After getting confirmation that no more new Animated toys should be expected in stores here (earlier this month at Toyfair), it looks like someone in America has been informed by Hasbro US customer service that the line itself is now discontinued - meaning, they won't be shipping any more product to stores (Arcee and Ratchet would probably be the last).

http://tformers.com/transformers-has...3244/news.html

The wording of the email, and previous Hasbro claims, suggests that we could still see 'store exclusives' of the remaining figures, but since TT are now releasing Animated in Japan, it is not as vital for Hasbro to release figures that they spent money to produce (because TT can now get the return on the investment).

If TT weren't doing Animated, we probably would have seen Hasbro pushing the remaining figures to stores, but now they can just prioritise sub-lines the stores do want (because they are currently being promoted in the media).

We should hear more on this at BotCon in June, so that collectors know to buy the JP versions if Hasbro are definitely not releasing them.