Paul Hitchens has put together a fantastic reconstruction of a deleted scene from the Transformers: The Movie which he has shared on his The Spacebridge page over on Facebook.  The video, which is on YouTube, shows what happens between Optimus Prime ploughing through the Decepticons and then coming face-to-face with Megatron.  Here is Paul to give a better explanation

"Here is a video I made of one of the deleted scenes from the 1986 Transformers movie. It's made using a set of production used storyboards I own. I have included a section of the film either side so you can see where it would have fit in. I believe this scene was animated as it exists in very late production notes & music was written to accompany it. It was cut as Nelson Shin felt it ruined the flow of Primes attack leading up to his battle with Megatron. Ultra Magnus, Tracks, Sideswipe & Red Alert were picked to attack Devastator as they all have rocket launchers. It also explains what Megatron was looking at when Prime found him. Hope you like"

The Planet X group have announced, via their Facebook page, that due to popular demand they will be releasing an expansion pack for their popular Genesis figure which will include a faceplate which has been in demand from fans.  Below is a copy of their full announcement

Hello Everyone,

We received many request of Genesis faceplate, and we decide to develop by its demand.
Also, an expansion kit is under development right now, faceplate will be part of it.
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We will update new information when ready.
Stay tuned for our upcoming products!

Planet X

After years of trying to find the best way to share some of his archive, and decades collecting, Paul Hitchens AKA The Space-Bridge has finally started uploading images to his newly created Facebook page.  If you are a fan of prototypes, unreleased figures, concept art, early artwork then I urge you to check out his images as it includes many things you will never have seen before. 

Hasbro's Facebook page was updated yesterday with an image of the first Botcon 2013 Machine Wars figure in the guise of Hoist who is a recolour of Transformers Generations Sgt Kup with a new head sculpt.

The Hobby Ark Toy Store have posted some new pre-orders listing on Facebook for some for upcoming Transformers Prime Beast Hunters figures from Takara Tomy. The figures include the first listing for Shockwave as well as stating that Optimus Prime will have a different deco to the Hasbro version and will feature a blue sword.  Here are the details

Pre-order open for Takara Transformers Prime Beast Hunters toys is open:

1) G11 Hunter optimus prime, voyager class, price=sgd$60, eta=april

*blue color packaging, paint different from Hasbro. Blue sword & green window.

2) G12 dragotron (predaking), voyager class, price=sgd$60, eta=april

3) G13 shockwave, voyager class, price=sgd$60, eta=april

4) G14, Hunter Bumblebee, deluxe class, price=sgd$35, eta= April

No photos at the moment

Amazon UK have now cancelled ALL orders for the Masterpiece Optimus Prime figure stating that mispricing as the reason.  A new listing has not yet been added and is not expected, so it turns out that the UK will once again have to continue to play the wait-and-see game as to whether Toys R Us UK actually put the figure out on the shelves.

In a follow-up to the story we published regarding Masterpiece Optimus Prime being released at Amazon UK a string of posts aimed at Hasbro UKs wall including this one by Chris Barrett, Hasbro UK replied stating that "Hi Chris, we can confirm that the Masterpiece Optimus Prime IS exclsuive to Toys R Us in the UK. If you have found it on Amazon, it must be via an international reseller using their marketplace. We have just done a quick search, and can only find the Tomy Takara line at £215, so maybe you got a lucky break!". 

Chris then responded with "No i was told that basicly, TRU dont know how to sell it has gone on a firesale. i spoke to someone from amazon via phone and long story short its from them not an external seller", which lead to Hasbro UKs come back of "Hello Chris, contrary to the info you have received elsewhere, we have NOT shipped any stock to Amazon UK. The MP Optimus Prime will appear in Toys R Us stores at some point soon.".

The original listing, which can be found here, is now listed as being out-of-stock with an unknown restock date but the figure is the number 1 selling toy on Amazon.co.uk.

We will update you on this story as more develops.

Update 10:33am: Hasbro Inc have replied to another post over on Facebook by Hector Hanslon after we replied pointing then in the direction of the actual listing on Amazon UK and posted the following response:

"Hello Hector, we are investigating this issue and will confirm the situation to fans as soon as we are able to. We can confirm that we have NOT shipped any stock to Amazon at this point in time. Please bear with us while we investigate the situation and find the right solution."

The group behind the "not-Predaking" figure has been revealed as the new Singapore based 3rd party group "Unique Toys". According to UT's facebook page, the official name of the figure will be War Lord - Beasticon and they have announced that the first figure to be released will be Hawk (Divebomb). To accompany the announcement, the group have posted some line-art of what will be box-art for the figure which you can view below.

A new card art from the upcoming mobile game from Mobage called Transformers: Legends has been revealed over on the official Transformers facebook page.  The image, which can be found below, was posted with the following comment:

TRANSFORMERS: Legends is coming soon! Can you guess who this character is? One hint: it's a Decepticon! Find out more at: http://www.transformers-legends.com/

New third party Facebook page Meteor Operation posted two images last night of a new third party Predaking release which had previously not been seen.  The figure is apparently from an unknown third party figure with an early prototype being shown (seen below).  The information which accompanied the images was "

War Lord- Beasticons ~~ From an reliable source we get an very big info ,that one of the unknown third party company will be releasing this War Lord,the G1 NOT-PREDAKING conbiner, consist of five members. And the releaseing date yet to be confirmed.

Update: Thanks to Mark Brady for pointing out that this figure is either the same one as, or based on, the scratch built custom by rosedjs over on TFW2005.com.  You can view his finished painted figure here.

Kapow Toys have received, and shared, official images of the upcoming Transformers Alternity Super GTR Prime and Star Saber figures via their Facebook and Twitter accounts.  The images, which have been mirrored below, give us the first good look at how the final versions of these toys appear, especially for Star Saber

The Facebook page for Singapore retailer HobbyArk has been updated with two images of the Alternity GT-R figures including a new image of Star Saber which can be viewed below along with the new image of Optimus Prime.

Below you will find a new preview for this weeks Transformers Prime epsisode Patch.  This week also marks the 50th episode within the ongoing Transformers show.

Robot Kingdom have updated their Facebook page with some new in-package images of the upcoming Gutto Kuru Godmaster Ginrai figure.  Ginrai was the Japanese name for Hi-Q, the Powermaster of Powermaster Optimus Prime, and is from the Masterforce series. The figure, who is out later this month, comes with his trademark helmet, five heads, alternate hands and more accessories.  You can view the images below.

In a shocking turn of events, Hasbro UK have replied to a question raised on Facebook by Mathew Shatford regarding a possible UK release of both the Beast Hunters toyline AND the Generations Platinum Edition.

Matthew asked "Are there any plans for the recently announced Transformers: Prime Beast Hunters line to be released in the UK? And the same question for the Generations Platinum Edition toys (Optimus Prime and Omega Supreme from their Energon mold counterparts)" to which a representative of Hasbro UK responded with "Hi Mathew, the Beast Hunters toy line will be released in the UK in May of next year. We're hoping to bring the Generations Platinum Edition toys in too, but can't confirm anything just yet. Hope this helps!"

So there you have it, Beast Hunters to be released in May 2013 and the Platinum Edition toys they are working on. Shocking!!  He's a screen capture of this historic event