By way of Amiami’s Rakutan store we have confirmation that Takara-Tomy and Million Publishing will be releasing a new volume to their Transformers Generations book series. Generations 2012 which according to the link will be released on 18 April 2012 will feature an article on Transformers Prime, a complete listing of all Transformers Dark of the Moon toys, behind the scenes material and designer’s interviews, and more. Best of all to myself at any rate is the promise of a comic titled “Masterforce – Another Story of Pretenders”.
There will also be an exclusive toy mail away campaign offered in connection with the book – no word yet on who or what the exclusive might be.
Soundwinder
First place my mind went.
WrongTurn
Artfire would be SWEEEEEEEET! – any idea when preorders are going to go up? IIRC preorders for Stepper were in June/July 2011 and it was released in Dec. Is that correct?
Autovolt 127
Close Enough.
Stepper
Yah man,that is the way, Exclusive United Artfire, sure hope it become reality
Obsidian X
Hell yeah! I'd even take a Hosehead, Red Hot and Hauler if they ever made those guys out of this mold. Though I guess the first two would look kind of similar to Inferno. Maybe I should just get two more Infernos and try some customizing.
Thundershot
For some reason, I can't get sick of this mold. Inferno, Grapple, and Pyro are already looking forward to their new friend Hot Spot. Artfire would make a great addition to the team.
Automorpher
Let this exclusive be: United Artfire!
Enough said…
Lbsammills51
At least for those that picked up Stepper via online preorders (like me) the few months between when the offer for the figure began and when the figure was actually released gave people time to save up the money for one.
If the exclusive (especially if it's Artfire) is as expensive or more expensive, I'm all for another gap of a few months between initial offer and actual release to save up the money again for it.
Grimlock_13
My fingers are crossed for Artfire as well.
03Mach1
If its Artfire, mark me down for Stepper as well.
Thundershot
I'm very much aware (see above). All the more reason to get Artfire right away since they'll probably order significantly less than Stepper…
slickleg
BBTS still has 322 steppers left in stock…just an FYI
Thundershot
The only thing I fear… is if Stepper is running $120 in the US online shops, how much would they try to sell Artfire for??
*preordering on day one, regardless*
Grandum
Calling it now – it's gonna be artfire
Obsidian X
How much you want for it?
[Wing_Saber-X]
i need to sell a kidney for this upcoming exclusive toy… :
Aernaroth
Oooh, these are always good!
Deceptigtar
probably be a CON, i hope.
adambman
I too would really like for it to be Artfire. That said we're now talking about a character from last year's comic of course. That said, I wonder which Masterforce and/or pretender character they could make as an exclusive if Million Publishing & co went that way. A little obvious to the point of being a bland choice but Generations Skullgrin doesn't have a United counterpart yet. There are even less candidates for Headmaster Juniors – if the exclusive is a straight redeco of a presently available mold; two points to consider the inverses of.
Still, discounting those things makes Artfire seem more likely. Unless by some great inprobability we get, for example, Generations Nightbeat in the interim and an exclusive Minerva/Minelba.
ZacWilliam
Yeah, the focusing on Pretenders excites me more than the toy (which will likely remain out of my price range).
-ZacWilliam, Pretenders rock and don't get near enough love.