IDW Publishing Presents a rare peek inside what goes into making comics! The studio is opening its doors to a select few and offering a special VIP tour that is sure to be a memorable one. Meet with creators, editors, and walk away with more exclusives goodies than you'll know what to do with! Meet The Creators Behind the Comics! Featuring appearances by: Livio Ramondelli, Josh Burcham, Matt Frank, John Barber and more! Thursday, June 27th 2-5pm - Purchase Tickets Now at idwpublishing.com

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Spring is the perfect time to add to your Transformers collection! Now through May 31, 2013, get 20% off your entire purchase at HasbroToyShop.com by entering promo code 20SPRING at checkout. Additionally, you can get FREE shipping on orders of $50 or more to save even more on the Transformers you been waiting to get. Exclusions apply, see details now at hasbrotoyshop.com

Transformers: Monstrosity #7 the digital-first comic book from IDW Publishing and Hasbro is ready for download! Its the beginnings of the Autobot/Decepticon war, and Megatron has been exiled tothe planet Junkion and you wont believe your eyes when he makes his ultimate move! The official Transformers page sat down with artist Livio Ramondelito to talk about the new comic.

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Thanks to Xamot's Library who has posted some new images of the Transformers Generations Hoist Test Shot action figure. We have some looks at yet another of the new Generations figures that will be coming our way soon. The images show an interesting version of the toy that is in all clear plastic with shots of the robots and alternate vehicle mode complete with crane and winch. Check out the Transformers Generations Hoist figure below for the full details now.

Thanks to David Hardland who has posted the details on the Third Party toy makers KFC Toys Evil Ironpaw MP Class Tape Bot Figure. As expected, there would be more Tape bots following their Evil Rhinohorn figure that will work with the Takara Tomy MP-13 Soundwave. There are no images yet of this Bot that pays homage to the Steeljaw character. but David has shared an image and the figures bio character summaries for Justice and Evil Ironpaw that you can read below. You can orders these now at bigbadtoystore.com

Thanks to Transformazing Toys official page, we have new images showing us the protptype mold of the PB-01 Pandora's Box Trailer upgrade accessory for Fall Of Cyvertron Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus deluxe class action figures. Those of us who love Cybertronian designs will be loving this new upgrade that is has no love for the Earth modes of G1 and other lines. Hopefully, we will get to see this kit in full colors before too long. Check out the images of the PB-01 Pandora's Box Trailer upgrade accessory for Fall Of Cyvertron Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus below.

Thanks to the Planet X page, we have some first looks at the Planet X Genesis Head Tank photo campaign present. This figure is being offered to the top 20 winners with most "Likes" out of those who have posted photos in the Planet X Facebook campaign. The images show the new head that transforms from full on face to a mini-tank and thus the name, Head Tank. No infor on when this will be available for sale just yet.

As reported previously from a WalMart listing, Previews magazine confirms the Transformers Prime Beast Hunters Deluxe Wave 5 will include two new toys including Prowl that looks to be a repaint of the Deluxe Smokescreen mold. And as we expected, a repaint of the yellow Beast Hunters mold as Stealth Bumblebee as he is depicted on the show. Get a look at the small image below for more details now.

e-HOBBY have posted news images of the Magnifucs comic book giving us a six page preview of the "Badlands" comic that will be packed in with action figure. Check out the preview pages that are rather small, but give us a look at Magnificus in action below.

Follwing out first preview of Chain of Command, we have an extend video for the Transformers Prime Beast Hunters episode that will be airing next Friday May 24th. Get a look at the Autobots who have got their hands full when Predaking returns in the video preview that will be showing on the The Hub Network this week.

Join us for an amazing afternoon on Saturday where fans will get to meet and hear from nearly a dozen members from the cast and crew of the Hub Network's hit show "Rescue Bots." The Rescue Bots panel, featuring the voice talents of ALL FOUR Rescue Bots, Parvesh Cheena (Blades), Steve Blum (Heatwave), DC Douglas (Chase) and Imari Williams (Boulder), is a must see for anyone attending BotCon 2013!

Just in is some very interesting rumors about the Dinobots, Galvatron and Hound coming to the bit screen. Read on for the details on this unconfirmed news. According to their report, we will be seeing some kind of interesting mix up with Lockdown and Galvatron on the Decepticons side. That will be counter balanced by Optimus Prime, Bumblebee and the Dinobots on the Autobots side. Read the the rumor info from JoBlo now.

IDW's Ken Christiansen talks about the taking the Transformers brand in a new direction and Soundswave's Aligned design: "As always, I try to keep as many classic cues in as possible, but there were a few things being asked from Aaron and Eric at Hasbro to try to add, like a movie style head, and there was something with the legs, though in the notes I can't seem to find any reference, probably was in an email that was deleted long ago." Read more at The Bad Flip Blog.

We once again explore the history of IDW Cybertron! From Scientist to Senator to schemer, the life and times of a certain Decepticon logician is explored in-depth in "Shockwaves," by writer John Barber and artist Livio Ramondelli.Continue to full review

I don't think anyone was disappointed when Toy Fair 2013 revealed a new Springer that was a full representation of the character's status as a triple changer. It became more impressive shortly after when the Hasbro reps went on to reveal that Springer had been under development for two years to get everything right. With twice the design time as the average Transformer, this had to be something pretty fantastic, right? Continue to the full review.

Thanks to ebay seller lena81822 who has posted a new image of Takara Tomy's soon to be released Transformers Generations TG-18 Skywarp to his twitter account. Get a look at the Japanese edition of the toys that features metallic paint We're still waiting to hear when / if there will be a Hasbro release of the Skywarp figure that will most likely be revealed at BotCon and or SDCC coming this summer.