Nuclearxpotato wrote:Maybe one day we'll get proper Deluxe Insecticons, but I don't see Hasbro ever seeing them as worthy of dumping the money for new molds.
If you're referring to the "main" 3 which were in the movie, I do see that happening, and soon.
Back 5+ years ago it was a general consensus that Hasbro wasn't ready (or willing) to put much into making characters with beast/creature/insect alt modes, if at all. Which seemed to at least partially explain why Predaking, Piranhacon, and Abominus had no chance during CW.
That door was opened back with PotP, and has been flung wide open with the Kingdom line and SS86 Dinobots (and even a few of the Headmaster reissues).
It also seems possible considering how few Decepticon characters are left (outside of what's been released from Siege, ER, and Kingdom). Especially ones that were in the movie.
I'm of the opinion that if Hastak is willing to make an Allicon and Sharkticon, then Insecticons are more than possible.
The one thing they have working against them is also one thing I really appreciate about them-- they're each very different from one another in terms of design, unlike the Datsuns, seekers, Ironhide/Ratchet, BB/Cliffjumper/Bugbite, and even Scorponok and B.Z.
However, my hope would be that new molds for characters like the Insecticons would be possible considering the multiple uses of many other molds as the ones previously mentioned (as well as the 4 Megatrons, 4 OP's, 21 Sideswipes, etc.).
I could see the Insecticons being made at legit deluxe class size (bigger than BB and Cliffjumper);
Being that SS86 is sticking very closely to the movie, Shrapnel sure seemed to be a decent size in the scene with Blitzwing, Kup and Hot Rod; even with some momentum from falling, he's big enough to send Blitzwing in tank mode tumbling backwards. Just doesn't seem like Bumblebee, Cliffjumper, or any other minibot would have the size to do that.
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