What alternate modes do you want to see more of?

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  1. Bass X0

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    Helicopters.

    They seem like they would be quite common but we haven’t had much variety in different helicopter toys in recent years.
     
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    I could use some more...

    Spaceships. Like Capital ship style, not space fighters.
    Car Carriers
    Dragon-y guys.
     
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    Oil tankers
    Oil rigs
    Krakens
    Basilisks
    Beholders
    Battleships
    Submarines
    Griffins

    Basically weird stuff and mythical beasts.
     
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    Motorcycle characters that are NOT deluxe sized in robot mode so they actually scale decently in vehicle mode
     
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    Alt-modes I'd love to see more of / at all:

    - Howitzer / artillery cannon (a realistic take on Galvatron's alt mode would be awesome)
    - Bears!
    - Van or box truck but where the storage area can actually store things and not just hide robot bits
    - Compact / mini loader
    - Tractor
    - Turtles
    - Car carrier that actually looks like an earth car carrier and can actually carry cars
     
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    Buses. And Taxi Cabs.
     
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    Classic muscle cars, new original base modes, naval ships and the exact opposite of my first suggestion, average everyday automobiles. (They ARE supposed to be in disguise after all, an expensive sports car is not how you keep a low profile.)
     
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    As a Helicopter Whore I agree heartfully with this notion.

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    I'd love to see what a bus transformer or jetliner would be like
     
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    Giant floating heads that conveniently work as Titan/Citibot Headmasters . . .

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    Giant space ships that transform like The Ark. Everyone wants the Nemesis and I'm just sitting here like The Grand Mal would look so much better . . .

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    Battleships
    Submarines
    Period alt modes (not just military ones)
     
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    Retro muscle cars, specifically in CHUG style because we have a fair number live action ones.
     
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    Literally the only reason why Cybertron Downshift and the 2007 film Walmart Exclusive Big Daddy are even remotely close to "evergreen" status . . .

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    Yes, I'd love an updated version of this mold! I was thinking earlier how great it could've been if ER Barricade could've had his car mode reshelled to look like an old muscle car, and then he could've been repainted as these guys.
     
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    I don't even Barricade nor Ford but, I would have bought the Siege and Earthrise versions of Barricade if they had re-shelled the alt mode body into something resembling a Mustang (similar to Sideswipe's remold into Gigawatt) especially if the Earthrise version had would up being the hatchback version of the Fox Body. I'm sure the budget wasn't there but, that was a huge missed opportunity. Maybe we'll get something like that if they ever make a deluxe Windcharger that's actually a 3rd Gen F-body Trans Am because they could repaint/retool those two molds as Spychangers for decades.
     
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    We've had a few. More than you'd think actually. Spinister/Rotorstorm, Springer, the CW Copters. I'm sure I'm missing one or two. But I would like to see a CHUG-a-fied Helicopter Megatron from Animated
     
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    I would like to see Generations have Transformers x G.I. JOE at some point. They own both IPs and people have been begging for it for forever at this point. Just take the risk, make it a trilogy, and then rake in all that sweet AF cash from the line and then more cash from when the Titan S.S. Flag gets a slight retool and redeco and sold as Selects Broadside . . .
     
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    Specialized business and public service vehicles

    We have police cars and ambulances. Okay, fine. But tell me it wouldn't be fun to have more vehicles that were more... specialized.

    Imagine a USPS Mail Truck transformer. Or a clunker car that has a pizza delivery sign on top of it. A taxi. A utility services vehicle with a cherrypicker on top. A massive leader garbage truck (G1 style Wreck-Gar?).

    Edit: In fact I really wish someone like Nonnef would make an add on kit using the ports so that you could slap a Pizza Delivery sign on transformers. Imagine Sunstreaker with a Dominos sign on his roof.
     
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    I’d like to see a whale transformers. Like a large blue whale that transforms into a playset/base.
     
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