Transformers: Age of the Primes Thread: ll First Post All Listings II Update : April 12th, 2027 Bonus Wave: Repaint fun, Beast Wars, G2, Machine Wars

[LordGigaIce]

Yeah I liked Mighty Max, but I don't $50 like Mighty Max.

Sometimes our parents didn't have a reason.

For all the speculation of why Hasbro so rarely makes hooded Cobra Commanders, a hooded Cobra Commander was one of the single packed GI Joe toys my mom straight up refused to get me.

 

[LBD "Nytetrayn"]

It's especially funny how the Optimus Prime-looking Japanese guy named Big Convoy is getting to be a shelfwarmer in the AOTP line.

Should've called him "Mammoth Prime."

 

[Sabrblade]

Should've called him "Mammoth Prime."

Still wouldn't have helped his street cred with the kids.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

That might even be enough to get me collect joes...

Same. I want this now.

Hasbro, give me a call. I will save G.I. Joe.

 

[Steamed Hams]

That would confuse people with Ultra Mammoth who was confused with Big Blue Convoy who...

Magmatron was also a shelfwarmer.

Maybe do something with the characters before you throw them in a toyline as leader and commander class. The thirteen might work because they've had some exposure but people won't remember these guys from Beast Wars that never came to the west.

 

[LordGigaIce]

Still wouldn't have helped his street cred with the kids.

"Prime" as a title is something kids in the west would associate with something positive because of Optimus Prime.

You see an Optimus looking robot with "Mammoth" in his name, his also a Prime like Optimus, he turns into a mammoth... that may be enough to make a kid want him. Even if they've never heard of Beast Wars Neo.

But "Big Convoy"? "Convoy" doesn't mean anything except its literal definition in the West outside of Transformers fans.