xxaMaxx wrote:Head Shot wrote:The Master Blaster wrote:Are you so sure we'll never see some of these?
Last I heard, a G1 Titanium Shockwave was in the works. WWI figures are big in the Titanium line. Heck, we've heard about Grimlock making an appearance, so why not Bumblebee?
Don't get your hopes up too high, but don't sulk either. There's a good chance some of these characters will be on the shelves somewhere.
That's the only thing you need to worry about. AVAILABILITY. I live in the UK, so I will never see some of these Titaniums, just like I'll never see Anime accurate MP Starscream or Botcon 07 seeker/ conehead set.
In a sentence, Hasbro suck donkey balls.
g1 bumblebee pre-earth was a titanium in the plans, but along with a g1 arcee titanium, the g1 shockwave, titanium, the cosmos titanium, all have been canned. This is straight from hasbro's headquarters where they had a display case of canceled toys, including the planned otfcc exclusive, Rid prime repaint/remold as hotspot/defensor (however, otfcc fudged up big time and when the exclusives that year were supposed to be megazarak, sentinel prime, and hot spot, only megazarak was ready at the convention. Way to f*** up some great ideas 3h).
as for the canceled titaniums, they all looked good, and very sleek, unlike most of the blocky or lanky looking titaniums we've had so far. Shock wave looked incredible... oh well...

Well you seem to be in the know. Does this mean the Titanium line has a limited future, or did Hasbro simply decide not to go with these few molds.
as far as what I was told, "no new molds" but that doesn't necessarily mean the line is dead... yet.
However, its a shame that bumblebee (they had a cliff jumper head as well with the bumblebee), shockwave, arcee, and cosmos are not going to be released. All of them looked great, and the line was really starting to improve. I hope we get more titaniums down the road, and eventually maybe even these canceled guys, but it may be like classics, dead.
It was interesting to note that during one of the presentations for marketting the movie, they mentioned in order to get peoples attentions, they came up with classics, a way to "bring in" the older fans, be it parents who watched the show and bought toys for their kids, (as they said, using nostalgia as marketting), or even a long time die hard fan.
I hope that they continue with both lines down the road, because classics rocked from the begining, and titaniums were really starting to improve.