Quote Originally Posted by SuspectimusPrime View Post
Micromasters themselves never made sense to me story-wise - How is a tiny garishly coloured car suppose to be much of a disguise?
Micromasters were cheap and fun toys to collect and play with! Storywise they always used good old mass shifting -- their vehicle modes were regular sized, but then they transformed into slightly-taller than human robots. And this appeared to be the case in both Anglophone and Japanese continuities.

The reality was that there was a recession in the late 1980s/early 90s and a lot of people were downsizing toys. Galoob released the popular Micromachines, so Hasbro followed suit with Micromasters; fun and affordable. As for the garish colours... it was leading into the early 1990s man. Look at the toys that came after and in G2 (and G.I. Joe) -- MUCH more garish!

Quote Originally Posted by SuspectimusPrime View Post
Would have strongly preferred it for the minicon partners to not have been made of translucent plastic.
Yeah, they did that with the Arms Micron repaints (e.g. Fracas, Aimless etc.) which did make them look a bit better, but they were still accessoryformers with not much play value. When I got Fracas, for ages I barely touched it until after I finally got Generations Scourge! But without Scourge, he's a really dull toy. I have Aimless, but there's no Classicsverse or Prime Misfire to go with him, so to me he's still a really dull toy! Just as well these toys were freebies (w/ TF purchases)... cos I wouldn't pay to have any of them on their own.