ZeroWolf wrote:The only way I could see that working is if it acted like a preview of sorts for the next season.
Yes I guess it would have to be. Although everything else from wave 1 and 2 was specific to Siege. (well now I guess an Earthmode Soundwave would be the other exception as well) I figure Netflix Earthrise will have repaints from ER (and a couple new surprises perhaps), and same for Kingdom. The packaging I imagine would stay the same, just muted black/white versions of the line they are duplicating.
So basically "Earthrise" Bumblebee and Soundwave got hijacked by Walmart for use in their Siege Line to Promote Siege Netflix, . My other thought could have been that Elita-1 was going to be a Selects perhaps, but fortuitously just happened to work in the series favor.