Legacy Wave 1 got delayed due to all those shipping issues that started in mid 2021. That is why they made Kingdom wave 5 to take up the 1st wave slot in 2022. This is why it had Blaster and the core figures from Legacy Wave 1 and only 2 deluxe figures that were originally supposed to be a part of Kingdom Wave 4. Basically the 6 month span from reveal to release was not the norm and it is normally 3 months.
Honestly I’d prefer if TF stopped with comics and instead focused on manga. Due to political reasons, comics are pretty much on life support and there aren’t many good comic publishers left. It would be much safer to go with manga, since manga has been proven to have much better writing and to have a much larger amount of buyers in modern times.
Maybe, at this point, I feel like we should find out soon since things I would assume have been finalized and done (deal and documents-wise).
So I think it is most likely Wave 2 Deluxe Legacy Evolution wave 2 Voyager Legacy Evolution wave 1 Leader Legacy Evolution ROTB Leader Class Scourge Buzzworthy Hound Buzzworthy Hatchet What do you think the chances of Hound and Hatchet not being for preorder but in stock on Tuesday?
Personally I think Manga is a flash in the pan. what's the real difference between manga and the TPBs everyones always complaining about? On a humorous note, I once a bunch of manga in one sitting, it rewired my brain and I couldn't read anything right for a week.
Intel thinks that the reveals will be for ROTB Leader Class Scourge, two Buzzworthy figures and the whole of Legacy Evolution's second wave.
Agree with you! We know that Detritus will be on legacy Evolution. So, I suspect Detritus and earth Hound are mold mates-> They will be revealed together IMO.
See what’s curious about that list is SS Wheeljack from ROTB was originally supposed to release with wave 2, but on this list he’s nowhere to be seen. Could’ve suffered the same fate as Primal and was pushed back, though I don’t know why Hasbro would only release product for the new film well before and we’ll after it’s release, and not during it, in the SS line.
We can only hope. Changing formats isn't going to magically make the comics better. The biggest appeal of manga is that the stories are original concepts told with a singular artistic vision, which is kind of tough to do with a corporate franchise like Transformers.
IIRC After Earthmode Hound out of the main Autobot Roster we'll only be missing Minibots and Combiners from S1 and S2 of G1. We know the Dinobots are getting finished in SS86 and we have listing for a couple Minibots in SS86 and Legacy. I also figure with the new Combiner engineering displayed in Legacy Menasor we'll possibly be seeing new Combiners or a new Superion sooner or later.
Leader Snarl and the two commanders are the figures I most want to see. Snarl's always been one of my favourite Dinobot designs, and I'm curious to see some of the kibble-hiding engineering tricks used on the previous leaders applied to him. As for the commanders: been waiting years for Armada Prime ever since Takara showed off that amazing-looking prototype. And really interested to see commander Magnus. If it turns out great in both modes, it could be a much simpler, more affordable alternative to XTB Stack.
Really want the full original pretender gimmick back , I’m skipping these latest new ones as they are not what I want . With Metal hawk, if they don’t do the whole pretender gimmick thing , I hope they just do the inner robot as seen in the animation. No hints at his outer shell is needed . That would be the only way I would be interested in this one .
Maybe not, but it does have merit. One of the biggest reason manga's beating the comic book industry on their home turf is because of their talent pool. If the brand had access to such artists, or ones with the mindset of a mangaka (I think that's the term?), I think it could be successful.
Aside from the obvious figures I think we will also see more SS ROTB core class. We still need to see Freezer's alt mode.
Man, I wish this would be when they reveal Armada Optimus, but someone already said that his reveal probably won't be until March at the earliest. Ah well, I was itching to know what Metalhawk will look like!
