We have found some new trademarks filed with the USPTO by Hasbro Inc. The trademarks are:

1. STEALTH FORCE
2. DINOBOT
3. TRANSFORMERS-REVENGE OF THE FALLEN
4. REVENGE OF THE FALLEN

You can view all of the details of these and other trademarks within our exclusive Trademark Application area of the website which features trademark applications from 1984 through until the present day.

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.

web: www.autoassembly.org.uk
forum: http://autoassembly.proboards.com
email: autoassembly@aol.com
tel: +44 (0)7860 948296

Seibertron is reporting on a "Device Label" Transformers line which is currently listed on BigBadToyStore.  The line consists of Transforming USB hubs which include Blaster, USB memory sticks (2 gig) Ravage and Tigatron, and Optical Mice, Overkill and Dinobot.

They certainly look interesting

TF08.net have come through again with more images of in-packaging upcoming Transformers Animated and Transformers Universe releases.  The toys featured include several recolour minicons, for the Transformers Universe line, and a few recoloured toys for Transformers Animated.

You can see Suppressor, Bodyblock, Makeshift, Brimestone, Boltflash, Blight and Dinobot from the Transformers Unvierse line as well as Dirge, Cliffjumper and Atomic Lugnut from the Transformers Animated line.

TF08.net have posted several images on their message board of upcoming Transformers Animated and Transformers Universe figures.  On the Transformers Animated front they have images of Wasp (out of packaging), a boxed image of Atomic Lugnut, card Activator Dirge and an image of a carded Activator CliffJumper.

On the Transformers Universe front, the images include carded Supressor, Bodyblock, Makeshift, Brimstone, Dinobot, Boltflash and Blight

Japanese store Amiami has updated it's listings for Transformers Henkei Dinobot, 25th Anniversary HotShot and the Micky Mouse Transformers, as well as Henkei Hound, Cheetor and Infero with various more images.

Transformers Henkei Dinobot include the first colour images of the Japanese version of this figure.

Dinobot, Micky and Hotshot

We have added two new Transformers Animated videos into the video section of the website. The videos are from episode 6, Blast From The Past and are of Grimlock's transformation sequence and Dinobot Island. The Dinobot island clip is from the end of the episode.

You can view the video at both TransformersAnimated.com and Transformers At The Moon

• Nike Convoy
• Nike Megatron
• Re-Issue Robot Master Beast Convoy
• Re-Issue Robot Master Beast Megatron
• Re-Issue Waspitor (Waspinator)
• Re-Issue Cheetas (Cheetor)
• Re-Issue Dinobot
• Re-Issue Black Widow (Blackarachnia)
• Re-Issue Archadis (Beast Wars Neo)
• Re-Issue Corhada (Beast Wars Neo)