Beast Hunters and Generations toys rumoured to be canceled.

Seibertron is reporting that the much anticipated Generations Legends line and some late Beast Hunters line figures are canceled for western release or completely canceled. This is only a rumour at this stage and Seibertron is trying to get official word from Hasbro.

On this weeks Seibertron Twincast Podcast the team did mention that BBTS has even been unable to get information out of Hasbro as to if the Generations figures are going to get released or not. Hasbro is ignoring BBTS's many attempts to contact them about this issue.

I REALLY hope they're not cancelled. I'm really looking forward to the 4 legends figures, as well as the ones still to come. :(

Cosmos strikes again! :rolleyes::p

Wasn't there a titanium Cosmos that was cancelled? This will be unfortunate news if it proves to be true.

They've probably run out of time before the Movie line coming out soon, as retailers wouldn't be wanting to risk being stuck with stock to clear out in a hurry at a loss when the massive amount of Movie toys hit the shelves.

If they hit production before this decision, we should still see them released somewhere in the world, like in HK... or maybe even here in a year at Toyworld.


This is one of the drawbacks of having Hasbro reveal to fans at conventions their intended product release, as it ends up being a tease when the line ends early and some are never produced. Especially if it is items that the fandom are really keen on seeing.

They've been produced (I got Swerve from an online source yesterday); so yes a dump somewhere will likely happen.

From the Seibertron posting...

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Transformers Prime Beast Hunters
Cyberverse Vehicles (Released in Asia only)
Bumblebee w/ Energon Driller

Deluxe
Bumblebee
Twinstrike
Smokescreen
Windrazor

Voyager (online retailers only)
Predaking
Optimus Prime

Cyberverse Legion (Released in Asia only)
Ace Vehicon
Rotgut
Divebomb
Bluestreak

Cyberverse Commander (Released in Asia only)
Ultra Magnus
Unicron Megatron
Bludgeon

Generations (Released in Asia only)
Legends
Shrapnel (Not released)
Tail Gate (Not released)
Cosmos
Swerve

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The Bumblebee Driller was released at BBTS, but I'm glad I found it in HK last November.
Sounds like the rest that have been found so far, are best found in Asia.

A shame that the Legends class didn't last long... and very few ended up here (only half of the Data disc bots, and none of the "targetmaster" packs. That's just one wave of the five released somewhere in the world.
With all the other Legends sets listed on the leaked Hasbro database, it can't be completely axed. That would be a lot of toys designed that are wasted.

Hopefully the Legends stuff gets released somehow, I really don't want to have to pay 40 each on ebay just to get my hands on them.

No one needs to panic about this - even if it's accurate, it doesn't really mean anything. This just means a handful of toys aren't being released in the US, and whenever this happens, Americans have a big cry about being unfairly treated by Hasbro... you know... the way Australians have been treated since 1985, and we've always managed to survive.

Hopefully it's all a load of crock. And what they mean is Australia is being the new place to send all of the stock for killer cheap prices. (One can dream)

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Originally Posted by Mythirax

Hopefully it's all a load of crock. And what they mean is Australia is being the new place to send all of the stock for killer cheap prices. (One can dream)

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Could happen. Toyworld got a buttload of otherwise scarce late run Alternators.

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Originally Posted by dirge

Could happen. Toyworld got a buttload of otherwise scarce late run Alternators.

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Now, now, don't get a mans hopes up. *Hope level rising*

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Originally Posted by Mythirax

Now, now, don't get a mans hopes up. *Hope level rising*

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The RTS deluxes were on clearance for $10, which was nice, though I wish I'd grabbed more.

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Originally Posted by Bidoofdude

The RTS deluxes were on clearance for $10, which was nice, though I wish I'd grabbed more.

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Those guys are what got me back into collecting. When I found them at the reject shop. Now multiple thousand dollars later I went from having a small book case of transformers, to now multiple and more. I promised myself this time though, to not sell off my collection :D

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Originally Posted by Mythirax

Those guys are what got me back into collecting. When I found them at the reject shop. Now multiple thousand dollars later I went from having a small book case of transformers, to now multiple and more. I promised myself this time though, to not sell off my collection :D

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RTS Perceptor was my second toy as a collector (not including my Cybertron figs from childhood), after Generations Thundercracker, who I ordered. He was great, I wanted more. :)

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Originally Posted by Mythirax

Now, now, don't get a mans hopes up. *Hope level rising*

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We've been used as a dumping ground before is all I'm saying.

I have no horse in the race; I got Swerve & Flanker already. But I'd be happy if other Australians can grab 'em at Toyworld (or wherever).

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The RTS deluxes were on clearance for $10, which was nice, though I wish I'd grabbed more.

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Yeah I remember that, that was the start of my Junkion army building

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Originally Posted by dirge

I have no horse in the race; I got Swerve & Flanker already. But I'd be happy if other Australians can grab 'em at Toyworld (or wherever).

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Same. Although I would be all over a IDW Tailgate.

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Originally Posted by Mythirax

Hopefully it's all a load of crock. And what they mean is Australia is being the new place to send all of the stock for killer cheap prices. (One can dream)

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Originally Posted by dirge

Could happen. Toyworld got a buttload of otherwise scarce late run Alternators.

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Not to mention RtS Windcharger -- common as chips here, but I've heard it was hell rare in the States. Likewise Primus w/ Unicron head.

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Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime

Not to mention RtS Windcharger -- common as chips here

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I never saw him here once :(

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Originally Posted by Trent

Same. Although I would be all over a IDW Tailgate.

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Yeah I'd grab it too; but it's not as close to the G1 concept as Swerve, so I'll happily live without him.

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I never saw him here once :(

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Er that's because Melbourne is dumb... :p

(okay, he wasn't _that_ common here, although he wasn't rare by any stretch)

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Er that's because Melbourne is dumb... :p

(okay, he wasn't _that_ common here, although he wasn't rare by any stretch)

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Haha, that gave me a good laugh. So many transformers I missed over the past couple of years, such a bummer.

Looking at Seibertron's pictures of whats at Toy Fair Swerve and Cosmos are being shown, no sign of the BH toys tho. Hope we can get some official word now.

Also they have Skrapnel, Tailgate, Gears, Acid Storm, etc, so it looks like Generations Legends are still a go and the source for this 'news' was saying absolutely nothing of note except that maybe Deluxe Bumblebee, Twinstrike, Smokescreen and Windrazor aren't coming out.

Yep I'd say that they wouldn't be on show at the toy fair if they were a cancelled line. I would suggest that this rumour has been debunked.

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Looking at Seibertron's pictures of whats at Toy Fair Swerve and Cosmos are being shown, no sign of the BH toys tho. Hope we can get some official word now.

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There is some awesome stuff though :eek:

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Originally Posted by dirge

Could happen. Toyworld got a buttload of otherwise scarce late run Alternators.

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Remember coming across Alternators Nemesis Prime in some tiny Toyworld in a 3-shop town in the middle of nowhere.

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Not to mention RtS Windcharger -- common as chips here, but I've heard it was hell rare in the States. Likewise Primus w/ Unicron head.

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I never saw him here once :(

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I only ever saw RTS Windcharger once, at a K-Mart, and there was only one on the shelf so grabbed him.



Yeah, the 'dumping ground' thing can work in our favour, but that doesn't help the stress levels of folk who are really hanging out for specific toys. Earlier this year I came across a DOTM Cyberverse Soundwave toy that I didn't even know existed in the toy section of a supermarket in Bendigo. Was thrilled but if I had known beforehand the figure existed and had really wanted it I would have been totally ticked off. And of course the dumping might not happen in places where the fans of these toys live.

It's a real shame for the older fans and collectors that the G1/IDW inspired line of Generations will take a backseat to the Movie Generations, though I suppose from a retail point of view it makes financial sense to the companies. They are likely to sell a lot more Slug toys over the next twelve months than Tailgates.

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It's a real shame for the older fans and collectors that the G1/IDW inspired line of Generations will take a backseat to the Movie Generations, though I suppose from a retail point of view it makes financial sense to the companies. They are likely to sell a lot more *bleep* toys over the next twelve months than Tailgates.

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I feel the same way. I wonder though, if they'll be the new Bumblebee of the franchise? They're practically being force fed everywhere across the demographics of the range

Now that the Prime Deluxes are out, this is definitely redundant - every single one of the toys has been released except for Skrapnel and Tailgate, who are on their way.