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FullMetalHero.com are reporting that three Transformers Dark of the Moon Soundwave figures will be released including a Human Alliance version with Laserbeak.  The listings, that have come direct from TakaraTomy to KapowToys who run FMH.

1) DD13 SOUNDWAVE & LASERBEAK - Human Alliance - October
2) DD14 SOUNDWAVE (Mercedes) - Deluxe
3) CV25 SOUNDWAVE (Mercedes) - Cyberverse Legion

In another solicitation from TomyTakara, FullMetalHero confirm that the Japanese release of DA-30 Human Alliance Leadfoot and Steeljaw, out October 1st 2011, will NOT have the Target Logo which is on the US versions and is a Target exclusive.  This difference in paint apps means that the toys may see a release within the UK outside of Tesco's who often stock Target exclusive figures.  The solicitation listed the figure as DA30 Sponsored Vehicle #3 W/Animal (Clean).

The Official Transformers Game facebook page continues to roll out new exclusive content as part of it's "Prime Days" feature.

The update consist of seven pieces of vehicular "Stealth Force" concept art covering Optimus Prime, Ironhide, Ratchet and Slipstream

Thanks to a Twitter post, and "not denined" by Nelson, the name of the Ferrari in Transformers Dark of the Moon is called Dino.

Named after Ferrari founder's late son, Alfredo "Dino" Ferrari, the name also represents a brand for mid-engined, rear-drive sports cars produced by Ferrari of the same name.

Paramount Pictures have produced some more teaser images from Transformers: Dark of the Moon which you can view below.

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TakaraTomy have published the below adverts for their Transformers: DarkSide Moon Heat Scramble card game.  If that fails to load you can view the video ­here.

Stay with Transformers At The Moon for the latest Japanese Transformers news

In a strange turn of events, which will no doubt turn out not to be true, Michael Bay's message board administrator Nelson posted the following comment on on ShootForTheEdit.com when asked about who the red robot in Transformers: Dark of the Moon was following on from a post by him that it was not Mirage. I have embolden Nelson's posts below to help distinguish them from the questions that prompted the answers.

"All I will say is that he speaks with an Italian accent and is named after a famous Italian."

This was followed by the posts

"That doesn't mean s**t. In the comic and novels the twins are still in it." in response to a post by Jason Gould where Jason posted "Come on guys it's Mirage, his name is already in the toys, books, and Novelization.".  Nelson then went on to quote Plague1980 wh posted "Are we talking about two different red robots here? In the children's books besides Sentinel, the only other red Autobot is the Ferrari which we all know is Mirage. Now if you are talking about another bot that we dont know about and trying to hint at it, the first famous Italian name that comes to mind is "COSIMO" as in Cosmos lol" following up with the response "Don't act dumb. You know I'm talking about the red Ferrari."

This mean that Paramount must have had to hired a new voice actor to record all of Mirage's lines and also have re-recorded any dialogue that names the character, though going by the first two movies this is also feasible.  It must have happened fairly recently as not only does the novelisation of the film refers to the character as Mirage but so does the toys and the prequel video game by Activision in which he speaks with an Arabian-based accent.  All of the other characters within the video game are voiced by the same voice actors as the Dark of the Moon movie.

We will keep you up-to-date on this story as it develops

Update:

When we posed the following over on ShootForTheEdit "This is very interesting . I know you won't want to give out the new name for the character but I was wondering when this change took place.", Nelson simply replied with "In the movie script, he was never called Mirage to begin with.".

I have since replied to clarify my question and I will let you all know if Nelson replies to that.

Update 2:

Nevermore complied a great lists of quotes that Nelson posted on TFW2005.com over on the ShootForTheEdit thread linked to that the start of this article that go some way to explain what went down with the character.

"Think about it.Mattel owns the toy merchandising rights to Ferrari. Why would Ferrari allow one of their flagship car to be named after a Hasbro property name (Mirage) in one of the biggest movies this year––thus undermining Mattel and possibly creating a huge clusterhug? And before you say "Well the toy is not named Mirage," look again, that's no Ferrari.

"In all the treatments and scripts all the way up to the post production of the DOTM movie, the Ferrari was never referred to as Mirage. He was referred to by other names such as Rush & Enzo, but never as Mirage.Capisce?"

So, as Nevermore himself put it over on ShootForTheEdit, Dark of the Moon is "a movie based on Hasbro's Transformers property includes a character as a Transformer who must not be named after one of Hasbro's Transformers characters. I guess that shows how little say Hasbro has in these movies."

Sources of the quotes:

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers...tml#post6103423

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers...tml#post6103518

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers...tml#post6103534

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers...tml#post6103650

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

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Michael Bay has posted two new Transformers: Dark of the Moon TV Spots over on YouTube.  The spots are titled "Everything" and "Secret" and can be viewed below.

Paramore have annouced that they too will feature a song, Monster, on the Transformers Dark of the Moon soundtrack.  The known tracks are listed below.

Linkin Park - 'Iridescent'
Paramore - 'Monster'
My Chemical Romance - 'The Only Hope For Me Is You'
Taking Back Sunday - 'Faith'
Staind - 'The Bottom'
Art Of Dying - 'Get Thru This'
Goo Goo Dolls - 'All That You Are'
Theory Of A Deadman - 'Head Above Water'
Black Veil Brides - 'Set The World On Fire'
Skillet - 'Alive & Awake' (remix)
Mastodon - 'Just Got Paid' (ZZ Top 

American Metal band, Mastodon are the latest band to annouce that they have a song on the Transformers: Dark Of The Moon soundtrack, due for release on coming June 14th.

Their facebook page stated

They will have their cover of ZZ Top's classic "Just Got Paid" featured, alongside cuts from Linkin Park, My Chemical Romance, Black Veil Brides and more.

There is a new Goo Goo Dolls song, "All That You Are" featured on the Transformers 3 soundtrack. You can check out the full track listing and pre-order the soundtrack today at the link below!

Transformers: Dark of the Moon | Official Soundtrack & Score Site www.transformers3music.com"