UPDATE: Thanks to the Hasbro Transformers panel at SDCC 2011, the names of these two toys are confirmed as Sky Shadow and Junkheap.
As seen above, the instructions for the previously released Transformers Generations Thunderwing and Reveal the Shield Wreck-Gar depicted the robot modes with different heads, revealing potential retools to fans. The Thunderwing retool looked to be based on Japanese Generation 1 character Black Shadow, whereas Wreck-Gar was to become a generic Junkion seemingly based on Junkyard. These instruction images (and others) came about so long ago that the fates of the potential retooled and redecoed toys have seemingly been up in the air. The most recent official word from Botcon 2011 was a vague "we're looking into them/we'll try." Ho hum.
Thankfully, the story doesn't end there. Thanks to a solicitation find from TFW2005 member catz, any worries that the toys would go unrealized are now out the window! Those of you wishing to expand your collection of Classics style Transformers are in luck: Trasformers Generations BLACK SHADOW and JUNKION are now confirmed for November release by Hasbro! They are to be packed 2 to a case, along with 2 Wheeljacks and 1 each of Sergeant Kup and Warpath. Good news indeed!
Perhaps if we're lucky, we'll finally see these guys in full plastic form at San Diego Comic-Con 2011, a tiny little multi-media shindig that just happens to start tomorrow. Hurrah!
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