If you haven't already, I'd give the interview on youtube a listen. They're pretty clear about PotP ending with wave 4 and they do make reference to some PotP price points not even making it to wave 4.
There's a difference between "some price points won't make it to wave 4" and "Novastar is the ONLY wave 4 unique toy". I still think we may see a 4th wave of Prime Masters as a minimum (in addition to Novastar)
The fact that we've seen neither hide nor hair of any Wave 4 Prime Masters (they weren't in the PotP leak that seemed to show everything releasing in 2018, and they weren't shown/mentioned at Toyfair) makes me doubtful. I think it's possible the remaining few will be released as a boxset as some kind of exclusive, but I doubt we'll see them as a standard retail wave.
I don't think there was anything in my post to suggest I was equating, or conflating, the two things, which makes me wonder why you needed to point that out while quoting my post? I linked to the interview as @Gryph didn't seem to be aware of the info around wave 4. Sure. We might. That said, the 'September' wave of Titans Return had a single 'new' figure (Slugslinger) across all the price points and Novastar was the only wave four figure shown in those leaks from last summer. I think both things, especially when considered together, are significant. Personally, I think we're more likely to see the 'missing' Prime Masters come out in something similar to the Wallgreens Exclusive Clones two pack. Either that or we'll see them come out with the rumoured exclusives like Wreck-Gar, Repugnus, and Counterpunch, much as we're seeing a Megatronus Prime Master (sans Decoy Suit) coming out with the Blast-Off exclusive.
No offense was intended, I just didn't go back any pages to see what lead up to your post and seemed like a good place to add my $0.02 I'm still holding my breath until the official pre-orders for wave 3 & wave 4 go live for what is/ is not happening.... what a pain POTP is @_@
Hmm, kind of far away- but if it's anything like previous generations line releases, the hasbro version probably will come out first.
Imo the hasbro version will be released sooner than August with a 99.7% probability. The POTP Machninima series drops this May, sometime around then would be the best time to start dropping wave 3, now I'm not saying it'll drop after May in the USA for sure but the Hasbro will very likely drop late May or after but before August, maybe in Thailand Taiwan, Vietnam or near there etc
No release date yet on the Amazon and Walmart listings: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075F6S2P6 https://www.walmart.com/ip/Transformers-hasbro-Tra-Gen-Primes-Leader-Optimus-Primal/701337930
