tfw2005.com has posted a listing of the initial assortments for the Transformers Titanium line according to the pre-order webpage for an Australian store.

3″ Wave 1 (April): War Within Optimus Prime, Unicron, Beast Wars Megatron
3″ Wave 2 (May): Sideswipe, Starscream, Jazz
3″ Wave 3 (June): Beast Wars Optimus Primal, Megatron, Autobot shuttle
3″ Wave 4 (June): Optimus Prime, Smokescreen, Bumblebee
3″ Wave 5 (June): Scorponok, Grimlock, Predaking

6″ Wave 1 (May): War Within Optimus Prime, Megatron
6″ Wave 2 (July): Jetfire, Thundercracker
6″ Wave 3 (September): Optimal Optimus, Scourge

Of particular note is the wave 3 for the 6 inch figures. We have not heard of Optimal Optimus not Scourge prior to this. It is unknown at this time what version of Scourge this will be.

Pixar’s Cars gets a shiny new trailer.
I’ll be honest, if I had to make a list of my favorite stars of all time, Paul Newman and Owen Wilson would be at the top, and they’re both in this movie. And Pixar has yet to release a dud. Who doesn’t want to see this movie?

Gentle Giant is expanding their successful line of maquettes beyond the Clone Wars animated series. According to this announcement, with the addition of another Clone Wars character, classic characters from the original trilogy will also be added. The new maquettes will include Leia with Artoo, Darth Vader and Boba Fett. Each of these statues will be made in the same style as the Clone Wars animation. Between Padme and Leia, there looks to be plenty of fan service for the fans of the animated series.

Toy Fair 2006 came and went pretty fast with a deluge of new initiatives by most of the toy companies. In all the press, it was easy to miss several of the more prominent announcements, nevermind the smaller ones. One of the larger initiatives shown came from Toy Biz on their plans with the future of the Marvel Legends Line. Things are looking up if you follow this fan-favorite line.

The next 4 waves of the main line were tentatively announced, each with its own build-a-figure in the tradition of Galactus, The Sentinel and Apocalypse. Each figure in the wave will come with one piece of the larger figure included. When you have all the figures in the wave (not including chase variants) you will have all the pieces necessary to assemble the larger figure.
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While Capcom fighters have always been easier to find (with many Street Fighter releases going back to the SNES), SNK titles tended to be every bit as good and sometimes better. Naturally, these 2 companies had to pit their characters against each other sooner or later, and the results are a mixed bag.
Dragonsama of the Penny-arcade forum offers a history and tribute of these games, going from the silly chibi card battles on the Neo-Geo pocket, to the graphical delight of CVS2, and ending finally with the last game ever on the Neo-Geo MVS.

Hasbro is expanding the Titanium line to not only include Star Wars and Transformers, but also the wildly popular Battlestar Galactica sci-fi mythos.

According to this February press release vehicles and figures will be available from both the new and old series. From the release:

Throughout the year, the TITANIUM SERIES universe will continue to expand with the addition of vehicles and figures from TRANSFORMERS and Battlestar Galactica: The expansions will feature the following:

• TITANIUM SERIES die-cast collectibles, to be introduced in July 2006, will include a variety of unique 3” robots as well as fully changeable 6” robots. Each one comes with a display base.
• The TITANIUM SERIES Battlestar Galactica line will be available in June 2006 and will include 3” vehicles and 3.75” figures from both the classic and new TV series.

The TITANIUM SERIES Collection vehicles and figures will be available at toy stores and mass merchandise outlets nationwide. Suggested retail price for the collection: 3” vehicles and robots: $4.99; 3.75” figures and 6” robots: $15.99; and ultra vehicles: $19.99. Recommended for children ages 4 and up.

BigBadToyStore.com has these items available for pre-order with pictures of what the vehicles will look like. The current assortment includes the Colonial Viper, the Cylon Raider, and the Battlestar Galactica.

BigBadToyStore.com has posted several pre-orders for upcoming products that include pictures of figures that were not yet revealed to the public. Among these include a new team of mini-cons, War Within Jetfire, War Within Thundercracker, and a repaint of Cybertron Ransack named Ransack GT.

The War Within figures will be part of the upcoming Transformers Titanium line of transforming 6 inch figures that were revealed at Toy Fair 2006 a few weeks ago. These are added to the currently known line up of War Within Optimus Prime and a Megatron figure that is believed by some to be in the War Within design. The Megatron figure on display at Toy Fair was heavily mistransformed and hard to tell what version he was exactly.

Thanks to Sam for digging up the Titanium logo.

[UPDATE: It seems BigBadToyStore has taken the images down after probably posting them by mistake in the first place. I have added them to this post. Click Read more to see them. – Crazy]

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In what may be the single highest winning bid for the rarest game in existance, the unreleased, unfinished, virtually unplayable, Sega Saturn game Sonic X-Treme has been sold. Via a middleman from a Sega employee who wishes to remain anonymous, its claimed this is the only copy of the game outside of Sega’s offices, and that he personally destroyed all the others.
You can read all about this lost Sonic game at Lost Levels, and view the terms of the auction here