Keep in mind that mold status doesn't seem to be an issue. General Hawk reported that there is massive remolding on all the new vehicles.

The real constraints are format. So far, the format is: 1 Joe w/small vehicle + 1 Cobra w/small vehicle or 1 Joe w/medium vehicle or 1 Cobra w/medium vehicle.

I'd like to see a Cobra Stinger, Adder and a re-tooled Dreadnok Thundermachine.

As for Joes, Skyhawk VTOL, Mobat and Slugger.

for the question about the Mobat, they should have the mold still intact, do you guys remember the Crimson Attack Tank (CAT) the KB Toys Exclusive ?

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i am thinking the deradnokn trik with zandar and zarana or zandar with his air skif

are the whale with cutter

That makes sense, to a certain degree. After all, if you're mucking around in the mold to shrink the foot pegs or open up the HISS cockpit a little, you might as well tool up some missing small parts, or remove lame firing missile features (I'm looking at you, Snow Cat!)

I just can't see them doing something major, like tooling up a new Mauler turret, or completely tooling up a new vehicle, like a replacement FANG.

Just out of curiosity, I went on YoJoe and compiled a list of ARAH vehicles that have been released recently (within the last 10 years). I would hope that anything on the list they haven't lost the tooling for already. I'm gonna assume that anything not on the list is not likely to be available (since Hasbro or the Con would have pushed it out if it was a viable release; however the announcement that the CLAW is coming gives me hope.) I've marked anything that is too big to fit into the format that Dasaffe pointed out (1 medium or 2 small vehicles).

AGP
ASP
Barracuda Sub
Brawler (too big)
Conquest (too big)
Dominator (too big)
Dragonfly (too big)
Dreadnok Cycle
Ferret
Headquarters (92) (too big)
HISS II (too big)
MOBAT (too big)
Mobile Command Center (too big)
Monster Blaster APC (too big)
Moray (too big)
Night Landing
Polar Battle Bear
Rage (too big?)
Rattler (too big)
Silver Mirage
Skyhawk
Slugger
Snow Cat
Stinger
STUN
Warthog (too big)
Whirlwind

Here's my prediction for what we are getting:
CLAW (with Cobra Trooper) vs. Polar Battle Bear (with Snow Job) - this would be a semi-homage to the cover of issue 11.
Snow Cat (with Frostbite, an Arctic Snake Eyes repaint) - gets the Snow Cat out there, which, like Trekker, I think we're gonna see eventually, plus we know they have the Frostbite trademark. Plus, if it's brand new, maybe I'll go a whole week without breaking the clips to the missile rack on it

I am okay with seeing some vehicles released again that we have already seen in recent years. But I am hoping they will start pulling out some stuff we haven't seen for a long time, at least in North America. The FANG would be an excellent choice. I would love to see a Skystriker but that is a very long shot, I know. I can't help but think about what other vehicles are still out there that they just have not tapped into.

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I'd love to see a re-tool of the the Thunderwing, maybe so it's sleeker like the real F22.

As far as IG stuff goes, I figure if we get an IG vehicle, it'll be the AGP.

I realize this is a ludicrous bump from the third page, but what does everyone think about the likelyhood of, since there are bookoo jump packs floating around in all this, that we might see a J.U.M.P. Pad, either with or without an included pack? Between last years con two-pack, the Airtroopers and Duke, that's an awful lot of jetpacks. I've picked up a couple from Ebay, but hey, am I the only one that wants a new one of these?

I'd love to have a couple of the JUMP pads in blue to match the Air Trooper packs. So a reissue of that would be most welcome.

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I'm not TOO excited by anything very big but I think it would be cool if we got the Mauler all retooled and 25thy. The Shredder too. Heck they could even give us Steeler (New General Hawk body) and black Rip-It. I doubt they would simply because Master Collector never wants to hear the word "Mauler" again though

The only other thing I can think of that's medium sized would be a HISS II in black.

Now small vehicles: ALL the playsets, FANGs, SNAKEs, RAMs, the list could go on forever!

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Why would it matter what the MC wants or not. Hasbro is thier own company. MC don't have any say in the matter. Hasbro should do it to show MC what would have happened IF they would have made the right choice in fixing the mold in the first place.



Ram is already coming out. http://www.hasbrotoyshop.com/ProductsBy ... 21689&PG=6

And of course the Cobra Stinger is next yr or so Hasbro said. Which I love cause I've been wanting a few of these for a while.

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Because the two groups have an operating partnership. Releasing the Mauler now would make Master Collector look even worse in the wake of last year's debacle. And as long as the 2 are working together Hasbro's not going to deliberately slight them.

Or at least that's my theory.

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I've already blued up one of the ones from ebay, and I've found a artoo deetoo for his rocet flames (man, that was particularly hard to find for some reason), so by tomorrow, I should have a cobra jump complate with burny takeoff goodness.

Still, I'd love to see an updated one, with the little touches that the 25th vehicles have been getting, you know, like the power cables on the vamp, the feed chute on the trubble bubble, the bustle rack on the armidillo.

Or, perhaps, Hasbro retooling a Mauler turret for release in tan, using the part that MC had retooled, as the Mauler, would then make available for MC a complete mauler tool set to make good on their promise from last year for the green and blue maulers. It would be a good move for Hasbro to show that they really do care about us, care about MC, and that MC really does want to deliver the goods. I think that would be an excellent use of that operating partnership. I mean hey, you don't find it suspicious that the con two-pack last tear was jet packs, and then straight out of the box, 25th cobra airtroopers pop up? I'm pretty sure Hasbro said "Hey, we're about to do somethimg with these, you want to run some off, before we change the molds?"

It'd be nice, but hey, how likely is it?

http://www.hisstank.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8810  conquest is coming in 25th line according to that thread.

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