Quote Originally Posted by Cat View Post
None.

Planning on this would have had to be well under way for some time by TakTom, and we know it's been on the cards since MP10 anyway.

And even IF they were going to be influenced by the actions of a 3rd party company (something that's pretty doubtful anyway, especially considering timeframes and such) I REALLY doubt it'd be KFC, and how many UM's have been done over the years by 3rd parties now anyway?
Yeah I doubt any real influence. It is possible that the popularity of City Commander may have encouraged someone at Tomy that doing the character proper was a good idea but that is vague guessing.

I personally think this just happened completely on it's own. The new MP designer seems to have his finger on the fan's pulse so he knows what people want to see.