TransformersAsia have announced a special promotional item that will accompany the upcoming Transformers Encore #23 Fortress Maximus if you purchase the item from certain Asian retailers.  The item is a cover for your tablet which comes with a diecast head of Fortress maximus that can plug into the earphone jack to transform the device into a bust of the Autobot Headmaster.  You can view an image below

Toys R Us Japan have updated their website with some more images and information on the Transformers Encore release of Devastator.� The figure will retail for�10,500 yen but is currently on discounted pre-order for 8,499 yen and will be released on the 21st November 2011.

Credit to FullMetalHero.com for the news�

Snakas has published his round up of the latest issue of Dengeki Hobby Magazine which you can read here in Japanese. The issue contains pretty much the same contents as the latest issue of Figure King including Transformers Encore Metroplex, Suntory Limited coffee boss campaign, Transformers Henkei, Transformers Alternity and the Transformers Marvel Crossovers.

The Henkei article confirmed that Streak is slightly recoloured from the Western release, and that Galvatron and Ironhide will be released in November in Japan.

The Alternity GT-R figure is listed as going on sale in January 2009 for 4,725 yen which is the latest source saying that the figure has slipped from a November 2008 release, back to 2009. Once again, the profile and character name were not published.

Finally, more information and images were published on the Chara-Hobby 2008 exclusive Transformers Henkei Wildrider.

The 127th issue of Figure King magazine was released today in Japan and includes article on Transformers Encore Metroplex, the Suntory Limited coffee boss campaign figures, Transformers Henkei Prowl, Sunstreaker and Galvatron, the heavily delayed Binaltech Convoy, Alternity Convoy, Transformers Crossovers and an article on the TransformArt exhibitions.

The article on Encore Metroplex covers the history of the character including pictures from Scramble City and the G1 cartoon, as well as highlighting the mould difference on the tank turrent (Slammer). The article also confirms, once again, that the toy will be the chromed legged rubber wheeled version.

The Suntory Limited coffee boss campaign figures, which we first reported on the 18th August, are highly cartoon accurate non-transforming figures, think back to the SCF toys, and like those have chase figures, the chrome toys, of which the parts will be spread over a few cans.

Images are published in the issue of the Transformers Henkei Prowl and Sunstreaker figures. The images are of the Japanese versions and not the US figures. The toys are due out in October, and the magazine announces that Galvatron will be the next Transformers Henkei toy released after these toys, with a picture of his head being published.

This issue of Figure King states that the much delayed Binaltech Convoy figure will finally be released in Japan on the 2nd October 2008. Previously the figure had been reported as being released at the end of September via he TakaraTomy Generation One website.

The article on the Alternity GT-R figure publishes the prototype image which was recently seen on the internet. It also states that the automatic transformation system has been dubbed "Synchronized Tec" in a similar way to the "Automorph Technology" Hasbro use on the Transformers Movie toys. No information was published concerning the name of the character, the retail price or the release date.

Credit goes to Snakas for the original report.

US online toy store, Big Bad Toy Store, have updated their site with several new listings for the Japanese Transformers Encore and Transformers Henkei figures.

C-06 Classics Skyfire / Jetfire（変形！ヘンケイ！スカイファイヤー）July Release
D-04 Classics Ramjet（変形！ヘンケイ！ラムジェット） July Release
C-07 Classics Figure（変形！ヘンケイ！フィギュア） September Release
C-08 Classics Figure（変形！ヘンケイ！フィギュア）September Release
Encore: #12 Metroplex（アンコール12メトロフレックス） September Release
Encore: #11 Skywarp & Thundercracker（アンコール11サンダークラッカー＆スカイワープ） August Release.