Thanks to Allspark members Betty Nor and Drifter, we now have some information and images from Wonderfest held this weekend in Japan! Takara Tomy had on display the Trans-scanning Transformers: The Movie figures, Transformers Henkei, Encore Meister (Jazz) and the G1 style Music Convoy. Also popping up at the convention were Shockwave and armored Ultra Magnus Revoltech figures! However they were fan kits made by converting Megatron and unarmored Ultra Magnus. Interestingly enough, while they were fan made kits, they were still made under a Takara Tomy license. Finally, the Roadbuster mold will be seeing a re-issue in the form of a model kit! Although it will not be made by Takara Tomy, so it looks like the final production colors will not match the colors the mold sported in G1.

Click here to check out images and see everything that Betty Nor and Drifter have to say about the convention! 

Target has put online a coupon good for $5 off any $25 toy purchase at Target. The coupon expires 10/1/2008, and it is limit one per transaction. So next time you plan on buying Transformers at Target, take this coupon with you and save yourself a few dollars!

Click here to get the coupon! 

Rare Minicon hunters prepare to open your wallets and weep! Japanese hobby magazine Figure Oh! is reporting that Toys R Us in Japan is going to be holding a campaign to coincide with the release of Transformers Henkei (Classics). The first 10 customers in line to buy Henkai figures at TRU stores will get a Skyglide Micron, which will be the Steelwind Minicon repainted red to match Powerglide! Your Universe Powerglide could have a mini version of himself to play with!

Thanks to TFW2005 for the information!

TFW2005 poster MegaHavok is reporting that he found the Walmart Exclusive Transformers: The Movie Robot Heroes The Final Battle 5-pk and the Ratchet Allspark Blaster at a Walmart in Riverside, CA. The Robot Heroes 5-pk comes with Prime, Megatron, Ratchet, Jazz and Blackout, each with new paint apps.

Click here to see the Robot Heroes sighting, and here to see the blaster sighting! 

A new eBay auction gives us another look at the upcoming Transformers Animated Voyager-class Optimus Prime. We've seen the toy on eBay before, and of course at last week's Toy Fair, but this new auction provides us with one of the better shots so far of his vehicle-mode gun/robot-mode battleaxe.

Check out the auction here.  

Transformers at the Moon recently had a chance to sit down with former Hasbro Product Designer Tim Bradley.  Mr. Bradley worked for Hasbro in 1998 and again in 2004.  His credentials include design work for Beast Wars, Beast Machines, Jurassic Park, and Star Wars lines.  You can read the interview, and get an insight into Tim Bradley and the life of a Hasbro Product Designer by visiting TF at the Moon.

You can discuss the interview in Suspy's thread.

The evil continues to roll out as Botcon.com reveals two more of the figures from this year's box set. Joining Prime and Goldbug in the ranks of the evil Autobots are Jazz and Grimlock! Jazz is sporting a new headsculpt, while Grimlock bears the colors of a certain other evil T-Rex!  Just two more (official) reveals left for this years boxset!

You can see the images of Jazz and Grimlock here! 

The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films has announced the nominations for its 34th Annual Saturn Awards, and Transformers: The Movie is up for two: Best Science Fiction Film and Best Special Effects. The Academy is a non-profit organization founded in 1972 specifically to honor and promote genre entertainment. Academy members vote to select the award winners, and membership is open to the public... so feel free to drop a few bucks and help stack the deck!

The presentation is a long way off, as it won't be held until June 24 in Universal City, California. While you're waiting, don't forget to root for Transformers in its three categories in those other Academy Awards this Sunday!