Quote Originally Posted by UltraMarginal View Post
just because hastak haven't produced a good springer yet doesn't mean they won't in the next few years. Some toys are produced just to keep the dcopyright to the name active. Sure the Warbot defender was fairly good, but I hold out hope that there will be a generations Springer and with luck, it'll be sweet as.
The thing is why do I want to wait 'years' for a 'what if' that may never happen when I have an excellent representation of a 'Classics Springer' right now available for me to buy that is likely to be better than anything Has-Tak can produce?

It is available for me now, it is good and it triple changes! The only reasons that I can think of anyone not wanting it is: 'a) unaffordable/too costly' or 'b) Not an official product' and both of them are purely subjective.

For those like me who can afford it and not worried about 'officialism' but a good representation of the character (and not a KO), the 3rd parties are providing what fans want and Hasbro is not. I believe that the 3rd party explosion is a result of that otherwise it would have been just as prevalent before City Commander as after it.

...City Commander..an upgrade kit that came about because HasTak's idea of Ultra Magnus was just to release white primes...