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

CyberGundam Blog have put up scans from the December issue of Dengeki Hobby magazine.  You can view the two Transformers pages below.

Andrew "Hydra" Hall has tweeted, via the e-Hobby Shop Twitter account, that they have placed more sets of the Shattered Glass Vs set (Blaster and Soundwave) up for pre-order due to the number of customers who were unable to place their orders in time.

If you live in Japan and are after the figure you can place an order from the e-Hobby website here for 13,900 yen.

eHobby has updated their page with new images of the packaging for their shared exclusive Shattered Glass Blaster vs Soundwave set. Featuring a Shattered Glass take on the old-school Generation One packaging,

Part One Ltd have updated the e-Hobby Shop with images of Solatron, the final (fifth) Cassette transformer from the Shattered Glass Soundwave and Blaster set, based on the Last Autobot.

The e-HOBBY + TFCC Collaboration Shattered Glass Soundwave VS Blaster set is up for pre-order from the Transformers Collectors Club now.

e-HOBBY has also posted a packaging sample image of the toys.

On a related note, the Transformers Collectors Club has clarified a few things via their Twitter account regarding the release of this set: The EHobby is not build to order BUT we can order as many as we want. Confused? To clarify, our order has to be in BEFORE the Pre-order period is up on our end. So we could technically run out as we are not going to go heavy on these. We will do a guesstimate based on the first couple weeks of sales. We won't go overboard and cut it way short as we know many will wait till that last week. But we dont want to be way heavy either. So when you are able to, please get your order in.

e-HOBBY has updated their website with new images of the upcoming set of Shattered Glass Soundwave and Blaster (plus cassettes) and will be up for release through both e-HOBBY and the Transformers Collectors Club. The set contains Shattered Glass versions of Generation One Soundwave, Blaster, Ratbat, Slugfest, Ramhorn, and Rewind, as well as something named "Solar Bot" (Possibly an Eject redeco) as well as a new comic, and exclusive stickers to customize your toys with- including a long green sticker that you can fold over to become Soundwave's headband. This set is currently slated for a late January release through e-HOBBY, with a price/release date for the TFCC release to come.

Part One Limited have updated the e-Hobby Shop with toy images of the new Shattered Glass Sounwave and Blaster Toys, which as we previously mentioned use the Soundblaster and Twincast molds

e-Hobby have posted an image of what appears to be a Shattered Glass enspired 2-pack of Transformers Generation One Soundwave and Blaster.

The toys will most likely be recolours of the Encore Soundblaster and Twincast molds that e-Hobby have used previously.

New official images of the upcoming MP-13 Alert (Red Alert) and MP-14 Soundwave figures have been published.  These images, which can be viewed by clicking the headline above, show both toys in robot and their alternative modes as well as a comparison with MP-10 Convoy.

Both figures are due for a Winter 2012 release.

Linkin Park, known for their musical contributions to the Michael Bay Transformers Movies, posted a blog update of the upcoming Linkin Park Edition Soundwave with official images. This is what the band has to say:

"Linkin Park and Hasbro are collaborating on a super-limited LINKIN PARK EDITION SOUNDWAVE. It's a new and exclusive model based on the original 1984 toy, the one I grew up playing with. It includes Lazerbeak, Buzzsaw, and Ravage. There will only be 2000 units, available at SURU and comic/hobby shops.

Hasbro is currently showing a sample of it, inside the Transformers booth at Comicon. Here are some pics from Les, the designer. Shout out to Mr. Hahn for overseeing it's golden glory on our end (no, it's not real gold).

The LINKIN PARK SOUNDWAVE will be available later this year."

Thanks to Planet Iacon we can bring you a collection of images of new toys which were revealed at the Tokyo Toy Show.  The images, which can be viewed below, include AM-15 Dark Megatron, Terrorcon Bumblebee, Battle Shield Optimus Prime, the Jet Vehicon and a Voyager class Starscream figure from all from Transformers Prime. On a Lucky Draw side, the gold Transformers Prime Optimus Prime figure was shown along with his microns.

Also shown at the event were Masterpiece Starscream, Soundwave, Sideswipe and Red Alert.  As we all know now, Soundwave comes with several cassettes but what was shown at the event was that Red Alert comes with "short-circuit sparks" which clip onto his head in robot form. Click the headline to view ALL of the images of the Masterpiece figures

Finally, the Kabaya Kit Fortress Maximus was also shown.

Planet Iacon have posted a magazine scan showing MP-12 Lambor (Sideswipe), along with a size comparison with Convoy as well as the confirmation that MP-13 will be Soundwave.  You can view the image below.

Moonbug has posted a new review and image gallery of the just released Transformers Prime Soundwave figure which he purchased this morning from Argos.  He picked up the figure along with Cliffjumper and Bumblebee but we thought since the UK is the first country to have Soundwave be released, we would start our Transformers Prime image gallery with him.

The image gallery also contains a full review of the figure, Moonbugs thoughts as well details of all the markings / copyright stamps etc.

If you like the toy rememeber that you can get him from Argos right now.  You may need to reserve him though, as there are only a few at the moment.  We got ours from an Argos Extra

With the Transformers Prime figures hitting the UK today we are interested to find out which figures have been sighted in which areas of the country. We picked up Deluxe Cliffjumper, Bumblebee and Soundwave! You have you found? Let us known on our Forum, via Twitter, Facebook or Google+.

For those wondering where the CE marking is on Soundwave, as the sticket / paint app can often spoil the figures, will be pleased to hear that the marking is actually molded onto the toy underneath the right arm and is un-painted, like the rest of the figure, but it does mean it is not as obtrusive as normal.

A quick reminder that if you want to buy the figures from Argos then its probably best to reserve or order them online as there is a very limited stock.  Here are those very important links, remember that the Voyager Class figures are due in on Tuesday to most stores so order them now to avoid disappointment

Transformers Optimus Prime Revealers (Deluxe). 904/7291
Transformers Cyberverse Vehicle. 904/7363
Transformers Optimus Prime Powerizer (Voyager). 904/7301
Transformers Cyberverse Commander. 904/7284
Transformers Cyberverse Legion Figures. 904/7277