With their release looming, the Transformers Henkei have received their own website! It's chock full of history, toy images, transformation videos, you name it, they have it! So take a trip over to help alleviate suffering 10 more days until their release!

You can see the website here! 

With the release of HenKei Transformers (Japanese Classics) just 10 days away, website toysdaily has acquired a sample of the HenKei Convoy figure.  Several hi-res photos of the figure are included.  These photos give a close look of the differences made to this figure from it's well known Hasbro counterpart.  Among one point of interest is silver paint used on the grill and bumper of this sample instead of chrome on this figure.

In a related topic, hi-res pictures of HenKei Astrotrain have shown up at amaimi.com.  Though these pictures were revealed earlier, these are of a much higher quality revealing more detail of the figure.

You can view mirrored images in our galleries.  Thanks to TFW2005 for the news here and here and you can discuss the images here.

Transformers.com has been updated with a new article on upcoming Target Transformers: The Movie exclusive toys, as a companion to the earlier Wal-Mart exclusives post. The article includes official photos of the new versions of Concept Bumblebee, Barricade, Jazz, and Brawl, all of whom feature special "Allspark Powered" blue highlights. Also pictured is Deep Space Starscream, another in the movie "Premium Series," with metallic paint and other new details. All the exclusives are packaged in robot mode in rounded display boxes. The exclusives are at normal retail prices for their size classes, with deluxes listed at $9.99 and Starscream at $19.99. 

Visit Transformers.com for the update, and discuss in Octavius Prime's thread. 

He fills the sky with the deafening roar of his blades, shocking people into awe, and now he even has his own promotional video! The Transformers Collectors' Club has posted a video of their new "freebie" figure for this year, Topspin! Register or renew by March 15th and this toy will be yours free for just joining!

You can see the video on the Club page here!  

A poster at TFW2005 reports finding the "exclusive" Battle-Damaged Transformers: The Movie Deluxe-class Arcee at a Wal-Mart store in California, and has pictures to prove it. The toy was originally released as part of a Sam's Club-exclusive box set, and we've known for a while now that it was due for an individual release of some kind. Samples have turned up on eBay, and BigBadToyStore has the toy in stock.

The strange part is that we haven't yet heard what kind of "exclusive" the toy is, and the only part of the packaging that we knew differed from the standard card--the yellow "EXCLUSIVE! BATTLE-DAMAGE!" sticker seen on eBay and BBTS--wasn't present on the one found in Wal-Mart. It was reportedly just mixed in with "normal" Arcees on pegs, with the only apparent differences being the paint job and a UPC code that didn't ring up in the Wal-Mart register.

Check out the full report and photos over at TFW2005. Hopefully another sighting will pop up soon to shed a little light on this mysterious figure... 

IDW colorist and Allsparker Liam "Lima Bean" Shalloo has posted a one-page preview of the upcoming Spotlight: Grimlock on his DeviantArt account. The comic book will be drawn by Marcelo Matare and, of course, colored by Liam Shalloo.

Check out the amazing work from these two artists here! 
You can also discuss this preview in Lima Bean's thread here.

Hasbro's Transformers page has updated their website with some detailed information concerning the design choices of the recently released Wal-Mart Exclusive Off-Screen Movie Deluxes.  Joe Kyde, the man responsible for choosing the colors on the exclusive deluxe figures, goes into detail as to why the colors for each figure were chosen.  Ever wondered what Jolt was originally going to be named, or who Grindcore homages?  Perhaps you are interested in the color choices for Divebomb?  And who is this Big Daddy character? 

To find out all this visit Hasbro's Transformers page, and you can discuss the news here in our forums.  Thanks to lastmaximal for the news.

When you've been in the Transformers fandom for a while, chances are you have some stories of your own in your head - whether those are stories that fit neatly in between the pages or in the commercial breaks of canon, or stories populated by original characters or set in alternate universes where canon is all but out the window.  And for those who have stories, the Allspark has a place to share them: Chronicles of Cybertron, the fanfiction forum.

If it's family-friendly in accordance with the Allspark Forums' content policies, it's welcome here... and from now through the end of March, if it's a story of the Transformers experiencing culture shock on Earth, it's especially welcome in the monthly fanfic challenge.

Click on the "Read More" link to see this month's challenge, and go here to visit the challenge at the Allspark Forums!

We've received the latest update from Allspark sponsor BigBadToyStore!  Read on for the Transformers related items, or click the "read more" link for the entire newsletter.

Clearance Sale: We've cut prices on 200 more older or overstocked items today! There are a wide variety of items from many properties, mainstream to obscure listed on the following menus. Some may sell out quickly so be sure to take a look through the lists below. Please note that sale orders may need a few extra days to ship next week due to a heavy workload in our warehouse.

ARRIVING SOON

MP-04 MASTERPIECE CONVOY: The ultimate version of Prime will be available this coming week - we have a fairly low number of preorders remaining at $249.99 - reserve yours now

OMEGA SUPREME STATUE: One of the more popular Transformers Statues from the new Diamond Select line, Omega will be arriving on Monday and preorders are available at $149.99

NEW PREORDERS

BBTS EXCLUSIVE - FRENZY & RAVAGE BUST: Our Sixth exclusive Transformers Bust is now up for preorder. Frenzy & Ravage are limited to 600 pieces and were just listed at $49.99. Be sure to grab the rest of our exclusivs as well including: Elita-One, Jazz, Ramjet, Thrust, and Dirge.

BINALTECH BT-19 & BT-20 UPDATE: We've just received news from Japan that Takara will resume manufacturing Binaltechs with die-cast metal parts!  Suppliers have confirmed that they expect these to have roughly the same amount of metal as the early versions - hoods, body panels, doors, etc.  Preorders are available at $54.99 each

TRANSFORMER DELUXE EXCLUSIVES: We have a small number of exclusive Cybertron repaint figures: Jolt, Divebomb, Big Daddy, and Grindcore. Check out all the TF Movie Exclusive items here

Following the success of WST Dinorobot Santa Commander, TFSource and Justitoys teamed up again this past holiday season for a new Stocking Stuffer campaign. However, the resulting figure was never revealed...until now. Those that participate in the campaign and buy $75 worth of merchandise can buy a set of Reindeer Commander (green Grimlock with antlers) and Elf Bombardier (G1 toy Swoop with elf hat)! The set costs an additional $35.95.

You can see the announcement and more about the campaign here!