Whilst roaming in the centre of Milton Keynes yesterday, I happened to pop into the Entertainer toy store there and discovered Energon Treadbolt, Tidalwave, Ironhide and the biggest surprise, ENERGON OPTIMUS PRIME!! Plus the Toys r us website is now listing some of the the Energon basic assortment(Skyblast, Battle-Ravage etc.) By the way things are going we’ll probably see most of the range in Britain by Christmas!!
Auto Assembly 2009 Early Bird Ticket Discounts Extended!
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Tyrese Gibson still can’t believe his luck at being cast in Transformers
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Megan Fox not on the market again?
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Gregg Berger To Attend Auto Assembly 2009!!
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Energon Landquake in the UK?
Play, who now seem to love selling whatever they can get their hands on, have 3 Transformers toys for pre-order. 2 have already been released in the UK, but the third, Energon Landquake, has not. This is either one last attempt by Hasbro UK to release the last of Energon (Not likely) or that Play has simply imported the toy.
The release is 4th July at the very high price of £39.99. If you know anymore, tell one and all in the forums here.
Beast Wars Return!
To Japan at least, where Takara are preparing to release Beast Wars Returns (Beast Machines to everyone else) next month. Takara are promoting the show here.
It also looks like they will be releasing Blast Punch Optimus Primal, Megatron (Dragon) Rattrap, Cheetor and Blackarachnia as the first wave.
New UK Cybertron Releases
With all the Comic Con and movie news recently, you thought we forgot about you Cybertron collectors in the UK.
Transformers Cybertron Wing Saber and Sky Shadow have been released in the UK, thanks to the Hasbro UK online store. These make up wave 4 of the “Ultra” assortment.
For a complete list of every TF Cybertron toy released so far in the UK, see this thread.
Takara update TF site
Takara have updated their site to show the latest GF toys, Saidos, Tera-Shaver and LigerJack (including pics of him combined with Convoy and Megatron) and if you have a look around, you will also find new listings for BT and Beast Wars Returns. Have a look here and make sure you pop by our forums to discuss the latest relaeses
British fans get screwed…AGAIN!!!
While we’re on the subject of Alternators, apparently Hasbro have said that they have no plans to release the Alternator figures apart from Smokescreen in good ol’ Blighty!! Now I’m not sure whether this has been officially confirmed or not but if this is true, then basically we, The Brtish fans, some of the most loyal in the world, are getting overlooked AGAIN!!! Fortress Maximus, Swoop, Shockwave, Blaster!! Some of the best figures in the 20 year series and a lot of us missed out on them. Now we are possibly going through the same process once again!
Beast Wars Returns Wave 2 Image
A magazine scan from Japan shows the wave 2 toys of the Beast Wars Returns line. The image can be seen here.
TFW2005.com have also provided prices for the toys
BR-06 Nightscream – 4,500 Yen
BR-07 Jetstorm (Ultra size) – 4,500 Yen
BR-08 Silverbolt – 1,500 Yen
BR-09 Biikon Tankor – 1,500 Yen
BR-10 Biikon Thrust – 1,500 Yen
Hasbro UK 2008 Plans
With 2007 coming to a close and nearly all the Transformers movie toys having been released in the UK over the last 4 months, it’s slowly time to start looking forward to 2008.
According to online retailer Toyz and Gamez (via TFW2005), Hasbro UK have released initial details on what they plan on selling in 2008. The appears to be the extra Movie line toys plus the 2008 series Transformers Animated. This list is by no means dfinitive as Hasbro UK have a record of adding and removing things at the last minute.
Movie Legends
Movie Deluxe
Movie Leader
Movie Voyager
Helmet Asst
Prime/Starscream Blasters
Legends All Spark Battle Packs
TF Animated Deluxe
TF Animated Voyager
TF Animated Battle Pack W/DVD
TF Movie Snap Shot Roleplay Asst
TF Movie Cinema Scene Asst
TF Movie Robot Replicas.
Unleashed Turnaround
Movie TECH Role Play Asst
Movie Cyber Slammer Asst
Movie Robot Heroes
Titanium 3″ Robot Masters
The final bit of information concerns prices that we as customers may be paying due to new restrictions
next year Hasbro are not offering deluxe Transformers as an FOB line (means bigger dealers and retailers cannot buy from Hasbro China). This also means larger shops won’t offer as many 3 for 2 etc as price is almost twice as much.
Final FABs Found in UK
Dinotron of TFW2005 has picked up the final wave of fast Action Battlers in The Entertainer in Southampton. The items found were Plasma Punch Bumblebee and Blade Shield Barricade.
Hasbro UK Online Discount
Hasbro UK are providing 25% all products on their online store, hasbrotoystop.co.uk. All you have to do is enter the code, 0601 Welcome, at the checkout.
This offer expires on 10th October.
Thanks to TF@TM for the news.
