Veteran voice actor Michael Bell is set to returned to the Transformers franchise by voicing a character within the Transformers Rescue Bots series. Michael previously voiced the Generation 1 characters Prowl, Sideswipe, Swoop, Scrapper. Mr Bell had this to say when maing the announcement on Facebook back on the 8th April

To all my buds..tune in to THE RESCUE BOTS episode "Turning The Tide" which airs this Saturday, April 11 at 10:30am Pacific time on Discovery Family. It's a super show and has lots of your favorite vo actors voicing some wonderful characters. Ya got kids, or know kids, cue them in to watch. I am.

P.S. Yours truly is on this episode. I had a blast doing.

The Japanese Transformers PR Twitter account has tweeted out an image of the Transformers Robots In Disguise (Adventure Team) Optimus Prime animation model. You can view the image below

【続報】新アニメ「トランスフォーマー アドベンチャー」伝説の司令官オプティマスプライムのキャストが楠大典さんに決定〜★ #TFADV #TT_TF pic.twitter.com/D8GlQ84l0a

— トランスフォーマー情報局 (@TF_pr) January 30, 2015

In a Facebook quote Hasbro have revealed that Steeljaw (the dogfaced car) is the new leader of the Decepticons for the 2015 series Transformers Robots in Disguise.  Whether there will be another "bigger leader" revealed later in the series is unknown.

The facebook quote can be seen here

Eagled-eyed fans had already noted that Steeljaw appear in many variations of the Transformers Robots in Disguise toy line, so his appointment as leader is not a total suprise.

Steeljaw's toy is out now in

Hasbro Inc and Cartoon Network have issued the following joint press release regarding Cartoon Network acquiring the rights to broadcast Transformers: Robots In Disguise worldwide.

Next Series in Beloved Franchise to Air on Cartoon Network Channels in Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East Following Earlier U.S. Deal

Los Angeles, Jan. 13, 2015 – Cartoon Network has acquired the global rights to start airing the brand new series, TRANSFORMERS: Robots in Disguise, beginning in 2015. The agreement follows Cartoon Network’s previous U.S. deal for the show with Hasbro Studios, the Los Angeles-based entertainment division of Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS). Stephen Davis, Chief Content Officer of Hasbro, Inc., made the announcement today.

“We are thrilled to have expanded our ongoing international relationship with Cartoon Network, freeing them to unleash our Transformers characters to the entire world starting early this year,” Davis said. “Fans everywhere will now be able to experience the humor, fun, adventure and cooler, lighter, brighter animated style that our Autobots and Decepticons deliver as we open up the next storytelling chapter in this beloved franchise on Cartoon Network around the globe, from hubs in the U.S. and Europe to Latin America, Asia, the Middle East and Africa.

Finn Arnesen, senior VP of global distribution and development for Hasbro Studios, added, “Cartoon Network makes a tremendous launch pad for TRANSFORMERS: Robots in Disguise. Complemented by additional Turner channels, Cartoon Network provides the ideal fit across the board for our series, reaching a core demographic of boys 6-11 and kids of all ages.” 

The mission begins as Bumblebee must step up to be leader in the years after we left the Autobots in Transformers Prime. Summoned by Optimus Prime to save Earth from a new Decepticon threat, Bumblebee puts his light-hearted mettle to the test after assembling a rouge team of young Autobot action heroes. Bumblebee must balance his job fighting off evil with being equal parts squad leader and coach to a rascally band that needs constant coaxing to learn how to work together. The results are comical when the cool rebel, elite guard cadet, bombastic dinobot and overly excited mini-con must balance team-building with chasing and capturing their new enemies in every episode packed full of action, fun and adventure.

The highly innovative TRANSFORMERS franchise is one of the biggest brands in the world, spanning television, film and digital entertainment (including the 2014 global blockbuster, TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION, the fourth in the hit film series); as well as gaming; apps; publishing; transmedia events; toys, games and licensing.

Zap2it has once again updated their listings with summaries of the next four episodes of Tranformers Rescue Bots Resecue Bots Season 3. 

S3 E11 - Did You See What I Thaw?: The Bots discover a caveman preserved in ice and attempt to help him adjust to modern life.
S3 E12 - The Attack of Humungado: Monsters from Kade's favorite movie materialize; it's up to the Dino Bots to corral the Kaiju.
S3 E13 - Thieves Like Us: The Bots must contend with thieving miniature souvenir replicas of themselves.
S3 E14 - Time After Time: A renovated clock tower causes Cody to relive the same morning over and over. 

Hasbro.com uploaded seven new video clips from the forthcoming "Robots In Disguise" cartoon which you can find on their website.  The clips include the following: 

Meet The Autobots
Meet Team Bumblebee
Meet The Decepticons
Meet Bumblebee
Meet Grimlock
Meet Sideswipe
Meet Strongarm

You can jump directly to the R.I.D videos here. 

Zap2It have posted some episode summaries for the upcoming Transformers Rescue Bots episodes 3,4,5 and 6. You can view the details below.

Rescue Bots S3 E3 Too Many Kades
Cody and the Rescue Bots show Kade a valuable lesson in teamwork.
Airdate - Saturday, November 08 2014 1:30 pm EST on Discovery Family

Rescue Bots S3 E4 Phantom of the Sea
The Rescue Bots and the Burns family get on a ghost ship that emerges once every ten years.
Airdate - Saturday, November 15 2014 1:30 pm EST on Discovery Family

Rescue Bots S3 E5 Unfinished Business
Before coming to Earth, the Rescue Bots must return to space to complete one last mission.
22 November 2014 (1.30pm EST) S3E5 Unfinished Business

Rescue Bots S3 E6 No Place Like Dome
Doc gives the Vigilant Computer a second chance to protect the island.
29 November 2014 (1.30pm EST) S3E6 No Place Like Dome

Two more clips from Transformers Robots in Disguise have been posted onto You Tube.  Both show the pretty slick animation style, and decent writing .. just a shame the Decepeticons are animal-robot hybrids

Hasbro have shared the preview video for their upcoming Transformers: Robots In Disguise series, which debuted at SDCC, over on their Facebook page.  The video shows the characters and animation style in flow which, as you would expect, is gaining mixed reactions from fans.

Thanks to the awesome folk at Abundant Marketing we are pleased to announce that we have been given two copies of the Limited Edition Transformers Prime Season 2 Volume 1 Orion Pax DVD sets, with UK Exclusive Arms Micron figure and Card to give away!

To enter the competition you simply need to do one of the following:

1. Reply to one of our Tweets related to this competition (You can find us on Twitter @transformertoys)

2. Send us a Direct Message on Twitter to @transformertoys

3. Send us a private message on Google+

4. Send us a private message on Facebook (facebook.com/transformertoys)

The two winners will be chosen at random on the evening of Wednesday 21st July 2014.

We are only accepting UK residents for this competiton as the prize is for Region 2 DVDs.

UK fans of Transformers Prime will be pleased to hear that Season 2 Volume 1 of the show was released yesterday (7th July 2014) on both Digital and DVD format.  Below you will find part of the press release which has been published to advertise the release which includes word that there is a limited edition DVD which comes with a toy and trading cards

TRANSFORMERS PRIME SEASON 2 VOLUME 1 AVAILABLE TO OWN ON DVD AND DIGITALLY FROM 7 JULY!

The AUTOBOTS will roll out when TRANSFORMERS PRIME Season 2 Volume 1 comes to DVD and digital download on 7 July. For the ultimate TRANSFORMERS fans there is a limited edition DVD, complete with TRANSFORMERS figure and TRANSFORMERS trading cards.

Peter Cullen, Frank Welker, Josh Keaton, Jeffrey Combs, Kevin Michael Richardson, Steve Blum and Sumalee Montano lend their voices to this hit series produced by Hasbro Studios. Spearheading the creative efforts on TRANSFORMERS PRIME are executive producers Jeff Kline, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Duane Capizzi and Stephen Davis.

Autobase Aichi have published details on the May 2014 issue of Hyper Hobby Magazine.  Below you will find a list of the main features of this months issue

1. Introduction of the Premier Edition Optimus Prime which shows the giant Optimus Prime illustration that is currently outside of the TakaraTomy headquarters.
2. Generations News. The "Mini-con Assualt Team" will be released in March along with Armada (Micron Legend) Starscream who is recoloured from the Western release.
3. MP-13B Sound Blaster is shown but with very little product details though some of the addtional parts such as the Megatron blaster and Energon cube have been recoloured. For example the energon cube is red rather than purple.
4. Transformers Cloud Brawn and Starscream are introduced within the current publication.
5. There is a report from the Winter Wonder Festival including a separate report on Mega Drive Megatron and Uni-Metal Optimus Prime.
6. Finally a short showcase on the new Transformers iPhone 5 case is also published.

Both Alfes2010 and Autobase Aichi have posted images from the final episode from the Transformers Go! DVDs. For those of you who have forgotten, the show is split into two parts, the Samurai Team and the Shinobi Tea, and have been available exclusively as free cover discs with the Japanese hobby magazines TV Magazine and TV Boy.  The  series consists of 8 episodes, for for each branch, with the final part seeing the combination of Optimus Prime, Kenzan and Gekisomaru.

For those following the Fan-subs by TV-Nihon, they remained stalled having subbed the four Samurai team episodes and the first two Shinobi team episodes.

Jagex have posted some Vine videos introducing characters from their upcoming Transformers Universe video game.

First up is Duststorm, a new female Decepticon character who carries three weapons, the Mesh Smasher, Electro Nova and Dyna Pelter.

Next, via YouTube, is Meltdown. Meltdown is a new character who's three weapons are the Boraya Beam Gun, Starscream Beam Gun and Protex Rocket Launcher