Quote Originally Posted by blackoptimus View Post
I don't understand why hasbro has to separate the figures, there is no point?
Well it comes down to two points
1) The toy designers must've had a difficult time designing/making the transformation of the individual bots to be able to transform as well into the humongous gestalt. For all the technology at their disposal it must take a whole lot of headache to do so..
2) $$$$$
3) time constraints- I guess by now designers are already starting on designs for the next movie toys.... it only takes a year for them to come up and produce these toys, not to mention keep it under wraps.