TakaraTomy have updated their website with pages dedicated to their October 2010 releases.­  The new pages are for ­Alternity Thundercracker, Masterpiece Movie Starscream, EZ Collection Vol.5, and the Family Mart prizes.  You can view images of the pages below.

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Toys R Us is celebrating its 25th annniversary within the UK this year and as a part of the celebration they have compiled a list of the Top Selling toys in Toys R Us stores for the last 25 years starting with Optimus Prime back in 1985.

Mike Coogan, Toys R Us marketing director, commented: "While technology is now more popular than ever before with children, customers who have been with us for the full 25 years will start to recognise some toys which are making a comeback.

Back in the eighties all the kids wanted to own the Transformers robots, and while they died out during the nineties, they are hugely popular once again due to the 2007 movie which was based on the original series.". Not quiet true their Mike, but its good to see him comment on Transformers when talking about top selling toys.

Below you will see the full list of the top toys. How many do you remember, how many did you own and how many do you still own? Let us know on our message board, via facebook or on twitter @transformertoys

­Toy Timeline:

1985: Transformers, Robots in Disguise Optimus Prime £16.87
1986: Football Stickers. 10p per pack
1987: Sylvanian Families. A Family set for £6.97
1988: Ghostbusters Proton Pack £19.87
1989: Batman Bat Mobile £9.94
1990: Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles. £3.78 for each figure
1991: GameBoy. £69.94
1992: Thunderbirds Tracy Island £32.87
1993: Barbie Dolls from £10.97
1994: Power Rangers Figures £4.74
1995: POGS. 49p
1996: Toy Story Buzz Lightyear £23.87
1997: 2 in 1 year - Teletubbies £27.39 and Tamagotchi
1998: Furby, the Interactive Pet £24.87
1999: Who wants to be a Millionaire? £23.78
2000: Teksta the Robotic Dogs £38.74
2001: Bob the Builder £19.97
2002: Bratz Dolls £24.99
2003: Beyblades £5.99
2004: Robosapien £74.97
2005: It's the year for MP3 Players, PSP and Xbox 360 (ranging from £9.99 to £299.99)
2006: Nintendo Wii (ranging from £129.99 to £169.99)
2007: In the Night Garden Iggle Piggle £34.99
2008: High School Musical Dance Mat £17.99
2009: Go Go Pet Hamsters £9.99
2010: Toy Story 3 (priced from £4.99)

TFW2005.com and TFormers.com have both received a press release containing details on the story and voice actors for Transformers Prime.  TFormers sister site ENewsInternational actually received the full list of credits which includes Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as Cliffjumper.

MAIN CHARACTERS

AUTOBOTS

Optimus Prime - Peter Cullen
Arcee - Sumalee Montano
Bulkhead - Kevin Michael Richardson
Ratchet - Jeffrey Combs
Bumblebee - Rumored as Josh Keaton
Cliffjumper - Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (More Info)

DECEPTICONS
Megatron - Frank Welker
Breakdown - Adam Baldwin
Knockout - Daran Norris
Starscream - Steve Blum

HUMANS
Jack - Josh Keaton
Miko - Tania Gunadi
Raf - Andy Pessoa
June - Markie Post
Agent Flower - Ernie Hudson 

THE SHOW

The Transformer saga continues as Optimus Prime and the Autobots battle the evil Decepticons, led by Megatron. With the future of the human race hanging in the balance, three young teenagers become critical in helping the Autobots prevent the Decepticon Army from conquering Earth. Prepare to experience the world of Transformers like never before.

The Transformer franchise sees the triumphant return of the Autobots characters to television in cutting edge computer-generated animation. The series both deepens the epic mythology of Autobots and Decepticons, while starting fresh for a new generation of viewers and future Transformers fans. With a bold and modern new look, Optimus Prime, Bumblebee and others are back to roll out against Megatron’s latest plots to conquer Earth. The Autobots may be few against the Decepticons menace, but they find increased strength here on their home away from home via bonds they've forged with three human teenagers. Make no mistake, the Transformers series will deliver heavy metal action and nail-biting suspense

Produced by Hasbro Studios

PRODUCTION CREDITS

Developed for Television By:
Alex Kurtzman
Roberto Orci
Duane Capizzi
Jeff Kline

Executive Producers:
Alex Kurtzman
Roberto Orci
Jeff Kline

Supervising Producer: Duane Capizzi

Supervising Animation Producer: Therese Trujillo

Producers:
Steven Puri
Mandy Safavi

Staff Writers:
Nicole Dubuc
Marsha Griffin
Joseph Kuhr
Steven Melching
Supervising Director: Dave Hartman

Music By: Brian Tyler

Main Title Theme By: Brian Tyler

To commemorate the release of the Transformers Animated Optimus Prime Gold Version, Sega have announced that they will be releasing two special cards for their Transformers Animated card game.  The cards will be of the Old Optimus Prime and are both numbered A-021 with one of the cards being a chase card, i,e itself limited.  The cards feature Optimus Prime in both vehicle and robot modes.  You can view the card below.  The vehicle mode will be the chase card

Bought to you in association with TransformersAnimated.com

Another Gold Transformers Animated Optimus Prime­ has been listed on eBay.  This is the 2nd auction in as many days from TheCrowGirl and has a Buy It Now price of $448 more than yesterdays auction which sold for $398.  This is the 14th figure that we know of.

The toys were suppose to have been limited to ­1000 yet they are packed in cases of 12.  This means 84 cases would make 1008 toy.  Therefore there will certainly not be 1000 of these toys, and its perfectly plausible that 100 cases may have been made making the toy limited to 1200 pieces.

The original campaign was run by TakaraTomy in association with Sega and Mountain Rose with 1000 names being draw at random to receive the figures with the campaign running between the 18th August and 30th September 2010.

KOToys.com have gotten their hands on some of the TakaraTomy Transformers Animated Lucky Draw Gold Deluxe Optimus Prime figures and have posted a mini gallery over on their message board.  The toy is 100% legit and will be given out to 1000 winners at the end of this month, though a 12 of the toys (they are packed 12 to a case) have found their way to KOtoys.  Oh and yes, you read that right 12 to a case, so that means that there will certainly not be 1000 of the items since its not a multiple of 12.

Xovergen Production have updated their website with news images of the prototype for their third party Rolling Thunder Optimus Prime, who will actually be released under the name of "Supreme Tactical Commander-Grand Patriot".  The images just show the toy in vehicle form though.

Credit to Seibertron.com for the report.

Seibertron.com have been sent a poor quality image of what appears to be a clear coloured Transformers Movie Voyager Optimus Prime.  There is no word on the exact source of the figure which could easily be a fake / knock-off.  The image originally contained a watermark that would have identified the source, if you recognise the only part of this mark that is left, let us know.  It would be odd to see the 07 figure re-released, but with the recent Sons of Cybertron sets, it is possible.

More on this as it develops

We are proud to be able to bring you a full image gallery of our latest Transformers figure, the incredibly long titled Toy Hobby Market exclusive Welcome to Transformers 2010 Masterpiece Convoy Sleep Mode (phew, what a mouthful).

This toy is the first offering in the Welcome to Transformers 2010 commemorative line that will also include a new Unicron figure and Masterpiece Rodimus.  The figure were limited to a maximum of 2 per postal address and were only available to Japanese residents.  We managed to order four (don't ask) and will have two for sale at Auto Assembly 2010 for ­£250 each. They will go on sale at somepoint over the weekend on a first come, first served basis. We also have some Unicron's on order that will be coming directly from Toy Hobby Market later in the year, so stay with us for more on those.

Back to Convoy Sleep Mode, one of the first things you will notice is that the toy comes in a rather special packing box that contains not only the Welcome to Transformers 2010 logo on the outside but a special message when you first open the box up. You'll have to take a look at the images to find out what it says, but we suggest that anyone picking up the figure should try to get and keep these boxes as they may well become collectible in the future. The toy itself contains a profile card which tells you which piece number (the figure is limited to 2010 pieces) you own, which is a nice addition.­

For those who thought that the toy was just grey you were mistaken.  He is actually a very dark red/brown on the chest with a very dark blue head and legs. The gallery contains comparison with the e-Hobby exclusive Convoy Black version, the original Japanese Masterpiece Convoy, MP Ultra Magnus and the Western release 20th Anniversary Optimus Prime figure.

TakaraTomy have updated their Transformers websites with the following additions:

Their Generation One website sees updates to the Animated section including updates to Ultra Magnus, Sentinal Prime, Jazz, Blurr, Elite Guard Bumblebee, Wreck-Gar and Leader Class Megatron, all of whom were released at the end of June.

The Summer EZ Collection Campaign page is updated with information on which Jusco stores will have the clear figures.

The Transformers 2010 campaign page is updated with the Sons of Cybertron Classics figures.

Finally the Disney Label Buzz Lightyear product page is updated.

Our thanks go to Snakas for the update.

The July releases for Transformers Animated were shown.
The figures include Leader Class Ultra Magnus and Megatron and will come with cards for use with Sega's Transformers Animated card game.

The magazine takes a look over the episodes of Transformers Animated that will air over July as well as looking at Volume 1 of the Animated DVD and the Sega games.

Images were published of variou EZ Collection figures including Skywarp and Sunstorm.

From the Transformers 2010 Campaign the Classics "Sons of Cybertron" Optimus Prime and Rodimus were shown.  The figures are exactly the same as the ones from the Philippines and will be sold in limited quantites over two days in Japan.

Human Alliance Jazz with Agent Lennox isshown in detail.

Finally the article contains a mention to the "Cybertron Con" a Transformers event that will take place in Shanghai between the 30th Jult and the 3rd August.  The event will see the sale of the clear Sons of Cybertron Classics set, Alternity Ultra Magnus as well as showing all seven exclusives from the 2010 campaign

Credit to Snakas for the news

The official website for Takara's 2010 Campaign has been updated with a new page for the recently announced Toy Hobby Market exclusive Primus figure, an image of the Transformers Henkei 'Sons of Cy­bertron' Optimus Prime and Rodimus set as well as an image of the Transformers Animated 'Sons of Cybertron­' set (again Optimus Prime and Rodimus but using the Transformers Animated molds), finally they have also added a new piece of merchandise the  Masterpiece Sound Stage which appears to be a large plastic stand which will most likely containing sound bites from various characters. You can find images of the sound stage as well as the Transformers Animated Sons of Cybertron crystal Optimus Prime and Rodimus below.

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