WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!YEAH!!! I'm glad to see this line come back.I won't be getting the Prime but will defanatly get Hot zone since I never got the RID Prime it looks good as a Hotspot though and will have to get Thrust just cause he is a seeker!For once I can say THANKS HASBRO!!! NOW lets see the new molds Arcee,Cosmos,Bludgeon,and all the others you crushed our hopes with!
You know, I bet if Hasbro had made those unreleased Titanium figures, right now we'd be complaining about how much they sucked. We just want things we can't have.
Have you not noticed that they are redecos, ie, toys whose original development cost have already been paid for? That's why most store exclusives are redecos - Hasbro tends to save new molds for mass release. The shop wanted some sort of exclusive item, so Hasbro dug around for molds they hadn't redecoed yet, and viola. Like it was pointed out back in Universe (but apparently nobody bothered to listen, remember or use logic to come to the same conclusion) - repaints don't somehow magically steal the considerable amounts of time and money needed to develop an entirely new toy. They either make the new toy or they don't, and they would have needed to plan out making a new toy at least a year in advance of it being released.
I guar-an-TEE you I wouldn't. I love 6" Titaniums, and as much as I'll love these, I'd love new molds more. Particularly that Cosmos and Shockwave.
I have never complained about a Titanium. For one thing, they are actually PAINTED(zomg!), and another thing, they are made out of a material that's actually marginally valuable.
QFT ... as long as "we" doesn't include me. I wouldn't complain either. I rarely complain about TFs, because even when it seems like I won't like one of the figures, I know there's a chance I'll end up buying it. Scratch that ... I have complained about a figure in the past, but just because I got it and disappointed the hell out of me: Retrax! -airfox
Hotspot is a must-own for me! I love the fact that Hasbro is using a canceled Botcon design as the basis for him! I think that it's pretty nice of them. Hopefully, maybe later on down the road, they can make some of the other canceled designs. For now though, I'll be looking forward to this figure!
Listen to the man, Hasbro. I like most of the 6" Titaniums, too, but this strikes me as a very odd reason to do so. Are you planning to melt your toys down to sell for raw materials if times get tough?
Nay, I simply plan on them lasting forever and being cherished as antiques when I grow old. Although you never know...
Being an Optimus Prime/Convoy fanatic (which means Hasbro usually treats me pretty well), this is EPIC WIN. That being said, they still really need to release Cosmos.
They aren't actually made of Titanium.. They just call 'em that. It's just die-cast like any other metal toy.
Not me. I like my Titanium figures. They're for display, not to play with, and I think they look great! I still want that Shockwave. Or at least a new one in Universe. I'm just not a fan of the Animated one.
I'd like to see them release the actual RiD mold repainted as Hot Spot. Can that ever happen? Or are there legal issues from the cancelled Con exclusive?
I'm just happy my Universe display will have Hot Spot and Thrust sometime soon, if these aren't hard to find that is. Maybe they will make a Dirge at one point since the Universe version is a lot bigger than the others being the Cybertron Voyager Starscream mold. Both the War Within Seeker and R.I.D. Optimus Prime molds are good so I can live with them. I will be skipping the Optimus Prime since I have two of that mold already.
Actually, Hasbro did make them, but they're sitting in a locked factory in China. At the next botcon Hasbro will show a few teasing pics. Because, as we all know... hASbL0w HaTe5 T3h f4nNs!!1!001! Or whatever.
But won't the plastic components that hold all the metal parts together have crumbled away by then? Then all you have left is a bunch of antique robot limbs.
