A new image has been published of the BigBadToyStore exclusive (within the US at least) Transformers Prime Dark Energon Knock Out figure.  The toy, which can be seen below, is a translucent recolour with the bio "KNOCK OUT doesn't often test weapons himself - the danger of a catastrophic malfunction is just too great.  But when he saw the power granted by Dark Energon he just had to have a taste.  Now he's amped up and ready to bring the hurt to the AUTOBOTS".

Thanks to the Chinese message boards, new production images of the upcoming Japanese Transformers Prime Arms Micron figures AM-23 Wheeljack, AM-22 Dreadwing, AM-25 Nemesis Prime, AM-27 Ultra Magnus, AM-28 Riperamu, AM-29 Shockwave and AM-24 "Cyrus" Breakdown.

Online retailers are already adding the listings for pre-orders which you can find on sites like Robot Kingdom, BBTS and Kapow Toys.

The instruction sheet for the upcoming Transformers: Fall of Cybertron Jazz figure have made there way onto the internet.  You can view a copy below.

MillionPublishing have posted some new images of there "very-soon-to-be-released" exclusive figure Transformers United Stepper.  The toy, which was available via the Generations Book is a recolour of Transformers United / Transformers Reveal The Shield Jazz based on the Generation One Stepper figure, so he comes complete with his targetmaster partner.  You can view three preview images below but there are more available on the Million Publishing website here and here.

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Full Metal Hero have uncovered some in-hand images of the Amazon Exclusive Unicron Transformers toy, Hasbro's latest recolour of Transformers Armada Unicron.

Masabon has reported to TFW2005.com that Transformers: Darkside Moon, the Japanese name for Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Vortex has now been released in Japan at the International Tokyo Toy Show. The toy is a remold of the Tomahawk figure with the following profile

Vortex is the aerial soldier of Decepticon. As he has ruthless and brutal nature, he ultimate pleasure is to chop up the Autobot he captures.

You can view some images of this figure at ­TFW2005.com

eBay seller kit11670 has posted an auction for an upcoming Transformers Dark of the Moon Arcee figure complete with MechTech Weapon.  The figure appears to be a blue and silver repaint of the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Chromia figure. You can view some mirrored images below.

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­Hasbro have posted images of Transformers Dark of the Moon Cyberverse Legion Class Leadfoot, Commander Class Blackout, Legion Class Crowbar and Bolt Bumblebee.

The profile state

CROWBAR infiltrates and observes AUTOBOT tactical movements with unmatched stealth and intellect. He has been trained in the most brutal DECEPTICON attack strategies for the unlikely event he is discovered.

BUMBLEBEE charges into battle, engine roaring, and ready to turn DECEPTICONS into scrap. His dogged bravery is idolized by the AUTOBOTS and feared by his enemies!

LEADFOOT and his cohorts drive fast, have a thing for loud weapons and maintain a strong dislike for DECEPTICONS. But LEADFOOT is not all flash and show; while on CYBERTRON he was called a genius weapon designer!

Together with SCORPONOK, this massive DECEPTION destroyer seeks out his leader’s enemies and annihilates them. BLACKOUT leaves no witnesses to his passing, preferring to destroy everything around him rather than leave anything behind that might benefit the enemy. 

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TFW2005 member Fabermax has posted images of the Transformers Dark of the Moon Cyberverse Wave Two Powerglide toy.

This is what he has to say about the Transformers toy.

So on to a quick review. After opening him, I will say some of the hype died down. He still is a cool homage to PG, but this figure needed to be a deluxe! Plain and simple. He is just too small in my opinion. As you can see in the pic with Cliff, CJ towers over the lil guy. And as some had speculated the head DOES NOT turn. The transformation of the front of the plane doesn't allow it.

Speaking of transformation, the plane mode by far outshines the robot mode. The alt just screams G1 Powerglide, much more than the Universe version does. Again, why oh why couldn't this have been a deluxe. The Transformation of this guy is pretty slick too. Although he resembles the A-10's from the Universe and RotF Aerialbots (comparison pics to come later) his transformation is more complex, and that's cool considering he is such a small bot. Think Breacher. One additional minor gripe I have is that the colors are more maroon than red. Powerglide was clearly a red plane, and this guy is more of the same color as Warpath instead of Universe PG's bright vibrant red.

The missle/gun gimmick (i didnt take pics of it yet) didn't come out that well to me. Once all the missiles combine it kind of looks like a...bunch of missiles stuck together to look like a gun. More details once I take pics.

Overall he's an ok figure, not as hype as I was when I saw him in package vs opening him, especially when holding him up to Cliffjumper, but some will be ok with that since he was a minicon, but for me the minicon size has been re-established due to TF CHUG, and they missed the mark on him again. Universe was too big and now DotM is too small.

Just a quick update on the Welcome to Transformers 2010 Unicrons which we have ordered in from Toy Hobby Market.  As you may recall we have ordered 10 of the figures which are packed 2-per-case which we are then selling on to fellow fans and collectors obviously keeping one back for ourselves.  Well the shipment recently arrived at our Japanese contact who will be sending the figures out to us shortly.  There are still some of the figures available if anyone is interested for ­£­120.

You can find an image of our order below.

The Japanese blog for Gambo Store has been update with some images of the Japanese Exclusive Transformers Henkei (Transformers Classics) Thundercracker toy, with a few images of Skywarp thrown in as well.

The Henkei Thundercracker and Skywarp are more cartoon / G1 accurate than the BotCon set.