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Sabrblade wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

o.supreme wrote:I was worried as well, but the recent interview on Toys R Russ YouTube channel gives me some hope. I would think that a Burning Primal/Flash Leo Prime set would be highly likely sooner or later.

That would be a nice set, especially since for some reason Takara has not done a Flash Lio with the Mp mold yet despite having Buring Convoy already.

It still baffles me that Takara has never even released a toy version of Lio Convoy's green form from any Lio Convoy mold, since that was his final powered-up form in both BWII and Neo.

That is also true. I would love to have that one too.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

o.supreme wrote:I was worried as well, but the recent interview on Toys R Russ YouTube channel gives me some hope. I would think that a Burning Primal/Flash Leo Prime set would be highly likely sooner or later.

That would be a nice set, especially since for some reason Takara has not done a Flash Lio with the Mp mold yet despite having Buring Convoy already.

It still baffles me that Takara has never even released a toy version of Lio Convoy's green form from any Lio Convoy mold, since that was his final powered-up form in both BWII and Neo.

That is also true. I would love to have that one too.

Wouldn't a green lion be ugly as hell though?
Still, if it was his ultimate form, it would make sense to have him as a 2 pack with Burning Convoy.
There's high chances that such a 2 pack would be a Takara Tomy Mail exclusive.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

o.supreme wrote:I was worried as well, but the recent interview on Toys R Russ YouTube channel gives me some hope. I would think that a Burning Primal/Flash Leo Prime set would be highly likely sooner or later.

That would be a nice set, especially since for some reason Takara has not done a Flash Lio with the Mp mold yet despite having Buring Convoy already.

It still baffles me that Takara has never even released a toy version of Lio Convoy's green form from any Lio Convoy mold, since that was his final powered-up form in both BWII and Neo.

That is also true. I would love to have that one too.

Wouldn't a green lion be ugly as hell though?
Still, if it was his ultimate form, it would make sense to have him as a 2 pack with Burning Convoy.
There's high chances that such a 2 pack would be a Takara Tomy Mail exclusive.

Green lion is cool.

No, that 2-pack would not make sense. Burning Convoy was formed with Flash Lio Convoy. Primal was long gone back to his normal time by the time Lio Convoy Green was first formed, which is the fusion of Lio Convoy and Lio Jr in their final battle form. Green Lio should be an individual release.

-Kanrabat- wrote:Wouldn't a green lion be ugly as hell though?

-Kanrabat- wrote:Still, if it was his ultimate form, it would make sense to have him as a 2 pack with Burning Convoy.

But it was Flash Lio Convoy who teamed up with Burning Convoy.

I didnt know the lore but yeah, Burning and Flash duo for the win!

Wondering/hoping that one of the exclusives/selects we don't know about yet is Dinoking (Volcanicus repaint/retool) and Seawatch and Fixit to finish out the toy/US releases in some form of mass market, and the JG1 releases with the HasLabs

Core Dinoking is pretty much a certainty, but how it will be released is anybody's guess. I would think that they would do well at retail (evil Dinosaur Transformers to counter the heroic Dinobots). Also, usually Hasbro Selects are straight repaints, or have minimum retooling. I'd say core Dinoking would be a likely candidate for TT Selects if that was still a thing, but it hasn't been for a while. Still nothing is out of the realm of possibility. It could very well be one of the Hasbro Select's releases later this year.

-Kanrabat- wrote:I didnt know the lore but yeah, Burning and Flash duo for the win!

I understand I am partial, but I would give BWII my highest recommendation. It is such a fun series, and fills in so many characters not able to be represented in the Mainframe show. It is easily accessible on Youtube, fully subbed. I'd absolutely support a physical media release if we ever got one. Honestly, I enjoy BWII more than any English language produced series from the past decade.

BW Neo is a little harder to enjoy from the beginning, but the latter episodes with the Blendtrons/Unicron are pretty good.

o.supreme wrote:Core Dinoking is pretty much a certainty, but how it will be released is anybody's guess. I would think that they would do well at retail (evil Dinosaur Transformers to counter the heroic Dinobots). Also, usually Hasbro Selects are straight repaints, or have minimum retooling. I'd say core Dinoking would be a likely candidate for TT Selects if that was still a thing, but it hasn't been for a while. Still nothing is out of the realm of possibility. It could very well be one of the Hasbro Select's releases later this year.

When I describe it as a repaint/retool, I'm pretty much only meaning the heads get changed cause they do that for some Selects. If it's not Selects, then we might get more retooling like Alpha Trion and Orion Pax. However, I do think Selects is most likely because they can do a box set of the 6 molds to go with Deathsaurus like they did with Galvatron and his expansion for Unicron. Plus, the advantage to Selects over mainline is that they wouldn't be using the same molds, different colors for two years in a row and would allow them to either make a new core combiner, or just release more variety

Sentinel_Primal wrote:Wondering/hoping that one of the exclusives/selects we don't know about yet is Dinoking (Volcanicus repaint/retool) and Seawatch and Fixit to finish out the toy/US releases in some form of mass market, and the JG1 releases with the HasLabs

Hate to say this, but the Boater and Pipo molds won't see release outside of Haslab.

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

Sentinel_Primal wrote:Wondering/hoping that one of the exclusives/selects we don't know about yet is Dinoking (Volcanicus repaint/retool) and Seawatch and Fixit to finish out the toy/US releases in some form of mass market, and the JG1 releases with the HasLabs

Hate to say this, but the Boater and Pipo molds won't see release outside of Haslab.

Only reason I'm suggesting them is because they technically weren't a tier, moreso a "Thank you". If they were explicitly stated to be a tier, I wouldn't say anything, but as is, it would make sense to give them an online release, especially to finish the American colors. I don't really care one way or the other cause I ordered Deathsaurus, I just think it'd be neat/nice if there was a way for people who didn't to finish their Rescue Patrol sets

Sentinel_Primal wrote:

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

Sentinel_Primal wrote:Wondering/hoping that one of the exclusives/selects we don't know about yet is Dinoking (Volcanicus repaint/retool) and Seawatch and Fixit to finish out the toy/US releases in some form of mass market, and the JG1 releases with the HasLabs

Hate to say this, but the Boater and Pipo molds won't see release outside of Haslab.

Only reason I'm suggesting them is because they technically weren't a tier, moreso a "Thank you". If they were explicitly stated to be a tier, I wouldn't say anything, but as is, it would make sense to give them an online release, especially to finish the American colors. I don't really care one way or the other cause I ordered Deathsaurus, I just think it'd be neat/nice if there was a way for people who didn't to finish their Rescue Patrol sets

That's certainly the belief that I keep hearing on the Twincast Podcast and it does make sense. It wasn't a goal that people were trying to reach as part of the crowdfund so there's really nothing stopping them from doing whatever they want with it.

Emerje

Is this subline mostly made up of repaints? I'm curious because I got to wondering today about the possibility of any Protectobots being made. As it seems a few could utilize reuse, such as Streetwise could be a retooled Datsun/Smokescreen. First Aid might be able to use a retooled Ironhide/Rachet mold. I don't think Hot Spot could utilize the Inferno/Grapple mold, so he and the others would no doubt need new tooling. While not high on my list I kind of was partial to them as a kid and only had Blades.

Though I'm sure there are a few other Combiners Hasbro and bulk of fans would want first, probably. But after seeing what they did with Stunticons/Menasor I can think of a few I wouldn't mind Hasbro redoing.

Till-all-R1 wrote:Is this subline mostly made up of repaints? I'm curious because I got to wondering today about the possibility of any Protectobots being made. As it seems a few could utilize reuse, such as Streetwise could be a retooled Datsun/Smokescreen. First Aid might be able to use a retooled Ironhide/Rachet mold. I don't think Hot Spot could utilize the Inferno/Grapple mold, so he and the others would no doubt need new tooling. While not high on my list I kind of was partial to them as a kid and only had Blades.

Though I'm sure there are a few other Combiners Hasbro and bulk of fans would want first, probably. But after seeing what they did with Stunticons/Menasor I can think of a few I wouldn't mind Hasbro redoing.

The hasbro selects are purely repaints with maybe new heads, but that is it.

Takara selects did more inventive retools, but they haven't done an exclusive project in a while.

I think you are more likely to see brand new mainline molds for a Defensor than retools.

Till-all-R1 wrote:Is this subline mostly made up of repaints? I'm curious because I got to wondering today about the possibility of any Protectobots being made. As it seems a few could utilize reuse, such as Streetwise could be a retooled Datsun/Smokescreen. First Aid might be able to use a retooled Ironhide/Rachet mold. I don't think Hot Spot could utilize the Inferno/Grapple mold, so he and the others would no doubt need new tooling. While not high on my list I kind of was partial to them as a kid and only had Blades.

Though I'm sure there are a few other Combiners Hasbro and bulk of fans would want first, probably. But after seeing what they did with Stunticons/Menasor I can think of a few I wouldn't mind Hasbro redoing.

The Hasbro side is all redecos and minor retools, while the TakaraTomy side has also included major retools like Star Convoy, Super Megatron and the Seacons. No fully original molds.

And Protectobots for the win!

Till-all-R1 wrote:Is this subline mostly made up of repaints? I'm curious because I got to wondering today about the possibility of any Protectobots being made. As it seems a few could utilize reuse, such as Streetwise could be a retooled Datsun/Smokescreen. First Aid might be able to use a retooled Ironhide/Rachet mold. I don't think Hot Spot could utilize the Inferno/Grapple mold, so he and the others would no doubt need new tooling. While not high on my list I kind of was partial to them as a kid and only had Blades.

Though I'm sure there are a few other Combiners Hasbro and bulk of fans would want first, probably. But after seeing what they did with Stunticons/Menasor I can think of a few I wouldn't mind Hasbro redoing.

Yes, if you ignore HasLab Unicron (the dev team says he's a Selects release hence the brown box treatment) and Black Zarak who had a lot of new head parts and the spear. At best we get an alternate head that's already included in the mold, the line doesn't create new parts typically.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

Till-all-R1 wrote:Is this subline mostly made up of repaints? I'm curious because I got to wondering today about the possibility of any Protectobots being made. As it seems a few could utilize reuse, such as Streetwise could be a retooled Datsun/Smokescreen. First Aid might be able to use a retooled Ironhide/Rachet mold. I don't think Hot Spot could utilize the Inferno/Grapple mold, so he and the others would no doubt need new tooling. While not high on my list I kind of was partial to them as a kid and only had Blades.

Though I'm sure there are a few other Combiners Hasbro and bulk of fans would want first, probably. But after seeing what they did with Stunticons/Menasor I can think of a few I wouldn't mind Hasbro redoing.

Yes, if you ignore HasLab Unicron (the dev team says he's a Selects release hence the brown box treatment) and Black Zarak who had a lot of new head parts and the spear. At best we get an alternate head that's already included in the mold, the line doesn't create new parts typically.

Emerje

And that's perfectly fine.

I'm very glad that the ultra rare, ultra exclusive Botcon and Collector Club repaints have been replaced by Select and Buzzworthy. This make everything at the (mostly) normal price and (usually) easily accessible.

Still, the Select line is very quiet recently.

-Kanrabat- wrote:Still, the Select line is very quiet recently.

Nemesis Primal made a valid point about how instead of getting a bunch of figures they seem to be putting the budget into doing Titans and fewer smaller figures. Here's the chart he posted:



Something he didn't take into account was that the three Walmart Legacy beasts were also supposed to be part of Selects so that's nearly another $75 that didn't get used for Selects in 2022 for what was already their biggest year. Wouldn't surprise me if other 2023 Selects figures were removed to be exclusives elsewhere. I'm sure they'll holding off on announcing the two we know are coming (Omega Sentinel/Guardian and a Deluxe) to spread them out, but we'll probably be seeing the Titan soon since they need to put some distance between it and the main line Titan. If anything I think we should be seeing more Selects this year since they don't have Shattered Glass as a line this year (as far as we know).

Emerje

There is a rumor on TFW about a reveal coming February 28th. The add just says "Titanic Toy" and many assume this will be the Selects Omega Sentinel. It might not be a Transformer at all, but we shall see.

I just got Magnificus. Only because of that killer Toyhax Reprolabels set!

o.supreme wrote:There is a rumor on TFW about a reveal coming February 28th. The add just says "Titanic Toy" and many assume this will be the Selects Omega Sentinel. It might not be a Transformer at all, but we shall see.

It'll be a new Titanic × Transformers Collaborative toy of the Titanic that turns into a robotic Leonardo DiCaprio!

Sabrblade wrote:

o.supreme wrote:There is a rumor on TFW about a reveal coming February 28th. The add just says "Titanic Toy" and many assume this will be the Selects Omega Sentinel. It might not be a Transformer at all, but we shall see.

It'll be a new Titanic × Transformers Collaborative toy of the Titanic that turns into a robotic Leonardo DiCaprio!

O heaven forbid!

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

o.supreme wrote:There is a rumor on TFW about a reveal coming February 28th. The add just says "Titanic Toy" and many assume this will be the Selects Omega Sentinel. It might not be a Transformer at all, but we shall see.

It'll be a new Titanic × Transformers Collaborative toy of the Titanic that turns into a robotic Leonardo DiCaprio!

O heaven forbid!

Emerje

I think I'd prefer the U.S.S. FLAGG Collaborative Transfer over Titanic.

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

o.supreme wrote:There is a rumor on TFW about a reveal coming February 28th. The add just says "Titanic Toy" and many assume this will be the Selects Omega Sentinel. It might not be a Transformer at all, but we shall see.

It'll be a new Titanic × Transformers Collaborative toy of the Titanic that turns into a robotic Leonardo DiCaprio!

O heaven forbid!

Yeah.... it was all fun and games until I found THIS:

“Titanic” is swimming back into theaters next year, almost three decades after its original premiere. The 1997 romance drama is back on the silver screen in honor of its 25th anniversary on February 10, 2023, according to Deadline. A remastered version of the James Cameron flick will hit cinemas in 3D 4K HDR and high-frame-rate.

The reveal is on Feb 28th, just 2 weeks after the theatrical re-release...I think ya'll might have willed something awful into existence.

I think there's a pretty slim to none chance of them actually making a figure based on a movie about a real life tragedy. Might as well make a transforming Hindenburg while they're at it.

Emerje