BBTS Dark Energon Exclusives Pre-Orders open September 1rst

So whats the difference between the First Edition and RID figs?

And do we have any idea when the Dark Energon figs will be released? I can't decide if I want to get any of them and my interest in them is dwindling the longer BBTS puts off their release.

They're two completely different lines with completely different moulds for every character.

I really want the deluxes to repurpose. Wheeljack as Slicer and Knockout as Wasp. If the price is right I'll get Bumblebee for Goldbug too. I already have AM Skywarp. They should have gone with blue for SS and they'd get more sales...

Even better than blue, I think they should have gone with a Sunstorm deco. It seems likely that there might be a mainline Thundercracker at some point (either from Hasbro or Takara), and the transparency would have suited Sunstorm's irradiated, power-infused characterization.

Anyhow, aside from that missed opportunity, I'm looking forward to these guys. I think I'll also have to pick up a Takara Terrorcon Cliffjumper to go with them, as well.

Regarding repurposing, I'm thinking of repurposing the figures not so much as separate characters, but as kind of "Mr. Hyde-esque" alter-egos. If Dark Energon corrupts a Transformer and brings out his/her bad qualities, I'm thinking Wheeljack, when so corrupted, becomes the violent and unstable "Slicer" persona. And cuddly Bumblebee, when corrupted, becomes the arrogant, pompous "Goldbug." Since there's already a Prime Skywarp, and the Knockout/Megatron/Optimus color schemes don't evoke any character in particular to me, I probably won't think of them having actual named alter-egos in the same way... just Slicer and Goldbug.

I really like that wheeljack figure, the rest are an easy pass.

I'm getting Knockout and Starscream. Screamer looks like Warp teleporting or something and even though I already have Skywarp and I am so getting this one!

Now I just need them to do a Thundercracker and maybe even a Sunstorm!

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Depending on release date ETA, the only one I know I'll preorder immediately is Slicer/Wheeljack. The others I do intend to pick up as well, but they're lower priority at the moment.

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Watch them only be available as sets of 4 deluxes or 2 voyagers... Which will be infinitely better than case ratios of 1x Wheeljack, 1x Knockout, 2x Starscream, 4x Bumblebee. Surely BBTS wouldn't let Hasbro do that.... Hopefully 2 of each per case.

I want them all, hopefully full cases go up of one each.

They updated the site-

BBTS EXCLUSIVE - TRANSFORMERS PRIME DARK ENERGON!

Preorders Open at 12:00 Midnight Eastern Time Friday Night 9/1 - pricing will be announced at that time.