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In lieu of Takara Tomy's upcoming Transformers Movie reissues to celebrate 10 years of the Transformers Movie live action film franchise, it really got the wheels turning in my head. As a fan of the movie toys, there are a few holes in my collection that Hasbro or Takara Tomy never fulfilled. So I thought it'd be interesting to see which figures some of you think need new decoes or even better yet (in my little fantasy world) all-new brand new figures.

Maybe this time around they get a proper paint job or a premium deco? Or imagine if they're more-or-less to scale (say it with me everyone -- big ass Dinobots!!!!)? Maybe it's a character that didn't get a proper toy (i.e. Dino/Mirage) or didn't get a proper figure altogether outside of a 1-Step (i.e. Stinger)? Or maybe scale was a thing to you so you wanted a Leader Class Bonecrusher to reenact the scene where Optimus Prime rips his head off. Or maybe Movie 1 Megatron or ROTF Megatron needs to be remolded or given a new figure to better take on the absolutely amazing ROTF Leader Class Optimus Prime. Or even better yet ... how about a proper triplechanger Drift?

With all of that said, I thought it'd be interesting to have a discussion with some of you about this. Toss your ideas out here. If you're not into the movies, please sit this one out. Just looking for people who like the movie toys and feel like they didn't get something they really wanted from the movie toy lines over the past decade.

Without further ado, please share your ideas in our on-going discussion on our forums!


Transformers (2007) Bonecrusher Gallery
This isn't fair! Where's my Leader Class toy???


Transformers (2007) Disc Blast Frenzy Gallery
Where's my Legends Class toy??? Even that leg humpin' traitor Wheelie got one!


Transformers Age of Extinction: Generations Drift Gallery
Please turn me into a triplechanger! I know you can do it!

Voyager Scrapper, with launching flail!
(I'd be OK with a Deluxe)

Legends Dr Scalpel and Frenzy

"Devcon"; any class, really, but I suppose Voyager and/or Commander would be best

The garbage truck trio from AoE

The Driller, somehow. Maybe like a Voyager that's compatible with the not-so-great Cyberverse Shockwave? Since there's no way to make one scaled with the mainline version...

Leader Jetfire that isn't hampered by the need to combine with Optimus

I would have really enjoyed a Leader Class Megatron with the Dark of the Moon Design.

Include an actual cloth cloak to complete the Road Warrior look and an elephant scaring shotgun and you've got a winner.

The design of the Voyager toy was nice, but it was too much for such a small package. That Megatron had a desperate and dangerous feel to him that would be well captured in toy form, especially with a premium treatment.

PS. Cloth cloak mandatory.

Off the top of my head...

1. GI Joe-scaled human figures of Sam, Mikaela, Lennox, Epps, John Keller, Simmons, Banachek and possibly others.

2. Leader-class Bonecrusher, as Seibertron said.

3. A leader-class Jetfire that didn't suck.

4. Stateside release for Leadfoot.

5. All the Dreads in Deluxe-class form.

Counterpunch wrote:I would have really enjoyed a Leader Class Megatron with the Dark of the Moon Design.

Include an actual cloth cloak to complete the Road Warrior look and an elephant scaring shotgun and you've got a winner.

The design of the Voyager toy was nice, but it was too much for such a small package. That Megatron had a desperate and dangerous feel to him that would be well captured in toy form, especially with a premium treatment.

PS. Cloth cloak mandatory.

^ THIS. So much, this. A proper leader class for DotM Megatron with a cloth cloak and energon shot gun.

Heck even make an exclusive second version to use with the murder arm for the rides at Universal.

Plus:

Voyager/Leader-sized RotF Soundwave with his satellite mode.

DotM Deluxe and Human Alliance Soundwave would be nice.

Maybe a leader sized Shockwave too.

A Devastator that doesn't suck.

shajaki wrote:A Devastator that doesn't suck.

Agreed. I liked the look of Longhaul, and getting the other Constructicons movie-style would've been pretty sweet.

shajaki wrote:A Devastator that doesn't suck.

It is kind of sad when the only one that can combine and has individual robot modes is the legion class one. That being said, proper constructicons that are whatever size class they need to be that can combine and have their vehicle and robot modes.

EDIT: Also all the weird allspark offspring bots that we saw in the first movie. I still want a proper Mountain Dew machine transformer damn it! And no, the takara truck one doesn't count.

Leader Blackout. Potential for an absolutely marvelous toy with that design in that size.

Also, the third RotF bike to go with Arcee and Chromia, complete with the combining ability. That's right, let's see Flareup make her debut:


I'm sure the toy was canceled for good reason, but c'mon, let's get weird and combine things into a, um, something. This thing.

ScottyP wrote:Leader Blackout. Potential for an absolutely marvelous toy with that design in that size.

Also, the third RotF bike to go with Arcee and Chromia, complete with the combining ability. That's right, let's see Flareup make her debut:


I'm sure the toy was canceled for good reason, but c'mon, let's get weird and combine things into a, um, something. This thing.

Yeah. The so called tri combiner that never was.

Human Alliance Mudflap & Soundwave - I don't have either of them.
I'm also missing some of the repaints like the white Movie Wheeljack, white Movie Ratchet Deluxe & grey Dlx Soundwave.

Like a lot of people I wish I had a Dlx leadfoot.

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As for things they have yet to make.

Another go at 1970's Bee using he engineering more like Battle Blade Bee
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Legion : Brains, Frenzy, Alice, Dispensor, X-bot & the Kitchen Crew
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Dlx Leadfoot's repaint
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Human Alliance Topspin
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Human Alliance Landmine
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Leader Springer
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leader Longhaul, Grindor / Blackout / Bonecrusher & DOTM Prime in Nightwatch colours - Megatron and Shockwave would also have been nice.
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Voyager : Scrapper
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Role Play : Shockwave's Driller as a role play weapon toy that has a hatch in it that tiny Shockwave can sit inside of. and it can also be used with toys as well as a kids role play toy with dart shooting or movable tentacles.
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On the plus side I did want a silver Voyager Megs and it looks like that is finally coming out
As is a larger 3rd party DOTM Megatron too.

ScottyP wrote:*Arcee Combo snip*

I'm usually all for oddball robots, but not that one. Especially since Demolishor does the same whirligig unicycle thing but with actual flair.


IIRC, the toys still combine... technically. Dunno if a third mold would've made it look less like awkwardly conjoined triplets.

Leader Class Dark of The Moon Megatron and Shockwave.

Leader Class Age of Extinction Evasion Mode Optimus Prime.

Supreme Class Age of Extinction Dinobots, or at least Grimlock, and make the rest of them Leader Class. I know most parents wouldn't buy those for their children, due to the price, but some of us collectors would have gobbled them up. Especially if we got them in G1 colors.

A detachable cannon arm for RoTF Leader Class Megatron.

Leader Class Age of Extinction Ratchet. Ironhide got one when he died, why shouldn't Ratchet?

Sam's parents. Just because.

Noideaforaname wrote:IIRC, the toys still combine... technically. Dunno if a third mold would've made it look less like awkwardly conjoined triplets.

Indeed, I'm fairly certain they didn't nerf any of the combining ability from Arcee or Chromia, but without any one of the three pieces nothing remotely meaningful can be achieved.

At some point there was a picture of an early gray model prototype of the combined three toys online, but I was unable to locate it.

It doesn't really work with Elita-1 as she's a repaint and she needs to be a Mirror of Chromia

Leader Blackout/Grindor (since it was Grindor which fought Optimus in ROTF) and Leader DOTM Megatron would be a must.

I would also like a Human Alliance Topspin just to round out the HA wreckers. Its really odd how Hasbro didnt release a deluxe Leadfoot nor a HA Topspin when the whole point is that you have a trio of bots.

I would also really like that two headed shokcwave type transformer we saw in AOE battling Hound.

And a triple changer Drift would be amazing.

I always wanted a human alliance Sideways real bad.

After I saw DOTM the figures I wanted the most were the dreads. So if we were to get brand new figures for Crowbar and Hatchet, possibly released with a slightly better painted Crankcase I'd be really happy.

Id have to say the original arcee with a less fugly head, a better deluxe jazz & deluxe versions of the remaining dreads.

Leader Class Long Haul, to be honest. He had easily one of my favorite movie designs, and it would have been cool to get a giant, slightly bulkier toy of it.

A pretender figure done by Hottoys of that "pretender" that attack "Samuel"

A lot.
Leader Shockwave
Leader Blackout/Grindor
Voyager Scrapper
The list goes on and on and on....

Uhhh.......Dino/Mirage did get a figure from Takara Tomy. Granted, it was a repaint of Sideways, but TT did give him a new screen-accurate head.



That said, I'd love for him to get his own mold, as a Ferarri.

Elita-1 as the third bike sister as her MV Agusta bike mode, not just a repaint of Chromia.

Voyager Scrapper

Brains as a laptop.....if they can do Xiaomi Soundwave as a tablet why not Brains as a laptop? In proper scale, of course.

Drift as a triple-changer

Deluxe Stinger as his proper Pagani Huayra altmode

A proper Legends Stinger, not just a poor Knockout repaint

AoE Drift is definitely on top of my list together with AoE Lockdown. A Human Alliance version of him with a working battle mask gimmic, the hook hand and the gunface would have been so awesome.
And a better version of RotF Devestator with triplechanging components (vehicle, robot and combiner mode).