xyl360 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:xyl360 wrote:I also heard somewhere that since he won the fan's choice vote @Botcon that he'd be receiving a proper new mold all his own rather than being a repaint/retool of Grimlock.
Being a Hall of Fame winner doesn't equal getting a new toy.
I never said it did, but I do recall reading it being reported that someone from Hasbro at the show said as much (that he'd be getting his own new mold because of winning the fan's choice poll).
I can't think of a figure more deserving, despite my desperate cries for a new G1 Scorponok mold. I'd love to see
Generations give us new Beast Wars figures, and I'd much prefer Megs without Grimlock's body frame; it really is drastically different from his Season 2 Transmetal, which I assume is what they're attempting to emulate.
Of the flurry of new molds listed, I think the most likely suspects are the ones who appear on multiple lists. Ergo, Leader Class Jetfire and Megatron, repainted movie molds just like Ironhide and Starscream last year. A redeco of Starscream's Legends figure? Inevitable anyway.
As for the new
Generations deluxes and voyagers, I think 1 additional wave is possible before we get overwhelmed with a deluge of new movie figures. And that'd be... Whirl, Crosscut, Tankor, Rattrap, and Nightbeat. Right between Wave 2 in Jan/Feb and
Age of Extinction in May.
While I'd love to see Roadbuster, Brainstorm, Arcee, Hardhead, and especially Jhiaxus... I just don't see how Hasbro can realistically bring these figures in during that limited gap. While it's
possible that they'll run both lines concurrently, they'd also be running with
Rescue Bots and the terrifying simplified deluxes of
Beast Hunters. Too many lines at once.