TF-fan kev777 wrote:At least it seems like Hasbro is sort of screwing things up for every line that isn't SS86. Blaster, probably the most sought after figure from Legacy wave 1, didn't get a real reveal either and also will not get pre-orders.
The blaster thing is dumb because now that he is revealed they could at least have all the other sites like BBTS and EE show him in the Legacy wave as the other voyager. Like that those who want to preorder him, to make sure they get him if wave 5 is skipped by their stores, know that there are indeed preorders for him.
Nemesis Primal wrote:william-james88 wrote:Last week on Facbook though a story.
So the barest minimum possible announcement through an avenue where I at least would legit never see it/hear about it without someone else bringing it to my attention, and right on the tail end/in the middle of Pulsecon-adjacent reveals so it would instantly be overshadowed by Legacy, got it. No wonder no one knew it happpened, it was somehow a worse reveal than Kingdom Wave 4.
And it still didn't lead to official ordering methods being put up by Hasbro to boot.
I think you are answering your own question. These days, they tie reveals with preorders. Since they have no preorders for Sideswipe, they didn't do much in terms of a reveal. Reveals of toys we have already seen don't really matter if there is no order to go with it so does it really matter if Hasbro aknowledges a toy's existence? There havent been reveals for any of the Cyberverse stuff and it doesn't seem to trouble that many people.