It was done in deference to the Bills and Vikings, each of whom have negative experiences with things in batches of fours. Like Super Bowl loses.
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Completely off-topic, but this reminds me of back in the heady days of RiD01, whenever I saw an Air Attack Optimus Primal at ToysRUs, the childrens products would invariably be flipping off the customers. Seriously, if ever there was a figure that didn't need a "try me" hole in the package, that was the one...
I thought that originated in China...though tended to be a general thing for cultures in that region anyway, so I'm willing to give it to you.
When I worked at Target, sometime during late Energon, we randomly got in about eight pallets of Armada Unicron. They ended up taking an entire aisle on the sales floor just to get them out of the back room (we were in the back to school buildup phase, we had no room). Someone went through the entire aisle and made every single one of them flip the bird. And not just the figures in front, every figure on the shelves.
"For a time, I considered sparing your puny toy aisle. But now, you shall witness me making a mildly rude gesture at it!!!!"
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
I remain convinced they'll never get to the whole league before this peters out.
I would put odds at an even 50/50.
I'm hoping they get to the Bears. As an Illinoisan, it's the one I want.
"I have gathered you here for a purpose..."
*flips off Megatron holographically; leaves without elaborating*
*rest of the movie is a full hour of Megatron's shocked face*
I'm moderately willing to collect ones that have colors that match existing teams/subgroups. The Jaguars have teal-based uniforms that could be a decent match for G2 Cybertronians.
Megatron is mildly offended! I, Starscream, am your new leader!
Sir, this a Galvatron.
I botched the quote anyway, so clearly this G1 was very slightly different before this scene already.
Fool! Galvatron can be any Megatron he wishes!
I wonder if there's some extra hoops to jump through when it comes to licensing. You'd think that Hasbro would just need to make one deal with the NFL, granting them the rights to all 32 teams, but I could see maybe there's some additional per-team details that need to get approved (like the individual bots names)? I dunno, just seems very odd to have 4 in the first wave then only 3 in the second.
Yeah I'm kinda starting to think the same. You'd think they'd want to at least get out the ones for the teams that sell the most merch. Which does vary somewhat year-to-year, but of the ones not already covered, I'd think they would definitely want to do the Bears, Eagles, Raiders, Giants, and Lions... and I think the Dolphins sell well too. Bills and Vikings are a bit of an odd choice in that regard (though I know the Bills at least do well now because of Josh Allen).
Though, most merch is stuff like jerseys and hats; quite possible that non-clothing trinkets sell differently.
Yeah I'm kinda starting to think the same. You'd think they'd want to at least get out the ones for the teams that sell the most merch. Which does vary somewhat year-to-year, but of the ones not already covered, I'd think they would definitely want to do the Bears, Eagles, Raiders, Giants, and Lions... and I think the Dolphins sell well too. Bills and Vikings are a bit of an odd choice in that regard (though I know the Bills at least do well now because of Josh Allen).
Though, most merch is stuff like jerseys and hats; quite possible that non-clothing trinkets sell differently.