Just in from Cybertron Con, via @52TOYS on Weibo, are some looks at a smattering of upcoming figures, both from the slideshow presentations and in-person displays, including…
• Legends Kickback
• Deluxe Hot Rod
• Voyager Optimus Prime
• Leader Sixshot
• Titanmaster Ptero
• Titanmaster Fangry
Share your thoughts on these guys in the ongoing discussion thread!
Update – additional shots from DioXDio on Weibo added!
Update – additional in package Titan Returns product shots and also design sketch of Sixshot from 52Toys and @7777_diver added!
G1 Evac
My family and I really enjoyed Cybertron Con last year.
Wish there will be one again this year in China! If not, I really hope they will bring Hascon to China next year, I am sure my wife and kid will have a blast while I go absolutely mad with joy!
Novamus prime 3
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On the side if the box
Nevermore
No. Where do you see it?
Novamus prime 3
Anyone else see the deception symbol on optimus\'s box?
Lord Dcast
I still wish they'd make a Dinobot out of Generations Springer. They had a prototype that went nowhere.
T-Hybrid
Cheetor isn't single use. They can reuse the entire mold save for his bot and cheetah head. That's plenty enough to go on. And they have a ready made black repaint in Shadow Panther/Ravage.
I wouldn't get your hopes up for a true BW Dinobot update unless you're okay with something like a Titans Return Grimlock retooling/repaint.
BladeStorm
I've finally had time to upload Peter Cullen's second panel from Cybertroncon for those interested.
Once again I apologise for the shakiness due to our unpreparedness at our first con. We are a lot closer to Peter in this one so the sound should be a bit better.
Verno
Considered, for sure. Especially Grimlock. The Dinobot mold was the stronger of the two beasts we got, but like Cheetor, was brought down by an unnecessary gimmick — namely the launcher in the tail.
I'm confident Dinobot will get a Generations update in the not too distant future, and a Voyager sized figure at that.
G1Prowl
And the interesting thing to me is that Cheetor was originally the mold that Tigatron was redecoed from. I honestly think that the only reason there wasn't a repaint/remold of Universe Cheetor OR Dinobot for that matter is because of their location near the end of the Universe 2.0 line. I'm not going to go into how many Cheetors and Dinobots were pegwarming in every store in my area because 1. I don't have photographic proof and 2. someone will come in to say how they couldn't keep those two on the shelf while Rachets were everywhere, so it is irrelevant. However, since several A/E/C molds were planned for the line and moved to the Movie line, as well as Fracture apparently being intended for Uni 2.0 (source TFWiki), I have absolute faith that a Tigatron and possibly a BW Grimlock were at least considered.
SPLIT LIP
That should have been the show's tagline.
Lord Dcast
We're more likely to get Zodiac-themed TFs instead of Beast Wars.
(That was a Q joke BTW)
Fallout
well, the statue does have anatomically accurate genitalia, and i'm pretty sure tigatron's sack was hanging around all the time in the show. you sure you're a true fan?
oh wait, they probably censored it in the canadian version. no testies in Beasties, huh?
Verno
That's the interesting thing. Cheetor is the single-use mold. You can't do a straight redeco of a cheetah into any of the other big cats.
Tigatron, on the other hand, as a larger white tiger, has much more potential.
There's Shadow Panther/Tripredacus Agent/Ravage:
As well as doing a normal tiger deco, as Tigatron's toy was originally planned to be:
MP Beast Wars figures in the future (as well as BW figures in the Generations line) are in an interesting position. Hasbro and TT like to get as many uses out of a mold as possible, but most of the BW characters will need one-off molds.
Essentially, Hasbro and TT will rely on wave-mates of these figures selling well to account for the lack of redeco/retool potential of the BW figures.
But from the reaction within the fandom, I think TT's faith will be rewarded by strong sales of both MP Primal and Cheetor.
G1Prowl
Verno, I root for you and your love for BW. But dude, it'd take an act of Primus to get Takara and Hasbro to decide to crank out a single mold use of a new Tigatron engineered from the ground up. I know you hate hearing it, but unless they can squeeze at least one repaint/remold from it, I wouldn't hold my breath.
Dinobot Nuva
Possibly. Conventions like this in the past sometimes source fan or employee collections for displays like these. The extra tiger statue may have been someone's stand-in for Snowstalker.
Verno
Could be for Generations? He did have the role of a reconnaissance scout, sent in first to infiltrate and investigate…
But I'm probably just jumping to conclusions.
SPLIT LIP
Only problem with that Tigatron statue is the fact that it's not CGI-accurate like Primal was.
Verno
Part of me thinks it could end up being a completely new mold. The same layout and transformation, but there's a fair bit of bulk that needs to be added.
G1Prowl
I wonder how much remolding it would take to get Tigatron out of Cheetor, with the MP coming out. And for that matter, I'm wondering why we didn't get a remold if not a repaint of Universe Cheetor as Tigatron.
PredaconElder
Cheap tourist souvenir. You can even see the base that comes with the statue. I think they still sell these in China.