O-K so this year I do not want to be a victim of strange impulse buys again. I'm making my list and checking it twice to make sure I'm not over doing it or "wasting" money on trash figures.List as follows:
-Sideswipe, I will follow up with the premium and then re-paint the orig. into Sunstreaker.(see planning ahead   now I have an excuse for both versions )
-Soundwave, new, like it, gotta have(wish he was a voyager)
-Human Alliance Ironhide, and maybe Bumblebee, he is preeety cool.(I just want an Ironhide that's bigger than ratchet damn it!)
-Jetfire,Leader
-Optimus, Leader
-Megatron( waiting for the clearance price for this guy I just bought my premium at Walmart for 17$)
-Ratchet, if and only if he gets a new vehicle mode or shows substantial improvements
-Jetfire2 going to mod this one into Starscream.  
-The Fallen, leader or Voy, don't care
-Devastator, definetly going to re-paint into G1 colors.Screw G2
-Ravage *fingers crossed* for an alternate mode
-Scorponok, I scraped my first one for my Blackout figure, never could find a replacement for my collection so I'll have to get him too(again)
total with tax thats like 436.42! Better start saving.
Skipping the fugly twins and anything horribly out of scale with the leader class figures (like the deluxe bikes) I might get Springer if hes a good re-mold not re-paint of Incinerator.
Has the Fallen been confirmed as a Leader class yet? We usually get 2 bad and one good leader, or vice versa.
Cheers!

 

Made a list a few months ago for all future TF purchases to help me plan them out, I'll post my ROTF part of the list(I only list toys we've actually seen evidence of):

Legend:
-Optimus Prime
-Jetfire
Scout:
-Dirt Boss (Spoons the 2nd)
-Dead End
-Depth Charge
-Ransack
-Rollbar
Deluxe:
-Sideways (Audi R8)
-Barricade(Retool)
-Soundwave(Preview Wave)
-Sideswipe
-Rampage
Voyager:
-The Fallen
-Demolishor (Cmdr. Doomwheels)
-Starscream
-Optimus Prime*
-Ramjet*(Wal-Mart Exclusive)
Leader:
-Optimus Prime
-Jetfire
-Megatron*
Other:
-Master of Metallikato 2-Pack (Bludgeon & Whirl)
-Gravity Bots Starscream*

*Possible Purchase

 

leader jetifre, leader prime, dlx sideswipe, dlx sideways, scout landmine, ravage....

nuff said

 

Ohh I've already got mine all typed up for the weekend of May 29th, have several hundred dollars stowed away just for the movie swag and it hits one week after I graduate from High School, CAN'T WAIT-

LEGENDS-
Sideswipe
Megatron
Starscream
Ratchet
Jetfire
Springer
Optimus Prime
Bumblebee
All others

SCOUTS-
Dirt Boss
Rollbar
Ransack
Depthcharge
Landmine?
Dead End
Knockout
All others

DELUXE-
Wheelie
Sideswipe
Mudflap
Skids
Chromia
Ravage?
Desert Brawl?
Smokescreen?
Sideways
Preview Soundwave
Breakaway
Any other new characters, or more accurate versions of previous characters

VOYAGER-
Starscream
Demolishor
Jet Autobot/Optimus Prime
The Fallen
Any other new characters, or more accurate versions of previous characters

LEADER-
All the originals, repaints will be on a case by case basis

FABs-
Megatron
Jolt
Long Haul

RPMs-
Brawl/Jazz
Prime/Bonecrusher
Jolt/???

Robot Heroes-
Battle for the Allspark
Whatever the Truck mode Ironhide comes with
Sideways/Sideswipe
Prime/Blackout
Megs/Mudflap
Skids/Rampage
Screamer/Springer
Bumblebee/Long Haul
All others

Robot Replicas-
Everybody but Prime so far

Other stuff-
Gravity Bots Prime
All the keychains
Skywarp
Ramjet
Bludgeon/Whirl

 

wow...i thought my list was ambitious. I am honestly surprised so many seem to go for all the odd classes. I think the only Legends I'll be getting is wheelie. I'm trying to keep my figures to scale with each other as best they can and if they don't fit in I mod them into my collectiong like my leader class Bonecrusher, and Blackout ( and Starscream too!! can't wait) I am a sucker for any big Decepticon. So if any others make it into Voyager I'm planning on gobbling them up.

 

LOL - that must be hella hundreds you got stashed up. That's a ginormous list.

 

I'm not going to list everything, because he is my plan: I am gong to buy two of every deluxe, voyager, and leader figure, one to open and one to put away. In several cases in which I am dissatisfied with the paint, I will keep both sealed and return one once the premium is released. I will also get the scouts and legends, but only one of each and kept in a box. If FAB Long Haul turns out to be the only toy of the character, I will buy him as well, but only one to open.

This is going to cost a tremendous amount of money.. that's why we have summer jobs!

 

I'm keeping it lean for RoTF. Dead End, Sideswipe and Soundwave are my only guarantees so far. Everything else I'll play by ear.

 

Leader: Prime, Jetfire.
Deluxe: Sideswipe, Sideways, Soundwave
Voyager: Starscream

 

Well due to me not having much spending cash, my choices are lowered. So not as many as the first movie. Anyways I have no room. But here's what I want.

Deluxe: Soundwave, Sideswipe, Skids
Voyager: The Fallen, Demolisher
Leader: Optimus Prime

 

My List: Leader Optimus Prime. I feel really guilty going all out on ROTF in this economy.

 

My current list:
Leader Prime
Voyager Starscream

I'm waiting for better Human Alliance pictures to decide on those. Other than that, I'm not interested in anything else just yet. OUTSIDE chance on sideswipe, but that would be if he ends up being a major player in the movie and I like the character.

 

The only answer I have is "not everything", or to be more specific, "Not as much as I bought for the first movie line".

 

ZERO....none....

got a pre-release of Bludgeon...not interested in anything at all....

might...maybe leader megatron...

otherwise TF stuff gets zero dollars of my money....unless they do some cool repaints again like last year...all the currently revealed stuff ...NOT INTERESTED....

 

All the Starscream stuff. That should keep me busy for a bit. I'll decide on any others after looking at reviews and if cash permits.

 

HA: Ironhide and BB.

Leaders: Prime, Jetfire and Megs.

Vygr: SS, Demolisher, Fallen.

Dlx: BB, Soundwave, Sideswipe, Sideways, Rampage, Skids, Mudflap. (and any other decent movie charatcer toys)

FAB: Jolt, Long Haul.

Gravity Bots: Prime, BB.

Scout: Dirt Boss, Ransack.

 

It's too early!

Here's my plan so far:

Leader Megs
Leader Prime
Voyager Starscream
Voyager Fallen

everything after that is very. very subject to change. Depends on how I like them in the movie, how much money I available, and if I can get a sale price on some of them.

 

My ROTF list will be quite short. Megatron, The Fallen, and maybe Devastator. Beyond that idk.

 

ironhide was the only character I missed out on last time that I wanted.

New leader prime actually makes me sort of want one. Will have to see the prime/jetfire thing in all its glory tho.

Other than that, will have to see.

 

If there is a new mold Springer (Voyager-sized) then I'd add that to Sideswipe. Even at that, I'm waiting for the inevitable repaint of Sideswipe prior to purchasing. I'm leaning toward no on Prime/Jetfire, but could change my mind once we see how they combine.