List Of Upcoming Toys Found On Hasbro's Site. Fan's Dreams Are True!

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

I'd buy a Sky-Byte if it was done well.

[kaiden]

I'd buy a Sky-Byte if it was done well.

i'd buy any transformer if it was done well

[Quickstrike]

http://www.allspark.com/forums/topic...ing-breakdown/

This list is BANANAS. I don't even know where to start.

Yes I agree, and have been following the comics closely. My question remains, why devote so much limited comic-panel spacing for Sky-Byte? Unless IDW had a directive from Hasbro earlier on in the year to include and up-sell Sky-Byte's character, I don't see a particular reason why this character should get more glamour over a plethora of original vintage characters.

It's nice to see some post 80's characters get some recognition. Sky-Byte's way cooler than a lot of original vintage characters anyways.

[Cat]

im hoping he's a headmaster...

I doubt he will be.

I'm assuming he's going to be another MTMTE styled figure, and we haven't seen anything to suggest he's a HeadMaster yet, so many fans probably don't even consider that a part of him anymore.

The bigger reason is the edict from Archer way back, saying that they wouldn't do HM's, because of too many kids losing the heads and then having an incomplete toy that had become useless (as evidenced by the number of headless of Headmasters you see everyday on eBay).

That's why Energon Omega Supreme had that second smaller head, so even if you lost the big head, it still had a head of sorts.

Of course, now that Archer is no longer with the company, that edict may not be applicable, but I certainly think it's something that the current regime will stay the same on.

Although you might not like Sky-Byte a lot of people do (me included) to the point where he was a finalist for Hasbro's Hall of Fame (a very small group of characters have that honour). That's obviously enough for the powers at be to choose to have in the comics and toy line over the few "Geewun" characters not already revisited.

What's interesting is that thanks to Monzo's list, we can see that we almost got a Sky-Byte in the past. There's a listing for a Deluxe, which is old and matches up to the Universe 2.0 period, and there's the current listing for the Voyager version.

So at least Sky-Byte fans can be happy that they've taken a step up in the world.

And what's ALSO interesting to note is that two of the listings match up. Tank = Chromia.

So speculate away.

The list has further been divided into matching assortments, but I'm not sure about that. In general female figures tend to sell less than males, and the assortment in question would have 3 of the 4 toys being females: Arcee, Chromia, Windblade, and then the 1 male character.

It also suggests that the general assumption that Arcee and Chromia would share a mold may be wrong. It's pretty rare for retools to share a wave, although there is recent precedent with FOC Soundwave and Soundblaster.

[DELTAprime]

Looking at the updated list on Seibertron I like the long list of IDW/G1 characters, but I think they are over doing it on AOE toys. I bet many will be canceled like DOTM due to the line not selling.

[griffin]

That's the list that Cat posted a link to about 5 posts up. (Seibertron is just reposting the allspark listing)

[DELTAprime]

That's the list that Cat posted a link to about 5 posts up. (Seibertron is just reposting the allspark listing)

Sorry, I missed that.

Note to self: read better.

[Bidoofdude]

Deluxe Slug really has me interested.

[Blairimus2563]

I really hope some of these Generations be done right,love Roadbuster. We have 8 Autobot Legends now (9,including Scamper) and only 6 Decepticons (counting Nemesis Prime) ,Hopefully Skywarp comes out and a Shockwave or a Soundwave figure is released.

Generations carrying the movie line is a good move,but I wish they used another name because this is the 4th time* the Generations toy name has come about.


* We had the WFC/Classics,then FOC,the IDW inspired line and now the AOE line.

[Gofigure]

That list has some great potential.

Is jetfire reissue?

And who the hell is dinobot slash???