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First, just to be clear, this thread is not intended to be pro 3rd party, if it was I would post in the appropriate forum.

So, I was making my new sig (see below) and I decided to put down all the things I definitely will buy this year from the known 2013 line up and I have to say I am really disappointed with the official Transformers offerings from Hasbro and TakaraTomy. The only thing official I must have is Masterpiece Soundwave and his minions. Though, technically, I paid for Soundwave last year. Nothing from the current lines interests me at all. I had plenty to choose from in the third party line up for this year but not only that I found myself looking outside the Transformers fandom completely. I'm not saying this will be the first time I get things from other lines but I'm more interested in what they have to offer than from my hobby of choice, Transformers in 2013.

I really hope Hasbro has something big up their sleeves this Botcon or they are going to lose a lot of cash from me this year. Though, on the bright side, it will give me more of a chance to catch up on things I missed out on. Most likely that will be ebay sales though. Also, I hadn't planned on buying Encore Fort Max but with such limited offerings from HasTak (in my opinion of course), he is looking more and more likely.

Unfortunately one mans MP-Convoy is another mans Armada Sidewipe.

Between the FOC figures, new AM deco's from TT to compliment PRID, we've only seen Wave 1 of BH, MP S'wave, MP Nemises Prime (a repaint admittedly), Encore Fort Max and some quite interesting looking Kreo sets; I'm already afraid I won't be able to keep up.

That and the new GT/Alternity stuff and we don't know how Takara will handle BH...

The Arms Micron line has a few noteworthy gems like Jet Vehicon General and Wildrider, and I'm really looking forward to finally having an Impactor figure, even if he's just a retool of Onslaught.

Of course, that 3rd party Shockwave... but in this regard I have a considerable bias.

I was just thinking to myself that I am going to spend a lot of money on Transformers this year. Hasbro has more than enough stuff out there to tie up my money.

The offerings actually work in my favor, as I'm planning a hiatus to prepare for moving to the US. A few Last Minute Prime and Arms Micron pieces, that's it, but I do have a wide array of available choices:

- Arcee
- Sergeant Kup
- Decepticon Rumble

- AM-05 Megatron
- AM-08 Terrorcon Cliffjumper
- AM-20 Ironhide
- AM-28 Leo Prime
- AM-26 Smokescreen
- Terrorcon Bumblebee

- AM-15 Megatron Darkness
- AM-19 Gaia Unicron
- AM-24 Silas Breakdown

- AM-21 Arms Master Optimus

Leo Prime is a strong contender, simply because I love the character. Decisions, decisions...

So yeah, no Beast Hunter stuff for me until the later half of 2013. It's funny, I'm actually hoping for shelfwarmers

If you're disappointed with 2013's lineup, you must be downright pissed about 2014's lineup!

Since it's only January 2, how about we relax and wait and see what 2013 brings?

Of the 21 Transformers I have on preorder at BBTS, only 6 of them are Has/Tak.

I should stress though that we know very little about what 2013 will contain, since Hasbro teases way less than 3rd parties.

Since Beast Hunters contains little to no interest for me and I've been unimpressed with half of the FoC figures I've purchased, I will agree the line up for 2013 seems disappointing so far, but I'm not going to complain. Lol. I already have MP-13, MP-15 & Fort Maxx on the horizon. That's plenty enough money for me to spend. The less interest I have in the mainline stuff, the better. Less temptation.

I'm glad you have something to buy, I really do. For me, the Prime line (and the TT version) has run it's course. I'm actually thinking of doing away with them already. They are taking up shelf space I could use for other things. The Beast Hunters design esthetic looks terrible to me and they will never on my shelf. I don't care if they take those forms in the show, those overcomplicated eyesores won't be part of my collection.

GuyIncognito wrote:If you're disappointed with 2013's lineup, you must be downright pissed about 2014's lineup!

Since it's only January 2, how about we relax and wait and see what 2013 brings?

I did say the known 2013 line up and I went on to say that I hope they give something good later in the year. Early 2013 items were revealed at Botcon and Comicon so we do have an idea on the things coming out soon. I remember looking at the HasTak pictures from Comicon and feeling very meh. The third party showcase that came out after it was . If they put more characters into the Generations line that aren't FOC toys then I will gladly pick up every single one of them. Also, more Masterpieces will bring me right back in too. MP Galvatron, I would hijack the lorry taking them out of the factory just so I could get it first (and leave the money to pay for it, I'm not a crook).

The only official offering I must have are MP Soundwave and the cassettes. Fort Max is a possibility but it isn't a must have item. If Takara had waited and released Sixshot around about now, that would have been perfect.

However, all that said, this is only my opinion. If you like what is coming, go forth and indulge I'm only one man, Hasbro are hardly going to take one person's opinion into account.

Congratulations. You're the one of the first threads of 2013 made to complain about Hasbro and Takara.

And on the flip side...another one of these threads?

Okay, we get it. The new figures suck. Don't buy them, then. You really hate them? Stay as far away from them as possible and only look at the new stuff that's of the most recent announcement. Configure your verdict and be done with it. So sick of us constantly complaining about toys we're not going to buy anyway. And 2013 ain't over. Let's complain about the toys we don't know about yet.

Now that my rant is done, you can look at my signature below to see what I'll be picking up this year.