I agree that gimmicks shouldn't overwhelm/dominate a toy. Gimmicks are fine if they compliment the Transformer, but the Transformer shouldn't exist just to compliment the gimmick(s).
Other pet peeves off the top of my head...
+ Misplaced G1 homages... Energon Downshift comes to mind.
+ Pointless/meaningless repaints - e.g.: night-night movie leader Prime
+ Glaring errors in comic books. Who the hell is Sentinal Prime? Why did Lio Convoy have blue eyes for nearly half an entire book?! Wake up Ryall!
+ People who think that G1 only means the G1 cartoon :/ I can understand that some people may have had more exposure to the G1 cartoon and that they may prefer it as their source of G1 canon, but I dislike it when people immediately think that the term "G1" only refers to the cartoon. On another TF board someone kinda had a go at me because someone else mentioned G1 Megatron and I made a reference to what happened to Megatron in the G1 comics and this other guy goes, "when people G1 they mean the cartoon." I'm sorry, but unless it's stated or more directly implied otherwise, "G1" can mean anything relevant to the Transformers from 1984-1993. Saying "G1 Megatron" just by itself without saying anything else to suggest that they were just talking about the cartoon is not enough to say that they meant G1 toon Megatron.
+ People who sent death threats to Bob Skir and Michael Bay. Those people seriously need to get a life!Don't like Beast Machines or the live action movie? Fine! Don't watch it! There's no need to get nasty against the people who made it!
+ And of course, the whole Bumblebee =/= BB thing (yeah yeah).
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