Should Hasbro make Generations Metrotitan?

[GoktimusPrime]

I get that Metrotitan is a bit obscure, but he did feature in the two IDW annuals last year so he shouldn't be too obscure.

+1. That's why I think it might work as a store chain exclusive now that Metro Titan has become a much less obscure character to Westerners since appearing in Anglophone canon. And unlike risking a toy based on say IDW's Dai Atlas or Metalhawk, Metrotitan would only need to be a repaint of an existing mould -- they wouldn't need to spend more money R&Ding a new mould. And if Metrotitan can sell, then Hasbro would make more money back from what they've already invested in the Metroplex mould in the first place. There are some more "casual" fans who read the IDW comics and would buy a fan-appeal toy if it were a limited store exclusive, but would never bother to get it if it were a limited convention or online store exclusive. I have friends who aren't really serious TF fans, but they do read IDW comics and buy toys like Platinum Edition Ultra Magnus and Omega Supreme etc. but would never collect toys that were any more limited than that.

I would much rather see Metroplex repainted as Metrotitan before some random repaints (like "Dark Energon Metroplex" or something kooky like that).

I guess the name being used as a generic term in IDW it does rob him of some individuality.

Perhaps... but would it be much worse than "Vehicon"?

But I do think that instead of the two current shiny Metroplex exclusives one of those should have been Metrotitan.

^Totally agree.