The Random Transformers Thoughts Thread

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Sure, I guess. Apparently Hasbro has a policy now where if they do one character in a group, they will do the whole group. So we're supposedly going to get all the SS86 Dinobots and Legacy should do all of the Insecticons; the name of the sub-line may change, but basically they should all get done in Generations in the same style. Cos yeah, having orphaned characters does suck.

I herd that as well. I really hope that it's actually a thing. Means we should be getting Venom, and with the rumoured Pointblank, means we should be getting a Sureshot (since it's basically what we're talking about here, I wouldn't begrudge a new faithful Crosshairs).

I really wish that the Micromaster patrols had been released in sets of four instead of two; even if it means sacrificing the tertiary weapon mode that nobody asked for. I don't need my CHUG Roadhandler and Swindler to be able to transform into a pair of guns that can combine into a larger gun; I'd gladly give up that feature to get Tailspin and Freewheeler in the same set.

So much this!!

The Siege/Earthrise Micromasters were pretty crummy value for money, which is kinda ironic considering that the entire reason why Micromasters existed in G1 was to make Transformers more affordable (re: 1989/90 global recession).

Super crummy value. I'm very careful with my figures and those tiny balljoints just couldn't handle transformation. Not arguing with you in terms of reasons, especially since I'm sure finance had some impact there along the way, however I'm pretty sure Micromasters came in to compete with Micromachines?

Considering that we're getting CHUG toys based on Diaclone variants that were never originally part of G1 (e.g. Lift-Ticket, Cordon, Spinout, Deep Cover, Tiger Track etc.), I think that CHUG could stand to include some G1.5ers in there. Besides, we do also have G2 CHUGs, so why not G1½? Not that I have anything against pre-TF CHUGs; I own heaps of them too! Gens Selects Galactic Man is my favourite since, like many Aussie kids growing up in the 80s, I had Astro Magnum from Tandy as the original G1 Shockwave toy was never released here. So Galactic Man has the greatest childhood nostalgia for me among all the pre-TF CHUGs. Second is Spinout because I knew a kid at school who had a red Diaclone Lamborghini Countach Super Tuning model kit (I think he got it from some Asian grocery store).

Where did the black Perceptor come from in Australia? I'm thinking it was an Easter Show thing? However that was my Perceptor.

Sure, but I'd still rather see those characters shoved down the CHUG priority list over toys that have never had a post-G1 toy made. If you look at the list of the last 3 years of G1, only one character has appeared in CHUG; Rotorstorm. Technically also Overlord, but that toy was really inspired by the 1988 Takara release rather than the 1991 Hasbro one (although IDW's Overlord was 100% based on the Hasbro toy's bio). Pyro and Clench only exist as BotCon exclusives. Heck, even Rotorstorm was a Gens Selects exclusive; not as hard to get as BotCon exclusives, but still not mass store release either. But that's fine... I'm happy for all of those later G1ers to come out as GS exclusives... just make them happen! CW Liokaiser was never repainted as the Autobot Rescue Force. If they're gonna do a better CHUG Liokaiser, then at least repaint them as Rescue Forcers. And yeah, my list only looked at Anglophone G1; I'll take Japanese G1, European G1, Latin American G1... any new G1 character in CHUG is an instant buy for me.

Well it sure looks like we're going to get a few now with a couple already shown and the assumption that Thunderclash is gong to come out of that Nemesis mould. That said, I'd still rather complete some of the 88/89/90 guys before the G1.5 guys... Not that there aren't plenty of awesome characters in that group... Stalker come on down!

Main reason being it won't be long before there's more AEC figures than G-anything and I honestly have very little care for that period of transformerdom. For the most part the figures were awful and the media was terrible.