Quote Originally Posted by blackoptimus View Post
Does anybody know if they are going to release a platinum edition movie snarl to go along with this box set and will any of the platinum edition figures be released in Australia?
Platinum Edition sets to be released here.

Quote Originally Posted by UltraMarginal View Post
No idea, though given the number of repaints being made for this movie toy line, I'd be surprised if they didn't release one somewhere.
I'm not so sure if Hasbro America will do one to match the set of chrome & black.
I think we know of all the premium stuff for the rest of this year now, and a one-off chrome/black version of Snarl (to match the Platinum set) might not have any interest to (American) Retailers after the end of this year... due to the DVD being out in America in September and the way consumer interest drops off by the end of the year with the last two Movies.

Hasbro HK *might* do it, since they will have the Platinum set in their market and are a little more collector-focused.
TakaraTomy also might, if they keep doing "Black Knight" editions (which are store exclusives for the Deluxe Dinobots).

I haven't updated the Checklist since BotCon, but so far there have been 3 "Black Knight" Dinobots known for Japan - Leader Grimlock (out as a General Release, but isn't really black so doesn't match the others), Scorn & Slug (images appear black & chrome, but store exclusives in November).
There was also a black Voyager (Nemesis) Grimlock at the JP Expo in August, which would match Scorn & Slug better than the Leader one, but is a Decepticon.

I think the best chance is a Japanese version of Snarl in chrome and black, but only if Scorn and Slug do well as Store Exclusives.


On a side note, the colours and characters in the Hasbro Platinum set really put me off it... so if I do end up getting one from Hasbro to review, I might be a bit more savage about it.
Why have Slog if it is supposed to be Movie Dinobots (by having Scorn in the set)... or why have Scorn instead of Snarl if it is supposed to be Gen1 Dinobots (by having Slog in the set).
And Black & Chrome... how boring.
The Japanese have shown how there can be alternate deco when releasing Gen1 versions... just like how we had alternate decos of the FOC Combaticons in Stores to the SDCC exclusives.