Nemesis Primal wrote:-No continuity is off the table for Legacy, Cyberverse is an option
There is that leaked store listing for a Shadowstriker in next year's Velocitron line-up, but even if she was the only Cyberverse thing in Legacy, I'd be satisfied with that. Even so, a Legacy Thunderhowl or Hammerbyte would be nice.
-Animated was given a flat-out confirmation by Evan, Animated characters/designs WILL be in Legacy, the theory of those characters/designs being held up by Cartoon Network rights is incorrect
-Evan cited Animated Lockdown, Ratchet, and Prime as characters/designs he specifically would like to work on
-Legacy Animated figures WILL be G1-ified, HOWEVER the team has also heard the feedback on Arcee/Bulkhead/Knock Out and are working to find a better G1-ification balance
This is good to hear, and it's nice that the designers have at least realised that the G1-ification of the Prime cast wasn't received well and are trying to fix it somewhat with future toys. Lockdown is pretty much a given, but Optimus and Ratchet would be great too if done right. I'm also hoping for a Prowl.
-Minicons are something they're intending to figure out "once they move more fully into Armada"
Mini-Cons would be fairly easy to do in the Core Class, I remember in one of these Q&As it was mentioned that Drill Bit was being considered for Core Class because they couldn't get him into Metroplex's budget. Though I keep hearing that the Siege Micromasters were bad sellers, so perhaps the team still have cold feet about doing anything similar to that.
-When asked about a new Cybertron OP & Wing Saber: "it would be totally doable to make a new Wing Saber connect to Siege GUOP" (implying Wing Saber is on the table but Optimus is considered done)
If this is the case, a package refresh (or even a slight retool to accomodate the combination) of Galaxy Upgrade Optimus will need to happen. It's been a few years since that toy came out and it's hard to get now, so I hope Hasbro doesn't just assume everyone that wants it will already have it. I for one missed out on it, so another opportunity to get one would be great.
-Mark and Evan talk about making figures of the 13 Primes "all the time", mentioned The Fallen's tank mode
I've been hoping for this since we saw that concept art for the unmade Power of the Primes Prima and Megatronus toys. While I probably wouldn't want all thirteen Primes, at the very least I'd like Vector, Onyx and Solus, possibly even Nexus done in a similar way to Menasor.
-Mention of potential Coneheads rerelease in Legacy
Now this is the most interesting thing in the Q&A for me. I already have the Coneheads, but they were a pain to get hold of like many of the other Earthrise sets. Re-releasing them in Legacy to give those who missed out on them another chance would be a Gigachad move on Hasbro's part, but of course there's always the chance they'll be just as hard to get as they were before.
I'm running a bit short on cash at the moment, and with TFNation 2022 and another comic-con in October on the horizon, I've thought about sticking the Earthrise Ironhise and Prowl, Ratchet and Lifeline, and Dirge and Ramjet sets on Ebay so I'm not completely wrecked financially by the end of the year, but I want to hang back until we get a good look at the Studio Series 1986 Ironhide and see if it's actually better or worse than the Earthrise version, and also to see if it gets a Ratchet retool (I mean it should, but you never know).
...and on top of all that semi-official stuff, JTPrime has said as of yesterday that Breakdown and Twincast's EAN numbers have been replaced with new ones that change what we thought the next few waves would be, indicating that Wave 4 will now include Needlenose, "Junkion 1", Hot Shot, Tarn, & Leo Prime (at least, don't think we know Leaders-per-specific-wave yet for 2023) in addition to Breakdown, while Twincast has been pushed back to the wave containing Metalhawk and the Wheeljack & Cheetor repacks have been possibly scrapped.
Ah nice, so we might be getting reveals of Hot Shot, Tarn and Lio Convoy earlier than I was expecting, just a couple more months on those. That's something to look forward to.
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