BotCon have tweeted that now 75% of Generation Two Ramjets and 50% of Animated Cheetors have now gone.

They have also hinted at another Transformers Animated Beast Warsfigure at BotCon, saying Cheetor will be a must have for anyone who will be BotCon. His Souvenir partner won't look right without him!

Fub Publications have posted a panel from Transformers Timelines Issue 6 on their DeviantArt page that shows Animated Cheetor taking down Rattrap.  You can view the panel by clicking the previous link but here is a copy of the deceription:

"­A panel from the upcoming issue of Transformers Timelines Issue 6: The Stunti-Con-Job. Cheetor and Rattrap together again! But as you can see, it is not exactly a happy reunion!

This is the official continuation of the Animated story, dubbed Season 3.5 by writer Marty Isenberg. Story consult and Art direction by Transformers Animated Art Director Derrick J. Wyatt.

The comic will be sold initially at BotCon 2011 in Pasadena, Ca."

The Official Transformers Collectors Club have posted the following update and image regarding their exclusive TransTech Cheetor.

03/11/2011 - Membership Drive Reveal and only 5 days left to get Side Burn!

There are only five days left to become a Transformers Collectors' Club member and receive THIS year's Membership Incentive figure, Side Burn!

Club Members also have the ability to purchase other Club exclusives. One of our 2011 exclusives is Transtech Cheetor from Transformers Animated. To see this great figure...Click Here!

Now, here is a FIRST LOOK at the packaging for the TCC exclusive Cheetor! Click the thumbnail for a look at the packaging in detail. Stay tuned as next week, leading up to the March 16th deadline, we will be revealing G2 Ramjet and the box art for this great figure as well!

­The Transformers Collectors Club Website was updated yesterday with the announcement of their latest 2011 exclusive figure, Transtech Cheetor.  The figure, which is a recoloured Transformers Animateed Blurr figure, comes with a new head sculpt designed by Transformers Animated lead designer Derrick J Wyatt himself!

Here is the official announcement:

Cheetor loves the thrill of the chase. When his turbo sensors lock on to the taillights of a fleeing Decepticon, and he pushes his accelerator to the floor, Cheetor's head gaskets receive a rush like nothing else! The only problem is that sometimes he gets a little too focused on his games of cat-and-mouse. His optics lock in on the perp, causing his surroundings to fade into a blur as he races after the bad guy. Street signs, traffic flow, even that unfortunate 'bot caught crossing in his path! Nothing else matters to him during his race to catch the bad guy. That's no doubt the reason that the Precinct is constantly rotating Cheetor from partner to partner; no one in their right processors would want to get stuck with an eager rookie like Cheetor watching their back!

TT Cheetor is a Deluxe sized Animated figure who will fit right alongside all of your Animated toys. Cheetor features an all-new head sculpt by Transformers Animated Art Director Derrick J. Wyatt. The toy is packed in a convention style box with a foam insert for easy removal and display.­

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The Official Transformers Collectors' Club have updated website­ with some information on the 2011 Member Exclusive Toys all of which were previously announced at BotCon 2010.

The free membership figure will be Classics Rodimus recolour called Side Burn, based on the Robots In Disguise character. He will apart of the "Wings of Honor" series.  The 2nd figure is known as Transtech Cheetor who will be a re-mold of Transformers Animated Blurr.  Finally the third figure will be a recolour of Classics Ramjet as Generation 2 Ramjet from the 2010 BotCon G2 Redux line.

We have created a new mirror gallery containing 122 scans of the June 2010 issue of Hyper Hobby Magazine which included four pages of Transformers related content which you can below.

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The Yahoo! Japan blog "Cyber Gundam" have published the specific Japanese release dates for some Transformers items between April and June.  The items are basically the new pre-orders that Big Bad Toy Store listed recently, but this time Japanese retail prices are available.

24th April 2010 - Transformers EZ Collection Vol. 3 - TBC yen
24th April 2010 - Transformers RA-31 Mudflap and Agent Simmons - 5,000 yen
29th May 2010 - Transformers Alternity A-04 Okamora Orochi / Starscream (white) - 4,500 yen
29th May 2010 - Transformers Alternity A-04 Okamora Orochi / Skywarp (purple) - 4,500 yen
29th May 2010 - Transformers Device Label Transformers USB Flash Memory (2GB) Cheetor - 3,800 yen
26th June 2010 - Transformers Disney Label Buzz Lighyear Spaceship - 3,800 yen
26th June 2010 - Transformers Movie MR-01 Jet Power Optimus Prime - 6,800 yen
26th June 2010 - Transformers Movie MR-02 Megatron - 4,200 yen

Big Bad Toy Store have updated their website with some new Takara Tomy pre-orders. The Device Label Broadcast is re-listed. Now it appears that for some reason the US sites still think this figure was cancelled.  As we correctly have reported all along the toy was never cancelled.  What happened was the figure was delayed three or four time, and after the last delay stores stopped taking pre-orders as they were told that the figure would not be out until the summer of 2010, when it was originally due in August / September 2009.

Also listed is a new Device Label Cheetor , a third recolour of the Ravage mold, Alternity Starscream , Alternity Skywarp (based on a Okamora Orochi and finally a Disney Label Buzz Lightyear.

Following on from early updates in the week, you will find 13 more Transformers Toy Galleries provided by Matt Messanger, King Grimlock, finishing off the large collection of images which he sent through to us.  Today's new entries into the Transformers Resource consist of;

1. Transformers Universe - Legends Brawn
2. Transformers Universe - Legends Bumblebee
3. Transformers Universe - Roadbuster
4. Transformers Animated - Electrostatic Soundwave and Ratbat
5. Transformers Universe - Powerglide
6. Transformers Animated - Freeway Jazz
7. Transformers Classics - Battle in a Box Optimus Prime
8. Transformers Classics - Battle in a Box Megatron
9. Transformers Revenge of the Fallen - Dirge
10. Transformers Universe - Blades
11. Transformers Universe - Treadbolt
12. Transformers Revenge of the Fallen - Big Daddy
13. Transformers Universe - Cheetor

That takes us to 2,274 Transformers toys photographed out of the 5,000 Tranformers toys that Hasbro have said they have made.

As you know, as part of the Saturday evening entertainment at Auto Assembly 2009 there will be a script reading featuring Gregg Berger, Ian James Corlett, comic artist Simon Williams and - subject to his appearance at the convention - Neil Kaplan in a brand new script being written exclusively for Auto Assembly by Simon Furman (who is writing All Hail Megatron issue 13 which is having a convention exclusive variant cover from Nick Roche and Liam Shalloo). However, the script has more than those few characters now it's time to give YOU the chance to appear on stage with these Transformers voice actors...!

Starting now, we are casting for four roles in this short play set in the Beast Wars era and to have a chance of playing one of these characters, all you need to do is decide which part(s) you want to audition for and just send us an MP3 of you doing that voice and include your ticket number with your email! We'll listen to all of the entries and select a winner and runner up to act as an understudy incase the winner isn't available on the evening!

There are just three basic rules for this competition:- 1. All entrants must be 16 or over. 2. Entrants must be FULL WEEKEND attendees and available for the Saturday evening programme. 3. You must pre-register for the convention and auditions must be received by no later than 31st July 2009. Apart from that, the auditions are open to everyone, INCLUDING our guests! Naturally, Auto Assembly Committee members and their families are not eligible to enter.

We have open audtions for the following Beast Wars characters:- Megatron, Razorbeast, Dinobot and Waspinator so get your files to us as soon as possible! You can create dialogue yourself, perform existing lines from the TV show (or the comic in the case of Razorbeast) or request a short extract from the actual script and we will send a small piece for you to record but you need to hurry!

For full details on Auto Assembly 2009 and to book your tickets, visit the website at www.autoassembly.org.uk To submit your audition, send it to autoassembly@aol.com

Simon Plumbe
Auto Assembly 2009

Auto Assembly 2009 is a non-profit making convention for fans of Transformers and is being held on 15th - 16th August 2009 at the Holiday Inn Birmingham City Centre, Birmingham, England.

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