Hasbro Teases Product Reveal For Strange Amazon Listings

Interesting, so they may be something other than rescue bots toys after all.

Techie Team is likely something to do with the Technobots. Greaser Gang is likely to do with the Stunticons. Hard to say in what way though. Toilet Troop is likely Wreck-Gar. Jock Squad is hard to say.

So... these guys could be ANYTHING! Even though they are using Generations-style backing... That basically means nothing. These could be any kind of figure for any line. And, I wouldn't be surprised to see Combiner Force Combiners.

It's ALSO possible that these names are like the preliminary listings for AoE/TLK and therefore the names, themselves, have no meaning. But that seems sliiightly less likely.

ALL OF THAT BEING SAID, here is what I will predict/hope since all bets are off.

Techie Team = UW Computron (hopefully in Hasbro colors. With a special Ed. Prime Master)
Techie Team Hope = See above.

Greaser Gang = Realistically? I dunno. Road Caesar? Maybe a set of Rescue/Engineer Autobot combiner limbs to go with Inferno.
Greaser Gang hope = Titan Master versions of the Autobot Targetmasters. TM-Springer and/or Sandstorm too.

Jock Squad = Duocon Flywheels
Jock Squad hope = Flywheels plus more.

Toilet Troop = Realistically? No idea. Maybe a couple of Junkions. A Voyager and three Deluxes to make a combiner?
Toilet Troop hope = Seacons



This is all over the map. Notably, G2 Defensor is still not one of these, so... That f***ing sucks if we end up getting 4 boxsets and NO G2 Defensor.

I got no idea. They sorta remind me a lil of the Micromaster team naming things but that's about all I can come up with. Kinda curious now.

That's...actually good logic. I never thought of that

Immortal Starscream wrote:

Agent 53 wrote:Did anyone notice that Unicron was part of that background? At a time he is making a resurgence in the comics, is it possible he's getting a new toy, and if so do we think it'd be another Armada repaint or a new mold?

probably not this. names are too silly. but they did say before they wanted to do a new unicron through the haslabs crowdfunding thing. as for this, the silly names have been making me think of new blind bag mini figures, but silly ones like the gross-ery gang etc. only time will tell

That's the same background that's been used elsewhere before. I think it's also used in the Earth Wars game for past couple of years.

RotorstormNZ wrote:I'm inclined to think it's WfC-related. Just my wishful thinking!

Since WfC is next year's line and these listings have been on Amazon for a while now I doubt it's related.

Emerje

So it looks like the rumours about the return of micromasters is being proved slowly. I like micromasters so I approve.

Figured they'd have to tackle the micromaster lines eventually as they're running out of characters to update. Of the 1984 line, the only one that hasn't been updated is Bumper / Bumblejumper. For 1985, its the Powerdashers, the Ominibots, and a few Deluxe Insecticons. 1986 everyone has an update except Hubcap (who did get a movie toy). 1987 there's the remaining 4 Throttlebots, the Autobot Targetmasters, the headmaster triple changers, and Flywheels (who at least got his head released in the last line).

I would prefer that if they hit Micromasters that they make them as larger figures (as tiny cars just don't make sense except for populating city scenes), but the price point seems to indicate they'll stay small.

I'm just hoping they have articulation like the Minicons of days old.