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Sponsor BigBadToyStore has confirmed rumours going around this week that the next Transformers Masterpiece figure will indeed be the leader of the Dinobots – Grimlock.
The photo on the site is the teaser image seen months ago and the release is now confirmed as being March 2009 and is expected to be larger than any other Masterpiece figure. This also means a higher price tag, but expect retailers to reduce the price in the coming months.
More new from our site sponsor Kapow Toys, this time with news of the next two figure in the Transformers Henkei line from Takara Tomy. These will be C12 Hound and C13 Cheetas (aka Cheetor from Beast Wars/Machines). The incredible accurate date of 27th of December 2008 has been given for their release,so get prepared to spend your Christmas money.
Site Sponsor Kapow Toys has posted the profiles for the Transformers Animated 2-packs – Optimus Prime and Blackarachnia and Megatron and Prowl. he has also revealed that the packs will be Wal*Mart exclusives in the USA.
The Revenge of Blackarachnia
Long ago Optimus Prime was forced to abandon Blackarachnia in the caverns beneath the surface of an alien world. There she found herself surrounded by a terrifying horde of bizarre spiders and she was forced to reformat herself based on the strange organism to survive. The experience twisted her and drove her away from the autobots and left her with an undying desire for revenge on the former ally who left her to her fate. She has come to earth in search of Optimus Prime and she will not stop until she has destroyed him and everything he holds dear.
Battle In Space
In Space over a strange alien world Megatron carves his way through the hull of the autobot spaceship with his fusion cannon. Inside Prowl and his fellow autobots wait, knowing there is very little chance of defeating the Decepticon leader in a fight. Prowl knows his only chance is through stealth and skill. When it comes time to meet the mighty Megatron in combat he relies on his holographic projectors and speed to avoid being hit whilst tagging his opponent with every combat technique he knows. Unfortunately even his most powerful attacks bounce off the invincible armour of the Decepticon tyrant.
Time for some more rumours. Sparkplug of SGCollect has posted some information he has received on the release of Masterpiece MP-08 Grimlock and Alternity Megatron.
Masterpiece Grimlock will be released in March 2009 by TakaraTomy with a price tag of 130,000 Yen. This is a lot more expensive than other Masterpieces, so (if true) expect a large item. Alternity Megatron will be available in either blue or silver and will transform into the new Nissan Fairlady Z.
Expect retailers to either confirm or deny these rumours in the coming weeks.
e-hobby have updated their website with two new preorders, Sunstorm and Black Megatron. Both are e-hobby exclusive Generation One repaints and have already been released before, in 2003 and 2001 respectively.
Sunstorm is a repaint of G1 Starscream, coloured in orange and white, whilst Black Megatron is recoloured with more black and brown colouring of the original G1 Megatron figure. Both are due out in February 2009!
Thanks to forum member dejavu for the news.
TFW2005 Red leader, and owner of site sponsor Kapow Toys has confirmed the identity of the next Transformers Encore figures, numbers 13 and 14 in the series. Encore 13 is Trailebreak and Encore 14 is Hoist. No release date has been given but expect some soon as other retailers confirm the information.
Trailbreaker has been reissued once before in 2001 in Japan. Hoist was first reissued in 2001 in Japan as part of a one day convention special and by Hasbro in 2003 for the Commemorative Series.
A prototype hardcopy, black Optimal Optimus has appeared on ebay. The seller claims that “Only 2 can be confirmed to exist” but on the Certificate of Authenticity, it states “There are probably less than 12 of these in existence in the world”, so believe what you will. The item originally came from the collection of one of Hasbro and Takara’s designers, so for some collectors, it will be quite special to have.
Currently the auction stands at US $1,999.94 with 0 bids. Given the credit crunch, that’s not surprising.
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.
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.
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