New Transformers Robot Enhanced Design (R.E.D) Toyline Revealed by Hasbro

Looks really good. Not for me though. would be neat if they had some nods to the old action masters line though.

Would be cool if they did them real ghostbusters style and included a ghost... I mean ikkle beast wars figurine with them. This line might even see a build a figure run at some point. Going to be very choosy in what/if any that I pick up other than prime (and mirage if there is one).
Not sure if I'd have the heart to downsize my mp stuff for non transforming bots but its probably worth considering with mps price tags not being affordable as what they once were.

You know, I just had a crazy thought that probably won't come true, but...

What if this line was restricted to being nothing but Optimus and Megatron/Galvatron figures, but utilized designs of the two from all across the different series over the decades?

Optimus Primal and Beast Megatron
Transmetals Optimus Primal and Megatron
RiD 2001 Optimus and Megatron
Armada Optimus and Megatron
Energon Optimus and Megatron
Cybertron Optimus and Megatron
Movie Optimus and Megatron
Animated Optimus and Megatron
ROTF Optimus and Megatron
DOTM Optimus and Megatron
Prime Optimus and Megatron
Prime Beast Hunters Optimus and Unicron Megatron
AOE Optimus and Galvatron
TLK Optimus and Megatron
Cyberverse Optimus and Megatron/Megatron X

Retailers would get their big legacy names, while we fans would get legacy franchise diversity.

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:DOTM Optimus and Megatron

Now we’re talking! While I’m sure this line is going to be just more G1, It would be really neat to see them branch out to all different parts of the brand. If they made some movie guys (basically Robot Replicas 2.0) I’d totally get a few.

'Course, DOTM Optimus would just be Movie/ROTF Optimus with a new tummy.

Sabrblade wrote:You know, I just had a crazy thought that probably won't come true, but...

What if this line was restricted to being nothing but Optimus and Megatron/Galvatron figures, but utilized designs of the two from all across the different series over the decades?

Sorry to burst your bubble but as I wrote in the article, we already know Soundwave is coming too.
It will basically be your G1 sunbow cast.

If we don't get pretender shells and actionmasters from this, it will be such a waste of potential. They could even release the pretenders' inner robots in the main line and make them compatible with the shells.

This feels like a waste of time, the generations figures already have articulation this good or better, I mean, especially with o/p, I thinK at least half of us have earthrise prime, the other half has an mp, and some percentage in the middle have siege as a hyper-articulated o/p figure

AWESOME!

I was just thinking we needed more over-priced hard to get outside of the US exclusives which don't even transform.

Black Hat wrote:If we get non-G1 figures out of this I might be interested. Though the lacking articulation (90 degree elbows belong in the past) kinda sucks.

They do have bicep swivels. And even on transforming figures 90 degree elbows remain the norm (at least for deluxes) except when more is required for transformation or a beast mode. It tends to require double-jointing, especially when dealing with blocky robot limbs.

ScottyP wrote:Unless this is eventually used as a way to make decent toys of characters that didn't transform in the cartoons like Alpha Trion, Autobot X/Spike, etc or for cool stuff like Pretenders, my plan is to buy 0 of these. RIP completionism, you were fun but this is exactly the type of product I've been cutting out with respect to buying licensed stuff and I'm not starting back just because this crap is actually Hasbro.

Pretty much mu thoughts.
But we all know we will never escape the Sunbow Gauntlet.