MP38 Supreme Commander Convoy (Optimus Primal).

[Borgeman]

If numbers were determined by character, then all of the new Seekers would have their own, along with the likes of Loud Pedal. Even the little red corvette Road Rage gets her own number. Poor Loud Pedal on the other hand just gets an L.
Seems to me that they're just numbering on the fly.

I think the best theory is mass release toys get their own number, limited releases or exclusives like Loud Pedal do not.

Having a quick look at the list, it seems to fit well with the numbering history

[Verno]

So did you pull the trigger and get one Verno?

I willingly admit that I'm tempted to. For me, Beast Wars has always been about the relation to character. For the longest time, I only ever collected the characters that appeared in the show. Only when the IDW BW comics came out in 2006 did I expand my collecting scope to all western Beast Wars figures.

Ultimately, I think I'll pass on this one, for now. It'll be interesting to watch if future BW MPs get a similar toy-accurate treatment. It would certainly fix the problem that figures like Rattrap and Rhinox would have of having no obvious redeco/retool.

You use that word a lot. And I always read it in Jonathan Pryce's voice. Every time.

And I haven't watched Tomorrow Never Dies in many, many years.

I had to quickly google it, but it fits! :P

Without knowing a thing about bw, this piece looks better for me but I am not collecting bw.

Go on. Give in to the darkside!

If numbers were determined by character, then all of the new Seekers would have their own, along with the likes of Loud Pedal. Even the little red corvette Road Rage gets her own number. Poor Loud Pedal on the other hand just gets an L.
Seems to me that they're just numbering on the fly.

I think the best theory is mass release toys get their own number, limited releases or exclusives like Loud Pedal do not.

Having a quick look at the list, it seems to fit well with the numbering history

I can only make sense of the BW characters. It's a smaller sample size. The argument could be made that all BW MPs will have an even number. Or that BW Predacons will have an odd number and Maximals even. Time will tell. I'm sure something will throw a spanner in the works somewhere along the way.

[DaptoDog]

I willingly admit that I'm tempted to. For me, Beast Wars has always been about the relation to character. For the longest time, I only ever collected the characters that appeared in the show. Only when the IDW BW comics came out in 2006 did I expand my collecting scope to all western Beast Wars figures.

Ultimately, I think I'll pass on this one, for now. It'll be interesting to watch if future BW MPs get a similar toy-accurate treatment. It would certainly fix the problem that figures like Rattrap and Rhinox would have of having no obvious redeco/retool.

Well if an avid BW fan like yourself is on the fence about picking this up I'll be interested to see how it sells. I guess given it is Convoy it may do well. But I can't imagine repaints of lessor BW characters selling well with a mass retail release.

It really is odd that this and others like Delta Magnus got a mass release while the seekers (ex Starscream) who are major/2nd tier G1 characters were exclusives.