Joblo have posted an article from a "source" claiming to confirm who some of the Transformers will be appearing in the latest live action movie.  This should very much be taken with a pinch of salt as the script it's supposedly from could easily be a fan produced piece of fiction.  For those not wanting to be spoilt, look away now.

From Joblo:

That's right, folks, our source has confirmed that TRANSFORMERS 4 will feature none other than the famed Dinobots, including fan favorite Grimlock. No word on whether he'll retain his neanderthal voice, but one can only hope he does as that's a true staple of the character. One of the villains of the film will be a character named Lockdown, who has a ship full of decommissioned Transformers, including the dinobots, which are somehow brought back to life by a captured Optimus Prime. Prime is joined by returning autobot Bumblebee and at one point both characters (and potentially others) will "ride" the Dinobots into battle in Hong Kong (which fits well within the announcement that the film would film partially in China), with Prime on Grimlock and Bumblebee on a Pterandon, presumably Swoop.

Additionally, the autobot Hound will make his debut, as well as a former "Samurai" Decepticon that wants to regain his honor and become an Autobot (UPDATE: Source confirms this is Drift). And what about Megatron, who is presumed dead after the last film? Well, fans of TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE will be happy to know that not only will the dinobots be making their debut, but also Galvatron, who is basically Megatron "reborn" (and originally voiced by the first Spock, Leonard Nimoy).

So those characters who are listed are:

1. Optimus Prime
2. Grimlock
3. Swoop (assumed)
4. Lockdown
5. Bumblebee
6. Hound
7. Drift
8. Galvatron

A few days late, due to a trip to Milan with only the odd internet on a phone, but whilst i've been away TFYUKI posted up some images of Transformers Generations Metroplexin robot form, showing the size of the figure on comparison to some Cyberverse figures as well as the original (well Encore) Metroplex toy.

Last night the special "Transformers episode" of Collectors Hangout took place live over Google Hangouts On Air and ran for an incredible 2 hours!!  The episode can be viewed on YouTube by using the plugin below.  We would like to Domingo Rogers for inviting us back onto the show which aims to help collectors find pieces to add to their collection, help sellers to connect to a larger audience of potential buyers, and help all to have a better appreciation for pieces by guest hosting appraisers and artisans on a regular basis

Collectors Hangout is apart of the Hangout10 network and is now a featured and suggested Google+ Hangout by Google themselves.

A quick reminder that the Transformers special of Collectors Hangout takes place in 6 hours. You can check what the time will be in your timezone by visiting EveryTimeZone, can join us on Google Hangouts On Air and find out more about Collectors Hangout on HOA by visiting CollectorsHangout.tv

Longtime site member Starscreams Ghost was in attendance at Farthest From, The UK Star Wars Retro Toy Show in Fordinghambridge today where it was announced that Roll Out Roll Call 2013 will take place in the Autumn and will run October 12th - 13th back at the Jurys Inn, Southampton, UK.  The show, which is a combination of G.I-Joe / Action Force and Transformers held it's first two day event last year with guests including Simon Furman, Larry Hama, Bill Forster, Jim Sorenson, Andrew Wildman and many more.

You can find out more by visiting www.rolloutrollcall.com

On the Thursday 4th April at 8pm GMT / 12pm PST / 2pm CST / 3pm EST, we shall be taking part in another special episode of Collectors Hangout via "Google Hangouts on Air". The broadcast will be available live via Google Hangouts so please drop by and join in as I will be taking your questions this time around as well as talking more about the Lucky Draw figures+.

The episode will then be available on YouTube as a standard video.

You can find out more by visiting the Collectors Hangout page over on Google+ - https://plus.google.com/events/cj9359iit256m7lucjb89dspfd8?cfem=1

We have fixed a bug which was incorrectly including lots of non-Transformers instructions sheets within our Transformers Instruction Sheet section as well as excluding some of the G.I.Joe instructions sheets from appearing. As such you can now find 1071 PDF Transformers instruction sheets ranging from Generation One through to yet-to-be-released Transformers Prime Beast Hunters figures as well as 312 G.I-Joe instructions and with 4,625 instruction sheets from other Hasbro lines, you are more likely to find the instruction sheets you are after on this website before you find them on Hasbro's own site as was highlighted by the instruction sheet for Transformers Prime Beast Hunters Shockwave - Deluxe version who's instruction sheets was available over two weeks ago.

Much like the our USPTO Trademark database, we pride ourselves on bringing you the most up-to-date news on Hasbro's instruction sheets

There are lots of official Hasbro images for the Transformers toys which were shown off yesterday at the New York Toyfair across the web.  Click on the headline of this story to view all of the official Hasbro stock images of the figures shown at the event as well as the fan taken photographs we shared yesterday

Several auctions have been posted on TaoBao which show some new Transformers Bot-Shot figures, in packaging. Below is a list of all of the characters and auctions with the images mirrored after the jump

• Cliffjumper, Dirt Boss and Brawl 3-Pack
• Shockwave, Bumblebee and Skyquake 3-Pack
• Autobot Air Force (aka the Aerialbots) 5-Pack
• Decepticon Fire Assault Team
• Sunstorm, Single
• Ironhide, Single
• Shockwave, Single
• Bumblebee, Flip Shot

If anyone has a spare $24,000 laying around, I want one of these for Christmas

Transformers at the Moon celebrated it's 13th anniversary over the last few days, after officially being online since the end of October 1999.  Back then the internet was a much different place.  Many of the more popular Transformers websites around now didn't exist.  There was no TFW2005, no Seibertron, no TFWiki. Images of Transformers mainly consisted of grainy pictures, standing on tables.  We introduced a concept of photographing our Transformers Toys against a white card background, so the figure showed out more, and we knew which images were ours.  This plain white background became the mainstay of most Transformers photography for the following decade, and even now many sites still use clear white backgrounds - whilst others have moved onto black or diorama sets.

As our site has grown and trailed off over the 13 years, we've been pleased to bring unique features such as our Trademark Database, UK Store Finder and large Transformers toy resource.  Other, less documented, areas of the site include our Beast Wars II Cartoon image gallery.  Cartoon concept art, prototypes and design work and of cause our Lucky Draw Collection and resource.

Though the site is a shadow of it's former glory, in terms of updates and visitors (due to "real life commitments") our passion for the toy line we love, and website which we dedicated so much time to continues.  Our plans for future concepts and features drive us forward, as we look to bring you something unique and exciting.

We hope you choose to stay with us, and recommend looking though the vast resource of information we have here for you to read through and look at.

Press Release

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Beta Registration for Transformers Universe has officially opened – visit www.transformersuniverse.com to register.

Watch the first Transformers Universe gameplay trailer at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kiC9WZiWy8 

Transformers Universe; An action packed massively multiplayer war that throws you into the fire of the most epic conflict online–  noble Autobots vs. malevolent Decepticons.  Recruit your squad from dozens of battle-ready Transformer Warriors - Only the most astute and daring commanders will prevail.

Coming 2013

The race is on for the next Marvel/HeroClix figure, and everyone's favourite boun— Freelance Peacekeeping Agent and former Transformers co-star, Death's Head, needs your vote! You can help Death's Head see off the competition (Ghost Rider - pah! Sleepwalker - feh!) by heading over to the HeroClix site (http://heroclix.com/heroclix/marvel-heroclix-fan-vote/#axzz26fDZt6Iq) and voting now (before September 27th anyway).

We have found some new Transformers related trademarks filed with the USPTO by Hasbro Inc. The trademarks are:

1. TRANSFORMERS

You can view all of the details of these and other trademarks within our exclusive Trademark Application area of the website which features trademark applications from 1984 through until the present day.

The trademark is in the area Entertainment services, namely an on-going animated television series for children which would indicate that a new cartoon series just called Transformers is potentially in the pipeline