CBR just posted an article covering Activision's SDCC 2012 Transformers: Fall of Cybertron panel, which featured voice actors Peter Cullen, Nolan North, and Gregg Berger. During the panel North mentions working with Cullen and Berger on both Transformers: Fall of Cybertron and Transformers Prime.

Berger spoke about voicing Grimlock, stating in the Dinobot's voice that he was "driven by aggression!" Without any filters to get in the way, Grimlock's strength has a great capacity, even if it's slightly out of his control. Berger thought it was incredible role for an actor to play. He also did a little bit of "Me king!" in Grimlock voice, much to the delight of the crowd, while explaining what a great ally he was to the Autobots team.

North, the iconic voice of Nathan Drake from the "Uncharted" games, explained how much fun it was voicing both Autobot (Cliffjumper) and Decepticon (Bruticus), changing tones for each character. He jokingly poked at Berger in his Bruticus voice, similar to his Grimlock role. He also felt honored to watch Berger and Cullen work, both on this project and the animated "Transformers Prime" series.

The title for the next episode of Transformers Prime has been revealed

Transformers Prime Episode 42 (Season 2, Episode 16)
"Hurt"
Air Date: 25th August

Wheeljack and Miko embark on a quest for revenge...

Takara-Tomy have updated their Transformers website with details of a new Campaign Micron giveaway. This time out it is a giveaway for four Arms Microns in red "Hell Flame" decos.

The four Microns being given away are Zam (from War Breakdown), Glu (from Starscream), Nozi (from Vehicon) and Jida (from Terrorcon Cliffjumper).

Details on the campaign indicate this will be a case of spending 3000 or more yen on Transformers Prime merchandise on 28 July at participating Japanese stores to receive one of these.

In addition to the Hell Flame Arms Microns, Takara-Tomy have also updated their website to add details of the Japanese exclusive Terrorcon Bumblebee. This dark colored version of Bumblebee comes with a clear purple version of Soundwave's Arms Micron Zori.

Kapow Toys have put up pre-orders for the both Transformers: Prime wave deluxe, as well as the Transformers Generations: Fall of Cybertron wave 1 figures.  Wave 4 of Transformers Prime has a UK street date of September 2012 with the case bfreakdown being 2x Ironhide, 1x Rumble, 1x Arachnid, 1x Dead End, 1x Bumblebee, 1x Hot Shot and 1x Knock Out.  The Fall Of Cybertron release date is the 22nd August 2012 with their case breakdown being 3x Optimus, 3x Jazz and 2x Shockwave.

Credit to Kapow's sister site FullMetalHero.com for the news.

Neurie has let us know that Optimus Maximus is out in the UK in Smyths for £34.99

 @transformertoys Optimus Maximus released in UK £34.99 in Smyths pic.twitter.com/xXpL4NM

He also spotted Weaponiser Optimsu Prime (1 per case) for £34.99 -

Vice President of Hasbro Designs, Mr Aaron Archer, has confirmed during SDCC that there are presently no plans to release the Transformers PRime Breakdown toy in the west.  This means that if you wish to own this figure, you will have to import the Japanase Arms Micron figure.

"The company knows that the mold is available, says Aaron Archer, the Vice President of Hasbro Design, but was "not made to the same standards."

He did not elaborate on this, but he claims that the figure is in "no man's land" cost-wise, so it may be that converting the Arms Micron ports may be too costly for the company.

Mr. Archer continues the Hasbro has to consider many things, including the aforementioned cost issues and "what people want in the U.S. and global market.""

Credit to TFormers for the news

Here is a summary of the Hasbro SDCC panel from yesterday

Generations:
40 toys in the new line.
Fans are saying they want a Metroplex toy, and the response is "stay tuned..."
G2 Bruticus is a joint Amazon and Big Bad Toy Store exclusive
Bruticus comes in G2 packaging, complete with a retro 90s Hasbro logo!
GDO line is coming to the US! TRU exclusives later this year
Impactor, Twin Twist, Top Spin, Roadbuster, Whirl!! Remoulds of the Combaticons, they combine to form Ruination!
Voyager Blaster with Rewind, Eject, Steeljaw AND Rampage - retool of Soundwave/Soundblaster
18 Generations toys in Spring 2013
GRIMLOCK CONFIRMED! Voyager-class. 2013 Wave 2.

Prime:
First Edition toys will get a mass release in the US later this year:
* Entertainment pack (Deluxe Megs and Prime, humans, DVD)
* Voyager Prime & Bulkhead
* Arcee, Starscream, Terrorcon Cliffjumper(?) and Vehicon
TF Prime Season 3 will start later in the year.
Voyager Thundertron & Ultra Magnus
Skyblade (Wave 5)
Dark Energon:
New series, translucent decos with new faction symbols: Bumblebee, Knockout, Starscream, Wheeljack, Voyager Prime & Megs - at BBS

DOTM:
Hasbro are still trying to get those last waves on the market.
Presentation showing the Universal Hollywood/Singapore-exclusive toys (already on display at Hasbro's booth)
Amazon Jetwings Prime, November 2012 release
Year of the Dragon Ultimate Optimus Prime is an Amazon exclusive (pre-orders already up)

Rescue Bots:
"Bots and Robbers" Police HQ set.

KRE-O:
Microchangers: Blast Off, Rampage, Hook, Dirge (on display at their booth)
Devastator, Bruticus, Predaking and Superion Combiners (as we saw)

Bot Shots:
24 singles to be released through 2012
2013: Jump Shots, Spin Shots, Flip Shots, Blitz Shots. Lots of shots!
Singles: Sunstorm, Shockwave

Masterpiece:
Thundercracker will be out at October, TRU exclusive, with a light blue deco

Chrome Exclusives:
Linkin Park Gold Chrome Soundwave - images at TFW2005.com

Seibertron.com are reporting that Transformers Prime RID Voyager Skyquake, Ultra Magnus and Thundertron are set for UK release

Thank you for your email:

Our Marketing Department have just informed us that an update has been received regarding your enquiry and we are actually planning to bring in RID Voyager Skyquake, Ultra Magnus and Thundertron later in the year. (I'm guessing they are voyager wave 4)

Kind regards

Hasbro UK

Full Metal Hero have posted a rumour that Transformers Arms Micron Thundercracker and Orion Pax may be on the way.

You can see their rumour here

Planet Iacon have posted a gallery of Transformers Prime Arms Micron AM-12 Breakdown on their facebook page.

You can see the gallery here

Many thanks to Robot Kingdom for the latest Figrue Oh scans, showing Masterpiece Lambor and Soundwave, along with Kabaya Fortress Maximus

Third Party Add-on provider, Transformers Dreamworks, have published some images of their weapons upgrades for Transformers Prime Bulkhead.  The weapons, which can be viewed below, are called "BulkHead Weapon Accessary Blast Cannon", yes with the spelling mistake, and have the product number of TFD Studio Project : 2012_X-001

Hasbro In have issued the following press release regarding their upcoming SDCC exclusive Transformers and G.I-Joe figures.  You can view the images associate with the release by clicking the title of the news story

TRANSFORMERS PRIME TERRORCON CLIFFJUMPER

(Approximate Retail Price: $24.99; Ages 5 & up; Available through HasbroToyShop.com #3329 at San Diego Comic-Con)

The DARK ENERGON will be flowing through San Diego this year with the release of this special edition Deluxe scale TERRORCON CLIFFJUMPER figure. Featuring a special “TRANSFORMERS zombie” deco, this figure looks just like he did in the Darkness Rising storyline of Hasbro Studios TRANSFORMERS PRIME animated series. This figure comes with a DARK ENERGON shard and a DARK ENERGON chest attachment in a special edition clam shell packaging designed to look like his head.


TRANSFORMERS DELUXE BRUTICUS COMBINER

(Approximate retail price: $99.99 each; Ages: 5 & up; Available through HasbroToyShop.com Booth #3329 at San Diego Comic-Con)

The TRANSFORMERS DELUXE BRUTICUS COMBINER SDCC Special Edition set features the fearsome DECEPTICON, BRUTICUS in a special CYBERTRONIAN deco as seen in the eagerly anticipated video game TRANSFORMERS: FALL OF CYBERTRON from Activision. BRUTICUS is formed when all five deluxe scale ‘combiner’ action figures in the set link together. The COMBATICONS characters BLAST OFF, VORTEX, DECEPTICON BRAWL, SWINDLE, and ONSLAUGHT each have three modes: robot, vehicle and a third ‘combiner’ mode to link together. This Special Edition also includes removable packaging resembling a silhouette of the DECEPTICON logo that becomes a display case for the BRUTICUS figure.

G.I. JOE H.I.S.S. TANK VEHICLE WITH SHOCKWAVE DECO AND 3.75" DESTRO & B.A.T. SPECIAL EDITION PACK

(Approximate Retail Price: $59.99 each; Ages: 4 & up; Available through HasbroToyShop.com, Booth #3329 at San Diego Comic-Con)

After the extreme popularity of last year’s G.I. JOE and TRANSFORMERS crossover San Diego Comic-Con special edition, Hasbro has done it again! In 2012, the iconic G.I. JOE vehicle, the H.I.S.S. TANK, will get a DECEPTICON SHOCKWAVE make-over, including a G1 SHOCKWAVE blaster attachment. The set comes with a 3.75-inch DESTRO action figure with special edition DECEPTICON deco, a 3.75-inch COBRA B.A.T. figure with special edition CONSTUCTICON deco. The set also comes with several ENERGON cubes on a cart, a briefcase full of money, and a small boom box with 3 cassette tapes- better known to TRANSFORMERS fans as the classic alt-mode of DECEPTICON spy SOUNDWAVE along with RATBAT, LASERBEAK, and RAVAGE. Yo, Joe AND Roll Out!

Planet Iacon have a nice scan of the Transformers Prime Arms Micron 12 Master Optimus Prime figure, which you can see below.

Meister Wing Xovergen has posted some new teaser images of their upgrade kit for Transformers Animated Voyager Class Optimus Prime the Anime TrailerForce, product ATF-01.  They have also released the following information regarding the product, which will be releasrd in early 2012  

Product Name: Anime TrailerForce
Product Code: ATF-01
Trailer Length: Approximately 150MM compatible for Voyager class
Accessories: Attachable Jet Wing Backpack, Battle Amor, Giant Ion-Axe, Gauntlet hand with cannons….
Availability: Early 2013