TFormers are first once again with the latest news form BotCon via their live blog. Though the quality of the reports suffer, they are posting them up fast. Here's a summary:

• As mentioned during the Animated panel, both Skywarp and Thundercraker have been confirmed for that line.
• Transformers Animated Perceptor was confirmed as "coming along" though they would not confirm what he transforms into. He will have a bazooka shoulder cannon.
  
• Both Hasbro and TakaraTomy make their own colour guides for the toys. For Transformers Animated, these charts are based on the "Day" and "Night" colour charts that Cartoon Network produce as part of the series bible.
• Hasbro confirmed that Transformers Animated was originally going to be called Transformers Heroes, as per the working title, because they wanted to do a more super hero based show.
• Regarding the deluxe Stryker figure, Takara couldn't make out the head from the image provided by the studio, so Aaron Archer drew it 5 mins before catching a plane out Tokyo and that's how his head for the toy was created.
• Regarding Alternators. Hasbro spoke on how they wanted to have Megatron as a Convertible Cadillac XLR and that they spoke to GM regarding producing an Alternator Hummer. Hasbro said that there were "many reasons for it not going ahead". As we all should know, one of the problems was that HappyWell have the official license for the car, hence the RoadBot figure.

On the Transformers Universe front:

• Hasbro confirmed that there are no plans for either a Transformers Animated or Universe Sixshot. This is due to the complexity in designing the figure.
• Universe Deluxe Acid Storm was originally to be named Rainmaker then Acid Rain and then Acid Storm.
• There are no combiners planned for the Universe line.
• Since he's in Animated, there will be no Ultra Magnus in Universe. Sticking to Hasbro's statement from Botcon 2007.
• Universe Fracture, the recoloured Classics Mirage figure, is supposed to be Crasher from the Go-Bots. Her bio will state that she creates tremors with her feet. Hasbro wanted to call her Crasher and then Catalyst but those names didn't clear.
• The Universe Powergilde recolour Storm Cloud has the marking MM-89 on him. Hasbro confirmed that this stands for MicroMaster 89, which is the year the original StormCloud was made.
• When asked about a Universe Ratchet figure, the answer was that Universe Iron Hide will probably be repainted into him at some stage
• Hasbro are working hard on producing the Universe Cosmos figure
• Galvatron is a smaller toy simply because they are making so many larger scale tanks

Also announced was another 25th Anniversary figure .... Hot Shot. He will be a deluxe size sized toy and will come with a mini-con