The first recolour of the Masterpiece Bumblebee has been announced and it is not the expected Cliffjumper remould but instead is a metallic gold repaint based on the Generation 2 figure.  The figure comes with a facemask to mimic the original toy.  You can view the preview image below.

With the closing of his G2 Stunticon eBay auction, eBay seller z75Sales has posted some more listings for rare items. The items currently available include:

1. Testshot Beast Wars Waspinator
2. Testshot Beast Wars Tarantulus
3. Boxed Megatron / Starscream ATB - We own this figure so be sure to check out our own galleries for additional images.
4. Testshot Beast Wars Dinobot
5. Lazercycle Soundwave
6. Gobot HighBeam Packaging Mockup
7. Cyberjet Air Raid Production Sample

You can view the auction, along with the images of the items, by clicking on the links above.

The eBay seller of the Unreleased Generation 2 Stunticons has postd some new images of the toys online. You can view a mirror of the images after the jump. The set is currently going for over $11,000 but that is expected to rise to over $15k before the end of the auction.

TakaraTomy have announced that the newest addition to the Masterpiece family will by Generation 2 Sideswipe.  The figure is more than just a black repaint of MP Lambor, as he will be a retool with new weapons and tyres.

In addition to this announcement at the Tokyo ToyShow, TakaraTomy also announced that as a part of their 30th anniversary celebrations of the Transformers line they will be holding a "Fan's Choice" poll to decide which Cybertron (Autobot) leader should be made into a Masterpiece Figure.  The choices are:

Fortress Maximus, God Ginrai (Powermaster Optimus Prime), Star Saber, Dia Atlas, Beast Convoy (Optimus Primal), Lio Convoy, Big Convoy, Fire Convoy (RiD Optimus Prime), Super Convoy (Armada Convoy), Grand Convoy (Superlink Convoy) or Galaxy Convoy (Cybertron Convoy).  you can view some images from the event below thanks to Twitter users GENgoraw, ripetakobozu and MORILEO0814

Allspark.com are reporting that the Transformers Collectors Club exclusive Generation 2 Ramjet figure is starting to be delivered to US residents which means that if you ordered one, and are living within the US, you should expect the toy in the coming weeks.  If you are overseas, the toys should also start to ship but depending on your choice of shipping, and the choice selected in the end by Fun Publications (as it doesn't always match) the toy could arrive any time from now to  about 4 months time.

The Transformers Collectors Club have updated their website with the box art for their forthcoming exclusive Transformers Classics Generation 2 Ramjet.  You can view a mirrored copy of the image below.

As part of our recent "rare toy" image gallery updates which have included  Bumblebee Silver Version and Megatron Gold Version we thought it was time to turn back the block and bring you another image gallery update of one of our rarer figures from the 1990s.  Generation 2 LazerCycle Soundwave.  For those that don't know, Soundwave was due to be released as a recoloured LazerCycles Road pig along side Lazer Cycle Jazz but the G2 toyline was cancelled.  No one is quite sure how many of these toys were produced, originally it was rumoured that there was only 15 of them, but that has since been disproved and it is generally considered that since carded versions were produced that a reasonable production run was actually made.  That being said, these figures are still pretty difficult to track down, perhaps as they are not as sort-after as the Stunticons and Protectobots who are arguably the most sort after of the unreleased Generation Two items.

eBay seller Lee's Toy Review has posted three auctions for some unreleased Generation 2 figures, two of which we already own and have photo galleries of.  The auctions are for the Blue Combat Hero Optimus Prime, the Camouflage Combat Hero Megatron and the Soundwave Ninja Cycle.  You can view the auctions for Prime, Megatron and Soundwave by following these links.­

Want to own a Generation Two Stunticon?  Well there is a Botcon Breakdown on ebay right now­ with a starting bid of $800.­

If you are unsure about bidding why not check out our own gallery of the figure to have a better look at the toy.

Thanks to Maz, of TF-1.com, for posting in our Transformers Forum regarding his latest article over at TF-1 which features the previous unseen yellow and turquoise Generation Two Sideswipe.

Here's a little snippet from the article.

"At the time of the discovery of the G2 Desert-Camo Ramjet mock-up, yet another spectacular unreleased Generation 2 mock-up surfaced. This yellow-to-turquoise G2 Sideswipe never saw release in any country and like the Ramjet, is completely hand-painted over an existing production toy. This specimen came with no accessories but is unbroken, undamaged and completely transformable. As I just mentioned, it is painted over a production toy, and that production toy appears to be a black G2 Sideswipe."

You can read the article in full, at tf-1.com