The Official Transformers Facebook page has posted two images of the upcoming Generations Voyager Sandstorm figure. Although they've since been taken down, Allspark member CORVUS grabbed both images while they were still online! This figure shares the same base mold as Generations Springer, however it features an extensive amount of remolds!
Those of you eager for the first Triplechanging Sandstorm in more than 20 years, Big Bad Toy Store has just confirmed that he will be getting a new Generations Voyager figure! This will no doubt be the Springer recolor/remold that we've seen artwork of on Metroplex's box, and is expected in July.
Hasbro have now opened the second round of voting for the Fan Built Bot poll on Transformers.com. The options you can vote on now are Name, Gender, Origin, and Speciality!
BotCon.com has announced two more artists who will be attending BotCon 2013:
Joining our ever growing list of artists is someone very known to Transformers and web comic fans and another artist whose Transformers art you need to check out right meow: David Willis and Mai Namba!
BotCon.com has announced more Artist Alley guests! John-Paul Bove, colorist for IDW's Regeneration One, and Dan Khanna, well-known Transformers artist who has worked on many facets of the brand from comics to toy packaging art, have now joined the list of artists who will be in attendance! Other artists include: Ken Christiansen, Cally Karishokka, Josh Burcham, Robby Musso, Matt Frank, Thomas Deer, Livio Ramondelli, and Casey Coller. And they still have more announcements to make!
For those of you who can't wait any longer for chibby Kreon goodness, fret not. Gen. Magnus of the 2005 Boards has found Wave 2 of the Kre-O Microchangers at a Target in Tucson, AZ! This wave contains Acidstorm, Arcee, Blight, Bulkhead, Groove, Hardshell, Hoist, Lugnut, Perceptor, Powerglide, Scourge, and Vehicon.
eHOBBY has updated their product page for their exclusive Generations Magnificus, preorders for the figure are now closed in Japan, with a preview of the comic he will be packed with. The preview shows a diminutive Ga'mede riding inside Magnificus' vehicle mode while fending off a certain gorilla based Pretender. Magnificus is a retool of Reveal the Shield / United Perceptor in the familiar Microchange based color scheme.
The Allspark had updated their Facebook page with the latest TakaraTomy Generations releases TG-15 Autobot Datadisc and TG-16 Decepticon Datadiscs! The Autobot set consists of Rewind, Sundor, Eject, and Ramhorn while the Decepticon set consists of Rumble, Rat Bat, Frenzy, and Ravage. On our forums we highlight the differences between the TakaraTomy and Hasbro releases, as well as discover which figure may be moonlighting for the opposing side.
The Official Transformers Facebook Page have posted a few goodies for us this Monday! For those of you wondering what the Generations Legends Megatron and Starscream would look like wonder no longer - it appears Megatron will be based on his Megatron Origins body and Starscream his IDW Earth mode. What's more, their Targetmaster buddies are based on the IDW Deluxe Insecticons - Megatron comes with Chop Shop and Starscream comes with Waspinator!
Transformers designer Hisashi Yuki has tweeted out two new images of Generations Metroplex. After all of his teasing, we now get a good look at the full robot mode! The images show him interacting with EZ collection figures as well as his own Legends scale partner, Scamper. Palling around with those tiny toys makes him look even more huge!