yes!!!!  So that means no new molds for the rest of 2005?  bummer.

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I'm not sure that some of the molds we are seeing as test shots won't be here for this year though.  Can't complain to much about that. 

 

I will say that $30 for a current sized alt doesn't seem tenable.  I expect these will be shelf warmers at that price.  $20 seems just right to expensive.

There will certainly be different packaging when the movie PR starts to really come out.  Is that what people are assuming, or some other packaging change before then. 

I will say that $30 for a current sized alt doesn't seem tenable.  I expect these will be shelf warmers at that price.  $20 seems just right to expensive.

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Look at all the online sites that sell them for that price or more - they'll still move even at $30.

I hope a bigger Alternator price also means bigger Alternators.

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I hope bigger price means better packaging, Bios/stats included and other inserts.

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I hope bigger price means they will paint the figures and not just use colored plastic...because Alt Sunstreaker is going to look really cheap with just yellow plastic.

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yes!!!!  So that means no new molds for the rest of 2005?  bummer.

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Skids.

 

But any hoo. Im glad I came here and read the TFormers.com post. Over on TFW2005 they made it seem like we'd be getting bigger alts definitely. Im happy to hear 6 new molds though. Can't wait. So that new Alt packaging was a romour.

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Well I meant beyond Prowl and Skids since we already know about them.  Am I impatient?  Hell yeah.  Especially with them teasing us with 6 new molds information.

I hope a bigger Alternator price also means bigger Alternators.

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I hope bigger price means better packaging, Bios/stats included and other inserts.

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Nothing wrong with the current packaging IMO.  Plus, there are rumors of new packaging for the near future Alts.  But just taking the info straight from context, it seems a $30 rise is due to movie hype, nothing else.  I think hasbro would have mentioned something about bigger and better alts to justify the price increase if in fact they are going to be bigger and/or better.  All they said was price increase to meet pre-movie demand.  That's Hasbro's way of justifying the price increase.

 

Edit: someone reported at TFW2005 that Hasbro will introduce bigger Alts at a higher price point.  So maybe the $30 alts will, in fact, be bigger.  I'd pay $30 for bigger alts like hummers or even jets. :thumb

$30 pricepoint? Dodge Ram and Hummer H2 would be my guess.

$30 pricepoint? Dodge Ram and Hummer H2 would be my guess.

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Weeeeeeeeeee Daddy!! That would kick ass! :clap

 

Maybe a tank or some other military war-machines for that matter. Man I hate gettin my hopes up!!

$30 pricepoint? Dodge Ram and Hummer H2 would be my guess.

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I'm hoping for a F-150 myself (especially since I drive one) :tfgrin

Assuming they mean 6 new molds coming out before next July, they must be counting the as-yet-unreleased Prowl and Skids. That's 2. If they're going to introduce a larger size class, they almost certainly have 2 vehicles scheduled so Hasbro doesn't have to stick retailers with a case assortment of only one automobile for very long.

 

I'm going to predict that one of the first larger Binalts will be a Hummer, since Hasbro already holds a Hummvee license for the GI Joe line. I wouldn't be at all suprised to see it in red as Ironhide, repainted as an ambulance with a new head as Ratchet. They could also remold it into an M998 Hummvee for Brawn, redone in desert tan for Outback.

 

As for the second, Hasbro probably wants a pickup, but I can't think of any full-size pickups that are popular in both North America and Japan. Any suggestions? Perhaps instead they'll go with a Toyota Hiace ambulance as First Aid, remolded into the Hiace Sound Satellite concept as Soundwave?

http://www.tokyo-motorshow.com/show/2004/e...toyota/003.html

They'd have to come up with a transformation scheme where the side doors behind the seats become the robot chest...

 

Mirage was mentioned as a future Alternator. I doubt he'll be an F-1 racer, since all the other vehicles in the line have been commercial autos. I'm going to predict that since HasTak already have a licensing relationship with Daimler-Chrysler, they'll pay homage to Mirage's personality and car mode heritage by making him a Mercedes SLR McLaren, the company's Formula 1-inspired prestige car. Drag Strip would be the natural remold.

 

That leaves one more... I'd really, really love to see Rodimus, but I doubt that he'll be showing up as a Binalt until they've exhausted all the cars that were in the pre-Movie episodes, save perhaps Bumblebee and Cliffjumper (I don't particularly expect to see a Bumblebee toy until May or June of 2007). So who's left? There's Beachcomber, "Brakedown", Streetwise, and BT (Wind)Charger.

 

Hmmm. What do y'all think?