Where should Generations go next?

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  1. RKillian

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    I expect it to be an unpopular answer but they need to dump some size classes so they can release more deluxes and voyagers. My suggestion would be to dump everything below deluxe and drop to two leaders and one commander per line. I would prefer to see the gimmicked deluxes done away with as well. If a line had 25 deluxes, they could go all over the different generations (and then some) without screwing any particular generation. Consider this hypothetical line:

    TransFormers: Shards of the Multiverse

    Deluxe:
    1A- RID2015 Strongarm
    1B- GoBots Turbo
    1C- G1 Swindle (as an actual Jeep)
    1D- BW K9
    1E- Armada Sideswipe (fix the arms!)
    1F- Animated Ratchet
    1G- brand new jet guy (how about a Harrier for a change?)
    1H- G1 Vortex

    2A- GoBots SmallFoot (retool RID2015 Strongarm)
    2B- JPG1 Stepper (recolor SS86 Jazz)
    2C- brand new jet girl (retool brand new jet guy)
    2D- G1 Blastoff
    2E- BW Polar Claw
    2F- Animated Ironhide (retool Animated Ratchet)
    2G- G1 Brawl
    2H- RID2000 Rotor (recolor G1 Vortex)

    3A- Glasslite Mutante black Turbo (recolor GoBots Turbo)
    3B- Armada Wheeljack (retool Kingdom Sideswipe)
    3C- BW Barbearian (recolor BW Polar Claw)
    3D- Universe Treadshot (recolor Armada Sideswipe)
    3E- BW Wolfang (recolor BW K9)
    3F- RID2000 Rollbar (recolor G1 Swindle)
    3G- RID2000 Armorhide (recolor G1 Brawl)
    3H- RID2000 Movor (recolor G1 Blastoff)

    Voyager:
    1A- GoBots Leader-1
    1B- BW TM Megatron
    2A- Earthrise black Megatron (fix the partsforming and exposed parts)
    2B- JPG1 Leozack
    3A- GoBots Blue Angels Leader-1 (recolor GoBots Leader-1)
    3B- Earthrise Megatron (recolor Earthrise black Megatron)

    Leader:
    1A- MW Optimus Prime
    1B- EUG1 Thunderclash (retool MW Optimus Prime)

    Commander:
    1A- GoBots ZOD (who doesn't love a robot dinosaur with lights and sounds?)
     
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    Sunboner! Lol…

    On topic, WFC gave us some pretty good modernized takes on some of the characters (e.g. Siege Ironhide, Datsun bros, Megatron, Optimus, Hound, etc.) as well as some classic looks we previously never got in toy form (e.g. tetrajet seekers, Cybertronian Bee, Chromia). I’m also happy we finally got proper modern redos of some of the G1 toys (Earthrise seekers, Optimus, Ironhide/Ratchet, Datsun bros, etc.).

    But, it would be nice to get some reimaginings moving forward as well as updates to some other groups that haven’t gotten any love at all. RID, for example, is over 20 years old and I don’t think they’ve given it a single nod. An updated Rail Racer would be awesome. But, the reimaginings still have to feel like the character they represent. I’m still undecided on Legacy Bulkhead, for example.
     
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    Away.
     
  4. KFGatri

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    All those Commandos and no Mega-Octane for them to combine with? You tease!
     
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    I was on the fence, but Thew's review convinced me he's a fun toy, that just happens to have Bulkhead's face. I'm in.

     
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    RiD and the UT. I didn't even collect toys of that era-- I'd just like to see some variety.
     
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    Same! Thew swayed me on that one, too.
     
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  8. RKillian

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    Followed by...

    TransFormers: Fractured Dimensions

    Deluxe:
    1A- Energon Ironhide (hide the head this time!)
    1B- GoBots Fitor
    1C- G2 Scrapper
    1D- BWN Mach Kick
    1E- RID2000 Mach Alert
    1F- Animated Sentinel Prime
    1G- brand new jet guy (how about an F16 for a change?)
    1H- G2 Hook

    2A- GoBots Crasher
    2B- Energon Energon Ironhide (recolor Energon Ironhide)
    2C- brand new jet girl (retool brand new jet guy)
    2D- G2 Longhaul
    2E- BWN Stripes (zebra recolor of BWN Mach Kick)
    2F- Animated Bumblebee
    2G- G2 Bonecrusher
    2H- G1 Deep Cover (recolor of Kingdom Sideswipe)

    3A- Blue Jet (recolor GoBots Fitor in blue - in joke I guess)
    3B- Animated Cliffjumper (recolor/retool of Animated Bumblebee)
    3C- G2 Mirage (fuschia/crocodile recolor of Kingdom Mirage)
    3D- Mr Plow or Plow King (red or purple recolor of Animated Sentinel Prime)
    3E- G2 Mixmaster
    3F- G2 Scavenger
    3G- RID2015 Drift
    3H- Lightning (white retool/recolor of GoBots Crasher)

    Voyager:
    1A- G1 Onslaught
    1B- RID2015 Grimlock
    2A- G1 Soundwave (reissue Netflix Soundwave with a different tape)
    2B- 2-pack of GoBots Scooter and Netflix Bumblebee reissue
    3A- RID2000 Mega Octane (recolor of G1 Onslaught)
    3B- JPG1 Soundblaster (retool of G1 Soundwave)

    Leader:
    1A- JPG1 Galaxy Shuttle
    1B- Rocket Master (evil retool/recolor of Galaxy Shuttle...God if this were the 1980s we could call him Comrade Cosmonaut and deco him like in red and black with gold highlights)

    Commander:
    1A- Megatron's Purple Space Griffin (lots of launching missles and lights and sounds with some rudimentary tank mode or something)
     
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    It’s hard to dislike anything Thew props up, lol. The main thing I don’t like about that figure is the out of whack proportions between the chest and the waist. He looks like a brick on a toothpick…haha…. But, he does have that Bulkhead oaf factor and a decent head sculpt. I don’t know…will need to see it in-person.
     
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    And then...

    TransFormers: Realities Collide

    Deluxe:
    1A- Armada Hotshot (seriously fix this design already)
    1B- GoBots Blaster (green version)
    1C- G2 Hooligan
    1D- BWN Long Rack
    1E- Energon Arcee (retool of Legacy Arcee)
    1F- Animated Tapout (retool/recolor of Animated Cliffjumper)
    1G- Monte Carlo (new Guardian/Autobot styled after 1984 Monte Carlo SS)
    1H- G1 Hound (retool of Siege Hound)

    2A- GoBots Jeeper Creeper
    2B- Cybertron Defense Scattorshot (retool of GoBots Blaster)
    2C- BW Laserbeak (recolor of Kingdom Terrorsaur)
    2D- Botcon Ricochet (recolor of G2 Hooligan)
    2E- reshell of Monte Carlo (I guess name it after an existing figure if the parts line up?)
    2F- G1 Brawn
    2G- G1 Swerve (with IDW influence in the face sculpt)
    2H- G2 Sideswipe (recolor of Kingdom Sideswipe - sneer optional)

    3A- Energon Strongarm (retool of GoBots Jeeper Creeper)
    3B- Animated Glyph (recolor/retool of Animated Bumblebee)
    3C- Cybertron Thunderblast (but try not to shellform so badly this time)
    3D- RID2000 Super Mach Alert (recolor of RID2000 Mach Alert)
    3E- G1 Gears (retool of G1 Swerve)
    3F- G1 Outback (retool of G1 Brawn)
    3G- RID2015 blizzard Drift (recolor of RID2015 Drift)
    3H- Universe Windsheer (recolor of G2 Hooligan)

    Voyager:
    1A- G1 Hauler (green recolor of Earthrise Grapple)
    1B- Animated Starscream
    2A- Animated Slipstream (recolor/retool of Animated Starscream)
    2B- GoBots CyKill (a higher budget deluxe like SS86 Hotrod)
    3A- BW TM Megatron in more G1 colors (recolor BW TM Megatron in blacks/greys/reds)
    3B- JPG1 Twincast (recolor of Kingdom Blaster)

    Leader:
    1A- G2 Grimlock (recolor of SS86 Grimlock)
    1B- G2 Optimus Prime (recolor of Earthrise Optimus Prime...but please fix the color/mold layout somehow or at least use Netflix if it doesn't screw up the trailer)

    Commander:
    1A- all of the missing members of the MicroMaster patrols they started between Siege and Earthrise
     
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    I agree with everything you've said here. Somebody get this man a job! You've done Hasbro's work for the next five years here, lol
     
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    I would like to see Hasbro expand on the Odyssey line released by Amazon.

    Give Colony worlds some love.
     
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    I'm confident that generations is slowly moving away from repeated designs for new molds. Though the "definitive" existing molds may be re-released till the end of time, like Earthrise Optimus, possibly with variations of accessories(like the Netflix release).
     
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    Honestly? I'm exhausted with the need to update every character from every cartoon and toyline. I think there should just be a solid line of Deluxe, Voyager, and Leader Class figures (with the option of intermediary price points like Basic/Scout/Legends/Core, Ultra, Commander, and/or Titan) for whatever the recent cartoon or movie is, with the toyline bulked out by new designs with stock names or other characters reimagined in that art style.

    Almost every G1 character has had at least one new figure, almost every major character has several updates, we've got reimagined versions of Prime characters, Beast Wars remakes, and a few of the clunkier Armada designs updated. I don't think there really needs to be any more updates, particularly not when it means waiting three years for the cast of the last movie to be completed, or two years for a small handful of characters from the last cartoon to get decent, articulated figures. I want the new stuff to get a fair chance at some decent figures instead of the mindset of "when is 'X' getting an update" we seem to be stuck in.
     
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    Alrighty then...I think we need to put you in charge of everything transformers moving forward!
     
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    It would be so weird for Hasbro to do the G2 Constructions before the G1 Constructions. I would be fine with it since I would wait for the inevitable repaint, and it DOES fit with Hasbro’s love for releasing the thing you almost want before the thing you really want so you buy it twice, but I can’t see them doing G2 first.
     
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    There are still many late 80s / early 90s toys / characters yet to be updated.
     
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    Any RID 2001 love would be nice. I would love to see an updated Rail Racer.
     
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    Well of course you decided you wanted it after watching Thew; he makes almost every Transformer look super fun and desirable. Even when half of the video is him going on about how lackluster a figure is, he still makes it seem good. That's why I don't judge figures based on his reviews. If I did, I'd end up buying everything.:lol 
     
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    Yeah, I'm very confused by the reaction to this video. He keeps going, "This is boring and unimaginative and kinda crappy and I get why everyone's pissed off at it, they're kinda right, but I like it!" and everyone's like ah good he likes it.
     
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