ROBOTKINGDOM .COM Newsletter #1176 Hi, Here is a quick update from www.robotkingdom.com. Hasbro Transformers PRIME Entertainment Pack - Starscream & Bumblebee Sealead Case of 2. Pre-order, available next week. Takara Feburary available items: Takara Transformers Encore Reissue #21 Soundblaster. Junkion Blacksmith JB-07 Power of Destruction. Available Now!

After several days of rumblings through the fan community regarding an increase of fraud tied with credit cards used to make a purchase at the Transformers Collectors Club, Fun Publications has released a statement offering assurances that your information is safe on their end. Several members of the community have posted on various Transformers fan site forums stating that their credit card information was compromised after using the specific credit card to renew membership or purchase merchandise from Transformers Collectors Club or BotCon website or store. Continue reading...

Greetings SourceFans! This week we have many new preorders, instock and restocked figures on the site! First off, the final stock of the first edition Make Toys Battle Tanker is back instock! We've also restocked a few poplular figures from Fansproject, including Warbot Defender, and CA-03 Thundershred, CA-04 Stormbomb and CA-05 Backfiery! KM-01X Knight Morpher Commander X is now instock, as well as , Perfect Effect and Shooter's Masters preorders too! Now up for preorder, FWI-2 - Battle Cannons and Arm Blades - Custom Add-on Kit, Japanese Transformers Prime - Arms Micron - Set of 4 Weapons and MGT-06 Nightbird. New Source Arcticle, new Source Review and much more... in this week's SourceNews!

Greetings SourceFans! This week we have many new and restocked items on the site! First off, the final stock of the first edition Make Toys Battle Tanker is back instock! We've also restocked a few poplular figures from Fansproject, including Warbot Defender, and CA-03 Thundershred, CA-04 Stormbomb and CA-05 Backfiery! KM-01X Knight Morpher Commander X is now instock, as well as , Perfect Effect and Shooter's Masters preorders too! New Source Arcticle, new Source Review and much more... in this week's SourceNews!

Shout! Factory has confirmed that they will be replacing two discs from the Transformers Japanese Collection that have incorrect subtitles, which we have heard about from multiple people who have purchased this set. "We are moving quickly to fix [the subtitle] errors and manufacture two replacement discs for your set and will ship them to you in about two weeks," the company wrote in an email sent to customers. If you purchased the set from the Shout! store, replacement discs will automatically be shipped to your previously-identified shipping address.

Thanks to BBTS who have posted a new product listing for the Kabaya Gum Plus Transformers Series 05 candy toys / gachaphon figures. Series 5 will include Deathsaurus, War for Cybertron Optimus Prime and a G1 Firetruck mold that looks to be Hot Spot. Get a look at the box and the protype figures in robot and alternate modes. These guys come randomly packed 8 figures to a case for about $45 USD. Look for them to ship in spring of 2012.

Greetings SourceFans! This week we have new preorders from Perfect Effect and Shooter Master's! Along with preorders, we also have received a small restock of a handful of popular Perfect Effect figures! Your Mighty Hercules is about to be complete because TFC Toys Madblender is now instock and preorders are currently being shipped out! Didn't preorder? Order your TFC Toys Hercules figures here! New instock items from Crazy Devy and Transformers United, restocked popular items from Make Toys and Fansproject, and MORE... in this week's SourceNews!

The FansProject spinoff company MakeToys have released their next third party figures Bulldozer and Excavator from the Giant team, the yellow version of the Generation 1 Devastator. These images, available from ACToys provide good looks of another version of Devastator, just in time for the decision to come whether or not you should pick up the recently-completed Hercules from TFC Toys, or invest your money in these guys. Take a look at the Bulldozer and Excavator in- and out-of-package in the gallery and compare it to the Hercules set. Check out some highlights in our gallery and check out the Source link for all of the images.

Greetings SourceFans! This week we have new preorders from Perfect Effect and Shooter Master's! Along with preorders, we also have received a small restock of a handful of popular Perfect Effect figures! Your Mighty Hercules is about to be complete because TFC Toys Madblender is now instock and preorders are currently being shipped out! Didn't preorder? Order your TFC Toys Hercules figures here! New instock items from Crazy Devy, restock preorders for popular Maketoy and Fansproject items, and MORE... in this week's SourceNews!

As most G1 fans know, Generation One ended it's TV presence in 1987 after The Rebirth. Most G1 fans also know that Generation One continued on Japan's airwaves through 1989. Fans for many years clamored for those Japanese series to be brought to the states. Shout Factory finally heeded the call in 2011 by releasing the first of the trilogies, Headmasters, to DVD. After some delays and rumors of cancellations, Shout Factory is finally set to offer the entire trilogy in one complete set.

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Greetings SourceFans! TFsource is seeing green this week! With the highly anticipated TFC Toys - Hercules - Neck Breaker and XP-01 - Add-on Kit for Encore #20 Devastator both being instock...Fans can get their fill of Devastator. And if that's not green enough for all of you SourceFans, we've announced a new preorder from Junkion Blacksmith: JB-07 - Power of Destruction - Upgrade Kit! This great kit includes all of the parts needed to upgrade your Encore or G1/G2 Devastator! TFC Toys Madblender is en route to our warehouse, and is due any day now! New recruits, instock, preorder, reviews and more, in this weeks SourceNews!

Thanks to the Transformers Galaxy who have a whole galley of images for the TFC Hercules homage upgrade to G1 Devastator. This figure pretty much takes every aspect of the character into a new dimension never seen before by fans. Surely, this is why these figures have been so popular, even at the high price point. Now that they last of the figures are in production and shipping soon, we can see all the toys and the combined gestalt in all its glory after the jump.

Sponsor Big Bad Toy Store has pre-orders for MasterShooter's Shooter Master series, including their exclusive Deceptive Constructs and Automated Robots revealed earlier this month. The figures are a take on the Targetmaster concept. In addition to these BBTS Limited Edition exclusives, they shop is also taking pre-orders for the Core Assortment Pack of 4, revealed way back in September of last year.

Greetings SourceFans! TFsource is seeing green this week! With the highly anticipated TFC Toys - Hercules - Neck Breaker and XP-01 - Add-on Kit for Encore #20 Devastator both being instock...Fans can get their fill of Devastator. And if that's not green enough for all of you SourceFans, we've announced a new preorder from Junkion Blacksmith: JB-07 - Power of Destruction - Upgrade Kit! This great kit includes all of the parts needed to upgrade your Encore or G1/G2 Devastator! New recruits, instock, preorder, reviews and more, in this weeks SourceNews!

Thanks to BBTS who have posted a new product listing for the Kabaya Gum Plus Transformers Series 05 candy toys / gachaphon figures. Series 5 will include Deathsaurus, War for Cybertron Optimus Prime and a G1 Firetruck mold that looks to be Hot Spot. Get a look at the box and the protype figures in robot and alternate modes. These guys come randomly packed 8 figures to a case for about $45 USD. Look for them to ship in spring of 2012.

Thanks to higekumatoytoy we have some new looks at the Takara Tomy MP-9B Masterpiece Black Rodimus Convoy out of the package. This set has just been released in Asia and here we have some looks at the production figure out of the box and in his robot and alternate Cybertronian vehicle mode. Get a look at the dark doppbleganger Rodimus and share your comments on the new release after the jump,

Thanks to the Planet Iacon - Singapore Transformers Fans Unite!! (S.T.F.U!!) group on facebook who have posted some in-hand looks at the Takara Tomy Transformers Encore 20 Devastator re-issue coming out in Japan. The new images give us looks at the package as well as the packing and figures with additional pack-ins. Seems the Devastator is all the rage these days with the Encore, Hercules and Giant figures coming our way. You can do classic or new forms as you like. Check out the images mirrored locally after the jump.

Japanese toy retailer e-Hobby updated the preorder page of the Takara Tomy Transformers Masterpiece MP-11 Coronation Starscream action figure with some new images. These give us new looks at the the Starscream figures alone and dressed with his coronation gear. Check out the new images after the jump and share your comments on the MP-11 release.

Takara Tomy released the MP-10 Convoy to many cries and groans by fans who could not imagine that a smaller Masterpiece would be all that. Not to be underestimated. The proof is in the plastic and it may very well be the MP-10 Convoy is one of greatest action figures Takara has ever created. Here is a gallery comparing three other scale sizes of Optimus Prime to the MP-10: MP-1 Masterpiece Convoy, G1 Optimus Prime and the Hybrid Style G1 Convoy to help us see all the greatness of the MP-10. Check out the images and share your comments after the jump.

Shout! Factory has confirmed that they will be replacing two discs from the Transformers Japanese Collection that have incorrect subtitles, which we have heard about from multiple people who have purchased this set. "We are moving quickly to fix [the subtitle] errors and manufacture two replacement discs for your set and will ship them to you in about two weeks," the company wrote in an email sent to customers. If you purchased the set from the Shout! store, replacement discs will automatically be shipped to your previously-identified shipping address.

Update: We received confirmation Brian Ward himself that the set is indeed set for January 10, 2012. Full info and press release after the break. Fans, rejoice! The Transformers The Japanese Collection has been (re)set for a release date of January 10, 2012! The online store for Shout! Factory has re-listed the gargantuan 13-DVD set with the Headmasters, Super-God Masterforce, and Victory series for $89.99 plus shipping and handling that includes a bonus lithograph of Headmaster leader Fortress Maximus. While this is quite exciting news, the studio has delayed the set before. Continue reading...

Darn! Looks like the Shout! Factory December release dates reported recently for the Transformers Japanese Collection will NOT be this December after all. According to DVD producer, Brain Ward who sent out a tweet on his Twitter page letting us know otherwise: "Don't believe everything you read on the web (or in our catalog!). TRANSFORMERS JAPANESE COLLECTION is not set for early December, after all"

Despite what Comic-Con International states on their San Diego Comic-Con 2011 exclusives page, it looks like Shout! Factory will not be offering their Fortress Maximus lithograph as a bonus with the purchase of the Transformers Japanese DVD Collection, citing that "[i]t's not quite ready." Back at the end of June, Shout! informed customers about the delay of the Transformers Japanese Collection Box Set and cancelled existing pre-orders, citing the uncertainty of a release date. Continue reading..

Shout! Factory sent out an email today to customers that pre-ordered their Transformers: The Japanese Collection box set that it has been delayed and pre-orders will be canceled as a result. The Japanese Collection includes Transformers Headmasters, Super-God Masterforce, and Victory all in one box set. "We are sorry to report that we have had a production delay in bringing you The Transformers Japanese Collection box set," Shout! writes in an email. Continue reading...

Takara has updated the Transformers Generation One site with a product page for Transformers Best Version for the Playstation 2 platform previously reported here. For details of the product, please view the previous report.

Many Japanese gaming sights has reported a new version of the Japanese "Transformers" game that was released last year for the Playstation 2 will be re-released on March 24, 2005 titled "Transformers Best Version" also for the PS2 platform retailing at 2,980 Yen. This is equivalent to the reduce priced "Greatest Hits" here in the US.

Clayton "Alkaiser" Chan has posted one of the most complete reviews yet of the Transformers Tatakai game for the PS2 that was released by WinkySoft in Japan. There are a lot of questions the USA fans have about this game. This review will hopefully answer them. Check out the game review HERE.

If you go to the section for stages in Konomi's Dream Mix TV World Fighters' game, one of the stages has Devestator! Can't keep a good 'con down! See it HERE.

The Official Dreammix TV World Fighters site has been updated with new game play images & descriptions featuring Convoy attacking in vehicle mode! Below is a rough translation of the Convoy character profile. Read more HERE.