­The Cybertron Philippines have posted images on their message board of another "Transformers 2010" double pack budded the Sons of Cybetron.  This pack contains a clear Optimus Prime and clear Rodimus figures but its not the Transformers Animated toys that have previously been seen, but instead is clear versions of the Transformers Classics molds.  The toys are part of the Transformers Autobot Alliance Toy Launch.  Visit the Cybertron Philippines message board to view all of the images and use the four thumbnails below for some samples.

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Nightwish2 has provided five images of the upcoming Transformers Revenge of the Fallen Voyager Class Battle Blade Optimus Prime figure along with some comparisons with the Leader Class toy.  You can view the images below.

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We have created a new mirror gallery containing 122 scans of the June 2010 issue of Hyper Hobby Magazine which included four pages of Transformers related content which you can below.

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CyberGundam blog scanned in the latest issue of Figure King magazine which as well as including the image of Unicron also included the first images of the clear Optimus Prime and Rodimus 2-pack from Transformers Animated as well as a first look at the trailer of Sleep Mode Convoy which shows that it will be clear.

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In a follow-up to the news we broke yesterday regarding the release of volume 1 of Transformers Animated on DVD in Japan, Paramount have now updated their website with more information including news that they will be holding a campaign to give away 1000 gold chrome Optimus Prime dexlue figures.  Yes that's right a DVD Lucky Draw prize much like Black Fire Convoy.  A gold deluxe Optimus Prime figure, as well as a gold Voyager were two of our predicted three lucky draw toys that TV Magazine will announce at the end of the year.  This could still be the case as DVD figures have been re-used in subsequent campaigns in the past, though it does make the inclusion of the deluxe figure in a magazine competition less likely.

To qualify for the prize draw you need to send in 1 x barcode from a Transformers Animated Toy box (or 4 barcodes from EZ collection toys vol.3 and 4), 5x Sega cards and the token from Transformers Animated DVD.

­This afternoon a dozen auctions ended on Yahoo Japan Auctions for various testshots and samples of Generation One and Diaclone figures.  The auctions ended in total for over $7,600­­ (£5,167)!­  The auctions were for:

• Blaster (testshot)
• Tracks (hardcopy / mock-up)
• Huffer (testshot)
• Ironhide (testshot)
• Sideswipe (testshot)
• Hoist (testshot)
• Astrotrain (testshot)
• Convoy (testshot)
• Skywarp (testshot)
• Thrust (testshot)

We waited a few days before putting these image galleries online to allow the auctions that were on Yahoo Japan to end to try to help protected the bidders against shill bidding.   Before anyone asks, no we did not win any of the auctions as we did not bid.  The figures are will soon be in the hands of collectors so keep an eye out for newer images in the coming months, and some items may be sold on via eBay in the future.

For anyone interested in early samples, especially mock-up pieces, the Tracks mock-ups (more likely a Diaclone mock-up) are amazing pieces.

TFClub.com have posted images of the upcoming Transformers War for Cybertron Optimus Prime figure which they have recently acquired.  The toy will be released under the Transformers Generations banner to coincide with the release of the video game.

Credit to Seibertron.com for the report.

Thanks to Shadowdancer for submitting the following story:

"Just to let you all know The Entertainer toy store is now doing the Universe figure Optimus prime G1 reissue for £19.99 from £39.99.So grab em while you can .I brought mine online."

The May 2010 issue of Hyper Hobby is now out in Japan and we have a new gallery thanks to scans by Pete Amuro.  The gallery contains three Transformers related images, which you can also see below, along with 47 other images from this months issue.

Snakas has updated Autobase Aichi with some upcoming Japanese Transformers Animated releases.  The figures listed are:

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Toys R Us Exclusive "burning" EZ Collection Optimus Prime (clear red).  This figure is a campaign toy and can be viewed here.

July
TA26 Leader Class Megatron - 7140yen
TA27 Leader Class Ultra Magnus - 7140yen
TA28 Sentinel - 2415yen
TA29 Autobot Jazz - 2415yen
TA30 Autobot Blurr - 2415yen
TA31 Elite Guard Bumblebee - 2415yen
TA32 Wreck-Gar - 3780yen
Optimus Prime & Rodimus (Japanese exclusive clear ser) - 5250yen

August
TA33 Rodimus - 3780yen
TA34 Samurai Prowl - 2940 yen
TA35 Decepticon Sunstorm - 3780yen
TA36 Swindle - 2415yen
TA37 Waspinator - 2415yen
Cybertron Optimus Prime Vs Cybertron Megatron - 4725yen

September
TA38 Wingblade Optimus Prime - 4725yen
TA39 Jetpack Bumblebee - 3360yen
TA40 Cybertron ­Mode Ratchet - 2415yen

Do remember a while ago there were some images shown of a non-official mini Masterpiece Convoy (Optimus Prime figure?  Well now a video of a testshow has been posted on the Chinese video site tudou.com.  The video can be slow to load, but you can watch it below.­

Our thanks go to S250 who has posted some images of the upcoming Transformers War For Cybertron Optimus Prime figure.  You­ can view the mirrored images below.

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Our thanks go to Mr Neurie for letting us know that The Entertainer now has the 25th Anniversary Optimus Prime in store for £49.99.  You can view an image of the toy in store below.