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Post by Pinwig on Dec 22, 2020 19:46:28 GMT
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Post by Toph on Dec 22, 2020 20:46:38 GMT
Hopes:
· If there's a toy colored Galvatron coming, they announce it before the Kingdom one is released.
· Kingdom is just the start of the return of Beast Wars, with at the very least the main season one cast being completed.
· We hear about the next series after Cyberverse.
Predictions:
Kingdom is just a weird (but joyous) aberration, and once it's over, we start all over at 1984 again.
Resolutions:
I'm done buying redundant toys. If we start over again post Kingdom, I'm out. Unless the new toy offers something significantly better than the previous versions...
· No more massive retools only to have the transformer end up looking exactly like he did before
· No more upsizing 15 year old molds
· No more "alien" alt modes that somehow look exactly like an earth car with the addition of a sticker, only to have that be replaces in less than a year by a completely new mold that does the exact same thing only actually better.
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Post by Llama God on Dec 23, 2020 10:38:15 GMT
Hopes:- That the next Generations line remembers that it's GenerationS, plural. Like Kingdom is kind of doing, but in less of a weird, awkward way.
- If, however, we must revisit 1984 AGAIN, that we get a MotU Origins-style line, where the toys are true to the original molds, but with better articulation.
- New Botbots are announced, to tie in with the upcoming TV series - we've missed those this year.
- The next, post-Cyberverse series is revealed, and it features new characters.
- Far, far fewer impossible-to-get exclusives.
Predictions:- Hasbro will see that all of their impossible-to-get exclusives are nevertheless selling out, and will continue this retail model.
- Both the next Generations and the new TV series will be another re-tread of 1984 - after all, they've got to give us the full crew to populate that Ark titan.
- I'll complain about everything and still buy the toys anyway like the filthy, filthy hypocrite I am.
Resolutions:- To keep my purchases down - there's a Scraplet to support now!
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Post by Jim on Dec 26, 2020 23:54:42 GMT
Hopes
WFC Skids!!!
Blue Bluestreak from the lovely new Datsun mould
A pleasant surprise when it comes to the direction of the post-WFC Generations line
Pleeeease UK Classics vol 6+
Predictions
IDW seems to be undergoing some weirdly drawn out implosion, and I've been expecting them to start losing licences for a while. Maybe in 2021? I hope not. But it feels like a matter of time.
Resolutions
Continue drawing / painting more!
Buy less!
Sell (or otherwise offload) more!
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 27, 2020 11:18:30 GMT
HOPE:
Hasbro reverses course of putting half its lines and parts of sets behind blink-and-you-miss-them Exclusives pay walls.
PREDICTION:
Hasbro will continue putting half its lines and parts of sets behind blink-and-you-miss-them Exclusives pay walls.
RESOLUTION:
Ignore the above bollocks and focus more on past toy lines, which are easier to get and less stressful!
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 27, 2020 11:27:50 GMT
I was right in the middle of writing this when all those leaks broke.
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Post by Toph on Dec 31, 2020 5:30:00 GMT
I have additional predictions:
· Netflix Soundwave will be repainted into Soundblaster, and to insure those like me who couldn't care less also buy him, he will be the one and only way to get Buzzsaw
· We will at least hear about an arcee do-over before 2021 is out
· The next Megatron toy will be another silver tank with a gun megatron robot mode
· We find out Tigatron has an additional head sculpt based on the mutant head (whether it gets used or not os another matter)
· Shadow Panther will be a remold, rather than a repaint
· Still no word on Armada Optimus, and by the this time next year we can write it off as DOA
· The Beast Wars molds will be as much a success as any generations toy of the last several years, but the vocal minority who have been screeching since the beginning will convince Hasbro they're a failure
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 31, 2020 12:12:09 GMT
Almost a copy a paste from 2020 bar a few additions.
HOPES
better UK distribution
no need for manic grabbing of exclusives
no exclusives or other toys skipped for the UK
PREDICTION
worse UK distribution thanks to Brexit with the specialists repeatedly getting shorted by Hasbro UK and exclusives being even harder to get.
TOY PREDICTIONS
Not really worth me going for anything because we know or are rumoured most of what is coming!
A couple of deluxe Select surprises
RESOLUTIONS
To buy more older toys! Bought a few this year
To get the last Micromaster Combiner Transport I need - carried over from 2017 & 2018, 2019 (when I got one) and 2020
To finish my Minibots (probably involving TFC 12) - carried over from 2017 & 2018, 2019 & 2020
To get one of the orginal Dinobots that I'm missing - carried over from 2020
To get an original Headmaster, preferably one of Apeface/Snapdragon - carried over from 2020
To get the last Axelerator I need - Skram
To arm my remaining Skyscorchers - Snipe & Terradive
To get Aquaspeeder Aquafend
To get Stormtroopers Rage and Aquablast
To get Ironfist
To find rotors for Rotorstorm
To get G1 and Energon Bruticus
To buy less exclusive recolours I don't need - hoping the Pulse Shattered Glass Rumours are true
To get the boys in to clear the loft of as many non TF toys as possible
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 31, 2020 20:14:39 GMT
Kinda knackered by the leak the other day, but this is my list anyway.
Hopes
1. TFN goes ahead because Covid goes away in time.
2. Thrust becomes available
3. Artfire is done as a Netflix pack ala Megatron and comes with the targetmaster partners for him and Selects Ricochet.
4. Hasbro listen to feedback on the unavailability of exclusives and... No, what's the point...
Predictions
1. After a promising start, the minibots eventually remain incomplete again
2. Studio Series 86 Dinobots are never finished
3. Selects Artfire, but no targetmaster partner
4. Hasbro don't listen to feedback on exclusives and everyone gets upset again
5. Covid causes trade shows to stay online at least until after SDCC, which Hasbro doesn't compensate for and havoc ensues with exclusives again.
6. The Fossilizers become the surprise hit toys of Kingdom.
7. Kingdom finishes with wave 4 in October
8. Hachette don't follow through on their promise to send me the six volumes I have missing from my set and I end up with an incomplete collection.
Resolutions
1. Break the completist urge by not buying the Beast Wars Generations figures
2. Reconsider whether Masterpiece really is the ultimate collectors' line and where I'm going with it
3. Buy more of the things I actually enjoy instead of things fomo drives me to, like completing more G1 sub groups. Most TF fun I've had in the last few years was chasing the 1989 Micromasters. Completing that set felt great, the thought of trying to 'complete' Earthrise doesn't.
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Post by Llama God on Jan 1, 2021 18:00:29 GMT
Hopes1. TFN goes ahead because Covid goes away in time. And so say we all... |
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 1, 2021 21:24:19 GMT
I have absolutely no knowledge of whether TFN is going ahead but I'm not sure. Now Westminister has decided on a 12-week gap between Covid jags it's going to take longer for those of down the priority list to be fully vaccinated. I doubt I'll get jab 1 before Q2 which would out jab 2 in Q3. I'm not going into crowds until I get both*. At this distance, in-person events before Q4 look dodgy to me. I hope to be completely wrong on this!
-Ralph
*I probably have Covid right now (see channeling thread) but I'm not going to assume my partner and I are immune if we pass through it ok.
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 1, 2021 22:52:10 GMT
That's why it's a hope rather than a prediction, but I'm hoping.
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 1, 2021 23:14:10 GMT
Oh I hope so too!
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 1, 2021 23:28:18 GMT
How else will we ever witness Urzu's Richard Burton impression?
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Post by Benn on Jan 1, 2021 23:33:18 GMT
From a distance, preferably.
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 2, 2021 10:10:15 GMT
How else will we ever witness Urzu's Richard Burton impression? I have not seen this. -Ralph |
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Post by Llama God on Jan 2, 2021 12:23:40 GMT
That's why it's a hope rather than a prediction, but I'm hoping. And likewise. The actual chances of it happening become vanishingly slim by the day, thanks to the utter shower currently in government. But I still hope. Hope is all we have... |
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Post by Shockprowl on Jan 8, 2021 12:51:40 GMT
HOPES
I successfully navigate the Dinobot Road to timely completion, skipping along gayly with my dreams unmolested.
PREDICTIONS
I will stagger and claw my way along the Dinobot Road, bloodied and despairing, paved as it is with crushed hopes and savage lies. The icy tendrils of incompleteness clawing at my soul, and the constant asphyxiation of availability dominating my very life.
RESOLUTIONS
My collection is nearly finished and I will NOT be lured away from The Light by false profits dressed as Pinwing. Or Phil. Or Doc'. Or anyone of you seductive sons of bitches.
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Post by Kingoji on Jan 8, 2021 17:46:50 GMT
Hopes:
More BW Masterpieces.
Predictions:
The Generations line after Kingdom will live up to it's name and go multiversal, since we now have three Generations adjascent lines all putting out G1 it almost feels like they're sweeping up the era.
Resolutions:
Figure out what I want my collection to be, and adjust my collecting accordingly.
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 8, 2021 22:33:29 GMT
HOPES I successfully navigate the Dinobot Road to timely completion, skipping along gayly with my dreams unmolested. PREDICTIONS I will stagger and claw my way along the Dinobot Road, bloodied and despairing, paved as it is with crushed hopes and savage lies. The icy tendrils of incompleteness clawing at my soul, and the constant asphyxiation of availability dominating my very life. RESOLUTIONS My collection is nearly finished and I will NOT be lured away from The Light by false profits dressed as Pinwing. Or Phil. Or Doc'. Or anyone of you seductive sons of bitches. Good job there's no Pinwings here then. In your UNEXPLAINED absence, you may have missed that the current rumour mill says SS86 Swoop, but that the others 'might be done some day'. |
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Post by Shockprowl on Jan 8, 2021 22:41:28 GMT
NO. NO. Swoop is not A Vital. Other acceptable Swoops exist.
SLUDGE.
SNARL.
(Slag is already rumoured, RIGHT?)
A Swoop would be nice though, obviously.
Oh gods...
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 8, 2021 23:16:20 GMT
Slag was on a product listing leak I think, with Daniel, but he was suspiciously absent from a big leak we had last week that mentioned Swoop.
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Post by Shockprowl on Jan 8, 2021 23:23:38 GMT
oh no
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Post by Toph on Jan 8, 2021 23:39:47 GMT
HOPES I successfully navigate the Dinobot Road to timely completion, skipping along gayly with my dreams unmolested. PREDICTIONS I will stagger and claw my way along the Dinobot Road, bloodied and despairing, paved as it is with crushed hopes and savage lies. The icy tendrils of incompleteness clawing at my soul, and the constant asphyxiation of availability dominating my very life. RESOLUTIONS My collection is nearly finished and I will NOT be lured away from The Light by false profits dressed as Pinwing. Or Phil. Or Doc'. Or anyone of you seductive sons of bitches. I walk a lonely road The only one that has Dinobots Don't know where it goes But it's home to me, and I walk alone It's Slag that's the only one that walks beside me My Slag is the only one that I will find there Sometimes I wish Sludge out there will find me Till then I walk alone |
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Post by Shockprowl on Jan 8, 2021 23:54:22 GMT
It's your crushed dreams that pierce my skin.
I walk a road you've crawled down for years...
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 11, 2021 21:32:29 GMT
One of these is about to fall! RESOLUTIONSTo buy more older toys! Bought a few this year To get the last Micromaster Combiner Transport I need - carried over from 2017 & 2018, 2019 (when I got one) and 2020 To finish my Minibots (probably involving TFC 12) - carried over from 2017 & 2018, 2019 & 2020 To get one of the orginal Dinobots that I'm missing - carried over from 2020 To get an original Headmaster, preferably one of Apeface/Snapdragon - carried over from 2020 To get the last Axelerator I need - Skram To arm my remaining Skyscorchers - Snipe & Terradive To get Aquaspeeder Aquafend To get Stormtroopers Rage and Aquablast To get Ironfist To find rotors for Rotorstorm To get G1 and Energon Bruticus To buy less exclusive recolours I don't need - hoping the Pulse Shattered Glass Rumours are true To get the boys in to clear the loft of as many non TF toys as possible and no, it isn't the Skram! Nick has cost me money in a purchase that finishes an incomplete item he has with something that I have! |
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 11, 2021 21:55:07 GMT
Ralph knows!!! He knows!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Llama God on Jan 29, 2021 8:00:16 GMT
Hopes:- That the next Generations line remembers that it's GenerationS, plural. Like Kingdom is kind of doing, but in less of a weird, awkward way.
- If, however, we must revisit 1984 AGAIN, that we get a MotU Origins-style line, where the toys are true to the original molds, but with better articulation.
Welp, Hasbro are doing this with their new Star Wars line: news.toyark.com/2021/01/28/pre-orders-for-the-star-wars-the-black-series-lucasfilms-50th-anniversary-figures-416497 Will this fad make it as far as Transformers? Will we finally get our Marvel UK/Ladybird-accurate figures? Do we dare to hope? To dream..? |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 1, 2021 18:31:02 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 1, 2021 18:57:13 GMT
How the heck did you know they randomly had that??
-Ralph
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