Toyfair,@Nevermore

 

Can you link to where he's said this? I'm not seeing this anywhere. Please?

 

From here.

Newly released and upcoming toys: Hasbro edition

Those two are the easiest. The names are printed on the sides of the Series 1 box. EDIT: Scrap that, Unicron.com has much better photos. This is the entire line-up of Tiny Turbo Changers Series 1:

Actually those are speculative names. Those two are explicitly marked with a question mark in my checklist.

 

Thank you. That's what I was asking. Was only asking where the Mirage and or Thundercracker names came from. So they are not face but speculation. Thank you sir.

 

Ah so alternate paint job it is. Yep, I figured as much.

 

i guess Hot rod will not look much

 

Does anyone find it odd that even in the micro changers, still no Hooligan, Onslaught or Mohawk?

 

They may be saving them for the next batch of reveals.

 

It's odd indeed but mabey there's a small extremely microscopic chance. That might be something new to learn at the Australian you fair tomorrow but I know better to expect anything. It's been said and I agree with that's it's just a smaller version of nytf but one can hope.

On a side note I wonder if additional characters will be a toys r us exclusive or something similar. Which I'm warming up to

 

I'm somewhat happy with this list there was that feeling that bumblebee would have something of a knight mode. Ever since that cyrptic message of the official movie Facebook page or social media. I'm happy dragonstorm is getting a leader Class figure but.

Something feels funny about the new characters more specifically onslaught like they are really trying to hide everything about him. I just don't see Hasbro not giving new characters more attention. Part of me wonders if the line has two parts the first is stuff they've released before with some new / returning characters 5 so far just to keep us. Guessing and the second part will have more new characters what if they are hiding onslaught because of the potentially rumored / speculated inclusion of bruticus.

 

Hasbro will absolutely not give new characters attention if they're Decepticons. See: RID15.

 

Forget Mohawk and Hooligan.

I want them to confirm Deluxe and Voyager toys for Hot Rod, Cogman and Onslaught.

 

Well, Griffin-of-oz said that at Australian Toy Fair he was not allowed to take a picture of the box backs in case certain characters would get spoiled, so there's definitely some characters that have not been revealed as toys yet. I think at the very least Hot Rod and Onslaught will get official Hasbro toys of some sort or another.

 

Didn't want to start a new topic for this but Paramount and more so, hasbro obviously have permission to use and make toys on the likeness of GMs Corvette and of Mercedes as Cross and Drift are these car types respectfully. So why is it in the Micro-Chargers line, Soundwave is I can't even tellyyou what his car mode is? And why does Sideswipe look like a Dodge Viper?

 

They probably only have licensing for certain toys or for a certain number of different toys. AOE Lockdown was licensed for the deluxe figure but the one step, power attacker and flip changer all had a vaguely limbo looking made up car. They had licensed by for Stinger, but it apparently was only for one toy, the one step.

 

It could also be that the manufacturers didn't want to license chibi versions of their vehicles. We know they get a surprising degree of control over what Hasbro does with their car designs - AOE "Hot Shot" (AKA Tracks) lost his flame deco on the vehicle hood at GM's request.

 

Good point Galva.

 

That still doesn't make sense to me. What I mean is Drift got a Mercedes AMG likeness in the micro turbo chargers yet Soundwave couldn't have his DOTM AMG look back? And GM has a contract with hasbro to use the corvette looks on a lot of TFs toys. Crosshairs is one now, so why does Sideswipe look like a Dodge Viper. And if so, wouldn't they need a contract with Dodge?

 

Does it bother anyone else they're using the voyager Grimlock in this line not the leader sized?