Shockwave is a core class… are you kidding me?

 

I'm feeling the same way. No interest in the BB movie guys or any more bay figures other than MAYBE The Fallen. I will get hammered in evolution though. lol

 

So, this year looks to be expensive again for me...

Legacy:
-Core:

• Iguanus
• Skullgrin

-Deluxe:

• Crankcase
• Elita-One
• Kickback
• Knock Out
• Prime Arcee
• Skids
• Tarantulas

-Voyager:

• Blaster
• Bulkhead
• Inferno
• Jhiaxus

-Leader:

• Blitzwing
• Laser Optimus Prime

-Titan:

• Cybertron Metroplex

Studio Series 86:
-Core:

• Rumble
• Spike
• Wheelie

-Deluxe:

• Perceptor

Selects:
-Deluxe:

• DK-3 (assuming he's got both an actual name and the toy head)
• Lift-Ticket

Never said I didn't understand why some people had speculated that early on. Just that it had since been corrected, but the information that was corrected doesn't seem to have circulated as fast as the initial speculation. And then you have the people that confuse the speculation with an actual leak.

Probably fewer shards. I'm surprised they're making him a voyager honestly since the previous deluxe was great and didn't miss anything. Wonder if they've got some off-the-wall retool in mind for him?

Last Cactus Reporter said is to not expect them next year (2022), but Apollux did say that to the best of his knowledge they were still happening. So probably not until 2023 would be my guess.

I hope so. The Micromaster two-pack versions I got with Netflix Soundwave kind of suck. Laserbeak is passable, but Ravage is ugly as sin. I just hope they still make them all compatible with the Siege and Netflix Soundwave because I really don't want to have to buy a different Soundwave again. Though I guess I could just resell the Netflix one I've got with no problems considering his current eBay listings...

I doubt they'd make the Titan a character from Cybertron if that were the case.

Not likely. It's a 24 count case pack which means it's deluxe. Besides that, I would honestly be shocked if they released two Titan Selects in the same year.

We were told by leakers a few months back that 2022 would have fewer Selects than previous years. A lot of people were speculating that it would add to more unique tooling per figure, but I think it might be more to do with them putting out a Titan with some significant retooling in Selects next year.

This line was already spoiled a month or so back by the leaked Target listings and last year Kingdom was spoiled in the same way. All that's been done here is take that information and tell us what wave the figures we already know about are in. If Hasbro wants to stop the leaks they should probably start getting Target and other retailers to monitor their systems better.

 

I like the suggestion by @Ikkstakk that "Guard" is something Alicon-based, but I'm going to guess Crankcase -> Autotrooper

 

Maybe the stunticons. I was fine with the CW version but if it's good I might menasor is one of my favorites.

Tarantulas and BW inferno are definites if true.

The rest is an easy pass.

 

Probably because the other G2 Prime is basically the same cab with a black trailer and silly voice box. Not saying I wouldnt buy one, but its not something that will intrigue me. For that Id rather have a green Bape Prime or even Pepsi Prime.

 

He's already had his G1ish figure in Siege. That's all Core Class is gonna be. It's an excuse to ensure popular G1 names continue to be available without having to account for scale.

 

That\'s a lot to digest. 

 

That\'s a lot to digest. 

 

So what did I miss?

 

So here's probably everything I'm getting next year (aside from whatever's in wave 4 and exclusives).

 

Wait…

We already got Elita-1 and Arcee. Why are they wasting those spots with characters we already got VERY recently?

Looks like I’ll be saving a ton of money on Studio Series anyways.

 

Arcee's most likely going to have a Prime Arcee influence on her.

And Minerva's being retooled from Elita. Meaning we're getting an Elita that actually transforms and not the trash ER mold.

 

Reading this correctly, if we're getting a Voyager Armada Cyclonus in Generations Selects, that means that Voyager Bulkhead is actually likely to be Energon Bulkhead, not Animated or Prime.

Oh man. I can't wait for the Unicron Trilogy reboots.

 

Hard to say, but I'd say a bit bigger than a CW combiner, but probably not as big as Devvy.
I imagine the main Motormaster robot would be around Leader size, with the trailer/combiner bits warranting the Commander size class.

The way I see it working is Motormaster would make the bulk of Menasor's body and the trailer would break down/convert into a frame of sorts that the cars plug into to fill out the limbs.

 

Elita-1 will be a new mold that'll be retooled into minerva based on designs and comments by the writers of IDW's upcoming Wreckers comic. Arcee will be some sort of Prime Arcee to go with the other Prime characters

 

Toy color cyclonus to represent his armada from the 86 movie

 

I hope they give DOTM Bee a normal head and not another battle mask. If they can do both, then I'll be happy with that.

 

No, I meant combat hero Optimus Prime. He came in two color schemes (well, only one was released and the other was cancelled, but they both look really cool)

 

Oof. That's much less appealing.