by Wolfman Jake » Wed Oct 30, 2019 10:47 am
- Motto: ""A mountain with a wolf on it stands a little taller."
-Edward Hoagland"
- Weapon: Retractable Mecha-Fangs
It'll probably be a good while before we get any more Earthrise reveals (or credible leaks). So...let's get speculating! I know we've already been doing so with the next potential Commander Class figure, but let's take a look at stuff that has some good circumstantial evidence. Remember too that some of these figures might not make it into the Earthrise main retail line, but could end up as store exclusives or Generations Selects figures, like in Siege.
Let's start with the obvious:
Deluxe Hoist implies an eventual Deluxe Trailbreaker
Voyager Grapple implies an eventual Voyager Inferno
With the amount of retooling that would required to makes Trailbreaker and Inferno, I'd expect them to show up in the main retail line, unlike with the Datsun brothers in Siege, who are mostly differentiated by head swaps and deco changes.
What about the new Voyager Starscream? Who can really say? I would imagine we'll at LEAST get Thundercracker and Skywarp again. Maybe this time, Skywarp will get a mainline release and Thundercracker will be an Amazon exclusive instead? Of course, if we got the Coneheads too, I'd be over the moon, but that would require a LOT of retooling, since all three are pretty distinct as to their wing designs.
Honestly, it's anyone's guess what will happen with the Battle Masters and Micromasters this time. We're likely to get some brand new characters again for the Battle Masters, at least. Let's hope not all of them will be ramps/shields and there will still be a few more weapons thrown for good measure (more than just the repack of Smashdown, at least). I'm hoping for Peacemaker and Spoilsport, even if they'll go by different names (like Siege Firedrive as Firebolt and Trenchfoot as Pinpointer). The existence of Deluxe Crosshairs from Siege would seem to imply the distinct possibility of Pointblank and Sureshot coming at some point (probably as retools), with their classic G1 partners. Siege also gave us some classic Targetmaster partners to back-fill omissions from the past few years, like pairing up Scourge, Triggerhappy, Misfire, and Slugslinger from Titans Return at last with Siege Fracas, Blowpipe, Aimless, and Caliburst, respectively. Even the upcoming Siege Spinister is already covered with Singe and Shrute (née Hairsplitter). Of course, we still need Nighstick for Combiner Wars Cyclonus, Recoil and Haywire for Titans Return Kup and Blurr, and the OTHER Nightstick for Generations Selects Ricochet.
There are still PLENTY of Micromasters to chose from. With any luck, some of the sets will complete the classic G1 quartets that were originally paired down to mere duos in Siege. I would expect at least a few more of the Micromaster combiners too, just like Direct-Hit and Power Punch from the tail end of Siege. Surely, we'll get at least two to three more modular Deluxe Class "bases" too, a la the Deluxe Weaponizers of Siege. I'm betting on Hothouse's Fire Station, Airwave's Airport, and Greasepit's Gas Station, since that completes a classic G1 wave/set of similarly priced products. We did get a proper Ironworks Micromaster in Siege as "Irontread," but his base in Earthrise has taken his original G1 name of Ironworks. Will the trend continue in Earthrise? In other words, will we get newly renamed Micromasters corresponding to G1 Hothouse, Airwave, and Greaspit to go along with their classic playsets at the Deluxe Class price point? I'm fine with that, even if some names get swapped around or modified, if it means TWO characters for the price of ONE G1 concept!
I could write so much more, but I'll leave it at here for now. I can hardly wait to read some of the ideas other forum members come up with!
Wolfman Jake - Spendin' the day howlin' away.
other than that, that's some good speculating
