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Eh to me it's too smart a take for its own good. To paraphrase Pitch Meeting... I just wanted to see the Mandarin, man. It's not that deep. And I'm not sure I agree that any strong reaction is a good one.

This might upset some people. I'm sorry if that happens. I don't want to take anyone to task over their fandom or who or what they like. I've just been thinking about this and some anecdotal evidence came my way. This fandom is kind of weird when it comes to Hot Rod/Rodimus. The early online...

As with anything, it was money. BM bombed, they decided to pivot. Then RiD '01 and Armada sold like gangbusters and convinced the suits that vehicles were the way forward.

It seems to have different parameters regarding deco though. We see this with Galvatron, and heck, we saw it with ER/SS Cliffjumper. Whatever the main Generations line is seems to have more leeway in how they interpret decos. Some are toy based, some are cartoon based, some go for a mix, others...

He was but he's also frustrating to me as an Iron Man fan. Fact is I like Hands of the Mandarin's take on the Mandarin. I like what they did with him in Invincible Iron Man. I liked Kingsley's take before the twist. And I liked Leung's take. Which only proves that there are multiple ways to...

My apologies. I didn't mean for that to come off as a response to you, but I can see how it did. I was mostly just referring to the general objections some people had about the prospect of the Mandarin before Iron Man 3/their defence of that movie's twist. But you're right. The 90s were...

One theory I heard was that Armada was almost like a reset. G2 introduced ball joints, which really got leaned on for BW and BM. That stuff was carried over into CR/RiD '01. Armada, by reverting to late G1 levels of articulation, began a process of alternate evolution almost, where a less...

A theory on why Galvatron's finally the right blurple (or at least closer than the Kingdom toy) The original third leg of the WfC trilogy was supposed to be '86 movie themed. Siege- pre war ER- '84-'85 XXXX- '86 movie and season three. However it was around the time they had to plan out that...

I mean I just brought up the Iron Man 3 twist as an example of trailers and toys trying to hide the plot. Didn't mean to get into A Thing about it but sure... As an Iron Man fan I hated the Iron Man 3 twist. The Mandarin is Tony's archenemy from the comics and all the "he's a racist...

True, but I have to think that for younger casuals who maybe didn't know they would have google'd it in quick order. I'm not really bashing the decisions with the marketing because even the hint of mystery is probably better than nothing at all, but I just found it funny. Regardless, this...

It always half worked for me and never in any useful way. Partially transforming when I didn't want it to, not actually functioning when I wanted it to work, and yeah the Armada trailer is just unpleasant to transform by hand. The Legacy version just treats it like any other trailer/base/power...

That's cool!

Armada Optimus' infrared trailer was annoying and never really worked right either and the Legacy version's take was far less frustrating.

One theory I heard was that crossovers and collabs are partially dependent on how much the other company is willing to pay. Godzilla's rights holder Toho may not have been willing to put that much money into this project which meant TT couldn't really do any remoulding and had to make do with...

Most famous version of that is Iron Man 3 where Iron Man's comic arch nemesis the Mandarin was sold as the main antagonist, only for that to be an in universe red herring with the real baddie being some inconsequential character from the Extremis comic arc. That even extended into the toyline...

Jokes aside, while Legacy Armada Megs' shoulders aren't great they still exist. Which is more than I can say for the original Armada Megs' knees. Ultimately that's what the Legacy version was trying to do, take that design and make it an articulated action figure that can transform. And it...

Sadly someone reached out and got Needlenose before you but Calcitron is still available! As for trades, let's take it to DMs.

The shoulders aren't great but he has knees. And I can't overstate how much I love having that design with functional knees.

I got Armada Megatron when he was on shelves and I've wanted him to have knees ever since I first got him. The Legacy version, despite being smaller, is so similar to the original that it kinda messed with me at first. And being able to bend that figure at the knees was truly something I've...

A DotM Cyberverse style subline with non-transforming figures for the miners that come with transforming set pieces/battle platforms could have been neat.