More fuel for the Takara vs. Hasbro debate?

TFW2005 is reporting that they have received word from Ages Three and Up on a Takara release of Transformers: The Movie Ultimate Bumblebee that will use die-cast and "higher quality" plastic than the Hasbro version. This change is intended to make the figure fit in better with the Masterpiece series of figures that Takara produces.

You can see the original post here. 

On Simon Furman's blog it's been revealed who we can expect in an upcoming Transformers Spotlight issue - Arcee!  Everyone's favorite fem-bot will be making her IDW debut with her own Transformers Spotlight issue.  This is what Simon had to say.

"This is Arcee like you’ve never seen, um, ‘her’ before. Forget pink and fiesty, this Arcee is mad, bad and dangerous to know!"

You can view Simon's blog entry and discuss the news in lonegamer8's thread. 

A reminder for our friends in the UK, Masterforce begins tonight. Tune into Anime Central at 11:30 to watch your favorite Japanese Transformers battle it out! For those that are familiar with the various Transformers dubs, it is said that this will be the StarTV dub of the show. So, those of you in the UK that don't have the DVD, this would be a great way to sample Masterforce series.

You can see Anime Central's comments here, and discuss this news here in BassX10's thread on the Allspark.

A poster over at TFW2005 has come across some new Transformers: The Movie Bonus pack toys at his local Walmart. The toys he found were Cyberstomper Prime and Bumblebee packaged with Cyberslammer Bumblebee and Barricade respectively. These Bonus packs seem perfect for those of us with children or are just a child at heart!

You can see the original post here, and don't forget to post your own sightings here!