I never said I'm worried about Hasbro turning a profit

Getting back to the original point of this discussion, I don't think Armada's Hot Shot can be classed as one of the top ten Transformers characters of all time, regardless of how successful that series may have been - purely because he was poorly portrayed and the dialogue in Armada was so badly written.

If kids liked Armada purely for the fight scenes, then I think it's fair to say that Hot Shot's character (or lack of it, actually) has anything to do with Armada's success. Instead the dramatic fight scenes are the hallmark of that series, rather than any character.