Allspark sponsor Big Bad Toy Store does it again! This time, they give us a look at the concept art for the upcoming Alternity Starscream and Skywarp figures! But if those aren't your thing, and you're more into Beast Wars, they also have an image of the upcoming Cheetor repaint for Device Label Ravage!  Or if that's not your thing, they have a concept design for the Disney Label Buzz Lightyear!

Click here for the Alternity concepts,  here for Cheetor, and here for Buzz! You can then discuss this news here!

We're beginning to see the toys, but what about the cartoon? It looks like Animated in Japan will start April 3rd, 2010 at 8AM on TV Tokyo Network; taking the old Galaxy Force time slot! You can see an advertisement for the premiere on TV-Aichi's website here!

Thanks go to Mendinso for posting this news!

From the Land of the Rising Sun comes a tidal wave of Transformers news! Amazon.co.jp has updated its Transformers listings with a myriad of Animated listings...many of which include new images! Blackarachnia, Dirge, Lockdown, Soundwave, Cliffjumper, and Blitzwing are now revealed for the first time, and Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Ironhide, Ratchet, Prowl, Megatron and Starscream all have new images!

If that's not enough, the CyberGundam Blog has been updated with Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Alternity, Device Label and Disney label release dates from Takara Tomy!

Click here for the Animated images on Amazon.co.jp, and click here for the release dates on the CyberGundam Blog. Should you want to check the listings out in one place, our Takara Tomy 2009/2010 Release Schedule has been updated with this newest information! Then discuss this news here and here!

Although it seems like the Hong Kong version of this figure was released forever and a half ago, the Japan version just came out a few days ago. What's the difference? Well, the version released in Japan came with a comic book all about Black Convoy! Is he good? Is he bad? Is it a human brain trapped inside an Autobot body? Well, you're just going to have to read the preview yourself!

Click here to read the preview on the-arker.com, and then discuss it here. Thanks to It's Shockaract! for the link!

We've seen these figures on online stores, but now US brick and mortar retail chains have started putting them out for sale as well! Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Human Alliance Barricade with Frenzy were spotted at a Walmart in California, so you know what that means! Time for another toy hunt!

Click here to see the original sighting from 2005 Board member SALI, or post your own sighting here!

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.

1/18/09 Mosaic: Monkey Puzzles can make a mech go "The monkeys, the MONKEYS...!"

Here's one for our fellow Filipinos! There's an onslaught of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen figures let loose at the stores, ranging from Strike Mission Sideswipe, Lockdown, Leader Class Shadow Command Megatron, and more!

Head over to TFW to see the remaining figures that's popped up!

Big Small Comix.com has been kind enough to give a preview of IDW's Bumblebee #2, featuring our favorite VW bug chasing down a certain speedster! But there seems to be things afoot with the speedy mech...

Read  the preview here and then sound off your thoughts here!

Troy Mosiman of the Seibertron Boards has posted scans for an ad that he recently received from Toshiba. The ad shows the four Device Label toys--Ravage, Tigatron, Grimlock, and Trypticon--as well as gives a run down on their functionality and price. If that's not for you, it also gives a discount code for 15% off computer accessories (seemingly including the Device Label figures)!

Click here to see the scans on Seibertron.com, and then discuss them here!

Perhaps Michael Bay has finally heard the fans' complaints about the lack of character the Transformers have in his movies. In an interview with LA Times about the movie franchise as a whole, the director revealed that while the third movie will be less robot-heavy, it will also focus more on the robot's character:

Although the number of robots increased significantly from the first film for the second, the third film -- which will hit theaters this summer, won’t be as robot-heavy and there will be fewer explosions, a tight-lipped Bay said after the Q+A. 

“There will be a nice crescendo ending,” Bay said. “It gets much more into the robot character. The last time you kind of met a few of the robots; this time you’re gonna get a much cooler landscape.”

Click here to read this full interview, and then discuss it here!