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First of July, 2009 - posted by Clay
Here are quite a few reviews of toys related to the new movie, most of which are certainly more coherent and structured than the film itself. Enjoy!
Toys: Revenge of the Fallen: Bumblebee (Human Alliance), Dead End / Detour (Scout), Demolisher (Voyager), Depthcharge (Scout), Dirtboss (Scout), Jetfire (Legends), Knockout (Scout), Optimus Prime (2), Rollbar (Scout), Sideways (Deluxe), Skids (Deluxe), Soundwave (Deluxe), Springer (Legends), The Fallen (Legends) , The Fallen (Voyager), Wheelie (Deluxe), Classics: Dragstrip (Special Edition), Beast Wars: Magnaboss, Energon: Steamhammer (2).

22nd June 2009 - posted by Denyer
Comics: Blackjack reviews Revenge of the Fallen Movie Prequel #1 and #2, whilst Inflatable Dalek reviews Spotlight Drift and the UK Animated comic. On a more retro note, Cliffjumper has been running early issues of Marvel UK over a scanner and collecting an assortment of non-story pages such as editorials, posters and competitions. You can take a look at what he's done so far here.

14th June, 2009 - posted by Clay
Here are some review updates. I'm still fiddling around with formatting images for all of them, but most of them should have their pictures in a day or two.
Toys: Revenge of the Fallen: Bumblebee (Legends), Optimus Prime (Leader), Rampage (Deluxe), Ratchet (Robot Replicas), Sideswipe (Deluxe), Starscream (Voyager), Animated: Blurr (2), Optimus Prime (Cybertron Mode), Samurai Prowl, Sunstorm (w/ Ratchet), Swoop (2), Movie (2007): Barricade (2), Longarm (Screen Battles), Starscream (2), Classics: Cosmos (Legends), Dinobot (Henkei), Hot Shot (Henkei), Ratchet, Shadow Commander, Superion box set, Thundercracker (Henkei), Warpath (Legends), Wheelie (Legends), Beast Wars: Tripredacus (2), Armada: Rhinox, Terrorsaur, New Japan Series: Alternity Convoy, Re-issues: Kup & Wheelie (Takara), Other Merchandise: Flexidisplay Stands.

31st May 2009 - posted by Denyer
Movies: I've spruced things up a bit, with the newest content being a promotional video featuring Peter cullen and Frank Welker working together on Activision's new Revenge of the Fallen games. There are also a variety of image stills to go with the new film.
Comics: Inflatable Dalek reviews All Hail Megatron #9 and #10, Maximum Dinobots #4 and 5, and Spotlight Jazz.
Fandom: Cliffjumper returns with Weekly World Transformers.
Toys: Nevermore has updated his toy checklists with information from BotCon.

21st April 2009 - posted by Nevermore
After several months of absence, I caught up and brought the various toy checklists up to date. Also note the new "Last update" feature at the beginning of the lists, which lets you know the date of the most recent update of each list.
Toys: Reissues (some Encores released, new Encores announced, two e-Hobby exclusives released), "Neo-G1" (Masterpiece Grimlock released), Alternators, Binaltech, Kiss Players, Alternity (Alternity Convoy out, new color variant announced), Takara Sports, Music, Disney, Chrono & Device Label (Disney Label Mickey Mouse released, Chrono Label and Device Label announced), Fun Publications exclusives (news on BotCon 2009 exclusives), Animated (various toys released, rest possibly cancelled), Classics, Universe & Henkei! (most Universe & Henkei toys released now, some new Henkei exclusives announced), Revenge of the Fallen movie toyline (too many updates to list).

17th April 2009 - posted by Denyer
Comics: Inflatable Dalek reviews All Hail Megatron #6, #7 and #8, and Titan's UK Transformers comic #21 and #22. I've updated the IDW release roadmap, added current sales data and added listings for new books/series. Let me know if anything's missing.

15th April 2009 - posted by Clay
Here's a toy review update to help you with your tax day blues. Thanks to the usual suspects for the contributions and help :-)
Toys: Masterpiece: MP08 Grimlock, Animated: Longarm Prime (shh...), Safeguard / Twins, Waspinator, Wreck Gar, Movie (2007): Recon Barricade (Deluxe), Scorponok (Screen Battles), Classics: Brawn (Legends), Bruticus Maximus, Cyclonus (2), Hound & Ravage (2), Ironhide (Henkei), Leo Prime, Ratchet (Henkei), Starscream (Animated Legends), Beast Wars: Retrax, Other Merchandise: Marvel Hulk, SWTF General Grievous (spaceship).

21st March 2009 - posted by TFArchive
DVD News: You may have already read in our news forum that Season 1 of the G1 Transformers series is finally going to be re-released in the US and Canada, Amazon has it up for pre-order now: Transformers: The Complete First Season (25th Anniversary Edition) The set contains the first 16 episodes.
Also up for pre-order are the first two volumes of the excellent X-Men series from the 90's, X-Men, Volume 1 and X-Men, Volume 2.
And a personal favourite of mine: Exosquad: Season 1 is finally coming to DVD. This was a short lived but amazing quality series. For more information visit Patrick Danner's Exosquad website for all the information on this cult classic series. If you enjoyed this series when it was on, please purchase this set so that the rest of the series is released as well.

4th March 2009 - posted by TFArchive
Sponsors: Do you live in Canada or the US and love Transformers? Well, this years TFCon in Toronto, Ontario, Canada is coming up on April 25-26th. Check out TFCon for more details.
TFCon is the largest TF convention in Canada and has been running for over 8 years now. If you are looking for Toy deals there will be a dealer room on Saturday that will be stocked with Transformers and other toys. There will be Special Guests who you will be able to meet and get autographs..
This years exclusive toy is Powered Commander by FansProject, it is limited to 500 units so pre-register now to reserve yours.

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