Nuremberg Toy Fair News - CW Computron, Defensor...

[Trent]

All sounds pretty exciting.

No mention of Trypticon though

[TAAUBlaster]

Those strange coloured Blitzwing and Astrotrain reissues have me stumped.
Could they possibly be just packaged test shot figures that Hasbro rushed so as to get them into Toyfair?

[Bidoofdude]

Yay for Computron and Combiner Wars for 2016! First Aid sounds really good, being a new mould. Streetwise apparently is too, so that's pretty cool.

Those strange coloured Blitzwing and Astrotrain reissues have me stumped.
Could they possibly be just packaged test shot figures that Hasbro rushed so as to get them into Toyfair?

That was my first thought. It may be, considering Blaster and Perceptor were in their regular colour schemes.

[Firestorm]

If all this is true then that's pretty interesting.
I'm glad it sounds like First Aid is a new mtmte-esque mold. Since it was sounding like he was going to be an off-road repaint from earlier rumours.
Defensor will hopefully be really good if everyone but blades is a new mold.

I'm honestly a little saddened that CW will stretch into 2016 though. I mean yeah, combiners are great but I was really hoping we'd get beast wars stuff next year. :/

As for the g1 stuff really got no idea what's going on with these new colour-schemes. Future year of the monkey stuff? Test shots?

And finally for Devi I'm happy with everything we've heard (I'd have preferred IDW designs with or without prowl and more complex voyagers but simple is probably better)

Knowing about this stuff ahead of time is a little depressing though since it ruins some of the fun of NYTF reveals next month . But oh well still can't wait to see them

[griffin]

I'm honestly a little saddened that CW will stretch into 2016 though. I mean yeah, combiners are great but I was really hoping we'd get beast wars stuff next year. :/

Not necessarily... if the claim that Predaking and Abominus are coming later, they would be in 2016, suggesting a beast theme for 2016 that could lead to additional Beast Wars homages (or just redecos) to go with the Gen1 beast combiners.
This is because there are only a set number of 2015 Combiner toys (16 Deluxe and 6 Voyager) and we know enough to rule out Predaking and Abominus this year.


But I wonder if Hasbro would consider having Beast Wars homage toys become combiners just to be able to release homage toys in the anniversary year. And would Beast Wars fans be willing to accept it if it was the only way to get those toys done. (a bit like a lot of Gen1 fans who have mostly despised the idea of combining Dinobots if they were ever done as a homage)

[Zommael]

It isn't like Beast Wars doesn't have its own combiners, though they're a bit different than the G1 ones.

[griffin]

It isn't like Beast Wars doesn't have its own combiners, though they're a bit different than the G1 ones.

I know that, but I was suggesting a 5-part combiner that had five Beast Wars characters that were not combiners in the original cartoon or comics (or as original toys)... just to really see if it would rub up BW fans the wrong way.

[Zommael]

This is because there are only a set number of 2015 Combiner toys (16 Deluxe and 6 Voyager) and we know enough to rule out Predaking and Abominus this year.

After my round of rampant speculation yesterday, I was just wondering if this refers to total number of releases this year all in, or just refers to new moulds? If it's new moulds only, that says there should be four full combiners released this year with two voyagers (Optimus and ???) left over. If it's all in then there are still four full combiners but the question of what's what is a bit more vexed. I had a quick search on the usual places and Google, but I couldn't find the specific panel report. Can you shed more light on it please?

[griffin]

After my round of rampant speculation yesterday, I was just wondering if this refers to total number of releases this year all in, or just refers to new moulds? If it's new moulds only, that says there should be four full combiners released this year with two voyagers (Optimus and ???) left over. If it's all in then there are still four full combiners but the question of what's what is a bit more vexed. I had a quick search on the usual places and Google, but I couldn't find the specific panel report. Can you shed more light on it please?

They are usually pretty good with those being product numbers, not mould numbers. The last couple years they have quoted numbers in Press Releases for some Beast Hunters and Movie toy classes, and they've matched up exactly... which is good for collectors to know if a line has ended, or been axed.

[Paul Agnew]

Those strange coloured Blitzwing and Astrotrain reissues have me stumped.

Year Of The Goat repaints?