Thanks to Neurie for sending through news and images of sightings for the Transformers Universe Cheetor, Starscream and some Mighty Muggs in the Entertainer.  Cheetor and Starscream where priced at £14.00 with the Mighty Mugs priced at £10. Neurie also points out that Hamleys are stocking the Might Mugs as well, but for £13.  You can view some images below.

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Thanks to King Grimlock for sending through this link to Toys R Us UK who have a current sale on Universe deluxe figures which are reduced to £7.49.  You can view the listings here.

Blueshirt2k5 of www.redshirt.co.uk sent in the following UK sightings report for Universe Inferno and Vector Prime.

"Bit of an interesting one this. I found what I think is a first sighting of Universe Inferno and Vector Prime in a toyshop in Weston Super-Mare called Lloyd's Toys.

It wasn't a speciality shop, they were both £19.99 on the shelves and in the European multilingual packaging which indicates this is an official release rather than something imported.

Pics of Inferno's box as proof:

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i127/blueshift2k5/Inferno01.jpg

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i127/blueshift2k5/Inferno02.jpg

Their website. Not finished yet it seems, but has a contact number if anyone wants to try to nab stuff from them: http://www.lloydstoys.co.uk"

Thanks to Sven for sending in the following report of Buy One Get One Free at Sainsburys

Hi all,

Did the weekly shop today and ended up having to go to Tesco and Sainsburys. There are some great offers running around:

Tesco

Animated Rollout Optimus Prime half price at £24.98

Animated Leader Bulkhead at £19.98

Animated DVD double pack at £10.00

However the offer that caught my attention the most considering how often Universe items are missed out of store offers:

Sainsburys

Universe Classic Deluxes £12.99, buy one get one free. (Shame my local only had Acid Storm and Sideswipe in stock)

Also of note that the Tesco Extra (Cradley Heath) had the Universe Voyager versions of Dropshot, and Leo Prime plus "Exclusive" Animated "Deluxe bundles" featuring a yellow Ratchet with two activators at £20.

According to Kapow toys the UK release of the normal Transformers Animated Ultra Maganus has now officially been cancelled with the Roadbuster Magnus taking his place. However things are not all bad for UK fans as Shockwave is now apparently confirmed and and will retail at £22.99 (report Kapow Toys).

Unfortunately due to NDAs surrounding the Hasbro display at the New York Toy Fair we are unable to UK whole Transformers release schedule for 2009 at this point, however we can say that it is in the final stages and that we hope to bring you more shortly after the US event, so for now we will bring you any news that retailers receive.

Thanks to Kyrotek for reporting his sighting of the Transformers Universe figures Overload and Leo Prime in the Burseldon Tesco, Southampton priced at £19.97.

Thanks for board members KingGrimlock and Oddsey for pointing out that the UK Hasbro Toy Shop is now closed.  The site has been replaced with the following message from Hasbro.

"Dear Valued Hasbro Customer,

This site is no longer operational, contact our Customer Services department for any questions either by:

* Email at askhasbro@hasbro.co.uk
* Freephone on 00800 2242 7276.

For future purchases of Hasbro Toys and Games please visit your local retailer.

For all Hasbro’s latest Toys, Games & News continue to visit our corporate site at:
http://www.hasbro.co.uk

Thank You".

At a time when Woolworths have gone out of business (though its possible that the new webstore of the same name might eventually pick up toys) and independant Toy Master stores have been closing frequently over the last few years, picking up Transformers within the UK just got even harder.  Though there is hope as Toys R Us are starting to open some new stores including one in the Fife area (credit goes to ToyMachine for reporting that one)

The UK Toy Fair (or British Toy Fair) starts today and runs through the weekend with today being press day.  Hasbro have a large stall at the event where they will be display some of the figures from Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen as well as G.I-Joe: The Rise of Cobra.  The event is strictly trade only with last years clamp down on "press passes" just as strong this year to keep internet journalist away.

Do not fear though, as Transformers At The Moon will be in attendance at the event at some point over the next five days, so we will bring you a full report (embargos allowing) with the full details as soon as we can.

In releated news the Bastion Press Centre report that "The volume of UK toy sales grew by seven per cent in 2008 according to retail tracking group NPD*. The group has also estimated the UK toy market is worth £2.9bn1. The value of the industry fell by two per cent on the previous year, compared to an overall drop in UK retail sales of 3.3 per cent**. The figures were unveiled at Toy Fair this morning by BTHA (British Toy & Hobby Association) chairman Roger Dyson. Toy Fair is the industry’s annual trade event currently taking place at ExCeL in London and is open to the trade until Saturday."

Thanks to board member Unitedbot for posting his sighting of the Transformers Animated Jetstorm/Jetfire (Safeguard) double pack in ASDA for £20.

The owner of Kapow Toys Red Leader has posted some information over at TFW2005 regarding some UK Transformers Animated released that will be hitting the shelves in the next few months.  The figures are Roadbuster Ultra Magnus, Shadow Blade Megatron along side the Season 3 character Safeguard (Jetfire and Jetstorm).  Red Leader should have a firmer release date today and will be placing their pre-order shortly.  This confirmed what we reported on the weekend regarding Shadow Blade Megatron being in the new Argos catalogue

Sadly the UK Transformers brand manager from 2007-2008 is no longer employed by Hasbro so we are trying to get in touch with her replacement to try to find out more.

Thanks to Richard for emailing us a "sneak peak" at the Spring / Summer 2009 Argos catalogue which will be released on the 17th January 2009.  You can view the cover as well as the page containing the Transformers listings by clicking on the thumbnails below.

The toys listed are:

1. 25th Anniversary Deluxe - £12.69 - Cat Number 369/7795.  Choice of 8.  G1 Classics Starscream is shown
2. Transformers Universe Legends 5 Pack - £14.69 - Cat Number 387/7931 - Choice of two packs
3. 25th Anniversary Voyager - £19.59 - Cat Number 369/8048 - Choice of 4.  Inferno is shown.
4. 25th Anniversary Ultra - £24.49 - Cat Number 081/5099 (Argos Extra Only) - Choice of 2, Silverbolt is shown
5. Transformers Animated Activators - £6.49 - Cat Number 387/6530 - Choice of 10. Grimlock and Patrol Bumblebee are shown
6. Transformers Animated Bumper Battles - £9.79 - Cat Number 387/7405 - Night watch Optimus Prime is shown.
7. Transformers Animated Deluxe - £12.69 - Cat Number 369/7647 - Blurr is shown
8. Transformers Animated Leader Megatron - £29.39 - Cat Number 369/7692- Says styles may vary meaning it could include Shadow Blade Megatron.
9. There is also a note that the Transformers Animated DS game is available on page 1750.

With the Transformers Revenge of the Fallen toys due for release before the Autumn / Winter Argos catalogue is released (start of August), either they will not be stocking the line, or most likely the figures will replace the 25th Anniversary ones nearer the time.

To other webmaster we'd appreciate it if you link to this original article rather than taking the information and hosting the images as there is no need to mirror the images as there are no bandwidth issues with our server.

Thanks to Break for letting us know Wave 3 of Transformers Universe are now in stock at Toys R Us UK/  Wave three includes Silverstreak, Sideswipe and Ironhide who are on the shelves along side Acidstorm and Galvatron.  Break points out that he does not know if Bluestreak has the blue face or the corrected silver one.

Also look out for a special offer later this week on a on a certain UK Exclusive 2-pack.

Thanks to I-Primus for posting on our message board that Woolworths are bringing back their three for two toy promotion on for this weekend.   The offer is 3-4-2 across a wide range of toys including Transformers.