Things That Aren't Rocket Science.

[CaminusPrime]

Human alliance would have been amazing for age of extinction, just saying :P

[CHILENO20]

Golden Lagoon Martini Electrum Edition

Bwahahahahahaha to the pic!!!!

[liegeprime]

But what about Jazz? Other than a G2 version (which would most likely be limited like G2 Lambor), I can't think of any obvious repaint potential.

other than the ones mentioned, they could re mould him just like what they did in TFCC for Kick Off figure. fits the mould actually.

[Bidoofdude]

Would Stepper demand his own number? Sunstorm was MP-11s, so it would be interesting to see how they would classify a more obscure character such as Stepper. More importantly, whether they give him his own number or not, there will be people bitching.

[Paulbot]

Would Stepper demand his own number? Sunstorm was MP-11s, so it would be interesting to see how they would classify a more obscure character such as Stepper. More importantly, whether they give him his own number or not, there will be people bitching.

"A more obscure character such as Stepper"? Actually that's only in the Western Countries. In Japan Stepper actually had a toy in the 80s so I'd say he was less obscure compared to a more recent invention like Sunstorm.

[Magnus]

They could modify the name to approximate Zoom-Zoom, like maybe Vroom-Vroom (although that would be challenging for a lot of Japanese speakers to correctly pronounce ). Perhaps they could use the equivalent Japanese onomatopoeia, such as Burun-Burun or Buun.

How about Meister? Keep the Jazz name for the classic Martini Racing colour scheme, and use the Meister name on the red repaint.

[GoktimusPrime]

How about Meister? Keep the Jazz name for the classic Martini Racing colour scheme, and use the Meister name on the red repaint.

All Japanese MPs in Japan use their Japanese G1 names (e.g. Convoy, Lambor, Alert, Condor, Jaguar, Bumble etc.), so an MP Jazz would invariably be called "Meister" anyway. Unless they went the other way and called the red version "Jazz."

[Yongeltron]

Looking at Griffin's toy checklist for 2014 I saw "Decepticon Stinger" deluxe in the checklist and in the leaked Hasbro database.

I really hope they get around to releasing it although I'm not getting my hopes up. Toys in such late waves often don't make it out. I'm sure that if it does though, it'll be worth it for Hasbro. It is an army-builder after all.

I assume that if it does happen it'll just be a straight repaint of the Concept Camaro BB. But does anyone think we might get a retool or a new mould? I wonder if it might be possible for them to keep the robot body from the BB toy and just retool the car parts into the Pagani? From what I've seen of the mould (I don't have one myself) the car parts mostly seem to hang off the robot body rather than being part of it.

Can anyone else comment on whether that might be possible/viable/likely?

[Magnus]

All Japanese MPs in Japan use their Japanese G1 names (e.g. Convoy, Lambor, Alert, Condor, Jaguar, Bumble etc.), so an MP Jazz would invariably be called "Meister" anyway. Unless they went the other way and called the red version "Jazz."

That sounds reasonable. The reason I brought that up was because the TakaraTomy feedback/survey you linked to once says 'Jazz' not 'Meister' in katakana (unless I'm reading it wrong ).

[Bidoofdude]

"A more obscure character such as Stepper"? Actually that's only in the Western Countries. In Japan Stepper actually had a toy in the 80s so I'd say he was less obscure compared to a more recent invention like Sunstorm.

Stepper had a toy in 87, but he was seldom featured in fiction, only being in Headmasters comics. You can appreciate his presence as a toy, which has also had a reissue in the collection series. He's definitely not as obscure as Sunstorm, who was just thought up on the spot it seems, but still generally obscure.