Titaniums 6" not as dead as we thought

[STL]

Whoa, late last end of the line releases. I guess that's why they're all repaints. I can't complain about Hot Spot though. Definite get for me. Thrust - not so much but if there's Dirge and Ramjet down the line... :eeK: !!!

[kup]

Hot Spot is indeed the best of this lot. If I only get one of these it would be him.

[dirge]

I'd get Prime if it has decent paint quality - the first one was awful in that regard.

[Kyle]

I prefer the colour scheme on the old one, but agree it had less than ideal paint quality.

[griffin]

Just like Classics Tankor, this is one toy that I don't think we'll be seeing called 'Hot Zone' by anyone.
Gen1 Hot Spot must be rolling in his grave...

[Thanatos]

Man, Hot Spot was basically my favourite transformer as a kid. I'll have to get my hands on this upcoming titanium one way or another.

[FFN]

From what I understand, Arcee, Cosmos, Shockwave and Bumblebee/Cliffjumper seen at Hasbro's tour during BotCon 2007 never made it to the tooling stage, so they have no molds. Grimlock and Prowl did have molds, however, which is why they were eventually released.

I doubt this is any indication of Hasbro reviving the Titanium line or it still living. It's more likely a case of Target requesting an exclusive and Hasbro taking molds they thought might be marketable (the ubiquitous Optimus Prime and another Seeker) and one they never repainted in Titanium's original run.

[Bartrim]

Not really a fan of titaniums but I am really liking Hot Spot

[griffin]

Just adding to what FFN said - the toolings/moulds for those four prototype Titaniums were not made, so unless Titaniums became a big selling mainline again, or those prototypes can be re-worked into another line (something they did mentioned, suggesting hope to oneday see them again), they won't be spending the money on making the toolings in the foreseable future. The problem with those four prototypes is that there isn't much redeco potential in them. Hasbro could do the usual cheat redeco of Bumblebee into Cliffjumper, but the other 3 really don't have anyone else they could be redecoed into that is an existing character.
And before anyone jumps in to say that Arcee could be redecoed green and called 'Pardron Medic' like the PVCs or whatever the Energon bike version was coloured into - I don't think the retailers would want to risk having a shelfwarming *obscure* female toy.

[sifun]

I kinda wish that this line would just die and hasbro would use their resources on better things..