Hi, my 2 cents:
1) That comment of Hasbro's about the dinobots was so painfully vauge. But the truth would go something like this:
"Takara has not invested the money to clean and repair those molds. Should Takara release any of the Dinobots as part of their Reissue series, then the North American market will see the same product 3-6 months after Takara has stopped their run on the toy."
So you can see why Hasbro worded it better
2) About energon Optimus Prime and Standard Convoy from Superlink: If you look at the north American Optimus Prime (The really big one that comes with his Zords). He has a black symbol on his upper left hand chest area. This is what hasbro was talking about in that quote Dark Optimus Prime gave us. So when they talk about him combining with other Black symbol figures in fall 2004 - they are talking about the release of Omega Supreme. There has been no word yet that Hasbro will release their version of "Wing Saber". Though for speculations sake - It might be the reason they named the minicon team "Energon Saber". As the obvious homage that "Wing Saber" is going for is Star Saber.
As for the Standard Convoy - there has been confermation of an Energon Megatron and Optimus Prime two pack (though no one know's what's in it). It is RUMORED that this will contain the Japanese versions of Megatron (the smaller version - Mega\Ultra sized) and the STD Prime.
As for STD prime combining with Wing Saber or Omega Supreme. If you look back through some of the first pics of STD Convoy that came out of Japan, the ports on his arm can and do fit the "Zords" from his counter part. But he looks a little out of proportion. It would be interesting to see if he can interact with Omega and Wing and not just the Deluxe or "Silver symbol" toys.