It seems to have worked out ok for Shockwave/Quakewave/Laserwave/Wavewave.
I don't have any 3rd party MP dinobots aside from Grimlock, and given some people reported minor quibbles with FT Scoria this development does have my interest. That said I'm not really a Slag fan.
With the amount of 3rd party releases these days, I don't see how anyone can keep up with it all, so I think re-releases and updates will become more common so people who didn't get said character a few years ago, can have another chance.