Transformers: Age of the Primes toyline discussion || update: stock renders of upcoming Alpha Trion, Micronus, Flatline, Fireflight, Skydive, ++

[wonko the sane?]

Case in point: I just got my pre-orders in for quintus, amalgamous, quickstrike, big convoy, and the two hotwheels collabs.

320 bucks. Free shipping thankfully. Hurts right before the christmas shopping season: but I am not missing these.

 

[Platypus Prime]

Glad Pulse wasn't as bad as some WalMarts, but everyone still has a limit. I just found out what mine was. I hope things will improve a bit but I have to focus on priorities for the moment. Maybe I will get another shot later, we'll see.

 

[Exatron]

Interview with Evan at MCM this weekend:

Relevant to Legacy/AotP (Evan referred to the modern range including AotP as Legacy a couple times):

• Showed off and talked about Onslaught a bit. Indicated he's about the same size as Silverbolt.
• Bruticus redeco giftsets are likely to happen a couple years down the road. Evan mentioned Ruination would likely be a top candidate. In response to the comment about there being a bunch of redeco possibilities, Evan specifically mentioned Battle Gaia!
• Confirmed we can expect to see one new combiner per year. Pretty heavily hinted we can expect to see Defensor, and that Groove will be a limb. He did mention really loving Rook.
• Evan talks a bit about how new tooling budgeting is spread across all the different size classes for the year, and how that limits how many new molds can be produced in any given year. He mentioned a specific example that skipping doing a new Commander might allow something like four new Deluxes in its place.
• Confirmed we're likely to see Skybound-original figures at some point in some line, whether that be Legacy/AotP/etc. or some other line.
• Evan kinda hinted that there might be a new Crosshairs with his Targetmaster partner, but didn't want to say anything definite since that would be more in Mark's realm.
• Evan says not only that fans should be talking about having difficulty with getting figures due to availability/distribution issues, but to "be loud about it." They'll try to see to it that hard-to-get figures get back out there, but they need to be aware of it.

Battle Gaia!

Edit: Russ has another video where he mentions that we should be seeing Bruticus fully combined by the end of the year. Apparently his gun will be coming with Swindle.

 

[Undead Scottsman]

• Evan says not only that fans should be talking about having difficulty with getting figures due to availability/distribution issues, but to "be loud about it." They'll try to see to it that hard-to-get figures get back out there, but they need to be aware of it.

...I feel like they could accomplish this on thier own by just checking ebay and seeing what figures have the biggest price differential.

Or hell, actionfigure411 will do it for you.