Originally Posted by
griffin
The problem is that Leader Cases only hold two units, so it can either only release a single toy, or two toys in a wave... which means that if it has two new toys in the case, they had better be equally popular or else one will shelfwarm (if they order enough to cover the popular one) or one will disappear fast (if they order light to prevent shelfwarming).
I probably would have left Armada Megatron to the second wave with Thundercracker, who would have less demand because of the upcoming Starscream and using the Jetfire mould... both of which will lead many collectors skip Thundercracker if they can't afford multiple Leader class toys or don't by multiple redecos.
The Gen1 Megatron should come out again with Thundercracker though... hopefully. But Wave one is the assortment that Retailers are most likely to buy most of, so in Hasbro's eyes, having two different toys in Wave 1 cases gets "variety" on the shelf from the start, instead of having to wait two or three months for Hasbro to get another toy out onto the Leader Class shelf of the stores.