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[Doubledealer93]

i will be excited when i actually see some pics of the new toys. i just hope they are ones i can add to my classics collection

[emeraldbeacon]

Well, by my analysis...

The "Distant Past" could mean a lot of things. Are we talking beginning of the civil war, like "War Dawn"? The Quintesson war, like "Forever is a Long Time Coming"? I doubt Beast Wars (it's not very 80s), but could it go back to the Originals?

"80s fans" would seem to imply that we're talking G1; every other continuity is from the 90s or later. Given that, what three characters are getting their first ever update? What toys from that era have never been refreshed? Has anyone ever NOT been revisited?

Characters that stand out to me from that timeframe are the Insecticons, Trailbreaker (who did get a Legends class), some of the Female Autobots, perhaps Devcon, along with a multitude of others.

Oddly, they didn't say "GeeWun", but "80s". That could mean something that I really hope is true... they're finally going to integrate the GoBots continuity into Transformers proper! After all, we've learned that their universe is collapsing, and many have been fleeing into the Classicsverse. How about Silverbolt as Leader-1? Wreck-Gar as CyKill? Cybertron Scourge, as Zod?

Alternately, they could be screwing with us, and giving us a complete set of movie Bumblebee redecos...

[cannonfodder4000]

Hmm, two dragon heads in the background...I've got it! this set is going to be composed of Doublecross, Hunn-Grr, and RID Megatron in their cybertronian modes! and some other guys...

You heard it here first folks!

[f-primus-unicron]

the MUST HAVE cant be hoist, alpha trion, elita - one, or trailbreaker,( gears, swerve had many version so they are not in the list)
because elitaone had her timelines thunderclash remold, alpha trion his vector prime remold, trailbreaker his legend class figure (and they said its not trailbreaker) and hoist his longarm repaint (yes, the movie one,but it counts as an update)
so whats left?
orion pax maybe? can be a repaint/remold/retool of sargeant kup

[GetRightRobot]

Devcon and Orion Pax. Trailbreaker, Gears, and Brawn are NOT candidates, according to their Twitter feed.

Scourge=Devcon.
Kup=Pax
(distant past)

3rd figure to get its first retooling/paint would be=Lugnut, Galvatron, Perceptor, Warpath, Octane, Astrotrain... from the classics line atleast...I know there is more.

[Astronopolis]

Devcon and Orion Pax. Trailbreaker, Gears, and Brawn are NOT candidates, according to their Twitter feed.

you sure theyre not pulling a michael bay and flat out lying to mislead us? the only reason im saying is because the head in the wax (poo!) looks alot like brawn to me.

[WolfDawg]

I was hoping for a Machine Wars tribute...or maybe even a Transtech tribute. G1 is always getting a ton of love, so it's hard for me to get excited about this set. Every character I liked from the 80's cartoon has received a proper HasTak release, so I've already lost interest in this set.

Give us some more obscure continuities and then we'll talk. But the usual Jee Wun fanwank doesn't do it for me anymore.

[Blackstreak]

What would really be awesome are components to form a massive sized Metroplex (my vote), Trypticon, Omega Supreme, or Fortress Maximus. If I had a way of garage kitting something like that I'd do it.

However, that's not gonna happen. I may have to compile a list of what hasn't been updated yet and take a stab at who they are doing for the 2012 set. Hopefully it's a combinable team. Has/Tak has yet to do that for the Classics/Generations (no, repaints don't count).

[Agamemnon]

Ideas:

Sky Lynx from DotM Hatchet?
Sandstorm
Broadside
True triple changer Springer?


Ideas I'd love to see, but I don't think are feasable:
Any of the combiners, like the Technobots, Predacons, Terrorcons, Protectobots, and Stuntacons.

Too big to be convention exclusives, I think (though didn't they do an Energon Scorponok repaint?):
Omega Supreme
Trypticon

That's pretty much it from looking through the characters in G1, unless the 3 part headmasters season 4 is considered. Yet, that popularity pales in comparison to the other seasons.

Outside from my first suggestion, I don't have any toy ideas for the others at this time.

[Astronopolis]

Botcon sets used to be the pinnacle of Transformers toys, but ever since the Seekers and Scourge debacle im not really all that keen on them anymore. who wants a 3 year old mold with a new head when a better designed totally new figure available for mass consumption will be made not a year later?

Botcon should leave their hands off of G1 characters and cover ancillary fiction only.