tfw2005.com reports the following interesting tidbits from a Hasbro panel at San Diego Comic Con...

The news is as follows:
- 4 Alternator redecos scheduled, 5 new molds scheduled/planned
- No World's Smallest Transformers Coming
- No plans for a G.I. Joe/Transformers toyline crossover, War Within figures
- Hasbro is looking at the possibility of putting older, harder to find Alternators (Tracks, Meister, Shockblast) online at the Hasbro Toy Shop
- Hasbro is planning an Alternators Mirage
- Soundwave is going to be a helicopter in the movie
- Universe is finished, save for store exclusive releases
- Seacons, "Green" Landfill, Jetfire Decepticon repaints may become Hasbro Toy Shop exclusives
- Mini-Con Battle Packs will be repaints for the first wave, and all new molds from that point on
- Hasbro will begin introducing larger Alternators at a higher price point

Mini-con Battle packs that aren't just repaints?! What's not to love! Higher price point Alternators?! AWE-some!! (Pleeeease let it be a real air force jet, Starscream, Thundercracker, Skywarp, seekers...!)