Allspark member s250 has posted an image that may be interesting for fans anticipating the upcoming Transformers Animated series. The image looks to be a head shot of Animated Sentinel Prime! Also, he says that Ultra Magnus won't have a trailer, but will instead transform into an armored missile launcher car. While there's no confirmation of this being official, it's still something that may have fans talking.

You can see the post and image here!

There was mention of a possible Universe/Classics 2.0 Prowl at BotCon, but now there's confirmation! In addition to 6" Titaniums and other Classics 2.0 news, the latest issue of Toyfare Magazine also shares which figures Hasbro was willing to confirm:

In 2008, Hasbro's going to recreate more original Transformers for its Classics Line, and two characters Hasbro has confirmed for us are yellow Lamborghini Sunstreaker and black-and-white cop car Prowl.

You can see the original report at TFW2005 here!  

TakaraTomy has updated its website with product pages for Encores Ironhide and Ratchet, as well as Music Label Soundwave Blaster Black. On the Emcore pages, you can get a good look at the cardboard heads that will come with Ironhide and Ratchet, as well as see how the toys will look with painted details instead of decals!

Click here for Encore Ironhide, here for Ratchet and here for Soundwave Blaster Black!

We've seen various multi-colored testshots, and gray prototypes in slideshows, but we never had good images of a fully-painted Animated Megatron Cybertron Mode in show colors--that is, until now! Ebay seller HeeroToysMaker has posted a new listing for the wise and glorious Decepticon leader, and has plenty of pictures to show off the paint and detail!

You can see the auction here! And you can discuss it here in this thread, thanks to The DOCTOR Megs for the link! 

Speculation that e-Hobby, TakaraTomy's outlet for limited edition recolors, is no longer accepting orders from countries outside of Japan is confirmed.  e-Hobby was accepting orders from overseas, including English speaking countries, for years but upon inquiring about ordering Safety Black Ironhide I received this response.

"Thank's your mail to e-hobby shop.  To your great sorry, e-hobby shop were ended sales for overseas from last September, We cannot reply your mail or any orders.  regards  e-hobby shop"

Disappointing news for those fans who were looking to import e-Hobby Exclusives directly from the source. 

ENewsi.com has posted an image from the Transformers Animated show that features a head shot of Ultra Magnus! As you probably know, Ultra Magnus will appear in a couple of episodes throughout the show and will be voiced by Jeff Bennett (who is also doing the voices for Prowl and Captain Fanzone).

You can see the image here, and discuss it here. Thanks to Heat Guy of TFW2005 for pointing it out. 

For our Canadian friends, the new Transformers Animated show will begin on January 1st at 7:00pm (ET)! It will be part of YTV's "Day of Firsts," but will then move to it's regularly scheduled time slot Saturday January 5th at 9:30am. So Canadians don't have to worry about missing the Cartoon Network show, YTV has them covered!

You can see the press release here on Toon Zone.

We've seen a glimpse of Storm Surge before, but now we can see who his wave-mates are! Super-Megatron over at TFW2005 has posted images of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Allspark Power Basic Storm Surge along with Warpath (a repaint of Cybertron Overhaul) and Crosshairs (a repaint of Energon Strongarm)! Also posted were the characters bios.

You can see the original post and images here, and discuss them here in Engledogg's thread on the Allspark. Also, we've mirrored the images to our gallery here, and you can click "Read More" for the bios! 

Have you missed the Cartoon Network commercial for Transformers Animated each time it's aired? Living in a country without Cartoon Network? Well, no need to fret! A recording of the commercial has been uploaded to YouTube, for the whole world to see!

Click here to see the video. Thanks to TFW2005 for the link! 

Our very own Optimus Prowl is reporting some bit of news concerning the upcoming Classics 2.0 / Universe line as well as the fate of the remaining unproduced 6" Titanium figures.  The news comes from Toyfare Magazine.

The article states that Classics 2.0 Waves will consist of five Transformers and that we will be getting a triple-changer, and a tank, as part of the first few assortments.  The article continues with a statement from one of the Transformers designers (in reference to future recolors) ''Where possible, I'll try and throw a new head sculpt in or change up the way the vehicle transforms in order to give it a different look."

Also concerning 6" Titaniums, particularly War Within Prowl and Grimlock Hasbro says "we are not planning to release these versions."

You can discuss the news on our boards.  Thanks to Optimus Prowl for the bit of news.