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.

10/3/08 Mosaic: Double-O, where Prowl meets, and reluctantly recruits, their own James Bond.

IDW Editor-in-chief Chris Ryall has updated his blog with the variant covers to #5 and #6 of All Hail Megatron, both drawn by Casey Coller (who drew the "Killing Joke" homage cover and to-be-released Spotlight Blurr) and colored by Joana La Fuente. Cover to #5 has Springer and Blurr and one unexpected but familiar Autobot. Cover #6 has Autobot newcomer Drift and two other 'Bots causing some "messes".

Check them out here at Ryall's blog!

TF08.net has given us our first in-package pics of the Japanese releases of Universe Sideswipe and Tankor.  Tankor recieves his original design name back, and Sideswipe returns to his G1 Japanese name, Lambor.

You can check out the two pics here!

Art Asylum has updated their blog with planned release dates for Transformers busts:

December 3: Ratchet Bust
December 17: Arcee Bust, Rumble Bust (he's BLUE!)
December 31: Ironhide Bust, Jetfire Bust
January 28, 2009: Ultra Magnus Bust
February 25, 2009: Galvatron Bust

You can still pre-order them through most online retailers, like site sponsor BigBadToyStore.

Following up with his recent eyelid injury, Shia has apparently impressed the troops on refusing to go to a hospital, opting to being treated by the base's clinic and then getting back to work after the swelling went down. Alongside those stationed at Holloman AFB are servicemen from Texas and New Mexico, as well several Green Berets.

Read the original article here at Contact Music.

Tformers.com brings us our first in-package picks of the 25th Anniversary Wave 1 line, including Cyclonus , Hound and Ravage , and Cheetor .  Also in their update are Universe Animated Legends Prowl , Optimus Prime , and Bumblebee .

You can check out their database here .

This time a prop injured the young Sam Witwicky resulting in his needing stitches above his eye. The delay was minimal as he returned to the set after being stitched up.

You can check out the full story here or join the ongoing "Shia LaBeouf's thread of calamity" on the Allspark.

Thanks to Optimal-T for the news.

There's an explosion of information on new merchandise for the Transformers Animated and 25th-Anniversary toylines:

• Following the images of Animated Jetstorm and Jetfire on BigBadToyStore that we reported previously come pre-orders from Entertainment Earth.  (Discuss)
  
• Entertainment Earth has also put up pre-orders for Transformers Universe Deluxe Wave 4 , which includes Cheetor, Hound w/ Ravage, Cyclonus, and Starscream.  The images show a Cheetor with properly transformed shoulders and a Cyclonus that resembles one with more gray that recently appeared on Ebay.  What does this mean?  Discuss here.
• Finally, they also have preorders for Transformers Animated Deluxe Wave 5 with Bumblebee (original deco), Swindle, Blurr, and Blazing Lockdown.
• The Walmart.com entry for Animated Activators Ramjet now shows an image of Dirge, suggesting that Ramjet was just a placeholder name.  Discuss in Nevermore's thread.
• BigBadToyStore has new images and preorders for Animated Bumper Battlers Lockdown and Animated Bumper Battlers Soundwave .  Discuss them in sixshot2000's thread .
  

Hopefully this signals its impending release upon our shores.

Thanks to Knight_in_Rusty_Armor for the news. You can check out the auction here and discuss this news in his thread here on the Allspark.

Allspark sponsor Big Bad Toy Store has updated its Animated Entertainment Pack pre-order with images of the Jetfire and Jetstorm figures that it will contain. So now you can get a glimpse at these two Autobot siblings in vehicle and robot modes, as well as their combined vehicle and robot modes!

Click here to see the pre-order page, and then click here to discuss them! Thanks to TriBlurr for pointing them out.