william-james88 wrote:Nemesis Primal wrote:Interesting that this calls out Road Rage as a Kingdom Deluxe rather than a Selects release like she had been rumored to be for months now. If that's accurate, hopefully that means she'll potentially get some actual retooling compared to Tracks which she wouldn't have been able to get as a Selects figure
I dont really get this statement. When was a Target exclusive in the WFC line more extensively retooled than a Selects toy?
If we're talking just Target exclusives specifically, ER Thrust is basically the answer, and also ER Runabout got a new gun in addition to his new head, since Selects only ever get new heads or new guns but never both and never Conehead-level retooling. If we open it further to WFC store exclusives from all the stores, then we're looking at more examples such as:
-All 3 versions of the ER Conehead retooling
-Siege Ratchet had a surprising amount of retooled parts compare to Ironhide to give him completely different detailing on a lot of his bot mode parts in addition to his new head (which is basically the extent of what I would expect for Road Rage, a new head and then some different bot mode parts to give her different detailing & slightly different proportions)
-Siege Greenlight was a completely new retool of the PotP Moonracer mold (that was probably meant to be released in PotP originally, but oh well)
-ER Ironhide & Ratchet's earth mode retooling
-ER Prowl & Bluestreak getting their different/more-accurate hoods in addition to their new head compared to the retail Smokescreen version of the mold
-Netflix Soundwave & Bee
Emerje wrote:It was only a Walmart exclusive because it was a convenient place for Hasbro to release it, not because Walmart asked for new Bumblebee figure that only they could use.
I dunno the exact science/specifics behind store exclusives, I just know I've heard people say that both of these things said here occur when it comes to how store exclusives happen and I just assumed that they knew more on the subject that I did. It would explain how Target ends up with some many exclusives that are specifically red to match their brand, and if a store was ever going to try to ask for a specific character, Bumblebee would probably be that character at this point (which could be entirely how Buzzworthy exists in the first place).
Emerje wrote:If the next line is really going to be "Evolution" then what better place to put a Goldbug figure?
I mean, if those new out-of-nowhere "leakers" are to be believed, there is absolutely a Goldbug coming at some point.