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To be fair, I don't think you can blame current leadership for that decision. I don't even think Cocks worked for Hasbro back then.

Sidestepping the "are kids even the primary market anymore?" question, Combiner Wars was incredibly successful from a retail perspective. Granted it was eleven years ago, but even still. That line started with four Arielbots and a Stunticon. You had to get a few waves deep to complete a team.

Clearly, but ToyBiz's DC/Batman offerings were such a flash in the pan I have to think that there was more going on there than Kenner just putting together a better pitch. Clearly someone at WB wasn't happy with ToyBiz's output. That ToyBiz's DC stuff ranges from "I guess it's about on par with...

I do think all of this justifies the decision to do TM1 Megs again. Never mind the debate about whether or not the original can be improved upon (I think there's certainly room to), the fact is that it's a popular form for BW Megatron. And right now your choices are either a Hasbro original...

I've always heard that WB took the DC licence back from ToyBiz because they found their initial offerings to be far below a standard in quality they were happy with.

WB did Prince of Thieves and wanted to partner with Kenner again, hoping to replicate the success they both saw with Batman '89, which was just two years prior by this point. Kenner was never one to turn down a movie tie-in, but wasn't confident in a Robin Hood movie succeeding. So they did...

So the Kazim from the ill-fated 6 inch Indiana Jones line from Hasbro makes for a pretty good Daroga stand-in for my custom Phantom of the Opera collection.

If you know, you know.

MAYBE NOW DAD MEGATRON WILL LOVE ME!

Someone in 2006 was like "we're gonna get so far ahead on this thing." Not a bad line up. Much love for a Pirates of the Dark Water pull. But I need to give one of these goobers my GOAT fictional pirate portrayal, Jason Isaacs' Captain Hook.

I was there for Doolittle where RDJ's strained Welsh accent kept distracting me. Dude is a great actor, but the prospect of him doing an accent for a full movie is... worrying.

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That RDJ Doom accent 😖 Count Chocula, here we go.

Staring Leo Prime.

I have no idea. They're doing MMPR S2 Zords and a Zeo collectors line... I know Playmates doesn't have much with TMNT going to Mattel, but these have to be selling somewhat decently to chug ahead.

The reset was supposed to be for 19 July. I went looking for the two pack, and found it at the third Target I tried. From my own personal experiences, it seems like some hit the ground running on that, but it was haphazard. The first Target I tried still had what they've had out for months...

What a nice birthday present. Thank you, Mr. Bezos.

The whole line is for a show over thirty years old.

Oh! Is it Fire Guts having the lone red helmet?