Outside? Inside? No, thinking ABOUT the box: your thoughts on Transformers packaging

[CoffeeHorse]

(At least one Optimus Prime and Starscream release got both a robot mode packaging release and an altmode packaging version.)

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Yo, what? I never knew about either of these.

ROTF ran for seemingly forever,

It really did. It kept going in some form or another right up to DOTM. Probably to DOTM's detriment but we'll get there.

As for the packaging, I don't feel much. It works, but it doesn't give me that WOW impression that 07 did, but that's probably more due to context than the actual merits of the packaging. This is fine. Although, that half curve of the 07 packaging was stylish as heck and it is missed here.

 

[Sabrblade]

However, Leader class figures were typically packaged in robot mode. (At least one Optimus Prime and Starscream release got both a robot mode packaging release and an altmode packaging version.)

Er, that Optimus and Starscream on the right are both Voyagers.

Various Seeker redecoes (Ramjet, Skywarp, Nebular Starscream) from the Voyager Starscream mold

Ramjet and Skywarp used the 2007 Movie 1 Voyager Starscream mold while Nebular Starscream used the ROTF Voyager Starscream mold.