Congratulations to any west-coasters. At tonight’s Hall of Fame dinner it was revealed that the 2011 BotCon convention will be taking place in Pasadena, California. The official dates are June 2nd through 5th, 2011.

Dinobot!

Thanks to  Super_Megatron and gen1fan of the 2005 Boards for the news.

Our readers came up with these 2 questions to send in on May 2nd, and Hasbro has supplied us the  answers. Click in to read ‘em. (…more)

Slashfilm.com has an article revealing some details about the upcoming Transformers 3, including the identity of the main villain. Spoilers abound, so if you don’t want to know, don’t read on! (…more)

Actoys.net has in-package pictures of the upcoming Toys R Us exclusive Masterpiece Grimlock, which will be available starting at the TRU booth at San Diego Comic-Con in July. Click here to check out the US boxed Masterpiece Grimlock now.

Previewsworld.com has a preview for the upcoming second issue of “Ironhide”.

Stranded on modern-day Cybertron, Ironhide discovers he’s the only functioning life-form on the planet. Oh, except for the Swarm. So things could be going better. Much better. It’s times like these that Ironhide would much rather be rusting in a scrap pile. Writer Mike Costa continues to put the fallen (now resurrected?) Autobot through some strange paces. Features stunning art by Casey Coller!

Ironhide #2 is due at retail on Wednesday June 2nd.

Hasbro sent note this morning that they’re starting a “summer savings” promotion for Transformers, the “Double Your Action Giveaway”. When consumers purchase $25 or more of certain ROTF products (pretty much any figure class in the ROTF line) between now and July 31st, they can get 3 deluxe figures for free by simply filling out the form and mailing it in with the proper receipts. The fine print mentions circling the Transformers purchases  and their prices on the receipts, and online orders have to be in the form-holder’s name. But free is free, so if you’re going to buy figures anyway, why not get something free? Click here to check out the full details at Hasbro.com.

TakaraTomy is releasing the Armada Unicron figure with a new head and a more G1 accurate color scheme. Images and information can be found on the TakaraTomy website. See the link below for details.

 http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/TF/products/2010/unicron.html

UGDB.com have posted an interview with Matt Tieger, the Game Director at High Moon Studios, about the upcoming “Transformers: War for Cybertron” video game.

Transformers: War for Cybertron. A game that is not based on the movies, depicting the beginning of the infamous war between the Autobots and the Decepticons, set on the Transformers’ homeworld, Cybertron. The Transformers fans should be hyped as hell, but still there are so many questions that we want to be answered. So, we have Matt Tieger, the Game Director at High Moon Studios to give us what we want.

The game is due for release in June 2010.

As reported by Mediaweek.com, along with the launch of The Hub channel on October 10th, the new “Transformers: Prime” cartoon is scheduled to make its premier on the same day.  The exact time has yet to be revealed, but it is reported to be sometime in the afternoon between 1-6pm, during the new channels “Kids Afternoon/Prime block”.

In addition, two well known voice actors to the franchise will be a part of the new cartoon series. As previously reported, Peter Cullen will be lending his voice and Robert Orici recently revealed on Don Murphy’s message boards that so will Frank Welker. Cullen and Welker are well known for their roles as Optimus Prime and Megatron, respectively, from the original Transformers cartoon.