...huh. This is actually an interesting development because Hasbro very rarely puts new molds out as exclusives (Punch/Counterpunch being the exception), so this Ironhide is going to be either a reshell of the Siege one, a very heavy retool of Hoist/Trailbreaker due to their similar alt modes (maybe?), another exception to that rule (possibly), or there's someone with a van alt mode coming somewhere in the main line we haven't seen yet, which would have to be...I have no idea, actually.
aronjlove wrote:Maybe it is because I'm relatively new, but the last trilogy didn't double-dip like this? At least give us a couple of years to enjoy the current toy...
I mean, there were multiple Optimus and Megatron figures like Skritz said, but each one was a blatantly different design, and Megatron even sat PotP out completely since he didn't win the fan vote. Outside of that, there was only Hot Rod, Brawn, and Grimlock, and those only really count if you squint at them, since a Legends-class Hot Rod repaint and Titanmasters of Brawn and Grim for banter aren't really the same thing as getting the same character again in the same size class with the same base design and barely different alt modes, which is what all of the Siege redos bar the Seekers have been, and the Seekers only don't fit that alt mode qualification.
Edit: Oh, and Blast Off, but that's because Hasbro were lazy and couldn't be bothered to give him his real alt mode, and Takara weren't having it.