Maccy D’s are indeed doing more Transformers in their happy meals, and the girls toys are My Little Pony. Rock on Hasbro. Optimus Prime, Megatron and Iron Hide are confirmed.

By now you probably know about the (perhaps dubious) Masterpiece 02 Ultra Magnus, the Binaltech Mazda RX-8 Shockwave (I know it’s ShockBLAST but We all know who he is really!!) and the Blitzwing and Soundblaster re-issues, but there are also two (yes two!) e-hobby exclusives as well. The first is a Blitwing re-paint called Overcharge, looks like another mercenary job and the second is a set of repainted Ravage and Buzzsaw called the Cobalt Sentries, who are pure Decepticons. These boys are scheduled to ship in February.

We just received this email from Jess at Transformersnetwork

I just wanted to let everyone know that Frank Mondello the 3d render artist
that has done renders for Transformersnetwork for over four years passed away
November 5th. (As soon as TFN is back online we plan to do a tribute to him
and some more special events dedicated to Frank Mondello.) In the meantime feel
free to post your own tribute to the artist. It’d mean alot. Also I’ll know
more as the week goes by as I just found out day before yesterday…I’ll keep
you guys up to date.

Here’s offering our condolences from everyone at TheTransformers.Net

’til all are one!

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WhatDVD.Net have a review of Metrodome’s Transformers Season 1 DVD boxset, with special tin. Exciting eh? Check it out here

Just a small correction to what I mentioned earlier.

Monday 6th September
Episode 01 – Cybertron City – 4.00pm
Episode 01 – Cybertron City – 8.00pm

Tuesday 7th September
Episode 01 – Cybertron City – 7.00am
Episode 02 – Energon Star – 4.00pm

Wednesday 8th September
Episode 02 – Energon Star – 7.00am
Episode 03 – Scorponok – 4.00pm

Chris McFeely has posted his full review of Metrodome’s Generation One seasons 3 and 4 DVD boxset, due for release on 30th August. Included are reasons why the set has been delayed, information about the many special features and how this season differed from the first two. Read the whole review here.

Hello from the crew at Bill’s Toys and Games. As we move forward in
2004, our goal is to be your one stop shop for all those collectible
and hard to find items you need. As the summer heats, the convention
season is in full swing and we look forward to seeing some or all of
you at the different conventions we attend throughout the rest of the
year. We enjoyed meeting quite a few of you at Botcon in Pasadena and
look forward to seeing all of you in the future at other conventions.

OTFCC Bound
As we prepare to head out towards the Official Transformers Collectors
Convention in Chicago, IL; use this code during checkout, JUL10, until
07/15/04 to save 10% on any order over $35.00, including Pre-Orders!

Here are some of the newer and hotter things at http://www.billstoysandgames.com

Hot Categories To Check Out

• Transformers Autographed Items

TRANSFORMERS – With OTFCC rapidly approaching, we have been hard
at
work restocking many of the sold out Transformers. Many of the harder
to find US and Japanese figures have been restocked, such as the
World’s Smallest Transformers, Waves 1 and 2 singles and cases of 12;
and the new Universe Micromasters Defensor Set of 6 Protectobots and
G1 Spychangers. Many of the new Energon figures have been restocked,
including Cliffjumper, Shockblast, Mirage, with some Wave 5 Basics and
Deluxes arriving next week. The new Silverstreak and Hound Alternators
are back in stock and selling extremely fast, as well as the new BTR
Night Attack Demolishor.

The Robot Masters section is taking final pre-orders as they are set
to ship from Japan on 07/15. All Pre-Orders will ship upon our return
from OTFCC. The Autographed Items section has been stocked with items
from different voice actors from the different conventions we have
attended over the years.

COMING REAL SOON

• New Transformers Energon Ultras Basics, Deluxes, and Omega Supreme
• New Transformers Super Link Figures, including Aerial and Wing Savior
• Transformers BT-05 Dead End Shipping from Japan 07/15

www.billstoysandgames.com

Woah! We have a wealth of Transformers items to give away in our mega
Transformers competition, courtesy of the good folks at Atari. All you have
to do is answer our question and you’re in with a chance. This competition is
open to residents of the UK only, but you can enter Atari’s
own contest right here if you’re elsewhere in the world.

Back to our competition first though, and the winners will be selected at random
and will receive a batch containing some of the following

• T-Shirts x6 (3 different designs)
• Beanies x2
• Wristbands x2
• Exclusive game demos x 10
• Posters x5
• Stickers x20

We may even have a few copies of the PS2 game itself to give away, so click
here to enter our competition!