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[unluckiness]

Overlord could probably be done at Commander but Tidal Wave sets precedent for promoting characters who weren’t previously enormous to Titan. Having a base mode may be enough for the team to Titan class him.

Another factor is if they also plan to make a Ginrai/PMOP with a core robot around the size of the various Optimuses, that’d be around Commander class without Godbomber. Presumably, Overlord would have to be bigger than that and outside of Haslab, Titan is the next size class.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

Speaking of the interview, I'm still not over how open things are now. For years the dreaded "Will you make this toy?" question was a complete waste of a slot in Q&A sessions, because toys are serious business and any potential plans are super top secret. But this crew will just tell us "Yeah we totally want to make that but we're not sure how. These are the considerations we're weighing. We're listening to feedback."

It's so endearing.

 

[The Mighty Mollusk]

My guess is RiD Megatron. We got Deathsaurus right after Star Sabre. RiD Megatron right after RiD Optimus would make a lot of sense and could "melt people's faces" if they could manage the ten modes convincingly.

As convincingly as RiD Megatron's alt modes ever were, anyway.

 

[lastmaximal]

Speaking of the interview, I'm still not over how open things are now. For years the dreaded "Will you make this toy?" question was a complete waste of a slot in Q&A sessions, because toys are serious business and any potential plans are super top secret. But this crew will just tell us "Yeah we totally want to make that but we're not sure how. These are the considerations we're weighing. We're listening to feedback."

It's so endearing.

I think this is about as useful as an answer anyway (and therefore the question is about as useful as it was). These questions remain a waste of a slot regardless of the kind of answer they get, because it's the same question just Mad Libbed with different requests (which is really what they are).

But as boilerplate answers go, I agree that these warmer, more insightful responses are very welcome. In general I like that the teams in recent years have been so much more personable. That comes through in so many other aspects too like the livestreams and the Instagram behind-the-scenes stuff, which is one of my favorite things about this era.

 

[lastmaximal]

Overlord could probably be done at Commander but Tidal Wave sets precedent for promoting characters who weren’t previously enormous to Titan. Having a base mode may be enough for the team to Titan class him.

Another factor is if they also plan to make a Ginrai/PMOP with a core robot around the size of the various Optimuses, that’d be around Commander class without Godbomber. Presumably, Overlord would have to be bigger than that and outside of Haslab, Titan is the next size class.

Star Convoy, Overlord, and at least Super Ginrai/PMOP would all be doable at Commander, I feel, and I'd rather they get released in that format than anything else. The Titan bit is an unnecessary plussing up for even Overlord, as Tidal Wave got that because of his video game level (for a long time the most memorable thing about that character, topping the already-cool design).

Unless they expand Titan Class to be less about just "one ginormous figure with possibly some pack-ins" and allow for a box set of maybe two Commanders or so (and some budgetary wiggle room), which could allow for some interesting combos.

I can really picture these all working at that regular retail price point, but this is also partly informed by a lingering bit of buyer's remorse with Deathsaurus (through no fault of Deathsaurus' or Hasbro's, just timing and the format).

 

[Shadewing]

Overlord could probably be done at Commander but Tidal Wave sets precedent for promoting characters who weren’t previously enormous to Titan. Having a base mode may be enough for the team to Titan class him.

TBF Tidal Wave's most memorable appearance wasn't the anime, it was the Video Game.

Of course he's going to be Titan class.

 

[Sabrblade]

And even in his first episode debut in the cartoon, he was also pretty enormous there.

 

[ZacWilliam1]

Things I would Take as a Commander:
Powermaster Prime
Star Convoy
Thunderwing with shell
Overlord
TriPredicus
Magnaboss
Any Pretender above the basic 88 size (This will not happen but I'd be all-in)
Fortress Maximus (Marvel Scale)
Scorponok (Marvel Scale)

Things I'd take as a Titan:
Grandus
Orcanoch
G1-ier Metroplex
Spanner
Purple Griffin
Rescue Bots High Tide

Things as a Haslab
*"Really good" Powermaster Optimus Prime with all the gimmicks from the original concept Including Headmaster. And maybe Multiple head types (Mostly I want a Marvel Comic style Head).
*"Really Good" versions of any of the toys from the previous categories.
*Liokaiser


-ZacWilliam, I've probably forgotten a really cool option or two but I'd take any of these to start.

 

[Glitch]

Plus he had a nice theme

I really do want commander class Overlord.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

I think this is about as useful as an answer anyway (and therefore the question is about as useful as it was). These questions remain a waste of a slot regardless of the kind of answer they get, because it's the same question just Mad Libbed with different requests (which is really what they are).

But as boilerplate answers go, I agree that these warmer, more insightful responses are very welcome. In general I like that the teams in recent years have been so much more personable. That comes through in so many other aspects too like the livestreams and the Instagram behind-the-scenes stuff, which is one of my favorite things about this era.

I wouldn't call the answers we get today boilerplate, because they'll talk about things they aren't specifically asked about. John Warden asked about maybe redoing T30 Metroplex and he mentioned that Animated Omega Supreme is in the queue.

 

[Sabrblade]

Though, the question being how G1-ified that Animated Omega Supreme would be. If it's just a redeco of Kingdom Ark with a new robot head, no thank you. That's not Animated Omega. At all.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

Has this team given us any reason to expect that an Animated Omega Supreme would be just a repaint with a new head?

 

[The Mighty Mollusk]

Fort Max being a halfassed Metroplex remold doesn't give me a lot of hope, but we'll see how it turns out.

 

[Princess Viola]

Fort Max was also only the third Titan Class figure ever and came out eight years ago.

 

[Shadhausen]

Fort Max being a halfassed Metroplex remold doesn't give me a lot of hope, but we'll see how it turns out.

Fort Max was also only the third Titan Class figure ever and came out eight years ago.

And it was literally the only time it's happened.

 

[Princess Viola]

BlackZarak was an even more half-assed remold. They just changed Scorponok's colors, gave him a new head, and a spear!

/s

 

[Superomegaprime]

BlackZarak was an even more half-assed remold. They just changed Scorponok's colors, gave him a new head, and a spear!

/s

Um, that is exactly what the original was, so there is no point in moaning about that, besides, the Black repaint looks pretty cool on him

 

[The Predaking]

My town's Walmart is clearancing out a lot of stuff, I literally just picked up an Armada Megatron for $20. Might be worth checking any nearby Walmarts (and check the price with the app in store mode, ours had them tagged at $30), especially if they have an inventory or remodel coming up. They seem to be more willing to slash prices then.

Also got Blitzwing for $20, finally get to see what people are complaining about...

thanks! I will check mine out.

 

[Princess Viola]

Um, that is exactly what the original was, so there is no point in moaning about that, besides, the Black repaint looks pretty cool on him

i even put the sarcasm tag so people would know it was a joke come on

 

[LordGigaIce]

Though, the question being how G1-ified that Animated Omega Supreme would be. If it's just a redeco of Kingdom Ark with a new robot head, no thank you. That's not Animated Omega. At all.

They mentioned that, after the reaction Animated Prowl got, they went back to redesigned Animated Bumblebee and Prime's heads to make sure they were properly "Animated" accurate.
I don't expect Animated Omega Supreme to be that G1-ified. I don't think he'll be a repaint of the Arc either. MAYBE use some internal skeletal tooling but that's it.