While I'm happy we're at least getting this, I'm getting fumed over no mention of the remainder of the movie figures that never came out. Mostly the deluxe Leadfoot, Soundwave, and Wheeljack. If these figures were put out early in the line like they should have been it would not be an issue right now. These figures should have been out way before the 1000 repaints that came out. Hopefully Hasbro will at least mention the fate of these figures. I've kinda been waiting for the other shoe to drop since the FE announcement. If the figures were ever produced and packaged then I guess there's always a chance of them showing up at discount chains but that seems to be getting to be too much to hope for now.
I do not think Grey Hasbro Soundwave even got as far as being packaged in American packaging... He's gone to the same missing in action status as RTS Rumble/Frenzy and Bodyblock etc.. The single carded Classics Optimus and Megatron were Asian Market exclusives and they came out in the west eventually... however many other things never did (as far as I know) like the packed in robot mode Animated toys or the icecream twins packed in robot mode. Both versions of Sidearm Sideswipe saw some kind of western release but the Robot mode one is pretty rare in my experience and probably came from direct Hong Kong sources only and can thus be considered an accident. Maybe the demand being so high retailers can order a bunch of them and keep the costs a bit lower - I wouldn't really want to pay over £20.00 for a Takara/Hasbro Asian Soundwave of either colour. I kind of feel I should get him though as i've got 4 different colours of the satellite version already. so it only seems right to buy the mathcing car versions if I can find them... And looking back on how much trouble i've had trying to get Japanese Autobot Alliance toys that might not be an easy task.
So if all we are getting in the deluxe OP with trailer, what toy line will it be in? I mean, if we are not getting a trilogy toy line, this 1 toy isnt going to be released here under the Trilogy line name then. It makes no sense to me. They will either make this one toy an online only exclusive or someone got his information mixed up and misunderstood what was said about the Trilogy line altogether. Has anyone heard any official word from hasbro executives on this matter?
watch, hasbro will just throw them into the PRIME line as filler lol. I mean look, we are getting both Mirage and Evac in the cybervers line for PRIME and whats up with movie soundwave being thrown in the cybervers PRIME line? What happened the PRIME soundwave?
Shove this one up your f**ing @$$ for not letting the USA have Dlx/HA Soundwave, Que and Deluxe Leadfoot, which coincidentally are...were the best DOTM figures, and some of the best movie style figures in a long time. Instead we're given this. For someone who has been a die-hard Kenner/Hasbro fan all my life, this is you slapping me across the face for my many years of brand loyalty. Thank you.
really? fucking hasbro......how many movie optimus primes do we have? like 20. and the ONLY toy thats actually accurate is the revenge of the fallen leader class. heres a thought. how about you make an accurate trailer with weapon storage and pakage it with the ONLY TRUE OPTIMUS PRIME! that optimus looks like complete shit. im just about to give up on hasbro