Up until this point, I have never heard anyone refer to the likes of Ironhide, Prowl, Ratchet, Wheeljack, Thundercracker, and Skywarp as "niche" characters.
Broadside? Octane? Really?Compared to Perceptor, Soundwave, Blaster, Blitzwing, Astrotrain, the Insecticons, Constructicons, Combiners, Omega Supreme, Galvatron, Optimus Prime, Megatron, Broadside, Octane, Sky Lynx, Shockwave, the Dinobots, etc., they are kind of background, unexciting, generic type characters.
Broadside? Octane? Really?
Darn that Simon Furman, he completely ignored Simon Furman's G2 comic while writing Regeneration One, he even ripped off some of Simon Furman's ideas, Simon Furman definitely owns Simon Furman an apology.Was Marvel’s G2 Transformers ignored in Regeneration One? I heard Regeration One jumps 21 years into the future from where the G1 Marvel Comic left off.
Where do the events of Marvel’s G2 comic fit in.
If Furman totally ignored the G2 continuity, that would be a d#ck move.
So you think Wheeljack, the first character we see in the series and creator of the Dinobots, as well as Ironhide, Brawn and Ratchet who heavily appeared in the first two seasons are minor, niche characters..... Kay.Sideswipe was a minor, bit player Autobot. He wouldn’t have that much of an impact or fanbase. In fact most of the Transformers who died in the animated movie were minor, dispensable Autobots like Huffer, Brawn, Ironhide, Ratchet, Wheeljack, Prowl, Bluestreak, etc. and on the Decepticon side Thundercracker and Skywarp. They’re very niche.
Hasbro doesn't make the G1 Masterpieces. TakaraTomy does.Hasbro needs to make a Masterpiece G1 Broadside they can be proud of so they have something worth selling in media.
I'd be willing to give him Octane on the basis of his appearances in "Thief in the Night" and "Starscream's Ghost". You can't even tell that the character arc was originally meant for Blitzwing (picking up where FFOD left off)....Broadside? Octane? Really?
And how does that relate to the comics story at all?
No, the toy was made first. The comics rebuilt Megatron into his tank body because of the toy. The comic advertised the toy, not the other way around.G1 Megatron was rebuilt by Cobra into G2 Megatron who is unveiled in the G2 Transformers Marvel Comics with his new body, which explains why Megatron’s G2 toy form looks the way that it does.
With made him look absolutely awesome, and is one of the most memorable designes from the comics. Gladly bought the upgrade kit for the siege edition, to make him look as he should.It convinced the fandom that "G2 Sideswipe" means "spiky tires on top of the shoulders and absolutely no green."