TakaraTomy have announced that their live Masterpiece Fans Choice broadcast will take place on Tuesday 19th November at 20:00 - 21:00 (local Japanese time) and will be broadcast live on their YouTube Channel. Their will be guest appearances during the show as well as build up throughout the day via Twitter from what they are calling the "Transformers Information Bureau" (@tf_PR).

The broadcast will, most likely, be done via Google Hangouts On Air, though this has not been confirmed at this time.

For those in other timezones the announcement will be at:

3am PST, 4am MST, 5AM CST, 6AM EST UTC-5, 9am BRST or 11am GMT.

You can view the time in your timezone by using this link to EveryTimezone.com

Hasbro have pushed out a major update to their website which has revealed a whole host of new Transformers listing for 2014. The full list is as follows:

Transformers Generations

• Generations Voyager Brainstorm
• Generations Voyager Roadbuster
• Generations Voyager Skybyte
• Generations 30th Leader Jetfire
• Generations 30th Leader Megatron
• Generations Deluxe Arcee
• Generations Deluxe Chromia
• Generations Deluxe Hardhead
• Generations Deluxe Jhiaxus
• Generations Legends Brawn with Mudslinger
• Generations Legends Gears with Eagle Eye
• Generations Legends Cliffjumper
• Generations Legends Gnaw with Gnash
• Beast Hunter Deluxe Value Packs (4 of them, most likely Black Friday deals)
• TRA Black Hunter Nemesis Prime
• TRA Black Skyfire
• Blindpacks - Jazz, Bumblebee, Cliffjumper, Grimlock
• Construct Bots Rider Autobot Drift
• Construct Bots Rider Bruce
• Cosntruct Bots Rider Bumblebee
• Construct Bots Rider Lockdown
• Cosntruct Bots Rider Duke
• Construct Bots Rider Max

Transformers 4: Age of Extinction

Deluxes

• A6509 BUMBLEBEE, CLASSIC/HIGH OCTANE (SAME ID #)
• A6510 CROSSHAIRS/SLINGSHOT
• A6511 DINOBOT SLUG
• A6512 "SOUTHPAW"
• A7812 LOCKDOWN
• A7813 DRIFT
• A7814 STRAFE
• A7815 DINOBOT SLASH
• A7979 PDQ
• A8113 SNARL
• A8114 RALLY CAR
• A8115 DECEPTICON STINGER

Voyager

• A6514 OPTIMUS PRIME "EVASION MODE"
• A6515 GRIMLOCK
• A7946 HOUND
• A7947 GALVATRON
• A8117 SLOG
• A8118 DRIFT
• A9181 OPTIMUS PRIME AND GRIMLOCK

Leader

• A6518 GRIMLOCK
• A6517 OPTIMUS PRIME

???

• A6519 OPTIMUS PRIME, FIRST EDITION/PLATINUM EDITION
• A7769 SILVER OPTIMUS PRIME

Jousters/Sparkers

• A6493 LOCKDOWN AND "WOLF"
• A6494 OPTIMUS PRIME AND GRIMLOCK
• A6495 BUMBLEBEE AND STRAFE
• A6496 SLINGSHOT AND "SOUTHPAW"
• A6499 DRIFT AND SLOG
• A6500 BUMBLEBEE AND STRAFE
• A7681 DRIFT AND SLOG
• A7684 HOUND AND SLASH

Cyberverse

• A7759 BUMBLEBEE
• A7760 OPTIMUS PRIME
• A7762 GRIMLOCK
• A7763 HOUND
• A7764 LOCKDOWN
• A7766 GRIMLOCK (with Optimus?) - listing number is also shared with Southpaw and Slingshot.
• A7767 STINGER SLOG
• A7768 STRAFE (with Bumblebee?)

PopBots

• A8242 OPTIMUS PRIME
• A8243 BUMBLEBEE
• A8244 LOCKDOWN
• A8245 CROSSHAIRS
• A8246 DRIFT
• A8247 GRIMLOCK
• A8248 STRAFE
• A8410 "STINGER"

Titans

• 16" Champions
• 16" Guardians
• 16" Grimlock
• 16" Optimus Prime
• 6" Bumblebee
• 6" Guardians
• 6" Grimlock
• 6" Lockdown
• 6" Optimus
• ?? Drift
• ?? Bumblebee
• ?? Guardian Grimlock
• ?? Hero Bumblebee
• ?? Hero Grimlock
• ?? Optimus Prime
• ?? Optimus Prime Knight
• ?? Hero Slingshot
• ?? Hero Stinger
• ?? Lockdown

Masterpiece

• Sideswipe

Credit goes to TFW2005.com members for spotting the update

TakaraTomy have announced that they will be revealing the winner of the Masterpiece Fans Choice Poll during a live broadcast on the 19th November.  No further details are available  at this time other than they will be updating their website with further details on how to watch the anouncement at a later date.

Big Bad Toy Store, who recently had to eat humble-pie with their incorrect Reissue Super Fire Convoy toy are now spreading another rumour regarding Transformers Masterpiece.  The latest rumours, after the Bumblebee and Wheeljack ones from Big Bad Toys Store (still not confirmed by anyone) is that MP22 will be Ultra Magnus Perfect Edition.

Takara-Tomy's designers have spoken in the past about their hope to bring a proper Ultra Magnus toy into the Masterpiece Line, but they were not able to do so.

BBTS say

The based off the updated MP-10 Convoy mold and will at last come with an all new fully functional trailer that will combine with the Ultra Magnus cab for the ultimate display piece!

Like any annoucement form BBTS we take this with a pinch of salt and advise you not to pre-order and part with any cash yet.

Amazon Japan have posted some new high resolution stock images of the upcoming Masterpiece Generation 2 Sideswipe which gives a good look at the new face sculpt as well as confirmation that the toy will come with a sticker sheet allowing you to Make the toy more authentic to the original figure.

TakaraTomy have sent out an official soliciation image of Masterpiece Generation Two Sideswipe as well as Masterpiece Soundblaster who will come with a Ratbat figure. Both figures will be released in 2014

TakaraTomy have been tweeting out character models of Beast Convoy, Fire Convoy, Super Mode Convoy, Grand Convoy and Galaxy Convoy to promote the Fans Choice Masterpiece contest which is taking place.  It seems, however, that some fans are incorrectly mistaking these character models for designs of Masterpiece figures of the characters.  They are not. Most of the sheets clearly contain the date stamps and are also available within our Series Bible section of the website which contains various models sheets from Beast Wars and Beast Wars II as well as some Car Robot sheets.  We own character models from G1 through to TF Animated so let us know if you would like to see more of these types of galleries.

The sheets which have been shared by TakaraTomy can be found after the jump

TakaraTomy have announced that they have extended the deadline for voting in their Transformers Masterpiece Fans' Choice Poll from August 31st to September 6th.  This extension gives fans an extra week to vote by submitting robot points from Transformers Go!, Generations, and GT toys to the character of their choice.  At the end of July it was announced that Star Saber was winning the poll. Click here to view the extension announcement.

As we predicted back on the 4th July when more images of the fake Masterpiece Lambor (Sideswipe) appeared online, it has now been confirmed that fake MP Alerts (Red Alert) are also now out in the wild.  ActionFigure Checklist.com have an album of the fake, which is worth studying especially for the differences with the box and mailers

TakaraTomy have confirmed recent rumour of who leads their Fans Choice Masterpiece poll by posting the current top three standings onto their website.  Recently it was rumoured that Star Saber was beating God Ginrai (Powermaster Optimus Prime) only that is not exactly true as the current standings are:

1　スターセイバー (Star Saber)
2　コンボイ（超ロボット生命体 トランスフォーマー マイクロン伝説） (Convoy - Micron Legends (Armada))
3　ダイアトラス (Dai Atlas)

The popularity of the 2nd choice is probably going to be the most suprising around with Western fans, however the start of the "Unicron Trilogy" is the series that a lot of people grew up with.

The poll continues ...

This is a big warning thanks to X20 Toys who have pointed out that fake MP Lambor (Sideswipes) have been spotted on the market, which they are also selling themselves.  The toys, and it's box, does have some differences to the original figure with the differences being highlighted in a selection of images which you can find below.

The Differences

The KO's box has a smaller "star-burst" effect (see the images below)

The second difference is with the colour of the red plastic which has been used.  The K/O is a slightly lighter shade as shown in this next image.

The next difference to look for is a dark paint application around the headlights which is missing from the knock-off version.

The head sculpt uses the new TigerTracks sculpt which pretty much confirms that it was QA rejects which have been reverse engineed to make this K/O

Another difference with the box, is the hologram which is different as you can see from the image below.

Finally, and this one is for the retailers, the figures are being sold in fake mailers, however these are horizontally stacked rather than vertically

X20 Toys have also given some additional information on the figure which is selling for just under $40 saying that the figure will be released at the end of July 2013 and that the plastic will be a cheaper / lighter quality compared to the TakaraTomy version.

We here at Transformers At The Moon encourage everyone to keep an eye out for these figures being passed off as official and also warn everyone to expect to see K/O versons of Alert (Red Alert) also hitting the market later as well as TigerTracks and possible other recolours in the future if this K/O proves popular.

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

The Allspark have posted some scans from the July 2013 issue of Dengeki Hobby Magazine over on their Facebook page.  The images focus on the Transformers Go! series, Super GT as well as a focused look at the upcoming Masterpiece Tigertracks figure.

TFSource.com have published four small images of the up coming Transformers Masterpiece Prowl and Streak prototypes whic you can view below.

HKGTF have updated their Facebook page with a new gallery of the "soon-to-be-released" Masterpiece 10-B Black Convoy. The figure is a redeco of the main Masterpiece Convoy figure but without the trailer.  The image gallery includes comparison pictures with the recent Masterpiece figures.