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A little late but the Facebook page Planet Iacon have posted some scans from from the latest issues of Japanese Hobby Magazines which include some new upcoming products from Takara Tomy.
Next up is the new Transformers Titans Return figures. The images include Fortress Maximus, with Master Sword, as well as Legends figures LG21 through LG30.
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on: Saturday, 26th March 2016 at 10:27:57 GMT
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A little late but the Facebook page Planet Iacon have posted some scans from from the latest issues of Japanese Hobby Magazines which include some new upcoming products from Takara Tomy.
Next up is the new Transformers Unite Warriors Computron figure.
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on: Saturday, 26th March 2016 at 10:26:16 GMT
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A little late but the Facebook page Planet Iacon have posted some scans from from the latest issues of Japanese Hobby Magazines which include some new upcoming products from Takara Tomy.
First up are the new Transformers Adventure figures including the new Micron interactive figures like Power Surge Optimus, new Decepticon Scorponok, Warrior Windblade and more - check them out after the jump.
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on: Saturday, 26th March 2016 at 10:24:29 GMT
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The Japanese Hobby Magazines are carrying the first images of the grey prototype of future Masterpiece Transformers figure Tracks. The toy will be released under the MP-25 number and is expected to come with a human figure. Eventually we expect the toy to be recoloured into Roadrage as well as a black Tracks variant.
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on: Saturday, 21st February 2015 at 10:17:14 GMT
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The current issue of Figure King magazine is now out and it contains a couple of pages of Transformers related material. You can view the images below.
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on: Thursday, 21st August 2014 at 09:04:06 BST
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With the release of the current batch of Japanese hobby magazines comes the revealing of new images of TakaraTomy's Masterpiece Star Saber offering. The latest image shows Saber for the first time with the article making mention to, but not yet confirming, that the figure will also come with the small Brainmaster Saber figure as well
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on: Friday, 22nd February 2013 at 09:54:41 GMT
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on: Sunday, 27th January 2013 at 10:36:31 GMT
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The 177th issue of the Japanese hobby magazine Figure King is out now and contains various pages dedicated to the Transformers. This months articles cover:
- The Transformers Encore release of Fortress Maximus. The images are the same official stock photos as seen on Amazon and other retailers.
- The Transformers Generations Feb 2012 releases are shown, again these are the same stock images used by online retailers of the Fall of Cybertron figures.
- Images are shown of the Masterpiece MP-15 Rumble and Jaguar (Ravage) figures as well as MP-16 Buzzsaw and Frenzy. There are also imagesa of MP-10b Black Convoy, Lambor (Sideswipe), Alert (Red Alert) as well as Soundwave with Starscream (the same images that were published within Dengeki Hobby).
- The two cap-bots, officially called Kaputicon's are once again shown. The toys come with a one-touch transformation gimmick much like the old Machine Wars and Beast Wars figures.
- There are some new imags of the Transformers United figures.
- Build Master Prime is shown as is Assualt Master Prime, Tank Master Prime and Marine Master Prime.
- For Transformers Prime, Smokescreen, Nemesis Prime and Silas Breakdown are also shown.
- Some news images are shown of the EZ Collection Set 2 as well as Cannon / Gattling / Weaponizer Bumblebee. That toy is out in late November within Japan.
- Finally, some images of the Bic Camera campaign Arcee figure, as well as the chrome gold Transformers Prime Optimus Prime figure, are shown as well as some Toys R Us campaign Arms Micron figures
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on: Thursday, 25th October 2012 at 07:32:21 BST
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CyberGundam Blog have put up scans from the December issue of Dengeki Hobby magazine. You can view the two Transformers pages below.
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on: Thursday, 25th October 2012 at 07:22:31 BST
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It's catch-up time here at Transformers At The Moon and what better place to start than by uploading the rest of the Japanese Hobby Magazine scans we're collected for the last 6 months (don't worry we still have about another 30-50 back issues from the 90s to scan through yet). So without further-a-do, here's the list of which magazines are now available:
Dengeki Hobby
I've added the Feb 2012 and June 2012 issues.
Figure King
Issues 168, 169 and 171 are also now available.
Hobby Japan
The June 2012 issue is now available.
Hyper Hobby
For Hyper Hobby, you can now find issues for March, April and May 2012 all online.
TV Boy
We've added the March, April, May and June 2012 issues of TV Boy to our archive.
TV Magazine
The Jan 2012 issue has finally been added.
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on: Friday, 18th May 2012 at 14:18:18 BST
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MoDXtoys.com have posted some scans of the February 2012 edition of the Japanese hobby magazine Hyper Hobby. The issue, mirrored below, contains the ofllowing:
- Campaign Arms Microns: Blowpipe, Aimless, & Autobot Peaceman
- Takara Transformers Prime "First Edition" Voyagers: Optimus Prime and Bulkhead
- Takara Transformers Prime "First Edition" Deluxes: Cliffjumper, Arcee, Bumblebee, Vehicon, Starscream, and Megatron
- Kero Kero Ace Exclusive: EZ Collection Staracream
- United: UN-23 Rodimus Prime, UN-24 Warpath, UN-25 G2 Megatron, UN-26 Thunderwing, UN-27 Windcharger/Wipeout
- DSM Exclusive: Deluxe Neoscanning Bumblebee
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on: Tuesday, 10th January 2012 at 08:55:52 GMT
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The February 2012 issue of Hyper Hobby Magazine is now on sale in Japan. You can view a copy of the cover below but the issue covers the same content as Figure King as well as KeroKero Ace with the content being the Transformers Prime: First Edition figures, the Arms Micron and Kero Scream.
The magazine is available now in Japanese stores as well as on Amazon.jp and US and European import stores
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on: Friday, 30th December 2011 at 10:09:24 GMT
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on: Wednesday, 28th December 2011 at 17:59:33 GMT
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toy-world.com.hk
scanned and uploaded the latest issue of Figure King prior to Christmas. The issue contained new images of the soon-to-be released Transformers Prime and
Transformers United figures which include a preview image of the re-issued classics Rodimus figure that can now hold a Mini-con. The full toys shown are:
Transformers United:
- UN-23 Rodimus Prime
- UN-24 Warpath
- UN-25 G2 Megatron
- UN-26 Thunderwing
- UN-27 Windcharger/Wipeout
Transformers Prime "First Edition":
- Voyager Optimus Prime
- Voyager Bulkhead
- Deluxe Bumblebee
- Deluxe Cliffjumper
- Deluxe Arcee
- Deluxe Megatron
- Deluxe Starscream
- Deluxe Vehicon
Campaign Arms Microns:
- Blowpipe
- Aimless
- Autobot Peaceman
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on: Monday, 26th December 2011 at 11:29:11 GMT
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