Sure seems that way!  Silverwynde of TFW2005 reports that there a new 3-D Card Battle Game Expansion Pack will be released based on the current Movie 3-D Card Battle Game.  Not much is known about the Expansion Pack other than the entry from Diamond Comics Preview Magazine below, but look for details to come soon.

You can view the original post here.  Thanks to TFW2005 for the link and Defensis Prime for providing more information.

A new article in the Los Angeles Times covers an apparent rift between the "SKG" part of Dreamworks SKG--that's Spielberg, Katzenberg, and Geffen--and their newish parent company Paramount. Scuttlebutt is that the trio feels their successes, including some giant $!#@ing robot movie you may have seen, haven't been getting enough credit with the studio, and they see greener pastures elsewhere.

Buried in all the posturing and industry insider gossip is one tidbit of welcome news: Spielberg and Bay are confirmed to be signed on for Transformers 2, and the sequel is due out in the summer of 2009. Less than two years, people! 

Read the full article here. Thanks to Nelson over at MichaelBay.com for pointing it out! 

A new BigBadToyStore newsletter casts its mighty shadow over email boxes worldwide today, and we've got the full text for the non-subscribers, plus just the Transformers items for both the non-subscribers and the too-lazy-to-read-the-whole-thing. Click "Read More" for the complete newsletter, or just check out these robo-tastic products:

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"Deck the halls with 'bots of holly--" No. "We three kings, from Cybertron are--" Nah, no good either. "You're a mean one, Megatron, you really are a--" Forget it. The point is, there are some new Transformers: The Movie Christmas items coming to a retailer near you, just in time for a month before Halloween. A company called Season Specialties is putting out a line of Transformers decorations including stockings, an Optimus Prime snowglobe, and a variety of Christmas tree ornaments.

Tformers has a gallery of these items, and TFW2005 poster ams reports finding many of them along with Transformers wrapping paper at a Florida Target. Discuss in Bass X10's thread.

A poster at TFW2005 has come across some interesting images while surfing an Asian fan site. The images are of Classics two packs featuring Ultra Magnus/Optimus Prime, and Jetfire/Grimlock! The boxes apparently have flaps that cover up the window, and when these are folded back a pop-up of the character is revealed along with the toy.

Does this mean that fans who missed these the first time around will get another chance? Unfortunately, so far there's no word on where or how these will be released. For now though, you can see the TFW2005 report and the images here.

Can't wait for Transformers: Animated to start? The Transformers Collectors' Club gives a glimpse at the Decepticons of the series on their next magazine cover. This issue should be arriving to members soon, so check those mail boxes!

Click here to see the cover of issue #17, with Transformers: Animated Decepticon artwork by Hasbro's Eric Siebenaler!

Alternator Rodimus being released to retail...just not around you...unless you live in the land down under.

Allsparker Optimus Prowl brings word the former SDCC exclusive is now available in Australia at select Mr Toys Toyworlds and possibly other stores as well.

Discuss the news in his thread here.

IDW Publishing has updated their Art Du Jour section with a glimpse at Beast Wars: Ascending #1! Currently, they have an image of the basic coloring for a page without line art. According to the blurb, the full page will be up tomorrow. So keep those browsers pointed at IDW's Art Du Jour, because this looks to be an interesting page!

You can see the current image and a write-up for the issue here. Be careful, it does get a little spoiler-ish!

Update! The full page has been posted! Click here to check it out.

Can Iron Man and his new Transformer-buster armor stand up to an overpowered and overzealous Megatron? Issue #4 of New Avengers/Transformers will bring a conclusion to this cross-over as the stakes get even larger. IGN.com has provided a 6-page preview of this final issue, just enough to sink your teeth into!

You can see the preview here.