In a series of tweets from ToyAnatomy of screenshots from the TFW2005 boards it appears that knock-off toy maker Wei Jiang has been raided and closed down by officials in China after pressure from Disney who were rightly not happy about the KO Hot Toys they were producing of Marvel's Iron Man

Wei Jiang's flagship store, too....

Not Good pic.twitter.com/Xj3xHcWvDc

— ToyAnatomy (@AnatomyToy) June 4, 2020

Fans Hobby has announced that their first testshot of the tank half of their upcoming MB-08 Double Evil (Overlord) will be on display at TFNation 2018 which takes place next weekend in Birmingham England!

Glad to announce that MB-08 DOUBLE EVIL first Tank test shot will be shown at coming @tfnationltd on 17-19 Aug.,2018, check out details at https://t.co/kAU3UhmkAl !#fanshobby #thirdpartytransformers #doubleevil #overlord #masterforce #powermaster pic.twitter.com/ccslj4qVBU

— FANS HOBBY (@fans_hobby) 13 August 2018

On 9th of october 2016 the german Transformers Fan Convention C.O.N.S. will return. For it’s eight iteration it will come to Viersen-Süchteln in 41749 at Kolpinghaus/Josefshaus on Ostring 33. This time we prepared an all new Live Quiz Show which will be held on stage for the first time ever in germany. As usual our masters of disguises can participate in our trademark Cosplay Contest. For all of the creative types we offer the chance to partake in our Fanart and Custom Contests. And to continue the tradition we will hold an on stage raffles which offer you the opportunity to win a fine selection of Transformers related Items. Ranging from DVDs to rare collectors figures.  We also invited many European Dealers, including some of europe´s finest, who will offer all sorts of Transformers Items from old to new and used to MISB. And if that’s not enough! We also invited John-Paul Bove from IDW Publishing who will hold a live stage presentation. He will be joined by Mister Lohmaier from Hasbro Germany. We will be doing a live Q&A with Mister Lohmaier containing the questions we collected on our website and every question you have to ask live at C.O.N.S. VIII.

For more information check our website here.

Tickets are on sale here.

The Program:

10:30 am - Admittance for the participants of the Cosplay & Contests

11:00 am - General admittance

11:15 am - Official welcome

11:30 am - Cosplayers model show on stage

12:15 pm - Live Quiz Show

01:00 pm - IDW Artist John-Paul Bove Presentation

02:00 pm - 1st Raffle

03:00 pm - Hasbro Interview - Question & Answers

04:00 pm - Transformers Quiz sheet turn-in

04:15 pm - End of voting for the Contests

04:45 pm - Announcement of the Contests Winners

05:00 pm - 2nd Raffle & Star Price raffling

06:00 pm - Thank Yous & Goodbyes

We are looking forward to each and every one of you and wish you a warm welcome to Germany and C.O.N.S. VIII.

Source: C.O.N.S., C.O.N.S. on facebook, Event on facebook

TFNation have posted their latest anouncement which states that TFC Toys will be showcasing new and existing product at the 2016 show which takes place in Birmingham, England.  TFC Toys are behind the incredible Hades combiner, based on the Transformers Victory Leo Kaiser / Brestforce figures.  We own all four which have been released so far, and they are in must have.  Their latest figure, Poseidon, also looks spot on as a giant Seacon combiner. 

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3rd Party group Maketoys has updated their facebook with coloured images of a testshot of their upcoming Protectobot Blades figure Katana. The images show the weapons and poseability of the figure whom is the fourth member of the Gaurdia gestalt behind Axel (Groove), Rover (Streetwise) and Vulcan (Hotspot).

You can view the images after the jump

So many 3rd party figures were on display and shown off during TFCon this  past weekend that the best thing to do if you are interested in seeing them, is to pop over to TFW2005.com where the have a list of what was shown during the 3rd party presenation along with a copy of the slides.

Weibo users 小蜜蜂小王子, and AC Toys (AC模玩网商务中心) have posted prototype images of the upcoming Master Made SDT-02 Diabolus Rex, a super deformed version of Trypticon. The figure will join thier other SD release of  Titan (Metroplex).

Click on the headline to view the images

As you would have noticed, our regulary posting on the Moon hasn't been that regular in a long-time, and our focus on TheVisionaries.net has also slowed in recent months.  The basic reason is work and life　getting in the way.  We recently bought a second light tent and are hoping to get back to taking more (regular or semi-regular) pictures soon (once work  goes back to just 5 days a week).

Anyway the reason for that introduction is that we missed quiet a bit of 3rd Party news this week ... so here's a roundup.

3rd Party Masterpiece Hound

Like buses you wait for one, and two come along at once.  Both MakeToys and TFCToys have shown off grey prorotypes of their Not-Masterpiece Hound  figure, so you can substitute their Hound in place of the one Takara-Tomy haven't made ... yet

1. MakeToys
   Name; Gun Dog
   Height: 16.5 CM / 6 1/2 inches
   Notes: Has two robot modes (pretty much the shoulder postions) for "Classic G1 Look" and "Modern Classic Look"
   
   
2. TFC Toys
   Name: Detective
   Height: Unknown
   Notes: Less G1 toy accurate

3rd Party Masterpiece Chromdome

MakeToys' entrerance into the Masterpiece Class of Transformers figures doesn't stop with Gun Dog (Hound) as they have also announced a nive looking Masterpiece Chromedome.  The character, made popular by Nick Roche and James Roberts in the Transformers More Than Meets The Eye comic certainly looks nice.

1. Maketoys
2. Name: Cupola
   Height: 22 CM / 9 inches
   Notes: Comes with his Headmaster figure (Stylor in the West)

To see images make sure to click the stories link

FansProject have posted some new images of their upcoming Revolver (Roadbuster) prototype with the message:

We are pleased to give fpc members a first look at the newest Warbot in the series.

These are of course prototype shots, colors and details may change when it goes to production. But you get the idea... it's dead sexy.

This is a Knock Off Warning for Generation One collectors as the fake Scorponok which has been in development is now completed are are waiting their packaging to be made before they start shipping and hitting the open market!  The below image comes from an Wiebo user, so keep an eye out for "cheaper" MISB figures.

We expect to see fake Black Zarak's to start hitting the market within 6 months of this figure

CMS Corp have updated their website with new images showing off some of the feaures of their upcoming Transformers The Movie Exosuit figure.

The images will be mirrored a little later once our ftp is back working

On Sunday TF Upgrader posted an album to their Facebook page which showed new images of the upcoming Fans Project Retro Futures GlaciaLord team.  The images include the first look at Tusker, the Mammoth and body of the gestalt team.

The Retro Futures concept is to produce new figures designed to look as if they are from the 1980s complete with vintage instruction manuals, boxes printed with wear and half used sticker sheets.  The figures themselves consist of a small robot and an outer "mech" suit with the inner robot becoming the head and chest plate.  This look keeps the limbs styled like the 1980s combiner teams where their counterparts had undersized heads compared to their bodies.

The figures are compatible with G1 combiners and are also "scramble" compatible.  You can view the new images after the jump.

Fans Project have updated their website with the first preview image of their upcoming Retro Future line. The figures appear to be an a combiner set called Glacialord which consists of Ice Age period animals in Microchange style designs both for the figures as well as the box art.  You can view an image of the first two figures Tailclub, a Doedicurus, and Fangro, a Saber-toothed Tiger below.

"For all those who have been waiting so patiently, we would love for you to come and see the first reveal of the Retro Future FPC has envisioned @ Botcon. You can find us beside the A3U booth near the back wall tomorrow morning (Sunday June 30, 2013). Thanks for all your support!"

TFC Toys have announced that they will be producing an upgrade set for their Uranos figure.  Uranos is the groups non-official Superion releasee with the upgrade set including new "g1-themed" guns both for the individual robots as well as Uranos himself and a new "G1 body shield".  You can view all of the images after the jump