i think you guys should try more of the tail end bots from g1 like the pretenders,targetmasters,powermasters,etc.
it's pretty much guranteed that hasbro or takara will eventually do most if not all of the first season characters that are more well know or "top selling" charcters.
heck,you may even have more interest if you started making kits to turn them into japanese exclusive characters like a combining kreon liokaiser,a dinoking or even deathceazaurus.
i'd probably more than likely buy a kit to turn two kreons into a combining starsaber/victory leo set.
think outside the box and you may surprise yourself and others