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GOOD AND BAD NEWS FOR 2005 RELEASES
Don't shoot the messenger.
I had occasion today to speak with former TAAU member Laserbeak, who was kind enough to give me the update on both the latest and upcoming TF releases. Some of what he said will elicit cheers while other parts... well, read on.
First, the good news: Toys 'R' Us stores around the country should, by now, have received shipments containing the highly-desirable Energon Grimlock/Swoop and Kicker/Highwire. Other stores are likely to receive their stocks of the Dinobots in late January, and of Kicker and his Mini-con buddy earlier the same month, once their existing stocks of earlier waves have depleted.
Also in the positive category, a business decision that would have resulted in Australia missing out on three Energon figures has been reversed, with said toys instead slated to be Case Fresh exclusives. Those figures are: Alpha Quintesson, Sixshot (the redeco of Shockblast) and Overcast (the redeco of Jetfire).
And now... the bad news. Australian stores, both online and in the "real world", will miss out on the following:
Energon: Quickstrike (Bulkhead redeco), Omega Sentinel (Omega Supreme redeco)
Universe: Soundwave and Space Case two-pack (G2 redecos), Long Haul, Bonecrusher, Scavenger (RID Build Team redecos).
Looking further forward, a large-scale advertising campaign is planned for March to promote the new generation of gestalts, and to "explain the concept" to the public.
The first wave of Cybertron figures, meanwhile, remains scheduled for a June/July release, with Laserbeak commenting Hasbro "have done a really nice job with the packaging". He's also seen the first clips of the finished animation for the accompanying TV series, which left him "very, very impressed - and I'm hard to impress. It reminded me a lot of Beast Machines - that highly-polished, reflective, computer-animated look".
A mixed bag of news, to be sure, but at least we all now know what to expect in 2005.
Posted by: DragonTail
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