- Pointless electronics that add to the cost of a toy without adding any real play value is pretty high up my list. Pretty much every toy over a certain size now has noises or flashing lights.
- Endless repaints - I understand it's about gaining maximum value from an expensive toy engineering process, and I tend not to get repaints anyway. I'd be content if they did one repaint of each mould, but when some moulds are being repainted and reissued up to 5 times, and that is taking shelfspace from original toys, then I get peeved.
- Lazy product naming - Goktimus raised this too. When a product is clearly an homage or reimagining of an established character, and an inappropriate name is used. When a crappy neologistic non-name is used instead of something meaningful and relevant that can only enhance fan connection with that toy/character.
- Ultra Magnus ≠ white Optimus Prime.
- Cliffjumper ≠ red Bumblebee
I think Gok and I are moving up in the TF Curmudgeon stakes...
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