Following on from the Kabor update to TheVisionaries.net we are pleased to bring you are 2nd gallery of Season 2 2-up hardcopy weapons, this time belonging to the Spectral Knight, Lazorlash

Once again we use Witterquick as an example of the size of the 2-up.

We do not have the 2-up of the axe for Lazorlash but the shield is an interesting one in itself. Not only is it held in an unusual manner, we believe that the "broken piece" is part of a gun which he can hold enabling him to attach the shield and hold it in a more traditional fashion. 

Sadly we do not have all of that piece (if you do, please let us know), but if you look at the Toy Fair image you will be able to work out how it would have worked.

You can view  the gallery at http://www.thevisionaries.net/toys/spectral-knights/lazorlash/32

Enjoy!

Some new official images have been released of the grey prototype of Masterpiece Ultra Magnus.

We have added a new image gallery into the Books section of the resources area of the website containing 40 images from the Transformers: Generations 2011 Vol 1book that was released by Million Publishing.

The book covers figures from the Transformers: Revenge, Transformers: DarkSide Moon, Transformers Animated and Transformers United as well as some new images of the Generation One Rodimus Prime hardcopy that was shown of a few months ago within the page of Hyper Hobby magazine.  The book also includes two interviews, one with TakaraTomy the other with Kabaya, a small section on the Japanese toy leaflets, the final part of the Unite for the Universe comic and a look at the character designs for Transformers Animated.

The book is still for sale and we advise anyone who is interested to pick up a copy from a re-seller or direct from Amazon Japan.

In a follow-up to the news we bought you yesterday afternoon regarding Hyper Hobby Feb 2011 containing an article and images of a new­ly unearthed Generation One Prototype of Rodimus Convoy that TakaraTomy recently found in a warehouse, we can now bring you some low resolution images thanks to Masabon from TFW2005.com.  The figure is actually a hardcopy and is significantly taller than the released version.  According to the text this was the original Rodimus toy that was designed by Takara but the toy was nixed by Hasbro in favour of a smaller, cheaper version that was eventually released.

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We will keep our eyes out for higher resolution scans, and if we find them we will let you know.

Hasbro UK Toyshop's competition to win a one-of-a-kind handmade sample of Roll-out Optimus Prime, Deluxe Megatron and Leader Class Bulkhead each in a unique collectors case, started this morning.

The competition runs from the 25th August 2008 until the 14th September 2008. To enter the competition you simply need to purchase a Transformer through the Hasbro Toy Shop. you will then be entered into a draw, with the the winners being pulled at random. Yes, technically you could call this the first UK Lucky Draw competition. You can find out more, as well as entering by clicking on the banner below.