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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.
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.
Months ago we reported that TakaraTomy were shifting their toy production factories away from China to Vietnam in order ot save money. Well it looks like they already have shifted some Transformers production as Actoys.net member feng423999 has a video (See below) along with some images of the upcoming Transformers Revenge of the Fallen Leader Class Starscream figure, complete with "made in Vietnam stamp. As we previously commentated, its possible that when production fully shifts away form China, that this will result it less toys being leaked from the factories and appearing for sale, at least for a while.
TV Aichi have updated their Transformers Animated website with short video comments by bands JAM Project, who provide the opening theme "Transformers Evo", and Rey, who provide the closing credit theme "Axel Transformers".
Also newly added are character pages for Megatron, Starscream, Blitzwing, Lugnut, Black Arachina, Sari Sumdac and Professor Issac Sumdac.
Many thanks go to Minion (Adam May) for his patients with us finally getting his galleries of several of the Transformers Mighty Muggs figures online. Thanks to his hard work you can now find images of :-
The Yahoo! Japan blog "Cyber Gundam" have published the specific Japanese release dates for some Transformers items between April and June. The items are basically the new pre-orders that Big Bad Toy Store listed recently, but this time Japanese retail prices are available.
24th April 2010 - Transformers EZ Collection Vol. 3 - TBC yen
24th April 2010 - Transformers RA-31 Mudflap and Agent Simmons - 5,000 yen
29th May 2010 - Transformers Alternity A-04 Okamora Orochi / Starscream (white) - 4,500 yen
29th May 2010 - Transformers Alternity A-04 Okamora Orochi / Skywarp (purple) - 4,500 yen
29th May 2010 - Transformers Device Label Transformers USB Flash Memory (2GB) Cheetor - 3,800 yen
26th June 2010 - Transformers Disney Label Buzz Lighyear Spaceship - 3,800 yen
26th June 2010 - Transformers Movie MR-01 Jet Power Optimus Prime - 6,800 yen
26th June 2010 - Transformers Movie MR-02 Megatron - 4,200 yen
Big Bad Toy Store have updated their website with some new Takara Tomy pre-orders. The Device Label Broadcast is re-listed. Now it appears that for some reason the US sites still think this figure was cancelled. As we correctly have reported all along the toy was never cancelled. What happened was the figure was delayed three or four time, and after the last delay stores stopped taking pre-orders as they were told that the figure would not be out until the summer of 2010, when it was originally due in August / September 2009.
Also listed is a new Device Label Cheetor , a third recolour of the Ravage mold, Alternity Starscream , Alternity Skywarp (based on a Okamora Orochi and finally a Disney Label Buzz Lightyear.
The new Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen legends class two-packs containing Offroad Skids, Rally Mudflap and Smokescreen with Starscream which will be released within the US as Target exclusives, ad therefore will most likely turn up within the UK at Tesco, have already been released in Target stores within Eastern Australia, according to TFW2005.com board member SydneyY
A member of ACToys.net has posted an image of what appears to be the upcoming Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - Leader Class Starscream figure. Only the vehicle mode has been shown thus far.
Seibertron.com member Pretender Skywarp has found on ToysRus UK's website the listing for the upcoming ToysRus exclusive Back Road Brawl gift set, and another member has already seen the set for sale for two weeks in Northampton.
The set contains the Revenge of the Fallen Hoist (Transformes Movie deluxe Longarm repaint) and the G1 colour Mixmaster figure.