Those names sure run the full spectrum, don't they? You have Power Digger which I'm willing to believe is the actual name of the vehicle, Mega Dozer and Mega Hauler that sound like someone trying to parody RID2001 names and not quite making it, Motormix and Motorload which are decent, and...
I just remembered we had this thread and I checked and not one of you has mentioned Birdie Wing. I urge you all to give it a shot, because it is absolutely not what you're probably expecting.
Assuming for the sake of argument that the flipchangers are indeed the Solarbots and Solar Jets, I can see two explanations for why the name's meaning isn't obvious.
First, the test shots are bare plastic with no paint or stickers, and it's highly unlikely they were meant to be sold that way...
Orville also suffers from what I call Madoka Syndrome, where fans of Thing A gain a reputation for making a big deal about how "Thing A is good unlike that stupid Thing B crap that only an idiot would like," repelling Thing B fans who clearly fall squarely within Thing A's target audience.
I'm just sick and tired of seeing "stupid dumb Aaron Archer said it was impossible but he was wrong because the great John Warden did it" attached to every random thing regardless of what Archer did or didn't say about it or what was or wasn't different about the situation that made it more...
I only bought TR Twin Twist the first time because I wanted him to go with Topspin, so this pushes Diaclone Twin Twist into "only get for completionism" territory, which means now enough of the subline is stuff I'd only be getting for completionism that I won't be doing that.
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