All Hail Megatron's "Drift" not getting a Toy? UPDATED

Is it possible that the folks at Hasbro who took part in the Q&A session were simply not aware that the toy is in the pipeline?

Is it possible that Drift just won't be available in Australia?

wow it hurts me to hear, these painful painful words

with there pointy letters with its jagged punctuation

...............................ouch

damn was lookin forward to this fig

ephbot wrote:Is it possible that Drift just won't be available in Australia?

I was thinking the same thing, that Hasbro America might be planning it, but Hasbro Australia isn't.

i_amtrunks wrote:No, there is no character named Autobot Drift or any toy designed after the comic character coming out in our 25th Anniversary or any other Transformers line.

Truly bad news if this is the case. I don't think Drift would fit into 25th Anniversary, anyway, as I'd take the term "25th Anniversary" to be a celebration of the establish characters that have turned up in the past 25 years anyway. I feel that based on what I've seen of him, however, Drift warrants a figure.

Sledge wrote:

Psychout wrote:Is it possible that Drift is just fanwank and will be killed off at the end of AHM?

Or is it possible Hasbro have realised that are are infinity+1 characters who deserve a place in Universe ahead of some character only a few people will actually recognise? Hell, if they want to do obscure characters, why not Devcon or Skids or... well any of the infinity+1 characters who already exist?

Not all "obscure" characters warrant a figure. Devcon should get a figure. Arcee's G1 character should finally get a figure (though it's not fair to call her obscure). Frankly I wouldn't mind seeing Kranix and Arblus (from the animated movie) get figures too, but those they are also characters my collection can live without (which is why they count as examples of obscure characters that don't warrant a figure).

I think calling Drift obscure now, however, is a disservice to a character that's too new to deserve such a label. It wouldn't kill Hasbro to come up with something totally and completely new. The point of key established characters getting updated is a good, valid one, but the worst thing that can happen with Hasbro coming up with something new is the newbie character being such a bomb Hasbro wouldn't want to touch it again. Even then, they can't know if they don't try.

ShGarland_1383 wrote:

i_amtrunks wrote:No, there is no character named Autobot Drift or any toy designed after the comic character coming out in our 25th Anniversary or any other Transformers line.

Truly bad news if this is the case. I don't think Drift would fit into 25th Anniversary, anyway, as I'd take the term "25th Anniversary" to be a celebration of the establish characters that have turned up in the past 25 years anyway. I feel that based on what I've seen of him, however, Drift warrants a figure.

I thought the 25th Anniversary was to be a celebration of everything, not just "established" characters. If Beast Wars are getting figures for Dinobot and Cheetor, Repaints being blessed with the names of Micromasters, Hot Shot giving props to the Unicron Battles, and even Robot Heroes offering Victory Sabre and Dessaras. Why not have Drift in there to represent for the 25 year.

It's better than repacking a movie or animated figure that is less that a couple years old. I'd rather see Drift than another Lockdown or Bulkhead.

It definitely is not a case of Takar cranking one out and Hasbro not knowing about it. This one started out on the U.S. front so Hasbro U.S. wuld be the first to know, then Takara (if I understood the reports correctly). I agree that other characters, like G1 Arcee,
deserve the special figure treatment and that Drift does not fit into the "25th Anniv." timeline, but after seeing his first appearance in AHM he is honestly the only other figure aside from the new Movie Soundwave that I was really concerned about. If I only got two figures between now and the end of the year I would ask that those two figures be Soundwave and Drift. That's saying something considering how badly I would like to get some of the new Universe figures (Ironhide/Hound/Ratchet and Acid Storm would keep me happy for a while).

A comic book website last week with writer Shane McCarthy confirmed the upcoming 'Autobot Drift' toy. Will this be in the 25th line, and when is it likely to be released?

No, there is no character named Autobot Drift or any toy designed after the comic character coming out in our 25th Anniversary or any other Transformers line.

Ouch! - it doesn't get any more explicit than that. Shane and IDW are sort of looking like idiots right now. Given that Hasbro could've easily dodged the question, I think they've made it pretty clear in black and white.

Whaaaat?!?! Noooooo!!!!!!!! I was hoping for a Drift figure!

They can make 101 repaints of Dorito!Starscream but they can't make even one Drift? *sad face*

*Soundwave* wrote:HASBRO Q&A

doesn't mean Takara won't be doing it, Hasbro just doesn't know yet

Why would Takara do an exclusive figure of a character exclusive to Western comics?

It seems to me that if Hasbro don't know, they would've said that. All they have to do is say 'we can't comment on that yet'.

But they were very specific in what they said.