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Fan2Fan are reporting that Encore 07 Skylynx, the famous British accent Transformer, has been released today in Japan from TomyTakara.
The rare figure, that was originally released in 1986 as part of the season 3 line, is likely to sell out very quickly, so get shopping.
Also released in Japan are various Transformers movie toys.
Red Mercury, an online Japanese retailer has put up a picture of what looks like the linup for TakaraTomy’s Encore 09 Minibots.
In the picture there is Bumblebee, Swerve, Pipes, Tailgate and Outback. We will have more confirmation once other retailers have updated their listings.
The set is due out in May 08.
Million Publishing, who released the Japanese Transformers Visual Works Book last year, have provided an updated extension to the book by uploading the bio and prototype photos of Exclusive Emergency Green Encore Ratchet, a recolour of Encore Ratchet.
TakaraTomy have updated their Transformers website with new pages and pictures of their planned releases for this month.
There are pages for Transformers movie Black Arcee (MA-20) and Stockade (MD-23), as well as the long awaited reissue of Generation One Sky Lynx, who is being added to the Encore line.
Takara-Tomy are going to be releasing the Transformers Classics (Transformation! Henkei!) line in Japan very soon, and as with nearly all their versions of the toys, the are paint scheme changes. BigBadToyStore have put up a preorder part for Astrotrain, due out in April 2008, which shows the figure to have a G1 cartoon accurate colour scheme.
There is no confirmation on this yet but it currently looks very good and will temp collectors and anyone else who already has the white version from Hasbro.
The listing can be found at BigBadToyStore.com.
Takara Tomy have updated their official Transformers website with a page for USA Edition Masterpiece Starscream.
The figure is very similar to the Wal-Mart exclusive version from the USA, which features Starscream in his original Generation One colour scheme, and not the re-colour for MP-03. There is also some decay on the figure to add some realism to the design.
Amiami have put up some high resolution images of a prototype figure of Trans-Scanning Bumblebee. This Japanese exclusive Transformers movie figure can be seen in both robot and vehicle mode (Concept Camaro), as well as a protoform asteroid mode and protoform robot mode.
Seems TakaraTomy have learnt from the past and have produced a more accurate G1 Optimus Prime (Convoy) Music Label figure.
The first high quality pictures of the figure are now online and show him in a very accurate red and blue colour scheme.
According to the listing on e-hobby for Transformers Encore Jazz, or Meister given the Japanese name, the figure will be released with a remolded head, but of who’s we are not sure.
The item is due out in March and is number 8 in the Encore line from Takara-Tomy.
An image has appeared on Actoys.net that seems to indicate that the next Masterpiece (MP-07) from TakaraTomy will be Simon Furman’s favourite character, Grimlock.
All that is shown in the image is a blacked out picture of Grimlock and the original posted mentioning Masterpiece.
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