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I sometimes wonder how the world would have been different if Ratchet had gone the full Ratched as originally intended.
The Chick in the Five Man Band was a pretty established trope by the mid 80s. Transformers is near unique in not employing it. I can only assume that the sales of Baroness were relatively poor establishing the commercial incentive to go all male.
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See... toy companies assumed that boys didn't want to buy female action figures but this wasn't necessarily true. I had Princess Leia figures as a kid, as did a lot of other boys that I knew. Ditto Teela and Evil-Lyn. She-Ra might've been more appealing if she were an actual action figure and not a doll. And yeah, plenty of 80s kids had female Machine Men.
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I found a cheap Sqweeks a day ago and gave it to my 5yo daughter. She is loving it.
Obviously there is a cute factor at play but the standout had been the repair bay. It took me a bit to realise it but it is a house/dressing room. She is swapping out Sqweeks arms like dresses on a doll.
This is a girl who loved the headmasters last year. I am starting to think accessories matter.
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