Product Placement (Mild IDW Spoilers.)

[GoktimusPrime]

And if only this was on the back of the toy boxes G1 style.

^Friggin' great idea!

I'd love to see G1 Generations toys released in G1 style packaging w/ IDW artwork.

[SuspectimusPrime]

RID has felt like a toy ad for a while, while MTMTE seems to inspire toys.

That's a great spread too. If only all Dark Cybertron looked so good. And if only this was on the back of the toy boxes G1 style.

I'd really hate to see a RID-inspired Prowl toy - his "helmet wings" appear to be shrinking with every second issue (or with the frequent changes in artists).

Early RID:

via: http://wac.450f.edgecastcdn.net/8045...14-pr-main.jpg

Current RID:

via: http://static.seibertron.com/images/...Truthhurts.png

Compared with MTMTE:

via: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5bWIPyBm0L...les+around.jpg

If an updated IDW-verse Prowl toy was to be released, I'd prefer it to have helmet wings with a good chance of taking out my eyes!

[Lord_Zed]

Well Dark Cybertron has been a jumble of characters with a not particularly well told story line and almost no character development, if this is the price we have to pay for toy driven comics then it might be time for me to take a break from TF comics.

Of course it could also be that Dark Cybertron is just not very good irrespective of having Hasbro mandated characters.

And if IDW are only going to use Hasbro toy characters now, I guess we wont be seeing the Scavengers or the DJD again.

I'd really hate to see a RID-inspired Prowl toy - his "helmet wings" appear to be shrinking with every second issue (or with the frequent changes in artists).

Early RID:

via: http://wac.450f.edgecastcdn.net/8045...14-pr-main.jpg

Current RID:

via: http://static.seibertron.com/images/...Truthhurts.png

Compared with MTMTE:

via: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5bWIPyBm0L...les+around.jpg

If an updated IDW-verse Prowl toy was to be released, I'd prefer it to have helmet wings with a good chance of taking out my eyes!

Ever since Prowl got that stupid Prowlimus Prime upgrade he's looked like crap. He may as well just be Ironhide with ornamental forehead wings.

[Jinto]

That's a great spread too. If only all Dark Cybertron looked so good. And if only this was on the back of the toy boxes G1 style.

Uh huh. Desktop wallpaper worthy for sure.

I'd really hate to see a RID-inspired Prowl toy - his "helmet wings" appear to be shrinking with every second issue (or with the frequent changes in artists).

Early RID:

via: http://wac.450f.edgecastcdn.net/8045...14-pr-main.jpg

Current RID:

via: http://static.seibertron.com/images/...Truthhurts.png

Compared with MTMTE:

via: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5bWIPyBm0L...les+around.jpg

If an updated IDW-verse Prowl toy was to be released, I'd prefer it to have helmet wings with a good chance of taking out my eyes!

I agree, but I'd love to see the new Skids mould redone as MTMTE flashback Prowl. I suppose we won't get that though, as it'd be too close to Crosscut in colouring. I'm surprised they didn't go with Prowl in the first place since he's such a popular character.

[i_amtrunks]

I agree, but I'd love to see the new Skids mould redone as MTMTE flashback Prowl. I suppose we won't get that though, as it'd be too close to Crosscut in colouring. I'm surprised they didn't go with Prowl in the first place since he's such a popular character.

I've been expecting/ hoping for news of a WFC Ironhide/ MtMtE Prowl repaint set of toys for a while, ever since Prowl's horns started to shrink in the wash.

[GoktimusPrime]

Eh, Prowl already has a Classicsverse toy. Just get the IDW artists to revert back to drawing according to that figure (as they did momentarily before). I'd rather see Hasbro continue to focus on producing Generations toys based on G1 characters that don't have Classicsverse figures yet (Gears, Huffer, Outback etc.).

[Trent]

RID has felt like a toy ad for a while, while MTMTE seems to inspire toys.

That's a great spread too. If only all Dark Cybertron looked so good. And if only this was on the back of the toy boxes G1 style.

Now THAT would be cool.

[klystron]

RiD and MTMTE are a bit like toy catalogs. Well drawn, well written, catalogs with good storylines. But I welcome the comic accurate toys. Just like many people appreciate show (or movie) accurate toys.
For my money, the character/personality plays a big role in the a toy's appeal as well.