2 or 3 maybe, but you should ask when are they going to retire the Sideswipe mould, its had more uses than any seeker figure, though I'll grant that its the most basic action figures in TF, not overly complex and not to simple either
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2 or 3 maybe, but you should ask when are they going to retire the Sideswipe mould, its had more uses than any seeker figure, though I'll grant that its the most basic action figures in TF, not overly complex and not to simple either
*laughs in Classics*
Using TF Wiki, for the original classics mould total of versions are: 31 and that includes the Coneheads as the changes have always been primary cosmetic with the torso, arms and legs being the same design
Seeker (body-type) - Transformers Wiki
Siege seeker mould, number of uses: 13
Earthrise mould, number of uses: 18
Earthrise/siege Sideswipe mould: 16
Local walmart got their third restock of Shockwave / Skywarp, so I went ahead and grabbed Skywarp. Need to check some local stores and see if anybody has TC still taking up space and then hope I can get a Starscream. I didnt want to buy them, but damnit if they just dont look too nice to pass up on. Ill prob sell my Earthrise versions here soon.
They're so desperate to keep the line going as they're running out of characters....
And they STILL won't touch the twins (Mudflap and Skids).
Good.
I would have gotten the ice cream truck version if their heads didn't look like that.
I think a lot of the fuss over them is down to the media trying to make a mountain out of a mole hill as they do, personally, I never saw much of a problem with them aside from the fact they were just poorly written characters, but then ROTF wasn't exactly the best writing in the movies because of the writers strike back then and Paramount plus Hasbro with Bay idea of filming the movie without a completed script!
That seems like an odd assurance to make. It's entirely true, but that kind of speaks to how weird the situation is to begin with.
They're bleh characters, but that's about it. I'm sure morons starved for something to make content out of would have a field day, but that's true of everything a company does in 2026, even actual good decisions.
Just make them and get it over with. New, less-overengineered takes would be nice. Then move on to the many other bots and concepts that haven't been made. Otherwise, just stop calling the line Studio anything and name your toylines like Apple phones. This one's the Geewun line, and this one's the Geewun Pro Max with other stuff from the 40 years.
They're bleh characters, but that's about it. I'm sure morons starved for something to make content out of would have a field day, but that's true of everything a company does in 2026, even actual good decisions.
Just make them and get it over with. New, less-overengineered takes would be nice. Then move on to the many other bots and concepts that haven't been made. Otherwise, just stop calling the line Studio anything and name your toylines like Apple phones. This one's the Geewun line, and this one's the Geewun Pro Max with other stuff from the 40 years.
It was a very online thing. They got a good response in my showing. People laughed.
I almost didn't bother seeing it in theaters because of how disastrously bad the reviews were, until a cashier at Target said it was good and I should see it.
Same. Saw it in a packed theatre, the twins got laughs.
It’s just nobody wanted to, y’know, buy them as toys
I really would not be surprised if, at least some, of the reluctance to touch upon those characters came down to prior (craptacular) sales, or issues with the vehicle mode licensing.
Were the Twins failures at retail? I remember RotF's line being very strong in terms of sales, surpassing the first movie line.It’s just nobody wanted to, y’know, buy them as toys
I really would not be surprised if, at least some, of the reluctance to touch upon those characters came down to prior (craptacular) sales, or issues with the vehicle mode licensing.
Obviously that doesn't mean there couldn't be duds... but I was in my early 20s when that movie came out. My disinterest in the Twins as toys probably isn't an indictment on whether or not kids at the time wanted them.
Even sales issues might not be down to the characters, at least not at first.
The ROTF ones were terrible toys, like many other overcomplicated toys in the line. That Leader class Optimus is one of the best of all time but it got plenty of online storefront reviews from disappointed parents that had trouble transforming the damn thing for their kids. It was a great showcase of toy engineering that could approximate the aesthetic and its complexity, but that doesn't make for a fun play experience.
The ROTF ones were terrible toys, like many other overcomplicated toys in the line. That Leader class Optimus is one of the best of all time but it got plenty of online storefront reviews from disappointed parents that had trouble transforming the damn thing for their kids. It was a great showcase of toy engineering that could approximate the aesthetic and its complexity, but that doesn't make for a fun play experience.
The best Twins were the ice cream truck version, and that didn't stay on shelves long. Other than that, I feel like the Deluxe figures stayed on hooks longer than they should have, but don't have much evidence beyond memory to back that up. I, personally, didn't buy the individual Deluxes because I was focusing my collection more towards the Legend/Legion class at that time, and I did buy the Twins in that scale.
I wish I'd gotten the Takara EZ Collection release of the individual cars in the ice cream truck's colors. That's a bit of clever fun I didn't have room in the budget for at the time.
While obviously a subjective anecdote, I distinctly remember my TRU having an endcap full of dozens of the twins well into DOTM. Which then added more of them from that line.