william-james88 wrote:Emerje wrote:Sure, AOE didn't have a sub line, but they also got all of their most important characters released in Generations.
Except for the main antagonist of their flagship character Bumblebee. Instead all we had of Stinger Stateside was a walmart exclusive one step and legion.
I acknowledged that, a figure was released in Japan at retail. Hasbro not making one probably had something to do with Walmart. A mass retail listing was leaked that included a Decepticon Stinger figure. However, all of the Stinger merchandise for whatever reason ended up being exclusive to Walmart. Hasbro did prototype a Deluxe Stinger figure, but that's as far as it got. It's possible that Walmart wasn't willing to pay for a retooled Bumblebee and instead went for the cheaper repaints instead leaving the Deluxe figure homeless and unfinished.
But yes a subline following the movie could be good. However I disagree with the notion of not wanting to spoil things since that issue was already solved with the use of codenames. This list of codenames is what was sent to retailers for them to place their orders (hence why retailer exclusives dont appear there) so its complete as far as they are concerned.
That list came out before the first full movie trailer and Hasbro's slow reveal of new characters on Facebook. I consider the lack of them showing Wave 3 Bee's bot mode and not revealing the fourth figure in that wave part of their slow trickle of information. By the time Wave 3 comes out the movie will be out of most theaters. There's no hurry to give it all away.
william-james88 wrote:As we know from AOE, rumours sometimes are just that. There was a rumour Optimus would become a silver knight in AOE and that didnt happen. Funny thing is target had a ton of toys of that unrealized concept
Well the rumor came from a list of leaked plot points which, from what we can tell from bits of released information, interviews, and trailers, has bee been entirely accurate.
And really, what were we to expect with the Silver Knight stuff? It turned up on a bunch of merchandise so of course people thought Optimus would turn silver when he pulled out the sword. That's what happens when you drop a plot point from a movie too late to cancel the manufacturing of the products related to it.
william-james88 wrote:Sorry for all the posts one after the other, not easy on the phone.
One thing before I forget. Me and Emerje had established that any molds which seemed exclusive to a retailer turned out to be released at large eventually, using the RID line and its exclusives as precedents. Theres a mistake there: Legion Megatronus was a new mold only released at TRU and never at large. So we have a recent precedent for retailer exclusive molds.
Yeah, I was actually thinking about that later and came up with an even more recent example: The box set clones. But that just means it doesn't always happen, but CAN happen.
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