As I say wishful thinking. On the one hand: every toy on the cover of the past five books has been on Japanese toy shelves. On the other: that cover image says "Sample" so might not be final.

I've just been flicking through the past few volumes. Sure I can only read the toy names but there's no other printed material as comphrensive of the toys from both markets over the past few years. I'll be buying this without a doubt. I hope they go back and fill the gap from Beast Wars through Cybertron/Galaxy Force one day.