Kingdom Deluxe Red Alert found at Canadian Retail

ZeroWolf wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:OK, just saw a review of Titan Class Autobot Ark (he's out folks!)...

Why is he marked as 15+ instead of 8+ like the rest of his range?

I guess to show that this is for collectors and not kids. 15+ is the default collector age range across all collectibles. Don't know if that means he won't be getting an in store release.

I think o. supreme hit the nail on the head when he mentioned the Optimus Prime microfigure. That thing could be considered a choking hazard, requiring an upping of the age range.

I've recently heard that anything other than 4+ is a marketing ploy and all toys are made to the 4+ specifications. This was said by the same person who also feels that MOTUO will be done in 6 months.

MOTUO?

Matsers of the Universe Origins, the He-Man retro line.

Man, Road Rage is looking weirdly more appealing to me than Tracks? Maybe its the red body and orange hood logo that makes things pop more. Hopfully BBTS will pick this up later in the year and it'll become more widely available to other collectors !

aronjlove wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:OK, just saw a review of Titan Class Autobot Ark (he's out folks!)...

Why is he marked as 15+ instead of 8+ like the rest of his range?

I guess to show that this is for collectors and not kids. 15+ is the default collector age range across all collectibles. Don't know if that means he won't be getting an in store release.

I think o. supreme hit the nail on the head when he mentioned the Optimus Prime microfigure. That thing could be considered a choking hazard, requiring an upping of the age range.

I've recently heard that anything other than 4+ is a marketing ploy and all toys are made to the 4+ specifications. This was said by the same person who also feels that MOTUO will be done in 6 months.

MOTUO?

Matsers of the Universe Origins, the He-Man retro line.

Ah, thanks!

The UK has been embargo'd since wave 2...

So, in an attempt to save six freaking dollars I canceled my Amazon pre-order for the Wave 3 deluxe figures as they were cheaper at Target. Of course, Amazon shipped early and this morning Target said my order has been pushed back. Target just plain sucks when it comes to pre-orders and I will no longer waste my time with them unless it is an exclusive and even then I'll probably have better luck in store. At least today is payday and I was going to Target anyways.

aronjlove wrote:So, in an attempt to save six freaking dollars I canceled my Amazon pre-order for the Wave 3 deluxe figures as they were cheaper at Target. Of course, Amazon shipped early and this morning Target said my order has been pushed back. Target just plain sucks when it comes to pre-orders and I will no longer waste my time with them unless it is an exclusive and even then I'll probably have better luck in store. At least today is payday and I was going to Target anyways.

Oh man, that sucks. It might suck even more if I tell you that Amazon price matched Scorponok to Target on my order. Still waiting to see if they match on Tracks.

I do still pre-order with Target, but treat them just like a Walmart pre-order, it is just a back-up plan that I likely won't need.

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

aronjlove wrote:So, in an attempt to save six freaking dollars I canceled my Amazon pre-order for the Wave 3 deluxe figures as they were cheaper at Target. Of course, Amazon shipped early and this morning Target said my order has been pushed back. Target just plain sucks when it comes to pre-orders and I will no longer waste my time with them unless it is an exclusive and even then I'll probably have better luck in store. At least today is payday and I was going to Target anyways.

Oh man, that sucks. It might suck even more if I tell you that Amazon price matched Scorponok to Target on my order. Still waiting to see if they match on Tracks.

I do still pre-order with Target, but treat them just like a Walmart pre-order, it is just a back-up plan that I likely won't need.

Ugh and even worse than that is the fact that two days after I canceled some folks here got their Amazon orders shipped...

aronjlove wrote:Ugh and even worse than that is the fact that two days after I canceled some folks here got their Amazon orders shipped...

I tell ya...it's like whack-a-mole...so frustrating. I pre-ordered wave 1 Paleotrex from Amazon, got it early in December. all good

I ordered wave 2 Ractonite from amazon again, delayed until May, I found it in-store in April, so I cancelled my pre-order.

...because of that delay, I decided to go with Pulse for Wingfinger, I lumped it in with another order to get free shipping.... It's not supposed to ship until September... If I find it in-store first I'll be canceling again.

It's almost like Amazon gives preferential treatment if you pay full price, but if there is a price-match that causes the item price to go down, they make you wait...What is going on with all the other retailers, I have no clue. Target screwed so many people last year by canceling the BOGO free items, I don't even bother pre-ordering anything from them anymore. I've always had better experiences with Target actually in store.

o.supreme wrote:

aronjlove wrote:Ugh and even worse than that is the fact that two days after I canceled some folks here got their Amazon orders shipped...

I tell ya...it's like whack-a-mole...so frustrating. I pre-ordered wave 1 Paleotrex from Amazon, got it early in December. all good

I ordered wave 2 Ractonite from amazon again, delayed until May, I found it in-store in April, so I cancelled my pre-order.

...because of that delay, I decided to go with Pulse for Wingfinger, I lumped it in with another order to get free shipping.... It's not supposed to ship until September... If I find it in-store first I'll be canceling again.

It's almost like Amazon gives preferential treatment if you pay full price, but if there is a price-match that causes the item price to go down, they make you wait...What is going on with all the other retailers, I have no clue. Target screwed so many people last year by canceling the BOGO free items, I don't even bother pre-ordering anything from them anymore. I've always had better experiences with Target actually in store.

With all the other shady stuff Amazon has been caught doing, I wouldn't doubt it.

Just got rhinox and wingfinger from Amazon today

Product descriptions out for slammer apparently and he turns into a tower for Generations titan Metroplex. Guessing that means he is a must for me.

blackeyedprime wrote:Product descriptions out for slammer apparently and he turns into a tower for Generations titna Metroplex. Guessing that means he is a must for me.

The tower mode would probably be better if there was a re-issue of Metroplex on the cards, or even if Metroplex was this year's Titan as many had speculated before The Ark was revealed. But as is, it seems a bit pointless to have Slammer transform into an optional accessory for a figure that came out eight years ago and you can't really get for a reasonable price any more.

Munkky wrote:

blackeyedprime wrote:Product descriptions out for slammer apparently and he turns into a tower for Generations titna Metroplex. Guessing that means he is a must for me.

The tower mode would probably be better if there was a re-issue of Metroplex on the cards, or even if Metroplex was this year's Titan as many had speculated before The Ark was revealed. But as is, it seems a bit pointless to have Slammer transform into an optional accessory for a figure that came out eight years ago and you can't really get for a reasonable price any more.

It was only rerereleased what feels like a year ago (probaly three becuase time flys) along with the amount of times it's been available, even if it was just in Japan. Though I can see some salt rubbing in the wounds going on with:

The figure can be transformed into a tower compatible with the 2013 Metroplex figure (sold separately, subject to availability)

Maybe a new version will be compatable too down the line (be it commander class or titan). I was happy enough just to have a tank that could fit in his chest/ramps with the cyberverse thing.

Munkky wrote:

blackeyedprime wrote:Product descriptions out for slammer apparently and he turns into a tower for Generations titna Metroplex. Guessing that means he is a must for me.

The tower mode would probably be better if there was a re-issue of Metroplex on the cards, or even if Metroplex was this year's Titan as many had speculated before The Ark was revealed. But as is, it seems a bit pointless to have Slammer transform into an optional accessory for a figure that came out eight years ago and you can't really get for a reasonable price any more.

Still, it’s a nice bonus for all the people who bought T30 Metroplex 7 or 8 years ago that finally “completes” the citybot to G1 standards. Kingdom Slammer didn’t have to integrate with Metroplex, just like Siege Sixgun, but it does, and that’s cool with me.

On another note, I got an email from Target that the shipping date for my order of Kingdom Rodimus Prime and The Autobot Ark has been pushed back to July 15.

Generations/Legends Metroplex was re-released twice from TT, and was available on BBTS as recent as February 2019. I'm looking forward to adding Slammer to my T30. .

Tfsource posted kingdom wave 4 artwork
Looks like tigatron will unfortunately also have a tailwhip instead of guns
Shadow panther will have the mutant style head though so that's awesome
Slammer looks cool enough
I'll be happy to get pipes for sure

Slammer definitely won't be a Warpath remold/repaint

And judging from Tigatrons legs and the tailwhip weapon, it looks like he's unfortunately just an upscaled Cheetor

I'm happy he's voyager though, hopefully he's beefy enough. The headsculpt is gonna be my main concern

Razorbeast88 wrote:Looks like tigatron will unfortunately also have a tailwhip instead of guns

Not necessarily. Leakers have stated that A. Tigatron has his guns and B. that he was originally a Deluxe Cheetor repaint until he moved up to Voyager to replace the now-cut Polar Claw. This artwork could have been made back when he was a Cheetor repaint and they never bothered to change it.

Autobot N wrote:

Razorbeast88 wrote:Looks like tigatron will unfortunately also have a tailwhip instead of guns

Not necessarily. Leakers have stated that A. Tigatron has his guns and B. that he was originally a Deluxe Cheetor repaint until he moved up to Voyager to replace the now-cut Polar Claw. This artwork could have been made back when he was a Cheetor repaint and they never bothered to change it.

That is absolutely wonderful
I hope you're right
RIP to Polar Claw though I wouldve loved him

While we got a pretty good look at upcoming Transformers Kingdom deluxe Waspinator, we had yet to see anything of voyager Tigatron, and deluxes Slammer, Pipes and Shadow Panther. Well, the official Transformers website updated their Kingdom character line ups to include every remaining toy in the line so we now have artwork for all of them. While the Tigatron does look to be based on the Cheetor toy, remember that we were informed by people in the know that he was chosen to be a voyager later in the game, so this artwork might instead be representing how he looked like before that decision.

Slammer appears to be a completely new mold, which is in line with what we had heard. He is supposed to disassemble into 8 separate weapons and also turn into a tower that is compatible with 2013 Metroplex.

Razorbeast88 wrote:That is absolutely wonderful
I hope you're right
RIP to Polar Claw though I wouldve loved him

Kind of fitting, as Tigatron was a replacement for Polar Claw in the original animated series as well . Tigatron quickly became my favorite character in S1. I never really identified with any of the Original 10, but the stoic loner, that is still loyal to, and assists his friends is a quality I relate to. The ironic part is, I really like polar bears as well, and part of me wishes there was another universe where we got the exact same show, but everything that makes up Tigatron, had just been Polar Claw instead. (Polarhawk in s3 heh....)

Also, aside from box art, and a Slammer description, do we have WFC numbers yet for these wave 4 toys?

Tigatron is definitely a Voyager based upon his price. Before the last reveals none of the items had images and then once revealed the order pages were updated with content.

blackeyedprime wrote:
The figure can be transformed into a tower compatible with the 2013 Metroplex figure (sold separately, subject to availability)

That does sound dumb since Hasbro is not releasing one concurrently.

Anyways, am I the only one who feels they already saw that image of shadow panther? Maybe because it's the same pose as on the original Beast Wars Tigatron box

william-james88 wrote:Anyways, am I the only one who feels they already saw that image of shadow panther? Maybe because it's the same pose as on the original Beast Wars Tigatron box

No it's not.

I didn't even know they made online bios for these guys. If they write them up anyway, why not print them on the boxes? Also, I found it funny the site has a couple of errors. Wheeljack has a duplicate of Arcee's bio instead of one of his own. Pipes has Nemesis Prime as his portrait when you unfold his bio.

Very glad that Shadow Panther gets a mutant head! And Tigatron's bio says his weapon is a "Quasar cannon", so hopefully that means he'll come with his guns, although the fact that his art has him holding his tail as a whip worries me a bit.

o.supreme wrote:

Razorbeast88 wrote:That is absolutely wonderful
I hope you're right
RIP to Polar Claw though I wouldve loved him

Kind of fitting, as Tigatron was a replacement for Polar Claw in the original animated series as well . Tigatron quickly became my favorite character in S1. I never really identified with any of the Original 10, but the stoic loner, that is still loyal to, and assists his friends is a quality I relate to. The ironic part is, I really like polar bears as well, and part of me wishes there was another universe where we got the exact same show, but everything that makes up Tigatron, had just been Polar Claw instead. (Polarhawk in s3 heh....)

Also, aside from box art, and a Slammer description, do we have WFC numbers yet for these wave 4 toys?

Tigatron is a favorite of mine for more sentimental reasons; I ordered the Japanese anniversary tigatron figure on toybiz (or toywiz or something like that) when I was around 10 or 11 as a reward for getting straight As on my report cards. And I was absolutely ecstatic when he arrived. I remember because I was at HEB plus and I'd just gotten a cookies and cream flavored paleta from La Paleteria next door. And I watched the DVD with his first appearance in the cartoon, not understanding a word of what was being said. And I still have him, he's great. Tiger was my favorite animal growing up, mostly because I was born in the year of the tiger in the Chinese calendar and I was into that at the time haha
I think he was the first toy I ever ordered online, too

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Anyways, am I the only one who feels they already saw that image of shadow panther? Maybe because it's the same pose as on the original Beast Wars Tigatron box

No it's not.

life is not all black and white bro, looks similar enough, it's not like my memory is picture perfect.

o.supreme wrote:

Razorbeast88 wrote:That is absolutely wonderful
I hope you're right
RIP to Polar Claw though I wouldve loved him

Kind of fitting, as Tigatron was a replacement for Polar Claw in the original animated series as well . Tigatron quickly became my favorite character in S1. I never really identified with any of the Original 10, but the stoic loner, that is still loyal to, and assists his friends is a quality I relate to. The ironic part is, I really like polar bears as well, and part of me wishes there was another universe where we got the exact same show, but everything that makes up Tigatron, had just been Polar Claw instead. (Polarhawk in s3 heh....)

Also, aside from box art, and a Slammer description, do we have WFC numbers yet for these wave 4 toys?

So... we could have had a transmetal Owlbear... damn... that would have been amazing.

"...updated their Kingdom character line ups to include every remaining toy in the line so we now have artwork for all of them"

Wait... so there ISN'T going to be a Terrorsaur, Tarantulas, or ant Inferno? This upcoming wave is the last one?

Well, this'll be the first wave where I actually grab everything. Tigatron is a must, Pipes, Slammer, and Shadow Panther all look great, and Waspinator's beast mode and slight Animated influenced colors have won me over.

It is hilarious that Hasbro is showing these before Wave 3 is even fully out though and probably at least a month or two before they get revealed, and yet keep complaining about stuff getting leaked.

o.supreme wrote:Also, aside from box art, and a Slammer description, do we have WFC numbers yet for these wave 4 toys?

I believe the Amazon listings updated when the Draculus and Amazon Prime ones got updated, Jtprime posted screenshots on TFW at least, so we're looking at:
K1-K30: Waves 1-3 + Commander + Titan
K31: Shadow Panther
K32: Pipes
K33: Slammer
K34: Waspinator
K35: Tigatron
K36: ???
K37: T-Wrecks
K38: Red Alert
K39: Tricranius & Blast Effects
K40: Mirage & Grimlock
K41: ???
K42: Sideswipe & Skywarp
K43-K??: ???

Figures we know are coming with no number yet: Road Rage, Blaster, ER Starscream repack, Kingdom 4-pack, Golden Disc figures (which might not be numbered, since the Galactic Odyssey sets weren't)

Hmm, interesting. Does that mean Shadow Panther is getting the Cheetor mutant head rather than regular Cheetor head?

Would that open the possibility of a Selects Cheetor with Mutant head? Or maybe 2 heads in the box?

Hasbro wouldn't give us a mutant head, and not let us use it on Cheetor right? Right!?

also, that just makes me want a Primal Mutant head for some reason.

Nemesis Primal wrote:Well, this'll be the first wave where I actually grab everything. Tigatron is a must, Pipes, Slammer, and Shadow Panther all look great, and Waspinator's beast mode and slight Animated influenced colors have won me over.

It is hilarious that Hasbro is showing these before Wave 3 is even fully out though and probably at least a month or two before they get revealed, and yet keep complaining about stuff getting leaked.

o.supreme wrote:Also, aside from box art, and a Slammer description, do we have WFC numbers yet for these wave 4 toys?

I believe the Amazon listings updated when the Draculus and Amazon Prime ones got updated, Jtprime posted screenshots on TFW at least, so we're looking at:
K1-K30: Waves 1-3 + Commander + Titan
K31: Shadow Panther
K32: Pipes
K33: Slammer
K34: Waspinator
K35: Tigatron
K36: ???
K37: T-Wrecks
K38: Red Alert
K39: Tricranius & Blast Effects
K40: Mirage & Grimlock
K41: ???
K42: Sideswipe & Skywarp
K43-K??: ???

Figures we know are coming with no number yet: Road Rage, Blaster, ER Starscream repack, Kingdom 4-pack, Golden Disc figures (which might not be numbered, since the Galactic Odyssey sets weren't)

Thank you. I'm fairly certain there will be some event in July (Transformers FFF?) where these will be revealed, possibly with more SS, and the SG Jetfire. Also I forgot about the ER Starscream repack, that will probably be 36. I was actually hoping for Inferno to get repacked with wave 4, as he is extremely hard to get. BBTS just got him in stock, so if you want Inferno, better get it now. I've seen Dinobot multiple times, but Never Inferno at retail. But with a *possible* 5th wave, maybe they can repack him in with Blaster?

I feel like the WFC Trilogy started off strong and now it's just weakly puttering out. Canceled figures, repacks, not even five waves...They really should've just finished the G1 cast this year and give the BW characters their own year. I'm not even a big Beast Wars guy but the lack of some of the best characters in the show just feels so lazy. Like, we're getting a Slammer 7 years late but no Tarantulas??

Wave 5. Yeah, good luck ever finding that at retail!

TFfan1 wrote: Like, we're getting a Slammer 7 years late but no Tarantulas??

That's a good point. I mean, we're about ready for a whole new Metroplex at this point. Preferably one that has ramps that actually make sense.

Slammer doesn't look to be a completely new mold. It looks like it shares a few pieces with another figure not unlike Brunt and Airwave or some of the later TR figures. Not a retool or a reshell, just a few reused skeletal parts.

The parts that stand out so far are the thighs of Slammer. Those are from Ironworks. The angle of them coming up from the knee, the pistons molded into the top sides, the cavities on the sides of them, the notches on the knees. It's exactly like Ironworks. Maybe even the biceps are reused from the crane arm but that would require using two of them as Slammer's arms look to be symmetrical but Ironworks' arms aren't. The chest peg could be reused but you can't tell from the artwork if Slammer has one for sure.

I know people are going nuts right now trying to figure out if Autobot JP93 came from another figure instead of being a new mold. However, at least the thighs of Slammer as seen in the artwork are based on Ironworks. The wiki doesn't even mention that Brunt and Airwave/Hot House share parts so most people probably don't even realize it for them. It could be the same here. We'll just have to wait a bit longer until someone manages to obtain one somehow to be certain.

Turrets...I mean Slammer looks good though. I wonder if they tried to work in an official combined mode between him and Sixgun and maybe Cog. It's obvious they didn't think of that to begin with but they could've designed Slammer's parts to fit perfectly with the other two to make a cohesive combiner between them.

Maybe there's plans to redo Scamper as a Weaponizer. There's that leak for a Metroplex drone three pack so it is possible that Scamper might be remade. Maybe that's where the combiner will come from if they do it. Sixgun, Slammer and a new Scamper will all combine. Then they can do one for Tripticon which would be Brunt, a new Full Tilt and maybe a new Wipe-Out that is it's own design instead of being based on Windcharger.

TFfan1 wrote:Canceled figures

Every single line has figures that don't make the cut, Hasbro just doesn't tell us about it (like Titan Master Optimus Primal and Toraizer, and Generations Hardhead from Warpath). The only reason we know Polar Claw and Gears were ever planned is because of that artwork Hasbro put out at Pulsecon, and leakers elaborated to tell us we weren't actually getting them.

repacks

All three lines have had repacks.

not even five waves

Siege and Kingdom both have 5 waves, with Earthrise having 3. Hasbro switched to shorter lines after Titans Return so they could always have a brand new wave of product at the start of the year, but it seems that Siege and Kingdom in particular were successful enough to warrant having another wave tacked on.

Like, we're getting a Slammer 7 years late but no Tarantulas??

Leaks say Tarantulas is coming next year.

TFfan1 wrote:I feel like the WFC Trilogy started off strong and now it's just weakly puttering out. Canceled figures, repacks, not even five waves...They really should've just finished the G1 cast this year and give the BW characters their own year. I'm not even a big Beast Wars guy but the lack of some of the best characters in the show just feels so lazy. Like, we're getting a Slammer 7 years late but no Tarantulas??

You can tanks the domino effect of COVID + lockdowns + looming international conflicts with China for this.

Hell, even the Scorponok reissue have been pushed back by a month at Pulse.

You know, I miss the good old days of well stocked shelves, so much that sales happened often. I have some Toys R Us coupons. 10$ off if you buy for 50$, 25$ off if you buy for 100$... BUT THERE'S NOTHING TO BUY. And the only things worth buying are excluded from the coupons.

I admit I'm also a little bitter at how spread thin I feel like the brand has gotten. We used to have just one line, and that line was where all the budget and effort went. Now, we have what, four lines going on at once? Honestly, I wish Hasbro would put Generations on hold for a few years, give us a new series that can be the central franchise for a while, and move things forward.

Pipes looks perfect, as does Slammer. Consider me onboard with those two. I’d have to see more of Tigatron before I fully commit, but I’ll probably still get him to complete the cast. Shadow Panther just doesn’t do it for me, I appreciate they used the mutant mask from the original toy line but it’s butt ugly to me. Waspinator is… Waspinator, I suppose. He’s already been leaked so nothing new here.

I'm having quite a bit of fun with these fossilizers
Can't wait for tricranius!!!

o.supreme wrote:

Nemesis Primal wrote:Well, this'll be the first wave where I actually grab everything. Tigatron is a must, Pipes, Slammer, and Shadow Panther all look great, and Waspinator's beast mode and slight Animated influenced colors have won me over.

It is hilarious that Hasbro is showing these before Wave 3 is even fully out though and probably at least a month or two before they get revealed, and yet keep complaining about stuff getting leaked.

o.supreme wrote:Also, aside from box art, and a Slammer description, do we have WFC numbers yet for these wave 4 toys?

I believe the Amazon listings updated when the Draculus and Amazon Prime ones got updated, Jtprime posted screenshots on TFW at least, so we're looking at:
K1-K30: Waves 1-3 + Commander + Titan
K31: Shadow Panther
K32: Pipes
K33: Slammer
K34: Waspinator
K35: Tigatron
K36: ???
K37: T-Wrecks
K38: Red Alert
K39: Tricranius & Blast Effects
K40: Mirage & Grimlock
K41: ???
K42: Sideswipe & Skywarp
K43-K??: ???

Figures we know are coming with no number yet: Road Rage, Blaster, ER Starscream repack, Kingdom 4-pack, Golden Disc figures (which might not be numbered, since the Galactic Odyssey sets weren't)

Thank you. I'm fairly certain there will be some event in July (Transformers FFF?) where these will be revealed, possibly with more SS, and the SG Jetfire. Also I forgot about the ER Starscream repack, that will probably be 36. I was actually hoping for Inferno to get repacked with wave 4, as he is extremely hard to get. BBTS just got him in stock, so if you want Inferno, better get it now. I've seen Dinobot multiple times, but Never Inferno at retail. But with a *possible* 5th wave, maybe they can repack him in with Blaster?

They'll probably do most of that at the Hasbro Pulse Fan event they're doing soon.

Rtron wrote:I didn't even know they made online bios for these guys. If they write them up anyway, why not print them on the boxes?.

Because to make it easier for them, they standardized the packing to always have multiple languages per continent. That makes it so there isn't anymore room for a bio.

-Kanrabat- wrote:You know, I miss the good old days of well stocked shelves, so much that sales happened often. I have some Toys R Us coupons. 10$ off if you buy for 50$, 25$ off if you buy for 100$... BUT THERE'S NOTHING TO BUY. And the only things worth buying are excluded from the coupons.

Heck I miss TRU...I mean i know it had been going down hill for 10 years but...as an example. for me personally, I look at the "Toy Haul" thread. It is cool an all, but to have a "haul" IMHO, that means purchasing more than one TF at a time, which most pics do, but I don't fault anyone for posting pics of just one item however....I can't remember the last time I actually purchased two Transformers at once...I think it was early in 2020 when I got both Leader ER Prime and Astrotrain form Target on a BOGO 50% sale, but honestly that was the last time. Every other purchase has just been one...toy...at a time.

william-james88 wrote:

Rtron wrote:I didn't even know they made online bios for these guys. If they write them up anyway, why not print them on the boxes?.

Because to make it easier for them, they standardized the packing to always have multiple languages per continent. That makes it so there isn't anymore room for a bio.

Oh, right. Still, it's just a few words. It looks longer on the website because of how it's designed.

Man am I hoping and praying that they'll reissue Metroplex. With Slammer being compatible, they're teasing me hard.

CrillanK wrote:Man am I hoping and praying that they'll reissue Metroplex. With Slammer being compatible, they're teasing me hard.

I doubt they'll do that now, Metroplex was made with the 2013 budget (which was right before the budget got slashed). Granted Hasbro's budget for Transformers has slowly increased since then and they've learned to work with it better, but Metroplex feels like he's out of the question.

And even though it's annoying to say, but Metroplex is the Titan most likely to get a remake (especially since people are obsessed with animation accuracy) and is probably our next -and last- Titan. It'd obviously still be compatible with the deluxe guys since he'd be designed around them.

TFfan1 wrote:I admit I'm also a little bitter at how spread thin I feel like the brand has gotten. We used to have just one line, and that line was where all the budget and effort went. Now, we have what, four lines going on at once? Honestly, I wish Hasbro would put Generations on hold for a few years, give us a new series that can be the central franchise for a while, and move things forward.

Kingdom is my least favorite of the three WfC lines, but it's still great, and it's much better than PotP which was the last Prime Wars line.

I completely disagree about putting Generations on hold. I think the last thing that TF needs as a brand is a central franchise, if for no other reason than G1 would be dominant. We still have an animated kid-friendly line with Cyberverse, a movie line with Studio Series, and a retro and nerd media line with WfC--to say nothing of Rescue Bots or BotBots. I don't know think we need to give up any of that diversity in the name of a one true line. Classics and Animated could coexist, so could Prime and Generations, I don't think Generations is holding anything back.

TFfan1 wrote:I admit I'm also a little bitter at how spread thin I feel like the brand has gotten. We used to have just one line, and that line was where all the budget and effort went. Now, we have what, four lines going on at once?

Let's see, so concurrent lines we have:

Studio Series (and SS 86 within)
Cyberverse
Kingdom
Selects
Netflix
Buzzworthy
BotBots
RED
Masterpiece
MPM
Shaterred Glass
Retro Headmasters
Mash-Up line
Vintage Beast Wars
Authentics
Rescue Bots

Not sure if I am missing any. Most are just store or fan channel exclusives, next year will be way worse since there will be a 4th mainline for the new film and it will be HUGE with G1 characters, beast characters and terrorcons (the villains).