Should there be Generations Human Alliance?

[GoktimusPrime]

I'm not a fan of any of the HA toys and fail to see the appeal behind them.

I like them because it's a chance to own human characters. And I like the idea of making them interactive with Transformers and giving them some articulation to make them meaningful action figures, even if they are small. I would ideally love to see 10cm figures in scale with G.I. Joe, Star Wars and Microman (much like say Kicker and Gamede), but I guess there isn't enough interest from TF consumers to justify that -- with Kicker it was different because that toy coincided with the 30th anniversary of Microman, and Gamede is of course a limited exclusive (and again, a Microman -- even canonically he's from the Microverse!).

But the Transformers that came with the RotF HA line didn't interest me because I already had the Deluxe versions and they weren't "to scale" with other "mainstream" TF toys. Also, because the human figures were to scale with HA, they looked out of scale with other movie TFs... e.g. HA Sam looks oversized when next to Deluxe Bumblebee.

The thing I like with the Basic HAs is:
+ The humans are smaller and more in scale with "mainstream" Transformers.
+ The Transformers that they come with are original characters, and not 'repeats' of existing characters.
+ Figures are well articulated and can interact with their TF counterparts.

Having said that though, if they did a HA Generations line, I'd most likely buy them - only because they're Generations (Classicverse), not for the novelty of an included human character action figure.

What if the human characters were from G1? e.g. Spike, Sparkplug, Carly, Daniel, Melissa Fairborne, Doc Arkeville etc.?

Of course I suppose the downside to having these articulated human figures is either the price goes up for the toy, or the engineering level goes down. Or both! (-_-)

[liegeprime]

hmmm maybe then Hasbro can then reissue a proper sized Powerglide with whatsername spoiled brat girl who destroys mechanical things

Reissue Generations Ratchet with Sparkplug Witwicky - since both of em end up being the repair team in G1 anyways

Or maybe they can just issue out 5 packs or 4 pack or even 2-pack of purely human companions, kinda like minicons. Id buy it!

[Vector Prime]

--SNIP--

The whole reason why I'm not a fan of HA is simply because I like the Transformers themselves (ie.the actual bots) and I couldn't give a hoot about the human characters in the various canons, so it wouldn't matter if they were G1 or otherwise.

I suppose for you (where 'play-value' is important), I can see the appeal - but for me, I'd much prefer they spent the money on additional accessories for the bot or superior paint apps.

It has been and always will be about the bots for me!