Things That Aren't Rocket Science.

[Raider]

2 months ago I would have begged them to re-release all the headmasters... now that I have almost all of them I will be very upset if they do that!

As previously mentioned encore Trypticon is long overdue (I'm close to giving in and purchasing a g1 version) as well as MP Coneheads. They have the design already and iGear did a pretty good looking job of not-Ramjet, Thrust and Dirge. I'd love to see them.

[BigTransformerTrev]

How about as detailed tech specs on current toys as with the original toys? Personality quirks, function, weaponry, special abilities, top speed, weaknesses etc? I really miss those - they really helped flesh out the characters and made them more than simply transforming robot toys

[tinyJazz]

Yeah, character is what makes them really endearing. Provided you have actually knows what they're writing about of course.
Prime/Beast hunters and AOE really cheaped out on the bios and tech specs. Generations are still pretty decent though.

[liegeprime]

Well it may be too late since the lines are dead, but, it was an obvious figure/playset to make, yet, never got any
---- TF Animated Supreme Class Omega Supreme (can serve as playset ship for Legion class figures),

in the same vein

- Nemesis Starship for TFPrime --- Playset for Legion class TF Prime figures...

instead of wasting precious plastic from some big shelfwarmers like Supreme Cheetor or these giant AoE flipping figures....

[GoktimusPrime]

The best post-G1 tech specs we've seen, IMHO, are:
+ mid-to-late Beast Wars (i.e. after the toy continuity aligned itself with the cartoon)
+ Beast Machines
+ Cybertron
+ Various high-end collectors' lines from Japan (e.g. BT, MP, eHobby G1 etc.).
...the rest are pretty forgettable.

[CyberiusPrime]

I personally think one no brainer, is the rest
of the dinobots as Masterpiece line to go with
MP Grimlock. What use is a king without his
subjects.

Another no brainer or at least a mini wish list,
would be the combiners as a MP standard.
I know this wont happen with the impending
Combiner wars.

[SuspectimusPrime]

I'm personally against redoing more Decepticon cars out of Autobot car moulds. One or two following original Diaclone/80's precedence is fun for exclusives, but I think if the fandom becomes more universally accepting towards this, by 2020 we may have a line where the Decepticon team is comprised of a single unique Megatron mould (repainted as Galvatron/G2 Megatron/Bludgeon) and an armada repainted from whatever they're using in the opposing Autobot team. What a bleak future!

Or just skip Decepticons altogether, and just have Autobots vs SG/Diaclone Autobots.

[GoktimusPrime]

I think that Wheeljack is a special case, as it is kinda amusing to see an 'evil' Decepticon being made from a toy that originally featured tobacco sponsorship. Hasbro could also repaint it as the Decepticon Slicer, as that would be an easy homage to the G1 toy that was already a repaint of Wheeljack in the first place. Another redeco of the Wheeljack/Exhaust mould could also be released as Makeshift, who of course was the shape-shifting Decepticon from TF Prime who impersonated Wheeljack.

So I don't mind Autobot cars becoming Decepticons if there's a special reason for it (especially if there's an existing precedent for that character, as would be the case for Slicer and Makeshift). But otherwise I would prefer to see the Autobot car moulds being used to create new Autobots, as Ichikawa Hirofumi did w/ the eHobby retconned Diaclone reissues (Crosscut, Road Rage et al.).

Doing the coneheads then making more Seeker variants would be a preferable way to bolster the MP Decepticon ranks (as well as adding Bitstream and various other generic Seekers which have appeared in the G1 cartoon).

We know that redecos help TakTOM to make more money out of the mould and keep down the price of the toy. So what would be people's suggestions for repaint/retools of the Autobot cars without an obvious alternative? (e.g. MP Trailbreaker would obviously be redecoed as Hoist).

My recommendations would be...
+ Hound <--- Detritus
+ Mirage <--- Electro Disruptor Mirage (i.e. clear plastic)
+ Skids <--- Cross Cut
+ Tracks <--- Road Rage
+ Grapple/Inferno <--- Load Hauler
+ Sunstreaker <--- red Diaclone colours as new character, police car variant as new character.

But what about Jazz? Other than a G2 version (which would most likely be limited like G2 Lambor), I can't think of any obvious repaint potential.