Images of Transformers Missing Link Bumblebee, Cliffjumper, Sunstreaker, and Cordon

Bumblevivisector wrote:Sunstreaker really drives home the MISSING in the line's name.

Sorry if this has already been discussed to death in a thread I missed, but does this mean that his, Mirage's, and Wheeljack's molds have been officially found? Were they never actually lost but just degraded and deemed too expensive to bother repairing until Missing Link came about? Or did Takara or Hasbro seize some reverse-molds from KO makers, as I've assumed was done for the legit W-Cassette reissues that appeared to use the CHMS/KOTOYS molds?

I'm suddenly wondering if Exhaust will have a missing link to an actual cigarette company, and if Mirage will have the missing link between his upper and lower body reinforced!

Emerje wrote:But what we really need is some Decepticons!

Emerje

Roadbuster wrote:If we're talking about them doing Decepticons, Soundwave is likely to be first since he actually has more articulation than most Decepticons of the first two years. He just requires a little more engineering.

Sabrblade wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:As for Megatron, he will be quite challenging to make.
That is, if they are allowed to do it at all.

Takara might be "allowed" to make Megatron since Japan doesn't have the same strict toy gun safety laws as the US does.

But since Takara knows how big the international market is outside of Japan, it becomes a matter of if they'd be "willing" to make Megatron since it wouldn't be as lucrative for them to make something that couldn't legally be sold by US market retailers. And I'm sure they remember the issues that surrounded the releases of both MP Megatrons and MP Exhaust.

Missing Link Megatron is pretty much the ultimate "wait and see" case for this line, yeah.

Emerje wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:As for Megatron, he will be quite challenging to make.
That is, if they are allowed to do it at all.

Takara might be "allowed" to make Megatron since Japan doesn't have the same strict toy gun safety laws as the US does.

But since Takara knows how big the international market is outside of Japan, it becomes a matter of if they'd be "willing" to make Megatron since it wouldn't be as lucrative for them to make something that couldn't legally be sold by US market retailers. And I'm sure they remember the issues that surrounded the releases of both MP Megatrons and MP Exhaust.

Missing Link Megatron is pretty much the ultimate "wait and see" case for this line, yeah.

Wouldn't it actually be more lucrative for them to make Megatron since they wouldn't have to share profits with Hasbro when US customers and shops buy directly from Takara Tomy?

Personally I'm looking forward to Grimlock.

I wonder if Takara to could make Jetfire? It would be a new mold rather than a reissue of the Bandai owned mold, and they're doing a crossover with Macross 7 so they've got a foot in the door. Maybe if they added a credit to the fine print.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:Pre-orders up, they come with Diclone drivers! I wonder if we'll see these repackaged later in Diaclone boxes, maybe that's how we get Spinout.

Sunstreaker

Cordon

Emerje