Botcon 2012 : The Nail in the Coffin to the Classics / G1 Collector (And Bay Movies)

Botcon 2012 : The Nail in the Coffin to the Classics / G1 Collector. Outside of MP-10 we got nothing as far as Classics / G1 collectors go here in the USA from Hasbro. Also the Movie series is DEAD. Our choices now are to import figures from Overseas.

Japan-Takara is going to fill the G1 void a little with Masterpieces and a few Encore releases.

Masterpiece:
MP-11 Starscream
MP-11S Sunstorm
MP-12 Sideswipe

Encore:
Sixshot

Asia-Hasbro Asia fills the Classics collector void the most with retools and repaints of existing molds.


Classics (Asia Exclusive):

Legends / Legion Class (all with new weapons):
Bluestreak (Reveal the Shield Legends Prowl Redeco)
Hoist (Reveal the Shield Legends Trailcutter Redeco)
Motormaster (Reveal the Shield Legends Optimus Prime Redeco)
Thundercracker (Reveal the Shield Legends Starscream Redeco)

Scout Class:
Sandstorm (Revenge of the Fallen Dune Runner Redeco)
Laserbeak (Revenge of the Fallen Skystalker Redeco)
Dead End (Revenge of the Fallen Breakdown Redeco)
Brawl (Hunt for the Decepticons Breacher Redeco)

Deluxe Class:
Springer (Hunt for the Decepticons Tomahawk with new head)
Cliffjumper (Prime First Edition Cliffjumper Redeco with G1 style head)
Wheelie (Reveal the Shield Jazz redeco with new head)
Swerve (Generations Sergeant Kup with new head, previously seen on Kup's instruction sheet)

Voyager Class:
Brawn (Prime First Edition Bulkhead with new head)
Power Dive (Hunt for the Decepticons Highbrow with new head)
Hot Spot (Universe Inferno with new head)
Generation 2 Megatron (Revenge of the Fallen Bludgeon with new head)

Movie Trilogy Series Deluxe Class:
Ratchet-White Repaint
Soundwave-Repaint
Bumblebee-Redeco
Que-Repaint

Movie Series Leader Class:
Starscream (Hunt for the Decepticons Leader Starscream in G1 Colors)
Ironhide (Dark of the Moon Leader Ironhide in G1 Colors)


I for one will be importing all of these figures to extend my Classics / Movie collection as far as it will go. It is a damn shame none of this will hit the States this year even if none of it is new molds outside of the Masterpiece stuff.

I dunno, seems like we are jumping to conclusions. I'm sure Hasbro will continue to do more stuff in the future. Plus, we still need to see the reveals at SDCC.

Could change your opinion drastically.

I agree completely. It's a little too soon to declare classics "dead". We'll see more of the Generations line at SDCC, and I'm sure they'll reveal more G1 updates as part of the line.

dude, why the pessimism? should be back to normal for Hasbro to churn out some nice G1 style homages and maybe a few Commemorative series' re-releases!

No worries!! Things will come back around!

While yes, the Movies will be dead for the next year (hopefully, maybe even Transformers 4 is cancelled) and Hasbro is shifting their attention to the Aligned Continuity Family, they would be making a stupid decision in cancelling Toys who are clearly G1 characters and it was also confirmed that there would still be Toys based on IDW and Novels, and characters such as Trailbreaker or Gears have been in the comics.

See what happens at SDCC. We only know a few of what the "40" planned for 2013 are, so there may be some good surprises in store.

2013 is not 2012

I am talking about 2012 in general. I am sure they will show some G1 homages at SDCC but those are not hitting the shelves until the end of the year or next year.

All we have is Prime and Fall of Cybertron stuff to look forward to.

I see no reason for them to cancel the classics line.

I think they just focused on the FoC line since it was a success the last time around. They are expecting the game to be huge and hence they are doing the tie ins.

I bet this time next year, we'll see a whole bunch of new classics.

Well then, in that case, you're probably right. Unless of course they pull a Skyshadow/Black Shadow and a Junkheap on us.