Heads up! ModxToy's pete_amuro has the latest scans of Dengeki Hobby December 2009 issue! What's in it? A recap of the exclusives found throughout Japan's various retailers on purchasing Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: from Optimus Black Version via Amazon, to the Desert version of the twins from Lawson, Tsutaya's EZ Collection (Legends) Bumblebee Clear version, and Stealth version of Bumblebee! Buster Optimus RA-24 is still slated for November and will still be able to combine with Leader Jetfire. EZ Collection Desert Combat Rampage will be limited to 4000 at Japan's Toys'R'Us with purchases up to 3000 Yen in Transformers-related products, starting November 21. EZ Collection Wave 2 is also covered; Disney Label Donald Duck; Encore #19 featuring Frenzy, Rumble, Overkill, and Laserbeak;and Device Label. On Device Label Blaster (Broadblast), he's labeled as a spring release, so there might still be hope.

For convenience, check the scans mirrored at our gallery!

If you've got a ton of money sitting around, now's your chance to own a rare piece of Transformers History!  Original paintings done as toy box character art have been posted on ComicLink.Com!  According to the descriptions:

This packaging art was uncovered a decade ago by a single collector with over 35 other Transformers box art paintings and it has remained in his private collection since. To date less than 70 Transformers Generation One original box art pieces have been found of the hundreds that were created.

Traditionally Hasbro would hire different advertising agencies to provide packaging artwork who then commissioned freelance commercial illustrators to design and provide final art, like S. Daly who painted many of the early Box art graphics from 1984-1986. These pieces were painted using a mixture of gouache, watercolor, and airbrush on thick illustration board. This is one-of-a-kind original on 19" x 19" art board with an image area of approximately 15" x 14". Truly a piece of Pop Culture, Comic Book, and Toy history, it is rare for any original Transformers packaging art to come up for sale."

For folks looking to attend Canada's largest Transformers convention next year, now we know when it will be! TFCon 2010 will take place a little later than usual, July 17th and 18th. So instead of a Spring's breeze, you can expect a full-on hot Summer's day!

Click here to read the announcement, and then discuss it here! Thanks go to Protoman for stopping by and sharing this information!

The Universe of the Transformers is vast, and populated by many characters. Their universe is a large tapestry, made up of the stories and points of view of countless experiences that serve the larger whole. These are some of those stories. This is: Transformers Mosaic.

11/11/09 Mosaic: Thrust always knows what to do in a Running Fight.

Takara Tomy and Henkei fans get ready for another exclusive taunting you from the far reaches of the globe! Or, you know, Japan. Toy Hobby Market will be offering an exclusive Dark Skyfire figure that will be released around March next year. Currently the only images on the page are Photoshopped, but they still give you a good idea of what the figure will be about!

Click here to see the images and info page, and then here to discuss this news in Buster Darkwings thread!

Nightscream chases down Jetstorm and retrieves Blackarachnia’s spark. Rattrap and Cheetor lose control of Tankor and once again face him and his Vehicon drones. Tankor continually appears to show signs of inner conflict during the battle. While communicating with the Matrix through the Oracle, Optimus finds Rhinox. Optimus is taken back when Rhinox shows signs of hostility towards him. Meanwhile, Rhinox manages to gain control of Tankor claiming that he is no longer on the Maximals’ or Megatron’s side. Cheetor and the others subdue him and attempt to forcefully reprogram him. Optimus appears and tells them to let Rhinox go. Rhinox leaves the Maximals with a criptic message, “the next time we meet, it will not be as allies”.