Don't know about that, DePriest said they are scaling back the line this year and trying to manage it more closely. There were a lot more TVC figures on display in NY than TCW.
Plus no TCW mail-away promotion this year, and no TCW SDCC exclusive. (again)
No new battlepacks announced, nor any new mid-size vehicles.
I was making mention to the new sculpts you guys are getting, the mini vehicles, and the Large Scale vehicle.
The vintage line, even though new figures were shown, I don't think had as many new sculpts per the number shown as did TCW figs. As for the vehicles I didn't see any new Vintage ones either, but hey at least the mini rigs look cool for the most part. I would also think TCW folks would love the Republic Attack Shuttle.
I think it is easy for us all to get disappointed in what we see and there is no way Hasbro is ever gonna please the lot of us so you can look at it glass half full or glass half empty. We must also remember that they generally save about half for SDCC and with CV being just last August perhaps they were a bit short with both lines as they just unveileds tons of stuff there.