The SDF-1 was just a pic they grabbed to illustrate their concept. Look at all the other robots in the Giant Planet, Apocalypse and Dark Nebular concepts - I bet you they are robots from other robot and mecha franchises.

I think this was something they created to pitch the concept to the upstairs people at Hasbro and Takara.

 

Harmony Gold id going to sue!! lmao 

 

Seeing that Cosmos design is awesome yet tainted with sorrow that they finally did a line like classics yet made it so small and limited.  

 

Looks like the dark nebula fleet became planet x guys.

Classics cosmos looks sweet!

I would kill for the Big ass crane axe prime with the super glove ala Brave.

 

Harmony Gold threatens to sue you if you even think of Macross.

 

I like this one.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v630/BlackstarRequiem/DSCF2234.jpg

GOLDION HAMMEEEEEEEER! XD

 

very cool. thanks for sharing!!!

that Classics Cosmos is absolute Pure love in design form!

 

Man those are some awesome desing concepts... hope we get that Cosmos or something close...

Loving the Prime concepts there!

 

I want the whie, gold and purple repaint of mudflap!

 

Is it set in stone that the classics line will only run for 2 waves, or is that just fan speculation?

 

Thx for sharing this, im glad they went with the Prime they have now. There were some other planets. Are they still to come??

 

I think Archer said last year that it would run "about two waves"

But it is VERY unlikely given Hasbro needs products for spring, so we should be getting more than two waves of product

 

Mudflap repaint was cancelled in favor of the Vector Prime repaint.

 

someplace else it was stated that they have 8 characters ready to go for more Classics, but they aren't even at the design stage, so they'll be a while. But more classics = yay!

 

My hate for GF Vector Prime GROWS!

 

Updated stuff:

Other notes from the panel (I was in a hurry earlier, and I've remembered these now)

- Eric, not Aaron, really wants to have Prime with a giant gauntlet and axe, like one sketch shows. He says he draws it into every plan.
- The two planets you saw were preliminary...Dark Nebula evolved into Planet X, and Apocalypse Planet was supposed to be like a revisioning of the Junkion planet. Also, the big planet in the middle, with holes in it, was to be the Giant Planet, and the storyline was to be that the Transformers there were so big, they were digging into the planet and causing it to fade away.
- Aaron says that Cosmos was put aside by marketing for the Classics line, as they want to focus on more recognizable characters and vehicles. He did say that they have a list of about 8-9 more characters that they want to be used. Arcee was brouht up and Eric said he put her on the list, and Aaron said he'd probably taken her off.
- There will be another SDCC exclusive this year, according to Aaron. Hasbro was blown away by the response to Nemmy Prime.
- Alternators is officially ON HIATUS after this year, as they start to concentrate solely on the movie line.
- Aaron said that the designs for the movie bots will exist in their own world, and that's it. It will not affect the design aesthetic on other lines. However, he did say he's seen about 20 minutes of footage from the movie and said that it will blow you away. He said it's very good.
- Mudflap repaint was going to happen, but they reviewed sales numbers and came up with Galaxy Force Vector Prime instead, based in part on the CG model with two swords, which was a Gonzo applied deco from early animation tests.
- Classics Megatron: they want to make him black, red, and silver, but safety issues presented themselves. They worked hard to make him a blaster, and the colors fit with the NERF molding.
- New BWX molds for Primal and Megatron were designed for Cybertron FIRST, as they line came up to the end, they wanted to make a new deluxe Prime since he sold well in Armada. The original idea for the story is shown in the bios on the back of the Cybertron packaging, and the two were added to the BWX line as well, since the resemblance worked both ways. BTW, Aaron calls the Cybertron deco the "King Kong" and "Godzilla" version.
- We will NOT be getting Hot Rod as an Alternator
- There will be a combiner revealed in Classics TOMORROW....but it is not traditional and they said "please don't kill us after you see it". Interesting.
- There is the possiblity of Hearts of Steel titaniums....He said some Dreamwave or IDW stuff in 6 inch Titaniums would be shown tomorrow...but he couldn't remember.

That's all I can remember for now...if I can think of any more, or if others have stuff I missed, feel free to fill in!

 

Officially alts on hold?!!!! Oh man, that is the only line I TRULY care about....

 

I've long since suspected they cut a few corners on the trailer....

 

A classics combiner shown tomorrow????