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!

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.

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.

TFW2005.com board member Deceptigtar has posted some images onto the US fansites message board of what appears to be an as yet unreleased testshot of a Transformers Prime Gears figure. The toy is a recolour of Transformers Prime Ratchet based on the Generation One Gears figure and is complete with a Mount Saint Hilary logo on.

Here is what Deceptigtar had to say regarding the images, which can be viewed below.

"I received these from a source to remain private, but we all saw this guys head in Ratchets instructions. To me it looks like it could be Gears, like the repaint we had in ROTF, it even has a Gear logo.

Could this also be another unreleased figure? Grain of salt people!

Oh and can anyone spot the G1 reference? The Mt. Saint Hilary in the Gear logo with the back of the Ark jets!"

Wal-Mart Canada have updated their product listings for the Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters Kreo figures which have revealed the names of thhe Prime and Ripclaw sets as Energon Kicker and the Daniel Witwicky!

KRE-O TRANSFORMERS BEAST HUNTERS BEAST BLADE OPTIMUS PRIME Set

Build your own TRANSFORMERS adventures with this awesome KRE-O Construction set! With the 251 bricks and other construction pieces in this set, you can build an OPTIMUS PRIME robot and send him into the fray with his blade in hand! Your OPTIMUS PRIME and ENERGON KICKER KREON figures are ready to fight at his side. When the battle is on the line and OPTIMUS PRIME has a need for speed, rebuild him as a truck and put your KREON figures inside for a wild ride! Keep building and rebuilding for epic TRANSFORMERS action! 

2-in-1 BEAST BLADE OPTIMUS PRIME construction set! Build an OPTIMUS PRIME robot or vehicle! Includes 2 KREON figures. OPTIMUS PRIME and ENERGON KICKER KREON figures! 251 bricks and pieces. Works with major construction brands. 

Includes 251 bricks and pieces, 2 KREON figures and instructions. 

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KRE-O TRANSFORMERS PRIME BEAST HUNTERS RIPCLAW STRIKE Set

Build your own TRANSFORMERS adventures with this awesome KRE-O Construction set! With the 199 bricks and other construction pieces in this set, you can build a fierce robot or an incredible, winged dragon! Send your robot into battle against your RIPCLAW or COL. DANIEL WITWICKY KREON figures. When the tide of battle turns, destroy your robot and build a dragon! Keep building and rebuilding for epic TRANSFORMERS action!

2-in-1 RIPCLAW STRIKE construction set! Build a robot or dragon! Includes 2 KREON figures. RIPCLAW and COL. DANIEL WITWICKY KREON figures! 199 bricks and pieces. Works with major construction brands.

Includes 199 bricks and pieces, 2 KREON figures and instructions.

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Autobase Aichi is reporting that the Million Publishing exclusive Generations Book Transformers United Artfire is now finally arriving to those who ordered the figure in Japan. United Artfire is a remold of Classics Inferno figure and is a homage to the Generation One Transformers: Headmasters Artfire figure who was, of course, a targetmaster Inferno mold.  You can follow the link to view some images of the figure

FullMetalHero have posted a reply from Hasbro U.K regarding upcoming Transformers releases. The answer is as pretty generic as you would normal expect, basically saying stock will depend on demand and to try Toys R Us as they have the most listed, but you can view the reply below.

Thank you for your email and we apologise for the delay in our response.

Regarding Fall of Cybertron, we do not currently have confirmed dates as this can change depending on availability and retailer demand but we are bringing in new waves of Deluxe and Voyager throughout next year and Toys r Us will be a good place to find these lines as they have them listed. We are not aware of any double packs scheduled for UK release.

The Kreon Microchangers are currently available from retailers such as Tesco, Asda and Sainsburys.

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Bens Collectables has posted his video review of the just released Masterpiece MP-14 Alert (Red Alert) figure which you can view using the plugin below.

Japanese toy blogger Alfes 2010 has posted some new images of the latest Takara-Tomy releasing including Transformers Prime Arms Micron AM-27 Ultra Magnus and AM-28 Leo Prime (we get a nice picture of Micron Moon's head which is such a good homage). We have mirrored a selection of images after the jump, including the just released Transformers Masterpiece MP-14 Alert.

FansProject have posted some teaser images of their upcoming Function X project which is really a third party Headmaster release. The figures featured within the preview images are Chromedome, Brainstorm, Mindwipe, Minerva, Weirdwolf and Skullcruncher but repainted as Optimus Prime from the Generation One episiode "City of Steel".  Does this mean that there will also be an "Arcee" repaint of Chromedome? Time will tell.

The group behind the "not-Predaking" figure has been revealed as the new Singapore based 3rd party group "Unique Toys". According to UT's facebook page, the official name of the figure will be War Lord - Beasticon and they have announced that the first figure to be released will be Hawk (Divebomb). To accompany the announcement, the group have posted some line-art of what will be box-art for the figure which you can view below.

A new card art from the upcoming mobile game from Mobage called Transformers: Legends has been revealed over on the official Transformers facebook page.  The image, which can be found below, was posted with the following comment:

TRANSFORMERS: Legends is coming soon! Can you guess who this character is? One hint: it's a Decepticon! Find out more at: http://www.transformers-legends.com/

If anyone has a spare $24,000 laying around, I want one of these for Christmas

Planet Iacon have posted four new images of the Transformers Prime Beast Hunters Cyberverse Optimus Prime figure onto their Facebook page.  You do not need an account to view the images, which can be found here.

New third party Facebook page Meteor Operation posted two images last night of a new third party Predaking release which had previously not been seen.  The figure is apparently from an unknown third party figure with an early prototype being shown (seen below).  The information which accompanied the images was "

War Lord- Beasticons ~~ From an reliable source we get an very big info ,that one of the unknown third party company will be releasing this War Lord,the G1 NOT-PREDAKING conbiner, consist of five members. And the releaseing date yet to be confirmed.

Update: Thanks to Mark Brady for pointing out that this figure is either the same one as, or based on, the scratch built custom by rosedjs over on TFW2005.com.  You can view his finished painted figure here.