gothsaurus wrote:Good point. With one cassette mold already revealed, Blaster has to be coming soon. Bet it will be pricy, though. He's considerably larger than Soundwave in alt mode.
By my count, these are the missing Season 1 bots:
Hound, Jazz, Mirage, Trailbreaker + Hauler
Brawn, Cliffjumper, Gears, Huffer, Windcharger
Slag, Sludge, Snarl, Swoop
Jetfire
Reflector, Devastator
Kickback, Bombshell, Shrapnel
Season 2 missing (omitting Combiners):
Skids, Hoist
Warpath, Seaspray, Powerglide, Beachcomber, Cosmos, Outback, Pipes, Swerve, Tailgate, Hubcap
Omega Supreme
I think they have mentioned Trailbreaker, Hoist, Jetfire and Hound being in the works (?) I hope they get around to the Diaclone cars at least. I could see them doing the minibots who have easy retools. But guessing the others are further down their list, having less repaint/retool value.
And though they are season 3, I do hope they skip ahead and throw in Overkill and Slugfest for the cassette collectors out there. I know I'm one.
Outback, Pipes, Swerve, Tailgate, and Hubcap are all Season 3 characters. They debuted in the "Five Faces of Darkness" miniseries that follows after "The Transformers: The Movie."
I can see Road/Load Hauler being done eventually as padding and a good reuse of the Grapple mold. Takara doesn't shy away from repaints with Masterpiece and has given us a considerable number of eHobby/Encore exclusive additions to G1 and Diaclone homages with the likes of Tigertrack, Clampdown, Road Rage, Delta Magnus, "Blue" Bluestreak, Silverstreak, Exhaust, Nemesis Prime/Black Convoy, Loudpedal, Stripes, Nighstalker, Enemy, Wingthing, Sunstorm and Acid Storm.
I'm sure Overkill and Slugfest are good possibilities. Takara has already strayed into Season 3 territory with the likes of Ultra Magnus and Hot Rod, so that's not off the table.