I know that I'm in the minority here, but since you guys are in the know and keep up on all of the TF sites, maybe you can tell me what the latest news in on new animated TFs coming out. My son is jonesin' for some new ones.
Jeff
Well, the most recent waves have included (as Jayson mentioned) the "Elite Guard" Bumblebee (was this even in the 'toon?), Swoop, and Sentinel Prime. The next wave of Deluxes includes Blurr, Swindle, and (IIRC) "Blazing" Lockdown (a repaint of the first version).
There will also be two Target exclusive deluxe class figures, each of which will come with two bonus Legends class figures: Stealth (Clear) Lockdown with two Legends and Rescue (Yellow) Ratchet with two Legends. Wal-Mart is going to have two exclusive value bundles for (I think) Black Friday, which include Optimus Prime (two pack version) vs. Blackarachnia and Megatron (two pack version) vs. Prowl (I think). After that, in the deluxe class at least, will be a two pack (ala the Prime/Megatron set) of Jetfire and Jetstorm, who combine with each other into one 'bot (Safeguard?); this is from the forthcoming third season of the series, as well as an individually carded Samurai Prowl (the sidecar turns into armor).
There are two "new" Voyager class releases coming, with Skywarp (a straight G1-repaint of Starscream in purple and black) and Shockwave ("Longarm Prime") which is a quadruple changer. There's also a Voyager class Wreck-Gar coming next year, along with "Atomic" Lugnut (straight gaudy repaint). I'm personally hoping that Hasbro finally decides to do a complete set of the three original seekers in at least one modern line and does a Thundercracker repaint of Starscream.
The only "new" Leader Class toys coming are repaints of "Shadow Megatron" (he's black and purple), and "Roadbuster Ultra Magnus" (he's gaudy and offensive to anyone with vision).
Sadly, still no definitive word on the Constructicons (Mixmaster and Scavenger), Omega Supreme, Arcee, Cliffjumper, or any of the other Starscream clones.