United wave 4 may be the last (until after the movie)

[griffin]

With the release of wave 3 in the last few days, wave 4 may be the last wave of United (at least until after the Movie), according to one site that was translated here.

But we shouldn't jump to conclusions, because with the release of the Movie toys in Japan, United is just not being released at the same time - like our Generations line. So, after the movie season, it is likely United will resume, or the Classicverse toys will be released under another banner... because there are plenty more Generations/RtS/Classicverse moulds they haven't used yet.

Either way, it's bad news for fans not interested in Movie toys, because neither Hasbro or TT will be offering much alternatives during the movie season.

[GoktimusPrime]

Not surprisingly HasTak are going to be pulling back on other TF lines to make way for Dark of the Moon (and avoid "cross competition" too). On the plus side it should give non-movie fans a financial rest.

Not good news for me movie-collectors like me though... *braces for spendage*

[primatives]

Good! Means my wallet can take a breather! I don't like the movie look but there are exceptions overall g1 all the way or g1 looks like generations and united

[Vector Prime]

Stupid movie!

I'm the same as primatives, prefer Classics-verse over movie-verse toys, but will probably end up buying DOTM toys only because there's nothing else to buy

[SharkyMcShark]

Finally something for me to spend my money on.

This run of 'Classics' wasn't anywhere near as good as the last run either, WFC toys aside.

[kup]

This run of 'Classics' wasn't anywhere near as good as the last run either, WFC toys aside.

I have to agree there. It wasn't terrible but there is something lacking in this last batch of figures.

[gdmetro]

Besides cyberverse power glide, only a handful if that, of figs from the movie lines interest me. Sucks that the official classics stuff will be halted, especially the United line. Oh well, allows me to more comfortably get the 3rd party classics stuff that are priorities (tfc devastator!).

[GoktimusPrime]

Sucks that the official classics stuff will be halted,

I don't think it will be indefinitely halted -- "Classics" might return under a different guise after the DotM hype dies down. After all we had Classics before the 2007 movie came out, then Classics got canned. Then we had Universe, then that got shelved around the time ROTF came out. Then we had Generations and RtS, so not surprisingly with DotM about to come out they're reeling back on these lines. But once DotM finishes Hasbro are gonna need to pump more product.

[Doubledealer]

Fine with me, allows the wallet to recharge its batteries while I focus on other things.

I haven't been disappointed with any of the new G1/TFA updates, in fact I think they're all brilliant and will enjoy playing around with them & rearranging them on my shelves for many months to come! If you find toys like United Jazz, RTS Perceptor & United/RTS Lugnut disappointing all I can say is...Maybe it's time to give up collecting.

[SharkyMcShark]

Fine with me, allows the wallet to recharge its batteries while I focus on other things.

I haven't been disappointed with any of the new G1/TFA updates, in fact I think they're all brilliant and will enjoy playing around with them & rearranging them on my shelves for many months to come! If you find toys like United Jazz, RTS Perceptor & United/RTS Lugnut disappointing all I can say is...Maybe it's time to give up collecting.

If that's the criteria then I'm putting my collection up for sale