For those fans that didn't attend Botcon, or those that did and missed it, Allspark member Vangelus has posted a few YouTube videos featuring the Script Reading! This was a reading of the Animated script "Bee in the City" written by Greg Sepelak and S. Trent Troop and performed by the voice actors that attended the convention (David Kaye, Bumper Robinson, and Tara Strong. Producer Marty Isenberg also filled in for some of the other voices). A couple of fans (Anastasia Matejka "Fairlady Z", and Chris Ho "Vangelus" ) were lucky enough to get the chance to lend their voices too!

The Script Reading is in three parts: Part 1 , Part 2 and Part 3. After you watch the videos, click here to discuss the Reading in Vangelus' thread! 

The Japanese Amazon site has put up listings for HenKei! HenKei! Transformers Ramjet and Skyfire, including images of each! As with the previous HenKei releases, these figures take the Classics molds and gives them more cartoon accurate color schemes.

Click here to see Ramjet, and here to see Skyfire! Thanks to TFW2005 for pointing out the link.

IDW/Titan colorist, Allspark member and all around good guy Kris "Drivaaar" Carter has updated his blog with a few of the pages that he's colored for Spotlights Cyclonus and Hardhead! These two titles are the first two issues of the Revelations story arc that will be finishing off IDW's "-tion" series.

Check out the colors for page 2 of Cyclonus (drawn by EJ Su) and the first couple of pages from Spotlight Hardhead (drawn by Nick Roche) by clicking here!

According to Entertainment Weekly's web site, Jonah Hill is in "early talks" to co-star in next summer's sequel to Transformers: The Movie. EW.com says that the "Superbad" star would play the "comic relief" for the film, Sam Witwicky's sidekick (and potentially his college roommate, if the leaked casting reports pan out). Given Michael Bay's professed affinity for improvisation in the first flick, it wouldn't be a surprise for him to cast someone from Judd Apatow's posse in the sequel. With Transformers 2 just a month or so away from filming, we should find out for sure soon enough!

Thanks to Master Fwiffo for posting the news. Read the EW.com report, and discuss in Fwiffo's thread.  

Character designer Derrick J. Wyatt has posted an image on his blog giving us a sneak peek at several upcoming Transformers Animated characters! The image shows body parts such as chests, faces...and other parts...from Transformers that fans may recognize. In fact, most of these characters were first revealed at Botcon this past weekend, so fans that attended the convention are busy filling in which body part belongs to which Transformer. But we won't spoil it for fans that still want to guess who is who!

Click here to see the character designs and here to discuss (and find out which characters are shown). Thanks to Razorsaw for the heads up! 

It looks like Target is preparing to move on from the Transformers: The Movie toys! Allspark member TheMightyMollusk reports that Targets are now cutting the price of Deluxes from $9.99 to $6.99 in anticipation of the end of the toyline. So fans looking to grab the last few waves of the Movie toys, may want to check out Targets first!

Click here to discuss the price cut in TheMightyMollusk's thread! 

Those crazy kids over at IDW have shared some news about upcoming Transformers comic books via their blogs. First, Editor-In-Chief Chris Ryall posts that the Transformers: The Movie sequel series "Reign of Starscream," originally due in shops this week, has experienced a shipping delay and will arrive next Wednesday instead. Second, editor Denton J. Tipton copy/pastes in the first page of the script for the upcoming Animated comic, which will be a series of all-new stories set in the Animated universe.

This news was brought to our attention by Allspark member lonegamer8, who herself was named by Tipton as the winner of the full, autographed script to that first Animated issue, thanks to her correct identification of cover artist Marcelo Matere. Discuss this news and offer your congratulations in lonegamer8's thread!

...And there's another update on Transformers.com! Now they have an article for the Toys R Us 6-inch Titaniums Prowl and Grimlock! Find out more about these figures, as well as get a look  at images of each in both modes. Look for these nearly-canceled figures to start hitting TRU shelves this fall!

Click here to see the news article! 

Transformers.com has updated again, this time with images and information on the upcoming Target Comic Packs for Universe! The images feature figures that have slightly different colors than the ones that were on display at Botcon. Most notable are the black wheels and guns on Roadbuster, which were green in the Botcon display. The article also give the bios, story behind the repaints and which comic the sets will come with...and reveals that Ratbat's symbol switches from Decepticon to Ultracon!

Click here to see the news article, and then discuss it here! Thanks to Chris McFeely for the heads up.

Hasbro has updated its Transformers page with images and information on a few of the upcoming store exclusive figures that we learned about at Botcon. Fleshing out the tail end of the Transformers: The Movie toyline will be three more Walmart Deluxes, Fracture, Breakway and Crankcase!
Check out the official images, bios, and the story behind each toy here.

Also, the Universe section has been updated with the names for the KMart 12 pack of Minicons. The team names are: Safeguard Team, Overcast Team, Landslide Team and Ransack Team. The individual names are: Backstop, Blight, Bodyblock, Boltflash, Brimstone, Cloudraker, Flatfoot, Heavytred, Knockdown, Makeshift, Skyhammer (who is said to be based on a Cobra Rattler!), and Suppressor. Flatfoot and Heavytred are two members of the Safeguard Team, and Cloudraker, Boltflash and Skyhammer are the Overcast Team. The other Minicon's teams aren't identified though.
You can see the Minicon pictures and information here!