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I'm hoping for Ultra Magnus, but it would be cool if it's Sunstreeker too

Do we have any clue who street racer is?

NTESHFT wrote:I'm hoping for Ultra Magnus, but it would be cool if it's Sunstreeker too

If the reissue of MP-10 by Hasbro last year was already $140, I sincerely doubt that Ultra Magnus would go for any less then that, let alone for $100. I think the safest bets are either one of the "larger" van/truck chracters like Ironhide or Inferno, or, as you suggested already, a much more costly car mold, like Sunstreaker.

I wish Hasbro would have more transparency about their upcoming releases. By the time a USA masterpiece is announced, I've already bought, shipped, and opened the Takara.

Also, announcing what they have rights to and are PLANNING to release would prevent us from buying 3P masterpiece for items like Mirage, Hound, Jazz, etc.

(Or conversely, knowing they have NO plans to release something due to licensing issues, that would let us know we need to resort to 3P. I know a lot of us are on the fence, keeping an eye out for word from Takara.)

What I wanna know, is what it's number designate will be. Bee was MP-08, Prime was MP-10. Will this be MP-09 to bridge the gap or will they ignore the misstep and go straight to 11

Probably Inferno, seems too pricey for ironhide but with toysrus uk charging £50 for bumble bee on clearance let alone what they were trying to charge before then, it could just be wheeljack or sideswipe. Always a chance it could be an overpriced sunstreaker.

A list has surfaced on Weibo for 2019 products in collector oriented Hasbro Transformers line. This list includes toys we already know about, like Siege leader Optimus Prime but also toys we had no clue of until now, like Dark of the Moon Leader Optimus Prime (it seems only a matter of time before every Transformers toy released is another Optimus Prime). The list was found on Baidu and includes the product number for each release. The new Siege toys listed, like Skywarp, Greenlight, and the Firestormers will be exclusives, probably similar to the multitude of POTP exclusives we got in 2018 (ie Nemesis Prime, Wreck-Gar, Punch/Counterpunch).

Seeing Greenlight here, under the Siege line, means she will probably be a retool of Chromia and also not sport a combiner peg (no fembot combiner for you!). Slamdance, under the Firestormers, might be a redeco of Skythread. You can speculate as well, of course.

As for the studio series we have a voyager KSI Bot, deluxe hightower, an unknown and the aforementioned DOTM Optimus Prime.

The full list is below:

Okay, so just last night I was thinking that one could customize Skytread/Flywheels into Slamdance and was suprised I hadn’t heard that idea before.

Also, this is almost definitely what the Firestormer pack will be based on: https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Firestormer
Probably a sign of a G2 Sideswipe, given that we can see he’ll be in it. It think that’s pretty neat.

william-james88 wrote:(I)t seems only a matter of time before every Transformers toy released is another Optimus Prime

I can’t wait for Optimus Prime PotP Deluxe Class Ricochet Version, oh and MP-43 Optimus Prime Beast Wars Megatron Version, and then there’s the upcoming Optimus Prime Siege WFC Leader Class Shockwave Version!

Jury’s still out on MP-44 Optimus Prime Masterpiece V3 Optimus Prime Cartoon Optimus Prime Version Optimus Prime, though.

So many Optimae, so little drachmae.

These are certainly interesting, a voyager skywarp makes sense, and considering there's no more room in the voyager listings for Siege as a whole. Question is, will we get earth alt Seekers in the next two years

Greenlight? Like one of the two background fembots of Elita One's team? Does that mean we'll get a Lancer too? I hope so, we need more fembots, also they're one of my favorite couples. ^w^

william-james88 wrote:(it seems only a matter of time before every Transformers toy released is another Optimus Prime).

Odd. The very popular, fan favorite, beloved and cherished Big Good of the franchise is highly represented in the toyline? That makes no sense. (If it wasn't clear I was being sarcastic)

Movie Masterpiece Jazz and Megatron!

Agent 53 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:(it seems only a matter of time before every Transformers toy released is another Optimus Prime).

Odd. The very popular, fan favorite, beloved and cherished Big Good of the franchise is highly represented in the toyline? That makes no sense. (If it wasn't clear I was being sarcastic)

I'm just thankful it's not more Bumblebee.

MagicDeath wrote:Okay, so just last night I was thinking that one could customize Skytread/Flywheels into Slamdance and was suprised I hadn’t heard that idea before.

The only problem with that idea is that with Slamdance, Grand Slam (the red tank) forms the upper body and Raindance (the blue jet) forms the lower body. Using the same mold as Skytread/Flywheels, Grand Slam will now form the red lower body and Raindance will now form the blue upper body of Slamdance. While it still works like this, it also still takes away from the appearance of the G1 Character. Not to mention that they both lose their third transformation, which is forming cassettes that store inside Blaster's chest.

wolverinetodd wrote:

MagicDeath wrote:Okay, so just last night I was thinking that one could customize Skytread/Flywheels into Slamdance and was suprised I hadn’t heard that idea before.

The only problem with that idea is that with Slamdance, Grand Slam (the red tank) forms the upper body and Raindance (the blue jet) forms the lower body. Using the same mold as Skytread/Flywheels, Grand Slam will now form the red lower body and Raindance will now form the blue upper body of Slamdance. While it still works like this, it also still takes away from the appearance of the G1 Character. Not to mention that they both lose their third transformation, which is forming cassettes that store inside Blaster's chest.

Any reason you guys aren't thinking that the "Firestormer Pack" might be a Sideswipe figure with Slamdance done in the style of WFC "Micromasters" Ravage and Laserbeak?

I’m SUPER excited for DOTM Optimus! I wonder if he’ll come with the full trailer or just the flight tech, and if he’ll have his handheld sword and axe from his fight with Sentinel.

The real question is, how much better will Leader TF3 Prime be than Takara's MB-11 and MB-17.

Probably a joke in comparison

Seibertron wrote:

wolverinetodd wrote:

MagicDeath wrote:Okay, so just last night I was thinking that one could customize Skytread/Flywheels into Slamdance and was suprised I hadn’t heard that idea before.

The only problem with that idea is that with Slamdance, Grand Slam (the red tank) forms the upper body and Raindance (the blue jet) forms the lower body. Using the same mold as Skytread/Flywheels, Grand Slam will now form the red lower body and Raindance will now form the blue upper body of Slamdance. While it still works like this, it also still takes away from the appearance of the G1 Character. Not to mention that they both lose their third transformation, which is forming cassettes that store inside Blaster's chest.

Any reason you guys aren't thinking that the "Firestormer Pack" might be a Sideswipe figure with Slamdance done in the style of WFC "Micromasters" Ravage and Laserbeak?

Aside from them being possibly exclusives, thus potentially disqualifying them from new molds, it's the right most number in the table, which is the price more than likely:

Voyager SS: 349
Deluxe SS: 249
Leader SS: 549

Deluxe WFC: 169
Voyager WFC: 269
Leader WFC: 469

Greenlight WFC: 249
Firestomer WFC: 499
Skywarp WFC: 499

Greenlight fits with the "Deluxe + extra", but the Firestormer and Skywarp packs are more than Leader. The contents has to be quite substantial to justify the price, and Slamdance as a pair of cassettes wouldn't really cut it.

Overcracker wrote:The real question is, how much better will Leader TF3 Prime be than Takara's MB-11 and MB-17.

Well, I imagine it’ll be a mod of the existing SS voyager figure with a trailer/jet pack, so not the same size or complexity as the ROTF leader. It certainly won’t have the same paint apps as the Movie the Best figures, but it’ll hopefully come with Some accessories that neither of those have.

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:

Overcracker wrote:The real question is, how much better will Leader TF3 Prime be than Takara's MB-11 and MB-17.

Well, I imagine it’ll be a mod of the existing SS voyager figure with a trailer/jet pack, so not the same size or complexity as the ROTF leader. It certainly won’t have the same paint apps as the Movie the Best figures, but it’ll hopefully come with Some accessories that neither of those have.

Another one? We are already getting a modified Voyager Prime that seems to combine with the upcoming Jetfire figure.



Two Voyager Primes with different "flight packs" seems excessive.

I could see a trailer taking up the extra Leader cost. But that would just be disappointing.

A thought comes to mind however... What if Hasbro decided to bring Takara's "upscaled" Evasion mode Prime into the Studio Series?

Overcracker wrote:

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:

Overcracker wrote:The real question is, how much better will Leader TF3 Prime be than Takara's MB-11 and MB-17.

Well, I imagine it’ll be a mod of the existing SS voyager figure with a trailer/jet pack, so not the same size or complexity as the ROTF leader. It certainly won’t have the same paint apps as the Movie the Best figures, but it’ll hopefully come with Some accessories that neither of those have.

Another one? We are already getting a modified Voyager Prime that seems to combine with the upcoming Jetfire figure.



Two Voyager Primes with different "flight packs" seems excessive.

I could see a trailer taking up the extra Leader cost. But that would just be disappointing.

A thought comes to mind however... What if Hasbro decided to bring Takara's "upscaled" Evasion mode Prime into the Studio Series?

Doubtful as that would screw with that scale guide they are using. I do believe it will be a retool of the voyager prime with trailer that transforms into flight pack. Then I think they'll make a new prime to better represent knight prime the year after...(oh and a Cybertron Prime from the Bumblebee Movie)

Overcracker wrote:

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Two Voyager Primes with different "flight packs" seems excessive.

I could see a trailer taking up the extra Leader cost. But that would just be disappointing.

A thought comes to mind however... What if Hasbro decided to bring Takara's "upscaled" Evasion mode Prime into the Studio Series?

What if the trailer instead or also (yeah right) formed the big ring-shaped armory? We've never had an official toy of that. Also, a voyager DOTM Optimus would be further distinguished by the chestplate. And hopefully he'd include Optimus' BFG from DOTM. Or maybe the shield or the axe.

Also, that "Legendary" Optimus figure wouldn't exactly be a DOTM Optimus now would it?

I wish we knew more about thT WFC Leader zprime before I buy the Voyager.