Prediction for 2026 86 commander

Getting my thoughts out there before there’s any leaks or anything

I think astrotrain would be a very solid pick for 86 commander for a few reasons. The obvious - he’s BIG. Getting a jetfire sized commander astrotrain would be great, especially for vehicle mode scaling. His shuttle mode, obviously still wouldn’t scale with cars still but could be big enough and hollow enough to fit a deluxe figure inside given his engineering is often a cylinder which shuttle and train bits move about. His train mode on the other hand would likely scale really well. One of my more niche wants for an astrotrain as I’m one of few that find the train mode cooler than the shuttle so having a properly imposing steam engine would make it my personal favorite astrotrain for that alone. Wouldn’t be the first either. Magnus’s alt mode scale was prioritized. The size tho suits both alt modes, train for scale, shuttle for gimmick. And then if still have the siege one for robot mode scale, or, a huge astrotrain stacking up shoulder height with combiners which is also really cool.

Thats a lot of why I want him but why do I think it’ll happen? It’s been 6 years since the last one, he’s got a bigger role in the skybound comics, he works for that price point, and who else could fill it out of the 86 cast? Short of branching into bayverse for the commander class, it just seems like he’d be next up and if he isn’t he’s not far off. The more time goes by the more I feel a new commander mold is justified for astrotrain.