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Ok so I was thinking in 2011 Hasbro is gonna Make new more movie accurate voyager molds for Ironhide, Ratchet and some others?

Probably not. I see them reusing molds for Ironhide and Ratchet all over again, since only the most iconic characters get new molds, Bumblebee especially.

I hope we get a red Ironhide at some point. But I'm not buying another Bee or Ratchet unless it's REALLY good. I know they'll make a new Prime and I'll probably buy it... maybe we'll finally get a good Megatron.

They already remolded Ironhide once, so they probably won't do that again.

The Deluxe Ratchet mold is more screen-accurate than the Voyager, so I don't imagine they're going to re-mold him either.

As for Bumblebee, we can probably expect half a dozen variations on the mold and about a hundred repaints, all of which will look very similar other than a few details.

Bumblebee- We will definitely get a retool because of the all-new Camaro being used.
Ironhide- We'll probably get the ROTF mold in all black
Ratchet- I think a new, more accurate voyager is on the way.
Optimus Prime- Yes, I think we could see this too, as history shows.

kirbenvost wrote:I hope we get a red Ironhide at some point.

Yes, that's long overdue.

Surprised the genius that is Hasbro missed that money-making opportunity

I'm happy with Ironhide (after giving him a ball joint neck) but I decent voyager Ratchet is definitely in order. The most important of course, is a GOOD MEGATRON.

Blurrz wrote:Prime for sure.. he's got the trailer now.

How on the economic world would you make a $50 toy plus a big trailer, adding another $10-$15 or so, sell with profit to the parents with kids?

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Blurrz wrote:Prime for sure.. he's got the trailer now.

How on the economic world would you make a $50 toy plus a big trailer, adding another $10-$15 or so, sell with profit to the parents with kids?

Use the voyager mold with a voyager-sized trailer instead. Or make the trailer a separate bot, which would be kind of lame.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Blurrz wrote:Prime for sure.. he's got the trailer now.

How on the economic world would you make a $50 toy plus a big trailer, adding another $10-$15 or so, sell with profit to the parents with kids?

Voyagers-scale with trailer for $30-$40.

OptiMagnus10 wrote:Bumblebee- We will definitely get a retool because of the all-new Camaro being used.
Ironhide- We'll probably get the ROTF mold in all black
Ratchet- I think a new, more accurate voyager is on the way.
Optimus Prime- Yes, I think we could see this too, as history shows.

The only way i'm buying another movie bumblebutt is if they package it battle damaged and call it SWAT thrashed bumblebee.

He's appeared in both movies.

Been in one of the coolest fights in cinema history.

I want Voyager Bonecrusher!

It'd be nice to get a new Voyager Ratchet... but they'll use that damned mold until it melts or something.

With the movie like around 8 months away I'm surprised that we haven't seen any leaked images of at least some prototypes anywhere on the web. I imagine this will soon be remedied by someone out there.

A new Ratchet Voyager would indeed be welcome if they would give him a GUN already. I would also like to see Ironhide get the Battle-Ops treatment so he can REALLY show us his cannons! Hopefully Soundwave will get a makeover and will be made in an acceptable size this time.

I wait in breathless anticipation over what the Shockwave toy will look like. A leader class with electronics would be AWESOME! Hopefully he won't get the lousy Voyager treatment that Fallen got.

Cobalt Prime wrote:With the movie like around 8 months away I'm surprised that we haven't seen any leaked images of at least some prototypes anywhere on the web. I imagine this will soon be remedied by someone out there.

I'm thinking we might have to wait until January for pics. Eight months is quite a while away if you think about it. Keep in mind we've also only seen the first wave of RTS too, so I presume we'll see the leaked pics in order of release date.

Forgotten wrote:

OptiMagnus10 wrote:Bumblebee- We will definitely get a retool because of the all-new Camaro being used.
Ironhide- We'll probably get the ROTF mold in all black
Ratchet- I think a new, more accurate voyager is on the way.
Optimus Prime- Yes, I think we could see this too, as history shows.

The only way i'm buying another movie bumblebutt is if they package it battle damaged and call it SWAT thrashed bumblebee.

LMAO great Idea I want a SWAT trashed Bumblebee the Bio could be during the filming of TF3 Bumblebee smashes into a swat car now you can recreate that scene!

I think we'll see a voyager size version of deluxe Ratchet with a way to hide the legs underneath the body
Voyager size version of Ironhide taller than Ratchet with another Cannon
Optimus Obviously with a trailer
New versions of Sideswipe and Bumblebee