Fan2Fan are reporting on a 2-day toy forum for retailer which just took place in Japan. At the event TakaraTomy were displaying many of the figures that will be released in Japan over the next 6 months. They included the Transformers Classics (HenKei "Transform!") series where Astrotrain and Hot Rodimus (Rodimus) were shown off. They are out in April and June respectively. Fan2Fan also report that Starscream and Grimlock will feature chrome parts. Encore figures 9 and 10 were also announced, Encore 9 will be a minibot set, released in May, with Encore 10 being a reissue of Omega Supreme. Like Skylynx, he will be a special release and is due for June. Also shown were MA-21 Optimus Prime Battle mode, with show accurate head and sword arm, MA-22 Bumblebee battle mode, new head sculpt, TS-01 Optimus Prime (Trans-Scanning), TS-02 Bumblebee and the movie screen battle packs
For images of the classics and encore figures, head over to Fan2Fan