by o.supreme » Mon Oct 24, 2022 10:11 am
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It's all definitely interesting conversation. It seems to be the accepted standard now is for heroic leaders to be at the Voyager size, but depending on what extra parts they come with they will be released at a higher price point/scale (Leader for ER Prime, and G2 Laser Prime, or CC for Kingdom Rodimus), is how they will be sold. While Big Convoy is shorter and Squat than Lio Convoy, he is definitely bulkier, so it might be a challenge to get him at the Voyager Price Point.
Evil Leaders seem to be pretty consistent at the Leader class, so I would expect any future Galvatron from BWII to be a Leader, and possibly Magmatron as a CC, but would be approximately Leader height all when combined.
I owned all the Ultra Class BW characters, except for the original Primal and BW Megatron, so I would expect if we ever saw new versions of Tigerhawk, Rampage, or Depthcharge, they would be leader class (Legacy TM2 Megatron sets the pattern for this, even with his many individual pieces). Though rampage would be challenging since he is tecnically a triple changer, and he would no longer have his functioning tank treads. Depthcharge would no longer have his yellow disk firing mechanism either. (well none of them would have firing projectiles, just like TMII Megatron)
As for Tripredacus and Magnaboss, that is tricky. The toys were sold as "Ultra Class", and were sized as such all when combined. However for the 3 to reach approximately 12 inches (or the size of the standard Prime Wars/UW Combiner) and to portray them as fictionally larger than most other Transformers, the 3 would probably have to be sold as a CC set at the very least, and the individual components have their own variable sizes as needed. Although, selling the pair together as a Haslab might be the way to go. Give them the extra parts needed, and to be a little larger, not beholden to any of the current retail standards. If they looked really amazing, I'd be willing to drop $250 (maybe $275?) for the pair together in a Haslab , but they would have to absolutely make an amazing first impression for that to happen.
Bucket/Want List: Botcon 2016 Customization Class Ratchet (G2 Deco), or Customization Class Ratchet (Marvel Comics Deco) **would also be willing to pay for an Unpainted Botcon 2016 Ratchet, TT Legends Fortress Head (only) with working Electronics
Wish List of Modern Combiners: Road Caesar, Monstructor & Dinoking (proper size to fiction), Landcross, Guard City, Battle Gaia, & G2 Defensor. Wish List of Titans:Metrotitan,Majin Zarak