by o.supreme » Fri Jul 17, 2020 1:55 pm
- Motto: "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes"
Greetings All,
Well I’m not going to lie, I’m a little saddened at Warden’s decision to move on, but it was eerily predicted by me, and I wish him the best. It was CW that brought me back from a 10-year absence, and depending on what happens after Kingdom, I may, for the 3rd time in my life cease collecting for a time, but as always, I’ll wait and see.
Now I talked in another thread about some of the similarities between the original Transformers release time period, and what’s occurred during Warden’s tenure as project manager. I’m sure there was no overall grand scheme to do a complete original series redux, but in some ways, it does feel like that, for me at least. 1984-1990 (7 years). vs 2015-2021 (also 7 years). The original series had a new product line each year. Warden will have overseen Six lines (Two Trilogies) when it’s all over in that seven-year span, which may spill over a bit into 2022 based on current real-world situations, who knows…
But within those Six lines, many of the original series characters I enjoyed have been brought back, especially with respect to Combiners and Titans. Of course, Hall of Fame characters have had multiple releases since 2015. With all that being said, there is still a 4th wave of Earthrise to be revealed, as well as the entire Kingdom line (spoilers from the poster not withstanding). I’ve tried to compile a list of as many characters from 1984-1990 that haven’t seen a release from 2015- ER wave 3 that we know of. Feel free to speculate if we will get any of these or not before Kingdom is done. There will be a couple of *tweaks*. I’m going to let Metroplex pass on this. I know it was not Warden’s, but I’m ok with the one from T30. Also, I may put some asterisks * next to anything that had a decent T30 release, as it may not be necessary at this time to revisit those. Additionally, there may be some representations of characters that some fans may not feel are Ideal (such as Pretenders being Prime Masters, or Slamdance being a Skytread repaint etc…), but I am going to count them, nonetheless. Additionally, I’m not going to count Action Masters. So, without further ado:
1984 – Every Character from this release year seems to have been released between 2015 and now
1985- Whirl*, Roadbuster*, Tracks, Skids, Barrage, Ransack, Venom
1986-Sandstorm*
1987-Trainbots (Raiden), Artfire, Pointblank, Sureshot, Goldbug, Freeway, Rollbar, Searchlight, Wideload, Slugfest, Twincast
1988-Override, Backstreet, Chainclaw, Catilla, Waverider,Skyhigh, Groundbreaker, Splashdown, Guzzle, Fizzle, Sizzle, Hosehead, Gunrunner, Scoop*, Quickmix, Landfill, Slapdash, Iguanus, Finback, Bugly, Crankcase, Roadgrabber, Squawkbox, Carnivac, Snarler, Black Zarak, Sparkstalker, Flamefeather
1989-Monstructor/Dinoking, Skyhammer, Roadblock, Pincher, Doubleheader, Longtooth, Stranglehold, Crossblades/Blue Bacchus, Vroom, Erector, Flattop, Roughstuff, Overload, Skystalker, Starsaber, Victory Leo, Road Caesar, Landcross
*Micromasters- It occurs to me, there are just too many for me to keep track of. I don’t know how many have been released vs the originals, but if Kingdom is going to include them, then probably most of them will have been revisited, I would hope.
In hindsight, a lot of ground has been covered, and we've had meany great toys I never thought we'd see characters of again. It will be interesting to see how many, if any of these missing bots gets a release before the end of Kingdom.
Bucket/Want List: Botcon 2016 Customization Class Ratchet (G2 Deco), or Customization Class Ratchet (Marvel Comics Deco) **would also be willing to pay for an Unpainted Botcon 2016 Ratchet, TT Legends Fortress Head (only) with working Electronics
Wish List of Modern Combiners: Road Caesar, Monstructor & Dinoking (proper size to fiction), Landcross, Guard City, Battle Gaia, & G2 Defensor. Wish List of Titans:Metrotitan,Majin Zarak
