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Optimus1138 wrote: My guess is that they desperately want to have him as an official Ferrari, and they're having some trouble getting the licensing, but haven't given up yet, like they did with Sideways. y.

I think they already have the license to do it, I mean did they not make the Mirage speed stars toy that we saw a few months ago? I know sometime ago a trustful source who is reliable said that we will see deluxe versions of Que and Dino. We've have seen Que, I still have my hopes up.

Shockwavelogical wrote:

Optimus1138 wrote: My guess is that they desperately want to have him as an official Ferrari, and they're having some trouble getting the licensing, but haven't given up yet, like they did with Sideways. y.

I think they already have the license to do it, I mean did they not make the Mirage speed stars toy that we saw a few months ago? I know sometime ago a trustful source who is reliable said that we will see deluxe versions of Que and Dino. We've have seen Que, I still have my hopes up.

True, we did, but the Speedstar wasn't a Ferrari.

They might have to do what they've done in the past. Make one end of the car look like a reasonable facsimile and as it goes on, subtle changes are made to make it look different.

Look at Armada Hot Shot for instance. You can clearly tell he's an Audi TT Turbo, but slight changes are there. Same with Energon Hot Shot. Pieces of him were an Aston Martin, but became a Nissan or close to it. (This was pointed out years ago.)

Might have to do the same thing to get Dino.

Optimus1138 wrote:There is no way they'd end the DOTM line after just seven months. It's got to turn into some other line in 2012, like HFTD. They've got to give us Mirage eventually. My guess is that they desperately want to have him as an official Ferrari, and they're having some trouble getting the licensing, but haven't given up yet, like they did with Sideways. Hopefully, we'll get a Leader Megatron as well. I also really want a weaponized Roadbuster. I know, there are fan-made modes out there, and they're okay, but they still don't look anything like the other two Wreckers. I hope they're still able to make other figures, too, like the other Dreads. There were also a few repaints I was wanting. It also just wouldn't make sense for them to end the Movie line, which has been a very profitable line for them.

I really hope the Movie line isn't done yet. I'm not ready to see it go. There's still so much I want from it.

On the plus side, this may mean more Classics/Generations figures, if we're lucky.

I'd really like to see & buy a DOTM $29.99 Human allegiance Mirage liscensed Ferrari car. with realistic interior seats,dash board,steering wheel & so forth.

Mizuno wrote:I would be really disapointed if we at least won't see a leader megs and shockwave, as well as an deluxe soundwave (if not even an voyager)
just seems rather harsh for me to cut the line so soon

To be quite honest. I wouldn't mind/miss not getting leader sized versions of DOTM Megatron & Shockwave.

I just wasn't a fan of the DOTM Shockwave design in neither mode.

While the Dotm megatron voyager sized toy is okay. I don't love it enough to see it blown up into a leader sized toy.

The only way I'd get excited about a leader sized Megatron dotm toy is if it bought something new to the table that the voyager sized toy doesn't possess. I'd love to see the DOTM Cyberverse megatron toy blown up into a leader sized toy. with the truck cab detaching from the trailer. the trailer forming a backpack,boots,foreams & shoulder canon weapons for the combined robot mode.

Given a choice,I'd rather see 2 new mold leader sized Generations toys or 2 new mold leader sized TF Prime toys.

the 2 leader sized toys i'd love to see in generations is as follows: Sixshot & Overlord

The 2 leader sized toys i'd like to see in TF Prime is as follows: Metroplex & Trypticon.

quote="Optimus1138"]
True, we did, but the Speedstar wasn't a Ferrari.[/quote]

....Dang it...I thought it was. Well guys we'll just have to wait and see is our only option right now. I still am going to hold on to small hope though for deluxe Dino, and Leader Megatron and Shockwave. I do believe there will be another spin-off line. It does kinda make sense for two new leader class to be release. Also at Comic-Con they did said Dark of the Moon line WOULD run through the spring.

Allspark series:
Deep Dessert Brawl
Nightwatch Prime

NEST:
Shadow Command Megatron
Optimus Prime

Hunt for the Decepticons:
Starscream
Optimus

I do believe they slot is still open for two more leader figs!

I'm confused, where was the part they said they were ending the DotM line? I don't believe they'd end it so soon and I didn't see anything in there about it.

Evil_the_Nub wrote:I'm confused, where was the part they said they were ending the DotM line? I don't believe they'd end it so soon and I didn't see anything in there about it.

Hasbro said at botcon 2011. they were making a whole bunch of new molds for the DOTM toy line for Spring 2012.

Perhaps the Hasbro news at TFCON meant Canada wasn't getting anything in 2012.

sometimes canada doesn't get everything america gets as far as transformers goes by hasbro.

Shockwavelogical wrote:Allspark series:
Deep Dessert Brawl
Nightwatch Prime

NEST:
Shadow Command Megatron
Optimus Prime

Hunt for the Decepticons:
Starscream
Optimus

I do believe they slot is still open for two more leader figs!

But with the exception of Starscream, those were all repaints or remolds. I won't be surprised if we get one more Leader for DOTM, but I wouldn't count on two (not that I wouldn't want two). I wouldn't be surprised if they release the jetpack from the Takara DOTM Leader Prime here, though. What I hope they do is give it to us with the Buster Prime mold, but retooled with the abs and the other retooling that lets the jetpack attach to the figure better.

Dino must be sold. Dino must be sold. What am I saying!? Dino must NOT be sold.
MIRAGE must be sold. MIRAGE must be sold! MIRAGE must be sold! MIRAGE must be sold!

Yeah, all I want, is just a complete Autobot team from DOTM (to hell with Wheelie and Brains). And then, once I do, I could put Optimus Prime, Ratchet, Bumblebee, Sideswipe, Mirage, Leadfoot, Topspin, and Roadbuster together, and you know what that means:

Full blown: The 8 Autobots that survived DOTM!

I don't believe that it's going to end at the end of this year. Besides, we've still got those Spring 2012 toys that Hasbro mentioned...

Mirage must be sold. Mirage must be sold.

Who else wants a Cyberverse Shockwave w/ Driller toy? Yeah, that tank set can die, one Cyberverse Driller set for me, please!

The DOTM won't die, it will be a repaint machine like the rest of the movie "after" lines.

deathy wrote:

Evil_the_Nub wrote:I'm confused, where was the part they said they were ending the DotM line? I don't believe they'd end it so soon and I didn't see anything in there about it.

Hasbro said at botcon 2011. they were making a whole bunch of new molds for the DOTM toy line for Spring 2012.

Perhaps the Hasbro news at TFCON meant Canada wasn't getting anything in 2012.

sometimes canada doesn't get everything america gets as far as transformers goes by hasbro.

The only things we sometimes miss out on here in Canada are store exclusives. Usually Walmart or Target exclusives, but that hasn't happened since the the Target G1 Movie 2007 Jazz Repaint and the Ultras in Universe 2.0. Otherwise, we get pretty much everything. It's just often a lot harder to actually find it.

As far as this rumor, I don't really think it's true because there's too much money to be made, and this has been the most successful film in the franchise. They'd be throwing away money cutting the line short. Although, this is the same company that doesn't put out toys for a cartoon until a year after it starts...

Anyway, if they do cut it short, I don't care as long as they put out the toys that have been revealed so far. A leader Megatron would be nice, but to be honest I don't need to spend another $60 on a huge movie toy.

kirbenvost wrote:

deathy wrote:

Evil_the_Nub wrote:I'm confused, where was the part they said they were ending the DotM line? I don't believe they'd end it so soon and I didn't see anything in there about it.

Hasbro said at botcon 2011. they were making a whole bunch of new molds for the DOTM toy line for Spring 2012.

Perhaps the Hasbro news at TFCON meant Canada wasn't getting anything in 2012.

sometimes canada doesn't get everything america gets as far as transformers goes by hasbro.

The only things we sometimes miss out on here in Canada are store exclusives. Usually Walmart or Target exclusives, but that hasn't happened since the the Target G1 Movie 2007 Jazz Repaint and the Ultras in Universe 2.0. Otherwise, we get pretty much everything. It's just often a lot harder to actually find it.

As far as this rumor, I don't really think it's true because there's too much money to be made, and this has been the most successful film in the franchise. They'd be throwing away money cutting the line short. Although, this is the same company that doesn't put out toys for a cartoon until a year after it starts...

Anyway, if they do cut it short, I don't care as long as they put out the toys that have been revealed so far. A leader Megatron would be nice, but to be honest I don't need to spend another $60 on a huge movie toy.

I'm happy & content with the DOTM Voyager sized megatron. So their's no real need for me to want/nor desire a leader sized DOTM Megatron.

I don't like the DOTM Shockwave movie/toy designs. So I honestly don't want to see a leader sized toy made of dotm shockwave.

Personally I'd rather we got a non-movie character leader sized toy in the DOTM toy line. like a tripple changer blitzwing that's leader sized. or overlord that's leader sized & splits into 2 voyager sized vechicles.