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I wish Hasbro would take the opportunity of the 30th anniversary as an excuse to push out some of the developed but never released very much fan-wanted items from Animated, etc. End of line stuff. Robot Heroes of Laserbeak, etc. Titanium Cliffjumper and Bumblebee in G1 spaceship form...

What other cancelled items am I leaving out here? Stuff they made prototypes and revealed, but didn't get around to putting out that would be awesome in the 30th line??

Ah well. Will try to go into this open minded. Maybe it will be a cool repaint.

gothsaurus wrote:What other cancelled items am I leaving out here? Stuff they made prototypes and revealed, but didn't get around to putting out that would be awesome in the 30th line??

Well, there's that Devcon from Energon Slugslinger that would've looked amazing had it been released as a BotCon exclusive as planned.

gothsaurus wrote:SPOILERS! First official pic of Year of the Horse Prime below.

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That would certainly stirrup some controversy.

I didnt pick up an MP10 in 2012, so if its a re-release I will take 1 please! Other wise depends on the paint apps and what we are actually getting here.

ScottyP wrote:

gothsaurus wrote:SPOILERS! First official pic of Year of the Horse Prime below.

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That would certainly stirrup some controversy.

Yeah, it's already sad(dle) to see fans whinning about MPs.
Don't want the give them another reason to do so.

gothsaurus wrote:I wish Hasbro would take the opportunity of the 30th anniversary as an excuse to push out some of the developed but never released very much fan-wanted items from Animated, etc. End of line stuff. Robot Heroes of Laserbeak, etc. Titanium Cliffjumper and Bumblebee in G1 spaceship form...

What other cancelled items am I leaving out here? Stuff they made prototypes and revealed, but didn't get around to putting out that would be awesome in the 30th line??

Ah well. Will try to go into this open minded. Maybe it will be a cool repaint.

Yeah I want to more canceled Transformers Animated toys released. That would include bumblebee(recolor), Goldfire Grimlock, Waspinator(Bumblebee mold), Vortex Blurr, and Mudbuster Bulkhead that's all I can think of but hope I am wrong and their are more.

2 x AA batteries?

Sounds like Armada or Energon Prime to me.

Neurie wrote:2 x AA batteries?

Sounds like Armada or Energon Prime to me.

Cybertron Prime also has electronics, for his left cannon. However, it requires two AAA:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Neurie wrote:2 x AA batteries?

Sounds like Armada or Energon Prime to me.

Cybertron Prime also has electronics, for his left cannon. However, it requires two AAA:

It cannot be Armada or Energon because they do not have Matrix of leaderships that fit inside of their chest. Cybertron Optimus does have a matrix for his chest but o didn't know he took triple A batteries. Does MP OPtimus have any room for batteries?

As usual, Quebec get the shaft.

Screw you, TrU. I will buy them from BBTS instead.

Seibertron wrote:I swear they are missing some fun opportunities to release special editions of the Beast Wars animals that tie into this. They could release Machkick with a convoy head or do a special edition of Machkick or something for year of the horse.

Next time you get a chance (convention or whatever) would you PLEASE pester them about that? I mean really, what a missed (and quite frickin' OBVIOUS) opportunity to do something cool that actually makes sense.

Mindmaster wrote:I think the first Platinum Optimus Prime was good enough. But two? C'mon.

There are 12 animals in the Chinese Zodiac. These toys started off as Chinese New Year exclusives by Hasbro Asia, and thus far have done the Dragon and the Snake. After the Horse, there's still the Sheep, the Monkey, the Rooster, the Dog, the Pig, the Rat, the Ox, the Tiger, and the Rabbit to do, and there aren't any signs of them stopping.

"Platinum Edition" was just Hasbro US's way of justifying American releases of these Hasbro Asia exclusives. The first one, "Year of the Dragon" Ultimate Optimus Prime, wasn't even released as a Platinum Edition toy, but as a mere DOTM toy.

Arctorro pointed something out of interest - c-001-super-fire-convoy-2014-reissue-preliminary-preorder-p1509626.php

Three Chinese New Years, three special edition Optimus Primes.

Can we try and be a little more creative please, Hasbro?

Sodan-1 wrote:Three Chinese New Years, three special edition Optimus Primes.

Can we try and be a little more creative please, Hasbro?

We got nine more CNY Optimus Primes to go.

Sabrblade wrote:

Sodan-1 wrote:Three Chinese New Years, three special edition Optimus Primes.

Can we try and be a little more creative please, Hasbro?

We got nine more CHY Optimus Primes to go.

I call the G1 mold will be re-used.
Again.

Sabrblade wrote:

Sodan-1 wrote:Three Chinese New Years, three special edition Optimus Primes.

Can we try and be a little more creative please, Hasbro?

We got nine more CNY Optimus Primes to go.

Honestly I'll be surprised if they go the distance with this. Twelve years seems like a long time for a toy company to be doing the same thing year after year.

Seibertron wrote:I swear they are missing some fun opportunities to release special editions of the Beast Wars animals that tie into this.

I'll sacrifice all understanding of the term 'logic' if we don't get an Optimus Primal in '16. (And to anyone with a degree in zoology; yes, I know monkeys are not apes. )

Sodan-1 wrote:

Seibertron wrote:I swear they are missing some fun opportunities to release special editions of the Beast Wars animals that tie into this.

I'll sacrifice all understanding of the term 'logic' if we don't get an Optimus Primal in '16. (And to anyone with a degree in zoology; yes, I know monkeys are not apes. )

Suppose they use the Optimus Minor mold instead.

Sabrblade wrote:

Sodan-1 wrote:

Seibertron wrote:I swear they are missing some fun opportunities to release special editions of the Beast Wars animals that tie into this.

I'll sacrifice all understanding of the term 'logic' if we don't get an Optimus Primal in '16. (And to anyone with a degree in zoology; yes, I know monkeys are not apes. )

Suppose they use the Optimus Minor mold instead.

Now you see that would make sense. Which is precisely why they won't do it.

Sodan-1 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Sodan-1 wrote:

Seibertron wrote:I swear they are missing some fun opportunities to release special editions of the Beast Wars animals that tie into this.

I'll sacrifice all understanding of the term 'logic' if we don't get an Optimus Primal in '16. (And to anyone with a degree in zoology; yes, I know monkeys are not apes. )

Suppose they use the Optimus Minor mold instead.

Now you see that would make sense. Which is precisely why they won't do it.

Right, they'll use B'Boom, instead.

Sabrblade wrote:

Sodan-1 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Sodan-1 wrote:

Seibertron wrote:I swear they are missing some fun opportunities to release special editions of the Beast Wars animals that tie into this.

I'll sacrifice all understanding of the term 'logic' if we don't get an Optimus Primal in '16. (And to anyone with a degree in zoology; yes, I know monkeys are not apes. )

Suppose they use the Optimus Minor mold instead.

Now you see that would make sense. Which is precisely why they won't do it.

Right, they'll use B'Boom, instead.

Nope, they'll use Bantor

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Sodan-1 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Sodan-1 wrote:

Seibertron wrote:I swear they are missing some fun opportunities to release special editions of the Beast Wars animals that tie into this.

I'll sacrifice all understanding of the term 'logic' if we don't get an Optimus Primal in '16. (And to anyone with a degree in zoology; yes, I know monkeys are not apes. )

Suppose they use the Optimus Minor mold instead.

Now you see that would make sense. Which is precisely why they won't do it.

Right, they'll use B'Boom, instead.

Nope, they'll use Bantor

Nope, ROTF Leader Starscream in Optimus Prime colouring with a weird Prime head.

Dead Metal wrote:Nope, ROTF Leader Starscream in Optimus Prime colouring with a weird Prime head.

Nah, they'll save him for the Year of the Rooster.

Sabrblade wrote:

Dead Metal wrote:Nope, ROTF Leader Starscream in Optimus Prime colouring with a weird Prime head.

Nah, they'll save him for the Year of the Rooster.

Nope, they'll be using Bludgeon for that one, but in Ultra Magnus colours and a Primal head.

Aren't all the Beast Wars Basic molds lost or destroyed or banished to another dimension or something?