Waspinator and Shadow Panther in-package images

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    So the theme for the cards of wave 3/4 is Unicron (and his heralds), given we got Dinomus and Galvatron in Wave 3 as well as Darkarachnia, Nemesis Prime and Unicron in Wave 4.
     
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    A Unicron card? When was that?
     
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    It was shown in @PrimeVsPrime 's review of Tigatron I believe.
     
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    You’re just trolling at this point, right?

    I’d be worried about your reading comprehension if you weren’t.
     
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    Optimus became Nemesis
    Dinobot became Dinomus
    Megatron became Galvatron
    Blackarachnia became Darkarachnia

    The only one we're missing is that alternate universe where Unicron corrupted The Ark... Unless that's the real purpose of the Dark Ark card?
     
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    Wtf o_O  Did not know this.
     
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    But a cheetah still looks closer to a leopard and jaguar to me than a tiger and therefore Cheetor is the better mold choice than Tigatron (except you'd remold him to look way less furry/bushy but that would be an extensive remold).
     
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    A cheetah is of closer size to a leopard or jaguar, although they have more mass as they are heavier built animals.

    The body proportions of a leopard / jaguar are closer to a tiger. By that, I mean the relative size of body parts to each other. Tigers, leopards and jaguars have shorter proportioned legs and thicker set bodies. (Actually, proportionally speaking, a jaguar would be the thickest set of the three.) Cheetahs are slim, long legged elegant animals, built for speed.

    In an ideal world Shadow Panther could have a whole new mould, possibly similar to Tigatron (although I don’t think he looks quite right in beast form either, but they made some effort with the dimensions at least) but at deluxe size. But they weren’t going to do that, so Cheetor mould it is. I’d have been happy if they’d done something like they did with Ravage, use Cheetor’s mould as a starting point and built on that. In fact the retooling would be far less than required for Ravage (who also doesn’t look quite right in beast mode), as Shadow Panther’s robot mode would remain similar to Cheetor. Just shorten and thicken the animal limbs and slightly increase the size of the cat’s head, and I think you’d have a passable leopard. His robot mode would also look a bit more bulked and maybe a little shorter as a result, (two of his limbs he shares with his beast form, after all) but I think the differentiation from Cheetor would be good.

    But in the end I guess it comes down to budget and mould reuse.
     
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    Time Warp Toys in St. Louis got in Wave 4 Deluxes. First U.S. sighting? (Sadly Waspy sold out before I could get one.)
     
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    Am I correct in thinking that Tigatron is now going to be wave 5, along with Pipes and Slammer (and indeed Blaster)?
     
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    Who would be the wave 4 Voyager Class figure, then?
     
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    Aside from not being a terribly helpful reply to the question, perhaps this is just a poorly worded or ill-thought through response as it seems rather odd to ask someone requesting clarity on wave line up what the wave line up will be. Perhaps this might have been more appropriate if I was making some sort of definitive claim?

    Still, in the spirit of responding to the question as helpfully as one can; potentially a PR.
     
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    He might also be in wave 5 but since PvP got an early review of Tigatron I'd say the odds are better for him being a wave 4 lad.
     
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    Best guesses at this point based on now-known case assortments, retailer system listings, and leaks:

    Core Wave 4-
    "Best of" Wave w/ cherry-picked figures from previous waves in new case

    Deluxe Wave 4-
    Shadow Panther/Waspinator + Tracks/Paleotrex (think it was those two from earlier in this thread?)

    Voyager Wave 4-
    Tigatron and ER Starscream Package Refresh

    Deluxe Wave 5-
    Pipes/Slammer + other re-releases

    Voyager Wave 5-
    Blaster w/ Eject Legacy pull-forward
     
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    My understanding is that wave 4 voyagers are still Tigatron and a PR of ER Starscream. Wave 5 is supposed to be Blaster and an unknown Kingdom figure being brought back from a previous wave similar to Tracks and Paleotrex in deluxe wave 4.
     
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    Terrorsaur?

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    Amazon exclusive that's part of their upcoming Golden Disk collection. Don't know when it'll be released yet, but Puffer and Road Ranger are supposed to be part of that series and factory samples have leaked so hopefully, we'll see Terrorsaur soon.
     
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