Emerje wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:To be fair, I think it's likely that scorpy will see a release as the the titan after omega since he's the last big guy to sort out (who we get for titans after that will be interesting to see)
Between TRU closing, Hasbro being forced to release a bunch of employees, Leader class shrinking, and a lot of Walmarts not even carrying Leaders I'm not sure if we'll see another Titan after Scorponok assuming we get him at all. Hasbro seems to be having increasing trouble getting large Transformers into US retail and they aren't worth the risks.
Emerje
Skritz wrote:Man, if they have a Leader Optimus in eacb line it's going to suck and warm shelves like crazy.
Skritz wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:Skritz wrote:Well I like the current scale, so whatever.
But what is the current (or previous scale?)
My current collection began mostly with Titans Return, with some Combiner Wars and the odd T30 toy. Which mean for the most part everything fits together nicely with some decent scale and some shared aesthetics.
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:What does irk me a bit is that Starscream got promoted to Voyager Class, but that's me being used to most jets being in Deluxe Class.
william-james88 wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:Oh no argument here about Shockwave but I do believe it's because the voyager slots were full. Though on saying that, did they need to release Springer here? Or is that because they plan on releasing all the wreckers over the next three years...
I think we are pretty set on wreckers aside from Ironfist, with impactor coming later next year. I think Springer was chosen because they wanted another autobot for a voyager slot (since most are decepticons) and of all the voyager class toys one would need for this redo of G1, Gen Springer was both the oldest triplechanger left to redo and least true to his G1 look (boxy helicopter). Of course that also goes for Sandstorm but that character is much less famous. Basically, I think they wanted all their heavy hitters present in Siege.
Who else would you have picked to fill the vyager slot for an Autobot?
crash8burnt wrote:william-james88 wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:Oh no argument here about Shockwave but I do believe it's because the voyager slots were full. Though on saying that, did they need to release Springer here? Or is that because they plan on releasing all the wreckers over the next three years...
I think we are pretty set on wreckers aside from Ironfist, with impactor coming later next year. I think Springer was chosen because they wanted another autobot for a voyager slot (since most are decepticons) and of all the voyager class toys one would need for this redo of G1, Gen Springer was both the oldest triplechanger left to redo and least true to his G1 look (boxy helicopter). Of course that also goes for Sandstorm but that character is much less famous. Basically, I think they wanted all their heavy hitters present in Siege.
Who else would you have picked to fill the vyager slot for an Autobot?
Who to pick for voyager?? That's an easy choice : Ironhide! There's so many bots to fill in the deluxe and Ironhide got to be voyager class. Only Hasbro finds it hard to decided.. They should go back to the G1 toys era, where the releasing of bots and cons were fairly even and matching. Do away this silly wave thing, where the selection and distribution of the toys were so messed up since the prime wars. Still fuming where I couldn't complete the pretenders with the missing Waverider?!?!, incomplete triple changers, only cons targetmasters without any bots to go along ?!?! (not counting kup and hot rod), only leader class prime and rod without meg and gal, and so on.
Earlier on I heard that Hasbro got into some difficulties. I was actually quite hopeful that another company can take over the making of transformers. I know this is close to impossible. The 3rd parties are producing so many matching bots and cons with quality materials. So cmon Hasbro, if u can do it in the 80s, Im sure u can do a better job now.
Emerje wrote:william-james88 wrote:Sure the channels of purchasing are changing but that is for retail as a whole and it doesnt mean there are less sales.
If it were business as usual then Hasbro wouldn't be laying off 10% of their work force (estimated between 500 and 600 employees) as a direct result of TRU closing in the US right before their busiest time of the year.
Galvatronian wrote:Kup from TR is pretty tall too, I think slightly taller than those jumpstarters. And we have heard those rumours about ironhide sharing some of his engineering, right?
crash8burnt wrote:william-james88 wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:Oh no argument here about Shockwave but I do believe it's because the voyager slots were full. Though on saying that, did they need to release Springer here? Or is that because they plan on releasing all the wreckers over the next three years...
I think we are pretty set on wreckers aside from Ironfist, with impactor coming later next year. I think Springer was chosen because they wanted another autobot for a voyager slot (since most are decepticons) and of all the voyager class toys one would need for this redo of G1, Gen Springer was both the oldest triplechanger left to redo and least true to his G1 look (boxy helicopter). Of course that also goes for Sandstorm but that character is much less famous. Basically, I think they wanted all their heavy hitters present in Siege.
Who else would you have picked to fill the vyager slot for an Autobot?
Who to pick for voyager?? That's an easy choice : Ironhide! There's so many bots to fill in the deluxe and Ironhide got to be voyager class. Only Hasbro finds it hard to decided.. They should go back to the G1 toys era, where the releasing of bots and cons were fairly even and matching. Do away this silly wave thing, where the selection and distribution of the toys were so messed up since the prime wars. Still fuming where I couldn't complete the pretenders with the missing Waverider?!?!, incomplete triple changers, only cons targetmasters without any bots to go along ?!?! (not counting kup and hot rod), only leader class prime and rod without meg and gal, and so on.
Earlier on I heard that Hasbro got into some difficulties. I was actually quite hopeful that another company can take over the making of transformers. I know this is close to impossible. The 3rd parties are producing so many matching bots and cons with quality materials. So cmon Hasbro, if u can do it in the 80s, Im sure u can do a better job now.
crash8burnt wrote:
Earlier on I heard that Hasbro got into some difficulties. I was actually quite hopeful that another company can take over the making of transformers. I know this is close to impossible. The 3rd parties are producing so many matching bots and cons with quality materials. So cmon Hasbro, if u can do it in the 80s, Im sure u can do a better job now.
Va'al wrote:Deadput wrote:Actually I don't know my mother's name is Valerie so is Va'al actually my mother?
Yes. Now go to your room and don't play with yourself.
crash8burnt wrote:william-james88 wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:Oh no argument here about Shockwave but I do believe it's because the voyager slots were full. Though on saying that, did they need to release Springer here? Or is that because they plan on releasing all the wreckers over the next three years...
I think we are pretty set on wreckers aside from Ironfist, with impactor coming later next year. I think Springer was chosen because they wanted another autobot for a voyager slot (since most are decepticons) and of all the voyager class toys one would need for this redo of G1, Gen Springer was both the oldest triplechanger left to redo and least true to his G1 look (boxy helicopter). Of course that also goes for Sandstorm but that character is much less famous. Basically, I think they wanted all their heavy hitters present in Siege.
Who else would you have picked to fill the vyager slot for an Autobot?
Who to pick for voyager?? That's an easy choice : Ironhide! There's so many bots to fill in the deluxe and Ironhide got to be voyager class. Only Hasbro finds it hard to decided.. They should go back to the G1 toys era, where the releasing of bots and cons were fairly even and matching. Do away this silly wave thing, where the selection and distribution of the toys were so messed up since the prime wars. Still fuming where I couldn't complete the pretenders with the missing Waverider?!?!, incomplete triple changers, only cons targetmasters without any bots to go along ?!?! (not counting kup and hot rod), only leader class prime and rod without meg and gal, and so on.
Earlier on I heard that Hasbro got into some difficulties. I was actually quite hopeful that another company can take over the making of transformers. I know this is close to impossible. The 3rd parties are producing so many matching bots and cons with quality materials. So cmon Hasbro, if u can do it in the 80s, Im sure u can do a better job now.
william-james88 wrote:Galvatronian wrote:Kup from TR is pretty tall too, I think slightly taller than those jumpstarters. And we have heard those rumours about ironhide sharing some of his engineering, right?
Its not rumours, its just assumptions based on their chests seemingly being the same.
TF-fan kev777 wrote:Hmmm, I wonder how many people would be happy versus pissed if Hasbro simply released the Waverider tooling as Battlemaster Waverider with the blast effect replacing the prime master?
Seibertron wrote:TF-fan kev777 wrote:Hmmm, I wonder how many people would be happy versus pissed if Hasbro simply released the Waverider tooling as Battlemaster Waverider with the blast effect replacing the prime master?
It would defeat the purpose of having a Waverider figure, since it's supposed to be a Pretender. What I don't understand is them not just releasing Waverider under SIEGE or finding a different home for him and other figures that got shortchanged.
ZeroWolf wrote:
That's interesting Only way to check is when someone gets an in hand shockwave and has a look at the bottom of his hover platform... Thing.
Wireless_Phantom wrote:Deadput wrote:william-james88 wrote:Who else would you have picked to fill the vyager slot for an Autobot?
Big Red
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