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Back in the Old Days, that was an excuse for the lack of combiners-- they'd all have to be the same pricepoint and in the same wave, and now it's the other way where the components are spread out over multiple waves. There should really be a middle ground, especially for small teams.

And they apparently ran out of money for Koenig. But they had him write an episode! Anyway, I forgot the point I was trying to make, but believe me when I say it probably wasn't worth it.

Filmation also did Star Trek: The Animated Series, and while they cheaped out on the animation-- even using some of TOS's budget-friendly tricks-- they did not cheap out on the voice cast.

I still don't understand the TV/movie distinction/barrier here. Animation studio or movie studio, still a studio. It's not Theater Series or Silver Screen Series or other Specific Type Series.

Arguably, the Powerdashers need new molds to be done "properly," but I'm too happy with what we got to get worked up about it.

Well, yes. IIRC they're the oldest TF toys/characters that haven't really been redone. *Technically* Camshaft and Overdrive have been, but IMO INO (lol), and Downshift sure hasn't. AND ANOTHER THING as a team, they should all be done within a short timeframe and with a consistent design...

If you ever want to see if anyone reads something, make a small error and BOY HOWDY will you find out. (It's apparently a thing people do on purpose when asking questions on Reddit and the like to maximize responses. #themoreyouknow )

We *are* due for some kind of Alternators homage, aren't we? Car Grimlock, Decepticharge... the possibilities are limited!

psst

The A-Team van should play the Airwolf theme, just to mess with people.

Ehhh, I was thinking more "attach names from other brand we own to thing" like Energon Snowcat (which was more than just the name, obviously).

Megatron Excavator is wonderful. I like Bumblebee's racing stripes, and Optimus's colorscheme is kinda reversed. Anyway, kind of surprising Hasbro hasn't done this kind of thing sooner, but I guess they like to keep some brands separate. (OTOH, Energon Snowcat.)

maybe it's Timothy Van Patten's van from Master Ninja

Deceptitran, the Omnibots, Minispies, and the Giant Purple Griffin might disagree. (And there are a *lot* of Cybertronian forms we've seen in the shows and comics. Pre-Earth Amada Megatron and Optimus might be tricky since we only saw their robot modes in the first episode, but we've seen...

The McDonald's toy did remarkably well, IMO. Anyway, a large part of the show/toy appearance disconnect was the show's usage of non-final designs. I think a reasonably accurate Jetstorm is possible. Half the Studio Series toys take visible concessions, and Jetstorm doesn't have to be Studio...

I wonder if the Original Nexus Plan assumed Core-class limbs. Do we know the timeline of when smaller-than-Deluxe was abandoned as a price point? I mean, we stopped getting them, but that means they stopped designing/making them well before the last wave. And nothing really prevents some...

I mean, they figured this out (among other things) with Xevoz.

I would think swappable heads/ standardized sockets would be easier from a design perspective, but the Star Wars team famously struggled with that for the Clones and other trooper figures. Why start from scratch every time?

We do have a separate thread for theoretical redecos, so it's not a stretch to have one for other things that don't exist.

I hope Tiny Jazz is the harbinger of more tiny guys.