Maketoys have now shown off offiical, coloured, images of their Utopia figure (theie take on Metroplex) with word that this is the first in a line of "City Transformers"

The toy is shapped more like the original Metroplex figure compared to the latest release from Hasbro / TakaraTomy, though in many ways this one looks more basic in base and battle station mode.

You can see a lot more images by visiting the Maketoys website, but we've mirrored each mode below for you to see.

The Teambots Facebook page has been updated with loads of vidoes of the 3rd Party Transformers Masterpiece Slag figure from Fans Toyscalled Scoria.  There is also a YouTube video, below, showing off the toy.

Here are a few images but you can see the rest on the Teambots Facebook page

iGear have released some images of their first upcoming Con Air Raptor Squadron called IG-C01 StarBurst which is based on Starscream.  The toy, reported to be in scale with the Masterpieces, sees the seeker leader transforming into a Raptor fighter though his head sculpt is proving to be diversive.  What do you think?

A new 3rd Party group called The Time Machine have announced they will be releasing a Seeker called Starshout later in the year (so late Q3 or Q4)

TFC Toys have announced their next 3rd party combiner figure will be not-Defensor with Not-Streetwise being the first figure to be released from the set.  The first images of grey prototypes have been shared over on Weibo which you can view below.

He promised that they were coming and ProtomanX has not failed to deliver as he has posted some new images of the upcoming third party figure BTS Novalord (no-Overload) onto his Twitter account. The images, which can be seen below with all of the images thus far of this figure being attached to this news story, include a robot mode comparison to the original Generation One figure as well as confirming that the toy will be able to hold the original Powermaster / Godmaster figures within his chest area. Enjoy!

YouTuber optibotimus has posted a video review of Planet X: PX-01 Genesis (aka Nont-WFC Omega Supreme)  thanks to Robotkingdom.  You can view the video below,

Protomanx has posted some more images of the grey prototype of BTS Novalord (not-Overlord) onto his Twitter page with the promise that there is "More to come later today on TFW, and later this week......... ROBOT MODE!".  The new images include pictures of all three vehicle modes (tank, jet and aircraft carrier) along with a size comparison to the original Generation One toy. From the images, this figure is going to be huge in robot form though it will probably have a very high price tag.

You can view all of the images after the jump.

TFSource have poted an image on their Facebook page which shows the first four members of FansProject's lastest third party gestault offering, the Not-Stunticons set consisting of CA-09 Car Crash, CA-10 T-Bone, CA-11 Down Force and CA-12 Last Chance.  Not sign of the not-Motormaster as yet, you can pre-order these figures from the online stockists of your choosing today.

Robotkingdom have updated their Facebook page with some newimages of the upcoming Planet X Project Genesis figure.  This toys is also known as Not-War For Cybertron Omega Supreme is a heafty figure weighing in at over 8 lbs. To attempt to demonstrate the quality of the design, one of the images features Project Genesis holding the "Year of the Snake" Omega Surpeme toy over his head.  This figure is due for release before the end of the month.

FansToys have published some new images of their upcoming Non-Shockwave figure called Quakewave. Having now seemingly decided to settle on the purple fists, they were unsure previously and reached out to fans, this new images are a welcomed update to the progress of the figure.

Whilst we are catching up with the 3rd party news the BTS group recently posted the first images of their not-Overlord figure called Nova lord.  The toy, which reportedly will stand at 18" in robot mode, comes with his godmaster / powermaster figures as well as what appears to be a mode. You can view the images below.

Sticking the non-official 3rd party schema, Perfect Effects have posted the first images of their upcoming Not-Blackarachnia figure who is called Motobot. Motobot transforms from robot mode into a motorcycle as well as a spider. You can view the images below.

Unique Toys have posted the first images of their grey prototype of War Rhino (Tantrum) from their upcoming Beasticon set.  The Beasticon will comibine into War Lord AKA Predaking.

With both Unique Toys and Mastermind Creations both releasing third party Predaking figures which will you decide to get?

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.