Animated

After all the worrying and Hasbro UK hate resurfacing it seems we UK fans need to take a step back (again). it seems hasbro UK haven’t been very clear with their output. Wave 4.5 of Transformers: Animated, consisting of 2x Swoop, 2x Sentinal Prime, 1x Jazz, 2x Elite Guard Bumblebee, 1x Prowl, has NOT been cancelled but will probably turn up nearer to Christmas. The reasoning behind this is likely that due to wave 4 already containing Swoop and Sentinal Prime and jazz and Prowl alreading being out, there is a need to try and avoiding flooding the stores with the same figures.

Wave 4 (Wave 4 (834621483) - 4x Swoop, 4x Sentinal Prime) should be hitting the UK later this month.

An interesting but worrying rumour here. According to one of the guys at Kapow-Toys.com, Hasbro UK could be cancelling the TOYLINE in the UK. Sellers have been told that pre-orders should not be taken for wave 4.5 or beyond as the line may be discontinued before then.

This is surprising news given the fact that Animated toys seem to be flying off the shelves for fans looking for the latest figures, but given that the toys (and cartoon) get little exposure, it could turn out to be true.

TVShowsonDVD.com are reporting that Paramount Home Entertainment will be packaging both transformers: Animated DVDs: “Transform and Roll Out” and “Season One” in one package and release it on the same day as Season Two. This will be only for North America.

Both DVDs are out in on 6th January 2009.

Derrick Wyatt has responed to the leaked sketches of Animated Rodimus, Blackout, Spittor and Strika with a few more details. Strika is referred to as “General Strika”, and has made him very happy and the design for Spittor is from the design by Don Figueroa of Spittor pre-beast mode, as shown in the IDW Beast Wars comics.

Derrick Wyatt has commented on the Transformers: Animated Jetfire and Jetstorm 2-pack photos leaked this week. The main points to take away are that the figures have been mistransformed in the photo, resulting in the hands being missing:

I wouldn’t rush to judgment on the Jetfire and Jetstorm figures yet. Those are some pretty terrible pictures that are out there right now. The pictures I saw way back of the grey prototypes looked really good. And yes, of course they have hands! In both robot modes! The promo pics are just mistransformed. Once they are properly transformed and posed out, they should look pretty cool.

S250 has provide some new information for the upcoming season of Transformers: Animated with some character design sketches.  The four pictures all show new characters, consisting ­of Rodimus, Strika, Blackout and Spittor­.

TFW2005 user Red leader, who also runs site sponsor Kapow-Toys.com, has posted pictures of two new 2-packs that will be part of the Transformers Animated toyline.

The first set, containing Deluxes Prowl and Megatron (from the Battle Begins set), uses the subtitle “Battle In Space”. The second contains Deluxes Blackarachnia and Optimus Prime (from the Battle Begins set), uses the subtitle “The Revenge of Blackarachnia”.

The Transformers: Animated Rescue Ratchet and legends set is set to be released in the UK, if a listing on Tesco Direct’s website is to be believed. The set, which is exclusive to Target stores in the USA, will be exclusive to Tesco and might mark the start of more exclusives coming across the pond.

Rescue Ratchet, which is a deluxe figure, also comes with legends Prowl and Starscream and will cost £19.97.

Transformers: Animated designer Derrick J. Wyatt has posted some new concept images of Animated Prowl on his blog, including a G1 colour scheme and Prowl with his extra armour.