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I feel that a lot of these discussions don't take into account enough that we're in an era of toylines that are at least half a parade of comparative randos. I'd argue Big Convoy is likely to be a better seller to even casuals than, say, Needlenose or Impactor or Slammer or Nucleous. "This toy...

I just hope availability -- once that gets clarified -- is better than it was for those. Which you'd think it would be, as retail run numbers would be different, but this isn't exactly a regular retail situation (apparently). Any comparison to the old club model is not one that gives me any comfort.

The fact that they've also shuttered outside-US Hasbro venues like Hasbro Pulse Asia is another reason that availability is getting harder and harder to negotiate. We've had exclusives languish and be widely available before, and sure, harder to find stuff can sometimes find a way to make it...

"What we deal with now" are different things. I'm not US-based, so there are a few different hoops to be jumped through and middlemen to be navigated for even a Target exclusive. There have been alternatives popping up of late, but idk how much of that is reliable long-term.

This was my first reaction to this. And my second, third, and fourth. What a pain in the ass this is going to be for getting stuff.

I do like both designs enough to want to see new toys of either. But of course the full Megabot would be preferable. I may be the only one wanting an Armada Optimus- style Commander class one of High Tide and the Megabot rig though.

Legacy G1 Op: YOU'VE GOT DE-TACH DETACHABLE SMOKE-STAAAACKS YEAH

Blades does have that VTOL jet version. Would prefer the copter though, could be a pretool for someone else (totally the wrong transformation, but the pontoons make me hope for Water Walk). But what I'd really love to see is a High Tide.

Tangent alert. Idk if I'm reading this right, but thinking about a Visionaries line, I wouldn't be opposed to having clear animal pack-ins with basic articulation. However, toywise the holograms were the real cool factor, so skipping them would be a huge miss. But I can see them being left off...

It's a bit of a shame; I liked the cleverness of the "we took number 86 and made a whole pocket universe toyline out of it" angle. But since they're not even numbering Studio Series anymore, that turned into an artifact rather than ongoing bit. Plus, as CoffeeHorse notes, there's every...

This is probably already known, but how easy or difficult or not possible would it be to swap parts (keeping painting to a minimum) and make a tape deck Soundblaster? Like, would it work to take the torso from Soundblaster and all the tape deck-y bits from Soundwave? Or idk, maybe less trouble...

In true traditional frustrating toy release fashion, they could do multipacks. Airachnid with one or two Death Trackers. Sentinel Prime with two Gold Trackers (or one Gold, one Silver). Airachnid, Sentinel Prime, Gold Tracker. Silver Trackers 2-Pack. These are all designs I generally like, so...

Yeah, it's one thing for micro-continuities like that to be pursued by this and that officialized fanfic venue, but it'd be wild if Hasbro actually got a comic or miniseries going that built on one or more of these offshoot things. Whose Tusks Gleam In The Night? Whoosa Good Boy? Whoosa Goody...

I was genuinely about to do that, but couldn't figure out how to segue into it.

I think what we're seeing so far is, as tends to be the case with many properties, the most annoying part is the fandom (not exempting myself). Which... Actually, yeah.

I think "no one would want" is a bit much. A good chunk of the fans who'd complain about them being inaccurate would be complaining all the way to the toy store (website) to order the inaccurate toy, to their board or server to talk about "doing Hasbro's work for them" by customizing the toy...

No kink-shaming?

This made me laugh because I genuinely only want the Ravage as I don't collect o-ring Joes and have no need for the Thunder Machine. Over the last few years (mostly thanks to WFC) I've amassed a nice handful of cassettes. If I had better access to the Walmart reissues I'd gather those up too.

I'm reminded of that group picture of 4 golden retrievers and one cat that had to be dragged into the frame to join.

Saw them a few years ago, they opened for Paramore. Some say they stole the show. Not really my sound.