Chrome thing is pretty well known. It's the reason why a bunch of reissues had unchromed parts (if the parts were small thin objects, or were missiles) and why Prime has short stacks if they're chromed.

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The team thought it was better to make Powerglide primarily silver with characteristic red highlights as a bright red plane would not be very realistic.

Really? As opposed to a bright green F-15?
Acid Storm is bright green? Since when? While the colour scheme isn't one that was used by real-world F-15s to my knowledge, it's not unusual for planes to use a similar colour scheme with a camouflage pattern, though camouflage on planes is less relevant now as pilots typically rely on their instruments to detect enemy fighters, rather than the naked eye.

Thanks to hasbro for answering the questions. I only got halfway through all of the Q & A because to me it sounds like fans are a burden to Hasbro.

One guy asked if Hasbro would give the licences to McFarlane and other third party manufactures to get more 'adult' collector figures. Hasbro's answer ..."thats what the Official Collectors Club is for"...

I thought the OCC was for repaints. Sigh, thank god there's a TakTom.
Hasbro probably doesn't like licensing it's flagship toyline brand to competitors, even if the the competitor is significantly smaller and sells "ADULT COLLECTIBLES" in a different target market.

Thank God Hasbro is a company that generally knows how to make a profit from Transformers. I don't give a tinker's damn about the reasons why Transformers doesn't do so well in Japan. The point is the brand's sustainability (YOU GETTING NEW TOYS) relies upon the companies involved making money off of it. It's just business.