New generations figures

[Golden Phoenix]

Megatron is Leader Class, and was originally planned to be released with Jetfire to launch that size class, but was held back until early next year... according to one of the Hasbro people at the convention.

He's A Leader Class!?!?! Looks pretty simple for a Leader class. Looks almost like you could complete the transformation in like 5-7 steps.

[Lord_Zed]

He's A Leader Class!?!?! Looks pretty simple for a Leader class. Looks almost like you could complete the transformation in like 5-7 steps.

Leader class eh? That explains why he's so damn ugly, Hasbro just don't seem to know how to make good large toys.

[Omega Metro]

He's A Leader Class!?!?! Looks pretty simple for a Leader class. Looks almost like you could complete the transformation in like 5-7 steps.

That I like. A definate buy.

[fatbot]

16 Deluxe figures to come, with a focus or 'Theme' of Combiners.

Superion is 5.
Menasor is 5.
Devastator is 6.

16.

Did they say no voyager sized molds for the teams? I was thinking we may get 4 deluxe & 1 voyager per team. That way we'd get Superion & Menasor next year with the rest of the teams spread out over the years following.

[reillyd]

He's A Leader Class!?!?! Looks pretty simple for a Leader class. Looks almost like you could complete the transformation in like 5-7 steps.

I think that's the whole point, as we're seeing with AOE. Personally I like quick simple transformations, as I do them more often. If it's too time consuming or tricky, I just leave them in one mode.... And it's not a transformer experience. Kids can get 6-7 steps, like G1.

You can see Brainstorm, for example, is just a few intuitive steps.

[Omega Metro]

I think that's the whole point, as we're seeing with AOE. Personally I like quick simple transformations, as I do them more often. If it's too time consuming or tricky, I just leave them in one mode.... And it's not a transformer experience. Kids can get 6-7 steps, like G1.

You can see Brainstorm, for example, is just a few intuitive steps.

This^. I think I have transformed my AOE transformers more in the past week than any of my other movie/classics formers since I've had them due to AOE toys simpler transformations.

[Oberon Sexton]

I think that's the whole point, as we're seeing with AOE. Personally I like quick simple transformations, as I do them more often. If it's too time consuming or tricky, I just leave them in one mode.... And it's not a transformer experience. Kids can get 6-7 steps, like G1.

You can see Brainstorm, for example, is just a few intuitive steps.

It's funny how conflicted I am as I both agree and disagree with you at the same time. I think the main thing for us adult collectors are the overall aesthetics of both robot and alt mode. I agree that a short, easy intuitive transformation is favourable, but personally I'd never sacrifice how the figure looks for easier transformation. Like a lot of other people here, I'm also waiting to see what he looks like in hand before making a decision. Promo pics have lied to us in the past, both negatively and positively.

[doublespy]

Maybe someone's said it before, but that is a damn clever reuse of the existing RiD Arcee CAD model to turn it into Chromia. This along with the Sandstorm retool of Springer, I'm really glad Hasbro have gone out of their way to make retools worth buying.

Oh and that Arcee is an instant buy

[dirge]

If the Rhinox, Rattrap and Waspinator Generations figures sold well then it makes sense that Hasbro would continue with more Beast Wars.

I do wonder how many more BW characters they can visit though. Cheetor & Dinobot have been done (if not particularly well). Tigatron, Silverbolt, Airazor, Terrorsaur, Scorponok, Quickstrike, Inferno, Depth Charge & Rampage pretty much covers it. Maybe they're pacing themselves.

Terrorsaur is the one I'd snap up - but I reckon most wouldn't be as excited by him.

Afterall, how many G1 figures are left besides the combiners... and Head/Target Masters..? Maybe some more G2...

Yeah not a lot. Deluxe Insections/Shrapnel/Bombshell, the Autobot clones, Throttlebots sans Goldbug, Monsterbots, Slugfest, Firecons/Sizzle/Fizzle. I doubt we'll see any more Pretenders. The other Dinobots are the other obvious group, mind you. Some of these are both unlikely & would be a tricky sell. Throttlebots, Insecticons & Dinobots would sell well, the Autobot clones probably would too. The others would be riskier.

[DELTAprime]

I think that's the whole point, as we're seeing with AOE. Personally I like quick simple transformations, as I do them more often. If it's too time consuming or tricky, I just leave them in one mode.... And it's not a transformer experience. Kids can get 6-7 steps, like G1.

You can see Brainstorm, for example, is just a few intuitive steps.

I never had a G1 Brainstorm but I don't think it was exactly a super complex transformation.