Here's something you don't see every day. Fellow Geek "Sanderson" took elements of several key heroes and villains to create "mash up" masks that include a couple of familiar Cybertronians. Check out the masks (which can also be purchased in T-Shirt form) on Bite.ca.

The stakes build as sacrifices are made, revelations are brought to light and Overlord continues his rampage! Check out my review of "Last Stand of the Wreckers" #4, in comic shops now!

The Official Botcon 2010 web site has announced its third exclusive to be featured in its boxed set for Botcon 2010: Streetstar! Originally intended to be a modern day representation of the unreleased Generation 2 Streetwise, the name Streetstar comes from the Guard City combiner released in 1992, a redeco of the Protectobots exclusive to Japan! Check out the pictures of Streetstar on the Botcon 2010 web site.

Before the Transformers came to Earth, their civil war raged for millions of years on their homeworld of Cybertron. Now the untold story of that era will be chronicled in "Transformers Exodus", a novel due in June 2010! Written by Alexander C. Irvine (Buyout, the Narrows, A Scattering of Jades) will write the book which Del Rey's site describes as: "What happens between Orion Pax and Megatron forever changes the destiny of all Transformers.

When Bumblebee needs to sneak around with more efficiency than usual, he goes stealth! This redeco of Legends Bumblebee has been reviewed here.

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IM2 - HOT TOYS MOVIE MASTERPIECE IRON MAN MARK IV 1/6 SCALE FIGURE
Hot Toys has just announced the Iron Man Mark IV figure from the upcoming
movie. This piece should come with alternate parts and lights like
previous releases, and we have it listed at $179.99.
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=HOT10290&mode=re...

STAR WARS LIGHTSABER CHOPSTICKS SERIES 2 - DARTH MAUL, MACE WINDU, LUKE
The second wave of these interesting novelties includes chopsticks based

The Decepticons begin to escalate Scoundwave's plans as The Initiative continues its machinations, all in issue #2 of "Nefarious", the "Revenge of the Fallen" sequel. Check out my review of issue #2 here.

The third Botcon 2010 exclusive has been revealed to be Streetstar (a.k.a. Streetwise from the Protectobot team). No doubt the name has been changed due to trademark issues, but the deco is clearly based on that character's unreleased Generation 2 deco was. This cool figure will be part of the Botcon 2010 boxed set and shows the unconventional direction this set is taking!

The beginning of 2010 kicked off with the Transformers "NEST" promotion, involving getting figures with the "NEST" symbol that included stickers to mail in with a form. One of these exclusive figure sets is Bumblebee versus Shadow Striker, only available at Target. BWTF reviews this set is here for you to read!