They're running out of things they can retread with current molds. The major ones I can think of are Sideswipe and Thundercracker; could also potentially do Elita.
I'm weighing the odds of a Doubleclouder from Earthrise Doubledealer. On the one hand, Mark Maher is on a Masterforce kick. On the other hand, the Masterforce anime goofed and used Doubledealer's color scheme.
Also wondering if that kick will lead to a Grand Max restock. Probably not. Also not likely we'll get a retool of Skullgrin to remove the shell-derived details to
Anyway, may as well crosspost these Black Zarak photos (most of which are comparisons with Scorponok) here:
![Image](https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/c32b4c02-5aaf-4b9d-86d0-856d6c09651d/dfo6mf4-438911ae-99ad-4544-9bd4-2078e86b0530.jpg/v1/fill/w_1024,h_763,q_75,strp/black_zarak_and_scorponok___beast_mode_by_zeldatheswordsman_dfo6mf4-fullview.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7ImhlaWdodCI6Ijw9NzYzIiwicGF0aCI6IlwvZlwvYzMyYjRjMDItNWFhZi00YjlkLTg2ZDAtODU2ZDZjMDk2NTFkXC9kZm82bWY0LTQzODkxMWFlLTk5YWQtNDU0NC05YmQ0LTIwNzhlODZiMDUzMC5qcGciLCJ3aWR0aCI6Ijw9MTAyNCJ9XV0sImF1ZCI6WyJ1cm46c2VydmljZTppbWFnZS5vcGVyYXRpb25zIl19.k-aQ2pAAa3A0WQIKpU_xdOJQKRC7-RY8edQ5Atocj_Y)
Beast Mode
![Image](https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/c32b4c02-5aaf-4b9d-86d0-856d6c09651d/dfobxen-e9bd4574-9cc6-43a7-8df3-2d36be66bec9.jpg/v1/fill/w_1438,h_556,q_70,strp/black_zarak_and_scorponok___city_mode__rough__by_zeldatheswordsman_dfobxen-pre.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7ImhlaWdodCI6Ijw9NjE5IiwicGF0aCI6IlwvZlwvYzMyYjRjMDItNWFhZi00YjlkLTg2ZDAtODU2ZDZjMDk2NTFkXC9kZm9ieGVuLWU5YmQ0NTc0LTljYzYtNDNhNy04ZGYzLTJkMzZiZTY2YmVjOS5qcGciLCJ3aWR0aCI6Ijw9MTYwMCJ9XV0sImF1ZCI6WyJ1cm46c2VydmljZTppbWFnZS5vcGVyYXRpb25zIl19.yUPuB13QuKg_CLK_Z3w5DK2we5UGQ2Q7DHlAsGdqBkI)
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City mode. The connected shots were a major nuisance focus-wise. I'm going to have to set up some sort of central prop next time, to help the camera focus.
![Image](https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/c32b4c02-5aaf-4b9d-86d0-856d6c09651d/dfofmfe-90b448dc-dcd9-4095-8819-82cca8448c3f.jpg/v1/fill/w_1024,h_843,q_75,strp/black_zarak__scorponok___robot_mode_by_zeldatheswordsman_dfofmfe-fullview.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7ImhlaWdodCI6Ijw9ODQzIiwicGF0aCI6IlwvZlwvYzMyYjRjMDItNWFhZi00YjlkLTg2ZDAtODU2ZDZjMDk2NTFkXC9kZm9mbWZlLTkwYjQ0OGRjLWRjZDktNDA5NS04ODE5LTgyY2NhODQ0OGMzZi5qcGciLCJ3aWR0aCI6Ijw9MTAyNCJ9XV0sImF1ZCI6WyJ1cm46c2VydmljZTppbWFnZS5vcGVyYXRpb25zIl19.2326RI33lziKCd8TChpyTwf6OTI5EbKby3rBBE5yOOo)
Robot mode.
![Image](https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/c32b4c02-5aaf-4b9d-86d0-856d6c09651d/dfofpe2-133543d0-bf9e-48f4-8220-80e56428dc45.jpg/v1/fill/w_1024,h_880,q_75,strp/black_zarak__scorponok_with_cyb_galvatron__megs_by_zeldatheswordsman_dfofpe2-fullview.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7ImhlaWdodCI6Ijw9ODgwIiwicGF0aCI6IlwvZlwvYzMyYjRjMDItNWFhZi00YjlkLTg2ZDAtODU2ZDZjMDk2NTFkXC9kZm9mcGUyLTEzMzU0M2QwLWJmOWUtNDhmNC04MjIwLTgwZTU2NDI4ZGM0NS5qcGciLCJ3aWR0aCI6Ijw9MTAyNCJ9XV0sImF1ZCI6WyJ1cm46c2VydmljZTppbWFnZS5vcGVyYXRpb25zIl19.vjDlEscje90w8z9586jmLt58kksCaOuIa4NkzoQx8Ao)
Together with
Cybertron Galvatron & Megatron, because there's a similar contrast with the decoes.
![Image](https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/c32b4c02-5aaf-4b9d-86d0-856d6c09651d/dfofqdt-5e254124-6f43-4aff-bfbb-7ef4e310655a.jpg/v1/fill/w_1024,h_837,q_75,strp/decepticon_titans_by_zeldatheswordsman_dfofqdt-fullview.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7ImhlaWdodCI6Ijw9ODM3IiwicGF0aCI6IlwvZlwvYzMyYjRjMDItNWFhZi00YjlkLTg2ZDAtODU2ZDZjMDk2NTFkXC9kZm9mcWR0LTVlMjU0MTI0LTZmNDMtNGFmZi1iZmJiLTdlZjRlMzEwNjU1YS5qcGciLCJ3aWR0aCI6Ijw9MTAyNCJ9XV0sImF1ZCI6WyJ1cm46c2VydmljZTppbWFnZS5vcGVyYXRpb25zIl19.HPWIYjRAcgPE0EKGzFLyYFK7R3FqHJQ2jNLbGKTtDOo)
Standing alongside Trypticon. This one focused much better because there was something in the middle.
![Image](https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/c32b4c02-5aaf-4b9d-86d0-856d6c09651d/dfofshb-998c72e1-f21c-4795-81fc-9ce1a8aaee3d.jpg/v1/fill/w_1280,h_1398,q_75,strp/black_zarak_riding_trypticon_by_zeldatheswordsman_dfofshb-fullview.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7ImhlaWdodCI6Ijw9MTM5OCIsInBhdGgiOiJcL2ZcL2MzMmI0YzAyLTVhYWYtNGI5ZC04NmQwLTg1NmQ2YzA5NjUxZFwvZGZvZnNoYi05OThjNzJlMS1mMjFjLTQ3OTUtODFmYy05Y2UxYThhYWVlM2QuanBnIiwid2lkdGgiOiI8PTEyODAifV1dLCJhdWQiOlsidXJuOnNlcnZpY2U6aW1hZ2Uub3BlcmF0aW9ucyJdfQ.3LFQyTBDWuld1KB2I3tKPpOTG7DsjuRFrHMNnFaYTL0)
And riding Trypticon.