Sabrblade wrote:Nemesis Primal wrote:RodimusRex wrote:Nemesis Primal wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:To be honest the next line I thought they were going to do after combiner wars was either a beast wars anniversary line or a line based on the plot currently in the comics were they are establishing contact with the different colonies ergo possibility for different styles within the line.
A Beast Wars anniversary line? Yeah, I wish. We got a couple BW figures in the 25th anniversary part of Universe, a small handful of them in Thrilling 30, so if the pattern holds, I'm not so sure they'll do more before 2019. They didn't do anything for the BW 15th, I'd be displeased but not surprised if they ignored the 20th too.
And isn't that second one kinda like Cybertron without the keys?

My sneaking suspicion is that BW will be part of a boxed set or will be the Souvenir set but not the whole thing.
Oddly, what springs to mind there for me is a vehicle mode Bat Primal from Ratbat/Scourge and a vehicle mode Gatortron from Sgt. Kup.
Interestingly, based on the toy bios, this would probably position these characters as Beast Wars era incarnations (clones or otherwise) of G1 Prime and Megatron who underwent beast alterations. Or they might be repurposed as new characters.
I know there are other BW characters who might get decos but I suspect the con exclusives will veer towards the Bat/Gator homage while the club sub will get more popular characters from the show.
I was kinda talking about what Hasbro would do, not FunPub, but okay.
But since he brought it up, if Fun Pub were to do something BW-related for 2016, I could see them doing a Beast Wars: Uprising set to go along with more of that universe's storyline to come (at least three more text stories are coming, with the third one--counting the first two that already came out--being titled "Burning Bridges", and the fifth one called "Trigger Warnings" which will also include the Predacon Wolfang).
I can see that. I think it's more likely for the club than the con because I think the majority of both will be expected to tie in more to what Hasbro is doing (ala the combiner TFSS) AND balance out with a theme for the con which will be mostly non-beast and probably but not necessarily share a mold with something else they're doing.
I think Wolfang makes more sense for the sub.
I doubt the main set for Botcon will be beast themed. It'll have a couple of beasts thrown into a different theme (like this year, actually) or the beasts off as the souvenirs. I also think an eclectic draw character like you're talking about seems more like a sub figure.
I dunno. I see Alligatortron and Convobat being more likely as homages to the beginning of Beast Wars because it homages the BEGINNING and because the characters have the kind of oddball space that you see with General Prime or the Euro G1.5 characters. I don't see a huge IDW overlap generally and I think the sub is where you'd be more likely to see that.
It seems to me like sub characters are an easier place for one offs that don't fit a set and general collection fillers whereas the con tends to go for strong themes and real oddity homages like canceled figures or figures of dubious continuity.
As for Hasbro, they're probably going to release Masterpiece Optimus Primal later next year, aren't they?
Beyond that, maybe Fall of Cybertron Grimlock decoed (and with the new head mold we've seen) as Transmetal BW Megatron. I can see that with 10th anniversary Primal in a new deco in 1-2 exclusive packs alongside Generations Rhinox, Universe Cheetor, Generations Rattrap, Legends Blackarachnia, Universe Tankor, the targetmaster Waspinator, etc. Seems like it'd be reasonable to see Versus packs at Toys 'R Us or Target.