We will/should end up getting both but only Rovio would know that… I am pretty sure they haven’t thought about it yet. The statement is 100% guess work. I figure that they have a plan but the details are still to be worked out. Plus the timing of events throughout their other games. Add the issues with this event and that may throw off the schedule a bit.
I’m figuring within 2 (maybe 3) weeks this will be reran for at least another 3 days to make up for things. I highly doubt that they will try to run 3 (AB-T) events within a month. We may only see one for each of the next 2 months as well as we may see 2. I am curious to see how they plan it out.
If I were to guess between The Hot Rod’s, I would say Bubbles would be first because “Mustache Pig” already has 2 character’s in the game. I also wouldn’t be surprised to see the first one of them come out for an event around Thanksgiving. Just lines up perfectly for the reintroduction of Rodimus, So that there will be less complaints about nothing new in the event around that time. I also wouldn’t be surprised if the second one didn’t come out until 2017.
Hasbro hasn’t given up on this completely either, tho it may seem so. There was/is too may things that happened at once, so they had to shift their own plans. Originally, from what I’ve gathered, the TF5 movie was supposed to come out this summer…but stuff happens and it got delayed a year. It was supposed to be lined up with the 30th anniversary of the original movie. Instead they put out the turtles… also a year ago Rovio was not exactly in the best place financially and made a bunch of cuts and other business moves. Cost had to go down, revenue had to go up. So far from what I’ve gathered, they have been successful this year. Which puts things in a good position to have everything come together for the TF movie next year. However time will tell. The thing with the telepods being cancelled wasn’t a pure financial thing as in they were not selling or selling enough. Rather the game has evolved so much since the original release that the telepods don’t serve a true function as they once did. The functions that they would currently provide would be counterproductive to the business model. Like making people watch ads to replenish the health of a bot vs scanning a telepods. They would loose a lot of advertising money that wouldn’t balance with the sales from the telepods. Also, having these events right now also help them generate income with the release of the characters. It is believed that the telepods would also cut into that revenue.
As for more playing areas… I believe, there are 2 that they are sitting on right now. Partly trying to figure out how to capitalize on the release as well as stretching things out until the release of (1st the AB movie & then) nearing the TF movie. Which would help revitalize the game even more. So in affect they are threading water until an opportune time is available. I believe 1 of the set of levels is complete, I’m not sure if the other is 100%. Also unsure about its’health. The ideas for levels, they are not short on but rather the funding for the development of other’s is. So for now we get new bots and accessories!
