It looks like the Wave 10 assortment with Transformers: The Movie Premium Bumblebee has started hitting US retail stores! Allspark member Prowl has reported finding a few Bumblebees at a Walmart in Nebraska. Previously, the cases that were shipping had Stealth Bumblebee and Salvage in place of the Premium Bumblebee, so that the only Premium Deluxes in the case were Barricade and Jazz. But now Bumble-lovers can go out and hunt down the shiny Bee!

Click here to see the sighting, or post your own!

Six Transformers stranded in Axium Nexus seek to find a way off of this alternate version of Cybertron and back to their own. Unfortunately, they are surrounded by strangers finding it difficult to trust anyone...except one Transformer. Can Crystal Widow help these six escape their prison? This story is written by Greg Sepelak and S.Trent Troop, with illustrations by Matt Kuphaldt. EHobby Minicar fans may find this particular story interesting...

Click here to go to the Collectors' Club website. The story is in the Member's Only section. 

Marcelo Matere has updated his DeviantART page with the lines and colors for his second cover to IDW's Transformers Animated miniseries #1! The cover features a Sentinel Prime that looks a little less than thrilled seeing a face from his past.

Click here to see the lines and here to see the colors for this alternate cover. And for those that need a refresher, click here to see the first cover! 

Adam16Bit has stopped by with some information that Entertainment Earth has just received from Hasbro. Here's a breakdown of the information:

Transformers Animated Voyager Figures Wave 2
1 each of the figures from Wave 1 plus 1 x Optimus Prime. July

Transformers Animated Voyager Figures Wave 3
2 x Grimlock, 2 x Lugnut. August.

Transformers Universe Deluxe Wave 2
Transformers Universe Deluxe Wave 2 Revision 1
Wave 1 figures plus 2 x Galvatron and 1 x Acid Storm. ~September.

Click here to discuss this news in Adam16Bit's thread. 

The Transformers Collectors' Club Store has now updated with merchandise from Botcon. No, unfortunately not any of the toys. However, fans that weren't able to attend now have the chance to buy the comic, souvenir shirts, lithographs, and Animated promotional material that was available at this year's convention!

Click here to go to the Club Store! 

The MTV Movies Blog has a brief interview with Lorenzo di Bonaventura, producer of the upcoming Transformers 2 (as well as the 2007 original, and the upcoming G.I. Joe movie). He confirms that Jonah Hill won't be appearing in the picture, but that Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, and Jon Voight will, and the sequel will film in Philadelphia and Bethlehem, PA next month. He also says we won't be seeing that giant transforming aircraft carrier Michael Bay teased in the first movie's DVD extras--but that Bay does have some "really great stuff planned," and there will be "a couple casting surprises for everybody soon.”

Check out the full article at the MTV Movies Blog.  

Transformers-animated.de.vu has posted a few spoilers for a couple upcoming Transformers Animated episodes from a German dubbed episode list for Episodes 25 and 29. The spoilers confirm a few suspicions that fans have had as well as deepen a couple mysteries that will start to pop up!

Click here to see the original report in language, and here to discuss this news on the Allspark. Both links include spoilers. Big, very big spoilers. So don't click on the links if you want to be surprised! Thanks to Type-Q for pointing this news out! 

It's no secret that Transformers: The Movie was a big fat hit on home video, and next month, they may have the awards to prove it. It turns out that for almost twenty years, an organization called "The Home Entertainment Association" has been giving out something called "The Home Entertainment Awards." EMA member retailers and distributors vote to select winners in 20 categories based on sales/rentals and studio support. Transformers ties Harry Potter for the most nominations this year, in the following categories:

• DVD Extras of the Year
• High-Definition Title of the Year
  
• Marketing Campaign of the Year
  
• Sell-Through Title of the Year from a Major Studio
  

Magmatron of the 2005 Boards has posted more images from an upcoming Transformers Animated episode. Today, it's Auto Boot Camp! This episode has a lot to offer; a flashback, a chase, a few new characters, an explanation about a line of dialog in Elite Guard...and much more!  Oh, and there's a mystery surrounding one of the new characters that G1 fans may find interesting. Very interesting.

Click here to discuss these images and plot summary. Of course, that link contains spoilers, so don't it if you don't want to be spoiled. Thanks to Type-Q for the heads up!

Last week we reported that "Superbad" star Jonah Hill was in early talks to co-star in the sequel to Transformers: The Movie as Shia LaBeouf's "comic relief" sidekick. Today, according to Entertainment Weekly's web site (which broke the news of his possible casting in the first place), those negotiations have broken down. Hill will officially not be appearing in Transformers 2, which will likely reduce the number of improvised penis jokes in the sequel by about 33% (Michael Bay and Shia LaBeouf are still attached).

Read the EW.com report, and continue discussion in this thread.