prime Beast Hunters Weaponizers Ultra Magnus - Kapow Toys

2) Weaponizers Optimus Prime - Transformers Prime Beast Hunters Weaponizers Optimus Prime - Kapow Toys

3) Weaponizers Bumblebee - Transformers Prime Beast Hunters Weaponizers Bumblebee - Kapow Toys (a retooled from the original toy)

Our thanks go out to Neurie who tweeted us this last night, you may have seen out retweet, but he reported that the Arms Micron blind packs are now out in UK stores priced at just 2.49.  The figures are being released under Tomy's Gacha brand which is the supplier of the UFO / Vending machine figures within Europe.  You can view an image of the figures on the shelf below.

Cybergundam Blog has reported that TakaraTomy has delayed the Japanese domestic release for MP-13 Masterpiece Soundwave and Encore 23 Fortress Maximus both by about a month. Originally planned for release on December 15 this year, Masterpiece Soundwave and his pal, Laserbeak, have been moved to January 26, 2013. Slated for release in February, the venerated Fortress Maximus will now be released on March 30, 2013