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Sorta unrelated, but next year's Toy Fair is in the middle of February...

Reeeaaly hoping they show prototypes for Airachnid, Breakdown, Ratchet, and voyager Megatron(?). Also hoping for final versions of the rest...

I want Wheeljack and Soundwave. I think they look awesome..........

Sabrblade wrote:

gavinfuzzy wrote:You sure bought BB being a new mold? He REALLY seems like the same mold, with 2 guns. Although i can tell CJ is a new mold with his warhammer thingy...

I'm going by what we know thus far. Until any new info is released to confirm or deny this, I'm going with what we have for now.

The pics look like the mold is just slightly modified so that the guns can peg together and into the engine block. "New mold" is probably somewhat of an exaggeration.

I snagged Bumblebee and Arcee. Passing on Starscream on account of the forthcoming Voyager.

Here's something I found striking: hold Arcee up next to Generations Junkyard. Clearly, "Deluxe" means something different in the newer toy line.

My guess is that Junkyard and Sky Shadow mark the end of the Generations line. At the price point these go for, I get the impression that Hasbro wants to be making smaller toys. As far as TF: Prime is concerned, the shrinkage doesn't really bother me as long as the quality and sophistication of the toys is maintained. But I will be disappointed if a follow-on to Generations comprises figures that look like midgets compared to their predecessors.

funklizard wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

gavinfuzzy wrote:You sure bought BB being a new mold? He REALLY seems like the same mold, with 2 guns. Although i can tell CJ is a new mold with his warhammer thingy...

I'm going by what we know thus far. Until any new info is released to confirm or deny this, I'm going with what we have for now.

The pics look like the mold is just slightly modified so that the guns can peg together and into the engine block. "New mold" is probably somewhat of an exaggeration.

I snagged Bumblebee and Arcee. Passing on Starscream on account of the forthcoming Voyager.

Here's something I found striking: hold Arcee up next to Generations Junkyard. Clearly, "Deluxe" means something different in the newer toy line.

My guess is that Junkyard and Sky Shadow mark the end of the Generations line. At the price point these go for, I get the impression that Hasbro wants to be making smaller toys. As far as TF: Prime is concerned, the shrinkage doesn't really bother me as long as the quality and sophistication of the toys is maintained. But I will be disappointed if a follow-on to Generations comprises figures that look like midgets compared to their predecessors.

I've got Arcee and Starscream and they aren't any shorter than the standard deluxe figures. They're a lot leaner, but that's just the way they're designed.

Evil_the_Nub wrote:I've got Arcee and Starscream and they aren't any shorter than the standard deluxe figures. They're a lot leaner, but that's just the way they're designed.

And more intricate, too. Quite a few extra moving parts to make them show accurate.

Bumblebee IS rather short, though.

I went to my local TRU today and they had 3 copies of BB. I bought one of them, but I was really hoping for all three. A worker looked on their computer to see if they could find any other characters in the store, but Arcee and SS were showing up as the same number as BB and they were showing that there were three TFP figures on the floor. They told me to check back next week. Hopefully they'll have them then.

the voyagers are all over ebay if you really just cant wait. but your going to pay to get them early

zipper wrote:I went to my local TRU today and they had 3 copies of BB.

I dropped in to mine on the way to work this morning... they literally had 25 TFP Bumblebee's on the shelf and no Arcee's or Starscream's...

Does anyone think they'll still be made available after the 25th?

Are these guys only appearing at TRU, or will Walmart and Target get them too?

headsortails wrote:Are these guys only appearing at TRU, or will Walmart and Target get them too?

As of right now, only TRU and Hasbrotoyshop.com. You can also get them on ebay.

My local TRU in Elyria, OH just stocked them yesterday. They had 2 Arcee's, 2 Starscream's, and 6 Bumblebee's. I grabbed one Arcee, heading back out tomorrow to get one of those Bee's. Decided to wait for the Voyager Starscream.

LadyBug wrote:

headsortails wrote:Are these guys only appearing at TRU, or will Walmart and Target get them too?

As of right now, only TRU and Hasbrotoyshop.com. You can also get them on ebay.

The rest of the line, past wave 3 or so, will be released sometime 2012 at all retailers.