Alternators I'd like to see

[TimDH]

Now that alternators is pretty well established, and some of the more obvious characters are out, what other cars would you like to see, and who would they be?

I'd like to see:

Brawn as a Hummer, with Soundwave as a repaint command and control variant

Bumblebee as a mini cooper, as unlikely as that may be to happen

Ironhide either as a repaint of the new Dodge Ram prime or as a different kind of truck

An alternator version of BT Blaster, but with some TV station decals and maybe a satellite dish on top

[HeavyAssault]

Id like to see a NSX.As who?Dont really care.

Id like to see exotics more...Granted Mirage as a Ford GT40 is a great start.

[TimDH]

Surprised no one else has a strong opinion about future Alts.

For my part, I'm mainly only bothered that they do, and get right, all the 83/84 G1 'deluxe' cars.

Second on my list are notable characters from the minibots - in these cases I'm less fussed about keeping major design points than I am with the 1st option.

Finally, there's a couple of characters from later plastic deluxe car lines who I wouldn't complain about seeing. Again in these cases I'm less concerned about seeing major design features carried forward.

For the repaints that I don't buy, they can make them whoever they want, rollbar, ricochet, swerve etc. doesn't really bother me as I won't be buying them.

That gives us:

Prowl - not a bad job with the choices made. i don't mind him being different from an Impreza, since I imagine him to be less muscle-bound and barrel chested than his brothers.
Sideswipe - the arm armour plating seals it for me, subtle as it is.
Sunstreaker - if he had to be a remold, then at least they finally released him. A key sunstreaker trait for me though is the visible engine block.
Tracks - lots of influences from the original, especially the all important missiles
Hound - perfect
Smokescreen - perfect
Streak - perfect
Jazz - tolerable seeing as how we'd never get a porsche
Trailbreaker - the Dodge Prime mold has some connection with the trailbreaker/hoist original, such as the big shoulders. But I bet any black variant will be scourge or motormaster or something else that I wouldn't want to buy.
Hoist - so since black dodge ram is unlikely to be trailbreaker, it better be Hoist. he doesn't even need to be green in my book, as long as he looks industrial and has an appropriate remold.
Red Alert - wouldn't have minded if he was a repaint of Prowl, with the bonnet pointing down for the chest. But would have been happier still if they'd skipped him alltogether rather than do yet another Impreza.
Wheeljack - most disappointed that this was just a remold. Just doesn't feel like Wheeljack to me at all.
Skids - perfect interpretation in my book
Inferno - These last two I don't think they could ever do at least within their current size/scale/price restrictions they've set themselves.
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Ironhide - I think, despite my earlier comments, I wouldn't like him as a Dodge Ram. Ultimately, the Alt Ironhide should have his defining cartoon only feature - the big windshield as his chest, (as opposed to it being his head/helmet like in the toy), so needs to have his own mold.
Ratchet - not bothered if they skip him alltogether.
Mirage - pretty good choice given they weren't able to get a real F1.
Rumble - meh I don't decepticon alts, I don't see the point, but since they seem to be really using the piledrivers to drive the design, i'm glad at least to see original innovation. Not sure who would make a good autobot repaint... maybe Brawn? Huffer?

(BTW, about Windcharger, he's my least favorite mold, although I'm surprised no one ever mentions he has the G1 windcharger head in his boot, but Grimlock I think is also perfect, with many well thought out design influence from the original, despite the drastic change of alt mode. i don't object to seeing more key non-car characters e.g. blaster and perceptor given the treatment also. blaster as a TV reporters truck worked nicely I thought in the BTA line)

For minibots, as long as the right cars can be licensed, I'm not bothered how close they are beyond the head mold. I'd mainly want to see
Bumblebee - perhaps these two could be an Audi TT, given the curves
Cliffjumper
Brawn - perhaps as an ironhide repaint (as long as ironhide isn't a dodge ram)

Top of the list of other characters I'd be happy with is:
Nightbeat, who would be perfect as the plain blue Acura repaint of Prowl
Getaway

[gaijiin]

[glow=blue,2,300]I posted a few ideas here.[/glow]