Figure repaints or small remoulds?

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I personally didn't think the springer/sandstorm mould was very small, one of the larger voyagers we've had in a while. I suppose your saying that the armada era toys were a LOT bigger than even those two though.

Yeah, Plus Speinger and Sandstorm were the two earliest figures of rcent Transformers that I see as being the start of the extensive remoulding we see now. I keep thinking back to Galaxy Force Starscream and Vector Prime. Those were some chunky (and the first classification of) Voyagers. Both remarkable simple toys as well.

I don't think size should be the prime factor of cost. Parts count and assembly costs should be (though the larger a toy is the more space there is for complexity).

The thing that kind of got me thinking about this though was Windblade and her incredibly gappy vehicle mode. I can't really think of many earlier transformers that were so thin and holy. Even Cyclonus of the Henkei henkei variety was a tad better.